The Salem Wildcats were locked in a 1-1 tie with top-seed TTown on Wednesday in the bottom of the sixth inning of their 2a regional semifinal at Vandalia. The Shoes would get a 3-run double from Bryce Niebrugge to lift them to a 4-1 win over the Wildcats. Salem got on the board first in the 2nd inning with a solo home run to left field from senior Carter Lowe. Austin Borries tied the game in the 4th with a long home run of his own. Owen Tennyson and Zane Applegate had the other 2 Salem singles. Gavin Addis earned the win allowing 3 hits and 1 run with 11 strikeouts. Luke Boldt was great in the loss giving his team a chance to pull off the upset. The Shoes advance to Saturday’s finals where they will get a rematch with St Anthony after their easy 10-0 win over the host Vandals.
2a Wednesday Scores:
- Carterville 8 Murphysboro 4 at Carterville
- Herrin 11 DuQuoin 7 at DuQuoin
- Effingham 3 Olney 1 at Effingham
- Gillespie 5 Piasa 2 at Gillespie
- Father McGivney 9 Mater Dei 8 at Glen Carbon
- Harrisburg 8 Eldorado 3 at Harrisburg
- Roxana 15 Carlinville 0 at Litchfield
- Litchfield 4 North mac 3 at Litchfield
- Carmi 6 Fairfield 2 at Mt Carmel
- Freeburg 10 Wesclin 0 at Nashville
- St Anthony 10 Vandalia 0 at Vandalia
- TTown 4 Salem 1 at Vandalia
2a Thursday Games:
- Paris at Bismarck Henning
- Red Bud v. Massac County at Carterville
- Pinckneyville v. Chester at DuQuoin
- Staunton v. Marquette at Gillespie
- Breese Central v. Greenville at Glen Carbon
- Johnston City v. West Frankfort at Harrisburg
- Benton at Mt Carmel
- Columbia at Nashville
- Warrensburg at Pana
