Red Bud 4, Breese Central 2
Tara Hubert earned the complete game victory picking up seven strikeouts, as Red Bud nipped Breese Central 4-2 Tuesday in Cahokia Conference Mississippi Division action.
With the game tied 1-1, the Lady Musketeers took the lead for good scoring two runs in the bottom of the fourth.
Lauren Horrell had two hits and drove in a run to pace the Red Bud offense. Dany Gargac and Andrea Hartmann each had a double and a RBI.
Lebanon 1, Marissa-Coulterville 0
Lebanon scored the lone run of the game in the bottom of the first inning in a 1-0 victory over Marissa-Coulterville Tuesday.
The game was the conference opener for both teams.
Ashley Lehman took the loss despite allowing the lone run on just four hits over seven innings of work.
The Lady Meteor offense was held to three hits, as Corey Pitchford, Courtney Bingel and Abbie Lehman all had a single in the loss.
Anna-Jonesboro 1, Sparta 0
In the conference opener for both teams, Anna-Jonesboro scored in the bottom of the eighth inning to edge Sparta 1-0 Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs had chances to score in the game, as they had runners at third base with less than two out on three different occasions but could not get the run home.
“Give credit to the AJ pitcher, she made some pitches when she had to, and we were a little overanxious in those situations,” said Sparta coach Roger Gerlach. “I still liked our chances and we were in position to win, we just didn’t execute the way I know we can. Just have to tip your hat and move on.”
Alexis Kohrs was the tough luck loser in the pitchers battle, as she had six strikeouts with just one walk.  She also had one of the five hits the Bulldog offense garnered. Jamie Woodworth, Corrie Opolka and Julian Sroka are the others to get singles while Jade Vaughn was the only extra base hit which was a triple to lead off the sixth inning. 
Sparta could not push Vaughn across in that sixth inning and that would come back and haunt the efforts for the upset win. An infield pop-up for the first out, followed by an infield hit that Vaughn could not score on, and two strikeouts ended the inning.
“With the sixth inning to get away from us like that really changed the momentum and most likely the outcome of the game,” added Gerlach. “I did think that we competed well, and in the nine remaining games in league play, we need to be ready for extra innings in almost half of them, that is how solid our league is this year with three teams ranked in state.”
Sparta hosts state ranked league foe Carterville Friday. With the loss, Sparta’s overall record drops to 6-1.
Breese Central 5, Marissa-Coulterville 3
Marissa-Coulterville fell behind 4-0 in the first couple of innings and couldn’t complete the rally in the second game of a double header against Breese Central.
The Lady Meteors scored a lone run in the bottom of the second inning and added two in the third but fell 5-3 in a nonconference game.
Marissa-Coulterville finished the game with seven hits compared to six for Breese Central but four errors proved costly.
Bailey Setzkorn took the loss for the Lady Meteors giving up three runs on three hits.
Camille Bumann led the Marissa-Coulterville offense with two runs batted in, while Corey Pitchford and Chelsea Weekley each had two hits in the loss.
Breese Central 7, Marissa-Coulterville 3
Breese Central scored four runs in the eighth inning to take game one of the double header against Marissa-Coulterville 7-3 Saturday.
The Lady Meteors opened up the scoring with two runs in the bottom of the second, and added another run in the fourth.
Breese Central scored a lone run in the top of the fourth and added two in the fifth to tie the game up 3-3.
Ashley Lehman was handed the loss as she tossed eight plus innings allowing five runs, four earned on nine hits.
Kendra Goss led the offense going 2-for-4, while Camille Bumann, Corey Pitchford and Chelsea Weekley all had one hit.
Triad 2, Red Bud 0
The Red Bud offense was held to no runs and just two hits in a 2-0 loss to Triad Saturday.
Caitlyn Thompson and Ciara Schaefer had the lone hits for the Lady Musketeers.
Andrea Hartmann got the loss for Red Bud, as she went seven innings allowing two runs, one earned, on eight hits.
Tuscola 6, Trico 5
Tuscola rallied to score two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to claim a 6-5 win over Trico Saturday.
The Lady Pioneers scored four runs in the fourth and one in the fifth for a 5-4 lead.
Courtney Brandon received the loss for Trico.
Kourtney Bunselmeyer led the Trico attack going 2-for-4, while Cassie Ortiz was 1-for-2 with an RBI and Jordan Lodge was 1-for-3 with two RBI in the loss.
Trico dropped to 3-5 overall with the defeat.
Benton 5, Trico 4
Despite being out-hit eight to four, Benton edged out a 5-4 win over Trico Saturday.
The Lady Pioneers struck first scoring two runs in the top of the second. That lead was erased in the third inning, as Benton tied the game with a pair of runs.
Trico reclaimed the lead with a single run in the fourth but Benton took the lead for good with three runs in the fifth.
Jordan Lodge was handed the loss.
Top hitters for Trico included Lodge (2-for-4 with a RBI), Courtney Brandon (2-for-4), Maki Hartmann (2-for-3) and Chloe Thies (1-for-3 with two RBI).
