This is a daily list of top performers from Springfield-area high school sports teams for March 24-29, compiled from information provided to The State Journal-Register by coaches, athletic directors and team statisticians.
Results can be emailed to sports@sj-r.com.
Tuesday, March 25
Girls Soccer
Game of the Day
Springfield High 5, Chatham Glenwood 2
The Senators put last year’s regional final in the rearview mirror.
SHS gave up a two-goal lead but unlike last season’s postseason matchup, it closed out the second half with three unanswered goals to open the Central State Eight Conference slate with a win.
Junior forward Kalyn Burton delivered the go-ahead goal with 32 minutes left before junior standout Kamryn Hoffman capitalized on the penalty kick with under 20 minutes remaining. Addi Maddox added another goal in the final minute.
SHS coach Pat Phillips said it easily could’ve gone the other way, but the team regrouped.
“Glenwood is the class of the Central State Eight and we came out to try to compete,” Phillips said. “That’s the thing when you’re the top team like Glenwood, they get everybody’s best. Tonight, it was close to our best. We’re just glad to be back to that competitive level.”
Hoffman scored the opening goal on a long assist from Madison Clark before SHS (3-1, 1-0 CS8) extended the lead 2-0 on Zoe Wall’s lone goal. Junior goalkeeper Lydia Auble also made key saves in the win.
Glenwood (1-2, 1-1) evened the score with back-to-back goals from Addison Matthews and Rowann Law.
— Bill Welt
Briannah Walker, Riverton: The goalkeeper had three saves in a 1-0 loss to Decatur St. Teresa.
Softball
Game of the Day
Sacred Heart-Griffin 4, Lincoln 3 (8 innings)
McKenna Norris slapped a solo home run in the top of the eighth inning and winning pitcher Kenzie Wieland retired the side in the bottom-half to give the Cyclones the win.
Wieland finished with 17 strikeouts, two walks and one earned run on two hits. SHG scored twice in the first on Addie Malek’s two-run double before Lincoln got within 2-1 in the bottom-half on an SHG error. Malek finished 3-for-4 with a run scored.
Lincoln’s Regan Kutz tied the game in the third on an RBI groundout until the Cyclones went up 3-2 on Sammie Bergschneider’s RBI double in the fourth. Kutz tied the game at three apiece with an RBI single in the fifth.
Madisen Wurth went the distance and was the losing pitcher. She struck out six, walked three and gave up seven hits.
Irie Lohrenz, Chatham Glenwood: The starting pitcher struck out six with no walks and threw a one-hitter in Glenwood’s 10-0, five-inning victory over Normal U-High. Sophia Feld and Taryn Griffith both had two hits and two RBIs and Hope Gilmore drove in three runs.
Kendall Edmonson, Rochester: Edmonson singled in Peyton Purves in the bottom of the eighth inning and Rochester defeated Quincy Notre Dame 6-5 on a walk-off. Purves finished with a hit and two RBIs and Eleanor Schudel had two hits, a double and an RBI.
Mia Volpert, Springfield High: The pitcher struck out five in two perfect innings of Springfield’s 19-4, four-inning victory at Decatur MacArthur. Volpert supplied three hits, three RBIs and two runs.
Preslie Buckmaster, Athens: The shortstop went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and a home run in Athens’ 11-1, six-inning win over Raymond Lincolnwood. Aubrey Crispen (2-for-3, two RBIs) and Reilen Reynolds (2-for-3) also homered, while winning pitcher Isabel Ingram (2-for-4, three RBIs) allowed just two hits and struck out five.
Addison Wheatley/Meena Taylor, Auburn: Wheatley doubled three times and finished with four RBIs while Taylor threw a complete game, striking out 12 in Auburn’s 9-1 victory over Gillespie. Taylor also had two hits with a double and an RBI.
Elle Smithers, Williamsville: The third baseman went 3-for-3 with a home run and drove in four runs as Williamsville posted an 18-3, four-inning win over North Mac. Izzy Nowack had a three-run homer in Williamsville’s 11-run first inning.
Rylee Connor, Petersburg PORTA: Connor finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs in PORTA’s 13-3 win over Jacksonville Routt in five innings. Aubrey Vogel tripled twice and drove in two runs.
Kaydi Miller/Hannah Hodgson, Havana: The tandem both went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs apiece as Havana and Pleasant Plains played to a 5-5 tie after nine innings.
Maddie Moore, Pleasant Plains: Moore went 3-for-5 and finished with two RBIs and Delaney Murphy collected three hits and scored a run in Plains’ tie with Havana.
Lili Anne Readenour, Litchfield: The infielder scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball and finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs in Litchfield’s 3-2 win at Taylorville. She accounted for all of Litchfield’s runs with a two-run double in the first.
Mae McTaggart, Nokomis: The center fielder tallied two hits with an RBI and three runs scored as Pawnee defeated Nokomis 6-2. Winning pitcher Emma Selhime threw a complete game, striking out nine.
