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Three Redbird hurlers combine for 1-0 two hitter against Vienna
May 8, 2017 By Leave a Comment
by Steve Dunford
Noah Vance, Brendan Johnson, and Tyson Broy combined on a two hit shutout as the West Frankfort Redbirds defeated the Vienna Eagles 1-0. It was a crisply played game as it took 1:45 to play.
The Vienna pitching was very good on the afternoon as well, Christian Pearl, Layton Edmonds, and Ryan Wright did not allow an earned run.
The only Redbird run was scored in the bottom of the second as Bryce Dorris scored on a passed ball. The Redbirds left the bases loaded in that inning. West Frankfort had runners on in every inning, stranding 12.
Vance also led WF at the plate on the afternoon as he went 2-4. First baseman Tyson Elko had two hits on the afternoon for West Frankfort. The Redbirds had 8 hits. Third baseman Jaryd Clark made a Scott Rolen style diving stop, throwing the runner out at first.
West Frankfort improve to 10-8 on the season. They were supposed to take the long road trip to Junction tomorrow to face Gallatin County. The Hawks have a makeup Greater Egyptian conference game on the road facing the Crab Orchard Trojans.
The Redbirds will be at home on Wednesday facing the Pinckneyville Panthers. It will be Senior Day.
The Eagles fall to 6-13 on the season, and will play another Franklin County team tomorrow, as they host the Zeigler-Royalton-Christopher Tornadoes, in a Black Diamond West Conference game.
BOX SCORE:
HITTING:
| VIENNA | AB | R | H | RBI |
| Breeden c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerley cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pearl p-rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Edmonds 2b-p-ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hyde 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacobsen 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davis 2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wright ss-p-2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shell DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Strickland lf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
SAC: Davis, Breeden
| WEST FRANKFORT | AB | R | H | RBI |
| Wolfe lf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0
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| Vance p-ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clark 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lindsey rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Overturf c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Archione cr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elko 1b | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Allen cr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dorris 2b | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Russell dh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sturgill ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herrell ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broy p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glass cf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 30 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
2b, Overturf, Sb, Vance, Sturgill
PITCHING
| VIENNA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB |
| Pearl – L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Edmonds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| WEST FRANKFORT | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB |
| Vance – W | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Johnson | 1 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Broy – SV | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
LINE SCORE
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| VIENNA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| WEST FRANKFORT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Benton – WF winners in High School Baseball Saturday…today’s action
May 8, 2017 By Leave a Comment
The Benton Rangers took the long trip to Clay County Saturday morning and swept a double header from the Flora Wolves.
The Rangers won game one 8-7 with Parker Williams picking up the win in relief. Derek Oxford homered for the Rangers. In game two, Tyson Houghland pitched a complete game in a 13-3 win. Bryden Picklesmeyer homered for Benton.
The Rangers host the Mt. Vernon Rams this afternoon at 4:30 at Evaoldi Field.
Four hurlers combined as the West Frankfort Redbirds defeated the Eldorado Eagles 8-3 on Saturday.
The Redbirds will face the Vienna Eagles this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. at Bill McKee Field.
The Z-R-C Tornadoes host the Hamilton County Foxes at 4:30 as it is Senior Day. The Thompsonville Tigers make the long trip to Golconda, to take on the Pope County Pirates this afternoon at 4:30.
Waltonville-Sesser-Valier will be playing in the Midland Trail Conference Tournament this week.
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Rangerettes finish second in their own invite
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News 3’s Darren Kinnard involved in wreck
May 6, 2017 By Leave a Comment
CARTERVILLE, IL (WSIL-TV. Please Click link to read the full story. Here is an excerpt) News 3 Sports Director Darren Kinnard is recovering from injuries he received in a wreck Friday evening. It occurred on Crenshaw Road east of Energy. The driver who struck Darren’s vehicle was identified as 27-year old Jason Stacy of Energy. Police arrested Stacy.Tigers saluted their seniors last Tuesday
May 6, 2017 By Leave a Comment
by Steve Dunford
The Thompsonville Tigers saluted their three seniors last Tuesday in a GEC conference game to the Gallatin County Hawks at the First Baptist Church pavilion and field.
