Central softball defeats Jackson 5-2 for first win of season

Central's softball team picked up its first win of the season with a 5-2 win Wednesday at Jackson.

Callie Hoffman rebounded from a tough loss against Hillsboro to pick up the victory. Hoffman allowed one earned run on three hits, with five strikeouts and five walks.

Central (1-3) jumped out ahead with four runs in the first on four hits. Susie Edwards had the big hit for Central with a two-run double. Edwards and Jami Dement led Central with two hits apiece.

Hannah Fowler took the loss for Jackson. Hannah Kohm had two of Jackson's three hits in the Indians' season opener.

Central's JV won 2-1.

CENTRAL 5, JACKSON 2

Central 400 100 0 -- 5 9 0

Jackson 000 000 2 -- 2 3 3

WP -- Callie Hoffman. LP -- Hannah Fowler, 0-1. 3B -- Erica Schabbing (C); 2B -- Susie Edwards 2 (C). Multiple hits -- Central, Edwards 2-4, Jami Dement 2-2; Jackson, Hannah Kohm 2-3. Records -- Central 1-3, Jackson 0-1.

Delta Bobcats 14, Egytian 0

Sarah Cook had 10 strikeouts and allowed only one hit in a road win.

Jessica Drew led the Bobcats (3-1) with two hits.

Delta 021 47 -- 14 10 X

Egyptian 000 00 -- 0 1 X

WP -- Sarah Cook, 3-1. LP -- Courtney Quesenberry,. 2B -- Kacie Seabaugh(T), Shea Smith (T)3B -- Kaci Menz (D). Multiple hits -- Delta, Jessica Drew 2-4. Records -- Delta 3-1.

Tennis

Central 9, Jackson 0

Central (2-0) was dominant in its road contest at rival Jackson (1-2), shutting the home team out in varsity and JV play.

Singles

1. Dani Gross (C) def. Jessica Drum 8-6

2. Monica Toole (C) def. Shannon Cobb 8-1

3. Brett Ford (C) def. Chase Crowell 8-0

4. Liz LaFoe (C) def. Maddy Bruegging 8-1

5. Sarah Ford (C) def. Ellyn Beil 8-0

6. Lindsey Pingel (C) def. Sarah Detring 8-2

Doubles

1. Gross-B. Ford (C) def. Drum-Cobb 8-3

2. Toole-LaFoe (C) def. Crowell-Bruegging 8-0

3. S. Ford-Pingel (C) def. Beil-Sara Hinkebein 8-2

Central JV winners: (singles) Maggie Limbaugh, Jill Blattner, Brittney Hiett, Paige Foley, Claire Segar, Kristen Ford, Karrie Moll, Lauren Tobin, Kaitlyn Spaulding; (doubles) Limbaugh-Blattner, Hiett-Foley, Bahn-Ford, Segar-Moll, Hiett-Tobin, Spaulding-Bahn

Cross Country

Notre Dame placed second in both boys and girls at the Murphsyboro (Ill.) Invitational.

In its first meet of the season, Notre Dame had two runners in the top 20 in both boys and girls. Brooke Beussink was 11th and Casey Crawford finished 17th, as the girls finished with 94 points.

Greg Kanneberg led the boys in 11th, while Matt Pfau finished 18th. Notre Dame finished with 109 points.

Both Notre Dame junior varsity squads finished second.

Notre Dame results

Boys

Varsity

Team scores -- 1. Sparta (Ill.) 63, 2. Notre Dame 109, 3. McCleansboro (Ill.) 136

11. Greg Kanneberg 17:56.8, 18. Matt Pfau 18:37.1, 21. Cody Essner 18:49.6, 26. Steven Eeftink 19:21.1, 33. Cole Min 19:49.5, 37. Brian McCrate 19:56.7, 46. Neal Kanneberg 20:09.2

Junior varsity

18. Alex Ressell 21:05, 23. Brian Milbach 21:24.3, 29. Richie Bohn 21:54.4, 32. John Ramsey 22:04.7, 57. Adam Reinagel 23:36.8

Girls

Varsity

Team scores -- 1. McCleansboro (Ill.) 47, 2. Notre Dame 94, 3. Nashville (Ill.) 100

11. Brooke Beussink 24:18.9, 17. Casey Crawford 25:34.5, 21. Cori Garrett 26:39.1, 22. Megan Rosenquist 26:44.7, 23. Teresa Miller 26:49.7, 27. Hailey Brown 27:06.6, 29. Kelli Nagel 27:16.4

Junior varsity

22. Katie Daniel 28:25.9, 29. Jennifer Hinkebein 29:51.9, 33. Kelsie Neff 30:29.5, 34. Allie Bryant 30:43.5, 35. Stacie Kula 31:30.8