1st Place Winners, Sterling Sharks 12U Baseball Team

Sterling Sharks Compete at Rockford

The Sterling Sharks 10U,11U and 12U baseball teams competed at the Rockford Early Bird USSSA Travel Baseball tournament on April 2nd and 3rd. This tournament featured teams from Milwaukee, Chicago and the Rockford area. The Sharks 10U team placed 2nd place, the Sharks 11U team placed 2nd place, and the Sharks 12U team placed 1st place. The Sterling Sharks have baseball teams comprised of kids from Sterling, Rock Falls, Morrison and Dixon and compete each weekend at the 9U,10U,11U and 12U age levels.

 

2nd Place Winners, Sterling Sharks 10U Baseball Team

2nd Place Winners, Sterling Sharks 11U Baseball Team

 

Softball

Lady Missiles Win A Thriller - Cover Story

Lady Missile Emily Bush delivers a pitch to a Morrison hitter during softball action Wednesday afternoon in Milledgeville. Emily pitched nine shut out innings, giving up six hits and striking out eight Fillie batters. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Milledgeville Lady Missile Alexis DawTyne (#10) is congratulated at the Lady Missile dugout by her jubilant teammates after Alexis scored the game winning run on Wednesday in Milledgeville. The Lady Missiles beat the Morrison Fillies 1-0 in nine innings. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

A beautiful Wednesday afternoon saw Morrison’s Fillies take on the Milledgeville Lady Missiles in Milledgeville. It turned out to be a thrilling game as the Lady Missiles held on for the 1-0 victory in nine innings.

In a pitcher’s duel from the start, Morrison’s Danielle Stralow battled Milledgeville’s Emily Bush as zero after zero went onto the scoreboard. Not many hitters reached base as some stellar defense was played on both sides also. When base runners did manage to get on, the defenses for both teams took over to snuff out any scoring threats.

The Lady Missiles were finally able to break through in the bottom of the ninth inning as Alexis DawTyne reached first on a base hit. She promptly stole second base and advanced to third when the throw got past the second baseman and sailed into centerfield. Courtney Swalve then ended the marathon game with a single that scored DawTyne with the game-winning run.

Both starting pitchers went the distance, with Bush taking the victory, giving up six hits while striking out eight Fillie batters. Stralow was equally impressive, also giving up six hits while striking out four Lady Missile batters.

(13-4,5-0) Morrison-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6

Milledgeville-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-6

WP: Bush 9IP, 0R, 6H, 8K

LP: Stralow 9IP, 1R, 6H, 4K

2B: Morrison: 1 (Deter)

 

 

Lady Cougars Shut Out River Ridge/Scales Mound

The Eastland Lady Cougars behind the one hit pitching of Marissa Harris, shut out River Ridge/Scales Mound 13-0 on Monday afternoon at EHS. Harris walked one hitter and struck out eleven batters enroute to the victory. She was aided at the plate by ten Eastland hits. The Lady Cougars put up a run in the first, six in the second, four in the third and two more runs in the fourth inning.

Taylor Ruter went two for four with a double and four runs batted in with teammate Delanie Giedd going two for four with a double and three runs batted in. Harris also aided her own cause at the plate, going two for two with a double.

River Ridge/Scales Mound-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-2

Eastland-1-6-4-2-X-13-10-0

WP: Harris 5IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 11K

LP: Brant 4IP, 13R, 10H, 8BB, 1K

2B; Eastland: 4 (Giedd, Harris, Larak, Ruter)

West Carroll Tops Stockton

Despite Stockton taking a five to nothing first inning lead, the West Carroll Lady Thunder came roaring back to claim the 12-5 win over the Lady Blackhawks on Monday in Thomson. West Carroll erupted for all twelve of their runs in the final four and a half innings to claim the come from behind victory. West Carroll pounded out seventeen hits in the contest with a pair of doubles and three triples. The Lady Thunder’s Kim Durward went the distance on the mound, giving up five runs on just three hits, while walking seven and striking out three Stockton hitters. Katelyn Gille was the losing pitcher for Stockton, going seven innings, giving up all twelve runs on seventeen hits, while walking three and striking out one.

Lady Thunder coach Don Mathey said, “We did a really good job of just staying at it offensively after we spotted them a five to nothing lead. Kim really settled down after the first inning and shut them down and we did a good job of hitting our pitches.”

