Published: May 13, 2008 11:18 am            

South Central picks up road win

LOUISVILLE — Heath Sigrist was 4-for-5 and Zac Cain drove in three runs as South Central High School picked up an 8-5 road win at North Clay (Louisville) in Monday baseball action.

Cain hit two home runs at Louisville — a two-run shot in the first and a solo shot in the third as the Cougars piled up a 7-0 lead after 3 1/2 innings.

North Clay, which used five different pitchers in preparation for this week's regionals, got four back in the fourth on Clint Quinn's RBI double, Austin Kemmerer's RBI single and a two-run homer from Preston Greenwood.

South Central (17-12) is the top seed in its own Class 1A regional this week, where it will face either No. 11 Mulberry Grove or No. 9 Sandoval Wednesday.

North Clay (14-7) is tops at Edwards County (Albion) with a No. 2 seeding and also plays Wednesday against either No. 10 Wayne City or No. 9 Grayville.

South Central---302---201---0--------8-13-1
North Clay-------000---401---0--------5-11-5
Robb, Crain (3), Schneider (5) and Cain; Grahn, Cox (2), J.L. Zink (3), Bailey (4), Kemmerer (5), Hawks (7) and Jonah Zink, Yates
South Central — Sigrist, 4 singles; Crain, single, double, RBI; Cain, single, 2 home runs (1st, 1 on; 3rd, none on), 4 RBIs; Schneider, 3 singles, RBI; Grapperhaus, single, RBI
North Clay — Grahn, single; Jonah Zink, single, RBI; John Logan Zink, single; Bailey, 2 singles; Hawks, single; Cox, single; Quinn, double, RBI; Acree, single; Kemmerer, single, RBI; Greenwood, home run (4th, 1 on), 2 RBIs

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At Hume

Neoga traveled to Hume to face East Central and held a 5-0 lead, but couldn't hold it as it fell 7-6.

The Indians (8-16) scored three in the third and two more in the fourth to go ahead by five but East Central (23-8) began the comeback with four in the fifth and went up with two in the sixth.

Bryn Price took the loss for Neoga, which is a No. 4 seed and plays Thursday at the Class 1A Tuscola Regional against either No. 10 Arcola or No. 6 Martinsville.

Neoga----------003---200---1--------6-8-5
East Central---000---402---1--------7-4-2
Price and Pikowski; Barnes, Umbarger (4), Tweedy (6) and Katterhenry, Biggs (4)
Neoga — D. Robinson, 2 singles, 2 RBIs; A. Robinson, double, 2 RBIs; Albert, 2 singles, 2 RBIs; McFarland, single; Boarman, 2 singles
East Central — Barnes, single; Judy, single, RBI; Biggs, double, 2 RBIs; Tweedy, single, RBI

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At Newton

Newton closed out its regular season with a home win over Casey-Westfield, improving to 14-14 with a 5-4 victory over the Warriors.

Adam French went five to get the win for the Eagles while singling three times with an RBI. Nick Mammoser singled home a run while Kelby McCoy had an RBI double.

Newton is the No. 7 seed at the Class 2A Olney Regional and faces No. 3 Mount Carmel Thursday in a semifinal contest.

Casey-----022---000---0--------4-8-1
Newton---212---000---x--------5-7-0
Biggs, Purcell (3), Kusterman (6) and Rich; French, Pittman (5) and Ken. McCoy
Casey-Westfield — Huckaba, single; Shawver, 2 singles; Biggs, single; Rich, 2 singles, 2 RBIs; L. McVey, 2 singles, RBI
Newton — N. Mammoser, single, RBI; French, 3 singles, RBI; Ken. McCoy, single, RBI; Kel. McCoy, double, RBI; May, double