Valmeyer 9, Chester 8
Valmeyer rallied from an 8-3 deficit to defeat Chester 9-8 Thursday in nonconference softball action.
Chester scored four runs in the first inning and four more in the second.
Valmeyer tallied three runs in the bottom half of the first inning, two in the second, one in the third, two in the fourth and one in the sixth.
Taylor Gross suffered the loss for Chester allowing nine runs on 10 hits.
Chester dropped to 2-5 on the season, with the loss.
Pinckneyville 18, Steeleville 0
Pinckneyville’s Taylor Cicardi, Mo Ramsey and Emily Chapman combined to drive in 10 runs in a lopsided 18-0 victory over Steeleville Thursday.
The Lady Panthers scored two runs in the first inning, two in the second, seven in the third and seven in the fourth for the win in five innings.
Sara Malanowski picked up the win, her fifth of the young season.
Cicardi finished the day going 3-for-3 with a home run and four RBI, while Ramsey was 3-for-3 with a triple and three RBI, and Chapman went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
With the win, Pinckneyville improved to 9-0 on the season.
Mackenzie Doeding was credited with the loss, while Farris went 1-for-2 for Steeleville at the plate.
Red Bud 5, Mascoutah 1
Red Bud scored four runs in the top of the 10th inning to top Mascoutah 5-1 Thursday.
Tara Hubert pitched all 10 innings allowing just one earned run on six hits.
Lauren Howell (2-for-5), Dany Gargac (1-for-4) and Caitlyn Thompson (1-for-4) all drove in one run to lead the Lady Musketeers to the win.
Sparta 4, Okawville 3
After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the first inning, Sparta reclaimed the lead for good with three runs in the bottom half of the frame en route to a 4-3 victory over Okawville Wednesday.
Okawville broke on top scoring a single run in the top half of the first inning on three first inning hits by the Rockets. Sparta responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning with the big hit being a three-run home run by Shanell Roberts. Jamie Woodworth had reached on a leadoff double and Julian Sroka was walked before the Roberts blast. 
Sroka scored another run in the bottom of the sixth to take what looked like a commanding 4-1 lead when she reached on a single up the middle and later scored on a passed ball. 
That fourth run ended up being the game-to-back singles to start the inning before an infield error and two consecutive walks put the Sparta lead in jeopardy. 
Two strikeouts by Alexis Kohrs, who came in relief, put the game away saving the win for Sroka, who went 6 plus innings to pick up her second win of the season.
“I think these kinds of games show the importance of those tack-on runs that seem innocent in the early innings prove just as valuable later,” said Sparta coach Roger Gerlach. “Shanell again came up with some big RBIs early and I was really impressed with how Alexis closed the door in the seventh.”
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 5-0 with the win.
Trico 8, Chester 1
Trailing 1-0 after four innings of play, Trico exploded to score the next eight runs for an 8-1 victory over Chester Wednesday.
The Lady Pioneers posted five runs in the top of the fifth, one in the sixth and two in the seventh.
Maki Hartmann allowed just one run on three hits to notch the win.
Freshman Jordan Lodge was 2-for-4 with a home run and three runs batted in to pace the Trico offense. Chloe Thies and Ashley Modglin were both 2-for-3 in the win.
Morgan Colvis took the loss for Chester.
The Chester offense was paced by Colvis (1-for-3 with an RBI), Taylor Yankey (1-for-3) and Taylor Gross (1-for-3).
Trico improved to 3-2 on the season, while Chester fell to 2-4.
Marissa-Coulterville 9, Wesclin 3
Christa Hill belted out two home runs and Corey Pitchford finished with three hits, including a home run, as the Lady Meteors topped Wesclin 9-3 Wednesday.
Marissa-Coulterville scored four runs in the top of the first inning and never looked back, adding single runs in the second, fourth and seventh innings along with a pair of runs in the sixth.
Ashley Lehman tossed all seven innings allowing three runs, two earned, on seven hits for the win.
Kendra Goss and Abbie Lehman each had two hits to help the Lady Meteor offense.
Pinckneyville 2, Alton Marquette 0
Pinckneyville’s Emily Chapman gave up just two hits in a complete game 2-0 shutout victory over Alton Marquette Wednesday.
Chapman finished with eight strikeouts to up her season record to 4-0.
Nicole Cheek and Shersty Stanton each drove in a run in the top of the fourth inning to provide the offensive spark for the Lady Panthers.
Pinckneyville improved to 8-0 on the year.
Cobden 11, Steeleville 0
Steeleville couldn’t muster any runs and were held to just three hits Wednesday in an 11-0 loss to the three-time defending Class 1A state champions Cobden Lady Appleknockers Wednesday.
Mackenzie Doeding suffered the loss allowing 11 runs on 13 hits.
Alex Gale, Taylor Grafton and Brooke Woods all had one hit to pace the Lady Warrior attack.