Saturday was not a good day for the Teutopolis Lady Shoes in Charleston.

It was opening day for Apollo Conference action and the Lady Shoes returned home with a pair of losses – losing 9-1 in the opener and 11-1 in the nightcap.

T-Town did get nine hits in the first game, but tallied just once. The Lady Shoes also received a pair of walks, but stranded eight runners.

The only score for THS came in the fourth. Tia Probst, who had three hits in the game, had a lead-off double and then scored on a base hit by Estella Mette.

The Lady Trojans used a six-run fourth to take control of the contest. Karah Moore scattered the nine hits over seven innings of work. She also had eight strikeouts.

Probst also pitched all seven innings for Teutopolis and took the loss. She allowed eight hits and nine runs, while walking eight and striking out four.

In the second game, Charleston scored five runs in the third and three more in the fifth to build an 8-1 lead.

T-Town actually took a 1-0 lead in the second. With two outs, Danielle Sarchet doubled and scored when Summer Wall followed with a base hit. But the Lady Shoes only had two other hits – a two-out triple by Emily Konkel in the first and a two-out double by Alaina Helmink in the fourth.

Courtney Gibson pitched the first three innings and got the loss. She allowed four hits and six runs, while walking one and striking out three. Jordan Goeckner pitched the final three innings.

The Lady Shoes are now 3-4 overall and 0-1 in the Apollo Conference. Only the first game of the doubleheader counted in the conference standings. They will return home Tuesday to play Casey-Westfield.

Courtney Gibson threw a two-hitter and her teammates provided plenty of support as the Teutopolis Lady Shoes posted a 13-0, five-inning victory Tuesday afternoon at Altamont.

Gibson gave up only a first-inning double to Bailey Teasley and a fourth-inning triple to Macey Christy. She didn’t walk a batter and struck out 10, while throwing just 63 pitches in five innings of work.

The Lady Shoes scored the only runs they needed, pushing across three in the first innings. Two runs scored on an error and third on a ground ball. The Indians committed six errors in the game, which accounted for 10 unearned runs.

T-Town took total control with four runs in the fourth and six more in the fifth.

An error, walk and base hit loaded the bases in the fourth and Erin Althoff then ripped a triple, driving in all three runners. Danielle Sarchet followed with an RBI double to increase the lead to 7-0.

Then in the fifth, the Lady Shoes combined four hits, a walk and two errors to push six more runs across the plate.

Sarchet finished with three hits and three RBI, while Emily Konkel and Kaylee Niebrugge both had two hits to lead the 10-hit attack. Althoff also drove in three runs.

Teutopolis, now 3-3, will open Apollo Conference play at home Saturday against Charleston.

Karley Moore brought both her arm and her bat to the game Saturday.

She not only pitched a gem, allowing just three hits, she also drove in three runs, helping Paris post an 11-0, five-inning victory at Teutopolis.

Moore allowed only first-inning singles by Erin Althoff and Daischa Piedra and a fourth-inning base hit by Lexie Niebruggge. She walked two and struck out seven while making 74 pitches.

The Lady Tigers took control with a five-run third and followed that up by pushing six more runs across the plate in the fourth. Moore had an RBI triple in the third and added a two-run double in the fourth.

The Lady Shoes dropped to 2-2 on the season. They will play at home Monday against Windsor/Stew-Stras, beginning at 4:30 p.m. THS will then play Tuesday at Altamont. First pitch there is scheduled for 4 p.m.

Windsor/Stew-Straws put together a pair of three-run innings, en route to a 6-4 victory Monday afternoon at Teutopolis.

The Lady Hatchets took a 3-0 lead in the third, and after the Lady Shoes closed to within 3-2, WSS tallied three more times in the top of the seventh and withstood a last inning rally by T-Town.

Teutopolis started cutting into the three-run deficit in the fourth. Tia Probst and Kaylee Niebrugge singled and moved up a base on a wild pitch. A ground out by Estella Mette drove in the run.

THS made it 3-2 in the fifth. With one out, Emily Konkel and Diascha Piedra got base hits and Lexie Niebrugge followed with an RBI single.

After the Lady Hatchets extended their lead to 6-2 in the seventh, the Lady Shoes made it interesting in the bottom of that inning. Three WSS errors accounted for one run and Kaylee Niebrugge drove home the second with a base hit, but the rally ended there.

Probst pitched the first five innings for T-Town and took the loss. She allowed seven hits and three runs, while walking three and striking out five. Courtney Gibson pitched the final two innings and gave up three runs on four hits.

The Lady Shoes, who dipped to 2-3, will play today (Tuesday) at Altamont.

The Teutopolis Lady Shoes traveled to Farina Saturday and split a doubleheader with South Central.

In the opener, T-Town jumped out a 6-0 lead, fell behind 7-6 and then rallied for a 9-8 victory.

The Lady Cougars came back to post an 11-1, five-inning win in the nightcap.

In the first game, the Lady Shoes scored in each of the first three innings to build the early lead.

In the opening frame, Lexie Niebrugge capped a three-run uprising with a two-run homer. Erin Althoff had a run-scoring single in the second and Courtney Gipson delivered a two-run RBI base hit in the third to give THS a 5-0 advantage.

The Lady Shoes made it 6-0 in the top of the fifth. Emily Konkel started the inning with a base hit and eventually scored on an error.

But South Central then exploded in the bottom of the fifth. The Lady Cougars combined four hits, one walk and three errors to push seven runs across the plate. The big blow was a grand slam by Lily Malone.

But T-Town responded in the top of the sixth. Gibson walked, Danielle Sarchet singled and Althoff was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Konkel then delivered a base hit to drive home two and Daischa Piedra capped the three-run frame with an RBI single.

South Central scored a single tally in the bottom of the sixth to close within a run, but couldn’t get any closer.

Hallie Smith pitched all seven innings to get the win for Teutopolis. She allowed nine hits and nine runs, while striking out two and walking three.

The Lady Shoes jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the second game when Konkel ripped a one-out triple and Piedra drove her in with a sacrifice fly. But T-Town managed only two more hits in the game – a fourth-inning double by Piedra and a base hit by Kaylee Niebrugge in the fifth – and didn’t score again.

South Central took a lead it never relinquished in the bottom of the first. They hit a pair of home runs, including a two-run blast by Laney Webster. The Lady Cougars, who finished with 10 hits, scored two more runs in the second, pushed across five tallies in the fourth and scored their final run in the fifth to end the game.

Lexie Niebrugge took the loss for T-Town.

The Lady Shoes are now 2-1 on the season. They will travel to Flora on Monday.