(4-5) Stockton-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-2

(10-6, 5-0)West Carroll-0-0-1-3-2-6-X-12-17-1

WP: Durward (7-4) 7IP, 5R, 5ER, 3H, 7BB, 3K

LP: Gille (4-2) 6IP, 12R, 10ER, 17H, 3BB, 1K

2B: West Carroll: 2 (Allen, Mathey)

3B; West Carroll: 3 (Cook 2, Taylor Cole 1)

F/S Scoare: West Carroll 11 Stockton 1

Eastland Blanks Lady Pirates

The Lady Cougars pounded out nine hits to go with the four hit pitching of Ashley Nepean to shut out Galena 6-0 on Tuesday in Lanark. Eastland scored three first inning runs, a pair in the third and a single run in the fifth to take the victory. Delanie Giedd and Taylor Ruter each had a pair of doubles to lead the Lady Cougars hitting attack. Hannah Shellhause had three runs batted in for Eastland. Nepean went the distance on the mound walking a pair of Galena hitters while striking out one.

Galena-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-0

Eastland-3-0-2-0-1-0-X-6-9-0

WP: Nepean 7IP, 0R, 4H, 2BB, 1K

LP: Beadle 6IP, 6R, 9H, 4K

2B: Eastland: 4 (Giedd 2, Ruter 2)

West Carroll Takes Win Over Lady Bulldogs

Despite trailing early in the game, the West Carroll Lady Thunder came back to take the 15-9 win over Freeport Aquin on Tuesday in Freeport. The Lady Bulldogs jumped out to the four to nothing first inning lead and extended that lead to eight to three after three innings. West Carroll then exploded for twelve runs over the next three innings to take control of the contest. The Lady Thunder put up six runs in the fourth, one in the fifth and five more in the sixth to put the score out of reach for Aquin.

West Carroll’s Allison Thulen, pitching in relief of starter Audre Francke, took the win. Thulen pitched four innings, giving up no runs on no hits, while walking one and striking out three Freeport Aquin hitters.

Lady Thunder coach Mathey commented, “We finally started to hit the ball later in this game and took advantage of some Aquin mistakes. Allison Thulen also came into the game and got them shut down. Another help for us was when Aquin’s Sophie Brunner had to leave this game, we could not get her out.”

(11-6,5-0) West Carroll-0-3-0-6-1-5-0-15-17-1

Freeport Aquin-4-0-4-1-0-0-0-9-8-5

WP: Thulen (1-1) 4IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 3K

3B: Freeport Aquin: 1 (Brunner)

HR: Freeport Aquin: 1 (Brunner)

Pearl City Tops Stockton

Pearl City used timely hitting and the complete game pitching of Korissa Blasing to top Stockton 6-2 on Tuesday in Pearl City. Blasing limited Stockton to just three hits while walking four and striking out eight Stockton batters. She was aided at the plate by teammates Megan Stichter who blasted a three run homer and Allie Baumgartner who knocked in a pair of runs. Michaela Heinrich had a pair of hits for Pearl City and Laura Melville was one for three with a run scored and one run batted in. Jenna Canon was also one for three at the plate with a run scored for the Lady Wolves.

Stockton-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-2-3-3

Pearl City-0-0-3-0-3-0-X-6-5-1

WP: Blasing 7IP, 2R, 3H, 4BB, 8K

LP: Gille 6IP, 6R, 5H

HR: Pearl City: 1 (Stichter)

West Carroll Wins Big In Thomson

The West Carroll Lady Thunder hosted the Le-Win Lady Panthers on Wednesday afternoon in Thomson and came away with the 10-0 victory. West Carroll jumped out to the one to nothing lead in the first and extended that lead to two to nothing after three innings. The Lady Thunder then erupted for seven fifth inning runs to put the game out of reach for Le-Win. They would add a single run in the sixth to make the final margin of victory.

West Carroll starting pitcher Kim Durward improved her season record to eight wins against only four losses, throwing the complete game win. She allowed only two hits while walking one and struck out two Lady panther hitters. At the plate for the Lady Thunder, Sophi Morhardt went three for three with a double and teammate Ashley Huebner hit a pair of triples, going two for four.

The victory improves West Carroll’s record to twelve wins and only six losses, 6-0 in conference play. Lady Thunder head coach Mathey said, “Good pitching, defense and offensive execution tonight. We were really on top of our game.”

