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Larry's Game Blogs - recaps of all WVIL local ballgames
|Today's high school girl's game between South Fulton and Triopia was a back and forth affair that the Rebels won 41-31. Neither team shot well as the Trojans shot 28 percent and the Rebels 37. South Fulton hit 49 per cent of their foul shots and Triopia 33 percent. Parker had 12, Porter 11 and Koster 9 to lead the Rebels to a 4 and 3 season. Evans had 19 and was the only Trojan in double digits as Triopia fell to 4-4. They will play West Central, Porta and WHNG this week. They turned the ball over 18 times today and need to find some offense as the season moves on.
|I got my first look at Routt Catholic Boy's Basketball as they knocked off Springfield Lutheran 73-18 in JV ball and 61-23 in varsity ball. They improved to 3-2 on the year and will host Triopia on Tuesday.Lutheran only had 1 double-digit scorer as Boston scored 12. They shot 20 percent from the field and 60 percent from the line with 15 turnovers. Routt had 9 players score in the win as Ronan and Abell scored 15 each and Lindsey had 9. The Rockets hit 24 of 39 shots and 8 of 13 free throws with just 10 turnovers. The young players on this roster are going to play a big part in the success of Routt.
Routt Catholic moved to 9-0 on the year with a 52-36 win over the Lady Trojans of Triopia and will be home to face Greenfield on Monday. The Rockets are little more physical than the Trojans and a little deeper, which allows them to be a little stronger in the 4th quarter. For the Trojans: Burris had 10, Gregory 9 and Dawson 8 to lead the way. They shot 14 for 33 from the field and 7 for 15 from the line with 13 turnovers, as they fell to 4-3 on the year and will host South Fulton on Saturday at 1 pm. Routt got 12 points from Schierl and Fellhauer and 11 from Bella McCartney as 8 players scored in the win. They hit 20 of 52 and 9 of 10 from the free throw line with only 5 turnovers. This is a pretty good looking team, on both ends of the floor.
|When Routt and West Central face off, on the basketball court, it is usually very close. Tonight, Bella McCartney was tough to handle, in the paint and finished with 22 points to lead the Rockets to a 49-35 victory as they stayed perfect (8-0) on the early season. Sophore, Addie Dobson (13 points) and sophomore Grace McCartney (8 points) stepped tonight as Lacey Schierl was ill and not able to play. Routt hit 55% from the field and made it difficult for the Lady Cougars to get inside. Aayle Evans led West Cental with 14 points and Sydney Elliott scored 10 as the Cougars fell to 2 and 2 on the year. They hit 11 of 31 from the field and 8 of 14 from the line. Routt will play the Lady Trojans on Thursday night in a road game. Sara Evans hit a 3 point shot, with 7 seconds to play, for the game winner tonight vs Greenfield. Routt will play Greenfield on Monday.
Augusta Southeastern led Tiopia boys by 6 after the first, second and third quarters and hung on to defeat the Trojans 36-34 on a buzzer beater by Jerik Heaton, who had 6 points on the night. Stephens led the way with 13, Brayden Winters 10Brock Winters 5 and Bostic 2. They shot 38 percent from the field and 64 percent for free throws with 8 turnovers. Triopia's
Garrett Bell led all scorers with 14 points but the Trojans have to continue working on some other scoring threats. Walker and Broc Moore had 7 points each, Caden Moore and Musch 3. They put up less than 7 shots per quarter and hit 8 of 14 free throws with 7 of those coming in the 4th quarter. They turned the ball over 11 times and fell to 2-1 with the loss. They will play a very physical Beardstown Tiger team at 12:30 on Saturday for 3rd place. The Trojans will be an interesting team to watch this season, as someone is going to come out of the pack and add to their offense, or they will be relatively easy to defend against. You can't argue with their defensive hustle but the Suns outshot them 40 to 27 and was in charge most of the game. It is very early in the season and how they are playing in post season is what really matters.
|Triopia Lady Trojans lost their first game of the year 47-45 to Springfield Lutheran at the Waverly Tournament, in the semi-finals. Triopia got off to an 8-0 start, but when the Crusaders caught up in the 2nd, it was a fun game to watch and could have gone either way. cox led springfield with 16 and Stoeckel added 13. They shot 39 percent and 60 percent from the line with 20 turnovers. Stoeckel made the winning shot of 1.5 seconds left in the game. They will play Carrollton for the championship, on Wednesday at 6:30. The Trojans: Burrus scored 22 and Gregory was the 2nd leading scorer with 8. They shot 35 percent from the field and 47 percent from the line with 14 turnovers. They had their chances to win and made some late choices that did not turn out well. They will play Auburn for 3rd place at 5 pm on Wednesday. If and when they play again, you can expect a close game again as they are evenly matched.
|Triopia and South Fork did not play well in the first half of the girl's basketball tonight as theTrojans shot 22 percent and the Ponies shot 17 percent. The half time score was 17-14 Triopia and Burrus had 3 fouls and 1 point. Evans took over in the third quarter and hit 4 of 5 treys and added 2 of 6 in the 4th quarter and 22 points in the 2nd half and 27 points in the win. Burrus finished with 9 points and stayed out of foul trouble i the 2nd half. Howe led the Ponies with 9 points. Triopia sot 18 for 60 in the game and 8 for 20 from the line with 8 turovers. SouthFork hit 6 of 41 shots and 8 of 11 free throws with no attempts in the entire 2nd half. Triopia will play North Mac at Noon on Saturday and will play Springfield Lutheran at 6 on Monday. Tey are 2-0 on the season after beating Beardstown on Thursday night 55-23.
|Routt improved to 2-0 on the early season with a 45-29 win over South County @ Waverly. Once again their defense made a huge difference in the win. They forced 29 turnovers and committed 16 on the night. Malenna Bixby led the Lady Vipers with 12 points as 7 players scored. They shot 9 for 26 from the field and 10 of 24 from the line as they fell to 0-3 on the year. They will play Auburn at 7:30 on Friday night in the Waverly Tournament. Routt was led in scoring by Bella McCartney who had 14 for the second game in a row. Schierl ended up with 12 points while Gracie McCartney added 8, Fellhauer 6 and Dobson 5. Huffman was ill and missed the game. The Rockets hit 18 for 45 from the field and 6 for 13 from the line and will play Western at 10:30 on Saturday at Brown County. They will face Unity at 6 pm as well. You can hear the second game on 101.3 WVIL with Ryon McNeff on the call.
|Routt opened their girl's basketball campaign with a 47-30 win over the Pittsfield Saukees. Defense was the name of the game as they forced forced 20 and only committed 13. Cox was the leading scorer for Coach Shireman's team and Lemons added 7. They shot 30 percent from the field and 38 percent from the line. Routt was led by Bella McCartney with 14 and Walker with 11. They hit 19 of 48 from the field and 7 of 13 from the line and will play South County on Thursday.
|The Routt volleyball season came to an end this evening, at the Athens Sectional. They lost to Lewistown 25-21, 25-22 and did not play as aggressive as they needed to. The Rockets had a good year and finished with 21 wins and 15 losses overall. They will lose Powell, Chloe Wooldridge, Mrwin, English, Dobson, Addie Parlier and Sydney Walker to graduation. Hannah Parlier, a freshman, had her best match of the year this evening and gives Coach Gibson a lot of hope for next season. Baptist, Hicks, Cosgriff, Lewis and Fellhauer are all juniors, while G. Wooldridge, Audrey Huffman and Winters are all under-classmen, with some quality playing time. It will be interesting to see who steps up to be a leader on next year's squad. Athen defeated Mendon 28-26, 25-18 and will play Lewistown for the sectional championship on Wednesday. That should be an interesting match. Basketball will be up next for our broadcast team and early indications are that the Lady Rockets will be very good and the jury is still out for the boys, so we will wait and see. Greenfield, West Cental and Triopia will all be competative in the conference and I am guessing the Lady Mustangs will be good also. Brown County could join in the mix, if they get off to a good start. The season starts around the 19th.
|Routt Catholic came into the Bluffs Regional as the #1 seed and came away with a hard-fought championship win over Triopia 25-13, 25-22. The Trojans were about a half step slow at the onset of game #1, but once they got used to the Rocket's game speed, it was a fun match. Triopia ended their season with 25 wins and 10 losses. I a expecting a very good basketball season from the Lady Trojans. Routt got a solid game 1 from Lewis with 8 kills and Fellhauer with 6. Between Hicks (3) Lewis (13), Fellhauer (8), Parlier (2), Merwin (1) and Baptist (1), it was hardd hitting aggressive night. Parlier played an excellent defensive game and Merwin had numerous digs while Walker finished with 12 points and 2 assists. Routt will take a 21-14 record into their 1st round sectional game, at Athens, where they will face Lewistown. They had 7 more service errors tonight and are trying to cut the numbers.
Routt came into the Bluffs Regional as the #1 seed and played their first match tonight as they defeated Barry-Westeern 25-15, 25-15. Wildcats: Smith 5 assists 2 kills, Wombles 2 pts, Conkright 3 assists, McQuay 3 kills, George 1 kill, Flores 7 pts 1 assist 2 kills, Campbell 3 pts 1 ace 1 assist 2 kills 1 block and Abney 2 kills. They had 2 service errors and finished their season 14-19. Routt: Baptist 5 pts 13 assists 3 kills, Hicks 3 kills 1 assisted block, Cosgriff 1 kill, Lewis 6 pts 1 ace 8 kills 1 assisted block, C. Wooddridge 3 pts, Merwin 4 pts 1 kill, Fellhauer 2 assists 1 kill, Dobson 1 pt, H. Parlier 2 pts 1 ace 3 kills, Walker 10 pts. Tey had 3 service errors and improved to 20-14. They will play Triopia for the regional championship at 6 pm on Thursday.
In the second semi-final game at the Bluffs Regional, it took 3 games, but Triopia defeated West Central 24-26, 25-17, 25-20 to earn a spot in in the title game, vs Routt on Thursday. Cougars: Fox 4 pts 15 assists 1 kill, Little 3 pts 7 kills 1 block, Gregory 1 assist, Elliott 8 pts 5 kills 1 block, Kunz 1 assist, DeJaynes 5 pts 1 kill, Slagle 2 pts 6 kills 4 blocks, Davis 6 kills, Daniel 3 pts. They had 7 service errors and ended their season 14-20-1. Triopia: H. Reynolds 4 pts 2 kills, Milby 2 pts 10 assists, S. Reynolds 1 block, Workman 6 pts, Bateman 3 kills 2 blocks, Burrus 7 pts 1 ace 16 kills 6 blocks, Ganz 6 pts 12 assists, Lacy 9 pts 1 assist. They had 7 service errors.
|Routt played pretty good volleyball tonight, but it wasn't good enough as New Berlin beat them 25-21, 25-16. This was an important game as these two teams will possibly meet in the first roundof theAthens sectional, if they can make it out of their respective regionals. The Pretzels are big and good, so tonight's loss was not a shock, but the better team won. NB: Rogers 2 pts, King 2 pts 10 kills, Schurman 3 kills, Lee 1 pt 22 assists, Peters 2 pts 1 ace 6 kills 1 block, M. Bixby 19 pts 8 kills 1 block and there were 5 service errors. The Pretzrls are 26-9. Routt: Baptist 2 pts, 12 assists 3 kills, Hicks 1 assist 3 kills, Lewis 1 pt 1 assist 7 kills, C. Wooldridge 2 pts, Fellhauer 4 kills 3 blocks, H. Parlier 7 pts 3 aces 2 assists 1 kill, Walker 4 pts 1 ace and the Rockets had 3 service errors as they fell to 19-14 on the year.
|Beardstown played Routt a little tougher than I expected tonight and had a chance in both games, as theRockets had 31 hitting errors. Routt did win, 25-21, 25-20 and improved to 14-9 on the year. They will faceSouth County and Calhoun next week, prior to heading for the Bloomington Central Catholic Tournament. Beardstown: Rilee Hobrock 1 pt 6 kills, Price 1 pt, Richards 1 kill 1 block, Ferin Carlock 3 pts 4 assists 2 kills, Sloan 4 pts 8 assists, Orr 1 pt, Micah Carlock 2 pts 3 kills and Kaiyembe 3 kills 1 block with just 2 team service errors. Rockets: Baptist 1 ace 17 assists 2 kills, Hicks 2 kills 2 blocks, Lewis 6 pts 2 assists 10 kills, C. Wooldridge 4 pts, Merwin 7 pts 4 assists 3 kills, Fellhauer 1 assist 4 kills 2 blocks, H. Parlier 3 pts 1 ace 7 kills 2 blocks and Walker 1 pt. Routt had 8 more service errors tonight and need to correct that part of their game. Routt is #1 in their 14 team sub-sectional at the Athens Sectional. They will possibly play in the Bluffs regional.
|Rout Catholic volleyball cruised to their 14th win of the year, as they defeated WHNG 25-10, 25-22. The Spartans are having a tough year, to this point: Mueller 1 assist, Sitton 1 kill, Thompson 3 pts 1 ace 3 assists, Smith 1 pt 3 kills 1 block, Berry 2 pts 5 assists, Barnard 1 pt 5 kills, Poe 2 pts 1 kill, Edwards 1 kill, Davidson 1 pt 1 kill and Hoesman 4 pts. They only had 1 service error. Routt: Baptist 4 pts 1 ace 16 assists 1 kill, Hicks7 kills 3 blocks, Cosgriff 4 kills, Lewis 5 kills, C. Wooldridge 3 pts 1 assist, Merwin 8 pts, Fellhauer 7 kills 1 block, English 1 kill, Dobson 1 pt, H. Parlier 3 assists 3 kills, Walker 13 pts 6 assists and Winters 1 assist. The Rockets had 1 service error and improved to 14 and 9 with Beardstown on their schedule for Thursday, at the Routt Dome.
|Whether OSS played too many games in 3 days and got worn out, or whether St. Matthews had more older players than the young Shamrocks, the Raiders knocked off OSS 9-2 to take the 7-1A baseball championship. It was a convinving win as the Shamrocks did not respond well to the relentless pressure St. Matthews was applying and made some uncharacteristic mistakes. They walked 6 and 3 of those players scored. They made 4 errors and had 1 wild pitch that allowed a run. They threw to the wrong base on 2 occasions and it just wasn't a good day for Shamrock baseball. What an experience however, as they won 20 games and only lost 2 and came away with the 2nd place trophy. Many players never have that experience and once the hurt of losing goes away, the players will relish what they did in the big picture. OSS had 5 hits, 2 runs, 4 errors and 3 runners left on base. They used 3 pitchers in the game. Conrad Charpentier had 2 hits, Nolan Turner 1, huffman 1 and Mossman 1. For the Raiders: Kirby was 1 for 3 and played outstanding defense at SS and scored twice, Henderson 1 for 3 1 run scored, Oliver had a 3 for 3 day plus a walk 1 run scored and 2 RBI's, Schmitt 1 run scored, Kemper 1 for 2 wih 1 run scored and was the winning pitcher with 6 innings pitched 2 walks and 4 k's, Horn 1 run scored and McLure was 2 for 3 with 1 run scored and 1 RBI. They had 9 hits, 9 runs (4 earned) with 0 errors and 5 left on base. They are the 2019 champions.
|Our Saviour School moved to the Championship game of the 7-1A state baseball tournament. They stopped Normal Epiphany 11-1 behind Nolan Turner's 3 hitter. The Knights fell to 14-10 with the loss and were playing St. Agnus for 3rd place when the rains came. They will finish that game at 10 am on Monday. OSS will play around 10:45 -11:00 as they take on St. Matthews of Champaign. For Epiphany: Summers, who is a very good and exciting baseball player was 1 for 3 with a run scored and a couple of excellent plays from shortstop. He hit line shots in all 3 of his times at the plate. He had a couple of early hits in their game with St. Agnus. Logan Baker had a single as did Aaron Kotlinski. Unfortunately they made 5 errors and gave up 5 unearned runs in the loss. Hendrickson was the losing pitcher. OSS: Turner was 1 for 3 with 1 run scored and 1 RBI, along with 4 2/3 innings recording 6 strikeouts and 1 walk, A. J. Charpentier 1 for 4 1 RBI, Conrad Charpentier 1 for 3 1 RS 1 RBI, Huffman 1 for 3 1 RBI, Mossman 2 hits, 2 RS 2 excellent defensive plays in center field, Berry 2 hits 3 RS, Hicks 1 hit 2 RS 1 RBI and Thompson 1 hit 2 RS and 1 RBI. The Shamrocks got the title shot they were looking for and it will be fun to see if they can finish the run on Monday on 101.3 WVIL.
|Today's quarter-final 45-11:00 ESA baseball game between the Shamrocks of Our Saviour School of Jacksonville and the Delavan Panthers was very entertaining and exciting. Cole Norell went 4 1/3 innings before running out of the pitch count and Conrad Charpentier went 6 1/3 for OSS. The Shamrocks won 4-0 and earned the right to play Normal Epiphany at 9:30 on Saturday morning in the semi-final round. Delavan: Norell was 3 for 3 in hitting while Pierson, Arrenholz and Westbrook all had 1 hit. The Panthers had 6 hits, 0 runs, 0 errors and left 8 runners on base. They will end their season with 13 wins and 3 losses. OSS: Nolan Turner 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored, A. J. Charpentier 2 for 4, Conrad Charpentier 2 for 3 with 2 RBI's, Moss 1 for 3 1 run scored, Berry 1 for 3 2 run home run, so the Shamrocks had 9 hits, 4 runs 1 error and left 7 on base. They will take a 19-1 record into tomorrow's semi-final game. They are a patient club and scored 1 in the 5, 2 in the 6th and 1 in the 7th while playing strong defense. Norell walked 2 and struck out 9 while Charpentier walked 1 and struck out 11.
|Jacksonville Our Saviour baseball is on their way to state competition, on Friday, October 4th, in East Peoria. Their game will be at 11:30 am and they will face Delavan or Morton Bethel Lutheran. To get there, they defeated Immaculate Conception of Monthouth 13-1, at Alumni Friday this morning. The Trojans had 6 hits, 1 run and committed 3 errors in the loss and will end the season 11-5. Steele had 2 hits, Jones had a hit and an RBI while Almaguer had a single and Gibbs had 2 hits and scored the only run. Steele was the losing pitcher. The Shamrocks ended up with 14 hits, 13 runs, 0 errors as they improved to 18-1 on the year. Conrad Charpentier was the winning pitcher, He also had 1 hit, 1 run scored and 1 RBI, Nolan Turner 3 hits, 2 runs scored and 2 RBIs, A.J.Charpentier 3 hits, 1 run scored and 2 RBI's, with several good defensive plays at 2nd base, Huffman1 hit, 2 runs scored 1 RBI and 2 very nice plays at 3rd, Brady Turner 1 hit, 1 run scored and 1 RBI, Mossman scored a run, Mason Berry had 2 hits, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI's, Hicks 1 hit, 2 runs scored and Thompson 1 hit, 1 run scored and 1 RBI. They played well in front of a large OSS crowd.
|Routt Catholic VB did not play well in games 1 or 2 vs Liberty, so they lost game 1 27-25 and won game two 26-24. They played more consistent and controlled in game 3 and won 25-7. Their next games are in Carrollton on the first and play WC on the 3rd. Liberty: Knuffman 6 pts 1 ace 1 assist 8 kills 1 block, Hummel 1 kill, Hessling 4 pts 12 assists, Haxel 3 pts 1 assist 3 kills, Hahn 3 pts 4 assists 4 kills, Coonrod 1 pt 1 kill, Mixer 1 assist, Wagner 5 pts 1 ace and Grimm 10 kills 3 blocks. The Eagles had 7 service errors in the loss. Routt: Baptist 4 pts 1 ace 23 assists 3 kills, Hicks 6 kills, Lewis 12 pts 1 assist 15 kills 1 block, C. Wooldridge 3 pts 1 acd, Merwin 10 pts 1 ace 2 assists 1 kill, Fellhauer 4 kills 1 assisted block, Dobson 4 pts, H. Parlier 4 assists 8 kills 1 assisted block and Walker 5 pts and 1 assist. The Rockets had 8 service errors as they improved to 11-8 on the year.
|It was a typical hard fought sporting event tonight, between two very competative rivals, as Routt Catholic hosted Triopia in a volleyball match. The Rockets won 25-20, 25-21, but it didn't come easily. Now Routt will pull for the Trojans when they face Greenfield/Northwestern in a conference match in a coupleof weeks. The Lady Tigers have beaten Routt and also knocked off the Trojans in the New Berlin Tournament, but if Triopia could pull off the minor upset, they may share a 3-way championship in theWIVC. Triopia: H. Reynolds 3 points 2 kills, Milby 1 pt 7 assists, Dawson 2 kills, Evans 2 assists 5 kills, Workman 3 pts, Bate 2 kill 1 block, Burrus 6 kills 5 blocks, Waid 2 pts, Ganz 2 pts 5 assists and Lacy 8 points. The Trojans had 6 service errors as they fell to 14-3 on the year. Routt: Baptist 7 pts 1 ace 11 assists 1 kill, Hicks 3 kills, Cosgriff 1 assist 1 kill, Lewis 7 pts 1 ace 1 assist 8 kills 1 block, G. Wooldridge 1 assist, C. Wooldridge 1 pt, Merwin 10 pts 2 aces 2 assists 1 kill 1 bblock, Fellhauer 4 kills 1 block, H. Parlier 1 assist 3 kills and Walker 2 pooints 2 asists. The Rockets had 8 service errors and improved to 9-8 with Payson Seymour coming to the Routt Dome Wednesday and Liberty will follow on Thursday.
|All of the pre-game hype for the match up between Porta/AC and Routt Catholic volleyball turned out to be accrate and it was fun and exciting match that Routt won 25-22, 30-32, 25-19. The Rockets improved to 8-8 on the year and the Bluejays fell to 5-4. Porta/AC: Wallbaum 5 pts 1 assist, Hudspeth 6 pts 10 kills, Eileres 6 pts 5 kills 4 blocks, Danner 5 kills, Rennecker 14 kills 3 blocks 1 assisted block, Minor 10 pts 1 kill, Privia 3 pts 26 assists, DeFreezer 1 point, Mayes 4 pts and Greer 1 assisted block. The Bluejays only had 3 service errors in the loss. Routt: Baptist 8 pts 27 assists 1 kill 1 assisted block, Lewis 8 pts 9 kills, Chloe Wooldridge 11 points 2 aces, Merwin 4 pts 4 assists 5 kills, Fellhauer 6 kills 3 solo blocks 1 assisted block, Hanah Parlier 1 point 1 assist 13 kills 4 blocks 1 asssisted block, Walker 8 points and Winters 2 kills. The Lady Rockets had 9 service errors in the win.
|Griggsville-Perry is having an off year, but Routt was in need of a win and defeated the Tornadoes 25-10, 25-10, The Rockets improved to 7 and 8 and will try to even their year with a tough match against Porta/AC on Thursday. Tornadoes: Leenerts 1 pt 1 kill, Waters 1 pt 2 kills, Bennett 1 pt 2 assists. GP had 7 service errors and fell to 1-9 on the year. Routt: Baptist 2 pts 12 assists, Hicks 4 pts 1 assist 2 kills, Cosgriff 2 assists 3 kills, Lewis 4 pts 1 ace 8 kills, Chloe Wooddridge 2 pts, Merwin 2 pts 3 kills, Fellhauer 4 pts 1 assist 5 kills 2 blocks, English 1 kill, Dobson 3 pts, Hannah Parlier 2 pts, 1 assist 1 kill, Walker 8 pts 4 assists 1 block. Rockets had 9 service errors as their concentratiion level was not high in the relatively easy win.
|After a very exciting JV game, that Greenfield/NW won 17-25, 25-23, 28-26, the Tiger varsity nearly duplicated the scores and beat Routt 18-25, 25-22, 25-16 on Tuesday night, at the Routt Dome. Greenfield did not hit well in game 1, but they played well enough to win game 2 and started off with a 9-0 run by Foiles and never looked back as they handed the Rockets their first conference loss in 2 years. it was a mild upset but well deserved as the Tigers played consistently in the 2nd and 3rd games to post the win. They may be the team to catch this year, but I haven't seen Triopia play yet and they are undefeated at this point. Routt will host them next week. Greenfield: Vetter2 pts 1 assist 2 kills, Bilbruck 5 pts 1 assist 4 kills 2 blocks, Pohlman 1 pt 2 assists 5 kills, Foiles 15 pts 1 ace 16 assists 3 kills, Smay 1 assist 4 kills 1 block, Theivagt 5 assists numerous digs, Gibbs 2 pts 2 assists 9 kills 3 blocks and Smith 1 assist. The Tigers had 6 service errors and improved to 4-2 on the year. Routt: Baptist 8 pts 22 assists 2 kills 1 assisted block, Hicks 2 pts 4 kills 1 assisted block, Lewis 1 pt 1 assist 13 kills 1 block, Chloe Wooldridge 5 pts, Merwin 4 pts 9 kills, Fellhauere 2 kills 1 block, Dobson 2 pts, Hannah Parlier 4 assists 4 kills 1 block and Walker 6 pts 6 assists. The Rockets had 5 service errors and fell to 6-8 on the year. They have a little tightening up to do defensively and need to stay aggressive offensively. You get the feeling they have a big target on them and need to get serious about defending their domain.
|Routt Catholic volleyball entered the Jacksonville Invitation with 4 wins and 5 losses. The losses all came from quality opponents and due to the nature of the Jacksonville field, they were going to have to play well at Illinois College. They lost to Bellville West 25-11, 25-16, but they played well in the loss. In match 2, they faced a team from Lovejoy who did not have the depth or talent to stay with the Rockets. Routt won 25-9, 25-9. Match 3 weas a thriller, especially Game 2. Trailing 24-18, the Rockets behind Gillian Wooldridge 8 straight service points, won 26-24. They were playing West Prairie and the win moved them to the 5th place championship against Metamore, who is tough every year it seems. It took the Redbirds 3 games to put away the Rockets, in spite of Routt not playing especially well. The final score was 25-10, 24-26, 15-10. A couple of highlights, on the day, were the appearance of Jessica Winters and Audrey Huffman in a varsity game, as Huffman (So) had 13 service points in one match and Winters, for a freshman, showed some real potential. Fellhauer and Lewis both picked up their game, which is critical to the Rocket success as the season rolls along. It will be interesting to see how Routt handles Greenfield, Griggsville-Perry and Porta/AC next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
|Auburn improved to 6-2 on the season, with a 25-23, 27-25 win over Routt Catholic. The loss dropped the Rockets to 4-4 on the year. They will face Springfield Lutheran on the 10th. Tonight: Auburn Landers 1 point, 1 kill, Tripp 2 points, Dorothy Dambacher 2 oints, 1 assist, 2 kills, Eicken 3 points, 1 ace, 1 kill, McKenzie 3 kills, Smith 2 points, 13 kills 4 blocks, Trautman 8 points, 7 assists, 1 kill, Bly 2 kills, Stewart 4 points, 6 assists, 1 block. The Trojans had 9 service errors. Routt: Baptist 1 point, 5 assists, 2 kills, Hicks 2 kills, 2 blocks, Cosgriff 1 assist, Lewis 4 points, 8 kills, Merwin 7 points, Fellhauer 2 points, 1 assist, 2 kills, 1 block, English 1 kill, Parlier 1 point, 3 kills and Walker 3 points, 10 assists, 1 kill, 1 block. Routt had 7 service errors and Addie Parlier re-injured her knee, so may be out for a while.
|Routt Catholic volleyball took a 2-0 record to the very strong Springfield Luteran tournament and lost their first game to Springfield 25-14, 25-20. The Lady Senators are a hard-hitting defense minded team and the Rockets couldn't break through on a consistent basis. They looked a little shell shocked in game 1 bu came around and played tough in game 2, in spite of losing. It is a trait of coach Gibson to play a strong schedule, knowing it will pay off later in the year. They still have St. Charles Luthern out of Missouri, Metro East Lutheran from Edwardsville and Waterloo Gibault in pool play, so they will have to equal what they did today and more to accomplish what they are trying to do. Springfield: Grossen 8 points, 1 assist, Becker 1 assist, 1 kill, Eves 3 points, 4 assists, Buhnerkemper 5 points, 7 assists, Blaustein 1 assist, James 2 points, 1 assist, 1 kill, 2 blocks, Thompson 8 kills, 1 block, McKeown 4 points, 8 kills, 1 block, Lamsargis 7 points, 1 ace, 4 kills, Byrd 1 assist 2 kills, 1 block, 1 assisted block and Harris 4 kills, 1 block, 1 assisted block. They had 2 service errors in the win. Routt: Baptist 14 assists, 1 kill, Hicks 5 kills, 1 block, Cosgriff 1 assist, 1 kill, Lewis 2 aces, 7 kills, G. Wooldridge 1 point, 2 assists, C. Wooldridge 2 points, Fellhauer 1 kill, 1 block, English 1 kill, A. Parlier 1 ace, Walker 5 assists. The Rockets had 6 service errors.
|High School volleyball season opened tonight for Routt Catholic as they took on the 0-1 Brown County Lady Hornets. The first game was very competitive and game two, not so much, as the Rockets won 25-20, 25-15. The Lady Hornets lacked consistency, but they have good athletes and will get much better as the season rolls on. McKeon 2 points, Dunlap 1 oint 8 assists, 2 kills, 1 block, Behymer 3 kills, McGath 3 points, 1 ace, 5 assists, Kassing 1 assist 1 kill, Henry 1 kill 1 block, K. Flynn 4 kills, 3 blocks, Markert 3 points, 1 ace, Law 4 points, 4 kills. The Hornets had 3 service errors and are 0-2 on the year. Routt: Baptist 5 points, 9 assists, 3 kills, Hicks 1 assist, 2 kills, 1 block, 1 assisted block, Cosgriff 2 kills, Lewis 7 kills, G. Wooldridge 1 kill, C. Wooldridge 4 points, Merwin 4 points, 1 ace, 2 kills, Fellhauer 1 point, 4 kills, English 1 kill, H. Parlier 1 kill, 1 assisted block, A. Parlier 4 points and Walker 8 points, 9 assists. The Rockets had 2 service errors and are 1-0 with Pleasant Hill up next; prior to the tough Springfield Lutheran Tournament starting Fridat at 4:30 vs Springfield High.
|For the second year in a row, Illini Bluffs knocked the Routt Catholic baseball team out of the state playoffs, at the Sectional level. The game was moved from Mendon to Illinois College, and a great baseball environment, due to field conditions. It was a 3-2 Tiger lead heading into the 7th inning, with IB in front and, when Routt took Ronan out on pitch count, in the top of the 7th, the Tigers scored 8 runs to take an 11-2 lead. Routt made a gallant effort in the bottom of the 7th, as they scored 5 runs, but it ended with Illini Bluffs posting the 11-7 win. Cam Scott was not only the winning pitcher, but he hit a grand slam homerun in the 7th to pretty much put on the finishing touch. The Tigers had 11 runs on 10 hits while committing 1 error and leaving 6 runners on base. They improved to 21-7 on the season and a shot at a super-sectional title when they face Waterloo Gibault at Lincoln Land College. Routt had 7 runs on 9 nits with 4 errors and 6 left on. Ronan went 6 innings to take the loss. This has been a good hitting team with solid defense and to watch them go down with 4 errors was difficult to witness. The had 26 wins and only 3 losses on a very good year. The Rockets will lose some excellent players, heading into next season, but they have some young talent in the wings, that Coach Lonergan says will be strong. It is hard to see athletes graduate, but you know it is inevitable. White it is hard to deal with today, this Routt baseball and softball program will re-load and be good again next season. It was a good year and the players should be proud of what they accomplished in spite of the final game results.
|Sometimes young teams melt down, in front of your eyes, and Routt Catholic softball put themselves in a hole in the bottom of the first that they never got out of. First of all, they had a single, by Baptist, and Horney got hit by a pitch to lead off the game and the next 3 batters struck out, so the opportunity to take an early lead faded away. In the bottom of the inning, Cosgriff (who hasn't walked a batter in 4 games) walks the lead off hitter, then commits an error on on bunt. An error on the throw in from right field cost 2 runs. After a single, there was an error at third and then Sievers drove in 2 more runs. It was too much and the Rockets never caught up as they lost to the 29-4 Warriors, of Hardin-Calhoun. Routt had 1 hit and 2 batters got hit by pitches and that was the extent of their offense. H-C had 11 runs on 10 hits, with 0 errors and left 6 runners on base. Sydney Baalman hit a 2 run home run in the bottom of the 5th to short-game theRockets. Kallal and Holly Baalman had 3 hits each to pace the Warriors who will play 36-1 Windsor in the next round. We will lhave Routt baseball, in the Mendon Unity sectional championship game, at 11 am on Saturday. The game will be played at Illinois College and can be heard on 101.3 WVIL and on wvilfm.com. They will take on the Tigers, of Illini Bluffs, who beat them in the sectional championship last year.
|It wasn't a typical Routt Baseball game, in the first game of the Mendon Unity Sectional. They played and defeated Havana 6-3 at Quincy University due to the heavy rain in Mendon. Muller, who is a commanding force, on a good day, wasn't his usual self last night but showed a tough side as he pitched himself out of several jams. Twice, for example, he walked the lead off hitter and he went deep into the count on many hitters. He did finish strong in the 6th and 7th however, when it came time to put the game away. He improved to 7-0 on the year. He gave up 8 hits, which is a lot for him, and 3 earned runs as the Ducks kept him honest. Trace Fletcher led Havana with 2 hits and Jake Fletcher had 2 of the 3 RBI's. The Ducks threw 3 pitchers and Routt went with Muller all the way. Routt made some unusual plays on some poor decisions, which is uncharacteristic. They weren't recorded errors but they were unusual to watch if you have followed the Rockets all year. The Rockets ended up with 12 hits, 6 earned runs, 0 errors and left 7 on base. Lindsey was 3 for 3, with a run scored and 2 RBI's. Ronan went 3 for 4 with a run scored and 6 other hitters had a hit each. Winters had 2 RBI's and the other 2 came fro Muller and Cors. It was a "survive and advance" type of game and proved, once again, that Routt is talented enough to win games with less than their best performance. The highlight of the game for the Rockets was their 8 hits in a row and 6 runs in the 3rd. They will move on to the title game on Saturday, weather permitting, and take on either Augusta Southeastern or more likely Illini Bluffs who eliminated them last year. The game is scheduled for Mendon but may end up i Quincy again, due to field conditions. There is rain in the forecast, so keep your fingers crossed that we get it in.
|At the Routt Sectional softball opening game, the WHNG Spartans scored 4 runs in the top of the first and looked like they may cruise. The Rockets came back and scored 2 runs in the first and a run each in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th, plus 2 more in the 5th and 1 in the 6th to post an 8 to 4 win. It was pretty imprressive as they could have just as easily hung their heads and folded. Cosgriff did her typical good game of throwing strikes, walking no one and was able to pick up 3 strike outs in the wind. The Spartans had 7 hits, 4 runs, 4 errors and left 5 on base. They ended their season 20-9. The Rockets improved to 16-9 with 15 hits, 8 runs, 2 errors and 9 runners left on base. Baptist was 4 for 4 while Horney, McCartney, Walker, Dobson and Westerman all had 2 hits. Routt also made several good defensive plays and was the better of the two teams tonight. They will either play Hardin Calhoun or Payson for the title on Friday at 4:30. The game will be live on 101.3 WVIL and on WVILFM.com.
|Brown came into the baseball regional championship game, at Triopia and got off to a fast start with 2 runs in the first inning, but didn't have enough pitching to hold off the Routt Rockets who won 17-2 in 4 innings. The Hornets finished their season 14-13-1 and Routt improved to 25-2 with the win and a shot at Havana, who beat Monmouth United 4-1. The first round sectional game at Mendon, next Tuesday will be played at 4 pm. The other teams in the sectional will not play their regional finals until Monday, due to rain. Lindsey and Winters hit home runs in the win and Ronal improved to 7-1 on the year. Havana will come to Mendon with 18 wins against 10 losses, but it should be a nice match up. Brandon Clark, son of former mjor league baseball pitcher, Mark Clark, won the game today, as he went the distance. The winners of Abingdon and CPC regionals will be the teams in the 6:30 game, following the Routt/Havana game at 4, on the 22nd.
|Routt continues to prove to themselves, while they would be a better club if Bella Powell, were not injured, they are still a very good softball team as they won the Mt. Sterling Regional today with an 8-3 win over Mendon Unity. Cosgriff is a different style of pitcher and does not strike out nor walk a lot of people. She gave up 9 hits and 3 runs (2 earned) as here defense played another solid game. So long as her opponents do not hit the long ball on her, she is steady as a rock and verycapable of helping the Rockets make a nice run. Mendon ended their season 16-10 and went will Miller tonight, who gave up 8 hits, 8runs and had 3 errors behind her. Ellerman had 3 hits and Deweese 2 in the Mustang loss. Routt got 2 hits from Peters, 2 hits from Dobson and 4 other players had a hit each. They score 3 in the 3rd and 5 in the 5th to earn the right to play in the Routt Sectional next Tueaday at 4:30. It was a quality win.
|When Bella Powell got injured, the Routt Rocket softball team was 9-1 and knew they had some tough times ahead. Since then, they have gone 4 and 8 and are holding their own. They defeated Brown County 8-0 tonight and moved into the Mt. Sterling Regional Championship game on Friday night. against the Mustangs of Mendon Unity, who are the #1 seed. Mendon knocked off Triopia 7-1. The Hornets had 7 hits, 0 runs, made 3 errors and left 7 runners on base. They had 7 different hitters with 1 hit. Routt compiled 10 hits, 8 runs, 0 errors and left 8 on. Horney and Westerman had 2 hits each, but Bella McCartney led the way with a double, 3 singles, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI's. Baptist andDobson had the other 2 hits. Cosgriff pitched a very nice game as she went the distance as she struck out 2 and walked no one. Her defense was rock solid behind her and it was a well played game. At the end of the game, the Routt Lady Rocket softball choir sang "Happy Birthday" to me and I appreciated it for my 75th. Thank you ladies for a good game and for your singing. Thank you Hank for encouraging them.
|The Lady Trojans, of Triopia-Virginia-Meredosia, were beaten 7-1 last night by a pretty good hitting Mendon Unity team. They had lost to the Mustangs 4-1 earlier in the season, but this was in the Mt. Sterling Regional yesterday and ended the the Trojans season with 9 wins and 14 losses. They lost 4 seniors (Portwood, Werries, Duesterhaus and Krause) but they will return a very good nucleus for next year, including their pitching staff. They only had 3 hits last night (Portwood, Werries, Covington) while Mendon Unity had 10 hits. Miller threw a nice game for the Mustangs but Triopia had their chances and didn't get the big hit. After a few months off, the Lady Trojans will ut a compeitive volleyball team on the floor that should be fun to watch. Mendon will play either Routt or Brown County (who play on Wednesday) for the title on Friday night and in either case, it should be a good game.
|Springfield Calvary was 1-15 on the season and had started the year with no pitching experience. They played pretty well tonight but lost 12-2 to the Lady Trojans of Triopia. The Lady Saints did have 6 hits and 2 runs with 2 errors and 4 runners left on base. Triopia: 14 hits, 12 runs, 1 error and 11 left on. They had 3 hits from Maddie Gregory who was also the winning pitcher. Reid, Portwood, Werries, Duesterhaus and Knous all had 2 hits as 7 of the 9 sterters had at least 1 hit. They will take a 9-13 record to Mt. Sterling to take on Mendon in round 2 on Tuesday. It will be a tough game for them but the Trojans can be scrappy at times and you don't want to count them out.
|Routt came into today's game with 3 shut outs in a row, behind some great pitching and defense. In the win over West Central, Muller had 16 strike outs and not 15 as originally though. Today's game was in the pitching hand of Plunk and he has a reputation of being a little wild at times. He went 6 innings and only gave up 1 hit and no runs and posted the win. He strukc out 7 and walked 4, but generally had good command of his pitches. Routt also wanted to score more than 1 run a game, which they did in their last 3 outings. They had 5 hits with 4 runs scored, 1 error and left 6 runners on base. They also improved to 23-2 on the year and will close their regular season on Saturday, at 22-3 QND. It will be a nice tune up game for both teams as they head to the regionals next week. Calhoun had the 1 single, by Drew Baalman and Corey Nelson recorded the loss with the Warriors falling to 12-17 on the year.
|For the 3rd high school baseball game in a row, for Routt Catholic, won a 1-0 decision. They beat Springfield on Saturday, Beardstown on Monday and today over West Central. Matt Muller hit a homerun in the 4th inning for the only score of the game. He also went 7 innings and allowed just 2 singles, with no walks and 15 strikeouts. Routt is 22-2 and tonight had just 3 hits, 1 run, 0 errors and left 5 on base. The Cougars: 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 errors and left 1 on base. They are 5-13 on the season and will play their opening regional game against Barry Western. If they win they will play Routt on the 15th at Triopia.
|One run game high school baseball games are few and far between, but after winning a 1-0 game over Springfield, on Saturday, Routt came back with a 1-0 win over Beardstown today. It was an unearned run (in the third) and Ronal threw a 1 hit shut out to pick up the win. Piehler had the only hit, a double, for the Tigers in the loss, as they fell to 12-8-1. Cooper threw 7 innings and took the loss, in a nice outing. Routt: 4 hits, 1 unearned run, 0 errors and 7 runners left on base. Plunk had 3 of the 4 hits and Cors had the other one. Ronan walked 4, hit 1 and allowed just 1 hit. The Rockets will play West Central on Wednesday, Hardin-Calhoun on Friday and QND on Saturday to end their regular season - and it has been a good one.
|Routt Catholic and the Springfield Senators played a very good baseball game, on Saturday, and the Rockets improved to 20-2 with a 1-0 shut out. Lindsey threw a 6 hitter as he walked no one and only struck out 1. That means his defense was busy and very effective with 3 double-plays and 2 solid plays in the outfield. Springfield played a good game also, with 1 double play and they only gave up 3 hits in the loss, as they fell to 12-10. Springfield: 6 hits, 0 runs, 0 errors and 3 runners left on base. Hartl and Hyde had 2 hits each and Becker went 5 innings in the loss. Routt: 3 hits, 1 run, 1 error and 6 runners left on base. Ronen had 1 hit and Winters had 2 with the winning RBI.
|Today's high school baseball game between Trioia and Greenfield, at Palmyra, was close and exciting. Triopia led 1-0 and 4-1, before the tigers came back to lead 5-4 and 6-4. The Trojans tied the game, in the 7th, with a 2 run home run from Zach Thompson. The game went to the bottom of the 8th and Brady Pembrook hit a grand slam home run to lead the Tigers to a 10-6 game. Pembrook had hit a 2 run home run in the 5th as well. Greenfield improved to 12-7 on the season with: 9 hits, 10 runs, 1 error and 8 runners left on base. Pembrook was 2 for 3 (also hit twice) and Chaudoin 2-4 to lead the attack. For Triopia: the fell to 8-9, 9 hits, 6 runs, 2 errors and left 13 runners on base. Woods recorded the win and Sam Stanberry the loss.
|Triopia softball (4-9) came into tonight's game with Rushville-Industry, who was on a roll with an 11-4 record. The Rockets started off 1-0, in the first, and added 2 more in the 3rd. They scored again in the 5th and once more in the 6th. Triopia put 2 on the board in the 3rd, 1 in the 4th on a solo shot by Portwood. After scoring 2 more in the 6th, the game was tied 5-5. Rushville went 3 up and 3 down in the 7th. After two outs in the bottom of the 7th, the Trojans got a scratch hit by Stock, into short right, and Duesterhaus followed with a 2 run home run, over the left field fence, on a one ball two strike count to end the game 7-5. It was very exciting and a hard fought game. R-I: 9 hits, 5 runs, 1 error and left 10 on base. Crosier took the loss. Forman led the way with 3 hits, while Crosier had 2. Trojans: 10 hits, 7 runs, 1 error and they also left 10 on base. Maddie Gregory went the distance for the win. Great game.
|Routt Catholic baseball moved to 17-2 on Saturday morning, at the 26th annual Pleasant Plains Invitation, as they defeated Springfield Southeast 12-3. Plunk pitched and had 1 bad innings as he held the Spartans to 6 hits, in his 5 2/3 innings of work. S.E. had 6 hits, 3 runs, 4 errors and 3 runners left on base. Routt: 10 hits, 12 runs, 3 errors and 12 runners left on base. Winters was 4 for 4 while Plunk and Rossi had 2 hits each. Rossi also added d3 RBI's as he had his best hitting, as a Rocket, this season. Extra playing time, due to the Costello, injury, has really aided Rossi in his improvement. In spite of a 24 pitch inning, Plunk had 2 walks and 7 strikeouts, which is a good set of numbers for him. The Rockets will play at Pittsfield on Monday and at West Central on Wednesday, in a make up game.
