Things seem much more back to normal now.

The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes are headed to the baseball sectional.

After winning 13 straight regional titles, the Shoes had that string snapped last year by Salem.

But T-Town made it 14-out-of-15, using a three-run inning and a strong pitching performance Saturday to post a 4-1 win over Salem in the championship game of the Greenville Class 2A Regional.

The Shoes now advance to the Breese (Central) Sectional.

Teutopolis, who beat Salem 10-2 earlier in the season, trailed the Wildcats 1-0 after allowing an unearned run to score in the bottom of the second inning.

But the Shoes knotted the score in the third. Caleb Siemer singled, went to second on an error and scored when Logan Roepke delivered an RBI single.

THS then took the lead with a three-run fourth. With one out, Connor Siemer, Garrett Gaddis and Caleb Bloemer each singled to load the bases. Caleb Siemer drove in one run with a sacrifice fly, Joey Niebrugge added a run-scoring single and Bloemer scored on an error.

That was more than enough run support for Logan Lawson. He pitched all seven innings, allowing just five hits and the one unearned tally. He walked only one batter and struck out six during his 94-pitch performance.

The Shoes, now 17-15 on the season, will face Father McGivney at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Father McGivney won the Roxanna Regional

Newton and Columbia, both winners of their own regionals, will square off at 3 p.m. Thursday.

The sectional championship is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, May 27.