Carson Burkett turned in a complete-game four-hitter and Collyn Ballard homered, helping the North Clay Cardinals post a 4-2 victory Monday afternoon at St. Anthony.

Ballard smacked a homer leading off the game and then added an RBI double in the second. Brady Ingram also drove in a run with a base hit to make it 2-0 in the first inning and the final run scored on a passed ball in the second.

Burkett took a two-hit shutout into the seventh. Beau Adams led off with a double and scored when Will Hoene’s ground ball was misplayed for an error. Angelo Mendella also singled in the inning and St. Anthony’s final run scored on a ground out by Connor Roepke.

Burkett didn’t walk a batter and struck out one, while throwing just 75 pitches.

Brock Fearday pitched the first four innings for the Bulldogs and took the loss. He allowed seven hits and four runs, while walking three. Colton Fearday pitched the final three innings.

The Bulldogs dipped to 15-5 on the season. They will play Wednesday at Neoga.

Colton Fearday pitched six strong innings and Brady Hatton delivered the go-ahead hit, helping the St. Anthony Bulldogs rally for a 5-2 win Wednesday at Windsor/Stew-Stras.

Fearday actually came on in relief in the second inning, He scattered four hits over six innings of work and allowed just one run. He walked one and struck out 12 to get the win. Hatton pitched the first inning.

The Bulldogs trailed 2-1 when they came to bat in the fifth inning. Eli Levitt led off with a base hit and Colton Fearday walked with one out. Will Hoene tied the game with an RBI double and Hatton followed with a two-run double to put SAHS on top.

Connor Roepke had the other two RBI in the game for St. Anthony. He belted a solo home run in the second and then drove in a seventh-inning run with a sacrifice fly.

The Bulldogs improved to 15-3 on the season. They will play Friday at Sacred Heart Griffin in Springfield and then return home to play Shelbyville on Saturday.

Kade Allen went 4-for-5 with four RBI and Ty Brachbill drove in three more, leading the Shelbyville Rams to their 21^st straight victory, an 11-7 victory at St. Anthony.

Allen had RBI singles in the second and fourth that helped the Rams build a 7-5 lead and then added a two-run single in the three-run seventh that gave Shelbyville an 11-5 cushion. The Rams also took advantage of five St. Anthony errors to score four unearned runs and improve to 21-1 on the season.

The Bulldogs led 4-3 after scoring two runs in each of the first two innings. Will Hoene had a two-run single in the first. Connor Roepke then ripped an RBI double in the second and later scored on a wild pitch.

Angelo Mendella belted a solo homer in the third to increase the SAHS lead to 5-3. But Shelbyville scored three times in the fourth, once in the fifth and added three more runs in the seventh. Colton Fearday had a two-run single in the bottom of the seventh to get the Bulldogs a little closer.

Brock Fearday, the second of four St. Anthony pitchers, took the loss. He relieved in the third and pitched two innings, allowing three hits and four unearned runs. Brody Niebrugge was the starter. Eli Levitt and Brock Jansen also pitched.

The Bulldogs dipped to 15-4 on the season. They will play at home Monday against North Clay.

The St. Anthony Bulldogs exploded for 13 runs in the opening inning and then rolled to a 15-0, three-inning victory over South Central in a game played Tuesday afternoon at Lake Land College.

The Bulldogs nearly went through the lineup twice, sending 17 batters to the plate in that first inning. They had five hits, five walks, three hit batters and took advantage of one error.

Eli Levitt started the uprising with a walk. With one out, Colton Fearday singled and Will Hoene drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly. But that was just the beginning.

Angelo Mendella was hit by a pitch and Brady Hatton walked to load the bases. Brody Niebrugge and Connor Roepke also walked to force home a pair of runs and a wild pitch let in another. After Brock Fearday walked to load the bases again, Levitt laced a two-run single to make it 6-0.

After a double steal, Beau Adams delivered a base hit that drove home two more. Colton Fearday was hit by a pitch, an error allowed a run to come in and Mendella followed with another hit to drive in the 10^th run. After Hatton was hit by a pitch to once again load the bases, Niebrugge capped the inning with a bases-clearing triple to make it 13-0.

The Bulldogs added single tallies in the second and third.

Levitt pitched all three innings to get the win. He allowed just two hits, while walking one and striking out five.

The Bulldogs improved to 14-3 on the season. They will return to action today (Wednesday) at Windsor/Stew-Stras.