Softball

The top of the batting order proved to be the catalyst for the Mattoon Lady Green Wave.

The first three batters – Cadance McDaniel, Emma Longcor and Ivie Edwards – combined for eight hits and 11 RBI, leading Mattoon to a 16-5, five-inning win Tuesday afternoon at Teutopolis.

Edwards was 4-for-4 at the plate, including a homer run and three runs batted in, while Edwards and Longcor both had two hits and drove in four runs. One of Longcor’s hits was also a two-run homer.

The Lady Green Wave held a slim 2-1 lead until erupting for seven runs in the third. They added two more tallies in the fourth and then wrapped up their scoring with a four-run fifth.

The Lady Shoes got on the board in the bottom of the first when Emily Konkel belted a one-out homer.

They didn’t score again until the fifth. Olivia Copple led off the inning with a solo shot over the centerfield fence. With one out, Konkel triple and Diasha Piedra walked. Kaylee Niebrugge drove in one run with a double and Danielle Sarchet added a two-run double.

Courtney Gibson was the starter for T-Town and took the loss.

The Lady Shoes dipped to 15-6. They will be back in action Thursday at Cumberland County.

Courtney Gibson was dominant on the mound, firing a one-hit shutout and helping the Teutopolis Lady Shoes post a 4-0 victory at home Monday afternoon over Shelbyville.

Gibson only allowed three baserunners in her 83-pitch complete game. She gave up walks in the first and fourth innings and a lead-off double in the seventh. She struck out seven.

T-Town scored single tallies in the first and sixth innings and added a pair of runs in the second.

In the opening inning, Erin Althoff had a lead-off single. She stole second and scored on an RBI double by Kaylee Niebrugge. The Lady Shoes took advantage of three Shelbyville errors to score their two runs in the second.

In the sixth, Olivia Copple had a one-out single, stole second and scored on a base hit by Althoff.

The Lady Shoes improved to 15-5. They will be back in action at home today (Tuesday) against Mattoon.

The Teutopolis Lady Shoes got a big late-inning rally to record an 8-5 win at home Tuesday over Marshall.

The Lady Shoes trailed 5-2 when they came to bat in the bottom of the fifth. But one error and seven hits later, they had the lead.

With one out, Erin Althoff reached on an error. And then the hit barrage began.

Emily Konkel singled and Daisha Piedra ripped a double, driving in both Althoff and Konkel. Kaylee Niebrugge then had an RBI single and Courtney Gibson’s triple brough home another run. Estella Mette followed with a run-scoring single, and after Summer Wall got a hit, Olivia Copple capped the comeback with an RBI single.

Gibson relieved to start the sixth inning and pitched two scoreless innings to gain the victory. Jordan Goeckner started and pitched the first five innings.

T-Town scored its first two runs in the third. Olivia Copple walked, stole second and scored on a base hit by Althoff. On the throw home, Althoff went to second base and then scored on an RBI single by Piedra.

The Lady Shoes improved to 14-3. They will be back in action Thursday with a game at Highland.

Maggie Grohmann blasted a home run and drove in five runs and Sophia Donoho tossed a three-hitter, helping the Highland Lady Bulldogs post an 11-1, six-inning victory at home Thursday over Teutopolis.

Grohmann had an RBI double in the first, drove in another with a ground out in the third and then smacked a three-run homer as part of a five-run fourth inning that broke the game open.

The Lady Shoes managed just three hits. Emily Konkel had two of those, including a solo home run to lead off the fourth inning. Konkel also had a single in the sixth and Estella Mette had a base hit in the third.

Donoho didn’t walk a batter and struck out seven. Jordan Goeckner took the loss. She allowed 12 hits and 11 runs, while walking seven and striking out one.

The Lady Shoes dipped to 14-4. They will be back in action tonight (Friday). They will face St. Anthony in the annual Cross Creek Classic. The game will be played at Evergreen Hollow Park in Effingham. Game time is 7 p.m.

By Steve Raymond

ET Sports Report

When a team scores in every inning, its chances of winning are generally pretty high.

The Teutopolis Lady Shoes did that Monday afternoon and came away with a 16-6, five-inning win at Effingham.

T-Town started the game with a pair of four-run frames and then added two runs in the third, five more in the fourth and a final tally in the fifth to build a 15-run lead.

“Getting on the board early just helped us settle down,” THS coach Crystal Tipton said. “The girls get pretty excited when they play Effingham.”

Yes, the Lady Shoes were on the board early. The second batter of the game, Emily Konkel, drove a 3-2 pitch over the centerfield fence to put the guests on top 1-0.

But they were just getting started.

With two outs, Kaylee Niebrugge hit a dribbler up the third base line that she beat out for an infield single. Courtney Gibson then drove the first pitch she saw into the right-centerfield gap and Niebrugge raced around the bases to score.

Danielle Sarchet and Estella Mette both walked to load the bases. Summer Wall was hit by a pitch to force in the third run and Olivia Copple grounded a single between third and shortstop to drive home the final run of the inning.

THS was right back at it in the second. With one out, Daisha Piedra walked and went to third on a double by Niebrugge. After Gibson walked to load the bases, Sarchet lined a pitch off the pitcher’s glove that still made it to the outfield and drove in a pair. Ground balls by Mette and Wall accounted for the final two runs to increase the lead to 8-0.

Niebrugge had a sacrifice fly and Gibson delivered her second RBI double to expand the gap to 10-0 in the third.