Softball

Lady Cougars Slip Past East Dubuque

Despite the Lady Warriors jumping out to the one to nothing lead, Eastland was able to counter their scoring with runs of the own and went on to claim the 4-2 six inning win on Monday in Lanark.

Both Eastland’s Marissa Harris and East Dubuque’s Kourtney Larson were masterful on the mound with each hurling three hitters. The Lady Cougars were able to come back in the bottom half of the third inning with two runs to take the two to one lead. East Dubuque put another run on the board in the top of the sixth but Eastland came right back with a pair of runs to take the victory. Lady Cougars Delanie Giedd, Katelyn Janssen, Haley Miller and Hannah Shellhause knocked in runs for Eastland.

East Dubuque-0-0-1-0-0-1-2-3-2

Eastland-0-0-2-0-0-2-4-3-2

WP: Harris 6IP, 2R, 3H, 6BB, 14K

LP: Larson 6IP, 4R, 3H, 5BB, 4K

Pearl City Pounds River Ridge/Scales Mound

Freshman pitcher Korissa Blasing hurled a two hit gem and the Lady Wolves pounded out sixteen runs on a dozen hits to claim the 16-1 win on Monday in Pearl City. Pearl City put eight runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the opening inning to take control of the game early. The Lady Wolves kept the hits coming, scoring in each of the first four innings to cruise to the lopsided victory.

Pearl City was led at the plate by Jenna Canon who had two hits and four runs batted in. Laura Melville contributed a double and a pair of runs knocked in.

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

Pearl City-8-1-1-6-16-12-2

WP: Blasing 5IP, 1R, 2H, 8K

LP: Davidson

2B; RR/SM: 1 (Speer)

Pearl City: 2 (Canon, Melville)

Lady Cougars Shut Out Pearl City

Eastland Lady Cougar Monica Walters fields a ground ball and makes the throw to first base during Wednesday softball action against Pearl City at EHS. Eastland put up seven first inning runs a cruised to the 7-0 win. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Lady Cougar Ashley Larak takes a good cut at a pitch during Wednesday’s action in Lanark. The Eastland squad took the 7-0 win over the Lady Wolves from Pearl City. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Eastland scored seven first inning runs and capitalized on the two hit, fourteen strikeout pitching of Marissa Harris to gain the 7-0 victory over Pearl City on Wednesday afternoon at EHS. The Lady Cougars pounded out nine hits, led by Harris, who went three for four at the plate.

Teammate Delanie Giedd went two for three with a pair of doubles. Taylor Ruter, Hannah Shellhause and Harris all had a pair of runs batted in. Heather Strong knocked in the remaining run for the Lady Cougars. Harris out dueled Pearl City’s Karissa Blasing, who started the game and went three innings giving up all seven Eastland runs.

Pearl City-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-1

Eastland-7-0-0-0-0-0-X-7-9-0

WP: Harris 6IP, 2H, 1BB, 14K

LP: Blasing 3IP, 7R, 2K

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

Galena Edges Pearl City

The Lady Pirates from Galena pounded out sixteen hits and scored just enough in the late innings to take the 15-13 victory over Pearl City on Friday. Despite Pearl City holding a nine to four lead after four innings, Galena was able to erupt for eleven more runs over the next five innings with the Lady Wolves able to counter with runs of their own, falling just short in the bottom of the ninth. Pearl City took a ten seven lead into the top of the seventh where Galena posted three runs to send the contest to extra innings. Both teams put two more runs on the board to make it twelve to twelve after eight innings.

Galena managed to push three runs across the plate in the ninth and the Pearl City squad fell just short, only managing to score a single run. The Lady Wolves were led at the plate by Laura Melville who blasted a three run home run, scored a pair of runs and knocked in a team high five runs. Meghan Stichter took the pitching loss, going all nine innings and striking out six.

Galena-0-2-1-1-0-3-3-2-3-15-16-4

Pearl City-0-0-3-6-0-1-0-2-1-13-10-1

WP: Beadle

LP: Stichter

2B: Pearl City: 2 (Canon, Heinrich)

HR: Pearl City: 1 (Melville)

Pearl City Edges AFC

The Lady Wolves clawed their way back into this game and put up two seventh innings runs to edge AFC 7-6 on Saturday. The Lady Raiders took a three to two lead into the third inning before Pearl City tied the score in the bottom of the fifth. Both teams put a pair of runs on the score board in the sixth. AFC took the lead back in the top of the seventh before Pearl City came back in the bottom of the seventh to claim the one run win.