Routt played in the 26th annual Pleasant Plains invitational baseball tournament. They defeated Auburn, who they had beaten 14-10 back on april 8th, 3-2 in a very good game. Ronan, who has not been pitching well, turned in a god performance with 3 walks and 11 strike outs. The Rockets did not hit well as they only had 4 hits and left 7 runners on base. Lindsey went 2 for 2 with 2 RBI's and led the way. Auburn had 6 hits, 2 runs and also left 7 on base. Neither team had any errors and Drew Grosenheider took the loss.
In game #2, the Rcokets fell behind Chatham 5-0 early and took the lead 10-6 going into the top of the 7th. Lindsey pitched a nice game but was high on pitch count, so Winters came in relief and offered up a grand slam as Routt lost 11-10. While Routt lost the game, it was only bad because they had a 4 ru lead in the last inning. This is a quality opponent and the Rockets played the Titans right down to the end. Chatham is 11-4 and Routt 16-2. Chatham had 15 hits, 11 runs, 4 errors and left 12 on base. Ryan, Jurgen and Curtis all had 3 hits while Ping finished with two. Mueller came in to relieve Dunbar and recorded the win. Winters suffered the loss. The Rockets had made 7 errors in the game, but got 2 hits from Hayes and Lindsey. Routt will play at Pittsfield on Monday and at West Central on Wednesday, in a make up game.
|Liberty Eagle baseball had 8 hits and 10 runs with 14 batters in the first inning and Rushville-Industry made 3 errors. The Rockets came back with 4 runs in the first and 2 in the 2nd, but that was as close as they got as the Eagles won 19-7. R-I had 4 hits, 7 runs, 8 errors and left 3 on base. Klitz led the way with 2 hits, 3 runs scored and 4 RBI's including a 2 run home run. Liberty had 17 hits, 19 runs, 2 errors and 6 runners left on base. Doane and Spilker had 3 hits each, Hanlin, Hedrick, Kasparie and Robbins had 2 hits each. Everybody had at least 1 hit and 1 run scored. Thompson was the winning pitcher and Logsdon suffered the loss. R-I is 2-11 and Liberty 6-6.
|Routt baseball improved to 15-1 with their 9-2 win over West Central. Plunk started for the Rockets and had a problem with control as he walked 6 and struck out 9 and gave up 2 runs. He was replaced by Winters who went 3 1/3 innings with 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk and 4 strike outs. Routt finished with 8 hits, 9 runs 0 errors and they left 5 on base. Winters led the Rockets with 2 hits and 6 other players had at least one. The Cougars had 4 hits, 2 runs, 3 errors and left 7 on base. Cox, Hughes, Korte and Ford had the hits. These teams will face each other on Thursday afternoon in a conference match up. West Central is 2-7 on the year.
The Beardstown Showcase started out poorly for Routt Catholic, but they got their act together and finished 3rd in a good field of teams. They opened the tournament on Friday night and could only manage 3 hits and 3 runs as they made 2 errors and hit 6 batters while hitting 6. They did manage 10 strikeouts between Ronan and Plunk in their 7-3 loss to Beardstown. On Saturday, they started slowly but came alive and knocked off the Egyptian Pharohs 9-1 behind a 4 hit win for Muller. The Rockets had 12 hits, 9 runs 2 errors and left 5 on base. Winters went 3 for 4 while Ronan, Hayes and Lindsey all had 2 hits. Seven of the 9 starters had at least 1 hit. The Pharohs had 4 hits, 1 run 0 errors and left 5 on base. Lance Smith had 2 hits to lead the way and Koby White threw 6 1/3 innings.
In their 3rd place game with Pleasant Plains, Lindsey (in spite of a upper leg injury) went 6 innings for the 9-4 win. Plains had 11 hits, 4 runs, 2 errors and left 11 runners on base as they could not get the key hits. Lee was 3 for 4 while Greer and Williams had 2 hits each. Seven of the Cardinal starters had at least 1 hit as they used 8 pitchers in the loss. Routt: Ronan and Muller both had 3 hits, Hayes and Cors had 2 each as Plunk and Winters each had a hit. This is the second time this season that Lindsey has beaten the Cardinals. At the Pleasant Plains invite, on the 19th and 20th, Routt is scheduled to play Auburn and Chatham on Friday at 11 am and 1 pm, then finish with Southeast on Saturday at 9 am. The Rockets are 14-1 and have a scheduled game at Porta on Monday.
|High school sports is such a roller coaster ride. Routt Catholic was riding high and had a 9-1 record and every reason to believe they were going to have a super year. Bella Powell was a very important part of that scenario as she was an excelllent pitcher, a good shortstop and a pretty good hitter. That all came to an end against Liberty high school when she got injured running the bases. Friday night the Lady Rockets played their first game without her (she is lost for the season) and unfortunately they were playing Pleasant Plains. Routt fell to 9-2 as they lost 14-4. They have two decent pitchers in Hicks and Cosgriff, but they have to keep working on their game as starters instead of playing in the shadow of Powell. Routt has a good hitters and above average fielders, so they will win games during the regular season but there is a little added presssure now. Tonight, Plains: 17 hits, 14 runs, 1 error and 9 runners left on base. Oliver pitched a good game for the win and was 4 for 4 at the plate. Stultz was 4 for 5 with a 2 run home run. Sierra Nation, McKenna Wise, Ryan and Ruot all had 2 hits each as the Cardinals improved to 7-6 on the year. The Rockets had 7 hits, 4 runs, 3 errors and left 3 on base. Hicks threw 2 innings for the loss. It will be interesting to see who steps up to fill the void for Routt.
|Matt Muller threw 3 very good innings tonight and only allowed 1 hit and no runs with 8 strikeouts, to post the win over Liberty. Drew Winters came in for 2 innings and allowed just 1 more hit and no runs with 2 strikeouts. Liberty got a single from Hanlin and a single from Kasparie as they fell to 4-3 on the year. Rout had 12 hits, 17 runs with 15 earned, 0 errors and only left 3 on base. Plunk was 3 for 3 with 3 runs scored and 3 RBI's. Winters 2 for 2 with 3 runs scored and 3 RBI's. Muller was 2 for 4 with 4 RBI's along with being the winning pitcher. Lindsey, Rossi, May, Costello and Cors all had 1 hit and Costello's hit was a 2 run home run. The Rockets returned to form with 8 runs in the first, 3 runs in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th inning as they improved to 11-0 on the year and will get ready for Illini Central for their Wednesday game. They are tough.
|In my opinion, Auburn and Routt baseball are two of the better programs in central Illinois, but you wouldn't have known it by watching today. Routt committed 4 errors and left 9 runners on base as they defeated the Trojans 14-10 as Auburn made 5 errors and left 10 runners on base. Execution by both teams was no where near their capabilty. It was a beautiful day, weather wise, and maybe it was the clear sky and sunshine that brought this all about. The number of dropped fly balls and plays where the outfielders apparently couldn't see the ball in spite of wearing sunglasses, etc. It was hard to watch but, maybe that is simply myexpectations. The Rockets are 10-0 after the win and Auburn fell to 6-4. For Auburn, Chance had 3 hits, Conway, Tanner, Stephens and Tripp all had 2 hits while Smith and Dubois each had 1. For Routt: Plunk pitched poorly but had a great double-play and had 3 hits, including a home run and 4 runs scored. Lindsey had 3 hits with 3 RBI's and was the winning pitcher as he went 6 innings in relief. Muller, Hayes, Costello and May all had a hit, but there were so many mistakes made in the game, it was hard to enjoy it and could have gone either way right down to the final out. Routt will play Liberty at home Tuesday , Illini Central on Wednesday, Williamsville on Thursday, Beardstown on Friday and Egyptian plus one more game on Saturday, so it will be interesting to see if they can get their stuff together. They, like all teams, will have a down day and I am thinking this was it. Winning a game like they did today shows you how good they really are. This was survival mode and they came through with the victory.
|Once again, we had a high school baseball game that wooked like it would be one-sided as Piasa was 1-5 and Routt Catholic 8-0, but it turned out to be another very exciting finish. Rouott won the 2-1 contest but, like the Triopia game on Tuesday, the Birds had the bases loaded in the 7th with the tieing run at 3rd base. Piasa: 5 hits with 5 different players having 1 hit, Seets scored the lone run and Kellygot the RBI. They had 1 error and left 5 runners on base. Routt: 8 hits with 2 runs, 0 errors and they left 6 on base. Ronan had 2 hits and a run scored, Muller 2 hits with a run scored and an RBI, Cors an RBI, May 2 hits, and Costello 1 hit. Ronan went 7 innings with a lead-off walk in the first inning and 10 strikeouts in the win. Plunk will throw on Thursday, at Triopia.
|Routt Catholic baseball came into tonight's game with 7 wins and no losses and Triopia was 3-3. On paper, it looked pretty good for the Rockets but the Trojans and Rockets were getting ready to do battle and anything goes. The final was 4-2 Routt, but it was doubtful for most of the game. It was a well played game with just 1 error and several fundamentally sound defensive plays by both teams. Triopia: 7 hits, 2 runs, 1 error and 8 runners left on base. Shawn Bell had 3 hits, Gregory 2 while Thompson and Garrett Belll had a hit each. Mason Fricke went the distance and pitched a nice game against the normally hard-hitting Rockets. Rout: 7 hits, 4 runs, 0 errors and 6 left on base. Pluk and Cors had 2 hits each while Muller, Lindsey and May had the other 3. Muller went 6 innings, for the win, and Plunk recorded the final 3 outs to help preserve the lead. The two teams will play again, on Thursday, at Triopia. Routt will play Piasa Southwestern on Wednesday, in a make up game, at Alumni Field.
|The Pleasant Plains vs Routt Catholic baseball game is a fun one to look forward to each year. It was no different last night as the 4-1 Cardinals came to Alumni Field to face the 6-0 Rockets of Routt Cathoic. Adam Lindsey took the ball for Bob Lonergan and went 7 innings to post the 6-5 win. He gave up 10 hits, 5 runs, all earned, while walking 3 and striking out 4. Caleb Butcher, Eli Nehrt and Jack Shaffer, who took the loss, threw for Plains. Between them, they allowed 7 hits, 6 runs, while walking 5, hitting 1 and striking out 7. Plains: Greer and Furbeck 3 hits, Marshall 2 hits and both Lee and Shaffer had a hit. Routt: Muller 2 hits, May 2 singles (including the gam winning hit), Ronan Costello and Winters all had 1 hit and Winters was a solo home run. Plains made 3 errors and the Rockets 1. Both teams left 6 runners on base and May's winning RBI came in the bottom of the 7th, with 2 outs, after Plains decided to walk Costello to load the bases and face May. It was a big moment for May, his teammates and the fans who have watched the senior struggle with his hitting the last 3 years. He is a good center fielder and got a confidence building hit in the game. So far this season, his over all hitting has been much improved and this came at crunch time against a worthy opponent.
|On Tuesday night, Routt Catholic Softball defeated Brown County 10-7 in a back and forth game. They played again today and the great game we were expecting came to be. Rout led 1-0, then 4-0 but Allison Prather hit a picture-perfect 3 run home runand tightened things up. It stayed that way until the bottom of the 5th when the rains came and Routt scored 2 more runs before they called a delay which turned into a final score. The Hornets had 3 hits, 3 runs, 0 errors and left 4 on base. Markert was the losing pitcher. Prather had 2 hits and Moorman 1. For the Rockets: Peters was 2 for 3 with 3 RBI's, while Baptist, Horney. McCartney, Walker and Hicks all had 1 hit. Rout finished with 7 hit, 6 runs, 1 error and left 7 on base. Powell went the distance with 3 walks and 7 strike outs. Routt is 6-1 and Brown County 2-6. The Routt boys defeated the Hornets in baseball 11-1 to improve to 6-0 on the year. If Mother Nature cooperates, Routt will play Piasa Southwestern in a double-header at 11 and 1 on Saturday at Alumni Field, in Jacksonville.
|Two good coaches, two good programs will get you a good high school boy's baseball game. Today at Alumni Field, in Jacksonville, the 4-0 Rockets of Routt beat the 4-2 Pretzels of New Berlin 5-1. It was a fun game under a partly sunny sky, in front of a good sized crowd. For the Pretzels: Knox had 3 hits and Owens 1,with Owens scoring on an RBI groundout from Bergschneider. Helm went 3 innings for the loss as NB committed 3 errors and left 10 runners on base. Ronan threw 5 2/3 innings for the win, for Routt with 6 walks and 8 strikeouts. Seven different hitters had 1 hit in the game as they scored 3 earned runs and 2 unearned runs in the win. They made 2 errors and left 6 runners on base. Routt will play Brown County, at home, on Thursday.
|In a WIVC matcup today, Routt scored 4 runs in the first, 1 in the 2nd, 7 in the 3rd and 3 in the 4th to knock off the Brown County 15-2 to drop BC to 2-3 on the year. With the win, Routt baseball improved to 4-0 on the year and will take on the tough New Berlin Pretzels, in a home game, on Wednesday. The Hornets had 3 hits, 2 runs, 2 errors and they left 5 runners on base. Haynes was the losing pitcher. For Routt, they had 15 hits, 15 runs, 1 error and 9 left on base. Plunk, Muller, Hayes, Costello and Cors all had 2 hits. May and Lindsey had 1 and Winters led the way with 3 hits, including a 3 run home run, 6 RBI's and 3 runs scored. They had 5 doubles in the win and Muller went 5 innings, 3 hits, 2 earned runs, 4 walks and 7 strike outs. He had a bad 3rd and 5th inning but 1,2 and 4 were very good with the win never being in doubt. To show you how good Routt can be, Ronan was the only starter with no hits, but he walked twice, scored 2 runs and had a sacrifice flyball for an RBI. The Routt girls strugled some with the LadyHornets but prevailed 10-7 and will host Brown County on Thursday.
|Routt Catholic baseball improved to 3-0 on he year with a 16-1 win over WHNG who fell to 0-3. The Spartans had 3 hits, 1 run, 3 errors and left 3 on base. VanMeterHeberling and Brannan had a hit each with Brannan picking up the RBI and Hoesman scoring the run. Heberling went 3 inning and took the loss. Lindsey through 5 innings, giving up 3 hits, 1 run, while walking 1 and striking out 6. The Rockets had 16 runs on 11 hits with 0 errors and 3 left on base. Winters, Lindsey and May all had 2 hits in the win. All 9 of their starters scored at least 1 run and 8 of the 9 had at least 1 hit. They will play New Berlin, at home, on Monday and Brown County in their conference games next week.
|Routt Catholic baseball defeated Pawnee 9-0 today at Alumni Field, in Jacksonville. Plunk went 6 inning for the win. He faced 24 batters, allowed just 3 hits, walked 2 and struck out 8. The Rockets had 8 hits, 9 runs, 0 errors and they left 2 runners on base. Plunk and Winters had 2 hits each. Plunk scored twice and had an RBI. Winters hit a solo homerun over the center field fence, scored twice and had 3 RBI's. Muller had an RBI and scored a run. Hayes drove in 2 while Lindsey, May and Cors all scored a run. 8 of the 9 hitters scored a run today as everyone got involved. May made an outstanding catch in Centerfield and Cors made a nice running catch in left field, which helped preserve the shut out. In two games, Routt has scored 30 runs and given up nothing. They will play at home Saturday vs WHNG. Pawnee fell to 1-2 on the year with a win overAthens and losses to Williamsville and Routt. They had 3 hits today with 2 errors and left 6 on base. Routt's girls will play in Pleasant Hill on Thursday.
|The Lady Rockets, of Routt Catholic, improved to 2-0 on the year, as they held off WHNG 3-2. It was a fun and well-played game with both teams scored 2 runs in the 4th and Routt scoring the winning run in the 5th. The Lady Spartans fell to 1-3 on the season. For WHNG: they had 4 hits, 2 runs, 1 error and they left 5 runners on base. Jilg, Mallory Rogers, Elizabeth Rogers and Kassie Edwards all had 1 hit. E. Rogers had 2 RBI's. Meagan Rogers was the losing pitcher as she struck out 4 and hit 1 batter. Routt: 7 hits, 3 runs, 0 errors and 3 left on base. Baptist and Bella McCartney had 2 hits easch with Baptist, McCartney and Walker picking up an RBI each. Bella Powell went the distance with 7 strike outs and 3 walks. She pitched a steady game and made the right pitches at the right time. Routt will play at Pleasant Hill on Thursday if the field is ready. If not, they will play in Jacksonville. Routt's baseball team defeated Riverton 21-0 on Monday and will host the Pawnee Indians on Wednesday at 4:30, in a game you can hear live on 101.3 WVIL or wvilfm.com.
|After a week of rain outs, the Routt Catholic softball team got the opportunity to play today. The hosted Auburn and defeated the Trojans 4-3 as they took advantage of 3 Auburn errors and a wild pitch which allowed 4 uneaarned runs. Cassidy Filipiak, who is a senior and a very good pitcher struck out 9 and hit 1 batter. She also gave up 5 hits in the loss. Butler and Littlejon led the Auburn offense with 2 hits each. Butler had 1 RBI and Littlejohn 1 run scored and 2 RBI's but it wasn't enough. The Trojans did not get timely hitting and left 10 runners on base. For Routt, they used Hicks, Cosgriff and Powell, with Powell recording the win. Cosgriff gave up the 3 runs. She came into the game to relieve Hicks who had a little control problem. Hicks struck out 1, hit a batter and walked 3 in an inning and 2 thirds. Cosgriff gave up 5 hits and 1 walk in 2 and a third innings. Then Powell came in to fiish the game, allowing 4 hits and no runs. It was a good start for Routt but they could only muster 5 hits against Filipiak and left 4 runners on base. Bella McCartney had 2 hits while Baptist, Peters and Dobson had 1 hit each. Routt did not commit any errors in the game and will take on WHNG on Tuesday in a home game. It was a breezy, cold late afternoon and pretty well attended by both schools. Everyone was happy to get a game under their belt.
|Springfield Calvary is a big and strong basketball team. They lost to Triopia 72-69 back on December 27th, and they were looking for the re-match at the Mason City Regional tonight. The first half was very close and ended in the Trojans being up 23-21. It was 34-28 Triopia after 3 quarters and the Trojans were 5 for 7 from the field, in the 4th and 10 for 13 from the line and pushed it out to a 55-39 win. The Saints will end their season with 20 wins and 11 losses. Triopia improved to 30-3 and will face Peoria Christian on Tuesday at the Lewistown sectional. Triopia: Bell 19, Snow 12, Bridgewater 9, Allen 6, Thompson 5 , Bachar 2 and Moore 2. They hit 18 for 45 from the field and 14 of 22 from the line with 12 turnovers. Roberts led Calvary with 10 points, Yocum 9, Zachary Kroenlein 8, Noggle 7, Larson 6 and Dhatnubia 2. They shot 31 percent from the field and 58 percent from the free throw line with 14 turnovers. Routt Catholic also won , as they knocked off Barry-Western. They will play Madison at Okawville next Tuesday.
|Poor free throw shooting was nearly the downfall for Triopia basketball on Wednesday at the Mason City Regional. They played good late defense and escaped the Springfield Lutheran Crusaders 42-41. They will play Springfield Calvary on Friday at 7 pm for the Championship and a chance to play at the Lewistown Sectional. Lutheran: Hank Hayer 18, Wiegand 8, Morenz 8, Vespa 5 and Boston 2. The Crusaders hit 15 of 34 from the field and 7 of 9 from the free throw line with only 8 turnovers. Triopia: Snow 16, Bell 14, Thompson 8, Bachar and Allen had 2 each. The Trojans hit 18 of 42 shots with only 1 free throw out of 9 attempts with 7 turnovers. Had they made their free throws, they could have easily won by double figures, but missed free throws and turnovers will put you in a bad place most of the time and it nearly ended the Trojans hopes tonight. They will take a 29-3 record into the game with the Saints.
|Routt Catholic boys defeated Greenfield/Northwestern 58-45 and will play either Carrollton or Barry Western on Friday, the 22nd for the regional title. Greenfield: McWhorter 23, Pembrook 9, Woefel 5, Lansaw and Pohlman 3, and Nord 2. They shot 18 for 27 from the field and 3 for 9 from the free throw line with 21 turnovers. Routt: Marshall, 20, Ronan 14, May 10, Winters 9, and Lindsey 5. The Rockets shot 50 percent from the field and 52 percent from the line with just 4 turnovers. They will take an 18 and 9 record into the championship game on Friday.
|The Lady Trojans of Triopia High School had their basketball season come to a close tonight at the hands of a very good Lewistown Indians team 69-49. Burrus got into serious foul trouble early and that was part of the downfall of Triopia, but it was a pretty good game inspite of Burrus setting on the bench almost all of the second quarter. The Indians are 31-1 and a very good team that will be severly tested at 1 pm on Friday when they face the #1 team in Class 1A, Danville Schlarman. Anna Heffren and Sydney Shaeffer had 21 points, Bennett 11, Mayberry and Mikulich 5, Carli Hefren 3 and Burdess 2. They hit 26 of 57 shots and 10 of 23 free throws with only 6 turnovers i the win. TheTrojans were led byEvans 19, Burrus 13, Gregory 6, Reynolds 3, Portwood 3, and Dawson 1. They knocked down 18 of 38 shots, 12 for 21 freethrows and 20 turnovers that led to many layups. They will end their record tieng season with 25 wins, a regional and sectional title and will return 3 of their 5 starters next year. It was a very good year (25-7) and something to be prould of.
|The Routt class 1A girl's Sectional Championship was a very competative and exciting game. Triopia, who had beaten the Hawks by 11,in the regular season, defeated them 47-39 to win the title. The Hawks ended their season with 20 wins and 12 losses. Krumwiede had 20 points, Uhles 7, McAdams 6, Mullink 4, Meuth 2. The Hawks hit 29 percent of their shots, 40 percent of their free throws with 18 turnovers. Triopia: Reynolds 15, Evans 11, Burrus 10, Gregory 6, Werries 3 and Portwood 2. The Trojans shot 32 percent from the field and 12 for 17 from the line with 12 turnovers. The Trojans seemed to do what they needed at 3 or4 stages of the game tonight and hung on to win the third sectional championship in the history of girl's basketball. They are playing well and will take on the Lewistown Indians who had to come from behind to knock off the Tigers of Illini Bluffs. The Indians rolled over the Trojans at the Lady Hawk, in December, but it was their best shooting game of the year, so Triopia will try to put it in the rear view mirror and get ready for their game on Monday, in the Brown County Super-sectional. It is a win-win situation for the Trojans as they tied the most win record of their history and have absolutely nothing to lose and can couint this season as a solid success no matter the outcome. That doesn't mean they will coming after Lewistown with everything they have got on Monday. It will be a 7 pm start time and carried live on 101.3 WVIL.
|The Lady Trojans of Triopia defeated Centralia (Christ our Rock) 54-27 and will move on to play Carrollton, on Thursday night, at the Routt Section for class 1A girls. The Silver Stallions are a big team with 6', 5' 11", 5'11", 5'10" and 5'9" starters and a 24-7 record. They were unknown to the local area and had to drive 2 and a half hours to get to the Routt Dome. While they were big, they had not layed the same schedule the (little bit) shorter Trojans had played and it showed. Triopia was a little quicker and got off to a 20-5 first quarter and finished with a 27 point win. The COR team got 12 points from Pieron and no other player hit double digits. They shot 26 per cent from the field and only hit 2 of 9 free throws with 20 turnovers. The winning Lady Trojans: 26 points from Burrus, 19 from Reynolds, 6 from Evans, 2 for Werries and 1 for Gregory. They hit 42 per cent of their shots and 63 percent of their free throws with 11 turnovers. They will take a 24 and 6 record into their championship game with the Lady Hawks of Carrollton, who are 20 and 11, on Thursday night. Triopia won a regular season game with the Hawks earlier in the season. Thursday's game holds a lot more pressure and rewards for the two teams. It should be a good game for the WIVC opponents.
|Tonight was another example of why games are played instead of just giving someone a win because they look like they are the better team. Routt Catholic was the #1 seed in the sectional complex and one game away from winning the Greenfield regional. They were playing Carrollton who they had beaten handily on January 17th and everything looked good for the Rockets. They were missing Katie Abell who is one of their better scorers and a 6' 2" defender, but they had won 3 games without her and were feeling like win #28 on the year was just 32 minutes away. The Hawks had a different idea and played with a great deal of enthusiasm to come away with a big 45-36 upset and they will go to the Routt Dome on Monday to play in the Sectional. Hawks: Mullink 18, Meuth 11, Krumwiede 9 and Hules 5 was good enough to win. They shot 15 for 38 from the field and 12 for 17 from the line with 11 turnovers as they improved to 19-11 on the year with a regional placque. Routt: McCartney 12, Schierl 11, Huffman 9, and Black 4 which is no where near to their normal game numbers. They hit 14 of 37 for 38 per cent shooting, 0-4 from the free throw line with 11 turnovers. Whether it was the Carrollton defense or the fact that Routt just didn't run their offesne tonight, they just looked disorganized and never went to their top scorers. For example, McCartney who had 1 for 2 in the first quarter and 4 for 5 in the second quarter never took a shot in the 3rd and was 1 for 2 in the 4th. Routt scored 8 points in about 45 seconds to start the 3rd and never scored another point in the quarter. They shot zero free throws through 3 quarters and were 0-4 in the 4th. If you can answer those questions, you can see why the Rockets season came to an end, a little short of their over all goal. This was a great season for Routt and all you can do is congratulate Carrollton for working hard and moving on. The Rockets are loaded and will be back with a strong team next season, but for now, it will take a day or two get past a disappointing night of basketball.
|Routt and Carrollton won in the semi-final round of the Greenfield/Northwestern 1A Regional and will face each other on Thurwday night for the Championship and the right to play in the Routt Sectional starting Monday. Carrollton defeated G/NW 59-36. Routt beat Hardin-Calhoun 54-32. The Warriors were led by Schuman with 10 as 5 players scored in the game. They had 31 per cent shooting from the field and shot no free throws. They also turned the ball over 8 times and finished the year with 10 wins and 18 losses. Routt: McCartney 22, Schierl 8, Huffman 7, Black 6, Fellhauer 4, Horney 3, Ely and Hicks 2. 39 per cent from the field, 57 per cent from the line with 8 turnovers and they improved to 27-3 on the season. While they beat Carrollton by 17 points a couple of weeks ago, this is a hard-nosed Hawk team that will fight to the end.
|Routt defeated Hardin-Calhoun 58-43 and remained undefeated in the WIVC. They will play the Warriors again on Tueasday at the Greenfield 1A Regional at 6 pm. Tonight was Senior night and Sophie Lorton was the lone senior. She had a good night with 13 points while teammates Schuman and Clowers had 10 each. The Warriors hit 15 for 31 from the field and 8 for 11 from the line with 10 turnovers. The Rockets improved to 26-3 on the regular season as they hit 20 of 40 from the field and 9 for 18 from the free throw line with 11 turnovers. McCarthey 23, Ely 12 (4 treys), Kirsten 10, Schierl 9, Black 4. Abell may be ready for Tuesday vs Calhoun but I think the plan is to save her until the game with Carrollton, on Thursday, if it happens.
The Routt/West Central girl's basketbll game got postponed twice and it was an important regular season game that needed to get played. The Rockets defeated the Cougars 54-37 as they pretty much controlled the game from start to finish. The bonus was they did not have one of their top players, Katie Abell, in uniform when they got it done. If Routt can beat Calhoun, on Frida, they will win the WIVC conference and not have to share it with Triopia. For West Central: Evans 16, Kaufmann 8, Slagle 6, Elliott 4, DeJaynes 3. The Cougars hit 34 percent of their shots and 66 percet of their free throws with only 5 turnovers in the loss, as they fell to 14-9. Routt: McCartney 22, Schierl 18, Huffman 8, Black 4, Ely 3. The Rockets hit 43 percent from the field and 50 percent from the line with only 7 turnovers. They are 24 and 3 with ISD and Calhoun left on their regular season schedule.They will play the Warriors on Friday and play them in the second round of the Greenfield Regional on the 5th.
The Routt boys played West Central in the second game of a double-header at the Routt Dome and lost to a very strong Cougar team 73-48 to fall to 14-6 on the year. The Rockets had 7 scorers in the game: Ronan 12, Marshall 10, Winters 6, May 5, while Hayes, Lindsey and Abell all scored 4. They hit 35 percent from the field and 66 percent from the line while turning the ball over 8 times. West Central: Howard 19, Brown 14, Cox 12, Moore and Evans 9, Little 6 as Schroeder and Galloway had 2 free throws each. W.C. shot 50 from the field and 71 percent from the free throw line with 10 turnovers. This is a ice basketball team.
|In a very exciting championship game, at the 45th annual Lady Hawk tournament, it was 3A Jerseyville defeating Routt Catholic 54-50, in overtime. Routt was playing their first game without Katie Abell, of their senior leaders, in scoring, in rebounding and in free throw shooting, who has a high ankle sprain. They lost due to a couple of fundamental mistakes, late in the game, that could have been avoided. Over-all, I thought they played pretty well and there was some news inspite of the loss. Fellhauer filled in forAbell and had 8 points and got some good experience. Black was in a little different position and finished with 5 for 6 from the free throw line, in spite of being a 30 per cent shooter. The Rocket guards did not do their normal solid job and only had 10 points between the three of them as they went 4 for 22 from the fieldwith no free throw shots. Routt shot 34 percent from the field and 71 percent from the line with 10 turnovers. They will play at Calhoun on Monday, at home verese West Central on Tuesday and ISD, to finish their regular season. Their first game of the Greenfield Regional will be against Carrollton. For Jerseyville it was their 13th win in a row as they improved to 19-6. Breden (16), Manns (14) and Metzler hit double figures as the Panthers shot 43 percent from the field, only 37 percent from the line with 12 turnovers. Routt is 23-3 and are looking to get to the regionals with a 26-3 record and a full head of steam.
Routt girls defeated Alton Marquette 57-48 and earned a spot in the championship game of the 45th annual Lady Hawk girl's basketball tournament.They will play either QND or Jerseyville. Routt had to do it a different way tonight as they led the Explorers by 8 points when Katie Abell sprained her ankle at the 6:22 mark of the 2nd quarter. She was done for the game and it was time for someone individually or the team as a whole to step up and fill the void. The Rockets did just that and led at the half 24-16, at the end of three they led 39-31 and won the game by 9 points, so basically they played Marquette point for point without one of their senior leaders. That is the sign of a good ball club. McCartney 22, Huffman 11, Schierl 11, Abell 6, Ely 5, and Black had 2 points but numerous rebounds and blocked shots. The Rockets shot 47 percent from the field and 14 for 21 from the line. They had too many turnovers (19) but forced 15 on the Explorers. Marquette: Fandrey 9, Connors 7, Williams 4, Kirchner 2 and Williams 2. Snipes, who is a very talented freshman led the way with 24 points. The Explorers hit 54 percent of their shots but only 6 of 16 free throws and needed more than tht to come back. This was a quality win for Routt and will hopefully propel them into the title game on Saturday. They ended the evening with 23 wins and 2 losses.
|Routt Catholic girl's basketball improved to 22-2 on the year with a 61-28 win over Metro East Lutheran at the Lady Hawk and will advance to the semi-final round vs Alton Marquette on Thursday, the 24th. The Lady Knight did not have enough fire ower tonight as they hit 39 percent of their shots from the field and 6 for 7 from the line with 11 turnovers.Williams led the way with 9 points. The Rockets height and inside game was too much for them and 6 treys, between Huffman and Schierl didn't do Metro East any favor. McCartney had a solid game and led the Rockets with 16 points, Abell 12, Schierl 11, Huffman 9, Black 8, wile Ely and Fellhauer added 2 each. The Rockets hit 21 of 47 shots, 11 of 16 free throws and only turned the ball over 7 times. Marquette defeated Lebanon 59 to 46 and will be Routt's opponent on Thursday. They hit 4 percent of their shots and 14 for 23 from the line with 7 turnovers and forced 26 on Lebanon who does not have a lot of team speed. Snipes (27 points) is a handfull at 5' 1" and quick. She is the main threat and Routt will need to keep her in check and beat the Explorers press. It should be a good game. #1 vs #4 and each team only 1 step away from the title game.
|Routt started out slowly and got behind 12-5 before running off 22 straight points and defeating Father McGivney, 63-35 with a running clock. Webb led the Griffins with 20 points as they shot 32 percent from the field and 5 for 9 from the wine with 14 turnovers. Routt got 17 from Abel, Huffman 15 (5 for 5 from long range) , 10 from Black (5 for 5) as 7 Rockets scored. They owned the offensive and defensive boards and hit 58 percent of their shots with 3 for 7 from the free throw line. They had 4 turnovers and the subs came in to turn it over 4 more times late in the game. Rouott will play Metro East at 7 pm on Tueaday. They have a 21-2 record going into the next game.
|Routt girl's basketball got off to a slow start again tonight, then came up with a big 3rd quarter, as they out scored the Hawks 18-3 and cruised to a 51-34 win. Hawks: shot 37 percent from the field, 33 percent from the line and turned the ball over 14 times. They are the #6 seed in the up-coming Lady Hawk on Saturday. The Rockets hit 40 percent of their shots and were 8 for 15 from the free throw line. They finished with 15 turnovers and improved to 20-2 on the year. McCartney played another nice game and finished with 17 points, Abell 8, Black 6, Huffman 6, Ely 6, Schierl 5 and Horney 3. Routt was too big, strong and deep for the Hawks and basically wore them out. The Rockets are a really talented team but they need to be a little more consistent as their game of peaks and valleys may come back to bite them. They are the #2 team in the state and the #1 seed at the Lady Hawk and deserve both honors, but their history of scoring makes their fans a little uneasy.hopefully they will get it all together for the Tournament and balance of their regular season.
|It was championship night at the Lady Spartan and West Central and Triopia ut on quite a show. The Cougars won the overtime game, 67-66. If I had a game ball to give out, it would go to Zayle Evans of West Central. The Cougars leading scorer, Annika Kaufmann, fouled out with 24 points with 1:42 left in the game. It looked and felt like Triopia would get out of the gym with a championship, but Evans took over and kept West Central close. She had a 3 and a 2 in the 3rd and a 3 and 3 for 5 free throws in the overtime win to help secure the win. Evans finished with 19 points in the win. WC shot 47 percent from the field and 11 for 18 from the line with 18 turnovers. Triopia shot 45 percent from the field and 22 for 31 in free throws with 14 turnovers. Burrus had 27 points and with her 10th rebound of the game, got her 1,000 for her career. Reynolds finished with 18 and Portwood ended up with 10. The Trojans are 19-4 and will host South County on Thursday. South County finished 5th in the Lady Spartan as they beat Greenfield 41-30. Triopia went into the tournament ranked 2nd and came out in 2nd place.
|Routt Catholic boy's basketball shot very well tonight as they got on top of Griggsville-Perry early and defeated them 69-37. Routt shot 75 percent in the first quarter, 74 percent by half time and hit 6 of 9 in the third quarter which allowed them to finish the game with bench players and a 66 per cent average from the field. They also hit 8 of 10 free throws as they improved to 11-6 on the year. Marshall 20, Ronan, 12, Lindsey 12, Abel 10, Winters 6, Hayes 5,Bohlman and Kafer 2. The Tornadoes fell to 3-15 on the year as they hit 30 per cent from the field and 33 per cet from the line. Routt will play for 5th place at the Winchester Invitational on Thursday night as they face either CPC or Calhoun. The Lady Rockets will face West Central at 8 pm on Wednesday night for the Championship of the Lady Spartan Classic.
|Triopia had 8 players in the scoring column tonight and defeated Greenfield/Northwestern 57-33. Portwood led the way with 16, Gregory 11, Evans 9, Chloe Reynolds 8, Burrus 7, Walkington, Rouland and Werries had 2 each. The Trojans shot 48 percent from the field and from the line with 16 turnovers as they improved to 19-3 on the year. They will play West Cental @ 2:30 on Saturday for the championship. Greenfield fell to 9-10 with the loss and were out-gunned in the game. They shot 31 percent from the field and 40 percent from the line with 16 turnovers. Walker was the only player in double digits and Greenfield will play for 5th on Saturday @ 2:30 in the Jr. High gym when they take on South County..
|The Lady Trojans defeated WHNG 50-32 tonight to improve to 18-3 on the season and 2-0 in the North Greene Tournament. Lakeleigh Brown led the Spartans with 13 points, Barnard 9, McClenning 6, Smith 2 and Haskell 2. They shot 30 percent from the field and 40 percent from the line with 18 turnovers. The Trojans got 23 points from Burrus, 10 from Reynolds, Portwood 6, Gregory 6 and Evans 4. Triopia only hit 23 of 65 shots with 43 percent from the line. They had an excellent first half with 2 turnovers but added 10 more in the 2nd half. Up next will be Greenfield on Thursday at 8 pm at the WHNG tournament.
|Tonight's girl's basketball game, on paper, looked like it would be a one-sided affair, as the Rockets were 17-2 and the Panthers 4-16. In reality, Routt played a poor first half, with very little intensity and only held a 19-15 lead at the intermission. When they took the court in the 2nd half, the intensity and desire to win came with them and the Rockets scored 20 points while shutting out North Mac to take a 39-15 lead into the 4th quarter and won the game 49-23. Routt will play Beardstown, in a home game on Thursday. The Tigers were beaten tonight 45-18 by Triopia, in a make up game. North Mac: Kallenbach 6, Yemm 6, Buhl 5, Gist, Harvey and Fickas all scored 2. The Panthers hit 8 of 26 from the field and 4 of 7 in free throws with 28 turnovers. For Routt: Abell 16, McCartney 14, Black 6, Schierl 5, Dobson 4, Huffman 2 while Fellhauer and Hicks scored 1 each. They shot 28 percent from the field and only 47 percent from the line with 13 turnovers. After Friday's game with Beardstown, they face West Cental on Monday and Carrollton on Tuesday at the Routt Dome.
|Triopia was too big, inside, and defeated Springfield Lutheran girl's 54 to 26 to move to 17-2 on the year. The Crusaders were led by Stoeckel with 9 points as they shot 26 percent from the field and 63 percent from the line, with 20 turnovers. Routt had 7 players in the scoring column: Abell 16, McCarthney 14, Schierl 10, Black 8, while Huffman, Fellhauer and Horney all scored 2 points. The Rockets hit 44 percent from the field, 50 percent from the free throw line and had 18 turnovers. They will play North Mac on Monday and Beardstown on Thursday.
|Tonight's outcome in the girl's basketball game between Routt and WHNG was predictable and ended up with a Rocket win 63-24. The Spartans play 4 hard quarters of basketball but they just don't have the height, size, strength or depth to play with the physically stronger teams in the conference. They fell to 4-11 this evening and shot 19 percent from the field and 66 percent from the line with 12 turnovers. They simply could not get inside paint with Routt forcing them to the outside. They hit 2 of 13 from long range and that wasn't the answer either. Brown led the way with 8 points. On the other hand, Routt had 12 players score in the ball game and hit 48 percent of their shots, 44 percent from the line with just 4 turnovers. There was a running clock in the 4th quarter. The starters for the Rockets had 10,10,9,6,6 points and they not play much in the 2nd half.
