Baseball: The baseball postseason continued last night. It will be an all-National Trail Conference Sectional final at Altamont after both South Central and St Anthony took care of business last night. The SC Cougars opened the night getting a gem from starter Anthony Buonaura as they edged Arcola 2-0. Not only did the starter need strikeout 14 and walk 1 in the complete game, but only threw 84 pitches to do it. He also homered in the game.
SC will play St Anthony in the finals after their 12-0 win over Casey Westfield.
Christ Our Rock opens the Greenville University Sectional today with a 4:30 game against Greenfield.
In 2a, Father McGivney beat TTown at Breese Central 4-1. They will play the winner of today’s game between Columbia and Newton.
In 3a regional semifinals at Mount Vernon, the host Rams routed Carbondale 14-4. Tyler Kemp and Charlie Houle had 3 RBI each with Houle moving to 9-1 on the year with the complete game win.
Softball: The IHSA softball postseason continued yesterday. Columbia advanced to the Freeburg 2a Sectional finals after their 12-8, 8-inning win over Flora. They will get the 1-loss host Midgets in the finals.
At South Central in the 1a sectional semifinals, Casey Westfield beat Altamont 15-0 with pitcher Paige Cutright striking out all 15 hitters she saw in the perfect game. Casey will play Windsor/Stew-Stras for a trip to the Supers.
