South Central is 10-2 after a 9-5 road win at Benton. Chase Dodson was the winning pitcher going 4 innings allowing 4 hits and 2 runs with 6 ks. Sebastian Cowger got the 3 inning save. At the plate, Beau Jolliff homered and drove in 3 with RBI also from Chase Thompson, Dodson, Cowger, Sam Rubin and Hunter Cripe.
The Cougars sit 2 games shy of 1000 in the programs history dating back to the 89-90 season. Coach Curt Jones also needs 2 wins to get to 800 for his career, all at South Central.
The Centralia Orphans gave up 5 runs in the sixth inning to fall to Mt Vernon in prep baseball 6-0.
The Salem Wildcats return to Cahokia play today when they travel to Freeburg for a 4:30 start. The JV will play at home against the Midgets. The Wildcats will play a double header at Nashville tomorrow.