|Tonight's boys basketball game featured the undefeated Payson-Seymour Indians at 7-0 and the 9-0 Triopia Trojans. It was a very entertaining game that Triopia won 54-47 with a 12 for 16 free throw shooting exhibition in the 4th quarter. The Trojans hit 3 of 5 from the field and the Indians only hit 4 of 15 with a 1 for 1 effort from the charity stripe. Payson was a little taller and Triopia a touch faster which allowed them to get better penetration against the Indian's zone, than one could imagine. Payson: Loos 14, Schwartz 13, Cannady 10, Brink 4, Hildebrand 3 and Kurfman 2. They shot 40 percent from the field and 78 percent from the line with only 11 turnovers, which are good numbers. Triopia: Bell 29 points and 11 for 14 from the line, Snow 13 with early foul trouble, Thompson 9 and Burns 3. The Trojans shot 18 for 36 from the field and 15 for 20 fro the line with 5 turnovers in each half. The Trojans girls defeated Rushville 64-34 and the Triopia boy's JV won 48-46 in double overtime.
|Routt came into today's girl's basketball game with 11 wins and 1 loss. They were heavily favored and defeated the 1-7 Pawnee Indians 50-15. Hanna Adcock scored all 15 poionts for the Indians, who hit 23 percent of their shots. They were 3 for 6 from the free throw line and had 21 turnovers in the loss. Routt: Huffman 13, Schierl and Abell 9 each, Bella McCartney 8, Gracie McCartney 5, Fellhauer 4 and Black hit 2 free throws. The Rockets show 34 percent from the field and hit 7 of 13 free throws with just 12 turnovers in the win. Tuesday, Routt will play West Central and they will play WHNG at home on Thursday.
|Greenfield came to Triopia to take on the Trojans in a make up game. The Trojans won 51-42 to improve to 9-2 on the year. They will take on West Central on Monday and Rushville on Tuesday. Triopia: Evans 15 pts, Burrus 14 pts, Walkington 8, Portwood 6, Reynolds 4 while Rouland and Hailie Reynolds scored 2 each. They hit 15 of 43 from the field and 17 of 19 free throws with 14 turnovers. Greenfield: Pohlman 16, Schaaf 11, Heavner 5, Walker, Vetter and Theivagt erach had 2. The Tigers shot 36 percent from the field and 5 for 8 from the free throw line with 13 turnovers.
|It was a physical, intense boy's basketball game tonight between Triopia and Carrollton and was relatively close for 4 quarters. The Trojans made their "crunch time" free throws and defeated the Hawks 74-67 to stay perfect on the season with 9 wins and no losses. Carrollton: Flowers 26 pts with 14 out of 15 from the free throw line), Brannan 14, Walker & Settles 8 each, Graner 7, Pohlman 2 and Jones 1. They shot 47 percent from the field and 81 percent from the charity stripe with 16 turovers. Triopia: Bell 23, Snow 16, Thomson 12, Bridgewater 10, Allen 8 and Bachar 3. 54 percet from the field and 24 of 36 from the line with 17 turnovers. They hit 40 percent from long range. The Triopia JV won 63-58 in overtime.
|Auburn girl's came into tonight's game with Routt Catholic with a 5-6 record and played a pretty good game, but the Rockets were too strong inside and won 48-30 to improve to 10-1 on the year. The Rockets will take on Athens at the Jacksonville shootout on Friday at 5 pm. They will host Pawnee onSaturday around1 pm. Routt: Abell 16 , Lacey 14, McCartney 9, Huffman 6 and Black 3. They hit 43 percent from the field and 50 percent fromthe line with 8 turnovers. Auburn: Smith 15 (very talented freshman), Weaver 6, Divjak and Tanner 3 each and Landers 2. The Trojans hit 9 of 37 shots from the field and 7 for 9 from the free throw line with 9 turnovers. Routt's offense is still not on track, but they played another good defensive game. They are not smooth in their offensive flow and miss a lot of open shots. It is a slow process but the timing and communication is just a touch off. Routt was seeded 5th in the 37th annual, prestigious Beardstown, Lady Tiger Tournament tht begins on the 26th.
|Routt girl's basketball improved to 9-1 on the season, but did not play well in their 45-21 win over South County. They hit 17 of 48 from the field and 9 of 24 from the free throw line, which will not win many games. They also had 15 turnovers in the win and their defense was the best part of their game. They held the Vipers to just 21 points on the night, so hopefully they showed they can still win if the offense is not working. Abell led the way with 11 pts, Schierl 9, McCartney 8, Black 6, Huffman 5, while Ely, Fellhauer and Horney all scored 2. South County: Braker 7, Mutch 5, Jackson 4, Allen 2, Copelin 2 and Crow 1. They hit 10 of 38 shots, 4 of 5 free throws with 19 turnovers and fell to 4-6 with the loss. Routt will play Auburn on Thursday and Pawnee on Saturday and could finish 5-0 on the week to help hold and maybe improve on their 8th place in the 1A poll.
|It was a physical basketball game tonight, at the Routt Dome, as Routt defeated WHNG 49-24. The Rockets shot 37 percent in the game and 5 for 7 from the free throw line with 12 turnovers. Ronan 12, Winteres 10, Lindsey 9, Marshall 8, May 6 and Abel 4 in the win. Routt improved to 4-3 on the year and will host Pleasant Hill on Friday. WHNG only hit 10 of 49 from the field and 3 for 10 from the line, with 20 turnovers. Brown 9, Lawson 5, Hoesman and VanMeter 3, Scott and Killion 2 as the Spartans fell to 3-4 on the year.
|Triopia jumped off to a great start tonight, in girl's basketball, when they played host to Carrollton. It was 22-13 in the first quarter. The Hawks came back with a 15-3 run, early in the wnd quarter and got the lead. Then the Trojans came back to take a 35-33 lead at half and hung on to lead 52-48 at the end of three. The final score was Triopia 70 and Carrollton 59 as the Trojans improved to 6-2 on the year and the Lady Hawks fell to 7-5. For Carrollton: Krumwiede 20, Mullink 14, Meuth 13, Cox 7, Uhles 4 and Ruyle 1. They shot 19 for 56 from the field and 13 for 19 from the line with just 10 turovers. Triopia: Burrus 22, Reynolds 21, Gregory 10, Portwood 9 and Evans 8. They hit 25 of 55 from the field and 16 of 24 free throws with 11 turnovers. Next up for Trioia will be Hardin-Calhoun on Thursday.
|It was a low scoring affair but the Triopia Lady Trojans knocked off WHNG 39-29 and improved to 6-2. They also got some minutes from 5' 10" Hayley Walkington who added 4 points and got rebounds along with playing solid interior defense. She was a nice addition and allowed Burrus, who carries a lot of the play in the paint, to get some time off of the court. The Spartans: Bronw 10, Barnard 6, Smith 5, Gilmore 4, Mueller 2 and Haskell 2. They shot 31 percent from the field and 56 percent in free throws with 14 turnovers. Triopia: Burrus 17, Portwood 6, Evans 5, Walkington 4, Gregory 4, Reynolds 2 and Werries 1. The Trojans hit 16 of 41 from the field and 6 of 8 from the free throw line with 13 turnovers. Triopia will play Carrollton on Monday and Hardin-Calhoun on Thursday in conference play.
|The final score intonight's boys basketball game, between Triopia and Liberty was 64-51, but the score does not tell the whole story. The Trojans took a 2 point lead, late in the 3rd quarter and led 42-41 at the end of the quarter. They out scored the Eagles 22 to 10 in the final stanza to improve to 8-0. Liberty had them on their heels for the bulk of the game. Triopia hit 4 treys in the 3rd and 3 in the 4th and were 10 of 16 free throws at crunch time. Their defense was not very good for a lot of the game as Liberty hit lay up after lay up as they got behind the Trojan defense. There are no seniors on the Liberty basketball squad and only 1 on the girl's team, so they are going to be a force late in the season and for the next couple of years. Eagles: Neisen 16, Hedrick 13, Obert 10, Klingele 10 and Robbins 2. They hit 19 of 64 from the field and 6 of 13 from the line with 9 turnovers. Triopia: Bachar 18, Bell 12, Bridgewater 11, Allen 10, Snow 10, Thompson 9 in another well-balanced ofensive attack. They shot 38 percent from the field and 65 percent from the line with 10 turnovers. It was a very entertaining game and they may meet again, as soon as the Winchester Tournament, so we will have to see who made the proper adjustments, if the game happens.
|Brown girls entered tonights game with a 2-4 mark as they hosted Liberty who was 2-5. The Eagles jumped out to an early lead and was up 23-8 at the end of one quarter. The Hornets made a game of it as tey got to within 11 in the 4th quarter but ended up losing 65-54. For BC: Koch 19, Heldt 16, Blentlinger 6, Dunlap 5, Volk 5, Kassing and McKeon 2 each. They shot 35 percent from the field, 52 percent from the line with 16 turnovers. The Eagles: Roe 20, Grimm 12, Knuffmn 12, Coonrod 7, Wagner 6 and Schuette 6. Liberty had a lot of fouls and turned the ball over 25 times in the win. They hit 47 percent of their shots and 72 percent of their free throws. Both of these teams are young and make youong mistakes but, you feel theywill be pretty good teams by regional time and could cause some match-up problems.
|Routt Catholic girl's basketball went on the road tonight and defeated Greenfield 59-24. The Rockets were, too big in the paint, for the Tigers and led all the way as they improved to 7-1 on the year. They have the balance of the week off and will play in Brown County on the 10th. Greenfield had 1 player in double digits as Pohlman scored 11. The Tigers shot 29 percent fromthe field and 5 for 8 from the line, while turning the ball over 20 times and fell to 2-3 on the season. Routtshot 49 percent from the field and 7 for 16 from the line with 11 turnovers. Ely hit 5 of 6 3-point shots to lead the Rockets with 15 points. She has hit 7 of her last 10 shots beyond the arc and could make a major difference in the Routt offense, which is not good news for the Rocket opponents. Black hit 13 off of the bench, Schierl 7, McCartney 7, Abell 6, Dobson 5, Fellhauer 4, and Huffman 3, in a very impressive win. The interior defense was rock solid and hard to penetrate.
In a hotly contested and entertaining girl's basketball game tonight, at the Routt Dome, it was Routt Catholic holding on to defeat Triopia 57-53.This game could have gone either way, right down to the wire. Routt is 6-1 and the Lady Trojans are 5-1. It was Routt 9-8 after 1 quarter, Triopia 26-25 at half, Routt 39-35 after 3 with the final score of 57-53. For Triopia: Burrus 19, Reynolds 8, Evans 23, Gregory 6 and Portwood 7. They shot 39 percent in the game and 75 percent from the line, with 17 turnovers. For Routt: Huffman 5, Schierl 4, Ely 6, Abell 10, McCartney 20 and Black 10 in some well-rounded scoring. The Rockets shot 44 percent from the field and 8for 15 from the line with 20 turnovers. Ely hit a trey in the 3rd and another one in the 4th quarter which Coach Eilering hopes is a sign of some offensive output from the talented Junior. Next up for Routt will be Greenfield on Monday.
|Triopia boy's basketball improved to 5-0 on the young season -with a 58-41 home win over Rushville-Industry. The Rockets: Ethan Eskridge 10, Dimmitt 6, Klitz 3, Weischaar 2 and Reller 20. 35 percent from the field, 29 percent from the line and 17 turnovers as they fell to 1-5 on the year. The Trojans: Thompson 14, Snow 13, Bachar 9, Allen 8, Bell 6, Burns 3 and Bridgewater 3. 35 percent from the field and 3 for 8 from the free throw line. They had 10 turnovers and basically out-hustled the Rockets. By that, I mean too quick ad too deep.
|Routt Catholic girl's basketball sprung back from their 43-40, overtime, loss to West Hancock and defeated Liberty 38-31. The turnovers and misssed free throws will hurt the Rockets until they get on top of them. They hit 32% from the field and 48% from the line and still won the game. Abell 14 points, McCartney 11, Black 8 and Huffman 5 points. The Rockets had 15 turnovers with their post players hitting only 6 for 18 free throws. It is an Achilles heel that they need to fix. Liberty shot worse than Routt as they hit 12 of 49 shots for 24%. They did hit 6 for 9 from the line and had 15 turnovers.Wagner led the way with 8, Schutte and Knuffman had 6 each, Coonrod 5, Grimm 4 and Roe 3. Routt is 4-1 and the Eagles are 1-3. Routt will play Unity for 3rd place and Liberty will play Western for 7th place at the Lady Hornet on Saturday.
|Triopia and Springfield Lutheran were 4-0 on the young season and facing each other in the title game of the Waverly Thanksgiving Tournament this evening. It was a real battle for three quarters and the Trojans stretched it out to a 68-53 win. For the Crusaders: Harris had 23 points, Scheidenhelm 9, Stoeckel and Dart 8 each, Rodenburg 4 and Turner 3. They shot 21 of 52 for 40% from the field and 9of 13 for 69% from the line with 22 turnovers. Trioia: Burrus had 20in the 2nd half and 22 overall (due to some early foul trouble), Evans 14, Reynolds and Portwood 10 each, Gregory 7 and Dawson 5. The Trojans had 14 turnovers, hit 26 of 47 from the field 55% and 12 of 26 from the free throw line 46%. They played a hustling, aggressive style of game and it suits them. Burrus needs to stay out of foul trouble as she makes a real difference and is hard to replace when she is setting on the bench. This is a nice team and should do well this season.
|Routt Catholic girl's basketball opened their regular season with a road game at Pittsfield as they defeated the Saukees 49-41. It was a typical season opener with a lot of mistakes, missed free throws, turnovers, etc. It was however exciting with some good moments for both ballclubs. Pittsfield: Pepper 16 pts, Bauer 6, Lemons 6, Merryman 5, Marable 4, Wessel 3. Marable was injured and will hopefully be back soon. The Saukees shot 50 percent from the field and 50 percent from the line and had 23 turnovers in the loss. Routt: Huffman 7 pts, Schierl 6, Black 9, Ely 4, Dobson 3, Abell 12 and McCartney 8. The Rockets shot 55 percent from the field and 42 percent from the line. They had 26 turnovers and 7 blockedshots as Black had 3 and Abell 4. These teams have a date to play onSaturday at 6 pm at the Lady Hornet Tournament in Mt. Sterling. Routt will be home for a game with South County on Thursday, on 101.3 WVIL around 7:30 pm.
|Triopia Football came to an end today, for this season, with a 38-14 loss to the CPC Panthers. While the Trojans were eliminated, they had a very good season with 10 wins and the 2 losses to CPC. The Panthers pretty much dominated the game today and Trioia could not keep any sustained offense while having a hard time keeping CPC in check. For Triopia: Thompson 22 carries for 62 yards. He also caught a pass for 23 yards. Burns had 12 carries for 35 yards. Bell 2 for 6 yards with 2 TD's and 2 fumbles with one of those lost. Walker carried 3 times for 16 yards and Gains 6 times for 26 yards. Bell was 4 for 5 in passing for 47 yards. Along with Thompson's catch, Burns had a catch for 17 yards and Walker had 1 for 7 yards. Triopia finished with 12 first downs, 145 yards rushing and 47 assing with 6 penalties for 30 yards. Allen had 1 fumble recovery and Beard caught a 2 point donversion pass from Bell. Camp Point was the better ball team today: Williams 17 rushes for 131 yards and 2 TD's, Houston 7 carries for 77 yards and 1 score, Rowland 1 carry for minus yards, Strohkirch 12 rushes for 88 yards and 1 TD. Jones was 5 for 9 passing with a 30 yard TD pass to Sally, He threw for 109 yards, Brocksieck 1 catch 9 yards, Noah Strohkirch 1 for 19, Houston 1 for 45 and Williams 1 for 6. The Panthers had 18 first downs, 295 yards rushing and 109 passing with 4 penalties for 20 yards. Rowland had 1 fumble, which he recovered. CPC will play, at 12-0, Argenta-Oreana in the final four. Forreston and Lena-Winslow are the other teams in the final four. Triopia will close the books on a good football season and after a light workout to transition to basketball, they will get ready for the Beardstown Tournament, which starts on the 19th. They will face Augusta Southeastern at 8 pm on the 20th.
|Arcola and Triopia have an impressive history of making the state football play offs. Today the Purple Riders brought an 8-2 record to Don Kemp Field to take on the 9-1 Trojans. While the Triopia win wasn't a big surprise, the final score of 42-0 was. Arcola had a hard time moving the ball for 4 quarters and did not make it to the end zone. The finished with 36 yards rushing and 28 yards passing as they compiled 6 first downs and only 5 yards in penalties. Hopkins rushed 9 times for 46 yards while Gauna had 5 for minus 2 yards, Jones 5 for minus 17, Franco 1 for minus 1, Still 5 for 16 and Perez 2 for minus 6. They had 4 fumbles (lost 3) and had 1 pass for an interception. Jones was 4 for 9 in passing for 28 yards and 1 interception. Crane caught 2 for 23 yards and Downs 1 for 5. Arcola had difficulty moving the ball and ended their season 8-3. On the other hand, Triopia moved the ball all day long and finished with 22 first downs, with 305 yards rushing and 75 yards passing with 5 penalties for 50 yards. Burns intercepted a pass, with no return. Bell fumbled but recovered it himself and Beard fumbled the ball through the end zone. Thompson carried the ball 21 times for 107 yards and 2 TD's. Burns 15 rushes for 129 yards and 2 TD's. Belll 2 for 2, Walker 4 for 21 Gaines 6 for 17, Embley 3 for 8, Gallegos 3 for 7 and Malcomson 2 for 14. Passing: Bell 2 for 2 for48 yards and 2 TD. Thompson 1 for 1 for 27 yards and a TD. Receiving: Beard 2 for 58 yards and a TD while Gaines caught 1 for 15 yards and a nice scamper down the far side line for the score. The Trojans played a complete game today and will play in the quarter finals who beat them 38-7 with Thompson injured, early in the season. It will be a good game at CPC next Saturday and the time has not been set yet but, will likely be at 1 pm. We will carry it live on 101.3 WVIL as both teams try to get to the final 4.
|It was an exciting night of volleyball, at the Nokomis Super-sectional as Decatur St. Theresa defeated Routt Catholic 25-13, 23-25, 25-15 to move on to the final four and a date with Hartsburg-Emden who beatFlanigan 25-13, 25-12. The Bulldogs were too strong at the net for the Rockets and blocked shot after shot for points. Routt was attacking well and hitting hard, but the St. Theresa defense never faltered. While Routt will feel bad for a short while, they had a super season that included wins over quality teams, a regional champiosship and a sectional title. They graduate 6 seniors and will return a very talented groups of players for next season. Abell, Peters, Black, Huey, Carmean and Clay will be gone, but their contribution was substantial and will be missed. Some of the team will move on to basketball next week and that will help with the pain of losing at Nokomis, but the accomplishments are appreciated by parents, and fans of the Lady Rockets. In one other game of interest, Pleasant Plains beat Flanigan 25-13, 25-12 to move on to Redbird Arena next Friday.
|Routt Catholic Volleyball has been on a nice roll since mid-way through the New Berlin match on Senior Night. They won the regional @ Greenview and then came home to defeat Payson and Mt. Pulaski to win the Routt Sectional. They beat perennial powerhouse Mt. Pulaski 25-20, 26-24 this evening and will play Decatur St. Theresa at the Nokomis Super-Sectional on Friday @ 7 pm. The winner will advance to the final four iat Redbird Arena next week. Routt and the Bulldogs played each other at the Bloomington Central Catholic Tournament 25-19, 25-13, on October 13th. The Rockets did not play well in that match and are playing much better volleyball currently, so I will give then an even chance to knock off the Bulldogs. We will carry the game on 101.3 WVIL and on WVILFM.com. Routt was too tall on the net tonight and caused the Hilltoppers all kinds of problems with their attack. Black, Powell and Huey all had solid net game and Merwin, Carmean, Peters and Baptist did good work in the back court. Baptist had 19 assists also to do her regular work as the setter. Routt is really coming together as a team and are hard to defend. Their defense is also top notch and they will be hard to deal with on Friday and hopefully in State Play if they can make it. No matter what, it has been a fun-filled season and one to be proud of.
|Back on September 19th, Payson-Seymour defeated Routt Catholic 25-21, 25-23 and Coach Gibson thought his team could do a better job if they were to meet again. Well tonight, at the Routt Sectional, it was Routt facing the Payson-Seymour Indians in the semi-final round. The Rockets, in a very exciting volleyball match, upset the Indians 33-31, 23-25, 25-21 to move on to the championship game, on Wednesday verses the HillToppers of Mt. Pulaski, who is 27-11. It should be a great match. For the Indians: Hinthorne 12 points, 1 ace, 3 assists Wolf 2 pts, 1 kill, 3 blocks Perry 1 pt Eidson 3 pts, 22 assists, 2 kills Schieferdecker 7 pts, 7 kills Epperson 4 pts, 20 kills Schmiedeskamp 3 kills Coonrod 1 assist 6 blocks Schreacke 1 assist. Both teams had 5 service errors in the match. Routt: Baptist3 pts, 36 assists, 1 kill Abell 16 kills Peters 7 pts, 3 assists, 1 kill Black 6 kills, 2 assisted blocks, 3 solo blocks Powell 8 pts, 2 assists, 10 kills, 2 assisted blocks, 2 solo blocks Lewis 4 pts, 1 assist, 10 kills Huey 1 pt, 5 kills, 5 blocks Merwin 12 pts, 2 aces. Merwin and Powell had several great digs vs the kill attempts of the hard-hitting Epperson.This was a quality win over a very solid Payson-Seymour team. Mt. Pulaski is fundamental and well disciplined, so after one day of rest, the Rockets will hve their hands full again. I think they will be ready.
|Triopia put together a game plan to defeat a big and strong Georgetown team and executed to win 33-14 and move on to round 2 and a game with Arcola next Saturday, at Don Kemp Field. Georgetown: Noggle 17 carries for 70 yards, 2 TD's and 1 fumble. Dailey 6 rushes for 5 yards. Lappin 7 carries for 15 yards. Lappin 5 for 9 passing for 50yards. Dawson 4 comletions on 9 attempts for 83 yards. Latoz 4 receptions for 36 yards, Cooprider 2 for 75, Dudley 2 for 15 and Jackson 1 for 7. theBuffaloes had 14 first downs, 90 yards rushing, 133 in passing yardage and 10 penalties for 65 yards including 3 personal foul calls. They ended their season with 6 wins and 4 losses. Triopia: Thompson 30 carries for 220 yards, 3 TD's and 1 interception. Burns 18 carries for 100 yards and 1 TD. Bell 2 carries for minus 4 yards. Walker 4 rushes for 17 yards and Gaines 8 carries for 34 yards, 1 TD and 1 Fumble. Bell was 1 for 2 passing for 23 yards while Thompson was 0 for 1, but he had the 23 yard reception. The Trojans finished with 26 first downs, 367 yards rushing and 23 yards passing. They had 3 penalties for 25 yards and Thompson had 1 fumble recovery in the win. They will take a 9-1 record into the 2nd round of the 1A playoffs. The Buffaloes were not quite as disciplined as the Trojans and got frustrated as the game went on.
|Routt and Springfield Lutheran played early in the season at the Lutheran Tournament. The Rockets won in 3 sets and you knew the regional championship game tonight would be a good one. The Crusaders started out slowly and Routt took and big lead to win game one 25-18. Game two was really close as the Crusaders had a 25-24 lead before the Rockets ran off 3 straight points to win 27-25 and secure a spot in the Routt Sectional where they will play Payson-Seymour on Monday at 5:30. The Indians beat Routt in regular season play on september 19th 25-21, 25-23, so this will be a great re-match. Lutheran: Schiedenhelm 10 kills, Stoeckel 2 points, 2 assists, 6 kills, 2 blocks Ginder 5 kills Senalik 3 points, Herman 3 points and several digs Brauer 5 points Stroup 1 kill Anderson 1 point, 16 assists Borntreger 2 points, 4 kills 1 block. Both teams had 4 service errors in the match. Routt: Baptist 6 points, 19 assists, 1 block Abell 1 assist, 5 kills Peters 1 assist Black 2 kills, 2 solo blocks, 1 assisted block, Powell 1 point, 11 kills, 2 solo blocks, 1 assisted block Lewis 4 points, 4 kills Huey 7 points, 4 kills, 2 blocks Merwin 4 points. The Rockets will take a 20-15 record into the sectionals.
|The Greenview volleyball match with Routt Catholic went pretty much like it was expected. Routt was too tall and too deep for the Lady Bull Dogs and beat them in straight sets 25-9, 25-12, to advance to the title game on Thursday against Springfield Lutheran. Greenview ended their season with 7 wins and 24 losses: White 2 points, E. McCullough 4 kills, Arkebauer 1 assist, 2 kills Huddleston 1 point, 5 assists, 1 block K. McCullough 1 kill, 5 blocks Kane 1 point and the Bulldogs had 4 service errors. Routt Baptist 15 assists, Abell 2 kills Peters 6 points, 1 kill Black 2 kills, 1 block Powell 5 points, 1 ace, 6 kills, 1 block Lewis 5 points, 5 kills Fellhauer 4 assists, 1 block, Huey 6 kills, 4 blocks Dobson 4 points Merwin 8 points Carmean 2 points Clay 3 kills. Routt: 5 service errors and are 19-15 going into the regional championship match.
|Triopia defeated an injury plagued Calhoun Warrior team 41-15 to improve to 8-1 and that should get them a home game in the first roundof the 1A football play offs ext week end. TheWarriors will bow out with a 2 and 7 record. Calhoun put up a hard fight at times tonight, but they just couldn't sustain the pressure for 4 quarters and ended up losing. Calhoun: Hart 13 carries for 28 yards. Hillen 19 carries for 137 yards with 1 TD and 1 fumble. Nelson was 23 for 29 passing, for 130 yards, a touchdown and 2 interceptions. In receiving, Zirkelbach 16 yards, Baalman 115 yards and i TD, Snyders 32 yards, Hillen 21 yards and Hart 42 yards. The Warriors had 15 first downs, 165 yards rushing and 130 passing. They also had 2 penalties for 10 yards. For the winning Trojans: Thompson 12 rushes for 175 yards, 6 touchdowns and 1 interception. Gaines 4 carries, 16 yards and 1 fumble. Burns 11 rushes for 100 yards, Kaden Mooe 2 carries for 13 yards and Sam Stanberry 2 rushes for 3 yards. Bell was 2 for 4 passing for 38 yards and Beard caught 1 for 12 and Thompson 1 for 26. Triopia had 13 first downs, 307 yards rushing and 38 in receptions with 3 penalties for 12 yards.
|It was senior night at the Routt Dome as they honored Katie Abell, Vivian Peters, Annika Black, Addie Huey, Kyleigh Carmean and Ally Clay. Then it was volleyball time as the Lady Rockets, 17-15, hosted New Berlin Pretzels 16-14. Routt started out slowly and lost game one 17-25, before waking up in game two for a 25-21 win and then took the tie-breaker 25-12. Their next match will be on Tuesday, the 23rd when they face either Springfield Calvary or Greenview at the Greenview regional. The Pretzels: Burns 2 points, 11 assists, 2 kills Stockton 8 points, 1 assist, 3 kills Rogers 3 points, 1 ace, 1 assist and several digs as the libero Crawford 2 points Doyle 1 assist, 4 kills, 1 block Lee 2 points, 1 ace, 5 assists Kenna Bixby 6 points, 2 kills Malena Bixby 6 points, 12 kills, 3 blocks. New Berlin had 4 service errors. Routt: Baptist 6 points, 18 assists Abell 4 kills Peters 3 points, 2 assists Black 6 kills, 1 asisted block Powell 9 points, 1 ace, 2 assists, 7 kills, 2 blocks, 2 assisted blocks Lewis 2 points , 1 ace, 2 kills Wooldridge 3 points, Huey 1 point, 1 assist, 9 kills, 9 blocks, 2 assisted blocks Merwin 10 points, 1 assist Clay 1 point, 1 kill, 1 assisted block. The Rockets had 5 service errors in game 1, 4 in game 2 and 1 in game 3 which is unacceptable for a quality team like Routt.
|If you were at Hartsburg-Emden High school tonight for the Stag's volleyball match with Routt Catholic, you saw one of the best games of the year. Routt had 5 chances to win the game and came up short 32-30 and then lost game two 25-13. It was a game that was very close after the Stags initially opened up a 6-1 lead. The Rockets fell to 17-15 on the season, with one game left on their regular schedule. Hart-Em imroved to 26-3 and will play in their own regional next week when they play either Illinois Central or Delevan. Stags: Craig 3 points Barry 6 points, 3 assists Avah Classen 1 point Beekman 1 point 17 assists, 10 kills, 1 block Izzy Classen 9 points, 1 assist, 2 kills Hayes 1 assist, 21 kills Grabowski 2 kills Escobedo 4 points, 8 assists, 1 kill Bradburn 2 assists, 3 kills and they had 3 service errors. For Routt: Baptist 15 assists, 2 kills Abell 3 kills Peters 7 points, 2 assists, 1 kill Black 2 kills Powell 1 point, 4 assists, 9 kills, 3 blocks Lewis 4 points, 4 kills Huey 2 points, 1 kill, 2 blocks Clay 1 kill. The Rockets had 2 service errors in game one and 3 in game two. Routt will play in the Greenview regional and will face either Springfield Calvary or Greenview on the 23rd. Should they win, they will likely take on Springfield Lutheran for the championship. The Rockets beat the Crusaders early in the year; 25-21, 22-25, 25-22.
|Routt went to Bloomington to play in a tough Central Catholic Tournament and weren't consistent enough to come away with a good record. They did beat Carterville, but they lost to Maroa-Forsythe, Central Catholic, Decatur St. Theresa and to Illinois Valley Central. They have games on Wednesay vs Hartsburg Emden and on Thursday, at home, for senior night. They will open their regional at Greenview vs either Greenview or Springfield Calvary. While I have said this numerous times, this is a team good enough (in my opinion) to win the 1A state tournament however they are their own worst enemy and may get beaten by a lesser team. Time will tell and I am hoping for a consistent effort because, if they give it their best in each match, they will be hard to stop.
|On paper, the 6-1 Triopia Trojans looked like they could handle the 0-7 WHNG Spartans football team and it turned out to be a 54-8 win for the Trojans. WHNG is a big team with little team speed and the Trojans build their offense and defense on speed and quickness. The Spartans numbers: Scott 7 rushes for 57 yards, Heberling 7 carries for 15 yards, Brown 12 for 32 and Hoseman 1 for minus 1. Heberling pasing 7 for 22 for 94 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT. Hoseman 0 for 2. In receptions, Brown 2 for 18, Holmes 1 for 2 and Hoseman 3 for 74 and 1 TD. WHNG had 11 first downs, 103 yards rushing, 94 yards passing with 4 penalties for 25 yards. They will finish their season against Brown County. Triopia: Moore 1 carry 3 yards, Stanberry 1 carry for 4 yards, Thompson 10 carries 152 yards and 3 TD's, Burns 8 carries 147 yards and 3 TD's plus 1 fumble, Walker 4 for 21, Malcomson 1 for 5, Hugh Gallegos 5 for 31, 1 TD and 1 fumble while Embly had 2 rushes for 11 yards and 1 INT. Bell was 1 for 4 passing for 20 yards and Lemons had a 20 yard reception. The Trojans finished with 17 first downs, 389 rushing and 20 passing ad only 1 penalty for 5 yards. They will end their regular season, at home, on senior night vs Hardin-Calhoun who is 2-6. It was a cold night at the home of the Spartans.
|Routt had another one of their matches where they played a lot less than their best, in game two, but they are talented enough to come back and sweep the Calhoun Warriors in two. The Rockets never led in game two, until they took the lead 26-25 and finished it off 27-25. So with the 25-13, 27-25 win they improved to 16-10 overall and 10-0 in WIVC play. The Warriors fell to 12-11: Lorton 8 points, 1 ace Wilschetz 2 points Schuman 2 points, 7 assists Clowers 2 kills, 1 block Stein 2 points Sydney Baalman 1 point, 1 assist, 5 kills Holly Baalman 1 point, 2 kills Pohlman 3 kills. Calhoun had no service errors in the match. Routt: Baptist 10 points, 1 ace, 20 assists, 1 kill, 3 blocks Abell 3 kills Peters 4 points, 1 assist, 1 kill Black 4 kills, 1 block, 1 assisted block Powell 1 assist, 8 kills, 1 block, 1 assisted block Lewis 3 points, 6 kills Wooldridge 2 points including the match winner Huey 4 points, 4 kills, 1 block Merwin 6 points, 1 assist Clay 1 assist, 4 kills, 1 block Merwin and Powell had numerous digs tonight to properly advance the ball to Baptist to keep the ball in play. The bad number for the Rockets was the 7 service errors from 5 different players. Next up for Routt is the Bloomington Central Tournament.
|Triopia did not play with the intensity tonight that they played with to beat Greenfield/NW in their last out and they got beat, by Pittsfield 22-25, 25-23, 25-18. It was senior night and the Trojans will lose 9 seniors to graduation. Pittsfield: Katie Cox 3 points, 2 assists, 5 kills, 1 block Hobbs 4 points, 2 kills Josie Marable 9 points, 36 assists, 1 kill Smithers 2 points Maggie Marable 16 points, 19 kills Lemons 1 kill Puterbaugh 1 kill Pepper 4 points, 1 assist, 12 kills. Smithers and Puterbaugh also had numerous digs and the Saukees had 11 service errors. The Trojans: Krause 3 points, 17 assists Sayre 1 point, 1 kill Milby 9 assists Dawson 2 kills Evans 4 points, 4 kills Reynolds 6 points, 4 kills Lacy 2 points with several digs Werries 2 points Jacobson 1 assist, 3 kills, 1 block Ganz 3 points, 1 ace, 1 kill Burrus 9 kills, 3 blocks and only played 2 of the 3 games Walker 2 points, 1 kill Koehne 3 kills Privia 6 service points, 2 aces and another solid job as libero. Triopia had no service errors and fell to 13-10 with the loss. They will play at Beardstown on Thursday night.
|Triopia took a 5-1 record into Beardstown to take on the 6-0 Tigers on homecoming and came with a 35-34 win, which may give them a piece of the WIVC North Championship. Both teams have 2 games left on the regular season and are favored to win. Beardstown and Triopia are hoping to take 8-1 records into post season and a home opener. The Tigers had 272 yards on the ground and 35 in passing with 2 interceptions. Guilavogui 21 ruses for 178 yards and 2 TD's, Grim 10 for 34 yards & 2 TD's. Triopia: 432 rushing and 29 yards passing. Thompson 180 yards rushing, 3 TD's. Burns 132 yards with 1 TD. Bell 2 for 3 passing for 29 with Thompson receiving 29 yards. Walker 6 yards and Gaines 9 yards. Thompson had 2 interceptions. Triopia got the ball with 2:08 remaining in the game and went 82 yards for the TD at the 28.5 mark and held on for the win. Guilavogi had gotten injured and was not available for the extra point kick for the 35th point and that allowed the Trojans an opportunity for Lemons to kick the winning point. Triopia has WHNG and Hardin-Calhoun on their remaining schedule. Triopia had a 21-14 half time lead showed some real toughness in the 2nd half, especially the 4th quarter, once they lost the lead. This was a great game between two quality teams.
|It was Volley for Hope at Triopia High School, as the Trojans hosted the Greenfield/NW Tigers. The Trojans came in with 13 wins and 9 losses while the Tigers were 13-7. Triopia won 28-26, 14-25, 27-25 in one of the more exciting matches of the year. For Greenfield: Vetter 6 points Pohlman 6 kills Bowman 1 kill Driscoll 4 points, 17 kills, 3 blocks Smay 5 kills, 3 blocks Gregory 5 points, 34 assists Walker 11 points, 1 ace Gibbs 7 points, 8 kills Oros 2 kills Jones 5 points. They had 3 service errors. Triopia: Krause 2 points, 8 assists Milby 18 assists Dawson 4 kills Evans 5 points, 7 kills, 1 block Reynolds 5 points, 1 assist Lacy 6 points Jacobson 6 kills Ganz 7 points, 1 kill Burrus 1 assist, 18 kills, 12 blocks Privia 4 points, 1 assist and they had 2 service errors.
|In a one-sided volleyball match, it was Routt Catholic defeatng White Hall North Greene 25-12, 25-6. The Rockets were a little too strong for the Spartans. WHNG: Rogers 1 point, Smith 1 kill, Gutherie 1 ace, 5 assists, Barnard 1 kill, Roy 1 point, 1 kill, MCClenning 2 kills, Wojik 1 kill, and Buhlig 1 kill. The Lady Spartans had 2 service errors in the loss. Routt Catholic: Baptist 10 points, 11 assists, Peters 3 points, 3 kills, Black 2 kills, Powell 1 point, 1 assist, 7 kills, 1 solo block 2 assisted blocks, Lewis 5 kills, Wooldridge 4 points, 1 ace, Fellhauer 3 assists, Huey 2 points, 3 kills and 2 assisted blocks, Merwin 2 points, Carmean 1 point, Clay 7 points, 1 kill and Dobson 2 points. The Rockets had 3 service errors in game one 1 and 1 in game two.
|Volley for the Cure at the Bowl, between Jacksonville and Routt Catholic was a close battle tonight that the Crimson won 25-21, 17-25, 25-23. The Crimson improved to 7-9 and the Rockets came out of the game 13-10. Jacksonville: Cook 9 points, 6 kills Hunes 2 points, 1 kill and several nice digs Neal 4 service points Flagler 7 points, 2 aces, 16 assists, 6 kills Suttles 1 kill Hammers 2 assists, 1 kill (an injury forced her out of the game) Thies 5 points, 2 assists, 4 kills White 3 kills Irlam 4 points, 1 ace, 8 assists, 3 kills Force 1 assist. They had 7 service errors. Routt Catholic: Makenna Baptist 7 points, 17 assists, 2 kills Abell 2 points, 4 kills, 1 block Peters 3 points, 2 assists, Black 2 kills Powell 1 point, 3 assists, 10 kills, 1 block Lewis 3 points, 1 ace, 5 kills Huey 8 points, 1 ace, 4 kills, 2 blocks Merwin 5 points, numerous digs Carmean 6 points and Clay 1 block. The Rockets had 6 service errors and had 4 times, in the game, where their communication broke down and they collided on the court.
|Brown County came out early, with some good control football. They held the ball for nearly 9 and a half minutes and scored a 1 yard TD, by Fink, at the 2:39 mark of the first quarter. The extra point was no good. They recovered (McKeon) recovered the on-side kick and had a chance to score again but were turned away. Triopia came alive and scored 3 time - 8:55, 7:32 and 28:6 on the clock to lead 21-6 at half time and never looked back as they won 43-14 to improve to 5-1 on the year, as the Hornets fell to 1-5. Triopia will face 6-0 Beardstown next Friday night, in what should be a good game. Brown County: Luparell 1 carry 3 yards, Fisher 13 for 57 yards, Fink 10for 16 yards and 2 TD's, Zimmerman 7 carries for 22 yards, Miller 2 for 5, Lancaster 4 for 13, Herrin 2 for 3, Farve 1 for minus 9 and Buss 1 for 0 yards. Buss was 0 for 3 completions with 2 interceptions. The Hornets had 7 first downs, 110 yards rushing and 0 yards passing. They had 5 penalties for 35 yards. McKeon had an on-side kick recovery and Lancaster had a fumble recovery. Buss had 1 fumble. Triopia: Thompson 21 carries for 162 yards, 1 rushing TD, 1 fumble and 1 interception for 5 yards and a score. Burns 21 rushes for 107 yards and 2 TD's. Bell 1 for 0 yards and a fumble. Walker 3 for 6 yards and 1 TD plus 1 2 point conversion., Gaines 2 for 13 yards. Bell was 1 for 2 passing for 5 yards and 1 TD. The Trojans finished with 21 first downs for 288 yards rushing and 5 yards passing. They had 6 penalties for 71 yards. Lemons had 1 fumble recovery and 1 blocked punt. Thompson had an interception as did Rouland. It was a nice win for Triopia and gave them enough wins to make the play offs, so they will try to improve their position over the next 3 weeks.
|Routt Catholic volleyball won their second, well played, game in a row as they stayed perfect in the WIVC, with their 25-19 25-14 over West Central. After tonight's action, Routt is 12-9 and 8-0 in conference, while the Cougars fell to 12-5 and 4-0. Cougars: Fox 2 points, 7 assists Frost 1 point, several digs, Killday 3 assists Sellars, 4 points, 5 kills Slagle 1 kill Gregory 2 points, 4 kills Wade 3 points Hoots 1 point, 1 kill, 2 blocks. WC had 1 service error in each game. Routt: Baptist 2 points, 22 assists Abell 1 point, 2 assists Peters4 points, 6 kills Black 3 kills Powell 4 points, 1 ace, 1 assist, 6 kills, 2 blocks Lewis 2 kills Huey 1 point, 9 kills, 1 block Merwin 6 points, numerous digs Carmean 9 points. The Rockets had 2 service errors in game 1 and 1 in game 2. Next up is Jacksonville, at the home of the Crimson, in Volley for the Cure.
|After losing two games in a row (Payson & Liberty), Routt Catholic Volleyball played well with a minimum number of hitting errors and beat Carrollton 25-10, 25-13. They improved to 12-9 while dropping the Hawks to 4-10. The Lady Hawks did not have a lot of good numbers: Gilmore 2 kills, 2 blocks Albrecht 3 kills, 1 block, 1 assist Uhles 1 kill, 1 block Rhoades 2 points 1 block, 1 assisted block Gray 2 oints, 1 kill Krumwiede 2 points, 8 assists Heath 1 point and Bennett 3 kills. Carrollton had 3 service errors. Routt: Baptist 11 points, 1 ace, 15 assists Abell 2 kills Peters 7 points, 5 kill Black 4 kills, 2 blocks Powell 2 points, 1 ace, 2 assists, 4 kills Lewis 1 point, 4 kills Wooldridge 8 points, 1 ace Tellhauer 1 point Huey 1 point, 2 assists, 4 kills, 3 blocks Carmean 1 ace, 1 asist Clay 1 assist, 2 kills, 1 block. The Rockets had 1 service in game 1 and 6 in game 2.