(7-10,1-5) Le-Win-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0

(12-6,6-0) West Carroll-1-0-1-0-7-1-10-12-1

WP: Durward (8-4) 6IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 2K

LP: Stouffer 6IP, 10R, 10ER, 12H, 2BB, 2K

2B: West Carroll: 1 (Morhardt)

3B: West Carroll: 2 (Huebner 2)

West Carroll Gets Late Rally To Beat Pearl City

Despite being down to the Lady Wolves two to one after four innings, the West Carroll Lady Thunder rallied in the final three innings to claim the 12-4 victory on Thursday at Pearl City. West Carroll tallied six runs in the fifth inning and score three more runs in the sixth ad another pair in the top of the seventh to take the win. The Lady Thunder pounded out fourteen hits in the game with Katy Cook going three for three at the plate with a triple.

West Carroll’s Kim Durward took the pitching win, going the full seven innings and giving up four runs on five hits while walking four and striking out six. Meghan Stichter took the pitching loss for Pearl City, going five innings and giving up seven runs on eleven hits. She walked two batters and fanned four Lady Thunder hitters.

The win improves West Carroll’s record to thirteen and six with a perfect seven and nothing conference record. West Carroll head coach Don Mathey said, “We have a little habit of starting slow and falling behind then exploding in some of the later innings. We did a great job of just staying at it and not panicking when we fell behind. Kim threw well and the wind made it very interesting in the field.”

(13-6,7-0) West Carroll-0-0-1-0-6-3-2-12-14-2

Pearl City-0-1-1-0-0-2-0-4-5-2

WP: Durward (9-4) 7IP, 4R, 2ER, 5H, 4BB, 6K

LP: Stichter 5IP, 7R, 6ER, 11H, 2BB, 4K

2B: West Carroll: 1 (Mathey)

Pearl City: 1 (Canon)

3B: West Carroll: 1 (Cook)

Pearl City: 1 (Stichter)

Softball Scores

April 11

Morrison 9 Erie/ P’town 0

April 13

Forreston/Polo 13 East Dubuque 1

Dakota 17 Galena 4

April 14

Forreston/Polo 17 South Beloit 0

Stockton 8 Scales Mound/River Ridge 2

Galena 7 East Dubuque 1

Freeport Aquin 6 Dakota 3

Orangeville 5 Milledgeville 4

Baseball

Warren/Stockton Tops Thunder

Warren/Stockton scored seven unanswered runs and took advantage of four West Carroll errors to take the 7-5 win on the road on Monday afternoon. The Thunder took the two to nothing lead in the top of the second inning but Warren/Stockton came back to score three in the bottom of the inning. They then put up a single run in the third and added another three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Thunder starting pitcher Tyler Brashaw took the pitching loss, going three and a third innings and giving up five runs while walking one and striking out two Warren/Stockton hitters. The Thunder’s Evan Williams had a pair of doubles for West Carroll.

Thunder coach Brian Kamper commenting on his team’s performance said, “Our defense if letting us down. We got ourselves in position to take the lead/tie in the top of the seventh when we had runners on second and third with one out and couldn’t come through with a timely hit.”

(5-7,1-2) West Carroll-0-2-0-0-0-1-2-5-9-4

Warren/Stockton-0-3-1-3-0-0-X-7-12-2

LP: Brashaw (1-3) 3 1/3IP, 5R, 4ER, 8H, 1BB, 2K

2B; West Carroll: 2 (Williams 2)

F/S Score: Warren/Stockton 12 West Carroll 2

Durand/Pec Shuts Out Missiles

Durand/Pec rode the one hit pitching of Tyler Florey to victory in Pecatonica on Tuesday afternoon as the Indians took the 12-0 shut out victory. The Indians pushed four runs across the plate in the bottom of the first inning and added four more runs in the second and fourth innings. The Missiles lone hit was a double by Missile starting pitcher Dennis Layman.

Florey went five innings on the mound for Durand/Pec, walking three Milledgeville hitters while striking out ten. The Indians pounded out eight hits off Layman while numerous errors by the Missile defense allowed Durand/Pec to take advantage of their scoring opportunities. Durand/Pec’s Tyler Jennings had a double with teammate Alex Deppe adding a triple.

Milledgeville-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-6

Durand/Pec-4-4-0-4-X-12-8-0

WP: Florey 5IP, 0R, 1H, 3BB, 10K

LP: Layman 4IP, 12R, 4ER, 8H, 2BB, 4K

2B; Milledgeville: 1 (Layman)

Durand/Pec: 1 (Jennings)

3B; Durand/Pec: 1 (Deppe)

Thunder Blasts Pirates

The West Carroll Thunder bats came to life in a big way on Tuesday in Galena as West Carroll took the 11-0 win. The Thunder pounded out a dozen hits to go along with the three hit pitching of Tyler Jones to take the easy victory. At the plate, Austin Weller led the way for West Carroll, going three for three with a pair of singles and a double. Teammate Trey Enloe went two for three with a pair of base hits and Joey Sullivan was two for three with a pair of doubles and four runs batted in.