Michaela Heinrich started the game for the Lady Wolves, going five and a third innings and walking three while striking out four. Meghan Stichter took the win in relief. At the plate Pearl City was led by Laura Melville, who went three for four with a par of doubles and two runs scored. Stichter went three for four also with a double, three runs batted in and four stolen bases.

AFC-2-1-0-0-0-2-1-6-5-1

Pearl City-2-0-0-0-1-2-2-7-10-3

WP: Stichter

LP: Burnette

2B: Pearl City: 4 (Melville 2, Runkle, Stichter)

F/S Score: Pearl City 14 AFC 9

Softball Scores

April 28

Morrison 14 Fulton 2

Forreston/Polo 3 Dakota 0

April 30

Milledgeville 16 South Beloit 1

Milledgeville 14 South Beloit 1

Baseball

Broncos Take A Pair From Milledgeville

The Milledgeville Missiles traveled to Orangeville on Monday and found the host Broncos less than hospitable as Orangeville swept a doubleheader. The Broncos won the first game 17-1 and took the second game by a score of 10-0.

The Broncos Steve Bass started both ends of the doubleheader, hurling a one hitter in the opener and pitching three innings of two hit no run baseball in the finale. The Missiles Devin Biller took the first game pitching loss and teammate Kyle Groen pitched four innings of game two. Orangeville held a one to nothing lead in game one before exploding for sixteen runs over the next four innings to take the lopsided game one win. In game two, the Broncos opened with two runs in the first and put up eight more runs over the next three innings to take the second game victory.

Orangeville-1-6-4-3-3-17-14-0

Milledgeville-0-0-0-1-0-1-1-4

WP: Bass 5IP, 1R, 1H, 1BB, 8K

LP: Biller 2 1/3IP, 11R, 10ER, 9H, 5BB, 0K

2B; Orangeville: 2 (V.Kuhlemeier, Obert)

3B: Orangeville: 1 (Zimmerman)

Milledgeville-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2

Orangeville-2-4-1-3-0-10-8-0

WP: Bass 3IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 4K

LP: Groen 4IP, 10R, 8H, 5BB, 1K

2B: Milledgeville: (Layman)

Orangeville: 1 (R. Kuhlemeier)

Thunder Edges River Ridge

West Carroll scored three first inning runs and held River Ridge scoreless on three hits to take the 4-1 win in Hanover on Monday afternoon. Matt LaShelle went the distance on the mound for the Thunder, giving up one unearned run on three hits with three walks and eleven strikeouts. At the plate, Brian Gilbert provided a lot of offense with a base hit, home run and three runs batted in.

“Matt pitched a real good complete game,” said West Carroll head coach Brian Kamper. “Our hitting wasn’t as good as it should have been and we left twelve runners on base.” The Thunder were aided by five River Ridge miscues in the field. The victory improves West Carroll’s record to eight and nine overall and evens their record at three wins and three losses in conference play.

(8-9,3-3) West Carroll-3-1-0-0-0-0-0-4-6-1

River Ridge-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-3-5

WP: LaShelle 7IP, 1R, 0ER, 3H, 3BB, 11K

HR: West Carroll: 1 (Gilbert)

F/S Score: West Carroll 4 River Ridge 3

River Ridge 5 West Carroll 1

West Carroll Takes Victory From Galena

The Thunder put up five first inning runs and that proved to be more than enough as West Carroll topped the Pirates 9-1 on Thursday in Thomson. Thunder starting pitcher Hunter Hebeler took the win going three innings and limiting Galena to just a single hit. Austin Weller and Joey Sullivan would give West Carroll more than enough offense, with both hitting two run home runs in the contest. Jordan Barr and Matt LaShelle added doubles.

Hebeler was relieved by Tyler Brashaw who pitched the final four innings, giving up no runs or hits while walking two and striking out seven Pirate batters. “A well played team effort,” commented Thunder head coach Brain Kamper.