|Routt Catholic and Triopia came into tonight's game, at Illinois College, with identical 3-1 records. The winner of the game would be tied with either Beardstown or CPC, after Friday's games. Routt got off to a quick 14-0 lead and lead 24-21 at half time. The second half belonged to Triopia and they went on to win 48-30. Next up for Routt is Beardstown and Triopia will host Brown County for homecoming next Friday night. For Routt: Birdsell has 1 rush for 5 yards and 1 TD, Maarshall had 15 carries for 93 yards and 1 TD and Plunk carried 3 time for 1 yard. Plunk was 14 for 23 in passing with 158 yards, 2 TD's and 1 interception. Receiving, Rossi 1 for 5, Evans 1 for 6, Cosgriff 6 for 104 and 2 TD's and Birdsell 5 for 43 yards. Rooutt had 14 first downs, 99 yards rushing and 158 through the air. They had 3 penalties for 15 yards and May kicked a 51 yard field goal. The Trojans: Thompson 24 carries for 146 yards and 4 TD's. Burns 28 for 178 and 2 TD's. Bell 2 for minus 4 yards. Walker 4 for 27 yards and 1 TD. Coil 1 carry for 23 yards and Stanberry 2 rushes for 12 yards. Bell was 1 for 2 passing for 45 yards and Thompson caught the 1 completion. Triopia had 31 first downs, with 382 yards on the ground and 45 passing. They had 4 penalties for 30 yards and Walker had an early interception.
|The volleyball match between Routt Catholic and Payson-Seymour was significant as these two teams are likely going to meet somewhere in the regional or sectional action later. The Indians won 25-21, 25-23 and, if they play again, the next match-up will have similar scores. Payson improved to 11-5: Hinthorne 7 points, 2 assists Wolf 3 points, 3 kills, 1 block Perry 2 points Eidson1 point, 21 assists, 2 kills Schieferdecker 5 points, 1 assist, 5 kills Epperson 2 points, 12 kills, 1 block Schmiedeskamp 2 kills Coonrod 3 kills and Schreacke 1 point. The Indians had 3 service errors in game 1 and 2 in game 2. Routt fell to 11-8: Baptist 8 pys, 7 assists, 1 block Abell 3 kills Peters 1 pt, 6 kills Black 1 assis, 4 kills, 1 block Powell 4 pts, 1 ace, 7 kills, 1 block Lewis 1 kill Huey 1 kill, 2 blocks Merwin 2 pts, 1 ace, 3 assists Walker 6 pts Carmean 3 points and Clay 1 assist. Routt had 3 service errors in game 1 and 2 in game 2. They will play at Liberty Friday night.
|If you weren't at Triopia high school for the Routt/Triopia volleyball match, you missed out on an entertaining evening. Routt won 25-19, 22-25, 25-17 but it was a real struggle, pretty much like Routt's game with Greenfield last week. Triopia was up for the game and played well enough to win, but fell to 10-6 with the loss. Triopia: Krause 4 pts, 3 assists Milby 16 assists Dawson 1 assist 6 kills Evans 5 points, 3 kills, 1 block Reynolds 4 pts, 1 assist, 1 kill Lacy 6 pts, 1 assist Ganz 7 pts, 1 ace, 2 kills Burrus 12 kills, 2 blocks Privia 2 pts, 1 assist and several excellent digs on some hard hit balls. Triopia only had 1 service error in 3 games. Routt: Baptist 7 pts, 22 assists, 1 block Abell 6 kills, 1 block Peters 1 assist, 9 kills Black 3 kills Powell 13 pts, 3 aces, 1 assist, 9 kills, 2 blocks Lewis 5 kills Huey 2 pts, 6 kills, 1 block Merwin 5 service pts, numerous digs and passes Walker 13 assists Carmean 9 pts. Routt had 5 service errors in their win. They will play a strong Payson-Seymour Indian team on Wednesday night, in a road game.
|The final score in the Triopia vs Camp Point Central football game is not indicative of the hard fought game which the Panthers won 38-7. It was 14-7 at half time and CPC had a 7 minute drive in the third and increased their lead to 22-7. Thompson, for Triopia, was injured and did not play for most of the third quarter and all of the fourth. CPC was the better team tonight, but the loss of Thompson did not help the Trojan cause. Hopefully, he will be back for the Thursday game with Routt. The Panthers oved to 4-0 on the year and are tied with Beardstown (4-0) who beat Mendon Unity 42-0. CPC is a very explosive offensive team and can hurt you in a hurry. Triopia used 9:30 of the first quarter and scored a 21 yard TD byThompson, with the kick being good by Lemons. On the following kick off, Williams ran it back for a 90 yard score and the 2 point conversion made it 8-0. They had a 70 yard pass play that got them close and Strokirch ran it in from 7 yards out. The point was no good and the Panthers led 14-7 at half. In the third, they got a 1 yard run from Jones and a 36 yard scamper from Huston and in the fourth they scored for the last time, with an 8 yard pass from Jones to Sally. Williams had 10 carries for 65 yards and the 90 yard TD run. Houston had 57 yards on 5 carries and 1 TD. Strokirch 5 carries, 25 yards and 1 score. Rowland 5 carries for 25 yards. Bonk 3 rushes for 23 yards. Boehler 1 for 2 and threw 1 interception. Jones, the QB, had 5 carries for 11 yards and 1 score. He also completed 4 passes for 132 yards . The Panthers had 14 first downs, 201 yards rushing and 132 through the air with 4 penalties for 30 yards. Triopia: Thompson 15 carries for 93 yards and 1 Td plus 1 interception. Burns 15 rushes for 31 yards, Walker 6 for 20, Coil 11 for 41, Stanberry 1 for 1, Kanaske 1 for 4. Bell was 0-1 in passing and had 1 fumble that Triopia recovered. Triopia finished with 12 first downs, 190 yards rushing, 0 passing and 2 penalties for 10 yards.
|The volleyball game between Routt Catholic and Griggsville Perry weas a mis-match on paper and turned out to be a mis-match on the court as well. The Rockets won 25-3, 25-17 to improve to 10-7 on the year and the Tornadoes fell to 1-11. G-P: Nash 1 point, 1 assist, Downey 3 points, 2 assists, 1 kill, Jones 2 points, Jenna Kelly 1 kill, Molendi 1 point, 2 kills, Molendi 1 point and Kloeckner 1 assist. They had 7 service errors. Routt: Baptist 11 points, 2 aces, 8 assists, 2 kill, Abell 11 points, 1 assist, Peters 8points, 1 ace, 1 kill, Black 1 point, 3 kills, Powell 2 points, 1 ace, 1 assist, 5 kills, Lewis 1 kill, Fellhauer 1 assist, 1 kill, Huey 1 assist, 4 kill, Merwin 2 assists, Clay 2 points, 1 kill, Dobson 1 assist. The Rockets had 3 service errors and are 5-0 in conference after their win tonight.
|Tonight's volleyball game, between Routt Catholic and Greenfield/NW was one of the more exciting matches of the year. Routt won 18-25, 26-24, 25-16 to improve to 9-7 and 4-0 in conference. It may prove to be the conference championship game, even though it is early in the season. Greenfield fell to 3-1: Vetter 4 points, Bowman 3 kills, Driscoll 6 points, 10 kills, 2 block, Smay 7 kills, Gregory 6 points, 27 assists, 1 kill, Walker 8 points, 2 aces, 2 kills, Gibbs 6 kills, Oros 4 points, 2 kills, Jones 4 points. The Tigers had just 2 service errors in the match. For the Rockets: Baptist 8 points, 1 ace, 21 assists, Abell 3 assists, 5 kills, Peters 7 points, 4 assists, 1 kill, 1 block, Black 8 kills, 1 block, Powell 5 points, 1 ace, 1 assist, 10 kills, 2 blocks, Lewis 3 kills, Wooldridge 2 points, 1 ace, Huey 10 points, 7 kills, 2 blocks, Carmean 3 poits, and Clay 2 kills. The Rockets had 4 service errors. Carmean was filling in for Merwin who was ill and did a credible job for her first time a libero.
|Triopia volleyball improved to 8-1 on the season with a 25-12, 25-14 win over White Hall North Greene. For the Spartans: Rogers 4 points, 4 assists, Tori Smith, 2 points, 3 kills, 1 block, Guthrie 1 point, 1 kill, Clanton 2 points, 1 ace, 3 assists, McClenning 3 kills, Wojick 3 points, Perkins 1 kill, Wells 3 kill, Meharg 1 point. WHNG had 4 service errors and fell to 0-4 on the year. For the winning Trojans: Krause 2 points, 4 assists, Milby 7 assists, Dawson 1 assist, 4 kills, Evans 4 kills, Chloe Reynolds 1 kill, Lacy 9 points, Jacobson 2 points, 1 ace, Ganz 2 points 2 assists, 1 kill, Burrus 1 ace, 8 kills, Walkere 1 kill, Privia 15 points, 1 ace, 2 assists and Hailey Reynolds 1 kill. Triopia had 5 service errors.
|It was a long day of Routt Catholic volleyball today, from the Jacksonville Invitational, which featured some very good teams. The Rockets were hoping to win 1 or 2 games in their strong pool and ended up with a satisfactory day. The started the day with a loss sto Sacred Heart Griffin, who finished 2nd in the tournament, then defeated Washington, in 2 games. Next up was Rochester, who won the tournament, and who beat Routt in 2 games. They lost to Metamora, who had lost to Sacred Heart Griffin in a tiebreaker. Then the final match of the day was a 25-11, 25-20win over Peoria Richwoods, who had beaten Jacksonville in a tie-breaker. So, all in all, Routt got exactly what they wanted as they never had an easy match all day and yet came away with a 2-3 record in the tournament and an 8 and 6 season record. Routt will face Greenfield on Tuesday and Griggsville-Perry on Monday.
|It misted and rained throughout the entire football game as Triopia got off to a fast start and defeated Unity-Payson 41-6. The Trojans dominated defensively for most of the game and had a solid goal line stance as it was first and goal from the 2 yard line for the Mustangsd and Triopia pushed them back to the 16. The only score they gave up was a 65 yard scamper by the QB Presser late in the game. The Trojans had a 13 yard run for Burns, a 48 yard interception by Bell, a 34 yard run by Thompson, a 20 yard run by Burns, a 2 yard run by Thompson and a 31 yard pass from Bell to Thompson for TD's. Lemons was good on conversions in 5 of the 6 Td's. For Unity: Skyler Hagerbaumer had 11 carries for 70 yards, Presser 9 for 48 with the TD, Crow 4 carries for 2 and Cornwell 1 carry for minus 5. Presser threw 9 for 18 for 25 yards and 1 int. Jansen had 4 catches for 14, Janssen 2 for 4 yards and Cornwell 2 for 7. The Mustangs had 6 first downs, with 115 yards rushing and 25 passing and finished with 4 penalties for 25 yards. For the Trojans: Thompson 19 carries for 142 yards and 2 TD's, Burns 18 carries for 101 yards and 2 TD's, Bell 3 for 4 yards, Walker 5 for 15 yards, Sam Stanberry 1 for 0 yards and a fumble, Kanaske 2 for 8 yards and Moore 1 carry for 0 yards and a fumble. Bell was 1 for 3 p[assing for 31 yards and 1 TD to Thompson. Triopia finished with 20 first downs, 270 yards rushing, 31 yards passing and 9 penalties for 80 yards. Bridgewater also had a fumble recovery as this turned into a convincing win as Triopia moved to 3-0 and will be at Camp Point Central on Friday to take on the 3-0 Panthers.
|Triopia Trojan volleyball improved to 7-1 on the season with a 25-14, 25-19 win over Barry Western. For the Wildcats: Weir 5 points, Smith 2 service points, Mellon 3 points, 1 ace, 6 assists, 1 block, Conkright 2 points, 2 assists, Snyder 3 kills, Predmore 1 point, 3 kills 2 blocks, Flores 2 kills, Abney 1 kill, 2 blocks. They had 5 service errors and fell to 1-7. Triopia: Krause 5 points, 5 assists, 1 kill, 1 block, Milby 10 assists, Privia 5 points, 1 assist, Dawson 3 kills, Evans 1 block, 2 points, Lacy 8 points, 1 ace, Werries 1 point, Ganz 1 point, 1 assist, 1 kill, Burrus 16 kill, 3 block, Walker 6 points, 1 ace and Reynolds 2 points, 2 kills. The Trojans had 4 service errors in the win.
|AC Porta and Routt Catholic are about as evenly matched as you could get and tonight's match was about what you would have expected. The Lady Jays won 25-14, 22-25, 25-19 to improve to 4-1 on the year and the Rockets fell to 6-4 with 5 tough games coming up on Saturday at the Jacksonville Invite. They will open with Sacred Heart Griffin and Washington at 8:30 and 10:30. Tonight AC/Porta: Turaskey 6 points and many digs, Hudspeth 12 points, 5 kills 1 block, DeFreezer 1 kill, 1 block, Carter 3 points, 7 kills, 2 blocks, Rennecker 3 points, 15 kills, 2 blocks, Mayes 1 point, Minor 9 points 1 assist, Privia 3 points, 21 assists, 3 kills. The Jays had 8 service errors on the evening. Routt: Baptist 9 points, 2 aces, 14 assists, Abell 2 points 4 kills, 1 block, 1 assisted block, Peters 1 assist, 6 kills, 1 block, Black 5 kills, 3 blocks, Powell 3 points, 1 ace, 1 assist, 12 kills, 1 block, 1 assisted block, Lewis 1 kill, Wooldridge 1 point 1 kill, Huey 1 point, 2 kills, 1 block, Merwin 2 points, 1 assist, Walker 9 points, 3 assists, Carmean 4 points and Clay 1 kill. The Rockets had 5 service errors. They started off slowly tonight and played well enough to have won game 3, so they may be back on track, but will have to play hard at Illinois College on Saturday as they will have some really strong opponents.
|Triopia volleyball moved to 6-1 on the season as they defeated the Brown County Lady Hornets 25-21, 25-18 to drop the Hornets to 3-6. For Brown County: Dunlap 2 points, 6 assists, Boylen 1 point 4 kills, Henry 4 kills, Maas 6 points, 8 assists, 1 kill, Markert 2 kills, McKeon 2 points, Gooding 3 points and several digs and passes, Kassing 1 point, 3 kills and #15 (not on roster) 2 points and 2 kills. They had 3 service errors. Triopia: Krause 6 points, 7 assists, 1 kill, Milby 13 assists, 2 kills, Reynolds 1 assist, 2 kills, Privia 4 points, 2 assists and numerous digs and passes, Dawson 6 kills, Evans, 4 kills, 1 block, Lacy 2 points, 1 assist, Ganz 1 kill, Burrus 1 point, 13 kills 5 blocks, Walker 11 points, 2 aces. Next up, for the Trojans, is Barry-Western at home on Thursday. They had 2 service erros in game 1 and 4 in game 2. Triopia won the JV contest also, 25-17, 27-25.
The high school football game between Pleasant Hill and Triopia was a battle of size verses speed. Speed won tonight as the Trojans defeated the Wolves 41-6. For P-Hill, Isaiha rogers had 12 carries for 51 yards and a 2 yard TD run. He also passed for 30 yards and threw 1 interception. Kodiak Rogers had 13 carries for 32 yards and James carried 1 time for minus 2 yards. Four different receivers had catches with the longest being 10 yards. The Wolves had 6 first downs, 81 rushing yards and 30 yards through the air. They had 3 penalties for 15 yards and fell to 0-2 on the early season. Triopia had big numbers as they improved to 2-0. Thompson rushed 15 times for 207 yards and 2 TD's. He also had 1 touchdown on a 40 yard reception. Burns carried the ball 13 times for 84 yards and 1 touchdown. Gaines had a good game gooing with 4 carries for 34 yards, before suffering a sprained ankle. Belll had 4 carries for minus 2 yards, but he had 2 TD's. Walker had a good nice also, with 51 yards. Kanasky had 3 carries for 8 yardswhile Stanberry had 1 carry for 2 yards. Moore played quarterback late with 1 carry and minus 2 yards. Bell was 2 for 4 for 40 yards and 1 TD. Triopia had 19 first downs, 382 yards rushing and 40 yards passing. They had 7 penalties for 62 yards and Lemons had an interception.
|It was hard to tell tonight if Auburn was as good as they looked or if Routt's level of play helped the Trojans cruise to a 25-21, 25-16 win. This is a good Rocket volleyball team but tonight was not their night. The Trojans improved to 2-1 on the year with a win over Routt and Carlinville and a loss to Pleasant Plains. Domescik-Rink had 15 points, 10 kills and 1 block, Smith 3 kills, Schall 2 aces, Rhodes 1 kill, Eaker 1 assist, 12 kills and 4 blocks, Dambacher 7 points, 2 kills, Humphrey 3 points, 1 ace, 5 assists, Stade 2 points and 16 assists. Auburn had 2 service errors and played a solid match. Routt: Baptist 8 points, 1 ace, 3 assists, Abell 2 kills, Peters 1 assist, 2 kills, Black 1 kill, 1 assisted block, Powell 1 point, 1 assist, 8 kills, 1 block, 1 assisted block, Lewis 1 kill, Fellhauer 1 assist, Huey 1 point, 2 assists, 2 kills, 2 blocks, 1 asssisted block, Merwyn 8 points, 1 ace, Walker 5 points, 1 ace, 3 assists, Clay 1 kill, 1 assisted block. The Rockets had 2 service errors and will play Porta/AC at Ashland on the 5th and look to get back on their winning ways.
|Coach Gibson and the Lady Rocket volleyball team got what they wanted on Friday and Saturday. They played in the Crusader Classic in Springfield and came out of the tournament 3-2 and a 5th place finish. It was a strong field and while the Rockets were trying to win all 5 games, they did well. They lost to Class 3A St. Charles Mo on Friday night and to Class 3A LaSalle-Peru on Saturday morning, before knocking off Metro-East in two games, Pawnee in two games and finished the day with an exciting win in a tie-breaker over the host Crusaders. They got the experience they needed in the matches and are hopeful the tough opponents will harded them as the season goes on. Their success wont be measured in strictly how many games they win or lose. It will come from the quality of the opponents and how many games they lose to teams they should beat. They have a big tournament in Jacksonville ahead of them, with bigger schools, and another one at Bloomington Central Catholic along with their regular season matches. Winning the WIVC conference is on their mind and a strong run in post season. Battling strong 2A and 3A teams is just a part of their overall game plan. They will head into regular season next week with a 5 and 2 record and a full head of steam.
|The Triopia/Carrollton game was pretty much what you would expect and a tough season-opener for both squads. The first quarter was scoreless and the Trojans struck first in the 2nd with a 6 yard TD run from Thompson and an extra point from Lemons. After a Triopia fumble, late in the 2nd quarter, the Hawks got a 6 yard pass from Flowers to Walker and the 2 point conversion made it an 8-7 Carrollton lead at half. With 6 minutes and 3 seconds to go, in the third, Thompson struck again with a 5 yard score and then made the 2 point conversion to give Triopia a 15-8 lead. Flowers hit Walker with another TD pass and the extra point was no good, so the Trojans had a 1 point lead until the 2:05 mark of the 4th quarter when Thompson ran for a 5 yard score and Lemons kick made it 22-14. The Hawks had 2 minutes and got the ball at their own 35, but couldn't get to the end zone and Triopia took the ball on downs with about 34 seconds on the clock to hold on for an important win for their program. They are big, strong, experienced, fast and should have a nice season, but this was a nice way to get started. They have Pleasant Hill and Mendon Unity home for the next 2 weeks. For Carrollton, Holmes carried for 46 yards and Hunter Flowers for 5. Flowers was 17 for 27 passing for 164 yards, 2 TD's and 2 interceptions. Receiving: Walker 39 yards and 2 scores, Zach Flowers 27 yards, Settles 25, Lehr 51 and Holmes 36. They had 15 first downs, 51 rushing yards, 164passing with 10 penalties for 87 yards. Triopia's Thompson had 30 carries for 186 yards, 3 TD's and 1 interception, Burns 92 yards, Gains 2 yards and Bell 13 yards with 1 fumble. Bell was 0 for 2 passing. Triopia had 20 first downs, 293 yards rushing, 0 passing yards with 9 penalties for 61 yards. They had a second late interception but it was in front of the Hawk bench and I don't know who to give credit to.
|Routt cruised past Pleasant Hill 25-6, 25-11 tonight at the Routt Dome. The Rockets are 2-0 and the Wolves are 1-2, with losses to Mendon Unity and Triopia. Next up for Routt will be the Lutheran Crusader Classic, where they will open with, class 3A, St. Chalres Lutheran from Missouri on Friday night. Pleasant Hill's lack of consistency played into the hands of the opportunistic Rockets. Routt's numbers were good: Baptist 10 assists, Abell 3 kills, Peters 1 point, 2 assists, 2 kills, Black 7 kills, 1 block, Powell 7 points, 1 ace, 7 kills, Lewis 2 points, 1 ace, Fellhauer 6 points, 1 ace, 2 kills, Huey 3 points, 1 ace, Parlier 7 points, 2 aces, several digs, Merwin 1 point, Walker 3 points, 1 ace, 7assists and Clay 2 points. The Rockets had 3 service errors in the win. The JV improved to 2-0 on the year as they beat the Wolves 25-11, 25-17.
|Routt Catholic Volleyball opened their season at Brown County and came away with a 25-11, 25-10 win. They were pretty much in control for the match and are a very talented and deep squad. 21-13 last season and 9-1 in the WIVC. Baptist had 4 points, 4 assists. Abell 3 kills and 1 block. Peters 2 kills. Annika Black 2 assists, 2 kills and 2 blocks. Powell 7 points, 1 assist, 6 kills and 2 blocks. Lewis 1 kill. Wooldridge 2 points with 2 aces. Fellhauer 1 assist. Huey 2 points, 3 kills. Parlier 2 points, 2 assists and numerous digs. Merwin 9 service points. Walker 5 points and 2 assists. Clay 1 block and Dobson 1 assist. The Rockets will play at home Thursday when they take on Pleasant Hill. Routt has 5 to 6 strong hitters, good height, smooth setters and a solid libero; plus a lot of positive experience. They have a lot of strong teams on their schedule again this year, but unless they get a series of injuries or illness, Routt willl have a good season under Coach Gibson and Coach Beeley. Brown County is 1-1 on the early season and will win more than they lose, in my opinion. They don't have the consistency or depth that Routt has but they have some very talented players and it feels like they are headed in the right direction. It will be a fun season for Coach Heren and the Lady Hornets.
|Routt's baseball season came to an end for 2018 last night at the Aingdon Sectional. Glasford Illini Bluffs got a great pitching effort by Drake Koehl and the Rockets helped theTiger cause with 4 errors. The Rockets had 2-3 chances to ut some runs on the board and all they could manage was 1 unearned run. They had 7 hits, 1 run, 4 errors and left 5 runners on base. Ronan went the distance as he walked 2 and struck out 10. He pitched well enought to win and had 2 hits in the process. The Tigers turned a couople of nifty double plays in the win. Routt ended their season with 28 wins and only 8 losses and only lose 1 senior, so they will tough again next season.Chumley will be missed, but they have a lot of talent returning. Illini Bluffs had 8 hits, 3 runs, 1 error and left 8 on base.Koehl went 7 innings and allowed 7 hits, 1 unearned run with 1 walk and 5 strike outs. He is only a sophomore and Ronann is a freshman so they will meet again. Ronan and Costello led the Rocket attack with 2 hits each and Scott, Davis and Eeeten all had 2 hits for the Tigers. The Tigers will face Liberty for the Sectional title on Saturday and a chance to play in the Super-sectional on Monday at Lincolnland College which is a real treat.
|Today, CPC eliminated Brown County baseball 2-1, in a game that could have gone either way from the very beginning. The Hornets Nathan Hendricker walked and went to 3rd on a 2 base error as Jones tried to pick hom off of first. Joe Hendricker hit and triple and drove him home. Brown County tried a suicide squeeze twice as the ball was fouled off the first time, and the batter missed the ball on the 2nd attempt. BC led until the bottom of the 3rd when they gave away a run. With a runner at second and 2 outs, Hendricker struck out Shore and the ball was dropped so Shore reached first and Clampitt went to third. Hendricker struck out Jones and the ball went to the screen, so Clampitt scored an unearned run. In the bottom of the 4th, CPC had Strhkirch at third with 2 outs. Clampitt hit a slow ground ball to second and beat it out, for an infield hit, to score Clampitt and that proved to be the winning run. The Hornets had 3 hits, 1 run, 2 costly errors and left 2 on base. Hencricker struck out 14 batters and walked 3 in the loss. The Panthers had 7 hits, 1 earned and 1 unearned run with 1 error and left 8 on base. Jones went 7 innings as he walked 1 and struck out 11 to post the win. BC ended their season 10-14 and CPC will face Liberty, on Saturday, with 13 wins and 11 losses. At Winchester, Mendon Unity beat West Central 5-4 with a run in the bottom of the 7th. They will take their 13-10 record into the title game on Saturday, where they will face Routt Catholic (27-7). The game will be carried on 101.3 WVIL with Andy Phelps on the call.
|In the third exciting Routt Regional Softball game in a row, Routt came from 4 runs down in the 7th to tie and win their semi-final game, over Payson, 5-4 in 8 innings. Bella Powell was the winning pitcher and also provided the game winning run as she drove in Wooldridge with a double. For Payson, they will end their season with 12 wins and 7 losses. The Indians scored a run in the 3rd and 3 runs in the 5th and were in command of the game before they allowed 4 runs in the 7th and the winning run in the 8th.Hinthorne led a 7 hit attack with 2 hits as 6 of the starters had at leaset 1 hit. Payson's downfall came as a result of 4 late errors that opened the door for the opportunistic Rockets. The Indians also left 8 runners on in the last 4 innings. Routt left 10 runners on also as they had trouble, prior to the 7th, in getting the key hit to score. Powell and Martin had 3 hits each, while Peters and McCartney had 2 hits in the win. The Rockets finished with 12 hits, 5 runs, 3 errors in the win. Powell went the distance for her 8th win of the season. Schieferdecker struck out 11 batters in the loss and basically controlled the flow and tone of the game until the 7th. Routt will play Brown County, who has beaten them twice, in the championship game on Saturday and will likely have to beat Hodge who threw a no hit shut out on Tuesday against Springfield Calvary. Game time is 11 am.
|For the 2nd day in a row, it was a very exciting softball game at the Routt Regional. Brown County defeated Springfield Calvary 2-0 as both teams played well. Mallory Noggle won the Monday game verses Triopia 2-0 and lost today's game to Brown County 2-0. The Saints could not record a hit and only had 1 base runner when Noggle walked in the first inning. Calvary ended their season with 12 wins and 10 losses. Brown County had 6 hits, 2 runs, 0 errors and left 4 runners on base. Mariah Markert and Hallie Laning had 2 hits each as Chloe Alsup and Markert scored the runs with Markert and Moorman picking up the RBI's. The win earned the Hornets a position in the title game on Saturday where they will play either Routt Catholic or the Payson Seymour Indians. Alyssa Hodge faced 22 batters in the win and allowed just 1 walk. She had 10 strikeouts and retired 19 batters in a row after the 1st inning walk. The Hornets will take an eighteen and 10 record to the championship game.
|In the opening softball game of the Routt regional, Triopia played Springfield Calvary @ Lutheran. Triopia was only able to get 3 hits in the game and lost a 2-0 decision to the Saints. Portwood and Gregory singled and Werries hit a double. The Trojans turned 2 very nice double plays and made 5 errors in the loss. The gave up 1 earned run and 1 unearned run and ended their season with 10 wins and 17 losses. They only graduate 2 non-starters for next season. Calvary had 6 hits, 2 runs, 0 errors and left 6 runners on base. Matejka and Noggle scored the runs and Noggle had the lone RBI. Noggle was also the winning pitcher as 6 different players had hits in the win. The Saints will play Brown County, the #2 seed, in Routt on Tuesday. Noggle went 6 innings, walked 0 and struck out 8 as Triopia just couldn't square up on her. Calvary's defense was solid today and they made a couple of really good plays to keep the shut out in tact. The Lady Hornets are a good team and this could be a good match up.
|In a bitter-sweet day of high school baseball, the Routt Catholic Rockets upset 26-1 QND 3-2 and in the process saw Drew Winters suffer a shoulder injury. Hopefully, it is not season ending as Winters is a key component of the Rockets 26-6 year. Routt held the Raiders to just 7 hits, 2 runs, 1 error and 12 runners left on base. Stegeman led QND with 2 hits and 1 RBI. Venvertloh took the loss in a well played and entertaining game. Routt finished with 6 hits, 3 runs, 1 error and left 8 on base. Hayes was 2 for 2 in the game butWinters had a 2 run home run, over the right center field fence and Muller drove in Winters for the game winner. Muller also went 6 innings for the win and Plunk battled in the top of the 7th for the save. Winters and Costello collided in foul territory down the right field line and everyone concerned with Rocket baseball is anxiously awaiting an announcemet on Winters condition. Routt will play in New Berlin Monday and play their first regional game at Winchester on Wednesday. Chumley and Costello each had a hit in the win and Ronan made a run-saving catch in the 7th to help secure the win. In another game of interest, Triopia defeated CPC 6-5 with 2 runs in the 7th. They are both in the Brown County Regional.
|Triopia scored 1 run in the 2nd and 2 in the third before New Berlin scored 4 in the bottom of the 3rd and 5 more in the 4th to take a 9-3 lead. They got it to 12-4 going into the top of the 7th. The Trojans made it interesting with 6 runs in the 7th and had the tying run at the plate, before hitting into a double play. The Pretzels won 12-0 and improved to 22-5 on the season while the Trojans fell to 16-9. It was a fun game in which neither team gave up when they fell behind. Triopia had 14 hits, 10 runs, 3 errors and left 7 on base. Stanberry was hit by a pitch and went 3 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI. Bell, Coil, McClenning and Burns all had 2 hits. One of McClennings was a home run. Carson recorded the loss. For the Pretzels, Allen and Nichols had 3 hits each while Talbert, Helm, Owens, Minder and Knox had 2 hits each. New Berlin had 15 hits, 12 runs, 2 errors and left 3 on base. They had 6 extra base hits, including a home run from Minder. The Pretzels will host the Routt Catholic Rockets on Monday, who are 24-6.
|In spite of a few early sprinkles, the Routt Rockets and Brown County Hornets got their rain-delayed baseball game finished. It was a hard-fought 4 to 1 win for the Rockets and earned them the Championship of the WIVC North. They are 24-6 and will play QND on Saturday, at Alumni Field. The Raiders beat them 7-0 at the Beardstown Touornament earlier and only have 1 loss on their season, to this point. Today, the Hornets out hit the Rockets but could only score 1 run in the loss. They had 6 hits, 1 run, 3 errors and left 4 runners on base. Joe Hendricker went the distance with 4 walks and 8 strikeouts. Nathan and Joe Hendrickeer each had 2 hits in the game and the Hornets fell to 8 and 11. They will play in their own regional next week. Routt improved to 24-6 on the year and will play in the Winchester regional as they take on the winner of the G-P/Springfield Lutheran game on the 16th. Ronan had 2 hits and Winters 1 today as they Rockets scored 3 unearned and 1 earned run. Ronan went the distance with 0 walks and 9 strike outs. He gave up his first earned run of the year and allowed 6 hits. Ronan threw, unofficially, 89 pitches and Hendricker 107. It was a good game and they could meet again, in the sectionals.
|It was a fun and frustrating game of softball, at Triopia, today as the Lady Trojans took a 5-0 lead in the first inning and made it stand up to 6-2 in the 7th. Then the bottom fell out and Routt Catholic had 7 runs on 7 hits to steal the game 9-6. The Rockets improved to 9-13 on the year and Triopia fell to 9-17. Rouland pitched well enough to win and the Trojan defense was basically invincible for 6 innings, but the game lasted 7 and Powell ended up the winning pitcher instead. Triopia had 6 hits, 6 runs 3 errors and left 8 runners on base. Werries and Gregoray had 2 hits each in the loss. Routt finished with 15 hits, 9 runs, 3 errors and left 5 on base. Molly Schmidt led the was with 3 hits, while Baptist, Martin, McCartney and Lewis all ended up with 2 hits. Down 6-2, in the top of the 7th, it was an unlikely finish as Routt got 7 of their 15 hits in the game, in the closing inning. It only goes to show, you have to play all 7 innings and don't give up until the final out. Powell struck out 14 batters, and while she struggled at times, had enough at the end to finish it off. Routt will host a regional next week. Triopia opens the regional with a game against Springfield Calvary at Springfield Lutheran's field. The Saints beat Triopia 4-3 earlier this season and also beat Routt 9-7.
|Two veteram baseball coaches went at it this evening in Jacksonville, as Routt Catholic 22-6 and Beardstown who came into the game with about 50/50 record squared off. Routt won the game 12-2 but the Tigers ung around until the bottom of the 6th. Beardstown finished with 5 hits, 2 runs, 4 errors and they left 8 runners on base. Wilfong was the losing pitcher and 5 different Tigers had 1 hit. Routt had 10 hits, 12 runs, 1 eror and left 6 on base. Winters, Bilbruck and Plunk each had 2 hits in the win. Lindsey went 6 innigs for the win as he struck out 6 and walked 2 while hitting 2. It was a good win for Routt who will face Brown County, weather permitting, on Wednesday and QND on Saturday. They may also add the New Berlin game on Monday at home. The Rockets improved to 23-6 on the year and will play in the West Central Regional next Wednesday.
|In an entertaining high school baseball game today, Triopia defeated Porta.AC 8-3 and improved to 16-6 on the season. The Blue Jays fell to 8-8 with the loss. Porta had 6 hits, 3 runs, 3 errors and left 6 runners on base. Marr suffered the loss and things don't get any easier for the Blue Jays as they play Pleasant Plains and Williamsville next week as the regular season comes to an end. They will play in the Athens regional. Marr and Nicholas had 2 hits each in their loss today and one of the hits for Nicholas was a solo home run to lead off the game. As for the Trojans, they had 11 hits, 8 runs, 5 errors and left 7 on base. They need to tweek it a little as they have a pretty good team who will be the #2 seed at the Brown County Regional and has a legitmate shot of winning it. Thompson, Coil, McClenning and Stanberry all had 2 hits for Triopia today and Coil was the winning pitcher as he went 5 innings, before Thompson pitched the last 2 innings. The Trojans turned a couple of nice double plays today to help preserve the win.
|Camp Point Central is #3 and Routt Catholic #1 in a sectional complex coming up in baseball post season play. Tonight they got a chance to test each other, at Illinois College, and the Rockets shut out the Panthers 5-0. Muller threw a nice game with just 2 hits and was in no serious trouble in 7 innings. He had 9 strikeouts with no walks and improved to 5-2 on the year. For the Panthers, Neisen and Hughes had the hits and Neisen went 6 innings, as a pitcher, to take the loss. CPC fell to 8-9 on the year and will play in the Brown County regional with #2 seed, Triopia. Routt had 5 hits, 5 runs, 3 errors and they left 2 runners on. Winters led the way with 2 hits, while Ronan, Bilbruck and Plunk had the other 3 hits. Next up, for Routt, is Beardstown in a home game on Monday. They have a big re-match on Wednesday with Brown County to see if they can win the WIVC North. Routt will be in the Winchester(West Central) regional with #4 seed, Mendon Unity.
|One of the intriguing things about high school sports is the upsets and surprises. Routt took a 21-4 record into Brown Couonty to take on the 7 and 9 Hornets. On paper, it looked like this would be win #22 for the Rockets and they would secure the WIVC North championship. Routt Catholic jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first and held it until the bottom of the 4th when Bain Woodward doubled, with the bases loaded and tied the game 3-3. Routt responded andscored in the 5th to re-take the lead at 4-3. The Hornets scored 3 more in the 5th and made the 6-4 lead hold up. That means Routt will have to beat the Hornets on May 9th, at Alumni Field, to win the title. Chumley took the loss and Joe Hendricker recorded the win. It rained twice in the game and we have no stats due to the wet paperwork. Routt will play Jacksonville on Thursday and CPC on Friday at Alumni Field and if mother nature cooperates. Nothing is safe when it comes to high school competition and nothing can be taken for granted and tonight's baseball game is a good case in point. Brown County is the first 1A team to beat Routt this season.
|In an exciting high school baseball game, Routt Catholic hung on to defeat Carrollton 6-4. Routt took the early 1-0 lead and lost it in the 2nd inning as the Hawks scored twice. The Rockets added 5 runs in the 3rd with a 2 run home run from Winters and from Hayes. Plunk added a double and an RBI to make it 6-2. The Hawks added 1 in the 5th and 1 in the 6th to close to 6-4. They had the bses loaded in the 7th but couln't push any runs across. They had 7 hit, 4 runs, 1 error and left 12 runners on base. The Hawks had a lot of oppurtunity but fell to 14-7-1 on the year.Barnett and Settles had 2 runs each in the loss. Routt finished with 9 hits, 6 runs, 3 errors and left 5 on as they improved to 21-4 on the year.Winters and Plunk had 3 hits each and Hayes 2 run home run, in the 3rd was one of the more exciting moments of the game. The Rockets will face Brown County at Mt. Sterling, weather permitting, on Wednesday. Lindsey got his first win of the year.
|Routt was looking for their 20th win of the season when they traveled to Triopia today, to take on the 14-5-1 Trojans. The Rockets got off to a great start with 4 runs in the toip of the 1st, that was highlighted by a 2 run home run from Bilbruck. Routt continued with 3 runs in the 2nd and 8 more runs in the third to cruise to a 15-0 win. They had runs scored by all nine of their starters and another shut out win for Cory Ronan who is 4-0 on the year and still has not surrendered an earned run. The Rockets had 14 hits, 15 runs, with 1 error and 7 runners left on base. Triopia had either 1 or 2 hits depending on a questionable ground ball by Garret Snow. The bad number was the 8 errors committed by Triopia. Ronan only threw 65 pitches in the win . Not only did every Rocket starter score in the game, they all had at least 1 hit as well. Bilbruck had 3 hits while Plunk, Hayes and Costello each had 2. This week they will play Carrollton, Brown County, Jacksonville and CPC if the weather permits. They will likely end up at the West Central regional while the Trojans will head for Brown County's regional. It is not official but an educated guess. The Rockets are in the driver's seat to win the WIVC north and will need to take care of Brown County on the 2nd and 9th.
|Springfield High won their 8th game of the baseball season with am 8 to 5 win over Routt Catholic. Routt did play one of their better games and fell to 19-4 with the loss. They gave up 3 unearned runs and only had 6 hits in the loss. Muller pitched a decent game but the Rockets did not get the key hits and the Senators played like they wanted the win worse than the Rockets did.Routt wanted some experience on a bigger field and they did not cover the outfield like they will need to. They finished with 6 hits, 5 runs, 2 errors and left 4 on base. Springfield had 7 hits, 8 runs, 1 error and left 5 on. Hartl registered the win and Muller the loss. The Rockets have a busy week as they face Triopia, Carrollton, Brown County, Jacksonville and Camp Point Central.
|Routt Catholic baseball picked up their 19th win on the season as they defeated Griggsville-Perry 16-0. They had 10 hits, 16 runs, 1 error and left 5 runners on base. Chumley went the distance and gave up 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks and 10 strikeouts. He did hit 1 batter and another hitter got on via an error. Chumley improved to 6-1 on the year and picked up a couple of doubles in the win, s well as 3 runs scored. Muller had 3 hits with 4 RBI's and Winters scored 4 runs with 1 hit and 3 RBI's. Lindsey had 3 runs scored and an RBI. Routt will played Springfield High on Saturday and has conference games with Triopia and Brown County next week. The Tornadoes fell to 2/13 with the loss.
|Routt softball was fresh off of a win over Griggsville-Perry on Tuesday night and put 6 runs on the board in the first inning against New Berlin today. Everything looked pretty good, for a while, but the Pretzels closed the score to only being down 7-4 in the 4th. Routt added 2 in the 6th and New Berlin answered with 2 of their own in the bottom of the 6th. The Rockets held the Prestzels off and won the game 9-6 to improve to 6-10 on the year and dropped New Berlin to 2-12. This is a pretty good 2-12 softball team. They had 10 hits, 6 runs, 3 errors and left 10 runners on base. Routt had 9hits, 9 runs, 3 errors and left 7 on base. McCartney posted the win with Powell getting the save. Bixby only lasted 1/3 of an inning and suffered the loss. Stockton led the Pretzels with 3 hits while Bixby and Dzierwa each had 2. Martin, McCartney and Walker all had 2 hits for Routt. The Rockets will play G-P on Thursday to see if they make it 3 wins in a row.
|Tonight's baseball game between Routt Catholic (18-3) and Griggsville-Perry (2-12) turned out exactly the way it was supposed to. The Rockets scored 21 runs and shut out the Tornadoes with no hits and just 1 base runner, who got on by being hit with a pitch and was immediately picked off of first base. Routt pitching, between Plunk and Costello, struck 11 of the 15 batters and no one got past 1st base. It was a good game for Routt as they need to realize how good they are and how much difference there is in their personnel and where G-P is at this time. You can't just play well against strong competitors and think a team with a short roster or a little less talent is going to lay down and give you the win. It's important that the Rockets, with just 2 seniors, go all out against everyone they play to set the tone in each game and tonight was a perfect example. They will play the Tornadoes again on Thursday at Alumni Field and should try for the same results. Then they have Springfield High on Saturday and should attack them in the same fashion. Tonight they had 11 hits, 21 runs with 12 different players scoring at least 1 run. They committed no errors and only left 3 runners on base. Ten different players had at least one hit and they looked exactly like an 18-3 team should look. Starters and subs contributed to the win in a show of solid team work. It was impressive and the balance of the season will be interesting to watch. Griggsville, in spite of the ending score, played hard and never gave up. I expect them to come to Alumni Field Thursday intending to upset the Rockets and looking for Routt to stumble.
|Routt improved to 17-3 , in baseball, with a 10-1 win over Pittsfield, behind Corey Ronan who threw a 3 hitter. Pittsfield scored 1 unearned run on 3 straight Rocket errors, in the 3rd inning. The Saukees made 4 errors in the loss and fell to 6-7 on the year. Routt had 9 hits, 10 runs, 3 errors and left 4 on base. Hunter and Hayes had 2 hits each as 7 Rockets had at least 1 hit in the win. Ronan had 2 walks, 1 hits batsman and 10 strike outs as he improved to 3-0 on the season. He also had 1 hit and 1 RBI in tonight's game. Routt will play Griggsville-Perry on Tuesday and Thursday and finish the week at Lincolnland, on Saturday, when they face Springfield High at noon.
|If you just look at the final score, today's 9-0 win for Chatham Glenwood over Routt Catholic, you wouldn't realize what a good game it was through 5 innings. The Titans scored 1 in the 2nd, 1 in the 4th, 1 in the 5th, then put up 6 runs in the bottom of the 6th. Wahlbrink threw a 3 hit shut out with 1 walk and 1 hit batsman. He struck out 6 and threw 85 pitches on the day. Glenwood had 11 hits, 9 runs, 0 errors and left 8 runners on base. They had 3 solid bunts (one for a hit) and played a fundamentally strong game, as they improved to 15-3 on the year. Rout fell to 15-3 on the yeare with their losses to Plains, QND and Chatham, which is great for a small 1A school. They will playMorrisonville on Saturday evening and be home for Pitsfield on Monday. Winters had 2 of the 3 Routt hits and Muller had 1. Muller took the loss and fell to 4-1 on the year. This is a good Rocket ball team and losses to bigger schools may be a little disappoointing to some of the Routt faithful, but it is a good learning experience and will help as post season rolls around.
|Routt Catholic baseball improved to 15-2 with a 9-2 win over Springfield Southeast in the Pleasant Plains Invite. The Spartans fell to 7-7 with the loss. They had 3 hits, 2 runs, 2 errors and 5 runners left on base. Hunter Chumley recorded the win and is 5-1 on the year. The Rockets had 9hits, 9 runs, 2 errors and left 10 runners on as they had early trouble getting a key hit. Plunk, Winters, Hayes and Costello had 2 hits each in the win. They scored 2 runs in the 2nd and 4th with 5 more in the bottom of the 6th. Routt will face the 10-2 Chatham Glenwood Titans at 9 am Saturday at South Park. Chatham beat Auburn 10-0 on Friday night and Routt beat the Trojans 5-1 on April 9th. It will be another good test for Routt. They will play Morrisonville @ Plains later in the day on Saturday.
|Triopia softball played Brown County tonight with the same results as the Tuesday game when the Hornets won 10-0. The good pitching of Brown County shut out the Trojans and the Triopia pitching couldn't stop the Hornet hitting. The Trojans ended up with just 3 hits, no runs and an error with 3 runners left on base. The Hornets finished with 12 hits, 10 runs, 1 error and 4 left on. Triopia is 4-10 and Brown County 10-4. Part of the difference in the game is the Hornets start 6 seniors and Triopia is a young team, so the consistency vs lack of consistency is evident. The Trojans will continue to work to be better and the Hornets will have to re-build next season as they will lose a lot of players. For this year however, they are capable of making a nice run.
|Routt Catholic baseball improved to 13-2 on the season with a 10-0 shut out over Porta/AC in a make up game. The Bluejays threatened in the top of the 1st with the bases loaded and 1 out, but they failed to score and never crossed the plate in the balance of the game. They fell to 3-4 on the year with 11 make up games on their schedule. They only had 3 hits tonight, with 1 error and 7 runners left on base. Routt had 9 hits, 10 runs, 1 error and 6 left on. Ronen went the distance with 2 walks, 2 hit batsmen and 7 strike outs. Plunk, Lindsey and Bilbruck had 2 hits each in the win. The scored 6 in the first, 2 in the third, 1 in the fourth and 1 in the fifth inning. After a WIVC game with West Central on Thursday, they will play Southeast at 4 pm on Friday and Chatham at 9 am on Saturday. They will also play Morrisonville later in the day at the Pleasant Plains Invite.
|The Lady Cougars of West Central had 2 big innings as they scored 5 in the 2nd and 5 more in the 4th to knock off Routt Catholic 11-1 and improved to 8-6 on the year. Routt dropped to 3-8 on the season as they only had 2 hits with 1 run, 5 errors and 4 runners left on base. Baptist and Peters had the hits. The Cougars had 9 hits, 11 runs, 3 errors and left 5 on base. Wade recorded the win and Powell the loss. Zoe Evans had a 3 run home in the game to help secure the early lead.The two teams will play again, on Thursday, in Jacksonville. The boys also played tonight as Routt shut out West Central 11-0. Routt baseballl will be home on Wednesday to face Porta/AC in a make up game.