Tiger assistant coach Chris Raubach has this to say about each one. His comments will be in italics.
1B Jared Payne is also having a great season at the plate. He is hitting between .350-.400
I have not been able to watch the Tigers on the diamond this year, but I have watched these kids play on the hardwood a lot over the years.
Payne is one of those individuals that will turn the tide for the future of Tiger athletics.
His Sophomore year he played on an 0-26 team in basketball that played hard and battled.
He was the center stone of two very young teams his junior and senior year on the hardwood.
This is only the second year that Thompsonville has fielded a stand alone baseball team in a long time. Galatia ended the over a decade long co-op. He was one of the original pieces that in the future will be looked back on getting the program a start, as well as the good things to come for T’ville basketball.
Austin Lunde is our center fielder and has also pitched some for us.
Lunde did not play basketball this year, but I watched him give Pete Gordon some solid minutes off the bench his junior year.
In baseball, he had some good range in the OF and had a plus arm, Like I said I did not see them yet this year but with the pitch count coming into play this year, he was what every team needs, an innings eater.
The last is LF Noah Summers, who made an appearance on the mound.
Every program needs a Noah Summers in it. He scratched and clawed for each second or half inning he gets on the field.
He had the chance to make a couple starts in basketball this year. He is a competitor. That Fire in the belly he has is what every program needs someone to have.
As far as the program this year, they had several games washed out. They also had to push back some games during spring break because they did not have enough arms to go around because of the pitch count.
The pitch count is a great thing, too many kids having Tommy John at an early age.
The Tigers have been led by P-INF, sophomore Reed Raubach. He has flirted with the .500 mark at the plate all year, and picked up a win on the mound against one of the top 1A programs in Southern Illinois, the Crab Orchard Trojans.
One of the season highlights according to Coach Raubach, was a grand slam by 3B Tyler Jones against Galatia.
The Tigers will be at home at least one more time this year as they host Joppa in a first round regional game.
Thompsonville has not won a regional in any boys sport, Whether it be on the diamond or hardwood, that could change when this group of underclassmen, who are the same cast of characters in both sports , become upperclassmen.
Local HS baseball teams receive their post season assignments
May 4, 2017 By Leave a Comment
by Steve Dunford
The IHSA released post season assignments for High School Boys Baseball yesterday. Like I did for the postseason in basketball, I am going to break down each round for the county schools.
Here is a link to the full brackets:
https://www.ihsa.org/SportsActivities/BoysBaseball/StateSeriesInformationResults.aspx
The Benton Rangers and the West Frankfort Redbirds will be heading to the Harrisburg Class 2A Regional. (Yes I said Benton, they are 2A in Baseball)
The Rangers are the number one seed and will play the winner of seventh seeded Johnston City Indians or ninth seeded Eldorado, Wednesday, May 17th, at 4:00 P.M. The winner advances to the championship game on Saturday, May 20th at 11:00 a.m.
The Redbirds are the number five seed, and will play fourth seeded Harrisburg on Thursday, May 18th, at 4:00 P.M. The teams have split the season series.
The Waltonville-Sesser-Valier Spartans are the number three seed at the Farifield Class 2A Regional. and will face the sixth seeded Carmi-White County Bulldogs, on Wednesday, May 17th at 7:00 p.m. The winner will advance to the championship game on Saturday, May 20th at 11:00 a.m.
The Zeigler-Royalton-Christopher Tornadoes are the number five seed in the Carterville Class 2A regional. They will have a first round home game on Monday, May 15th at 4:30 p.m. against the number nine seed, the Vienna Eagles. The winner advances to face the number three seed, the DuQuoin Indians in a semi-final game at 4:30 P.M.. Thursday at Carterville.
The winner of all three regionals, advances to the Benton Sectional.
The Thompsonville Tigers are the number seven seed in the Carrier Mills Class 1A Regional. They will face the ninth seeded Joppa Rangers, at home on Monday, May 15th, at 4:30. The winner will advance to face the second seeded, Crab Orchard Trojans on Wednesday, May 17th at 4:30 p.m., at Carrier Mills.