Galena-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-1-1-1

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

WP: Hebeler 3IP, 1R, 1ER, 3BB, 3K

2B: West Carroll: 2 (Barr, LaShelle)

HR: West Carroll: 2 (Sullivan, Weller)

Panthers Roll Over Wolves

Le-Win took a six to nothing first inning lead and rolled to the lopsided 27-4 win over Pearl City on Friday. The Wolves managed to put up three second inning runs to cut the gap in half but Le-Win erupted for twenty one runs in the final three innings to put the game out of reach. The Panthers pounded out seventeen hits in the game while limiting the Wolves to four runs on just five hits. Colton Bastian took the pitching loss for Pearl City

Le-Win-6-0-8-3-10-27-17-2

Pearl City-0-3-0-0-1-4-5-4

WP: Werhane

LP: Bastian

2B: Le-Win: 3 (Dascher, Logeman, Schrader)

HR: Le-Win: 1 (Hatfield)

Durand/Pec Crushes Milledgeville

A Durand/Pec base runner is safe at home ahead of the tag by Milledgeville catcher Zach Herin during Friday baseball action in Milledgeville. Durand/Pec rolled to the 21-0 victory. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Milledgeville Missile Caleb Skoog hurries back to first base ahead of the pick off attempt by Durand/Pec’s Mike Johnson during baseball action Friday afternoon at MHS. Caleb reached first on a walk, but was left stranded. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Durand/Pec piled on the runs and rode the one hit pitching of Mike Johnson to the easy 21-0 victory over Milledgeville on Friday afternoon in Milledgeville. Durand/Pec scored six first inning runs to take a lead which the Missiles couldn’t recover from. They added fifteen runs over the next four to take the lopsided win.

The Missiles were limited to a single hit by second baseman Kameron DawTyne as Johnson faced just a dozen Missile hitters. Durand/Pec was aided by five Milledgeville miscues in the field. Missile starting pitcher Kyle Groen took the loss, going four innings and giving up seventeen runs on fourteen hits.

Durand/Pec-6-1-4-6-4-21-18-0

Milledgeville-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-5

WP: Johnson 3IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 6K

LP: Groen 4IP, 17R, 13ER, 14H, 5BB, 1K

2B: Durand/Pec: 4 (Stemper 2, Johnson, Ramsby)

3B: Durand/Pec: 1 (Sweet)

Sobos Take A Pair From Missiles

Milledgeville traveled to South Beloit on Saturday and the host Sobos were less than gracious as they swept the Missiles 12-0 in game one and 13-4 in the second game. South Beloit managed to score twelve runs on nine hits in the first game aided by five Milledgeville errors. Game two saw the Sobos put up thirteen runs on a dozen hits with a half dozen Milledgeville miscues in the field. The Missiles Eric Gibbs took the pitching loss in the first game with Dennis Layman taking the loss in game two.

(1-12,1-8) Milledgeville-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-5

South Beloit-6-1-2-3-X-12-9-0

WP: Counts

LP: Gibbs

2B: Milledgeville: (Gibbs)

South Beloit: (Mazeika)

3B: South Beloit: (Baden)

South Beloit-2-1-3-2-3-0-2-13-12-2

(1-13,1-9) Milledgeville-0-0-2-0-2-0-4-5-6

WP: Mazeika

LP: Layman

2B: South Beloit: (Condon, Counts)

Milledgeville: (Layman)

Baseball Scores

April 25

Durand/Pec 3 Forreston/Polo 0

Warren/Stockton 10 Pearl City 3

April 27

Bureau Valley 15 Morrison 5

Morrison 13 Bureau Valley 5

April 29

Forreston/Polo 5 Freeport Aquin 4

Baseball & Softball Schedule

May 5

(BB) Morrison at Erie/P’town

(SB) Morrison at Erie/P’town

(BB) Freeport Aquin at Milledgeville

(SB) Orangeville at Milledgeville

(SB) Eastland at Le-Win

(SB) Pearl City at West Carroll

(BB) Sherrard at West Carroll

(SB) South Beloit vs. Forreston/Polo @ German Valley

(BB) Forreston/Polo at Rockford Christian

May 6

(BB) Le-Win at Eastland

(SB) West Carroll at Mercer County/Aledo Tourney

(BB) West Carroll at Pearl City (DH)

May 7

(BB) Morrison Invite

River Ridge vs. West Carroll-9 a.m.

Morrison vs. Orangeville-11:15 a.m.