Routt Catholic baseball entered the 3rd annual Beardstown Tiger Showcase with high hopes, as they were bringing an 11-0 record with a fresh win over Wiliamsville. What they got was two losses as Pleasant Plains beat them 6-3 and Qnd defeated them 7-0. Plains was 9-0 coming in and the Raiders were 8-1. In game one, Plains had 6 hits, 6 runs, 3 errors and they left 4 on base. They were fundamental, as usual, with sacrifice bunts, sacrifice flies to score runs and a suicide squeeze to finish their scoring. Routt had 5 hits, 3 runs, 1 error and they left 6 on base. Muller had two singles to lead the attack. Painter won the game and Lindsey lost his first game of the year.
Plains will play QND at 10:00 on Saturday in, what I feel will be the championship game. I don't thinak of the Orange division teams can handle either Plains or QND, but obviously you have to play the games to find out for sure. The Raiders had 2 home runs in the first inning and scored 5 runs enroute to their 7-0 victory. While Routt did not score in the game, they also did not hang their heads but played on and got out scored 2-0 through the next 6 innings. This will make the Rockets a stronger ball club in the end. Routt had 2 hits (by Winters), 0 runs, 3 errors and 6 left on. Chumley took the loss and gave up 3 homeruns in the loss. Qnd had 7 hits from 7 different players, 7 runs, 1 error and 6 left on. They improved to 9-1 and will take on the 9-1 P.P. Cardinals at 10:00 Saturday. Routt will play at 12:15 on Jones Field as they play either Carrollton or Egyptian at 12:15 on Jones Field. Chumley pitched well, after the first inning, and dropped his overall record to 4-1.
|Tonight's softball game between Triopia and West Central wastheir second of the week. The Trojans won on Tuesday 7-1 and the Cougars took todays game 6-5, as they scored 3 runs in the top of the 7th for their first lead of the game.. West Central had 13 hits, 6 runs, 6 errors and 9 runners left on base. Likes, Spencer, Hoots, Bartells and Elliott all had 2 hits in the win. Hoots threw 4 innings and Wade came in to throw 3 innings of relief and posted the win. Triopia had 6 hits, 5 runs, 1 error and they left 11 runs on base. Werries led the way with 3 hits and 2 RBI's. Maddie Gregory went the distance and pitched well enough to win the game, but the Troans fell to 3-7 and the Cougars improved to 7-6. In other action, the Trojan boys won 6-3 and in a game of interest, Routt improved to 11-0 as they beat Williamsville 3-0 behind, freshman, Corey Ronan.
|Earlier in the season, Brown County came from behind and defeated Routt Catholic, in softball, 17-7. Tonight, in a road game, the Lady Hornets came out on top 15-6. The Hornets had 14 hits, 15 runs, 0 errors and they left 10 runners on base. Chloe Alsup had 3 hits, 2 runs scored and 1 RBI while Claire Markert also had 3 hits, scored once and had 2 RBI's. Hailey Alsup and Bre Gooding also had 2 hits in the game as Brown County improved to 6-3 with the win. Routt tallied 11 hits, 6 runs, 3 errors and left 7 on base. Mallory Martin had 3 hits in the game and 7 of the 9 starters had at least one hit. They fell to 3-6 on the season. Alyssa Hodge was the winning pitcher and Bella Powell took the loss.
|It took 8 innings to finish, but the Lady Eagles of Liberty defeated Routt Catholic in softball today. The Ealges got 3 runs in the first and never trailed in the game. Routt tied it at 9-9 and at 13-13, but never did getthe lead. The Eagles had 14 runs on 15 hits with 4 errors and they left 10 runners on base. Coonrod, Hahn and Deanna Hummel had 3 hits each Kensey Wagner and Vance had 2 hits. Wagner was also the winning pitcher as Liberty improved to 2 and 5 on the year. Baptist had 3 hits for Routt while Powell, Martin and Lewis had 2 each. The Rockets finished with 14 hits, 13 runs, 3 errors and left 6 on base. They fell to 3-5 on the year and will play Brown County in a make up game, at Jacksonville, on Wednesday. The Hornets won the earlier game 17-7 after trailing 7-4 in the 5th. The Routt boys won 15-5 to improve to 10-0. They will have a tough couleof games on Friday as they play Pleasant Plains and QND at the Beardstown Showcase.
|It was in the high 30's and breezy, but the high school baseball game between the 8-0 Routt Catholic Rockets and the 2-2 Auburn Trojans was a good one. Auburn scored in the bottom of the 1st to take a 1-0 lead that lasted until the top of the 5th when Routt scored 2 unearned runs. The Rockets scored 1 earned and 2 unearned runs in the 7th and held on for the 5-1 win, as they moved to 9-0 on the year. They have Liberty coming up on Tuesday in a road game. The Trojans had only 4 hits and the 1 earned run. They made 4 errors and had 1 wil pitch as they left 2 runners on base. Routt had 9 hits, 5 runs, 4 unearned as Muller went the distance for his 3rd win. Muller was 4 for 4 in the game while Chumley and Lindsey finished 2 for 4. The Rockets made 2-3 solid defensive plays and also hit the ball extremely well but none of the hits carried the fence. They only committed 1 error in the win but left 10 runners on base. Muller threw approximately 95 pitches as he walked 2 and struck out 5. The more you watch this Rocket team play, the more you appreciate how good they are. They pitch well, hit the ball hard and play very good defense, so it is hard to see what they are missing to this point in the season.
|Today was a good day for local baseball and softball as it was in the mid 50's and no rain. In softball, Routt defeated Triopia 7-3. In baseball, Triopia took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first and re-took the lead 3-2 in the top of the 4th. That was the last run they scored and the Routt Rockets scored 3 in the 3rd and 2 in the 5th to take the 7-3 win, as they improved to 8-0 on the year. They will play, weather permitting, Brown Coounty in a home game tomorrow. Triopia had 9 hits in the game with 3 runs, 0 errors and 10 runners left on base. They used 3 pitchers and Coil took the loss.Thompson, McClenning and Snow had 2 hits each. Routt did what they do best and made three outstanding defensive plays and had 11 hits in the win. They also scored 7 runs, with no errors and left 11 runners on base. Chumley went 6 innings to post the win as he hit 3 batters, walked no one and struck out 8. He unofficially threw 99 pitches. Muller, Hayes, Lindsey and Costello had 2 hits each and Lindsey led the way with a bases loaded, bases clearing hit and 3 RBI's. Ronen threw 1 inning and struck out the side. The Rockets are playing team ball and feeding off of each other offensively and defensively. They have a deep pitching staff and it becomes apparent each time they play an opponent who only has 1 or 2 pitchers with limited relievers. It will be fun to see how long the Rockets can sustain their winning ways.
Today was a little chilly and windy for baseball, but it was some hot play on the field as Routt Catholic swept the Birds of Piasa Southwestern 7-3 and 5-4. Routt improved to 7-0 on the year and the Birds fell to 1-7. Chumley played a major part in both wins today as he went 6 2/3 innings in the opener with 5 strike outs and 2 walks. He allowed 6 hits and 3 runs (the first runs given up this year). The Rockets had 10 hits, 7 runs, 1 error and left 8 runners on base. Bilbruck wung a hot bat with 3 hits and 3 RBI's with a home run. Winters had a home run in the first along with a triple and 2 runs scored. Adam Lindsey also had 2 hits. Southwestern scored a run in the 6th and 2 in the 7th as Golike led the way with 2 hits. The Birds ended up with 6 hits, 3 runs, 1 error and left 7 on base.Ben Lowis went 5 innings and took the loss.
In game two, the tables were turned as the Birds got a 2 run home run from Lowis in the bottom of the first and held a 3-0 lead. Both teams scored a run in the 2nd inning and the score held at 4-1 until the top of the 5th, when Routt pused across a run to make it 4-2.Routt added 2 more in the top of the 6th , with some help from Costello who had a pinch hit double. Then timelyhitting and solid defense got the Rockets a run the 7th and they held off Piasa for the 5-4 win. Chumley, who was the winning pitcher in game one made a very good play on a ground ball up the middle, with 2 outs and runners at 2nd and 3rd. He got to the ground ball and made a strong throw, on one hop, to Winters at first base to seal the win. Rouott's pitching and defense will win them a lot of games this year and this was a character builder today. They didn't lead in game two until the 7th inning when Lindsey got the game winning hit and Plunk posted the win from the mound. The Rockets finished with 11 hits, 5 runs, 1 error and 9 left on base. Muller had 3 singles while Bilbruck and Hayes had 2 hits each.May, Hayes and Muller along with the final defensive play of the game, from Chumley, showed some of the capability of this good Routt team. Southwestern had 11 hits also, with 4 runs, no errors and 11 runners left on. Little, Seyfried and Cummings had 2 hits each in the Bird attack, but after scoring 3 in the first and 1 in the second, they were not able to score again. Routt will have 3 conference games next week as they play Triopia on Tuesday and Thursday and then take on Brown County in a make up game at Alumni Field on Friday.
|Routt Catholic softball got off to a great start today vs Brown County. The Rockets had a 4-0, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3 and 7-3 lead in the game as it went to the bottom of the 5th. The Brown County Hornets scored 6 runs in the 5th and 8 rus in the 6th and won the ame 17-7. Entertaining but strange as the Hornets improved to 3-1 and Routt fell to 2-4. Hailey Alsup took the win and Bella Powell suffered the loss. Routt had 11 hits, 7 runs, 4 errors and they left 4 on base.Baptist, Powell, Walker and Peters had 2 hits each. Brown County had 19 hits, 17 runs, 1 error and they left 8 on base.Hailey Alsup was 4for 4, Chloe 3 for 5, while Maria Markert, Hodge, Claire Markert, Laning and Gooding each had 2 hits. Laning had a home run, 3 runs scored and 5 RBI's. Chloe Alsu had a 3 run home run and scored twice. The Hornets only loss was in a 3 to 2 game to Calhoun.
|It was a one-sided baseball game today, at Alumni Field, as Routt defeated Pleasant Hill 21-1. The Wolves got an unearned run in the top of the first and ended up with one run and 1 hit as they fell to 0-2 on the year. Too many walks and too many errors was part of the downfall for P. Hill. Routt had 10 hits, 21 runs, 2 errors and 4 runners left on base. Bilbruck went 4 innings to post the win and Ronin threw 1 inning and struck out all 3 batters. Bilbruck had 2 hits and 6 RBI's, Hayes 2 hits and 5 RBI's, Ronin 3 hits with 2 RBI's as 8 of the 9 starters scored at least one run in the win. Plunk, Winters, Muller and Chumley scored 3 runs each as Routt was a scoring machine today as they improved to 5-0 on the season. They will be at WHNG on Saturday morning (weather permitting). Next week the Rockets play at New Berlin, home and away with Brown County and then take on Piasa Southwestern on Saturday.
|Pawnee was 1-1 and Routt Catholic 3-0 as they entered today's baseball game in Pawnee. The Indians took the early lead, in the 2nd and Routt tied it in the 3rd with a long homerun off of the bat of Drew Winters. In the top of the 5th, the Rockets scored 7 runs and won the game 9-2. For Pawnee, Hamilton went 4 2/3 innings and took the loss as he gave up 9 earned runs. The Indians finished with 6 hits, 0 runs, 10 errors and 6 runners left on base. Routt had 10 hits with 9 runs, 1 error and 6 left on base. Bilbruck, Chumley and Ronan had 2 hits each as 7 of the 9 starters had at least 1 hit and 8 of the 9 scored in the game. Routt will, weather permitting, will play Pleasant Hill at home on Thursday and will face WHNG in a road game on Saturday. The Rockets are a dangerous ball club and can strike quickly as they have put up 10, 9, 11 and 9 runs in their 4 games and have only committed 1 error.
|Hardin-Calhoun softball improved to 2-0 on the year with a 15-2 win over Triopia. Emily Baalman hit the first pitch of the game over the right field fence and ended up 3 for 3 in the gme with 3 runs scored and 3 RBI's. Kallal also had 3 hits as she scored twice and had 6 RBI's in the 16 hit attack. Triopia is 0-4 after the loss and made 5 errors in the loss. They only had 4 hits and the 2 runs were scored on walks.Both teams left 8 runners on base. Calhoun used Sydney and Holly Baalman while the Trojans used Ward, Rouland and Madison Gregory as pitchers. Calhoun scored in every inning and 8 of their 9 starters had at least 1 hit.
|It was a pretty good softball game, even though it drizzled, sprinkled and eventually rained at Auburn, as the Lady Trojans defeated Routt Catholic 9-6. Auburn scored 3 in the first and 5 in the 2nd to take an 8-2 lead. Routt fought back with 2 in the 2nd and 4 in the 4th but came up a little short. The game was stopped in the bottom of the 6th as Filipiak took the win and Hicks the loss. Routt is 0-2 and Auburn 1-0 on the early season. I didn't keep stats as it was raining continually and we were outside. Generally Butler, Filipiak and Stade hit the ball well and in spite of 3-4 errors the Trojans had enough to post the win. Baptist had a triple, Martin had a hit, and Peters also had a hit in the loss. Baptist had a triple and Walker did a solid job behind the plate. Routt hit pretty well up and down the line up as Hicks and Cosgrove did an okay job on the pitching. Powell is the #1 pitcher for Routt and strictly played third base in this non-conference game. Our next Routt softball game broadcast will be Friday at Pawnee.
|It was a cold, blustery day in Athens for their baseball game with Routt Catholic. Athens had defeated Decatur St. Theresa and Lewistown while Routt beat Greenfield, so both teams were undefeated. It was a roller-coaster type of game early as Routt scored in the 1st, 3rd and 4th, while the Warriors scored in the 1st, 2nd , 3rd and 4th, but Routt ended up winning the game 9-6. Athens had 9 hits and 6 runs but the 5 errors and 8 walks was too much to overcome. Jake Nance took the loss as the Warriors used 4 pitchers in the loss. Molitoris, Reiff, Alderman and Younkin had 2 hits each. Routt had only 6 hits with 9 runs, committed 1 error and left 7 runners on base. They had 5 earned runs and 4 unearned runs as they put the ball in play and took advantage of the Warrior miscues. No one had more than 1 hit in the win but 7 different Rockets scored. Muller got the win and Lindsey had 4 innings of good relief work. Routt will take their 2-0 record into Friday's home game against CPC. They have been short players in both early games and are hoping to get and stay at full strength.
|In the opening game of the 2018 high school baseball season, for Routt Catholic and Greenfield/Northwestern, went to the Rockets 10-0. Greenfield was only able to garner 2 hits and had 3 other baserunners due to 1 walk and 2 hit batsmen. Thomsen and Jacob Lansaw had the hits and Hayden Lansaw took the loss. Routt had 10 hits, 10 runs with no errors and 5 runners left on base. They scored in every inning with 7 earned runs and 3 unearned runs.The Rockets got at least 1 hit from 8 starters and 2 hits for Lindsay. 7 of the 9 players scored in the game as Chumley recorded the win and Lindsay threw 2 innings with 4 strikeouts and just 1 walk with no hits. Pitching and defense will be key ingredients for Routt to have a very good year.They will play at Athens on 3/14 and CPC on the 16th at home. While it was only one game, this is a promising Routt team.
|In another exciting finish, the Routt Regional Boy's Championship went to New Berlin as they defeated Routt Catholic 50-47 at the Routt Dome. It was questionable as the Pretzels missed some late free throws and Routt was able to cut New Berlin's 12 point lead to just 2. They could not make the key baskets however and ended a very good season with 20 wins and 10 losses. Routt will lose Moore, Chumley and Kaleb Birdsell and will be looking forward to next year's veteran team. For New Berlin: Butcher had 5 treys for 15 points to lead a well rounded attack as 6 players scored in the win. They shot 31 percent in the game with 13 of 27 from the line and 10 turnovers. Routt: Lindsey led the way 1ith 16, Marshall 13, Chumley 9, Ronal 7, Winters 3 and May 2. They only hit 31 percent of their shots and 61 percent of 18 free throws with just 4 turnovers and have every right to feel good, not only about the season but about the 2019 season as this a taleted group of players coming back.
|Tonight's regional semi-final boy's basketball game was about as exciting as you could expect between two evenly matched teams. It went to overtime as Routt Catholic hit the game winning shot with 3 seconds left and defeated Barry-Western 46-45. The game was tied 37-37 at the end of regulation and Chumley hit the game winning shot to propel the Rockets into a title game with New Berlin at 7 pm on Friday. The Pretzels won the 6 pm game in a comeback effort, 41-29 over a scrappy Pleasant Hill Wolves team. For Barry western Goertz scored 18, Billings 12, Wellman 7, Malone 6 and Howell 2. The Wildcats shot 30 percent from the field and hit 9 for 10 from the line with 10 turnovers over-all. Rout had 3 players (Chumley, Winters, Lindsey) with 12 points, while Marshall scored 7 and Ronan 3. Ronan hit a huge 3 in the overtime period and Chumley hit the winning basket with about 3 second on the clock. Routt shot 43 percent from the field and 5 for 10 from the line with 12 turnovers. The Rockets will take a 20-9 record into the championship game and have won 10 of their last 11 games, so they are gooing to try to use the home court to their advantage and win the regional. It should be a very tight title game, so be sure to head to the Routt Dome to see how it plays out.
|Routt Catholic boy's basketball cruised to a 75-44 win over Griggsville-Perry at the Routt Regional. The Tornadoes are young and look like they have a bright future, but for this evening they had a tough time, got behind early and never caught up. Ivey hit 14 and Sheurman 12 to lead the way as G-P hit only 27 percent of their shots and 2 for 4 from the line with 23 turnovers. Routt put 9 players in the scoring column and did not have the services of Brooks Moore. Wintershad 14, Chumley 11, Marshall 11, May 10, Birdsell 9, Ronan 8, Lindsey 7 and Bilbruck 3 as the Rockets shot 28 of55 from the field and 14 of 19 from the line with just 4 turnovers. They split with Barry Western this season and will face them in a semi-final match up on Wednesday night.
|Lebanon girl's basketball got off to a great start tonight and rolled over the Lewistown Indians 59-32 in the Mt. Sterling Super-sectional. With the win, the Greyhounds earned a spot in the final 4 for 1A basketball and will take on Danville Schlarman @ 1 pm on Friday, the 23rd at Redbird Arena. The Indians ended their season with a 29-5 record and only have one senior on the squad. They had a tough night shooting as A. Heffren scored 10 and Shaeffer 9. They only shot 28 percent from the field and 33 percent from the line with 17 turnovers. Lewistown had a hard time solving the Lebanon defense. Lebanon got 26 points from Kendra Bass, 16 from Krista Bass, while Schoenfeld scored 8, A. Reinneck 6 and E. Renneck 3. Shooting 51 percent from the field and 84 percent from the charity stripe plus only turning the ball over 14 times, the Greyhounds pretty much set the tone for the game early and played consistently for 4 quarters. This year marks the first time Lebanon had won a sectional game, let alone a sectional championship and the super-sectional that will send them to the state play offs. What a great season.
|Routt Catholic boy's basketball won their 8th gameof their last 9 as they knocked off Beardstown 56-46 in senior night. Beardstown fell to 14-15 on the season as Gullavogul scored 27 and Domitian 11 in the loss. They hit 21 of 63 shots and 3 of 4 freethrows with just 5 turnovers. The Tigers will oen their regional play against Pittsfield on Monday at Beardstown. The Rockets will take an 18-9 record into their Tuesday night regional opener against Griggsville-Perry at the Routt regional. They had well-rounded scoring tonight as Chumley had 13, Ronan 12, Winters 10, Lindsey 10 and Moore 9. While Marshall only scored 2, he had numerous assists in the win. The Rockets shot 49 percent from the fie field and 50 percent from the line with too many (21) turnovers. They will have to get past G-P, Barry-Western and probably New Berlin if they want to come out of their own regional.
|Routt Catholic girl's basketball had a great run this year; that included winning the WIVC - taking 3rd at the Lady Hawk - finishing 4th at the Lady Tiger and winning a regional championship. It all came to an end this evening as they could not get their offense in gear and lost to Okawville 45-33. Routt never did get the lead in the game. They started out losing 5-0 and got to within 2 points once in the second half. For Okawville: Lohman led the way with 13 points and 7 other Rockets scored in the game. The hit 16 of 30 shots and 10 of 16 free throws with 9 turnovers in the first half and 2 in the second half. Okawville will take a 23-8 record into the title game on Thursday wen they face the 29-1 Lebanon Greyhounds. Routt got 8 points from Fellhauer, 6 from Schierl, 5 from Huffman, K. Abell and McCartney. Martin rounded out the scoring with 3 points. The Rockets shot 13 for 44 from the field and 6 for 12 from the line with 5 turnovers in each half. Uncharacteristly Rout shot 29 shots from the guard position and just 14 from the paint, which has been their bread and butter all year. They average 28 points a game in the paint and only had 10 tonight, so credit Okawville for their defense or Routt for shooting too quickly. In either case, Routt loses 5 seniors and will be in a great position to make another run next year.
|Carrollton and Lebanon were tied 9-9 after one quarter of their girl's basketball game at the WHNG sectional. The Greyhounds realized they were in a game and took over in the second quarter, then ran the game out with a 55-34 win and a place in the championship game for Thursday. They will face either Routt Catholic or the Okawville Rockets. Those 2 teams will play in a game you can hear live on 101.3 WVIL or on wvilfm.com on Tueaday night. For the Hawks, who finish their season with 19 wins and 12 losses: Rhoades had 10 points while 7 Lady Hawks scored in the loss. They hit 35 percent of their shots and 4 of 7 free thows, but their 21 turnovers had a lot to do with their falling to Lebanon. For the Greyhous: they had 3 players in double digits (Schoenfeld 16, Abigail Reinneck 13 and Krista Bass 11). 7 players hit the scoring column as they hit 22 of 48 shots and 5 of 6 free throws with only 7 turnovers in the win. Lebanon improved to 29-1 on the season and will be a tough opponent come Thursday night for the title game. Either Routt or Okawville will pose some problems due to their size so Lebanon will have a different type of team coming for them Thursday. Their only loss on the year came to 3A Quincy Notre Dame, at the Lady Hawk Tournament, where they finished 2nd.
|Brown County made 7 of 18 free throws while Routt Catholic made 13 of 17 and that made a difference in the final score as Routt won 41-40. The Rockets improved to 16-9 and the Hornets fell to 17-6. For Brown County, Drake led the way with 11 pooints while Farve added 10and Sussenbach 9. They shot 41 percent from the field and only 39 percent from the line with 9 turnovers. Routt got 10 pooints from Chumley, 8 from Winters, 6 from Marshall , 5 from May and 4 from Kaleb Birdsell. The game ball, in my opinion went to Adam Lindsey, who came in off of the bench. He hit a big 3 in the third quarter and then made 1 of 2 from the field and 2 for 2 at crunch time to help secure the lead and win. Routt hit 36 percent of their shots and 76percent from the line with 9 turnovers. They will play in their own regional and Brown County will play at Triopia. In another game of interest tonight, Triopia stayed perfect in WIVC play with a 52-42 win over Greenfield. They only have Griggsville-Perry on their regular season schedule.
|The Triopia girl's regional championship was high caliber play with plenty of excitement for everyone. West Central led nearly 30 of the 32 minutes in the game and Routt took the lead at the 2:03 mark and hung on to win 45-39. Routt never shot a free throw in the game until the 4th quarter where they hit 7 of 11 to help seal the deal. With the win, the Rockets will take on Okawville at the WHNG sectional on Tuesday, the 13th. West Central did everything but win the game as they were led by the freshman, Emma Slagle, who finished with 15. She played K. Abell evenly in the game and held her to 13. The Cougars hit 14 of 46 shots and were a perfect 5-5 from the line with 13 turnovers. Routt was led by K. Abell and McCartney with 13 as 5 other Rockets all scored in the win. Schierl had her best defensive game of the year and was instrumental in the victory. She scored 4 points with 2 of them from the free throw line in the 4th quarter. It was an even game as Routt made 18 of 48 shots and 7 of 11 free throws with only 6 turnovers in the win. Once Coach Eilering decided to move Abell away from the basket and played McCartney on the baseline, things took a positive turn. It drew Slagle out and no one stepped up to stop McCartney as she scored 9 points in the 4th. Routt will take a 26-5 record into regional action. They trailed by 11 points in the 3rd quarter and came all the way back to post the win. Coach Eilering won his 200th game on Wednesday night but his 201st was a little more difficult than he had hoped for.
The Triopia Regional girl's finals are set for Thursday night. It will be Routt who defeated WHNG 48-25 facing West Central who knocked off Triopia 44-32. Routt had 7 players score in their win and were led by K. Abell with 15. They hit 37 percent of their shots and 56 per cent of their free throws with 17 turnovers as they improved to 25-5. The Spartans only had 4 players scored nd were led by McClenning's 8 points. They only hit 21 percent of their shots and 8 for 12 from the line with 25 turnovers. They finished their season with 13 wins and 16 losses.
In game two, the Cougars hit 7 of 25 treys and 17 of 40 overall with 4 of 11 free thrws. They took care of the ball, with 10 turnovers and forced 18 on the Trojans. Little led the way with 12 points while Lashmett and Cannon hit 9 each. West Central relies heavily on the 3-ball and are hard to defend as Likes, Cannon and Little are all capable of hitting 5 to 7 per game and you are never sure which one to watch. Burrus had a nice game for Triopia with 14 points but didn't get much scoring help tonight as the Trojans hit only 11 of 45 shots and 5 of 13 from the line. This is a young team and everyone returns, so their 18 and 12 record should propel them into a good season next year.
|It doesn't get much better than watching a 19-4 (WHNG) team and an 18-6 (Triopia( team on the hardwood. The Spartans led by 7 points twice and the Trojans led by 8 once and it took an overtime period to finally get a winner. WHNG led the first 2 quarters and Triopia led the last 2 quarters plus the overtime period and recorded the 63-59 victory. Josh Hopper scored 16 as WHNG hit 20 of 44 shots and 12 of 17 free throws with 22 turnovers. The Trojans got 4 players in double digits, Bell 13, Snow 13, Milby 12 and Thompson 11 while Schmitz scored 6 and Allen 5 in a well rounded attack. They also hit 20 of 44 shots and 17 of 27 free throws with 15 turnovers. Triopia made 7 of 8 free throws in the overtime period and arre right on the verge of winning the WIVC. They have Greenfield and Griggsville-Perry left on their regular schedule and have no losses in conference.
|On paper, the Triopia Trojans looked like they would have a good chance to pick up a win at Springfield Calvary. The Trojans were 18-5 and the Saints 12-10, however, when they got on the court, it was pretty obvious this was a big Calvary squad with leaping ability and some dead-eye three point shooters. It was 32-32 at half as Bell hit a buzzer beater from long range. The second half however belong to the Saints and they cruised to a 20 point win. Roberts and Zach Kroenlein had 18 points each while Larson tossed in 16. They had 9 players score and only turned the ball over 7 times in the game. They also shot 53 percent from the field and 59 percent from the line. Bell was the leader (16) for Triopia while Thompson and Snow added 13 each. Triopia shot 23 for 52 from the field and 4 for 7 from the line with 15 turnovers. Calvary won the JV game 48-42. Both games were physical with a double-technical in each one. These were a coupleof proud teams caught in a tough battle.
|The Lady Hornets of Brown County hit 15 of 18 free throws tonight with 7of 8 in the 4th quarter as they defeated Triopia 47-39. They were led by Heldt with 17 points as 9 different players scored. The Hornets shot 36 percent from the field and 83 percent from the line with 19 turnovers. Triopia got 16 points from Burrus as 6 Trojans got into the scoring column. Only hitting 17 of 58 shots and 3 of 8 free throws, Triopia came up a little short. They turned the ball over 14 times but only made 3 of 13 from beyond the arc. Both teams are 18-11 after tonight's action. Triopia will play in the Triopia regional next week and Brown County will travel to Illini Bluffs. Beardstown and Rushville will play in the Havana regional.
|Routt Catholic girl's basketball program entered tonight's game with a record of 22-5 and Beardstown was 3-21. The Rockets looked like they thought the Tigers were gooing to lay down and give them the game. They were sluggish and slow and the Tigers jumped out to a 9-0 lead, about 3 minutes into the game. The starters were pulled and 5 new players put in, who promptly cut the lead to 9-7. The starters were re-inserted in the 2nd quarter and trailed 14-9 after one quarter and 28-22 at half. Routt came out in the second hald and scored the first 7 points to take a 29-28 lead and eventually won the game 55-37. When you are cruising instead of playing with energy, it is easy to fall into a trap and sometimes you can't get out. tonight's game was a nice indicator of how deep this Rocket team is. For the Tigers, Rawlins had 16 and Camila Garcia 10 as they shot 41 percent and 1 for 3 from the free throw line. They had 32 turnovers and fell to 3-22 on the year. Routt got 15 from K. Abell and 12 from McCartney. Fellhauer was close to double-digits as she scored 9 and seven Rockets scored overall. They hit 18 of 50 shots and 17 of 29 free throws with 23 turnovers. They will finish their regular season at ISD on Friday and will play their first game in the Triopa Regional on Wednesday February 7th against either WHNG or the ISD Tigers.
|Hardin-Calhoun owned the first and second quarter tonight, in their game at Triopia and held a 27-21 lead at half time. Then the Trojans came out with 3 straight 3's in the third quarter and outscored the Warriors 26-8 to take a commanding 47-35 lead as they headed into the 4th quarter and ended up winning 59-42. Calhoun fell to 8-13 on the year as they only had 4 players score in the game. Nelson scored 16, Drew Baalman 14 and Bick 10. Sievers rounded out the scoring with 2 points. They hit 39 percent from the field and made 11 of 14 free throw shots with 18 turnovers. Trioia shot 47 percent and 8 of 15 free throws with 12 turnovers. Thompas scored 17, Bell 15, Snow 10, Schmitz 10, Bridgewater 6 and Allen 1. The Trojans are 17-5 and 6-0 in the WIVC. We will carry their game with Springfield Calvary on Friday night.
|Defense and only 14 turnovers were the keys to the Routt win tonight as they knocked off the Hardin-Calhoun Warriors 57-42. The Warriors had trouble with the Rocket interior defense and turned the vall over 20 times as they fell to 10-14.Zirklebach and Lorton hit double digits with 22 and 11 respectively. They shot 31 per cent as a team and 55 per cent from the line as they got a little tired at the end of the game, fending off the Routt size and depth. For Routt, K. Abell scored 14, Fellhauer 13 and McCartney 12 as 7 players scored enroute to their 22nd wind of the year. The Rockets hit 23 of 55 from the field and 10 of 17 fromthe line. They had the 14 turnovers and will head to Beardstown on Wednesday with their 22-5 record. Triopia had a big win tonight also as they defeated Barry Western 43-40. Routt and Triopia will both be at the Triopia regional next week.
|Routt Catholic finished 3rd at the 44th annual Lady Hawk with an impressive 52-35 win over 2A Alton Marquette. Fourteen turnovers, solid defense and 3 players in double digits resulted in the 21st win of the year. They play Hardin-Calhoun on Monday, Beardstown on Wednesday and ISD on Friday in preparation for the Triopia regional on February 7th. The Explorers were led by Aguirre with 9, Fischer with 8, Kline with 6 and 5 points from Snider and Nicholson. The hit 26 percent from the field and 55 percent from the line. They had 9 turnovers and fell to 15-7 on the year. The Rockets got 15 from McCartney, 12 from K. Abell and 12 from Martin. Fellhauer addded 7 and Schierl 5 in a well rounded attack. They made 15 of 27 free throws and 19 of 42 from the field with 14 turnovers in the win which pushed them to 21-5 on the year. When Routt can keep the turnovers between 12 and 15 per game, they are extremely hard to beat. Their defense is better than most opponents realize and they are in a good position to make a nice run in post-season play.
|Turnovers jumped up and bit Routt Catholic tonight and they lost a 44-42 decision to QND. It was a game that Routt held a 10 point lear with about 4 minutes to play. They matched up well with the Raiders and played them well until they couldn't get the ball to the front court, at crunch time, and fell to 20-5 on the year. They will play Marquette for 3rd place at 5 pm on Saturday. Four of the five Rocket losses came due to the turnovers and they can expect pressure from any of their up-coming opponents as it has been their Achilles heel. The Raiders were led by Molly Penn with 19 points and Hummert had 10 points including the winning basket. QND shot 50 percent from the field and 33 percent fromthe line with 17 turnovers. While they had been pressing full court all game long, they turned up the heat late in the 4th and pulled out the win. They are 8-9 and will face Lebanon for the Lasy Hawk Title on Saturday. McCartney came in for the Rockets due to foul trouble for K. Abell and scored 19 points in the loss.Routt shot 43 percent from the field and 50 percent from the free throw line with 8 turnovers in the first half and 17 in the second half. It was a disappointing loss for this talented Rocket team and they simply have to correct the problem. After Saturday's game, they will play a good Calhoun team at home on Monday and get ready for the regionals unless they have a make up game somewhere.
|Routt Catholic played a good game tonight as they defeated Nokomis 57-28 and moved into the final four of the 44th annual Lady Hawk in Carrollton. They will play either QND or Jerseyville on Thursday at 8 pm. For the Redskins, they got 9 points from K. Stauder and 8 from Lohman. Nokomis shot 24 percent from the field and 70 percent from the free throw line with 18 turnovers. They are 14-9 on the year. The Rockets are the #6 ranked team in class 1A and are the #2 seed in this year's Lady Hawk. They improved to 20-4 with the win as Ellie Abelll led the way with 14 points. McCartney came in off of the bench with 12 points. There were 8 Rockets who scored in the game as they hit 23 of 48 from the field and 10 of 18 from the line with just 10 turnovers.
|Tonight's girl's basketball game between Pittsfield and Triopia was very physical and loosely called. It was a fun game to call but maybe not so much fun to play. The final score was 57-54 in favor of the host Saukees. There were numerous lead changes and the game wasn't decided until the final minutes. The difference in the game was the 10 for 13 free throw shooting by Pittsfield and the 2 for 6 free throws for Triopia. The Trojans also turned the ball over 20 times and the Saukees 17, but the last two turnovers for Triopia were costly. Kennedy led Pittsfield with 25 points while Pepper had 17, Lemons 9, and Bauer 8. They made 21 of 46 shot attempts and improved to 18-8 on the year. Triopia played well enough to win, most of the time and had 3 players in double digits. Evans had 17, Portwood 15 and Burrus 15. The hit 23 of 51 from the field and fell to 16-10 with the loss. This is a young ball team and while these losses are painful, they are getting better and stronger as the season moves on. They just need to put it together as they are talented enough to play with most of the local 1A schools.
|Routt Catholic opened as the #2 seed at the 44th annual Lady Hawk with a resounding 56-28 win over Greenfield/NW. It was 11-7 after the first quarter and the Rockets pushed it to a 30-11 halftime lead and never gave any of it back. They improved to 18-4 on the season while the Tigers fell to 15-9. For Greenfield, Walters had 8, Dietrich 6, Walker 5 and 3 other played were in the scoring column. They hit 10 of 49 shots for 20 percent and 5 of 12 free throws with 13 turnovers. Routt, except for the 21 turnovers, played a nice game. Martin led the way with 16 points, including 3 treys, while E. Abell 11, McCarney 10 and K. Abell 10, 4 more players hit the score book. Ellie Abell had 20 points in the last two outings and it has been necessary and fun to watch. The Rockets hit 23 of 53 for 43 percent and 7 of 15 free throws for 47 percent. They are still suspect with their ball handling and lazy passes, but once again they showed they are hard to handle over all. They will like play Nokomis at 6:30 on Tuesday and will carry a significant height advantage onto the court. We will have a boy's make up game on Monday as G-P will be at the Routt Dome.
|In a very close and exciting boy's basketball game at the Routt Dome, it was the Rockets holding off the Calhoun Warriors 50-45. Routt got off to a 6-0 lead but could not hold on and trailed 15-13 at the end of the first and 23-21 at half. The Rockets took a 35-33 lead at the end of the third and won it by 5 at the end. They are 11-8 on the year and the Warriors fell to 6-10. Sievers led the Warriors with 13, Baalman 10, Bick 10, Hart 7 and Nelson 5. They hit 34 percent of their shots and 62 percent from the line with 8 turnovers. Routt got 20 from Chumley, 10 from Winters, while Marshall had 8, Lindsey 7 and Moore 5. Routt shot 30 percent from the field and 20 of 27 from the free throw line with 9 turnovers. It was a back and forth game all night long and could have gone either way at the end. Free throws were a major factor in the Rocket win as the foul count and turnovers were equal. It was a rough and physical game but the officials were consistent in their calls, the crowd was into the game and it was an overall fun night of high school basketball.
|Routt Catholic's Lady Rockets hadn't played since January 6th and they were a little ragged tonight, but they perseveered to hold off Carrollton 50-47 in an exciting basketball game. The Rockets are 17-4 and will open their run at the Lady Hawk on Saturday at 3:30 against a good Greenfield/NW team. For the Hawks, they fell to 13-9 on the year. Rhoades had 18 and Krumwiede 14 in the loss. Williams also added 9 points. Hannah Krumwiede needed 7 points to get to the 1,000 point mark in her high school career and scored the 7 points in the 1st half. Carrollton hit 40 percent from the field and 60 percent from the line with 17 turnovers. They will play WHNG at noon on Saturday. Routt got well rounded scoring tonight as K. Abell had 11, E. Abell 9, McCartney, Fellhauer and Huffman had 6 each, Walker 5, Martin 4 and Schierl 3 as the Rockets improved to 17 and 4. They hit 20 of 55 shots, 9 of 13 free throws and had 18 turnovers in the win. They are the #2 seed at the Lady Hawk and Carrollton is #4. Lebanan is #1 and will open with West Central at 9 am Saturday.
|Sara Evans hit a 3-point bucket to open the Lady Trojans game with Liberty, then they never lead again and lost 65-49. Triopia looked a step slow tonight and the Eagles grabbed almost all of the loose balls tonight in their win. The Trojans hit 31 percent of their shots and only 38 percent of their free throws. They also had 14 turnovers which aided in their loss. They fell to 15-9 on the year. The good news is the 26 point effort by Evans, who had knocked down 6 treys in the loss. Liberty had 18 from Gimm, 15 from Knuffman and 13 from Coonrod while 4 other players added to the scoring. They hit 25 of 45 from the field and 12 of 23 from the free line with 9 of those coming in the 4th quarter. They turned the ball over 10 times as they improved to 7-16 on the season.
|Triopia jumped out to a great start and cruised to a 62-33 win over Litchfield in the 5th place game at the WHNG Lady Spartan. Madison (14) led the Panthers who shot 31 percent from the field and 66 percent from the line with 19 turnovers. They fell to 5-16 with the loss. The Trojans had 3 players (Burrus 18, Evans 15 and Portwood 10) in double digits as they hit 52 percent of their shots and only 59 percent from the line with 19 turnovers. Triopia improved to 15-8 with the win and, except for the turnovers, played a nice game. They lost their concentration and intensity for part of the game and have to learn to play 4 quarters as it will be necessary against stronger opponents.