Kylynn Maltby, Beardstown: The catcher cracked a two-run home run in the fourth inning, but Illini West scored two runs in the sixth to beat the Tigers 4-3. Losing pitcher Khloe Kearns struck out 12, walked two and allowed nine hits and four runs (two earned).
Baseball
Cooper Carter, Auburn: The starter struck out 11, walked two and pitched a no-hitter as Auburn shut out Gillespie 2-0. Tucker Dennis had an RBI groundout when Auburn plated its two runs in the fourth inning.
Brody VanHooser, Raymond Lincolnwood: The pitcher struck out 12, walked one and threw a six-hit shutout in Lincolnwood’s 1-0 victory over Carlinville. Jonah Elvidge drove in the only run with a double in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Drew Green, Pleasant Plains: The first baseman hit a walk-off sacrifice fly to score Grady Grisham in the bottom of the eighth inning as Plains defeated Quincy Notre Dame 9-8. Green finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs and Cooper Schallenberg belted a grand slam in the second that gave Plains a 6-0 lead.
Caiden Bietsch, Springfield High: Bietsch allowed just one hit and no runs in five innings as the visiting Senators defeated Decatur MacArthur 5-1. Bietsch finished with seven strikeouts and Wade Snyder had two hits with a double and scored twice.
Rowan Mizeur, Sacred Heart-Griffin: The designated hitter went 4-for-4 with two RBIs and SHG finished with 19 hits in a 12-2, six-inning home win over Lincoln. Will Pennell pitched a complete game and struck out 10.
Eli Carlson, Rochester: The starting pitcher fanned 10 batters, walked zero and limited Southeast to two hits in five innings of work in an 11-0, six-inning win at Eisenhower Park. Ajay Runkel went 2-for-3 with a double and drove in two runs.
Carter Brooks, Havana: The shortstop drove in two runs, including an RBI triple, as Havana defeated Petersburg PORTA 9-4.
Andrew Scroggins, North Mac: The winning pitcher tossed five innings of no-hit ball and finished 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs in North Mac’s 11-1, six-inning victory over Buffalo Tri-City. Aiden Hatalla had a two-run inside-the-park home run.
Colton Gatton, Taylorville: The winning pitcher fanned eight batters and allowed no walks in a three-hit, 10-0 shutout over Litchfield/Mount Olive in a five-inning game.
Austin Rife/Caleb Cox, Lutheran: Rife went 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs and Cox was the winning pitcher, striking out seven without allowing a hit in 3 1/3 innings in Lutheran’s 13-3 victory at Bunker Hill in five innings. Max Yenchko finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored.
Hunter Barber/Coy Clarke, Pawnee: Barber and Clarke collected two hits apiece and two RBIs each in Pawnee’s 6-0 victory over Nokomis. Clarke, the winning pitcher, threw 5 1/3 innings and combined with Hudson Wort on a four-hitter.
Carter Legendre, Staunton: Legendre finished 2-for-5 with three RBIs and Staunton tied Roxana 7-7 after nine innings. Cale Dugger delivered three hits and scored twice.
Nathan Matoush, Hillsboro: The first baseman had two hits with a double and an RBI in Hillsboro’s 7-2 loss at Vandalia.
Monday, March 24
Baseball
Game of the Day
Auburn 5, Carlinville 4
Tucker Dennis scored the game-winning run on an error as Auburn plated three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to rally past Carlinville.
Dennis tied the game with a two-run double with the bases loaded and the possible game-winning run was gunned down at home plate for the second out. Carter Smith’s ground ball to shortstop forced an error as Dennis (2-for-4) scored on a walk-off.
Carlinville took a 3-1 lead with three runs in the third when Ian Ronald had an RBI groundout and Noah Convery and Aiden Wagner both had run-scoring singles. Auburn got within 3-2 when a run came home on a fielder’s choice in the fifth.
Carlinville added a run in the seventh to make it 4-2.
Sam Ferris, Rochester: The catcher hit a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning and Rochester defeated Lakes Community 6-5. Breck Calvert went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Carter Morell, Pawnee: The second baseman drove in the go-ahead runs with a two-run single in the top of the fifth inning and Pawnee defeated Athens 5-4. Coy Clarke had a run-scoring single in the three-run fifth and winning pitcher Caden Ward struck out six and threw four scoreless relief innings.
Zach Desollar/Tanner Riddell, Beardstown: Desollar finished 3-for-3 with two runs scored and Riddell threw three hitless innings with five strikeouts and three walks in Beardstown’s 6-3 road win over Camp Point Central.
Eil Zaidi, Hillsboro: The winning pitcher struck out six, walked one and threw a one-hit shutout as Hillsboro defeated Bunker Hill 15-0 in four innings. Zaidi finished 3-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI at the plate.