(SB) Winnebago vs. Forreston/Polo @ German Valley (DH)

(BB) Forreston/Polo at Le-Win (DH)

May 9

(BB) Milledgeville at Eastland

(SB) Freeport Aquin at Milledgeville

(BB) Riverdale at Morrison

(SB) Riverdale at Morrison

(SB) Eastland at West Carroll

(SB) East Dubuque at West Carroll

(BB) East Dubuque at West Carroll

(SB) Forreston/Polo at Le-Win

May 10

(SB) Stockton at Eastland

(BB) Eastland at Pearl City

(SB) Forreston/Polo at Durand

(BB) Forreston/Polo at Orangeville

West Carroll Senior Day

Monday, May 9th is senior day for the West Carroll baseball and softball teams. The baseball team will be competing at 4 p.m. against East Dubuque at the Thomson baseball field. This will be the final home game for seniors Tyler Brashaw, Taylor Brunner, Trey Enloe, Hunter Hebeler, Brandon Larson, Matt LaShelle, Austin Weller and Evan Williams.

The remaining innings from the April 19th rain out at East Dubuque will be played before the regularly scheduled game. The softball team will be competing against East Dubuque also in Thomson. This will be the final home game for seniors Rachel Allen, Taylor Cole, Katy Cook, Kayla Gallup, Ashley Huebner, Kaiti Mathey, Dana McCombie and Sophi Morhardt. The F/S game will follow the varsity.

High School Baseball On WCCI

WCCI 100 FM will be airing a high school baseball game on Thursday, May 12th from Clinton, Iowa. The Eastland Cougars will take on the West Carroll Thunder at Alliant Energy Field. Air time will be 4:15 p.m. with the first pitch at 4:30 p.m.

Track Results

April 25

At Milledgeville (Girls)

1-Milledgeville - 84

2-Stockton/Warren - 72

3-Polo/Forreston - 68

4-AFC - 22

April 27

At Milledgeville (Boys)

1-Dakota - 56

2-Milledgeville - 56

3-Pearl City - 49

April 28

At Fulton (Girls)

1-West Carroll - 90

2-Fulton - 50

3-Morrison - 30

At Fulton (Boys)

1-West Carroll - 84

2-Fulton - 52

3-Morison - 38

9th Annual Boys Milledgeville Missile Invitational

Milledgeville High School will host the 9th Annual Missile Invitational on Friday, May 6th. Participating schools include Milledgeville/Eastland, West Carroll, Polo/Forreston, Le-Win, Sterling Newman and Galena/East Dubuque/River Ridge. Field events will start at 4:30 and running events will start at 5:30. There is no admission fee and concessions will be available.

Midwest League Schedule

May 4

Bowling Green at Lake County

Quad Cities at Kane County

South Bend at Dayton

Lansing at Fort Wayne

West Michigan at Great Lakes

Clinton at Peoria

Wisconsin at Beloit

Burlington at Cedar Rapids

May 5

Wisconsin at Beloit

Bowling Green at Lake County

Quad Cities at Kane County

South Bend at Dayton

Lansing at Fort Wayne

West Michigan at Great Lakes

Clinton at Peoria

Burlington at Cedar Rapids

May 6

Clinton at Peoria

Bowling Green at Lake County

South Bend at Dayton

Lansing at Fort Wayne

West Michigan at Great Lakes

Wisconsin at Beloit

Burlington at Cedar Rapids

Quad Cities at Kane County

May 7

Fort Wayne at South Bend

Burlington at Clinton

Dayton at West Michigan

Bowling Green at Great lakes

Lake County at Lansing

Kane County at Peoria

Beloit at Cedar Rapids

Quad Cities at Wisconsin

May 8

Dayton at West Michigan

Fort Wayne at South Bend

Bowling Green at Great Lakes

Lake County at Lansing

Quad Cities at Wisconsin

Burlington at Clinton

Beloit at Cedar Rapids

Kane County at Peoria

May 9

Bowling Green at Great Lakes

Kane County at Peoria

Beloit at Cedar Rapids

Fort Wayne at South Bend

Dayton at West Michigan

Lake County at Lansing

Burlington at Clinton

Quad Cities at Wisconsin

May 10

South Bend at West Michigan

Beloit at Kane County

Lake County at Dayton

Bowling Green at Fort Wayne

Lansing at Great Lakes

Burlington at Peoria

Cedar Rapids at Wisconsin

Clinton at Quad Cities