West Edges East in high school all-star game thriller
West rallied to beat East 12 to 11 in a tense all-star clash. Chamness led West with 3 RBI while Pilcher added a double and triple for East. Cobden’s Chad Pitts earned the save despite late jams as Stark, Murphysboro, and Carrier Mills stars shone amid eight errors and late heroics.
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Cobden
Chad Pitts
Harrisburg
Jared Borders
Pitts
Mount Vernon
Ryan South
Chamness
RBI
Joey Pilcher
Willis
Jake Steward
East
Carrier Mills
Seth Graves
Murphysboro
Jon
Micheal Korando
Elvorado
Todd Tripp
Alstat
West
Marion defeats Sparta in American Legion action 9-5
Short goes 3 for 4 with two RBI as Marion builds a four run fifth inning to beat Sparta 9-5. Chaney and Dalton drive in runs for Marion while Goodson leads Sparta with two hits. In Nashville, Gajewski belts a solo homer to lift Nashville past Sparta 7-4 as Engele picks up the win.
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Marion
Michael Short
Sparta
American Legion
Brian Chaney
Dane Dalton
Schwartz
Goodson
Adams
Lewis
Short
Norman
Hartwell
W—Short
L—Schwartz
Chaney
Dalton
Churillo
Nashville
Jay Gajewski
Young golfer Madison Craig shines in Hook A Kid On Golf program
In Carbondale Hickory Ridge hosts nine hole scramble for 76 children as part of the Hook A Kid On Golf program. SIU President James Walker Carbondale mayor Neil Dillard and police officers spoke as volunteers including SIU coaches. Kids learn swing etiquette and club use while getting free child sized sets and balls.
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Madison Craig
Madison
Hickory Ridge Golf Center
Frank Payne
Hickory Ridge
SIU
James Walker
Carbondale
Neil Dillard
Wally Young
Marla Boyer
Diane Daugherty
Malik Baker
Stanford dominates Notre Dame to open College World Series
Stanford 4 Notre Dame 3 as Jeremy Guthrie pitched a complete game and Sam Fuld homered. Jason Cooper drove in two runs and Ryan Garko went 2-for-4 for the Cardinal, who extended their win streak to 10 and won their fifth straight opening-round game. Notre Dame’s Javier Sanchez hit a three run homer.
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Omaha
Neb
Jeremy Guthrie
Sam Fuld
Stanford
Notre Dame
Cardinal
Jason Cooper
Ryan Garko
Javier Sanchez
Guthrie
Grant Johnson
Irish
TEXAS
RICE
Justin Simmons
Louisiana State
Florida
Simmons
Steven Herce
Huston Street
The
Longhorns
Fighting Irish
Owls
Jeff Ontiveros
Dustin Majewski
Tim Moss
Eric Arnold
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Packard
Siedler
Graves
McConnell
Milligan
Gurley
Raney
Borders
Caron
Thompson
Tochtrop
Garner
Storey
Stewart
Slichenmeyer
Pilcher
Pigg
Tomer
Beahmenger
Marks
Halstead
Hoehner
Meyer
Schlimme
Gajewski
Hoffman
Wilson
Brooks
Korando
Joey Beahmenger
Safley
Anna Jonesboro
Brandon Hoehner
Southern Illinois Baseball Coaches Association
Abe Martin Field
Sparta Marion
Norton
Holland
Zoliner
Engele
Haertling
L—Holland
Loucks
Brewer
Cowell
Harre
Gill
Marta
Mastercraft A
Auto Center
E. Main
Day
Daugherty
Wesley Bowman
Bowman
Courtney Flowers
USA
BNE
Iwo Vets
Tandard
Magnum
Acw
University Place
University Mall
Paducah
Cape Girardeau
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