Earlier in the season, in regular season play, West Central defeated Triopia by 7 points. Tonight, at the Lady Spartan, the Cougars had a 2 pooint lead heading into the 4th quarter and pulled away for a 58-47 win. They hit 2 treys (Logan Little) and 16 of 20 free throws to ice the game away. They will play Western at 8 pm on Thursday for the right to play in the championship game against Pittsfield on Saturday. WC got 21 poionts from Little, 17 from Likes and 10 from Slagle in their win as they hit 15 for 38 from the field 21 of 30 from the line with 11 turnovers. Triopia fell to 13-8 with the loss as they hit 13 of 43 from the field and 19 of 31 from the line with 17 turnovers. Burrus had foul trouble tonight but finished with 19 points while Evans and Portwood each scored 10.
Triopia also played Madison at 8:00 pm tonight and cruised to a 71-36 win. The Lady Trojans of Madison fell to 2-12 on the year as they got 21 points from Tamara Anderson and 9 points from Pierra Barbee. They hit 31 percent from the field and 2 for 2 from the line with 15 turnovers. Triopia got scoring from all 11 of their players as Evans led the way with 17 and Burrus, who only played the first half of the game, scored 11. Triopia hit 29 of 58 shots and 9 of 16 free throws with 12 turnovers. They will play for 5th place on Saturday at 10 am.
|Routt took charge early tonight and defeated North Mac in girl's basketball 67-33.The Rockets worked hard in protecting the ball and getting aggressive offensively, after their two losses to Plains and Lewistown. It paid off as they only had 5 turnovers tonight and caused 26 turnovers on the Panthers.The Rockets improved to 16-4 on the year and North Mac fell to 3-11. For the Panthers, Starks and Martin had 8 points each while Yemm had 6. They shot 14 for 34 from the field and 3 for 6 from the line. Routt got 3 players in double digits (McCartney 15, K. Abell 12 and M. Fellhauer 10)with 10 players in the scoring column. They hit 30 of 76 shots with 2 for 5 from the free throw line and only 3 turnovers in the first half and 2 in the 2nd half. They will try to keep it going when they takes on the Beardstown Tigers, in a road game, on Thursday night.
|The Carrollton Hawks took an early 16-11 lead over Routt Catholic tonight, but shot poorly (1-10) in the 2nd and (1-11) in the third quarter. The Rockets won the game 42-36 and improved to 9-6 on the season. The Hawks fell to 4-6 as Brannan led the way with 15 points and Jones added 7. They shot 33 oercebt frin tge fuekd abd 54 oercebt frin tge kube wutg 14 turnovers. Routt was led by Marshall's 12 , while Chumley scoed 10 and Beckman 9. They hit 34 percent from the field and knocked down 15 of 26 from the free throw line with 16 turnovers. It wasn't a well played game but it was relatively close game with a decent size crowd on a cold week day night.
|In a much anticipated game between Routt Catholic and Barry Western, it proved to be as close as one could imagine and any further meetings will likely be the same. Routt won the 52-48 overtime game, after each team had a chance to win it in regulation. Routt missed 5 free throws in a row in the 4th quarter, and with time running out, Western had a great chance to grab the win and neither team got the job done. Barry got 16 from Borrowman and 14 from Epperson while shooting 43 percent fromthe field and 75 percent from the line with 12 turnovers. They scored 6 points in overtime and fell to 13-2 on the season. Routt got 15 from Katie Abell who had fould trouble all game long. Tey also got 10 points from McCartney off of the bench, 9 from Walker and 8 from Ellie Abell while Martin (3), Schierl (3) and Fellhauer (2) all contributed points. Routt had 10 points in overtime including 6 for 8 in free throws. They are 15-2 and will play Pleasant Plains in the semi-final round on Thursday at the Lady Tiger Classic. It was a very exciting finish and the supporters for Western and Routt were caught up in the action.
|WHNG was a little short-handed tonight due to an injury to Evans and a bit of the Flu Bug. The Lady Trojans were scrappy but not strong enough to stay with the Lady Rockets of Routt, who defeated them 54-32. Brown led the Spartans with 10 points and McClenning scored 7. WHNG hit 33 percent of their shots and were 0-3 from the line with 32 turnovers. The Spartans were 7-2 and have lost 6 games in a row to fall to 7-8. Routt improved to 14-2 with their win as Katie Abell scored 20 points to lead the way. Martin had 11 points while 8 Rockets scored in the win. They hit 19 of 48 shots and 12 of 21 free throws with 23 turnovers. They will open their Lady Tiger Tournament with a game against either Unity or North Fulton at 2 pm on the 26th in the middle school gym.
|The boys basketball game between Payson and Triopia was a very entertaining game as two of the better teams in the area went head to head. The final score 67-56 does not come close to accurately describing what a tight game this was. The Indians led 18-14 after one, then it was tied 30-30 and 41-41 at the end of the half and third quarter. Payson got away in the 4th as they hit 9 of 11 field goals and 6 of 8 free throws. Triopia was able to stay close in the 1st half as they forced 9 turnovers on the Indians while only committing 4 of their own. Triopia shot 35 percent from the field and 78 percent fromthe line with 7 turnover in the game. Payson hit 60percent of their shots and 73 percent of their shots from the line, with 12 turnovers in the win. Triopia fell to 6-1 on the year and Payson improved to 8-1. These teams may meet again as they are in the same bracket in the Winchester Invitational.
|West Central did exactly what we preach about game in and game out. They turned the ball over 3 times in the game and made 11 of 13 free throws in the 4th quarter and defeatedTriopia 51-45. It was a good game and either team could have won but Triopia turned the ball over 13 times in the loss. That gave the Cougars 9 more possessions or chances to make a bucket. The Trojans ended up with 9of 10 free throws themselves in the 4th quarter. They shot 36% from the field while WC hit 35%. It was a good game and if they meet again, it will be another toss up. Likes led WC with 15, Slagel 12, Ma Lashmett 9, Cannon 8, Little 6 and Elliott 3 as they spread the ball around well. They will open play at the 36th annual Lady Tiger, on the 26th, when they face Rushville. Triopia will play Rushville tomorrow night in Rushville. They were led by 21 points from Burrus6 of 8 free throws while Evans scored 15 poionts with 4 of 4 from the line. Portwood tallied 9 points and Werries 2 in the loss. The Trojans are 9-4 and the Cougars improved to 3-7. Triopia will open with Athens at 9:00on the 26th in the high school gym and will be covered on 101.3 WVIL.
|Routt Catholic wa a little too tall and too deep for the Pawnee Indians who were hoping for their first win of the season. The Rockets won 42-23 and led at every quarter. For the Indians: Bowman led the way with 10 points, all in the second half. Langheim had 7 while Avery Kern and Adcock had 3 each. Pawnee shot 7 for 33 from the field and 8 for 14 from the line with 23 turnovers as hey fell to 0-10 on the year. Routt did not shoot well today. They shot often. They ended up 16 for 61 with 10 for 21 from the charity stripe and 14 turnovers. Katie Abell had to work hard for her 14 points. McCartney had 8 and o one else scored more than 4 in the game.They had 7 players in the scoring column and improved to 13-2. Our next game broadcast for the Routt girls will be against WHNG next week. The Routt boys won on Friday night at Pleasant Hill 50-44 and rolled over Pawnee on Saturday, at the Bowl, 64-26.
|On paper, it looked like a potential easy win for Routt Catholic's Lady Trojan basketball team. They were 11-2 and Athens 2-10 heading into their match-up at the Bowl. It turned out to be a real battle as Routt eventually won the 54-41 game. The Warriors shot 36 percent in the loss and 2 for 3 from the free throw line, with 17 turnovers. Morgan Penrod had 11 points while Stille had 10 and Cronister 8. Their tenacious defense kept them close throughout the game. For the Rockets, Katie Abell was the leading scorer again as she hit 23 points. Walker had 8, Huffman 7 and McCartney 6. Eight Rockets scored in the win and has been part of their successful season, as multiple scorers makes it touogh on any defense. Routt shot 49 percent from the field and 48 percent from the line with 17 turnovers. Next up for Routt will be the Pawnee Indians on Saturday.
|Routt Catholic got off to a slow start tonight as they took on the Lady Trojans of Auburn. Once they settled in, they took the lead and hung on for a 43-28 win as they improved to 11-2 on the year. The loss for Auburn dropped them to 11-2 also. They lost to Pleasant Plains and Routt while the Rockets lost to Peoria Central and Brown County. For Auburn tonight: Smith 13, Clark 10 and no one else scored more than 2 points. They shot 23 percent from the field and 43 percent from the line with just 9 turnovers. Rout had 16 turnovers while shooting 58 percent from the field and 52 percent from the free throw line. Katie Abell had 22 points, Huffman 9 and Burke 5 to lead the way. Routt will play Athens at the Bowl at 5 pm Friday and Pawnee at the home of the Indians on Saturday afternoon.
|Hunter Chumley hit the game winning 3 point shot, as Routt Catholic defeated WHNG 54-51. Winters delivered a one bounce pass as Chumley squared up and did the rest. It was a close game all night long. TheSpartans fell to 4-2 on the year and the Rockets improved to 4-4. For WHNG, Whicker had 15, Blake 10, VanMeter 9, Josh Hopper 7 while Jonah Hopper and Lawson had 5 each. They hit 20 of 57 from the field and 6 of 8 from the free throw line while turning the ball over 15 times in the loss. The Rockets had lost 2 games in a row and need a good showing tonight, and got it. Chumley had 15, Winters 12, Marshall 11, Beckman 10, Moore 4 and Kaleb Birdsell 2 in the win. The hit 44 percent of their shots and 71 percent of their free throws. The winning shot came with .05 seconds left on the clock and it wasn't enough time for the Spartans to get off a last shot.Thedown side for Routt was the 20 turnovers they had in the game.
|While it was a typical, knock down-drag out, game, Routt Catholic improved to 10-2 with their 45-39 win over Brown County. The Hornets were getting to all of the loose balls and pressuring the Rockets defensively, but the turnovers in the 2nd half were hurting Brown County. The Hornets got 14 points from Heldt, 10 from Doyle and 15 points from a combination of 5 other players. They shot 33 percent fromthe field and 50 percent from the line with 3 turnovers in the first half and 13 in the second half. They had to play without Mariah Markert and Belle Koch, due to injuries. Routt got scoring from 7 players as Katie Abell led the way with 16. Fellhauer and Huffman added 8 each while Ellie Abell and McCartney added 4. Schierl added 3 and Martin 2 to round out the scoring. Routt hit 17 of 41 shots and 10 of 20 free throws with 15 turnovers. They will play Auburn on Thursday in a home game.
|There were 45 turnovers in tonight's girl's basketball game as Triopia hosted the WHNG Spartans. It was a back and forth game that the Spartans led by 7 points, on two occasions, but the final score was 49-37 as the Lady Trojans improved to 7 and 3 on the year. The loss dropped the Spartans to 7-3 also. Two of the Spartan losses came at the hands of Triopia as they met earlier in the Waverly tournament. Madi Evans scored 19 points tonight and Lakeleigh Brown hit double figures with 12. WHNG shot 25 percent from the field and 56 percent from the line with 22 turnovers. The Trojans got a great second half from Burrus who ended up 10 points in the 4th quarter and 20 for the game. Sara Evans had 11 while Gregory and Portwood scored 7 each and Reynolds finished with 4. The Trojans hit 42 percent of their shots and 50 percent of their free throws with 23 turnovers.
|Tonight's result in the basketball game between Routt Catholic and Triopia came as a complete surprise to me. Not that the Trojans won the game, but the way they did it. After trading leads 4 or 5 times early in the first quarter, the Trojans took a commanding 22-13 lead after one and led in all quarters before posting the 71-40 win. They improved to 3-0 on the year and dropped th Rockets to 3-3. Winters led Routt with 11 points as they shot 14 for 51 from the field and 9 for 17 from the line with 12 turnovers. The Trojans had 4 players in double digits (Thompson 16), (Bridgewater 13), (Snow and Schmitz 10) Nine players scored as they hit 29 of 51 in field goals and 8 for 12 from the charity stripe with 17 turnovers. It was a very good game for Triopia and it will be interesting to see how they play in their home game against Liberty on Friday night. They seem to have good team chemistry and generally have the ingredients to have a winning season. Routt will face Waverly on Friday.
|It was an exciting girl's basketball game at Routt tonight as the Lady Rockets slipped past Greenfield/NW 43-40. Routt owned the first two quarters and held a 23-16 lead at half time. The Tigers outscored the Rockets 22-10 in the third and held a 5 pooint lead heading into the 4th quarter. Routt hit 1 of 8 free throws in the third and turned the ball over 7 times and it nearly cost them the game. They hit 4 for 7 from the field and 5 for 9 from the line in the 4th and it was good enough as they improved to 9-2 and Greenfield fell to 4-2. Walters led all scorers with 24 points and Vetter hit 10 points but the blance of the team was only able to add 9 oints and it wasn't enough. The Tigers shot 39 percent from the field and 71 percent fromthe line and had 16 turnovers in the loss. Routt was led by Katie Abell with 15 but they got help from McCartney and Fellhauer with 9, Martin with 8, Huffman 3 and Ellie Abell 2. They shot 42 percent from the field and only 13 for 28 from the free throw line. They had 7 turnovers in the first half and added 10 more in the second half and were still able to hang on for the win. The Rockets are off for the balance of the week.
|Routt Catholic girl's basketball was a little too strong and fast for the Young Crusaders of Springfield Lutheran. The Lady Rockets won 56-36 and part of the reason for the win was the 28 Crusader turnovers verses only 12 for Routt. Lutheran shot 47 percent from the field and 57 percent from the line in the loss. Routt only shot 38 percent from the field and 42 percent from the free throw, so you can see how important the turnovers are. For the Crusaders, Scheiderhelm (freshman) led the way with 12 points and Stoeckel followed with 10. Lutheran is 3-5 after the loss. Routt: got 16 from Katie Abell and 12 from Madi Fellhauer who had her most aggressive game of the year as she assisted in numerous steals and deflections. Ellie Abell had a nice day with 8 points and McCartney hit 3 of 5 from the field for 6 points. There were 7 Rockets who scored as they continue to move the scoring around and make themselves harder to defend. Monday's game will be interesting as the Lady Rockets face scoring threats Walters and Vetter from Greenfield. The Lady Tigers have defeated Triopia and lost in overtime to Carrollton, so they will be a challenge.
|Springfield Lutheran boys basketball came to Routt Catholic with a 3-4 record and lost a 64-47 decision. The Crusader shot 45 percent from the field and 86 percent from the free throw line. Griffith and Crifasi scored 10 points each but Hayer led the scoring with 12 as 8 players hit the scoring column. The 22 turnovers played a big part in the Crusader loss. Routt improved to 3-2 on the early season as they shot 46 percent from the field and 14 for 22 from the line. They took care of the ball and only turned it over 11 times. Marshall led the way with 17 points as the Rockets spread the ball around. Winters had 13, Beckman 11, Chumley 9, Moore 7 and Ronan 5. Routt lost to Lovejoy and to Payson Seymour at the Pittsfield tournament to open their season. This is a veteran team with height, speed and they apply good defensive pressure. It feels like there are a lot of evenly balanced teams for the boys and girls in the WIVC and we should see some very competative games.
|Routt Catholic was a little too strong in the lane tonight and beat Triopia in girl's basketball. The Trojans fell to 6-3 with the loss as they had 6 players in the scoring column. Evans and Gregory led the way with 9 points each. Triopia hit 27 percent from the field and 44 percent from the line with 17 turnovers. The Rockets had 3 players (Martin, Walker and Katie Abell) with 14 points each as they shot 42 percent from the floor and 85% from the free throw line. They had 13 turnovers and used their depth and height in the conference win. Their next game will be on Saturday when they host the Lady Crusaders from Springfield Lutheran. Routt improved to 7-2 with the win. Their only losses on the year are to Brown County and Peoria Central where poor free throw shooting and turnovers got in the way of a win.
|Tonight's girl's basketball game between Triopia and Greenfield/NW was very entertaining and could have gone either way. The Tigers ended up winning 60-56 as the senior Walters and the freshman, Vetter came up big in the 4th quarter. on the night, the Tigers ended up: Schaaf had 10 points, Walters 22, Laiken Heavner 5, Walker 8, Vetter 11, and Dietrich 6. They shot 25 for 59 from the field and 5 for 6 from the line. They had 16 turnovers in the win as they improved to 4-0 on the year. The Trojans fell to 5-2 on the season as Burrus had 11, Reynolds 6, Evans 15, Gregory 4, Werries 6, and Portwood 14. The hit 15 of 53 from the field and 3 for 6 from the line. they had 19 turnovers in their loss. Triopia will take on Routt in a home game on Thursday.
|Routt Catholic girl's basketball got off to a slow start tonight against the Pittsfield/GP Saukees and were trailing 12-9 after one quarter. They turned it around however and won the game 56-31 and will face South County on Thursday. The Saukees got scoring from just 3 players and will need to spread out the scoring as the year rolls on. Pepper had 14 points, Kennedy 9 and Bauer 8 in the loss. They shot 27 percent from the field and 71 percent from the free throw line with 20 turnovers. The Rockets got points from 9 different players. Katie Abell led the way with 18 points while Martin and Schierel finished with 8 poits each and Bella McCarthey added 6. It was a well rounded game for Routt as they shot 52 percent from the field and 40 percent from the line with 19 turnovers. This is a tall Rocket team with good guard play, on both sides of the ball, and a toughness down in the paint. Their rebounding is good and they are aggressive on the defensive side of the game. If you are a Rocket fan, you will see more wins than losses this year and they strive to improve on their 18-13 record from a year ago. They have a coule of early injures that will hopefully heal in a week to 10 days. Tori Fellhauer has a bone chip in her left little finger and Schwiderski has a knee injury that has her temporarily on crutches. It will interesting to see how they do at the Lady Hornet tournament which starts on Saturday at Mt. Sterling.
|Girl's basketball opened tonight for the Brown County Lady Hornets, who hosted the CPC Panthers. BC was playing without Mariah Markert, who injured her ankle on Saturday night. It may have made a difference in the game as 5' 6" Laney Lantz scored over 30 points in the Panther's 57-46 win. Lantz is a very good player and it will be fun to watch her throughout the season. The Panthers shot 50 percent from the field and 69 percent from the line. The Hornets were led by 20 points,including 4 treys from Heldt and Doyle who scored 8. they hit 34 percent from the field and 56 percent in free throws. They need more consistency in their offense but they did have 7 players score and that is a good start. We will see what the return of Markert will mean to them. Brown County will host the Lady Hornet classic, which will start on the 18th, with a competative field.
|The Routt Catholic volleyball season-came to an end tonight at the hands of the Raymond-Lincolnwood Lancers 12-25, 25-21, 25-11. The Rockets were sharp in game 1 and had a 16-13 lead in game 2 and everything went south as they fell hard. The Lancers: Shull 1 assist, K. Armour 4 points, Bruntjen 17 kills, Glick 5 points 8 kills 1 block, Payne 1 assist 2 kills 2 blocks, Byers 14 points 10 assists, Hopper 3 points 9 assists 1 killl, Millburg 1 assist, C. Krager 4 points 1 ace 1 kill. R-L had 4 service errors in game two. For the Rockets: Fellhauer 3 points 9 kills, Schwiderski 4 points 1 ace, Baptist 6 points 13 assists, Abell 4 kills, Black 2 kills 1 block, Powell 4 points 1 assist 5 kills 5 blocks, Parlier 2 assist 1 kill, Huey 4 kills 4 blocks, Peters 1 assist 5 kills, Martin 2 points 1 assist and Walker 8 points 4 assists 1 kill. Routt finished with 5 service errors.
|In one of the more exciting regional volleyball championship matches in recent years, Routt Catholic held off Mendon Unity 24-26, 25-10, 25-23 and had to come from being down 23-20 in the tiebreaker to get it done. The Mustangs finished their season with a 20-16 recrod and some good numbers in the match: Nichols 3 points 25 assists 4 kills, Cramm 1 assist 2 kills 1 block, Steinkamp 7 points 1 ace and several hustling digs, Moore 8 points 1 assist 3 kills 3 blocks, Schrader 4 pooints 4 kills, H. Kasparie 6 points, Wand 1 kill, Miller 2 points 17 kills and Blickhan 3 kills. Mendon only had 1 service error in the loss. As for the Rockets: M. Fellhauer 11 points 2 aces 5 kills (she served the final 3 points of the match), Schwiderski 10 points 2 assists, Baptist 4 points 21 assists 1 kill, Abell 8 kills, Black 1 kill 3 blocks, Powell 9 points 14 kills 1 block, Huey 1 assist 8 kills 6 blocks, Peters 1 assist 2 kills, Martin 5 points and numerous digs, and Walker 8 points 3 assists. Routt had 4 service errors in the win and came up big from the service line when the match was on the line. This was a great team win as several players contributed and it didn't hurt to have a big and boistrous crowd at the Routt Dome. Mendon was also well represented and this was a match that could have gone either way. Routt will play Raymond-Lincolnwood on Monday night as the Lancers won the Greenfield regional over South County.
Routt Catholic cruised to a 25-7, 25-17 win, in volleyball, over Griggsville-Perry at the Routt Regional. The Tornadoes ended their season with 7 wins and 23 losses: Syrcle 2 points, Bingham 5 points 1 ace 1 kill, Richard 2 kills 1 block, Brite 1 point 1 kill, Phillips 4 points 1 ace 2 kills, McCarter 6 assists and Leenerts 1 ace 1 block. G-P had no service errors. Routt improved to 20-12: Fellhauer 1 point 5 kills, Huffman 2 kills, Schwiderski 3 points 5 assists, Baptist 16 points, 5 assists, Abell 2 kills, Black 1 kill 2 blocks, Powell 6 points 1 ace 1 assist 7 kills 2 blocks, Parlier 2 points, Huey 2 killls, Peters 3 kills, Martin 2 points 1 ace and Walker 8 points 1 ace 6 assists 1 kill. The Rockets had 3 service errors in the win.
Mendon Unity improved to 20-15 with their 25-13, 25-23 win over Triopia and will take on the host Rockets in the title game on Thursday with the winner moving on to the Triopia sectioinal. Triopia came close in game two: Dawson 2 kills, Lacy 2 points 1 assist, Amanda Jacobson 2 kills, Privia 2 oints and several nice digs, Littleton 5 points 10 assists 1 kill, Evans 4 points 1 ace 1 kill, Burrus 1 point 4 kills 11 blocks, Ganz 2 points 4 kills. The Trojans had 2 service erros. The Mustangs: Nichols 2 points 26 assists, Cramm 4 kills, Steinkamp 9 points 1 ace, Moore 5 kills 2 blocks, Schrader 4 points 1 ace 5 kills, H. Kasparie 9 points 1 ace 1 assist, Wand 1 kill, Miller 1 point 10 kills, Voss 1 block and Blickham2 kills. Mendon had 5 service errors. It should be a competitive match on Thursday in the championship game. The teams from the Greenfield, Pawnee, Rouott and Payson regionals will provide a very talent laden sectional at Triopia next week.
|Triopia football came to an end this evening at Hardin-Calhoun but it wasn't for the lack of trying. Taking nothing away from the Warriors, they fumbled 3 times and recovered all of them. They got a very friendly spot that allowed them to take over the ball at a crucial time in the game. The Trojans fumbled once and lost it plus threw an interception so the accumulation of those plays ended up in a very exciting finish as Triopia scored a touchdown with 12.9 seconds to play and only needed the 2-point conversion to send it to overtime, but they came up a little short and couldn't recover the ensuing kickoff. They finished the year 4-5 and were on a roller coaster ride from the opening game to the final play of the year. They were fun and frustrating to watch really put a lot of errort into the season. The Warriors will move on to the first round of the play offs with a record of 6-3. For tonight: Lammy 18 yards, White 86 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 fumble. Bick 83 yards, 1 TD and 2 fumbles. He also was 1 for 3 in passing for 5 yards. Hart caught the solo reception. Calhoun had 14 first downs, 187 yards rushing and 5 passing with 5 penalties for 20 yards. As for the Trojans:Burns 151 yards, Thompson 89 yards, Rouland 53 yards and Bell 11 yards with 1 fumble and 1 TD. Bell was 3 for 4 passing with 18 yards, 1 TD and 1 interception. Thompson caught 2 passes for 18 yards and 1 touchdown. Triopia had 25 first downs, 304 yards rushing and 18 passing with 3 penalties for 15 yards. Congratulations to the Trojans, especially the seniors, and your fans were behind you throughout the year and appreciate your hard work. Let's get ready for an exciting year of basketball.
|The West Central volleyball team visited Triopia on senior night and came away with a 25-14, 25-21 victory. For the Cougars: Lashmett 1 kill, Hoover 8 points 2 aces 6 assists 1 kill, Killday 2 assists, Sellars 3 kills, Piechowski 4 points 7 assists 4 kills, Frost 6 points 1 ace, Little 1 ace 1 assist, Fearneyhough 6 points 1 ace 4 kills 3 blocks, Bartels 2 points 1 kill 2 blocks, Altman 2 kills and Gregory 1 block. WC had 5 service errors. The Trojans: Dawson 1 point 1 assist 3 kills, Lacy 2 points 1 assist, Reynolds 1 assist, Amanda Jacobson 1 kill, Privia 2 points several digs, Littleton 3 points 8 assists 2 kills, Evans 2 points 2 assisted blocks, Burrus 1 point 2 kills 4 blocks 2 assisted blocks and Ganz 3 points 3 kills. The Trojans had 2 service errors. They will play ISD on Monday evening in the first round of the Routt regional.
|It was senior night at the Routt Dome tonight and the festivities were well done as they recognized 7 volleyball players and 4 swimmers. Unfortunately, if you were at the game to watch a really good match up with the Hartsburg-Emden Stags you didn't get a chance to see it. The level of intensity for the Rockets just wasn't there and the Stags dominated they 25-12, 25-18 and that was with Routt putting on a late surge in both games.The Stags improved to 25-4 on the year and the Rockets will take a 19-12 record into regional play next Tuesday. They will face either Meredosia-Chambersburg or Griggsville-Perry. For Hartsburg-Emden: Craig 4 points 1 assist, Hoerbert 1 point Conrady 9 points 1 ace 1 kill, Barry 2 points 1 kill several nice digs as the Libero, Allx Langley 5 points, Beckman 2 points 10 assists 11 kills 1 block, Hayes 10 points 1 ace 3 assists 7 kills,Merz 1 kill, Grabowski 3 kills and Escobedo 3 points 8 assists. For the Rockets: Burke 7 points 2 aces 1 kill, M. Fellhauer 1 point 5 kills, Huffman 1 kill, Schwiderski 2 assists, Baptist 1 point 4 assists, Abell 1 kill, Black 1 kill, Powell 6 points 1 assist 1 block, Huey 1 assist 1 kill, Peters 2 assists 1 kill, Martin 1 point 1 kill, and Walker 2 assists. Hart-Em had 3 service errors and Routt had 2.
|Triopia volleyball played well at the Jerseyville Tournament on Saturday and carried their play into Monday's match with Springfield Calvary. The Trojans won 25-14, 25-10 to drop the Saints to 7-17 on the season. Calvary had: Matejka 2 points, Moore 1 ace, 10 assists, Haris 2 kills, Turner 2 kills, Johnson 3 kills, 2 blocks, Alexia Wetter 1 point, 1 assist, Noggle 4 kills and Tholen 1 kill. The Saints had 4 service errors in the match. The Trojans: Dawson 1 point, 3 kills, Lacy 1 assist, Privia 4 points, 1 ace, 1 assist, 1 kill, Reynolds 6 points 1 kill, Amanda Jacobson 1 kill, 1 block, Ganz 3 points, 1 asist, 3 kills, Littleton 7 points, 13 assists, 3 kills, Evans 2 points, 1 kill, Burrus 2 points, 1 assist, 6 kills and 7 blocks. Triopia only had 1 service error in the win.
|Routt Catholic volleyball was hoping to play in the championship game at the Waverly Invitational but, Greenfield got a measure of revenge as they beat the Rockets 25-19, 25-23 in the semi-finals. The Rockets came back and defeated Hardin-Calhoun 25-16, 25-17 for third place. They had defeated West Central, in the opening game 26-24, 25-14, split with New Berling 25-16, 22-25 and knocked off South County 25-22, 25-14. This was a tournament loaded with good volleyball teams and while Routt is temporarily disappointed they played well overall. They will finish their regular season on Wednesday, at the Routt Dome, where they will face a very good Hartsburg-Emden Stags team, before hosting the regional. They will take an 18-11 record into the game on Wednesday. In the Saturday tournament, Coach Pat Gibson won his 400th which is impressive as he annually schedules a large number of 2A and 3A teams instead of just playing 1A schools. He has had an enviable coaching career and isn't done yet.
|The Triopia Trojans needed a football win tonight and one next Friday vs Calhoun to make the play offs. They got a 49-7 win over WHNG by scoring the first 4 times they hd the ball and the game ended with a running clock. They improved to 4-4 on the year and the Spartans fell to 0-8. For White Hall North Greene, Thompson rushed for 54 yards, Whicker 12, Heberling 37 and Brown 1. Heberling was 10 for 23 for 132 yards and 1 TD. Brown caught 3 for 33, Hoesman 3 for 22, Thompson 1 for 14 and Whicker had 3 for 63 and 1 score. The Spartans finished with 104 yards rushing and 132 in passing with 7 penalties for 70 yards. The winning Trojans: Burns 56 yards, 1 TD and 1 fumble, Thompson 160 yards and 2 TD's, Rouland 77 yards and a score, Bell 4 yards and a touchdown, Walker 9 yards, Kanasky 6 yards, Sam Stanberry 8 yards. Bell for 2 for 2 passing for 36 yards and 2 TD's. Milby caught the 2 passes for 2 touchdowns. Triopia finished with 20 first downs, 320 yards rushing and 36 passing yards. They had 3 penalties for 35 yards. Lemons had a kick off fumble recovery and was 7 for 7 in extra point kicks. Mendon came back from a 28-7 deficit and beat the Warriors of Hardin 31-28. Mendon is 4-4 and Hardin 5-3 and Triopia's opponent next Friday.
|It was a Volley for Hope event as Beardstown made the short trip to Triopia to take on the Trojans. The Tigers were strong in their 25-12, 25-10 win and were dominant at the net as they improved to 22-4 on the year. Beardstown's numbers were good: Price 5 points, 2 assists and 4 kills, McGill 1 point, 13 assists, E. Gaarcia 4 points, 1 ace, 3 kills, Rawlins 5 points, 2 kills, O. Dour 3 points, 1 ace, 6 kills, 5 blocks, A. Dour 16 points, 1 ace, 2 kills. The Tigers had 5 service errors in the win. As for the Trojans: Dawson 1 poiont, 1 kill, Jacobson 1 kill, 1 block, Privia 4 points, Littleton 1 point, 5 assists, Evans 1 point 2 kills, Burrus 3 blocks, Ganz 1 point, 4 kills, 1 block. Triopia had 2 service errors and are 11-12 on the year.
|Routt Catholic Volleyball got off to a slow start tonight and had to come back to win 27-25 in game one. They settled down and took care of business with a 25-15 win in game two.They have the Waverly Tournament on Saturday and a home match with Hartsburg-Emden next Wednesday before the regionals. The Hardin Calhoun Waririors were a little inconsistent tonight and lost a lot of long volleys. Lorton had 8 points, 1 ace, 2 assists, Kress 1 assist, 1 kill, McBride 3 assists, 4 kills, Zirklebach 2 points, 8 assists, 4 kills, Sydney Baalman 1 ace, 5 kills, 2 blocks, Emily Baalman 2 poionts, 1 kill, Holly Baalman 1 kill, 2 blocks, Oswald 1 points and Elly Pohlman 1 point, 1 assist. H-C had 5 service errors in the loss. For Routt: Burke 2 points, 1 ace, Madi Fellhauer 3 points, 2 aces, 6 kills, Huffman 2 points, 1 kill, Schwiderski 1 point, Baptist 5 points, 11 assists, 1 kill, Abell 5 kills, Black 1 kill, Powerll 2 points, 1 assist, 3 kills 4 blocks, Huey 1 kill, 3 blocks, Martin 5 points, 1 assist, Walker 8 points, 1 ace, 4 assists. The Rockets had 3 service errors and will open the Waverly Tournament, on Saturday, against West Central at 8 AM.
|Beardstown football averages 36.3 points a game and Triopia 28 points a game, so tonight's match up was a little surprising as the Tigers won 10-0 and no touchdowns were scored by either offense. Sebastian Lopez picked up a loose football at the 13 yard line and ran it in. Bell was hit from the blind side as he was about to pass and the ball rolled over near the sideline, but it never went out of bounds. Lopez picked up the ball to hand it to the official and one of his teammates told hm to run, so he did for what turned out to be the winning touchdown. It all happened at 4:21 in the 3rd quarter. The Tigers added a field goal with 2:40 left in the game. Wrobleski had 118 yards rushing while Grimm added 7, O'Hara 7 and Riddle had 4 carries for no gain. O'Hara and Riddle each had 1 fumble and Riddle also threw 2 interceptions. He was 4 for 8 for 17 yards. O'Hara caught 2 for 14 and McWilliams 1 for 3 yards. The Tigers had 11 first down, with 132 yards rushing and 17 passing with 6 penalties for 55 yards. Triopia's Burns had 87 yards, Thompson 26, Rouland 9 and Bell minus 4 with 1 fumble and he threw 3 interceptions. Bell was 4 for 8 for 15 yards with Thompson catching the pass. The Trojans had 7 first downs, 118 yard rushing and 15 passing with 4 penalties for 30 yards. Thompson and Pool had a fumble recovery each and Thompson had 2 interceptions. Triopia fell to 3-4 on the year and Beardstown improved to 5-2. More importantly they are 4-1 in the WIVC north and tied with Brown County and CPC. CPC defeated the Hornets 28-8 to earn a tie for themselves on top of the conference. The Trojans have WHNG and Hardin-Calhoun left on their schedule and need two wins to make the play offs. They will be home against the Spartans and on the road to face the Warriors.
|Routt Catholic and Beardstown are two good volleyball teams and put on a good show this evening at the Routt Dome. The Tigers came in with a 16-3 record and Routt was 13-10 and they battled from start to finish as the Rockets won 25-19. 24-26, 25-18 and will face Hardin-Calhoun next Wednesday. For Beardstown tonight: Price 5 service points with 3 aces, 6 kills 1 block, McGill 7 points, 25 assists, Garcia 4 points, 3 kills, Rawlins 10 points 2 kills, Carlock 2 assists, Olivia Dour 2 points, 1 ace, 13 kills, 1 block, Alyssa Dour 4 poionts, 8 kills, 4 blocks and the Tigers had 6 service errors. The Rockets: Madi Fellhauer 12 points, 3 aces, 6 kills, Schwiderski 2 points, Baptist 3 points, 23 assists, 1 block, Abell 15 kills, 2 blocks, Powell 7 points, 1 assist, 11 kills, 5 blocks, Huey 5 kills, 2 blocks, Peters 2 assists, 6 kills, 2 blocks, Martin 10 points, 1 assist, 1 kill and Walker 6 points, 10 assists. The defensive players for both teams were really important in tonight's match as there were numerous attacks to fend off. Routt had 7 service errors in the win.
|Triopia and Carrollton are very similar in physical size for their volleyball squads and play very similar on the court. Tonight, it played out pretty much like you would expect as the Hawks won 25-22, 18-25, 27-25. They improved to 8-8 on the season. Powell had 9 points with 2 aces, Pohlman 4 points, Talley 2 points, Harr 4 kills and 2 blocks, Mullink 2 points, 1 ace, 1 kill, Rhoades 1 assist, 9 kills, 1 block, Gray 3 points 5 kills, Krumweide 2 points, 27 assists and 4 kills, Williams 7 points, 1 assist, 8 kills and 2 blocks, Heath 3 points with 6 kills. The Hawks had 10 service errors but overcame them for the close win. Triopia fell to 10-10 on the year as they let game one get away and nearly had a come from behind win in the tiebreaker. Dawson 3 points, 1 ace, 3 kills, Lacy 7 points, 1 assist, Reynolds 1 point, 1 assist, 1 kill and 1 sprained ankle, Jacobson 1 kill, 1 block, Privia 12 points, 1 kill and several digs, Littleton 1 point, 16 assists, 1 kill, Job 2 points, Evans 3 points, 2 kills, Burrus 3 points, 12 kills, 4 blocks, Ganz 5 pooints, 2 aces, 4 kills. The Trojans only had 2 service errors but untimely hitting errors cost them a good shot at a win. They had just gone 0-4 at the Riverton toournament, against quality opponents and were primed for a good showing tonight.
|When Routt Catholic and Jacksonville High get together for their annual "Volley for the Cure" match it is always well attended, noisy and exciting. Tonight was no different as the Rockets came away with a 19-25, 25-11, 25-21 win over the Crimson, at the Routt Dome. It wasn't a particularly well played match, but that could be expected as both coaches like to get most, if not all, of their players in the match since there are so many Jacksonville residents in attendance. Both teams had 7 service errors, which is too many and always a little frustrating. For the Crimson; Crews had 6 service points, Flagler, 10 points with 2 aces, 18 assists and 2 kills. Brunstein 3 points, 12 kills and 2 block, Upton 2 points, 2 assists, 4 kills and 4 blocks, Woods 1 kill, Thies 5 points and 4 kills, Hughes 2 points, 1 assist and 1 kill and Hinds had 1 assist. Jacksonville fell to 5-11 on the year. As for the Rockets: Madi Fellhauer 8 points, 1 ace, and 7 kills, Schwiderski 3 pooints, Baptist 9 points 12 assists, 1 kill, Abell 5 kills, 1 block, Black 2 kills, Powell 1 points 1 ace, 3 kills and 3 blocks, Wooldridge 5 points, Huey 2 assists, 2 kills, 2 blocks, Peters 3 points, 3 assists, 3 kills, 1 block, Martin 7 points, 1 ace, 2 assists and Walker 3 points and 4 assists. Routt is 12-10 and will play at WHNG on Tuesday and at home against a strong Beardstown Tiger team on Thursday.
|The first half of the Triopia @ Brown County football game was exactly what you look for in high school play. Each team scored on their first two possessions and the halftime score was 14-14. If Triopia could hang on for the win, it would immediately tighten up the WIVC north, but the Hornets played better ball in the second half and won the game 34-20 to improve to 6-0 on the year and 4-0 in the conference. For Brown County, Tyan rushed for 65 yards, Drake 84 yards and 3 TD's, Lancaster 27 yards and Hendricker minus 6. Hendricker was 9 for 11 passing for 182 yards and 2 TD's. Taner Sussenbach caught 4 for 92 and 1 score, Drake 1 for 8 yards and Tynon 4 for 65 and 1 score. The Hornets had 17 first downs with 170 yards rushing and 182 passing. The had 5 penalties for 38 yards. Triopia's Burns carried for 68 yards and 1 TD, Thompson 78 yards and 1 score while Rouland had his best night with 47 yards and Bell rushed 3 times for minus 1 yard. Bell was 5 for 10 in passing for 49 yards and 1 TD. Thompson caught 2 for 9, Allen 1 for 33 and Milby 1 for 7. The Trojans also had 17 first downs with 192 yards rushing and 49 passing with 3 penalties for 30 yards. Triopia will host Beardstown next week and Brown County will play at Camp Point Central. Triopia will have to win 2 out of their final 3 games to make the play offs. They have Beardstown, WHNG and Hardin-Calhoun left on their schedule.
|Madi Fellhauer played her most consistent match of the year tonight, as the Routt Catholic Rockets volleyball team defeated the Lady Hawks of Carrollton 25-9, 25-16. She had 18 service pooints with 1 ace, 1 assist, 8 kills and 2 blocks. Schwiderski 5 points, Baptist 3 points, 9 assists and 2 kills, Abell 5 kills, Black 1 block, Powell 3 points 1 assist, 2 kills and 1 block, Huey 2 kills and 2 blocks, Peters 1 assist and 2 blocks and Walker had 3 points and 3 assists. Martin did a very nice job digging the ball in both games. Routt improved to 11-10 on the year and Carrollton fell to 7-7. The Rockets will play the Jacksonville Crimson on Monday in the Volley for the Cure match at the Routt Dome.
|It was a fun, 3 game, match between Triopia and South County as the Trojans won 25-15, 17-25, 25-19 to improve to 7-5 on the year. The Vipers fell to 10-8 as Megan Crow had 7 points, 2 aces and 1 kill, Dayy 2 kills, Sharon Smith 1 point, 21 assists and 1 kill, Watret 5 points, 2 aces, 2 assists and 6 kills, Menge 3 assists, 2 kills, Abby Crow 3 points, 5 kills and 1 block, Whalen 1 assist and 2 blocks and Emily Jones 12 points, 4 aces, 1 assist, 11 kills. The Vipers had 8 service errors in the loss. The Trojans played welll most of the night with, Dawson 8 points and 3 kills, Lacy 2 points, Reynolds 2 points and 8 kills, Amanda Jacobson 4 kills and 2 blocks, Privia 10 points, 3 assists and several solid digs on serves especially, Littleton 6 points, 3 aces, 21 assists and 1 kill, Gregory 4 points, Evans 3 points, 1 ace and 4 kills and Burrus 1 ace, 5 kills and 4 blocks. The Trojans had 7 service errors with 5 in game 3.