Jones went the distance on the hill, giving up no runs and only three hits, walking one Galena hitter and striking out six. Thunder coach Brian Kamper said, “We were due for our bats to get going. We got a good performance from Tyler on the mound.”

(6-7,2-2) West Carroll-0-3-0-1-7-11-12-0

Galena-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5

WP: Jones (2-0) 5IP, 0R, 3H, 1BB, 6K

2B: West Carroll: 3 (Sullivan 2, Weller 1)

F/S Score: West Carroll 11 Galena 4

Mustangs Score Twenty Five on Milledgeville

The Milledgeville Missiles traveled to Morrison on Wednesday and found the hosts bats firing on all cylinders as Morrison took the 25-3 five inning victory. Milledgeville took a one to nothing top of the first inning lead before the Mustangs came back in the bottom of the inning with eight runs of their own. Morrison then erupted for thirteen second inning runs to put the contest out of reach. Milledgeville managed to put up two more runs in the top of the fifth but the damage had already been done.

Morrison pounded out seventeen hits, the big blow coming off the bat of Pat Kirk who blasted a two run homer in the bottom of the first. The Mustangs also capitalized on seven Milledgeville miscues in the field. Morrison starting pitcher Danny Willis earned the victory, pitching only two innings and giving up one run on one hit while walking three and striking out two Missile hitters.

The Missiles Doug Williams took the loss, giving up eight runs with only three earned in two thirds of an inning pitched. The win improves the Mustangs record to thirteen wins against only two losses, five and nothing in conference play.

Milledgeville-1-0-0-0-2-3-3-7

(13-2,5-0) Morrison-8-13-3-1-X-25-17-1

WP: Willis 2IP, 1R, 1ER, 1H, 3BB, 2K

LP: Williams 2/3IP, 8R, 3ER, 4H, 2BB, 0K

2B: Morrison: 4 (Blean, Dennhey, Smith, Willis)

HR: Morrison: 1 (Kirk)

Crusaders Crush Thunder

Ottawa Marquette traveled to Thomson on Wednesday and went home after securing an 18-8 victory over the West Carroll Thunder. The Crusaders scored in every inning except the sixth as they cruised to the win. Marquette took a four to three lead going into the second inning and scored ten runs over the next four to secure the victory. The Thunder fought back to score four runs in the final three innings but the damage was already done. Joey Sullivan contributed three singles to the Thunder offense with teammate Austin Weller hitting a home run. Starting Thunder pitcher Evan Williams took the loss, going three innings and giving up seven runs while walking none and striking out three Crusader hitters.

Thunder head coach Brian Kamper commenting on his teams performance said, “This was a very good hitting Marquette team. We actually played with them with the huge exception of walking ten batters with eight of the ten scoring.”

Ottawa Marquette -4-1-2-2-5-0-4-18-14-3

(6-8,2-2) West Carroll-3-0-1-0-1-1-2-8-13-1

LP: Willimas 3IP, 7R, 6ER, 0BB 3K

Panthers Top West Carroll

Wesr Carroll’s Tyler Brashaw takes a strike during Thursday afternoon baseball action in Thomson. Tyler had one of the Thunder’s four hits in the game, won by the Le-Win Panthers 6-1. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

The Thunder’s Matt LaShelle delivers a pitch to a Panther hitter during Thursday baseball action in Thomson. Matt pitched six innings walking two and striking out ten Le-Win hitters. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

On a very windy Thursday afternoon in Thomson, the Le-Win Panthers scored four first inning runs and held off the West Carroll Thunder 6-1. The Thunder despite trailing early rallied to get on the scoreboard with a run in the top of the fifth inning but the Panthers responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning to push the score to it’s final margin of victory.

Five West Carroll errors led to five Panther runs. A pair of singles by the West Carroll’s Trey Enloe and base hits by Tyler Brashaw and Brian Gilbert accounted for the four Thunder hits in the contest. Matt LaShelle pitched six innings for the Thunder, giving up all six runs while walking a pair of Panther batters and striking out ten.

Thunder head coach Brian Kamper commented on his team’s performance saying, “One earned run! We need to show some mental toughness to win ballgames.”

