Courtney Gibson pitched a strong game, but Maggie Ward was even better.

Ward allowed just three hits, pitching St. Joe-Ogden to a 2-0 victory at home Wednesday afternoon over Teutopolis.

Gibson gave up just six hits and two runs – both scoring in the third inning. She walked two and struck out four.

But Ward was even stingier. She allowed singles to Kaylee Niebrugge in both the second and seventh and another to Emily Konkel in the fourth. Ward didn’t walk a batter and struck out two while throwing just 67 pitches.

SJO combined three hits and a wild pitch to score its two runs in the third inning.

The Lady Shoes dropped to 12-9 overall. They are scheduled to return home to face Pinckneyville on Friday and will then play at Effingham on Saturday.

The Teutopolis Lady Shoes sprayed hits all over the ball park Saturday.

They banged out 31 hits and scored 27 runs en route to a doubleheader sweep at Taylorville.

T-Town took the opener 14-1 and then completed the sweep with a 13-3 decision in the nightcap.

The Lady Shoes took control early, scoring five times on six hits in the first inning of the first game. Lexie Niebrugge, who had six hits and five RBI in the two games, had an RBI single, as did Daischa Piedra and Kaylee Niebrugge. Courtney Gibson capped the inning with a two-run double.

THS added two runs in the second, four more in the third and tacked on their final three in the fifth.

That was more than enough for Tia Probst, who allowed just two hits and a single run in five innings of work. She walked two and struck out nine.

It was a 2-2 tie when the Lady Shoes pushed five runs across the plate in the third inning of the second game. Piedra had an RBI single, as did Estella Mette, who also drove in five runs in the twin-bill. The third run scored on a bases-loaded walk and Erin Althoff brought home the final two with a two-run single.

T-Town then added a pair of runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to complete the scoring.

Gibson went the first three innings to get the win. She allowed six hits and three runs, while walking one and striking out two. Jordan Goeckner pitched the final three innings of shutout softball. She didn’t allow a hit, walked three and struck out two.

The Lady Shoes improved to 12-7 overall and 2-3 in the Apollo Conference. They will return home Tuesday to play Mattoon in another conference contest.

Mattoon scored three runs in the fourth to take the lead and that was enough for Raven Morrison, who pitched the Lady Green Wave to a 4-1 softball victory Tuesday afternoon at Teutopolis.

Morrison allowed only four hits and two walks, while striking out eight, in her seven-inning, 104-pitch performance.

T-Town took a 1-0 lead in the second. Kaylee Niebrugge walked, went to second on a passed ball and scored on a two-out single by Estella Mette.

But Mattoon responded in the fourth, combining three singles, a hit batter, a walk and an error to score three times. The Lady Green Wave added a single tally in the fifth.

Tia Probst took the loss for the Lady Shoes. She went seven innings and allowed nine hits and four runs, while walking three and striking out four.

The Lady Shoes dropped to 12-8 overall and 2-4 in the Apollo Conference. They are scheduled to play today (Wednesday) at St. Joe-Ogden and then return home to face Pinckneyville on Friday.

Ashley Campbell’s walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth broke up a scoreless pitcher’s duel and gave Mahomet-Seymour a 1-0 Apollo Conference victory at home Thursday over Teutopolis.

T-Town’s Tia Probst and Mahomet-Seymour’s Karley Yergler hooked up in quite a pitcher’s battle. Probst scattered six hits, while Yergler gave up just three.

In the bottom of the ninth, Kenadi Granadino walked to start the inning for the Lady Bulldogs. With one out, Yergler doubled and Campbell followed with a base hit to end the contest.

Probst walked seven and struck out 13 in 8.1 innings of work. Yergler didn’t walk a batter a fanned 10 in her nine innings.

The Lady Shoes were set down in order five times and had just five base runners in the game. They only time they had two runners on base in the same at-bat was the eighth. Courtney Gibson had a one-out single and Erin Althoff was hit by a pitch with two outs.

Gibson also had a double in the fifth and Probst had a double in the second. Daischa Piedra also reached base when she struck out in the fourth, but the ball got away from the catcher.

The Lady Shoes dipped to 10-7 overall and 1-3 in the conference. They will play another Apollo Conference contest Saturday at Taylorville.