|Our Saviour made 3 errors that cost them 3 runs today as they lost a 4-3 decision to Monmount ICS in the sectioinal championship game. While it was uncharacteristic, it is part of baseball and unfortunately you have to pay the consequences. It was an over all great run for the young Shamrocks however as they won the regional and got the chance to play in the next round. Looking at their age, physical size and lack of depth, they did a good job. Monmoutn had 4 hits, 4 runs (3 unearned) and committed 2 errors while leaving 4 on base. Flynn was the winning pitcher and went 2 for 3 in the game plus scoring 2 of the 4 runs. Johnson and Lewis-Bresnahan had the other 2 hits. Flynn went 6 innings, threw 94 pitches, faced 23, gave up 3 hits and 4 runs, with 2 walks and 9 strikeouts while hitting one batter. OSS had 3 hits, 3 runs (2 earned) make 3 errors and left 2 on base. They got caught stealing 3 times and Cors had 2 RBI's in the loss. Baptist, Turner and Cors had the hits and Turner who also walked twice had 2 of the 3 runs scored with Walker getting the final score. McCurley pitched about as good of a game as you could ask. He went 7 innings, gave up 4 hits and only 1 earned run. He face 29 batters, striking out 4 and walking 1 plus hitting 2. He threw 88 pitches and probably should have won the game 2-1, however, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts we would all have a Merry Christmas. It was a good season and this is not the last we have heard of this group of baseball players. Bob Lonergan and Adam Haas are already looking forward to next year as these players will be a year older and physically stronger. Don't hang your head Shamrocks as your accomplishment was recognized and applauded.
|While Routt Catholic was disappointed in their 33-21 football loss to Triopia, it was a fun game to watch and the Rockets had their chances to win. They fell to 1-4 with the loss and 0-3 in the WIVC north but they put up some pretty good numbers and a solid effort. Evans rushed for 36 yards, May 13 with a touchdown and a fumble, Birdsell 65 with a TD, Plunk 19 and Schnitker 58 with a score. Plunk was 7 for 13 passing with 74 yards and 1 interception. Schnitker caught 2 for 15, Cosgriff 2 for 40 and May 2 for 19. Routt had 12 first downs, 191 yards rushing, 74 passing and 10 penalties for 70 yards. Triopia improved to 3-2 on the year and 2-1 in conference play with Brown County coming up on the 29th. Burns rushed for 152 yards and 2 TD's, Thompson 167 with 2 scores, Rouland 21 yards with 2 fumbles and Bell 1 carry for minus 6 yards. Bell was 3 for 5 in passing for 80 yards and a TD. Zach Thompson caught 3 for 80 with a score. The Trojans had 24 first downs, 334 yards rushing, 80 passing and had 6 penalties for 55 yards. It was a great night weather wise with a large crowd and fun environment for high school football on a Thursday night.
|Payson Indian volleyball was dominant in the Routt Dome this evening as they defeated a good Rocket team 25-9, 25-11. The Indians were aggressive and controlled the pace of the match through both games. Tedrow had 18 points with 1 ace, Hinthorne 1 point, Flesner 7 kills, Stanford 1 point 11 kills and 1 block, Perrien 1 point, Schmiedeskamp 5 kills and 1 block, Eidson 27 assists, Schieferdecker 1 point, 1 kill, 1 block, Epperson 9 points, 2 aces and 9 kills and Quinn 2 points. They had 3 service errors and improved to 16-0 with the win. Routt fell to 9-9 and had limited numbers in the loss. Schwiderski had 2 points and 4 assists, Baptist 2 points 1 assist, Abell 2 kills, Powell 2 kills and 1 block, Tori Fellhauer 1 assist and 1 kill, Huey 2 kills, Peters 1 ace, 2 kills and Martin 2 points and 1 assist. The Rockets had 2 service errors in the game and will face Liberty at home on Friday night.
|Routt Catholic volleyball was a little too strong in game one tonight as they beat Triopia 25-13. Game two was a different story as the Lady Trojans had it tied at 23-23 before eventually losing 25-23. The only difference in these two teams is the aggressiveness of the Rockets and the number of quality hitters they have. The Rockets improved to 9-8 overall and 6-0 in the WIVC with the win while the Trojans fell to 6-5. Triopia will play close to 9 matches in the next week as they play in tournaments and it should help them get stronger with experience. Tonight Dawson had 2 kills, Reynolds 3 points and 2 kills, Amanda Jacobson 2 kills, Privia 5 service points with 1 ace and numerous digs, Koehne 1 ace, Littleton 1 assist, Job 1 ace 8 assists, Burrus 5 points, 1 ace, 6 kills and 1 block. Triopia had 3 service errors, all in game two. Routt's Madi Fellhauer 7 kills, Schwiderski 6 points, 1 ace, 7 assists and 1 kill, Baptist 5 points, 1 ace, 6 assists and 1 kill, Abell 1 assist and 2 kills, Black 2 kills, Powell 5 points, 1 ace, 3 assists, 3 kills and 1 block, Tori Fellhauer 2 assists, Huey 4 points, 1 ace, 1 assist, 3 kills and 1 assisted block, Peters 3 kills and 1 assisted block, Martin 6 points with 1 ace. The Rockets had 4 service errors with 2 in each game. They will play a strong Payson team on Wednesday night at home.
|It was a long and drawn out regional championship game last night between OSS and Payson. There was also a 30 minute delay for lightning plus more lightning that eventually ended the game. The Shamrocks won this seesaw battle 12-8 and will play in the sectional round on Saturday. They are 10-8 and the Indians finished their season with a 12-9 mark. The tone of the game was set early as Payson walked 8 batters in the first inning and gave up 5 runs. If they hadn't caught OSS on a late steal attempt at home and a runner picked off at second base, it could hve been worse. Indian pitchers walked 15 batters in the game and allowed 12 runs on just 6 hits. There is no defense for walks and hit batsmen and while it is frustrating, it is part of the game. Payson, after trailing 5-0, came back to take an 8 to 5 lead but couldn't hold on. The delay had a bigger affecton Payson than it did on Our Saviour and they gave up 6 runs right out of the delay which was too much to overcome. They did have the bases loaded in the bottom of the 5th but a one-hopper back to the mound ended up in a basic game-ending double play that secured the Shamrock win. Oss finished with 12 runs, 6 hits, 1 error and 6 runners left on. For Payson, they had 8 runs on 7 hits with 3 errors and 8 runners left on.Hazelrigg had 2 hits for Payson and Charpentier had 2 hits for the Shamrocks. Walker was the winning pitcher and Perrine took the loss. Payson threw 54 pitches in the first inning and 45 in the 5th and that is a real strain on any team's pitching staff. As for OSS, you have to give them credit for being patient and not swinging at any of the borderline pitches, then coming up with timely hits to put the game away. They are young but they kept their composure and got the job done. Congratulations to both teams as the rain, the lightning and dark skies made for less than great conditions at the old ball park.
|Our Saviour School defeated Libety 12-0 this afternoon to secure a spot in the Regional baseball championship game at 4:30 on Monday. They will face the #1 seed, Payson Indians, who beat Hardin-Calhoun 11-0. The game will be played at Alumni Field in Jacksonville. Liberty finished their season with a 1-14 mark and had 4 hits, 0 runs, 1 error and 5 runners left on base. Logan Robbins was the starting pitcher and also had a 2 for 2 day at the plate. The Shamrocks had 7 hits, 12 runs, 2 errors and also left 5 on base. Cors and Berry led the way with 2 hits each. Cors had 2 RBI's and Berry had 3. Turner, McCurley and Wisdom all had 1 hit. Turner had 2 RBI's, Walker 1, as OSS won with 9 earned runs. Charpentier threw 5 innings with 1 walk and 4 strikeouts to post the win. Payson is a better hitting team than Liberty and beat them twice in the regular season, so it should be a good match for the Shamrocks and Indians on Monday afternoon. OSS is 9-8 on the year and I heard that the Indians only have a couple of losses. The Shamrocks play a tough schedule with several 2A and 3A teams included so we will see if the earlier losses are an actual benefit for them. They have an 11 person roster with 6 6th graders so, the future is bright.
|Camp Point Central played a good first half and took a 22-0 lead into the half time locker room. They made those points stand up and won the game over the Triopia Trojans 22-12. The Panthers are 3-1 and Triopia fell to 2-2. For CPC Stotts 67 yards rushing, Jones 7 yds, Norfolk 14 yds, Williams 104 yards and 3 touchdowns, Houston 16 yards, Strohkirch 33 yards, 1 fumble and Rankin minus 3 yards. Jones was 1 for 2 passing for 32 yards and Rankin was 0-2 for 0 yards. Williams caught 1 pass for 32 as the Panthers finished with 13 first downs, 238 yards rushing and 32 passing with 5 penalties for 35 yards. Triopia's Burns had 22 carries for 100 yards and 1 TD. Thompson 11 carries for 90 yards and 1 TD, Rouland 14 carries for 45 yards and Bell 1 carry for minus 1 yard. Bell had 3 for 10 passing for 27 yards and 1 interception. Thompson caught 2 for 21 and Allen 1 for 6. The Trojans had 16 first downs, 234 rushing yards and 27 passing with 3 penalties for 20 yards. Next up will be Routt at Triopia on Thursday night. SCORING SUMMARY: 18.9 in first quarter, 37 yard TD for CPC's Williams, 7:04 in second quarter 23 yard TD for Williams and 5:11 in the second quarter 4 yard TD run for Williams. 9:02 in fourth quarter for Triopia 4 yard TD run for Burns and 7:11 in the fourth quarter 24 yard TD run for Thompson. X-tra point was not good for either score.
|Routt Catholic volleyball was sharp tonight as they defeated Griggsville-Perry 25-14, 25-15. They also won the JV contest 25-14, 25-9. For the Tornadoes, Richard had 2 points and 5 kills, Brite 1 ace, 3 assists and 2 kills, Phillips 1 point and 2 kills and McCarter 5 points 2 aces and 3 assists. Downey also added a kill. G-P had 2 service errors in the match and fell to 4-7 on the year. The Rockets Schwiderski had 3 points and 10 assists, Baptist 6 points and 15 assists, Abell 7 kills and 1 block, Clay 1 kill, Black 4 kills, Powell 2 points, 4 kills and 1 block, Wooldridge 3 points, Tori Fellhauer 4 kills, 2 blocks, Huey 4 points, 1 ace, 1 assist and 9 kills, Peters 3 kills and Martin several digs along with 7 service points. Routt finished with 5 service errors in the match and improved to 8 and 8 on the season.
|In a tough volleyball battle, last night, at the Routt Dome the host Lady Rockets prevailed with a 19-25, 25-18, 25-11 win over the Lady Tigers of Greenfield-Northwestern. The Tigers pressed a little too hard in games 2 and 3 and the Rockets took advantage of the hitting errors. For Greenfield, Graham had 5 pooints, Bowman 1 kill, Gibbs 1 service pooint, Driscoll 8 points 2 aces, 7 kills and 3 blocks, Gregory 13 assists and 2 kills, Boggs 8 points 2 aces, 2 assists and 5 kills, Walters 8 points and 2 kills and Oros 1 kill. The Tigers had 1 service error in game one and 2 in game two. Routt had Schwiderski 4 assists, Baptist 5 assists, Abell 7 kills, Black 3 kills, Powell 7 points, 2 aces, 1 assist, 10 kills and 1 block, Wooldridge 2 points, Tori Fellhauer 1 assist and 2 kills, Huey 6 points 1 ace, 1 assist, 6 kills and 2 blocks, Peters 4 points, 1 ace, 2 assists and 7 kills, Martin 11 points and 1 assist and Walker 9 points, 14 assists and 1 kill. Routt finishjd with 3 service errors in game 1, 1 in game two and 1 in game three. They improved to 7-8 on the year and 4-0 in the WIVC. The Rockets will play at Griggsville-Perry tomorrow night.
|In Routt Catholic's first 3 games at the 37th annual Jacksonville volleyball invational, at the Bruner Center, on the Illinois College campus, they went 1-2 against 3 bigger, quality teams. In match one, the Rockets defeated Washington 25-15, 25-23. In their second match they got beat by Peoria Richwoods 20-25, 25-22, 25-14 and, in their third match, they lost to (9-1) Belleville West 19-25, 25-12, 15-11. Over all they played well and were good enough to have won all three matches. In my opinion, their match against Washington was they best they played all year and similar to their win over Springfield Lutheran.We have discussed how good the Rockets can be and they look to be getting stronger and hitting harder as the season rolls on. They are undefeated in conference and Routt Catholic fans have every reason to be up beat inspite of the losses as they have all come against tough competition.
|In an exciting, offense dominated, Friday night, football game it was Triopia scoring last and defeating Unity-Payson 40-35. Each team scored, at will, in the game. The scoring summary was 6:22 Mendon 7-0 on a 5 yard Todd Kelly run and kick good. At 16.2 Triopia got a 21 yard scamper from Burns with 2 point conversion 8-7. In the second quarter, 8:29 1 yard Klusmeyer score and kick good 14-8 Unity. 5:20 11 yard Burns TD and 2 point conversion 16-14 Trojans. 1:45 Klusmeyer to Pratt 3 yard TD pass and kick good 12-16 Unity. 21.0 1 yard Burns TD run with 2 point conversion 24-21 Triopia at half. 8:45 in the third quarter, Klusmeyer to McCleary and kick good28-24 Unity. In the fourth quarter 7:22 Thompson 11 yard TD run and 2 point conversion 32-28 Trojans. 4:30 Klusmeyer to Pratt and kick good 35-32 Unity. 38.5 Burns 7 yard TD run and 2 point conversion, Bell to Milby 40-35. Stanberry intercepted Klusmyer to secure the win. Triopia and Unity are both 2-1 on the season. The Mustangs will be at Beardstown on Friday and Triopia will be home to take on the CPC Panthers who are also 2-1. For Unity, McCleary had 76 yards, Klusmeyer 58 with a TD, Kelly 7 yards with a TD, Jansen minus 2 and Pratt 1 carry for 1 yard. Klusmeyer completed 16 of 27 for 176 yards, 3 TD's and 3 interceptions(two by Thompson and one by Stanberry. Kelly had 6 catches for 95 yards, Pratt 3 for 56 and 2 TD's, Jansen 2 for 18 and McCleary 2 for 17 and a TD. The Mustangs had 142 yard on the ground and 176 in passing with 5 penalties for 45 yards. Triopia had 274 rushing and 97 passing with 3 penalties for 40 yards. Burns led the way with 132 yards pushing and 4 TD's. Thompson 87 yards with 1 TD and 1 fumble. Rouland 55 yards and Bell 1 carry for 0 yards and 1 fumble. Bell threw 6 times with 5 completions and 97 yards. Thompson caught 1 for 37 yards, while Allen caught 2 for 35 and Milby had 2 for 25 plus an extra point catch. It was a fun game to watch but both teams need to tighten up the defense. With Lemon back, the kicking game for the Trojans improved from the Pleasant Hill game and Benet Duesterhouse is a steady, freshman, kicker. This was a significant win for coach Rich Thompson as it was the 150th of his high school coaching career.
|Brown County volleyball improved to 5-3 on the young season with a 25-10, 25-23 win over Triopia, who fell to 3-4. The Hornets were more consistent tonight as Boylen had 4 kills, Markert 8 points, 5 kills and 2 blocks, Henry 8 service points and 1 kill, Maas 2 points and 5 assists, Doyal 4 points, 1 ace and 7 kills, Gooding 5 points and 1 ace and Hohenbery 4 points, 1 ace, 9 assists and 1 kill. BC had 5 service errors in the match. Triopia got 2 kills from Dawson, Reynolds 2 points and 4 kills, Jacobson 1 kill, Koehne 5 points, 1 assist and 2 kills, Littleton 3 points and 10 assists, Evans 2 points and 1 kill and Burrus 1 point, 4 kills and 2 blocks. The Trojans had 1 service error and won the JV match 22-25, 25-20, 25-11.
|In an injury laden football game, Triopia won the see-saw battle over Pleasant Hill 34-32. Ervin Martin was injured with 1:31 left in the game and left in an ambulance. Dawson Lemons and Michael Burns were both injured in the first half and never returned for the 2nd half. In spite of the injuries, this was a good football game that could have gone either way and went right down to the wisre. For the Wolves, Dalton Crane is a very explosive QB that can get you points in the air or on the ground. He threw for 187 yards with 2 TD's and ran for a score himself. Isaiha Rogers caught the 2 TD passes. P. Hill had 328 yards of offense and fell to 0-2 on the season. Triopia had 367 yards of offense in the win. Thompson ran for 94 yards and 2 rushing TD's plus had 86 yards in receptions with 2 more touchdowns.Rouland ran for 72 yards and had some big plays late in the game. Burns had 37 yards before his injury. Gaines filled in with 24 yards and Bell carried once for 5 yards. Bell was 6 for 8 in passing with 2 TD's. Allen caught 1 pass under pressure, for 26 yards and Milby caught 1 for 23 yards. The defense bent during the game and gave up some passes over the top, but stepped up at the end to keep the Wolves from scoring the winning touchdown. Triopia is 1-1 and will travel to Mendon Unity next Friday.
|Auburn started their season with a loss to Pleasant Plains, in volleyball, but evened their record tonight at the expense of the Routt Catholic Rockets, 25-23, 25-20. The Rockets had a great chance to win the opener as they led 19-15 but couldn't put the Trojans away. Rink had 9 points and 3 kills, Eaker 3 points 1 ace 13 kills and 4 blocks, Damabacher 2 assists, 2 kills and 1 block, Martin 14 points and 20 asists, Audi 6 points, 2 aces and 8 kills, Canaday 2 assists and VanBebber 3 points, 2 assists, 4 kills and 1 block. Auburn had 2 service errors. For Routt, Fellhauer 3 points, 1 ace, 4 kills, Schwiderski 6 points, Baptist 3 points and 4 assists, Abell 1 kill, 1 block, Black 2 kills and 4 blocks, Powerll 1 point, 3 kills and 1 block, Huey 1 assist, 1 kill and 5 blocks, Peters 1 assist and 1 kill, Martin 8 pooints with 1 ace and Walker 6 points and 6 assists. The Rockets had just 1 service error. They will play at the Jacksonville Invitation on the 9th at IC.
|There was a lot of offense and some spotty defense at times in tonight's 39-30 win for Carrollton over the Triopia Trojans. The Trojans led the first 3 quarters and up until the 4:44 mark of the 4th quarter. Two late fumbles sealed their loss but all in all they played a good game against the explosive offense of the Hawks. Triopia had 425 yards of offense with 97 through the air. Burns ran for 212 yards and 3 touchdowns while Rouland had 57 yards and a score and Thompson 43 and a TD, pluse 2 interceptions. 22 first downs and only 10 yards of penalties is normally good enough to win a game but not tonight. Carrollton had 417 yards and Flowers was 13 of 28 in passing with 2 interceptions. Nathan Walker had 6 catches for 155 yards and 2 scores in the win. The Hawks had 21 first downs of their own with 6 penalties for 55 yards. Bell did a nice job of running the offense and was cool under fire. He finished 4 for 6 and is off to a good start as quarterback. Triopia will face the Pleasant Hill Wolves, who lost to Beardstown 54-28, in a road game next Friday.
|Routt Catholic volleyball started their 2017 season with a nice win tonight over Brown County 25-13, 25-20. They are relatively tall, fast and experienced and finished with 19 wins and 14 losses last year. For Brown County, they came in to the game with a 1-0 record after a win over CPC on Monday. Markert had 2 assists, 6 kills and 2 blocks, Henry 2 service points, Maas 1 point, 5 assists, 2 kills, Doyle 4 points, 2 aces, 4 kills and 1 block, Gooding 1 point, 1 assist, Hohenberry 1 point, 5 assists, 2 kills, and Boylen 1 assist, 1 kill. The Hornets had 2 service errors in the loss. The Rockets had good numbers and played 13 of their 17 person roster. Fellhauer 2 points, 1 ace, 3 kills, Schwiderski 1 point, Baptist 11 assists, Abell 3 kills, 1 block, Black 1 assist, 1 kill, 1 block, Powell 11 kills, 1 block, Wooldridge 1 point, Huey 6 kills, 1 block, Peters 6 points, 1 assist, 3 kills, Martin 7 points 1 ace and Walker 2 points, 8 assists,1 kill, 1 block. Routt had 4 service errors and will face Pleasant Hill, who is 0-2, on Thursday at the home of the Wolves. They will play in a very tough tournament at Lutheran on Friday night and Saturday.
|Routt Catholic High School baseball had a great year, but it came to an end today when they lost to Abingdon-Avon 5-3 in the title game of the Lewistown Sectional. They made 4 errors in the loss and each of the errors led directly or indirectly to 4 runs. That is uncharacteristic of a young team that finished with 22 wins and 12 losses and only lose 1 senior to graduation. Chumley pitched well enough to win the game and also added 2 of the 5 Rocket hits. Plunk, Winters and Muller added the other 3 hits and the strong throwing arm of Jared Plunk came in handy as he was involved in 2 double plays and threw out a runner at the plate from deep second. Chumley struck out 5, walked no one and only gave up 2 earned runs in the loss. Abingdon got a solid performance from Nolan Struhs as he went 7 innings for the win. He walked 2 and struck out 8 and went 2 for 3 from the plate. The Tornadoes will take a 16-10 record into their super sectional game against Valmeyer. This is a good hitting team as they had double-digit hits iagainst CPC and also had 12 hits today as Adolphson had 3 hits, Glaser 2, Strush 2, Dugan 2 and Inness 2. They made a couple of errors but it didn't hit them in the game. The Lewistown sectional was well played this year with a 1-0, 6-5 (8 innings) and 5-3 games and was fun to watch.
|Today was an exciting day at the Lewistown Sectional as Abingdon beat CPC 1-0 on a homerun in the 6th. In the nightcap, it was Routt winning 6-5 in 8 innings. Illini Bluffs ended the season 18-3 and Routt improved to 22-11. For theTigers, they had 10 hits, 5 runs, 2 errors and 10 runners left on base. Davis was 4 for 5 and Cam Scott 2 for4 in the loss. This is a young squad and will be heard from again for the next couple of years. Braden Bruninga took the loss in relief of Cam Scott. Routt had 7 hits, 6 runs (2 earned) with 1 error and 3 runners left on base. Muller and Chumley had 2 hits each. Drew Winters scored the winning run and Chumley had the game winning RBI. Adam Lindsey got the win in relief. Lindsey threw 31 pitches and will be able to throw 90 pitches on Saturday if necesary. Chumley and Muller are both ineligible to pitch in the championship game. Either Lindsey or Bonjean may get the call or possibly Bilbruck. It will be interesting. Abingdon used their ace also, so it remains to be seen what they have available. Be sure to get to Lewistown, if you can, and if not then join us on 101.3 WVIL around 9:45 am. Go Rockets!!
|Due to the rain in the area, it took a long time to actually play the championship game for the Mendon Unity regional. They played on an all weather diamond at Lenz field and Routt Catholic fell behind 4-0 in the first and came back to win impressively 11-5 to eliminate the Mustangs of Mendon. Routt will play at 6:30 Thursday evening, at Lewistown, as they take on either Illini Bluffs or Delavan, who will play their semi-final game on Wednesday. If the field is not playable in Cuba, they may play at Lenz in Jacksonville. For Mendon, they had 7 hits, 5 runs, 5 errors and left 6 on base. Jarrett Dunker, Voth and Kelly all had 2 hits in the loss and the Mustangs used 3 pitchers on the day, with Brodie Dunker taking the loss. Routt finished with 9 hits, 11 runs, o errors and left 7 on. Chumley threw 100 pitchers over 6 innings and struck out 6 while walking 3. He threw 35 pitches in the first inning and recovered nicely over the next 5 innings .Lindsey came to face 3 batters in the 7th . Muller had 3 hits on the day with 2 rbi's and a run scored. Bilbruck had the big day with 3 hits including a 3 run home run and a double. He also hit a ball in the first inning that would have been a home run except for hitting it to the biggest part of the ballpark. To end his day, he fielded a ball at short, stepped on 2nd and threw out Todd Kelly for the final out of the win. Routt will take a 21-11 record into tje sectionals. We will carry the game live on "all sports" radio, 101.3 WVIL. Chumley was not only the winning pitcher, but he also scored 3 runs, and hit a solo home run in the 6th.
|It was a solid regional championship softball game at Brown County as Mendon won a 2-0 decision. Both teams had 4 hits and there was only 1 error in the game. Hildebrand hit a solo home run in the first and that would have been enough. Addie Miller threw 7 innings and had an RBI to help support the win. No player, for either team, had more than 1 hit and it was just an all around fun game to watch. Mendon will likely face Calhoun in the sectional at Calhoun and that will be another good game. The Mustangs will take a 16-6 record in to the next round. The Horents ended their season 19-9 and do not lose any players to graduation, so they should be very good again next year. This is not a game you hang your head after losing as it was well played and Brown County left 8 runners on base so they had chances to pick up the win.
It was a fun day at the Mendon Class 1A regional. Wind, rain and sunshine were all there along with an enthusiastic crowd. In the opener, Routt Catholic played well with 7 hits, 7 runs, 0 errors and they left 4 on base. Muller threw well with a 3 hit game as the only 2 runs he gave up came in the 7th inning and the final score was 7-2. Winters hit a monster home run in the 2nd inning and the Rockets will play the host school, Mendon Unity Mustangs at 11 on Saturday. Liberty had 3 hits 2 runs, 2 errors and they left 1 on base. Ormond hit the 2 run home run in the 7th and the Eagles ended their season with a 9-14 record.
The second game was interesting. Mendon scored 9 runs in the top of the first and had to hold on to post the 10-9 win as the Hornets of Brown County would not go away. The Mustangs had 12 hits, 10 runs, 3 errors and left 7 on base.Jarret Dunker and Brodie Dunker each had home runs in the wind. With the win, they improved to 14-9 on the season. Brown County had 10 hits, 9 runs, 2 errors and they left 11 on base as their season ended at 14-11. Joe Hendricker came in trailing 9-0 and only gave up 1 run in 6 1/3 innings and hit a home run in the 6th. It started and stopped raining on 2-3 occasions but the games were completed and the title game is set. We will carry the game on 101.3 WVIL.
|Mendon Unity softball over-powered the Lady Trojans of Triopia 10-0 in a 5 inning game. The Mustangs had 13 hits, 10 runs, 0 errors and left 7 runners on base. Jordan Hildebrand had 2 home runs in the game and between Addie Miller and Jamie Ellerman, they threw a no-hitter. Triopia only had a first inning walk and no other Trojans reached first base. Triopia ended their season with 10 wins and 17 losses. Unity will play the winner of the Brown County/Barry Western game at 2 pm on Saturday for the Brown County Regional Championship. It should be a fun title game as there are quality teams in this regional.
|In a play in softball game, for the Brown County Regional, Triopia defeated Pleasant Hill 7-0 at the home of the Trojans. With the loss, the Lady Wolves season came to an end with an 0-18 mark. Watching them play today, they surely did not look like a team who had not won any games this year. Bachelor went the distance as she only walked 3 and struck out 9 in the loss. The Wolves only had 4 hits, 0 runs, 5 errors and they left 7 on base. As for Triopia, they finished with 7 hits, 7 runs, 3 errors and they left 8 on base. Portwood led the way with 3 hits and Werries added 2. Duesterhaus and Burrus added the other 2 hits and while the Trojans made 3 errors in the game, they played a pretty good defenisve game with a double play. Routland threw 7 innings for the shut out. The Lady Trojans will face the #2 seed, Mendon Unity Mustangs at 4:30 in Mt. Sterling on Tuesday, in a game you can hear live on 101.3 WVIL. Triopia will take a 10-16 record into the semi-finals at the Brown County Regional.
|Everyone who played in the Rushville-Industry baseball game today, against Brown Conty contributed in some way offensively as they defeated the Hornets 11-4. They finished with 10 hits, 11 runs, 0 errors and left 8 runners on base. Stinson had 3 hits while Settles and Eskridge had 2. Eight different players scored in the win and Jones and Kettering combined for just 4 walks and 11 strikeout. Kettering struck out 8 in a row from the 3rd to the 6th inning. Brown County had 8 hits, 4 runs, 2 errors and 7 left on. Lewis and Bergman had 2 hits each in the loss. The Rockets are 16-8 and the Hornets 13-11 as they head into the regionals next week. Rushville will open against Pittsfield at QND and the Hornets will play the winner of the Mendon/Barry Western game. Both teams are in a wide open regional and have every reason to believe they can advance to, at least, the title game.
|In a rain and lightning shortened softball game, Pittsfield defeated Triopia 6-3. Miller was the winner as the Saukees had 8 hits, 6 runs, 2 errors and they left 6 runners on base as they improved to 7-12 on the year. They will open their regional vs New Berlin and, if they can win, they will play Williamsville at Auburn. Triopia fell to 9-16 with the loss and were only disappointed because they had the bases loaded with just 1 out and trailing by 3 runs - then couldn't get anyone home. They had 7 hits, 3 runs, 1 error and left 7runners on base. The Trojans will play Pleasant Hill in the regional opener, at home, and play in Mt. Sterling on Tuesday if they can win. They would play Mendon. In the baseball game, it was suspended in the bottom of the 5th with Pittsfield leading 7-0.
|Triopia improved to 11-14 today with a 12-1 win over Barry Western at Kinderhook. Werrie went 2 innings and left the game with a 10-0 lead. The Trojans had 12 hits, 12 runs, 1 error and left 8 runners on base. The Wildcats only had 3 hits and 1 late run, with 3 errors and 5 runners left. Triopia will play Pitsfield on Wednesday, New Berlin on Monday and then play their first round regional game against Griggsville-Perry. Western only has 10 players and it is hard to have much flexibility on defense or offense. It was pretty much a one-sided game today as the Trojans scored 3 in the first and 8 in the 3rd to put a lid on it.
|In a pitchers duel, in highschool baseball, Beardstown defeated Routt Catholic 2-1. Routt had just 3 hits in the game with 1 earned run, while Beardstown had 6 hits and 2 runs. The winning run came with the bases loaded, then a hit batsman. Winters had a double while Hayes had a single and double to lead the Rockets in a losing cause. The Rockets finished with 3 hits, 1 run, 1 error and 3 runners left on base and fell to 17-10. They will play Calhoun on Thursday and Havana on Friday to end the regular season. Their first round regional game will be against either Payson or Liberty at Mendon. Beardstown improved to 11-15 on the year with 6 hits, 2 runs, 1 error and they left 7 on base. Six different batters had 1 hit in the win. Hymes went 6 innings and Wiltfong came in for the win. He was also the batter who got hit to force in the winning run in the bottom of the 7th. Muller went 6 and 2/3 innings and took the loss. The Lady Rockets of Routt had a 6-1 lead and ended up losing 11-6 to the Lady Tigers. Beardstown baseball will open their regional play by hosting Havana on the 15th. If they can win, they will travel to QND on Tuesday to take on the host Raiders.
|New Berlin walked 11 batters and hit 2 and you would think that would be too much to overcome, but they ended up beating Beardstown 8 to 7.Both teams used 4 pitchers in the game and it came down to the bottom of the 7th before the Pretzels could put it away. Beardstown had only 3 hits in the game but mnaged to tie it at 7 going into the bottom of the 7th. They committed 1 error and left 9 runners on base. New Berlin had 11 hits, 8 runs, 3 errors and also left 9 on. Helm, Allen and Butcher all had 2 hits in the game while Orr scored 3 times. The Tigers fell to 10-15 with the loss and the Pretzels improved to 14 and 5. It was a chilly and windy Saturday morning but there was a nice crowd to watch these two storied basball programs do battle. Unland was the losing pitcher and Helm recorded the win.
|Routt Catholic baseball won the WIVC North outright, with a 6-0 win over Griggsville-Perry behind a 3 hit shut out from Adam Lindsey. The Tornadoes had 3 hits, 0 runs, 2 errors and they left 4 runners on base. The Rockets finished with 8 hits, 6 runs, 5 earned, 0 errors and they left 6 on base. They improved to 17-10 on the year and 7-1 in conference. Plunk and Winters hit home runs in the win with 5 different batters getting an RBI. Lindsey went 7 innings, faced 25 batters, with 3 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk and 3 strikeouts. Routt will be at Beardstown for baseball and softball on Monday and will play in the Mendon Regional later on in baseball, and at West Central for softball.
|The Champion of the South and of the North, in WIVC baseball, played a very exciting game in Carrollton today. The Hawks came into the game 20-3 and Routt Catholic was 15-10. The final score was 2-1 in favor of Routt and they are hoping to post a win over Griggsville-Perry on Wednesday to win the title outright. Today Struble threw well enough to win and had to leave after 5 innings due to pitch count. Unfortunately, he left with 2 runners on base and when they scored, Struble took the loss to fall to 4-3 on the year. he gave up 2 earned runs, struck out 8 and only walked 2. Chumley pitched an equally good game as he went 7 innings while giving up 1 unearned run, walked 1 and struck out 6. Each team had only 3 hits and Winters, of Routt had the big hit with a single that drove in the tieing and winning runs in the top of the 6th. This was about as good of a high school game you could have wanted to see. It was like the 1 to nothing win for Triopia over Rushville last week. Things are gearing up nicely for the up-coming regionals. The Lady Hawks defeated the Lady Rockets this afternoon 9-1 in Carrollton.
|Routt Catholic softball got off to a rough start tonight with 2 errors and a wild pitch in the first inning that allowed 3 runs. They held the G-Perry Tornadoes in check and scored a run in the 4th. Then, the G-P wheels came off as they made 2 errors and gave up 6 runs, with 5 of them being unearned. The final score was 8-3 and gave the Lady Rockets a share of the WIVC crown. The Tornadoes ended up with 4 hits, 3 runs, 4 errors and 6 runners left on base. Brite went the distance and took the loss, as G-P fell to 9-12 on the year. Routt had 8 hits, 8 runs, 3 errors and they left 9 on base. Schulte recorded the win and Abbott came in to throw the last 3 innings. Routt is 13-7 and will play Carrollton on Tuesday. Routt baseball vs G-P was postponed and potentially re-schedueld for next Wednesday.
|The Routt baseball bats came alive this afternoon as they pouned out 13 hits and 12 runs with 1 error and they only left 4 runners on base. Plunk, Winters, Chumley and Bilbruck all had 2 hits as all 9 of the starters had at least one hit. Winters 2 hits were both home runs and Muller was the winning pitcher. They will play Griggsville-Perry again on Thursday. The Tornadoes had 5 hits, 2 runs, 2 errors and they also left 4 runners on base. Routt is 15-10 and G-P 4 and 13. The Routt softball team got a 2 run home run from Abbott (who was also the winning pitcher) in the bottom of the 6th to post the 2-1 win.
|Routt Catholic had an off night of softball and the Pawnee Indians took advantage for a 10-3 win. The Rockets gave up 7 unearned runs with a combination of 3 errors, 5 wild pitches, 2 passed balls and a mental mistake in the first inning. They outhit the Indians 10 to 8, but they left 11 runners on base while Pawnee only left 5 on. Not much went right for the Rockets, so they will try to forget this evening and get ready for conference games on Tuesday and Thursday when they play Griggsville Perry. Byers is not a hard thrower and Routt did not make the adjustment which resulted in numerous pop ups and balls hit off of the end of the bat. Byers only struck out 2 batters but Routt couldn't get the big hit and left a lot of potential runs on the bases. Worrell had a couople of hits and 2 RBI's to lead the offense. Craigsmiller and Harden had 2 hits each to lead the Indians, who played a good defensive game over all. They did make 3 errors in the win. Pawnee is 10-10 and Routt 11-7.
|On a blustery day with a high around 57, Routt Catholic baseball played in the Pleasant Plains invitational. They had won on Friday night, 4-1, over Southeast but didn't fare quite as well on Saturday as they lost 4-3 to Williamsville and 10-7 to Morrisonville. They had 12 hits on the day with 11 runs, 4 errors and left 16 runners on base. While the Rockets are a scrappy,young ball club, they simply do not get the big hit when they need it. They get runners on 2nd and 3rd in almost every game, with less than 2 outs and cannot push them across. They are right on the verge of becoming a very good team but have some work to do. Bilbruck had 2 hits in game one while May and Muller had 2 hits each in the nightcap. Nest week, they have games with Griggsville-Perry, as they try to lock up the conference title, along with a game verses New Berlin and possibly a make up game mingled in.
|Barry Western had a great bottom of the first as they had 5 hits and 4 runs, but then the wheels came off and they lost 18-6 to Routt Catholic in softball. The Wildcats ended with 8 hits, 6 runs, 6 errors and fell to 5-9 on the season. Routt had 14 hits, 18 runs and committed 3 errors as they improved to 11-6.Schulte led the way with 3 hits, while Martin, ABBott, Schmidt, Wooldridge and Scott all had 2 hits. Abbott was the winning pitcher. Weir had a home run for Barry-Western in the loss. The Rockets had 8 of their 9 starters plus Wooldridge with at least 1 hit.
|Brown Couonty and Triopia softball played a double-header today and the Hornets won both ends. They won the opener 9-7 behind Hodge and won the nightcap 13-8 behind Hailey Alsup. The Trojans played well in both games but also made 3 errors in the first game and 5 in the second. They had 22 hits in the DH as Portwood, Harris, Duesterhaus and Knous all had 2 hits with one of Knous being a 2 run home run. Portwood had 3 more hits in the second game while Duesterhaus and Gregory had 2. The Hornets had 24 hits over all. Chloe Alsup had 5, Hodge 5 including a home run, Kylie Moorman 4, and all nine players had at least one hit in the second game, with 6 having hits in game one. It was a great hitting day for these two WIVC oponents. The Trojans ended the day with a record of 4 and 12 while the Hornets improved to 11-5 on the year. We will see Routt Catholic at Barry-Western on Friday.
|Routt Catholic softball improved to 9-6 on the year with an 11 to 1 win over the (4-9) West Central Lady Cougars. The Cougars had 5 hits with 1 run and they left 6 runners on base. Their big negative numbers were 6 errors and and they gave up 6 unearned runs with those errors. Routt compiled 14 hits, 11 runs, 0 errors and they left a hefty 11 runners on. Abbot was sharp with 6 strike outs and only 2 walks. Freshman, Kirby Peters went 3 for 4 in the win as Abbott, Worrell, Wooldrige and Scott had 2 hits each. They will face each other on Thursday, in Winchester, and Routt will play again on Friday at Barry-Western. The Routt boys won 16-4 and Brown County baseball beat Triopia 2-1.
|Petersburg-Porta improved to 10-2 with their 9 to 4 baseball win over Routt Catholic. They had 11 hits, 9 runs, 2 errors and left 9 on base. Kenny Daugherty went the distance for the win as Lasanska, Brock, Minor and Mays all had 2 hits. Routt fell to 11-7 with 6 hits, 4 runs, 2 errors and 6 left on base. The Rockets will host West Central on Tuesday in a conference game. Muller had 2 hits to lead Routt and Bonjean took the loss from the mound. Overton also threw 1 inning and faced 4 batters.
|Routt baseball lost a 6-4 decision to Gillespie at the Beardstown showcase. The Rockets will play Beardstown on Saturday and then play one more position game in the afternoon. The Routt Softball team lost 8-2 to the Pleasant Plains Cardinals. The Lady Rockets had 5 hits, 2 runs, 3 errors and left 7 runners on base. Schulte had 2 hits and took the loss. The Cardinals had 10 hits, 8 runs, 2 errors and left 4 on base. Olivia Carter was the winning pitcher. Rush, Carter and Bee had 2 hits each in the win as Plains improved to 9-2 and the Rockets fell to 8-6.
|Routt Catholic baseball improved to 10-4 with a 16-0 win over Illini Central, who left the game with a 2-9 mark. The Cougars had 3 hits, 0 runs, 6 errors and they left 5 on base. Routt got 2 hits from Winters and 2 hits from Bonjean, including a 3 run home run, as the Rockets had 10 hits, 16 runs, 2 errors and they left 4 on base. Bilbruck was the winning pitcher. Routt had 8 players with at least 1 hit in the win. They will play Gillespie at 10 am on Friday and Beardstown at 10 am on Saturday in the Beardstown Tiger Showcase. They are hoping to get to a third place or title game on Saturday afternoon and a good candidate, if they make it, in Pleasant Plains.
|On a warm sunny day atAlumni Field, in Jacksonville, we were treated to a good baseball game between Routt and Liberty. The Eagles scored in the second inning and made the 1-0 score hold up until the bottom of the 6th. The Rockets scored 2 earned runs and 1 unearned run and took the game 3-1 to improve to 9-4 on the year. With the loss, Liberty is 2-3. Liberty had 3 hits, 1 run, 2 errors and they left 2 on base. Routt had 6 hits, 3 runs, no errors and left 3 on base. Winters had 2 hits including the game tieing RBI and then the 2nd run scored on an error. Muller drove in an insurance run to put a cap on it. Chumley and Muller teamed up from the mound and Muller recorded the win. Routt will play at Illini Central on Wednesday.
|Today's round robin softball tournament at Rushville was a very interesting and entertaining day. Brown County, Rushville and Routt played and Routt ended up the over all winner, but it was a struggle in each game. Rushville came in with a 2-3 record and lost 11-6 to the Hornets and85-5 to the Routt Rockets in spite of playing very well. They had a chance to witn both games. the had 10 hits in game 1 and 5 in game two. Belville (3-6), Foreman (3-5) and Crossier (3-7) led the way. Brown County got off to a 4-0 lead on Rushville and then had to fight back to tie the game at 10-10 and finally won 11-10. In the title game, they got up 2-1 over Routt but were shut down after that and lost 8-2. The Hornets had 16 hits on the day as Markert, Chloe and Hailey Alsup all had 3 hits as Hodge won the opener and H. Alsup took the loss in the championship game. The Hornets are 6-3 after today's action and will be strong all year long. They have lost 1 game to Calhoun and 2 to Routt to this point. They beat Rout 7-5 on Friday night, so if they play again, it will be just as competitive. Routt Catholic struggled to beat Rushville in spite of having a 5-0 early lead. They were tied 5-5 in the 6th and Abbott put the game away for Routt with a 3 run home run. Routt scored 5 runs in the 6th in the championship game as well as they showed a strong offense. Worrell hit a solo home run in the win. Routt had 25 hits and 16 runs on the day as they improved to 7-5. Schulte was 6 for 8 in two games and the winning pitcher in game two. Abbott came in to relieve Powell and recorded the win in the opener. It was a well played tournament for Routt except for the 4 errors. These are three good teams who will win more games before the end of the regular season.
