Softball

Emily Konkel belted a pair of solo home runs Monday, including a seventh-inning shot that proved to be the game-winner, as the Teutopolis Lady Shoes pulled out a 6-5 win at South Central.

T-Town trailed 4-3 before Konkel smacked a pitch over the rightfield fence to tie the game in the fifth. The Lady Cougars took the lead with a single tally in the bottom of the fifth, but THS tied the game in the sixth when Danielle Sarchet tripled and Estella Mette brought her in with a ground ball.

Then in the top of the seventh, Konkel led off and sent the second pitch she saw over the leftfield fence to put the Lady Shoes on top.

Courtney Gibson allowed only a two-out walk in the bottom of the seventh to seal the victory, the fifth straight for Teutopolis. Gibson came on in relief of Jordan Goeckner in the fifth. She blanked South Central on three hits over the final three innings. She allowed two walks and recorded to a pair of strikeouts.

The Lady Shoes owned a 3-0 lead in the second. Sarchet drove in the first run with the first of her two triples in the game. Mette drove her in when she reached on an error and eventually scored on a base hit by Goeckner.

South Central scored one run in the bottom of the second and added three more in the third.

The Lady Shoes improved to 10-2. They will play again today (Tuesday) at home against Tuscola.

The Teutopolis Lady Shoes rallied for seven runs in the final two innings Thursday to come from behind and post a 10-9 win at Windsor/Stew-Stras.

T-Town trailed 8-3 when it came to bat in the sixth. Olivia Copple walked and Emily Konkel was hit by a pitch to get things started. After both runners moved up a base, Daisha Piedra singled to drive both runners in. Piedra later scored on a wild pitch to trim the gap to 8-6.

After WSS added a single tally in the bottom of the sixth, the Lady Shoes then put together a go-ahead rally. Courtney Gibson led off the inning with a double and Summer Wall brought her in with a base hit. After Copple was hit by a pitch, Konkel delivered a game-tying, two-run double. Piedra then drove in the winning run with a ground out.

Gibson, who pitched all seven innings, allowed a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh before recording the final out to seal the win.

THS collected 11 hits in the contest, with Konkel, Gibson and Wall each getting two. Konkel and Piedra both drove in three runs.

The Lady Shoes, winners of four straight, improved to 9-2. They will play again today (Friday) at home against Flora.

Emily Konkel and Erin Althoff both had bases-loaded triples in the nine-run fifth inning Friday afternoon, helping the Teutopolis Lady Shoes rally for a 9-5 win at home over Mt. Zion.

When T-Town came to bat in the bottom of the fifth, the Lady Braves owned a 3-0 lead. The Lady Shoes had been shut out on one hit through the first four innings.

But things quickly changed.

Summer Wall walked, Olivia Copple reached on an error and Althoff singled to load the bases. Konkel followed with her bases-clearing triple to knot the score at 3-3. And that was just the beginning.

Daisha Piedra walked and Danielle Sarchet put THS on top with a ground ball that brought Konkel home. Two more runs scored on a wild pitch and an error. Then, Wall walked and Copple singled to load the bases again and Althoff came through with a two-out triple that drove in all three runners and give the hosts a 9-3 lead.

In that one inning, T-Town had four of its five hits, received three of its four walks and took advantage of two of Mt. Zion’s three errors in the game, while sending 13 batters to the plate.

The Lady Braves scored single tallies in both the sixth and seventh, but couldn’t overcome that nine-run explosion.

Courtney Gibson relieved in the fourth and earned the victory. She allowed eight hits and four runs over her four innings of work. Jordan Goeckner pitched the first three innings.

The Lady Shoes improved to 7-2 on the spring. They will return to action Monday with a home game against Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City.

The Teutopolis Lady Shoes grabbed an early lead and then used an 11-run explosion to roll to a 16-1 win at home Monday afternoon over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City.

The Lady Shoes started quickly, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first inning. Erin Althoff singled, Emily Konkel walked and Kaylee Niebrugge got a base hit to load the bases with one out. Danielle Sarchet got T-Town on the board with a two-run double. After Estella Mette was hit by a pitch, Courtney Gibson cleared the bases with a triple, staking the hosts to that 5-0 lead.

Teutopolis put the game away with an 11-run third. The Lady Shoes combined nine hits, a hit batter and two errors to break it open.

Jordan Goeckner got the win. She pitched three innings, allowing two hits and one run. She didn’t walk a batter and struck out four.

The Lady Shoes improved to 8-2. They will return to action Thursday and play at Windsor/Stew-Stras.

Courtney Gibson pitched a complete game and belted a pair of solo home runs Thursday afternoon, leading the Teutopolis Lady Shoes to an 11-2 win at home over Altamont.

Gibson allowed just four hits, while walking three and striking out five, while throwing 81 pitches. She also homered in the first and sixth innings.

The Lady Shoes took control with a five-run first. Erin Althoff got things started with a lead-off double. Emily Konkel walked and Daisha Piedra got T-Town on the board with an RBI single. With two outs, Estella Mette blasted a three-run homer and Gibson followed with her first solo shot to stake the hosts to a quick 5-0 lead.

The Lady Shoes added a single tally in the second and then broke the game open with a five-run sixth. Gibson started that inning with a blast over the centerfield fence. Piedra and Danielle Sarchet added RBI singles and Kaylee Niebrugge delivered a two-run double to wrap up the scoring.

The Lady Shoes improved to 6-2 on the spring. The Lady Shoes are scheduled to play at home today (Friday) against Mt. Zion.