Benton Edges Nashville In Prep Baseball Thriller
Jason Packard homered in the first inning as Benton topped Nashville 3-2. Crawford earned the win, Smith the save, with key hits from Ford, Tomer, and Packard. Benton improves to 18-2. other local games in Cobden, Centralia, Marion, Goreville, and Hamilton County results noted.
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Jason Packard
Benton
Jesse Crawford
Rangers
Drew Smith
Crawford
Smith
Allen
Gajewski
Reid
Meyer
Storey
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Ford
Tomer
Packard
Hunter
Niedbalski
Forys
Steeleville
du Quoin
Mike Weaver
Kory Reitz
Cook
Wilson
Reitz
Cor.Young
Gallatin County
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Pope County
Raben
May
Perry
Baugher
Fulkerson
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J.—Raben
Pence
Centralia
Marion
Anna Jonesboro
Goreville
Pinckneyville wins dramatic seventh inning over Nashville
Pinckneyville edges Nashville 5-4 as Jana Cicardi singles with one out in the bottom of the seventh, driving in Ashley Newton after Melanie Sloan tied the game with a sacrifice fly. Brittany Lee earned the win for Pinckneyville, improving to 8-3 as the Lady Panthers rise to 8-4 overall and 4-2 in the LIRR Mississippi Division.
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Ashley Newton
LIRR
Mississippi
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Lady Panthers
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Anna Mae McCrary
Brittany Lee
Asberry
Schaeffer
Lee
Cicardi
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Stein
Ruggles
Schnake
Sloan
Engelhardt
Pinckneyville to Lead Southern Illinois At Ohio Event
Pinckneyville will become the first Southern Illinois team at the Ohio Illinois softball tournament joining top interstate squads. Archbishop Spaulding and North Laurel are among the Top 50 nationally ranked opponents, with North Laurel pitcher Becky Abner signing with Kentucky. Ashland and Indianapolis Cathedral also schedule to participate as Hale notes strong regional play and possible Division I talent. Hale, a 400-win veteran, secured the team’s spot after a delayed call following the September 11 disruption.
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Pinckneyville
Southern Illinois
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USA Today
Studentsports.com
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London
Becky Abner
Kentucky
Ashland
Indianapolis Cathedral
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