Rockman Prince, New Berlin: The center fielder/pitcher went 4-for-4 with a double, four runs scored and two stolen bases in New Berlin’s 9-2 win over Concord Triopia. Prince also struck out two in one relief inning and Reid Hepperly (2-for-4) had a two-run double and ended with three RBIs.
Jace Lautemann, Jacksonville Routt: The left fielder doubled, tripled, stole three bases and went 4-for-4 with three runs scored to lead Routt past visiting Riverton 11-2. Dalton Brown contributed three hits, three RBIs and three stolen bases and Anson Butcher had a three-run home run.
Izaak Doyen, Nokomis: The winning pitcher fanned eight, walked one and yielded one hit in four scoreless relief innings as Nokomis defeated North Mac 6-4. Kannon Jones had a hit and two RBIs.
Carter Legendre, Staunton: The first baseman had a hit and drove in three runs as Staunton beat visiting Raymond Lincolnwood 9-5.
Easton Malisia/Carder Burris, Pana: The pitching duo combined for nine strikeouts and allowed just three hits and no earned runs as Pana beat Beecher City 3-2. Burris went 2-for-3 with an RBI at the plate.
Macon Kessler, Rushville-Industry: The infielder had a hit with three RBIs and three runs scored as the Rockets defeated Hamilton/Warsaw 17-7 in six innings.
Brody Scheffler, Springfield High: The pitcher struck out 11 and drove in the only run in Springfield’s 5-1 loss at Dunlap. Scheffler walked two, allowed three hits and gave up three earned runs in five innings.
Casey Whittington, Buffalo Tri-City: The pitcher/shortstop had two hits with a double and four RBIs in Tri-City's 12-9 win over Macon Meridian. Jackson Nibbe was 2-for-3 with three runs and two walks.
Brandon Sims, Jacksonville: The catcher/pitcher went 3-for-4 with an RBI in Jacksonville’s 8-2 home loss to Roxana.
Softball
Game of the Day
Havana 5, Tremont 0
Maddie Howerter pitched a no-hitter and leadoff hitter Kaydi Miller drove in three runs as Havana improved to 3-0 with a home win.
Howerter struck out 11 and walked none. Two Havana errors kept her from throwing a perfect game. Howerter scored Havana’s first run in the second inning when she reached first on an error and advanced to third on a passed ball and a wild pitch. She came home on an RBI single by Willa Towery.
Havana scored four more runs in the fifth on an RBI single by Evy Smith and a three-run home run by Miller, who finished 2-for-4.
Lily Woodworth/Hanna Ferriell, Buffalo Tri-City: Woodworth and Ferriell combined on a five-inning no-hitter in Tri-City's 10-0 victory over Cerro Gordo. Woodworth struck out 11 in four innings and Ferriell fanned three in one frame. Lexi Patton (2-for-3) homered and drove in three.
Khloe Kearns, Beardstown: The winning pitcher struck out 10 and yielded just two hits and no earned runs in Beardstown’s 7-1 victory at West Hancock. Autumn Bowman went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs.
Kayden Skinner, Pleasant Plains: The pitcher threw a complete game, striking out seven and walking one as Plains defeated visiting Carlinville 6-2. Skinner allowed 10 hits and two earned runs, and she had a single and scored a run.
Tori Elvidge, Raymond Lincolnwood: The winning pitcher threw five innings and finished 2-for-4 with a two-run triple as Lincolnwood stopped Vandalia 7-3. Elvidge struck out six, walked three and gave up one hit and one earned run.
Grace Burris, Staunton: The pitcher threw a complete game, allowing four hits with seven strikeouts and no walks in Staunton’s 4-1 victory over Roxana. Lilly Bandy went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and Gianna Bianco supplied three hits and scored twice.
Jayde Gonet, Nokomis: The winning pitcher hit a two-run walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning as Nokomis edged North Mac 6-5. Gonet struck out seven, walked two and allowed six hits and three earned runs.
Hayle Force, Jacksonville: She went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored in Jacksonville’s 16-1, four-inning win over East St. Louis. Maci Moore had a two-run inside-the-park home run.
Taylor Patterson, Auburn: The second baseman went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored in Auburn’s 17-2, five-inning win over Jacksonville Routt. Keely Boyle had a pair of hits and three RBIs and Addison Wheatley collected three hits and drove in a run.
Emma Selhime, Pawnee: The pitcher struck out 12 and threw a complete game, but Pawnee lost to Moweaqua Central A&M 4-2. Selhime walked three and allowed five hits and four earned runs.
Girls Soccer
Raelyn Brammer/Bailey Leach, Pleasant Plains: Brammer scored twice and Leach netted a goal as Pleasant Plains defeated Rochester 3-2.
Jordyn Loveless, Carlinville: Loveless recorded a hat trick in the first half and Carlinville opened its season with a 3-0 win over Jerseyville.
This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: Baseball, softball, girls soccer results around Springfield, March 24-29