The winner of the Carrier Mills Regional advances to the Goreville Sectional.
Rangers fall to Nashville yesterday
May 3, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Z-R-C splits at home with Trico
May 3, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Steven Anderson on the mound for Game One of the DH in the Black Diamond West match-up with Trico. (Randall Risley-photo)
ZEIGLER, IL – In Game One the Tornadoes split with Trico 3-2. Dalton Humphrey and Jared Cole have two hits a piece.
In Game two Gabe Schimpf throws a two hitter, fanning eight, as the Tornadoes win 6-0.
Steven Anderson, who took the loss on the mound in game one, picks up three hits in game two. He also caught the second game. Humphrey and Kaeleb Pedigo pick up two hits in game two for Z-R-C. -sd
Redbirds improve to .500 over win over W-S-V
May 3, 2017 By Leave a Comment
by Steve Dunford
The West Frankfort Redbirds sent 14 men to the plate in the bottom of the fourth, score nine runs, on only four base hits, to defeat the Waltonville-Sesser Valier Spartans 12-2.
The Redbirds were coming off a win yesterday against Anna-Jonesboro. W-S-V who had not played in a week, were rusty, especially defensively.
Noah Vance pitches a complete game for the Redbirds, allowing two runs on five hits.
Charles Farmer, was making quick work of WF, not allowing an earned run until the bottom of the fourth inning, took the loss. He just ran out of gas, losing command of the strike zone.
The first two and a half innings were played at a brisk pace, and looked like it was going to end up a low scoring pitchers duel.
MacMurray College bound Peyton Overturf picks up two hits in yesterdays win against W-S-V. Here he is picking up an RBI double in Monday’s win against A-J. (Byron Hetzler – Southern Illinoisan photo)
The Redbirds scored three runs in the bottom of the third as RF Zach Lindsey hit an RBI double, driving in Noah Vance who reached on an error. Lindsey later scored on a passed ball. Peyton Overturf had an RBI base hit, driving in Jared Clark who reached on a walk. After three it was 3-0, WF.
In the top of the fourth, Charles Farmer leads off with a base hit, CF Dalton Banach doubles to center, Seth Boles and Tanner Eubanks pick up RBI’s on ground outs. Zach Lindsey makes a diving stop on a one hopper in RF to throw Eubanks out at first. In the middle of the fourth it was 3-2 Redbirds.
In the bottom of the fourth, when things became ugly, the offensive highlights for the Redbirds were, pitcher Noah Vance picks up an RBI double, singles by Lucas Wolfe, Peyton Overturf, and Brendan Russel, and an RBI ground out by Jared Clark. After four it was 12-2, West Frankfort.
The Spartans tried to get something going in the top of the fifth, with second and third, no one out, from a single up the middle from catcher Drake Houghland, and a double in the left ceterfield gap by Preston Launius. They were left stranded, as Noah Vance strikes out two and gets a pop up for the complete game.
The Redbirds improve to 8-8 on the season and travel to DuQuoin to take on the Indians this afternoon, weather permitting. The Spartans fall to 15-5 (?)
HITTING
WALTONVILLE-SESSER-VALIER
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI |
| McPhail 3B-SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Farmer P-LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Da. Banach CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Boles RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Eubanks 2B-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Winchester SS-P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houghland C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Launius LF-2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Di. Banach 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
2B Da. Banach, Launius
WEST FRANKFORT
| PLAYER | AB | R | H | RBI |
| Wolfe DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vance P | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Clark 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lindsey RF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Overturf C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Archione CR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allen CR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elko 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dorris 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Russell LF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Herrell SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glass CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
2B- Vance, Lindsey
PITCHING
WALTONVILLE- SESSER-VALIER
| Player | IP | R | ER | H | BB | K |
| Farmer (L) | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Winchester | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 4 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
WEST FRANKFORT
| PLAYER | IP | R | ER | H | BB | K |
| Vance -W | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
LINESCORE
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
| Waltonville-Sesser-Valier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| West Frankfort | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | X | 12 | 6 | 0 |
