The Effingham Lady Hearts snapped their four-game skid in a big way Monday afternoon, posting a 13-1 win at Hillsboro.

The Lady Hearts scored in five of the six innings and had a pair of four-run frames in the second and sixth. EHS banged out 11 hits and took advantage of seven Hillsboro errors.

Effingham scored a single tally in the first inning, then started taking control with a four-run second. Tori Budde started the inning by getting hit by a pitch. With two outs, Daelyn Dunston and Grace Bushur had back-to-back RBI doubles and Abby Cunningham capped the inning with a run-scoring single.

Riley Cunningham went 3-for-3 in the game, while Abby Cunningham and Dunston both had two hits and drove in three runs.

Sawyer Althoff got the win. She went all six innings and allowed two hits and one run. She walked two and struck out 13.

The Lady Hearts are now 3-6. They will play Friday at Champaign Central

Kayla Kocher used her arm and bat Monday afternoon.

She pitched a three-hitter and then delivered a two-out RBI single in the seventh to give the Newton Lady Eagles a 3-2 win at Effingham.

The Lady Hearts jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Riley Cunningham belted a one-out solo homer. With two outs, Mya Harvey walked and Sidney Donaldson brought her home with an RBI double.

But EHS managed just one more hit the rest of the way, a one-out single by Jerzi Bierman in the sixth.

The Lady Eagles tied the game with two runs in the sixth; a rally started by Kocher’s base hit.

Kocher walked three and struck out four over seven innings. Sawyer Althoff took the loss for Effingham.

The Lady Hearts, now 2-4, are scheduled to play today (Tuesday) at Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City.

The Mahomet-Seymour Lady Bulldogs banged out 23 hits and scored 21 runs en route to a doubleheader sweep Saturday at Effingham.

Karley Yergler pitched a shutout in the opener and MSHS belted three home runs in a 10-0, five-inning victory. Then the Lady Bullldogs used a big seven-run fifth to pull away for an 11-6 decision in the nightcap.

Yergler allowed just four hits, didn’t walk a batter and struck out 11 in the first game. She also hit a two-run homer in the first inning. Abbey Akers added another two-run shot in that opening inning, plus Maddie Cortez blasted a two-run homer in the fourth.

The Lady Hearts had four singles in the game by Grace Bushur, Tori Budde, Abby Cunningham and Sidney Donaldson.

In the second game, Effingham erupted for five runs in the fourth to take a 6-4 lead. Elena Niebrugge singled and Jennifer Jamison smacked a two-run homer to get the inning started. Jerzi Bierman then singled, Daelyn Dunston walked and Bushur singled to drive in a run. Another run scored on an error and Bushur scored on a double steal.

But the Lady Bulldogs then combined six hits and a hit batter to push across seven runs in the fifth.

The Lady Hearts are now 2-6 overall and 1-3 in Apollo Conference. They are scheduled to play today (Monday) at Hillsboro.

The Effingham Lady Hearts belted three home runs and rolled to a 14-4 win in the opening game of a doubleheader Saturday in Mt. Zion.

But the Lady Braves got a walk-off, two-run homer by Audri Johnson in the nightcap to come away with an 8-7 win and a split of the twin-bill.

It was the conference opener for both teams.

In the first game, Grace Bushur, Abby Cunningham and Mya Harvey each went deep to help EHS get the 10-run, five-inning victory.

The Lady Hearts jumped on top quick thanks to the long ball. Bushur started the game with a solo blast. Then after Riley Cunningham singled, Abby Cunningham drilled a two-run shot to stake EHS to a 3-0 lead.

Effingham scored three runs in the second, added a single tally in the third and then erupted for seven runs in the fourth, with two of those coming home on a home run by Harvey.

EHS finished with 14 hits. Bushur, Abby Cunningham and Harvey each had two hits and Harvey finished with four RBI.

Sawyer Althoff was the winning pitcher. She allowed just one hit, while striking out four and walking three over 4.2 innings of work.

In the nightcap, the Lady Hearts led 7-4 after five innings. But Mt. Zion scored twice in the bottom of the sixth and then won it when Johnson belted a two-run homer with one out in the seventh.

Effingham combined three hits, two walks and a pair of errors to take a 3-1 lead in the second.

In the fourth, Althoff singled, Daelyn Dunston was hit by a pitch and Bushur collected her second round-tripper of the game, belting a three-run homer to put EHS back on top, 6-4. The Lady Hearts added another run in the fifth, but couldn’t hold onto the lead.

Althoff took the loss.

The Lady Hearts, now 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the conference, will play at home today (Monday) against Newton.