Published: May 13, 2008 11:16 am            

Dieterich wins softball regional opener

DIETERICH — Dieterich High School picked up a quarterfinal win in the Class 1A Altamont softball regional Monday, hosting 10th-seeded Martinsville and winning 10-9 thanks to a three-run bottom of the seventh inning.

The No. 7 Movin' Maroons (6-16) trailed by as many as six runs Monday, but a three-run fifth cut the Movin' Maroons' deficit to 9-7 after five.

Dieterich had just four hits — RBI singles from Katie Sparks, Laura Thoele and Charmayne Campton along with a base hit from Olivia Kuhl — but did draw eight walks.

Dieterich now faces top-seeded Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick today at Altamont in a regional semifinal set to begin at 4:30 p.m.

Martinsville---017---100---0---------9-6-5
Dieterich------120---130---3--------10-4-6
Turner and Beasley; Bannick and Sparks
Martinsville — Scott, snigle, double, RBI; Turner, double, 3 RBIs; Beasley, singl;e Williams, single; Owen, single
Dieterich — Sparks, single, RBI; Thoele, single, RBI; Kuhl, single; Campton, singl,e RBI; Orsborn, RBI

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At St. Elmo

St. Elmo/Brownstown finally wrapped up its National Trail Conference schedule, hosting Altamont and splitting with the Indians in a 3-1 win followed by a 5-0 loss.

Chelsy Durbin allowed just five hits in the opening-game win, walking nobody on the way to her eighth win of the campaign.

Altamont's Kelsey Hankins only allowed one hit and two walks in the first game but did have two errors behind her; in the finale her defense played perfectly while she allowed three hits, no walks and no runs while fanning five and beating Morgan Myers.

St. Elmo is 10-20 overall and finishes 4-10 in the NTC, sixth out of eight teams. The Altamont ends the NTC campaign 6-8; the exact same two teams will face off Wednesday at Altamont's Class 1A regional. St. Elmo is seeded fourth and Altamont is fifth.

Game One
St. Elmo----000---03--------3-1-0
Altamont---000---01--------1-5-2
C. Durbin and Lilly; Hankins and Holland
St. Elmo/Brownstown — Myers, single; Denton, 2 RBIs; Strobel, RBI
Altamont — Flexter, single; Cornwell, single; Berg, single; Hankins, single; Dammerman, single

Game Two
Altamont---030---02--------5-2-0
St. Elmo----000---00--------0-3-1
Myers and Lilly; Hankins and Holland
Altamont — Flexter, single; Holste, single
St. Elmo/Brownstown — Dilly, single; Denton, single; Maxey, double

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At Pana

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick took a non-conference loss in its regular-season finale at Pana, dropping a 6-5 13-inning marathon to the Panthers.

Pana's winning run in the 13th was unearned on one of BCCH's six errors; the Eagles (19-8) scored a go-ahead tally in the 12th only to see the home team knot it back up in the home half.

Allyson Doty went the first five for BCCH before Hillary Shelton took over and eventually took the loss. Shelton was also 2-for-6 with a triple and two RBIs while Hilary Shields was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.

BCCH now faces Dieterich today in the Class 1A Altamont Regional.

BCCH---100---030---000---001---0--------5-6-6
Pana---012---001---000---001---1--------6-8-2
Doty, Hi. Shelton (6) and Ohnesorge; Day, DeWerff (12) and Waddington, MIles
Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick — Shields, 2 singles, 2 RBIs; Lilly, single; Randall, single; Hi. Shelton, single, triple, 2 RBIs
Pana — DeWerff, single; Day, single, RBI; Lett, home run, RBI; Waddington, double, RBI; Oller, single, double; Beyers, 2 singles

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At Broadlands

Tenth-seeded Neoga saw its season end at Broadlands (Heritage), where it was defeated 11-1 in six innings in a quarterfinal of the Class 1A Villa Grove Regional.

Neoga didn't manage a hit in the contest but did manage to score an unearned run in the fourth when Olivia Mintun reached on a leadoff error, stole second and moved around the bases on wild pitches.

Neoga-----000---100---------1--0-1
Heritage---024---221--------11-12-1
Tarter and Schumacher; Luth and Ruttledge
Neoga — no hits
Heritage — Huber, 2 singles; Rothcremel, single, 2 RBIs; Luth, 2 singles, home run, 3 RBIs; Nickelson, double; Stites, 2 singles, RBI; Jetters, single, double, 2 RBIs

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At Lovington

Stewardson-Strasburg saw its season end at Lovington, where the eighth-seeded Lancers knocked off the No. 10 Comets 7-4 in quarterfinal action of the Class 1A Central A&M Regional.

Rebeka Pruemer was 3-for-4 with a double and a triple while Alyssa Cooper added a double, but it wasn't enough to keep Stew-Stras' season from ending at 1-21. The 4-19 Lovington club moves on to face No. 2 Windsor today.

At Louisville

North Clay (Louisville) picked up a victory at its own Class 1A Regional as the No. 8 Cardinals beat No. 9 South Central 5-3.

Jada Hollinshead picked up the win for North Clay while Lauren Matheny took the loss for the Cougars.