Le-Win-4-0-0-0-2-0-0-6-8-1

(6-9,2-3) West Carroll-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-1-4-5

LP: LaShelle (2-2) 6IP, 6R, 1ER, 7H, 2BB, 10K

F/S Score: Le-Win 6 West Carroll 3

Baseball Scores

April 11

Morrison 7 Erie/P’town 4

Dakota 9 Forreston 6

April 12

Freeport Aquin 11 Forreston 5

Baseball & Softball Schedule

April 20

(BB) Milledgeville at West Carroll

(SB) Forreston/Polo at Morrison

April 21

(SB) Durand/Pec at Milledgeville

(BB) Sterling Newman at Morrison

(SB) Morrison at Rock Island Alleman

(SB) West Carroll at Eastland

(BB) Eastland at Dakota

(SB) Freeport Aquin at Forreston/Polo

(BB) Forreston/Polo at AFC

April 22

(BB) Eastland at West Carroll

(SB) West Carroll at Le-Win

(BB) Forreston/Polo at South Beloit

April 23

(SB) Sterling Newman at Forreston/Polo (DH)

April 25

(BB) Milledgeville at Orangeville

(SB) East Dubuque at Eastland

(BB) Eastland at East Dubuque

(BB) Morrison at Bureau Valley

(SB) Morrison at Bureau Valley

(BB) West Carroll vs. River Ridge/Scales Mound@Hanover

(BB) Durand/Pec at Forreston/Polo

April 26

(SB) Pearl City at Eastland

(BB) River Ridge/Scales Mound at Eastland

(SB) West Carroll at Riverdale

(BB) Warren/Stockton at West Carroll

(SB) AFC at Forreston/Polo

(BB) Dakota at Forreston/Polo

Track Results

April 11

At Milledgeville (Girls)

1-Milledgeville - 104

2-West Carroll - 98

3-Dakota - 59

4-Pearl City - 46

5-AFC - 31

April 12

At Fulton (Boys)

1-Camanche, IA - 71

2-Amboy - 69

3-Erie/P’town - 48

4-Rockridge - 48

5-Sterling Newman - 44

6-Sherrard - 36

7-Fulton - 34

8-Riverdale - 33

9-Galena/East Dubuque/River Ridge - 30

10-West Carroll - 21

11-Milledgeville/Eastland - 16

12-Morrison - 9

13-Fulton Unity - 6

April 14

At Rock Falls (Girls)

1-Rock Falls - 139

2-West Carroll - 100.5

3-Mendota - 83.5

4-Fulton - 39

5-Ohio - 0

At Rock Falls (Boys)

1-Rock Falls - 138

2-Mendota - 110.5

3-West Carroll - 83.5

4-Fulton - 36

5-Ohio - 0

West Carroll Athletic News

The West Carroll Lady Thunder track team will compete in the 35th Annual Fulton High School Lady Steamer Invitational track and field meet on April 19th. Field events will start at 4:15 p.m. with finals at approximately 5:30 p.m. If the meet would be cancelled due to weather, it would be rescheduled for April 20th.

The West Carroll Thunder boy’s and girl’s track teams will compete in the Ed Schmidt Track & Field Invitational on Thursday, April 21st.The invitational will be held at the Wayne Hein Memorial Field in Erie, which is located behind the Erie Middle School. Other schools competing are Erie/Prophetstown, Fulton, Kewanee, Morrison, Riverdale and Galva. Field events will begin at 4:15 p.m. and running events at 4:45 p.m. Admission will be $3.00 per person.

Northwest Illinois Sports Hall Of Fame

The representatives of the Northwest Illinois Sports Hall of Fame Board are seeking applicants to represent Lanark for the 2011 class of inductees. The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to perpetuate the name of those (living or deceased) that have made lasting contributions, through meritorious service to the general athletics in Northwest Illinois. This would include athletes, coaches, administrators, community members, etc., who have contributed in some significant way to represent, support, or promote athletics while residing in the community of Lanark.

Please contact Kraig Kniss (815) 493-6597 or Tony Dunlap (815) 493-2707 for an application if you wish to submit an application.

Current Lanark representatives in the Hall of Fame include: Conrad Aschenbrenner (1988), Linda Ludwig (1989), Keith Wall (1990), Mel Hawbecker (1991), Ed Nelson (1992), Harvey Sanders (1993), James Atherton (1995), Nick Isenhart (1996), Cindy Ludwig Tigges (1997), Kraig Kniss (1998), Richard Weber (1999), Doug Johnson (2000), Nicole Ann Brinker (2001), Colleen Finn-Henze (2002), Phil Hasz (2003), Melissa Piper (2004), Sarah Martz-Spears (2005), John Lamoreaux (2006), Cory Hoffman (2007), Duane Kloepping (2008), Robin Martz Hammer (2009), Tom Kocal (2010).