|For the second day in a row, we had an overtime game, as the Routt Catholic Rockets held off Brown County 5-4 in 8 innings of baseball. Brown County made a nice come back to tie the game at 4-4 in regulation butinthe bottom of the 8th, with one out, Overton singled and stole 2nd. Chumley singled to score Overton and the Rockets improved to 7-4 on the year. They had 6 hits, 5 runs, 4 errors and left 4 on base. Plunk came in to win the game in relief, after Lindsey went 6 strong innings. The Hornets had 8 hits, 4 runs, 2 errors and left 8 on base as they couldn't get the big hit. Sussenbach suffered the loss and the Hornets fell to 4-2 on the year. Joe Hendricker pitched 6 2/3 innings, striking out 7 and walking 4. Routt will play in Pleasant Hill on Saturday as they look for win number 8. Wort and Hendricker had 2 hits each to lead Brown County.
|In a marathon softball game, it was Routt prevailing with a 22-17 win over a scrappy Lady Trojan team from Triopia. It was a game where the lead changed hands numerous times and went 9 innings before it could be decided. Triopia had 14 hits, 17 runs, 3 errors and 15 runners were left on base. Werries had 4 hits while Portwood, Duesterhaus, Burrus and Gregory each had 2 hits. Harris, Werries, Duesterhaus and Knous also had a home each as the Trojans had enough offense to win. Their problem is they have no "strike out" pitchers yet. They do not give up and will win a lot of games in time, but they are young and not able to finish games, so they fell to 1-7 on the year. I think they will make some noise at regional time, if they stay healthy and keep their current competitive attitude. Routt knew they would have some difficulty tonight as Coach Martin voiced his respect for Triopia, based on his 12-6 win on Tuesday. His Rockets didn't stop the Trojans the way they wanted, but they hit extremely well. They finished with 27 hits, 22 runs, 4 errors and they left 21 runners on base in spite of the win. Abbott, Schmidt and Powell had 5 hits each while Martin and Schulte had 3. Worrel and Peters added 2 each as every starter with the exception of Wooldrige had at least 1 hit. Wooldridge did walk 3 times and scored 2 times so, she did her part. Triopia will play Brown County, in a rain make up game, on Friday at home. They are 5-3 on the year and, on a good day, are going to be competitive with most area teams. Triopia's baseball tam defeated Routt 6-0 tonight and they will also play Brown County Friday, in a game you can hear live on 101.3 WVIL.
|Routt Catholic scored 3 unearned runs and defeated Triopia 4-1 in baseball this afternoon at Alumni Field. They will play again on Thursday without the benefit of their #1 pitchers. Werries pitched well enough to win today as he walked 2 and struck out 10, but the defense let him down. Chumley gave up 5 hits and 1 earned run as he wallked 1 and struck out 3. Werries also had 2 hits in the loss. Overton had a single and double while Plunk, Bilbruck and Lindsey each had 1 hit in the win. Routt is 6-3 and Triopia 3-4 after the game. The only downside of the game was 4 errors on the Trojans and 2 errors on the Rockets as they each need to clean that up a little.
|Piasa Southwestern came to Routt Catholic to play a baseball double-header with 0-5 record and a reputation for fielding good teams year after year. They left with a 2-5 record as they swept the Rockets 9-0, 4-1 behind solid pitching. This is the deepest staff we have seen this year. Routt went 13 innings before getting their first hit or run. Lindsey threw a pretty good second game but the Routt bats couldn't solve the Birds hurlers. Piasa ended up with 23 hits and 13 runs in the double victory and had base runners in 13 of the 14 innings. Routt will host Pleasant Plains on Monday so they have some serious work ahead. On Tuesday and Thursday they will face Triopia in conference play. They have a 5 and 3 records after today's action.
|Brown County took the early 1-0 lead in the first inning, but could only get 1 more hit over the next 6 innings and no more runs. The final score was Routt Catholic 7 and the Hornets 1 as BC fell to 3-1 and the Rockets improved to 5-1 on the year. Nathan Hendricker had 2 of the 3 Hornet hits and Wort picked up the RBI and the other hit. Chumbley retired 13 batters in a row, after Hendricker singled in the 3rd. Sussenbach went 5 innings and took the loss in the game. Josh Lewis had 2 hits to lead Routt Catholic and 3 other players had 1 hit each. The Rockets took advantage of errors, wild pitches and passed balls to score 3 earned runs and 4 unearned runs in their win. Chumley went the distance with 80 pitches as he walked no one and struck out 8. These two teams will square off in Jacksonville on Thursday. In a girl's game at BC, the Lady Rockets defeated the Lady Hornets 11-6 to even their record at 3-3.
|It was a close game this afternoon, but Routt Catholic hung on to beat Pawnee 10-7 in baseball. The Indian fell to 0-3 on the season, with losses to Routt, Rochester and Williamsville. They had 9 hits, 7 runs, 3 errors and left 6 on base today in their loss. Hamilton and Roberts had 2 hits each. The Rockets improved to 4-1 on the year and will play at Pleasant Hill on Thursday. They had 11 hits, 10 runs, 3 errors and left 11 runners on base in spite of the win. Winters was 3 for 3 and Lindsey 2 for 2 as 8 of the 9 starters had at least 1 hit. Chumley went the distance, for the win, with 9 strike outs and 2 walks.
|Tonight's baseball game between Routt Catholic and WHNG was over early as the Rockets had 9 hits and 13 runs in the first inning. The final score was 24-1 as Routt improved to 3-1 and the Spartans fell to 1-2. WHNG had 2 hits and used 5 pitchers in the loss. Routt had 16 hits, 24 runs, 0 errors and they left 7 runners on base. Lindsey led the Rockets with 3 hits while May, Winters, Muller, Bilbruck, Chumley and Lewis all had 2 hits each. Routt will have a tougher time on Wednesday as they host the Pawnee Indians. Muller went the distance for the Rockets and picked up the 2 hit win.
|The Routt Catholic softball team did not hit well tonight but they hit at the right time and pulled off a 9-5 win over the Lady Trojans of Auburn. Trojan pitching wasn't sharp today as they walked 10 and had 3 wild pitches in the loss. They had 10 hits, 5 runs, 1 error and left 9 runners on base.Coleman, Filipiakand McMillen all had 2 hits as 7 of the 9 Trojans had at least one hit. The Rcokets Mallory Martin had a solid game with 3 of the 5 Routt hits, as she scored twice and had 4 of the 9 RBI's. Schulte went 6 innings and recorded the win. The Rockets are 1-0 and will travel to Pleasant Hill on Thursday. Routt pitching is good and the defense is good, so all they have to do is pick up the hitting a little and they will hve a good season.
|Adam Lindsey threw a 1 hitter as Routt Catholic knocked off North Mac 11-1 in baseball on Saturday. Plunk, May and Bilbruck all had 2 hits each as the Rockets garnered 9 hits, 11 run, with 3 errors and they left 5 runners on base. This is a very young Routt team but they will make a splash this year and will be a force at play off time. They are 1 and 1 on the year with their loss to QND in their opener. They scored 2 in the first, 7 in the secondand 2 in the 5th to wrap it up and will face a good team from Riverton on Monday. After that, it is WHNG and Pawnee as they try to make an early run and build their confidence.
|It was cold and windy today, but Greenfield and Triopia played softball with the Tigers winning a 13-3 shortened game. It was not as bad of a game as the score would indicate. Greenfield was a little stronger with 13 runs on 13 hits with 2 errors and 4 runners left on base. Jones and Arnett led thw way with 3 hits each as Martin and Graham had 2 each. Arnett pitched a solid game with 4 strike outs and 2 walks. The Trojans had 6 hits with 3 runs, 2 errors and 9 runners were left on base as Triopia could not get the key hits. Madison Gregory was the losing pitcher but she also had 2 hits and a run scored in the loss. Sara Evans came in late in the game and looked pretty good on the pitching rubber. Their most experienced pitcher, Ashtyn Rouland is injured and will add a lot to the team when she returns. With her on the pitching rubber, the defense will get stronger for Triopia, in the field, and Rouland's pitching will also be a plus. keep in mind there are only 3 seniors on this Trojan team and they will get better and more consistent as they physically mature.
|Routt Catholic boy's basketball has had it's ups and downs this year, due to injuries, illness, players quitting or not coming out, and it all ended tonight as they lost a 57-44 decision to West Central at the Greenfield regional. They only lost 3 seniors off of this team and will have a good season next year. They only shot 29 per cent tonight and 56 from the free throw line against a hot Cougar team. Chumley led the Rockets with 15 points. West Central shot 59 percent from the field and 63 percent from the line with 11 turnovers as they earned the right to play Carrollton for the regional title on Friday. Montgomery came in, off of the bench, and played very well with 16 poionts. Hurrelbrink added 14 as 8 Couogars scored in the team win. They will take a 14-16 record into the title game. Carrollton defeated WHNG 62-53.
|The final four is set for the Greenfield 1A regional, after tonight's action. In the opening game of the evening, Routt Catholic dominated Brussels and came away with a 55-31 victory. Routt shot 46 percent from the field and 60 percent from the line with 16 turnovers. Chumley led the way with 16 pooints while Lucas May scored 10. Kaleb Birdsell scored 8, Winter 7 and Whalen 7 as the Rockets spread the ball around. Patrick May joined the list of players who couldn't play last night as Routt continues to play well with about half of their starting unit missing. Overton played limited minutes tonight and hopefully will be at full strength for tomorrows game. Brady Ellis scored 17 for Brussels and had little help offensively as the Raiders just couldn't keep up with Routt. Brussels hit 30 percent of their shots and 40 percent of their free throws with 25 turnovers. Brussels ended their season with 5 wins and 21 losses.
|In the first round of the QND regional, it was Beardstown defeating Rushville 47-42 in a game that came down to the final 2 minutes before it went to the Tigers. This is the 4th time this year that Beardstown has beaten Rushville. The Rockets hit 34 per cent of their shots and 9 for 12 from the free throw line with 13 turnovers. They fiished their season with a 5-22 record. For the Tigers, they have earned a game against QND on Tuesday night. They let a big lead get away but hung on to pick up tonight's wind. They shot 40 per cent from the field and 13 of 19 from the line with a 12 for 15 4th quarter which helped them hang on. They had 10 turnovers in their win and are 11-17 on the year and hopeful they can shoot well against QND. Stinson led Rushville with 11 pooints while Phillips and Dimmit each scored 8. Beardstown had well rounded scoring as Gullavogul led the way with 16, Nava 10, McWilliams 9 and Ruiz 8.
|It was a busy night at Beardstown as they had a chili cook-off, the band, senior night, the dance team and they honored the 1987 basketball team. They also had a boy's game between Routt Catholic and Beardstown, which the Rockets won 51-34. It was a pretty close game for most of the contest but poor free throw shooting and turnovers helped cause the Tiger loss. Nava had 10 points and Ruiz 9 to lead Beardstown, who shot 31 percent from the field and 30 percent from the free throw line with 21 turnovers. Routt finished hitting 15 of 37 from the field and 17 of 26 from the line with 11 turnovers. They improved to 17-10 and will play Brusels next Tuesday at the Greenfield regional. Winter scored 24 to lead the Rockets as Chumley added 9. Beardstown will play Rushville at QND in their regional opener. They have beaten Rushville 3 times this season.
|Triopia and Griggsville-Perry played to overtime tonight before the Trojans put the Tornadoes away 80-68. It was a back and forth ame all night long as G-P won the first and third quarters while Triopia won the 2nd and they were tied 60-60 at the end of regulation. Ian Smith hit 27 for the Tornadoes while Stinebaker had 22 and Kelley 12. They shot 49 percent from the field and 86 percent from the free throw line but the 20 turnovers hurt them. The Trojans got 16 from Thompson, 15 from Werries, 15 from Hageman, 13 from Milby and 11 from Bell as they improved to 16-8 on the year. They shot 49 percent from the field and 60 percent from the line with 11 turnovers. They will play Franklin on Friday and play Liberty in the first round of the Barry Western regional.
|Tonight was one of those fun high school boy's basketball games, for a variety of reasons. Brown County had a starter missing and Routt had two starters missing. Jonah Farve filled in for Sussenbach and led the Hornets with 21 points. Routt stayed in the game until very late before falling 66-59 due to a 10 for 12 effort from the free throw line in the 4th quarter for Brown County. Routt got double digit scoring from Winter (20), Chumley (19) and Patrick May 12 while shooting 45 percent from the field and 56 percent from the line with 13 turnovers. Those are pretty good numbers but, not good enough as the Hornets had four players in double digits. Farve (21), Nathan Hendricker (19), Joe Hendricker (12) and Drake (10). They shot 58 percent from the field and 79 percent from the charity stripe with 14 turnovers. The Hornets are 13-7 and the Rockets 16-10 after the game. It was a clean, close game and enjoyable to watch. Mt. Sterling will play in the Barry-Western regional and Routt will go south to play in the Greenfield regional.
|West Central was an easy winner over Payson-Seymour at the Routt Regional 54-30. They will play Barry-Western for the Routt Regional title on Thursday. The Wildcats defeated Routt in the night cap 34-27 after leading by 13 in the 3rd quarter and seeing their lead diminish to 29-27 in the 4th. The Rockets had 4 chances with the score 29-27 and never scored again as their season came to a close at 16-13. They only graduate 1 senior and should be very competitive next season. Katie Abell led the way with 14 and never really got much help offensively tonight as 2 substitues scored 9 points and the regular starting outside players did not score. They hit 31% of their shots and 50 of their free throws with 14 turnovers. The Wildcats got 20 points from their best player, Blair Borrowman, as they hit 33 percent from the field and 75 percent from the line with 7 turnovers. They will have their hands full lwith West Central but have a shot to win the regional and wre the better team tonight.
|It was a tough day of basketball for Our Saviour School boy's basketball as they did not shoot well from the field or from the line against a little bit stronger and quicker team. The final score was a 37-17 in favor of Decatur Our Lady of Lourdes. No one had more than 4 points for the Shamrocks and they turned the ball over 16 times in the loss. Those things happen sometimes and obviously it is hard to win a game under those circumstances. OSS hit just 5 of 32 shots from the field and 5 of 13 free throws and Decatur took advantage of them. The Lancers hit 16 of 30 shots and 4 of 10 from the line with 13 turnovers as they moved on. Etchason led the way with 14 points, Phillips had 8 and did a good job of running the point. Harshman had 6 points and 6 players hit the scoring column in the win. Our Lady of Lourdes improved to 22-3 while OSS ended their season 17-7. There are some good players on the Shamrocks team, but it just wasn't their day.
|Tonight it was a classic battle between height and speed as Routt Catholic (speed) played at home against Greenfield/NW. The 6' 11" post (Bayless) for the Tigers scored 21 points to lead Greenfield in the 55-40 loss. The Tigers shot 44 % from the field and 60% from the free throw line but part of their downfall was the 18 turnovers. They fell to 6 and 15 on the season. As for Routt, they got 25 pooints from Chumley and 16 from Winter as 7 Rockets hit the scoring column. They hit 17 of 48 from the field (48%) and 13 of 19 (68%) from the line with only 3 turnovers as they improved to 15 and 9 on the year. Routt played dogged defense on senior night at the Routt Dome to pick up the victory.
|While it was no shock or surprise that Routt Catholic defeated Griggsville-Perry tonight in girl's basketball, it was a good game for a couple of reasons. First of all, Griggsville-Perry got off to a great start and hit 5 of their first 8 shots and held a 13-12 lead with time running out in the first quarter. Schwiderski hit a big trey for the Rockets and took the 15-13 lead at the end of one but it was still good early basketball by the Tornaloes. For Routt, they needed a win and got it, so it is possible for them to win 3 games in a row before having to face a tough Barry-Western team in the 2nd round of the Routt Regional. While Routt beat the Barry-Western Wildcats at the Brown County Tournament, the Cats are very good and have one of the better players in the area. Tonight, Battefeld hit 10 of 10 free throws and led the Tornadoes with 18 points. Kennedy added 12 and Bright 9 in the loss. They hit 32% of their shots and 79 % of their free throws with 10 turnovers. The Rockets shot 42% from the field and 67% from the line with 9 turnovers. Sara Worrell led the way with 16 points while Katie Abell had 15 and Schierl 12. Routt had 9 treys in the win and got a small amount of playing time from Sydney Walker, who will be a great player for the Rockets before her career is over with. She did not score but she hasn't played for a long time and used tonight to test her right knee. if things to right, she will get some playing time on Thursday and Monday and hopefully be ready to pick up the pace on Tuesday and hopefull Thursday of next week.
|Tonight's boy's basketball game between Routt and West Central was close, exciting and very entertaining as the Cougars beat the Rockets 52-49. Routt had their chances and just didn't make the big shot when they needed it. Hurrelbrink led West Central with 21 points and one of the shots was a baseball type throw from the opposite foul line at the half time buzzer. Cox also added double digits (12) in the win as 7 Cougars scored. They hit 53% of their shots and 48% of their free throws with 13 turnovers and improved to 12-13 on the year. For the Rockets, they hit 36% of their shots from the field and 14 for 20 from the line with 12 turnovers. They fell to 14-9 on the year and will face Greenfield on Friday. Winterscored 15, Chumley 13, Whalen 9, May and 7 and Kaleb Birdsell 4 as they spread the ball around well.
|Pleasant Hill had a good shooting night as they knocked off Routt Catholic, at the Dome tonight. They hit 48% of their shots and in spite of hitting 42% of theiir free throws and turning the ball over 26 times they won 57-47. Root led the way with 25 points while Peebles added 15 and 6 players scored over all. The Wolves improved to 11-6 on the year. As for Routt, they had some scoring lulls toniight and could not take advantage of the high number of turnovers they forced. They only had 32% of their shots and 4 for 12 from the free throw line. They took care of the ball with just 5 turnovers in the game but just couldn't get on a roll as they fell to 14-8. Winters hit 13 and Patrick May 10 as 7 Rockets scored in the loss. They will take on West Central tomorrow night in a home game.
|It was a very physical basketball game tonight as Brown County defeated Liberty 64-46. The Hornets improved to 10-5 on the season and the Eagles fell to 2-19. Booher led Liberty with 14 points and Graham hit double figures with 12. They shot 40 percent from the field and 56 percent from the line with 19 turnovers. The Hornets had 3 players in double figures: Sussenbach (19), Drake (18) and Nathan Hendricker (11) as they hit 50% of their shots and 13 of 17 free throws with 12 turnovers. There were 35 fouls called in the game with 35 free throws and a lot of contact that wasn't called.
|The #1 and #2 teams, in class 1A girl's basketball, played tonight in the 43rd annual Lady Hawk Tournament in the semi final round. Tied 50-50 with 16 seconds to go was appropriate, then Lebonon made a bucket at the buzzer and improved to 23-0 on the year. The loss dropped the West Central Cougars to 23 and 1 and if they played again tomorrow, it would be a similar finish. They are two very good teams and will do well in post season play. Will they meet again? Only time will tell. Krista Bass had 18 points and Kendra Bass 16 to lead 6 Greyhounds in the scoring column. Lebanon shot 45% from the field, 76% from the line and turned the ball over 16 times in the wind. West Central was led by Kaufmann with 16 poonts while Starks and Likes each scored 9. Eight different Cougars scored in the loss as Starks and Kaufmann both filed out which didn't help. The Cougars hit 30% of their shots and 61 % of their free throws with 18 turnovers. It was as good of a basketball as you could want to watch and obviously very disappointing to the losing team.
|Routt Catholic boys basketball improved to 14 and 7 with a 52-37 win over Liberty. They had beaten the Eagles at the Winchester tournament on jan. 7th 59-40 and tonight was a similar win. Klingele led Liberty with 9 pooints as 7 Eagles got on the scoreboard. They shot 41% from the field and 38 % from the free throw line with 19 turnovers as they fell to 2 and 18 on the year. The Rockets spread the ball around well ltonight as Patrick May led the way with 13. Schnitker, Winter and Whalen all scored 9 while Hunter Chumley and Overton each added 6. Routt shot 37 percent from the field and 44 percent from the line with just 10 turnovers. Next up for the Rockets will be Pleasant Hill at the Routt Dome on Monday night.
|Routt Catholic had a 37-31 lead into the 4th quarter and simply could not get the ball down the floor with any degree of consistency and the Lady Explorers of Marquette turned them over and took the 51-45 win. That eliminated the Lady Rockets from the 43rd annual Lady Hawk tournament. They have three regular season games left, prior to the regionals and are hoping to go 2 and 1 at the least. They are 13-11 after tonight's loss. Katie Abell led Routt with 18 poionts and Mallory Martin added 17. No one else had more than 3 pooints and the Rockets turned the ball over 22 times. They shot 42% from the field and 61% from the line. Marquette had 8 players in the scoring column and were led by Fischer and Madi Connors with 11 points each.They hit 35% of their shots and only 45% from the line which kept Routt in the game. They also had 20 turnovers and improved to 11-11 with the win.
|It was a disappointing loss for the Lady Rockets of Routt Catholic tonight as they lost 47-46 to Greenfield-northwestern. Routt trailed most of the game but, due to the Tigers missing some late free throws, had a chance to pull out a win. They were trailing by 13 points at the end of the third quarter but came up a little short at the end. Walters got hurt in the third quarter and had to leave the game with 18 points (which gave her 1,000 on her high school career). The Tigers only shot 6 out of 17 free throws in the 2nd half and almost gave it to the Rockets. They hit 35% from the field and 8 of 20 free throws as they improved to 9 and 14 on the year and got themselves a date with the Lebanon Greyhounds on Wednesday. Lebanon beat Marquette 57-24 and have a 21-0 record. Routt was led by Katie Abell with 15 points while Martin added 9 and Worrell 8 as the Rockets fell to 13-9 and will play Marquette at 8 pm on Monday. They only hit 26% of their shots and 6 of 9 from the line. West Central rolled over WHNG 61-28 and will play Wednesday night at 8. They have a record of 22 wins and 0 losses and depending on which pole you look at, they and Lebanon are either 1 or 2 in class 1A basketball. We may see a great match up on Thursday night at 8 pm.
|Carrollton got a 3 point bucket from Krumwiede to start tonight's game and another 3 to start the 3rd quarter and ended up with 25 points overall. The Hawks won the game 56-39 as they shot 54% from the field and 90% from the free throw line. Robinson also hit double digits (10) in the win as Carrollton improved to 14 and 8 on the year. They will open the Lady Hawk Tournament on Saturday, at 9:30 am, when they take on the #1 seed Civic Memorial team. Routt did not play well in the 2nd half and never had the lead in tonight's loss. They got 10 points from Martin and 10 points from Katie Abell but were never really close in the game. They hit 16 of 47 from the field with 3 for 4 from the free throw line and 17 turnovers. Routt will play Greenfield at 5:00 on Saturday evening in the Lady Hawk. They will take a 13-9 record into the tournament as the #7 seed.
|It was a tough, physical game as Routt Catholic hung on to win a 54-39 girl's baskegball game over Beardstown. The Tigers were down by 13 and fought back to a 4 point deficit before the Rockets opened up a late lead and won their 4th game in a row. They will face Carrollton, at home, on Thursday and then head for the Lady Hawk Tournament in Carrollton on Saturday. The Tigers fell to 6 and 15 on the year and were led in scoring tonight by Rawlins with 14 points. McWilliams added 9 while Elizabeth Garcia scosred 6 and Addison Herzog 5. Beardstown hit 13 of 54 from the field and 12 of 18 from the free throw line with 22 turnovers. Routt got 18 points from Katie ABell, 10 from Worrell and 9 from Schwiderski as they improved to 13 and 8 on the year. They also got 8 free throws from Ellie Abell as Routt hit 22 of 35 for 63%. They shot 14 of 37 for 38% from the field and had 19 turnovers.
|Beardstown had a 7-6 lead at the end of the first quarter, in their game with the Lady Saukees of Pittsfield, but that was the end of the good new for the evening. Pittsfield outscored the Lady Tigers 19 to 4 in the second quarter and never looked back as they posted the 47-17 win. Beardstwon shot 19 percent from the field, 40 percent from the line and had 20 turnovers. They only shot 5 free throws while the Saukees shot 32 and that played a big part in the game. Pepper played a solid game and scored 19 points with 9 of 11 from the charity stripe. Palmer added 8 and Bauer 5 in the wind. Pittsfield shot 38 percent from the field and 56 percent from the line with 12 turnovers. They are 12-11 on the year and will play Carrollton, for 5th place, at the Spartan Tournament at White Hall. Beardstown will be in Jacksonville to take on Routt Catholic on Tuesday.
|Routt Catholic girl's won their second game in a row and will try to pick up their third on Thursday night when they host Beardstown. They defeated Pawnee 60-31 tonight after getting off to a slow start. With the win, they improved to 12-8 on the year. Katie Abell led the way with 16 while Martin (11) and Worrell (11) hit for double digits. Nine Rockets scored in the win as they shot 51% from the field and 66% from the line with 18 turnovers. The Indians only shot 25% from the field and 50% from the charity stripe with 17 turnovers. Harden had a big night with 20 points which gives her 1220 on her high school career. Pascoe scored 6 as Pawnee fell to 8 and 9 on the year.
|At the Waverly Holiday Tournament, Routt Catholic came back late in the game and defeated Carrollton 71-64. They were hoping to get another win tonight, at the home of the Hawks, but the inside game of Carrollton was too strong and they won 66-50. Campbell scored 23, mostly in the paint, while Watson hit for 15 from outside and Stendeback added 10 from inside the free throw line.Jerrett Smith is coming off of an injury and played limited time in the 3rd quarter. He hit 3 of 3 from the field and 1 of 1 from the free throw line in the win. The Hawks shot 42 percent from the field and 17 of 22 from the free throw line. The only down side was 20 turnovers as they improved to 6-5 on the year. The Rockets couldn't sustain any offense tonight and did not stop the inside game of Carrollton. Winters led the way with 15 while Patrick May hit 11 as 8 Rockets scored in the game. They shot only 33 percent from the field and 9 of 14 from the charity stripe with 15 turnovers. They fell to 8 and 6 on the year. Beckman wasn't there tonight and his 6' 1" frame and inside play may have made a difference in the game.
|After going 1 and 3 in the 35th annual Lady Tiger Classic, and not playing very good basketball, the Lady Rockets of Routt were in need of a win. They hosted North Mac (5-6) and while it wasn't easy, came away with a 48-36 win as they improved to 11-8 on the year. They will face Pawnee on Monday and Beardstown on Thursday, as they try to get on a roll. The tough Lady Hawk in Carrollton is in the near future, so they want to head into it with a head of steam. North Mac had difficulty sustaining their offense in their loss, but did get 15 points from Stauffer and 9 from Tomasko. They hit 30 percent from the field and 60 percent from the line with 16 turnovers. Routt shot 28 percent from the field and 18 for 32 from the line with just 7 turnovers. Martin hit 8 free throws and 1 basket in the 2nd half to help secure the win.Katie Abell had 13 points and Schwiderski 9 as seven Rockets scored in the win.
|Routt Catholic girl's basketball got what they needed tonight as they came back, from trailing early and defeated WHNG 68-49. It improved their record to 9-5 and dropped the Spartans to 5-7. What was nice about the win, from Routt's point of view, is they were playing without Worrel, Walker and Addie Schmidt. It called for someone to step up and several players answered the call. Fellhauer had 7 points, Martin 9, Schierl 9, Molly Schmidt 5 and even Annika Black added a couple of points. Katie Abell had 11 and Ellie Abell 10, but the player of the night got the Rockets off to a great start with 4 treys in the first quarter. Schwiderski had 15 points on the night and gave Routt exactly what they needed with Worrell on vacation. Routt shot 46% from the field and 59% from the line with 13 turnovers. WHNG got off to a solid start with 11 points from Tupper in the first quarter . Thye had a 20-18 lead until Martin hit a 3 pointer at the buzzer. Randall had 11, Evans 12, Tupper 11 in the loss. The player who was very impressive was a freshman, Lakeleigh Brown. She is only 5' 4" tall but she plays big and is aggressive. The Spartans shot 31 percent from the field and 60% from the line with 10 turnovers in the loss.
|Auburn improved to 14-0 with their girl's basketball team tonight as they knocked off the visiting Routt Catholic Lady Rockets 56-33. It was close until the 3rd quarter when the Trojans hit 4 treys and outscored Routt 16-4 and took a 44-26 poiont lead into the 4th quarter. Jessup had 13, Smith 13, Mackenzie 11 and Clark 9 as Auburn spread the ball around. They shot 37 percent from the field and 33 percent from the line with 12 turnovers. Routt had 8 players in the scoring column but noone in double digits as they fell to 8-5 on the season. They had 20 turnovers and several of them were the result of poor passing with no ball fakes and teammates were not moving to help the passer. They shot 27% from the field and 3 for 8 from the line. They will face Pawnee on Saturday at 12:30 and follow that with a game with WHNG prior to the Lady Tiger Tournament on the 26th. They would love to go to Beardstown with a 10-5 record as they face North Fulton.
|Tonight, at the Routt Dome, the Rockets led for three quarters and then got out scored 8 to 2 in the 4th and lost 51-48. The White Hall North Greene Spartans improved to 5 and 1 with the win and Routt Catholic fell to 4-3. Josh Hopper led WHNG with 29points and Booth hit double digits with 11. The Spartans shot 49 percent from the field and were 7 for 9 from the line. The Rockets hit 21 of 50 shots for 42% and 3 of 4 from the free throw line in the first half and no free throw shots in the 2nd half. Chumley had 15, Overton 10 and Marshall 9 in the loss. They will take on Pleasant Hill on Friday night, at the dome. It was a hard fought game tonight with 50 turnovers between the two teams. Beckman will be back on Friday and the 6' 1" Jr. should help out with the inside game and rebounding.
|In a ragged, defensive, physical game at Mt. Sterling. The host Hornets came from 11 down heading into the 4th quarter to post a 48-47 win over the visiting Routt Catholic Lady Rockets. There were 46 turnovers in the game as the Hornets shot 38% from the field and 74% from the free throw line. The Rockets countered with 29% from the field and 62% from the line.Doyle (14) and Heldt (13) led Mt. Sterling and Katie Abell (14) and Walker (12) led the Rockets. Next up for the Rockets will be Auburn, a tough 2A school who may still be undefeated on the season, at this point. Routt will play Pawnee on Saturday at 12:30 instead of the 2:00 original listed game time. It will be played at the Routt Dome.
|Routt was just a little quicker than South County tonight in boy's basketball and won 52-38. They outshot the Vipers 45 to 28 percent from the field and 72 to 40 percent from the line. Both teams had 14 turnovers but Routt led at every quarter and improved to 4 and 2 with the win. Couturiax led the Vipers with 9 while Gill and Fromme had 8 and Talbert 7. Winters (19) and Chumley(13) led the Rockets as 7 players scored in the win. The Rockets will be a hard team to beat this year unless they get out sized as they are pretty scrappy on both ends of the floor. They lost to Pittsfield and to Lutheran so far.
|The Lady Rockets of Routt Catholic were fres off of a 35-28 loss to Springfield Lutheran, on Saturday, when they did not play one of their better games. It looked like they might end up with another tough loss tonight, at Greenfield, but they re-grouped and came away with a 46-40 win and improved to 8-3 while the Tigers fell to 1-5. Jumping out to an 8-2 lead, Routt was feeling pretty good. Slowly Greenfield began to eat into the lead and made it a real nail-biter at the end. Routt led 12-10 after one quarter, and 20-17 at the half. It was tied 32-32 after 3 quarters as Greenfield pushed their lead to 5 in the quarter but couldn't maintain the lead. Routt out scored the Tigers 14-8 in the final stanza and survived. Haylei Schaaf led Greenfield with 15 as the Tigers shot 35% from the field and 25% from the line with 21 turnovers. The Rockets had two players (Martin & Katie Abell) with 12 points each as they led 7 scorers in the win. They shot 47% from the field and 60% from the line with an acceptible 14 turnovers. It was an exciting high school game to watch as it was anybody's game until the end.
|After the first quarter, when Routt Catholic led Springfield Lutheran 10-7, the Lady Crusaders out hustled the Lady Rockets and came away with a 35-28 win. The Crusaders improved to 7-2 on the year and Routt fell to 7-3. Neither team shot well as Springfield hit 19 of 51 for 37% and 9 of 16 from the free throw line for 56%. Routt shot 14 of 38 for 37% and 1 of 5 from the charity stripe for 20%. Elmore led the Crusaders with 21 points and no one else scored more than 4 points in the win with 16 turnovers. The Lady Rockets were led by Katie Abell with 10 points and no one on Routt's team had more than 4 points either. They had 22 points and this was not one of their better outings.They will take a 7 and 3 record to Greenfield on Monday night and see if they can get back on track. They won big in the JV game and only have 1 senior on the varsity roster, so they have a lot of room to grow.
|It was a fun and exciting girl's basketball game at the Routt Dome tonight in Jacksonville. The host, Lady Rockets, got past the visiting Lady Trojans of Triopia 48-42. The Rockets never led in the game until about 5 minutes to go, in the 4th quarter. With the win, Routt is 7-2 and the losss dropped Triopia to 6-3.Evans (14) and Reynolds (13) led the Trojans in scoring while Burrus and Portwood each added 7 points. Triopia shot 35% from the field and 33% from the charity stripe with 17 turnovers. For the Lady Rockets, they hit 32% from the field and 10 of 21 from the free throw line. They had 13 turnovers and will take on Springfield Lutheran on Saturday in a road game. Katie Abell led the Rockets with 20 pointsand Walker had 8. 8 Rockets scored and 6 Trojans in the game with several underclassmen playing key roles.
|Tonight at the Lady Hornet Classic, in Mt. Sterling, Pittsfield needed overtime to knock off Rushville-Industry 59-57. In the Junior High Gym, it was Routt Catholic improving to 3-0 in the tournament as they defeated Beardstown 49-22. Routt still needs a win over the host Lady Hornets on Friday night to get to the championship game on Saturday night. They may make it anyway, due to the tournament rules regarding head to head competition, etc. since they have already beaten Liberty who is going to finish high in pool play. The Tigers had 6 players in the scoring column tonight but their 26% shooting from the field and 35% from the line wasn't helpful in they loss as they felll to 0-3 in the tournament and 0-5 on the year. Worrell (11) and Katie Abell (10) led the Lady Rockets as 10 over all players scored in the game. Routt shot 41% from the field and 73% from the line with 15 turn overs. Their only loss on the season was to Pittsfield 42-40 in their first game of the year. They only have 1 senior on the team and are feeling good about themselves in the early going.
|Routt was hoping to pick up their first girl's basketball win tonight at the Routt Dome. They evened their record with a 54-39 win over the South County Vipers and will take a 1-1 record into the Brown County Tournament on Saturday morning where they will play Griggsvile-Perry at 9 am in the grade school gym. The Vipers fell to 1-1 with the loss and were led by Sullivan with 18 points. They shot 24% from the field and 79% from the free throw line with 16 turnovers. Routt had two players in double digits as Walker hit 14 and Katie Abell 12 in the win. They hit 19 of 51 shots and 15 of 21 from the free throw line for 71% and had 17 turnovers. Martin added 9 and Ellie Abell 7 as 7 total players scored in the victory.
|In a very entertaining girl's basketball game tonight, Pittsfield defeated Routt Catholic 42-40. It came down to what loses a lot ob basketball games every year. Routt hit just 10 of 20 free throws and lost by 2 points. In the meantime, the Saukees hit 6 of 8 free throws and hung on. Both teams did a nice job of taking care of the ball as Pittsfield only had 8 turnovers and the Rockets had 10. Lilly Pepper led Pittsfield with 15 points and Palmer added 13 with some late solid free throw shooting. The Saukee hit 49% from the field and 75 percent from the line. Routt had 7 players in the scoring column and was led by Ellie Abell with 14. They hit just 14 of 44 shots and the 10 of 20 free throws in the loss. They are hoping to play better against South County on Thursday, in their home opener. This was a good starting game of the season and the Lady Rockets will get better.
|High School girl's basketball opened their season tonight. We were at the Tiger Den as the Lady Rockets of Rushville-Industry cme to town. In a typical first game scenario of mistakes and rugged play, the Lady Rocket prevailed with a 53-42 win. Ingles led the Rockets with 23 points and Chancey and Lamb each scored 10. Rushville shot 22% from the field and 51% from the free throw line with 17 turn overs. Beardstown was lead by Price with 10 points as 8 Tigers scored in the loss. Beardstown hit 39% from the field and 36% from the charity stripe. The Tigers had 43 turn overs in the loss and will need to correct that area. They will play Triopia at home on Thursday night. Beardstown committed 32 fouls in the game and had 4 players foul out. Rushville had 21 fouls also in a long opening game.
|The class 1A, Routt Sectional for volleyball, went to Springfield Lutheran. They defeated Mt. Olive 12-25, 25-18, 25-10 with a strong effort in the 2nd and 3rd games. They will take on Stewardson Strasburg, at Mt. Pulaski, on Saturday. Strasburg beat Farmer City (Blye Ridge) 25-15, 25-10. For Mt. Olive: Courtney Kernich 1 point, Niehaus 5 points 25 kills, 5 blocks, Murphy 3 points 22 assists, Gretak 2 points 4 assists 1 block, Henke 10 points 8 kills 1 block and Rachael Kernich 4 points 1 kill. Fields had several digs in the loss and the Wildcats ended their season with 26 wins and 6 losses. Lutheran: Elmore 8 points 5 kills, Stoekel 1 kill, Tournox 7 points, Wiegand 6 points 1 ace 14 kills 2 blocks 1 assisted block, Ginder 3 points 9kills 9 blocks, Brunner 4 kills 1 assisted block, Ramey 10 points 1 ace 2 assists, Anderson 21 assists 1 kill . The Crusaders improved to 26-11 on the year. The Wildcats had 4 service errors and the Crusaders 5 service errors.
At the Routt Sectional, Springfield Lutheran ended the Hardin Calhoun season 25-21, 25-21 and will move on to face Mount Olive in the title game at 6 pm on Thursday. Mt. Olive took 3 games to get past New Berlin 23-25, 25-17, 25-15 and that created a very goo match-up for the championship match. In tonight's win over the Lady Warriors, Lutheran fought off 23 assists by Junie Zirklebach and 18 kills for Grace Baalman plus 3 blocks. The Crusaders got 5 kills from Elmore, 12 from Wiegand and 7 from Brunner. Anderson did a great job with 17 assists while Tournox (6), Wieand (5) and Herman (9) served well. Springfield Lutheran will take a 25-11 record into the title game.
In game two, New Berlin had 2 lapses and lost to Mt. Olive who stayed away from long dry spells. The Pretzels got 10 kills from Lascody, 9 from Coonrod, 6 from Bixby and 5 from Owens. Bixby also had 6 blocks and Hemberger 20 assists. New Berlin ended their season with 24 wins and 12 losses. Mt. Olive has a couple of players who will attack relentlessly. Niehaus had 19 kills and 5 blocks tonight to go along with 8 service points. Henke had 11 kills, and 1 block. Murphy was steady with 26 assists and Rachael Kernich served 22 winners in 3 games. This is a pretty good defensive team and they will have to be on their game to pick up the win. They will also have to survive long volleys as the Crusaders will keep the ball in play as they wait for their attacks. It will be a title game well worth watching. The winner will go to Mt. Pulaski.
|Routt Catholic volleyball came to an end tonight, but not before they put up a good fight with Mt. Olive. The Regional Championship went to the Wildcats 25-20, 24-26, 25-20 and the Rockets ended their season with a record 19-15-1. They only lose 3 seniors so they should have 2 or 3 more solid seasons coming up. Mt. Olive will move on with a 25-5 record: Courtney Kernich 6 points 1 assist 1 kill, Field 1 assist, Niehaus 4 points 1 ace 1 assist 26 kills 8 blocks, Murphy 6 points 29 assists 2 kills, Gretak 3 points, Henke 4 points 1 assist 15 kills 1 block, Rachel Kernich 9 points 1 assist 1 kill. The Cats had just 3 service errors on the night. Routt: Fellhauer 2 points 1 ace 9 kills, Schwiderski 4 points, Peters 8 points 2 aces 4 assists 4 kills, Worrell 9 points 1 ace 23 assists 1 kill, Powell 4 points 7 kills 3 blocks, Abbott 5 kills, Parlier 1 kill, Huey 8 kills 1 block, Martin 2 points 2 assists and Abell 1 assist. The Rockets had 5 service errors in the loss. Abbott, Schulte and Wosrrell are the three talented seniors who will be gone from next years team.
|What an exciting night of volleyball from the Mt. Olive regional. In the opener, it was the host school topping the South County Vipers 25-16, 25-16. That earned the Mt. Olive Wildcats the right to play the winner of game #2 between Routt Catholic and Bunker Hill. Routt trailed 24-17 in game one and came back to win 29-27, then pressed on to take game #2 26-24. They trailed late in both games and simply would not give up, as they earned the right to play for the title. It will be a solid championship game if you like volleyball, so head down I-55, just below Litchfield on Thursday night. Bunker Hill brought an 18-12 record into the game and were very scrappy in the loss. The Minutemen: Devall 3 kills, Kahl 1 point 3 assists and several nice digs, Kliffmeyer 2 points 4 assists, Taylor 3 points 2 assists, Allman 6 points 3 aces 1 assist 1 kill, Schwegel 4 points 1 ace 7 kills 1 block, Morell 3 points 2 aces 4 assists 4 kills 1 block and Austill 2 points 1 assis 3 kills and 1 block. The Minutemen had 2 service errors on the night. The Rockets improved to 19-14: Fellhauer 3 points 1 assist 1 kill, Schwiderski 2 pooints 1 assist, Peters 2 points 1 ace, 4 assists 5 kills, Worrell 7 points 1 ace 19assists 4 kills, Powell 5 points 7 kills 5 blocks, Abbott 1 assist 4 kills, Huey 1 assist 12 kills and Martin 4 points 1 ace 3 assist and another solid job digging the ball on serves. She, Schwiderski and Parlier shared the responsibility and did a good job all match long. Routt ended up with 4 service errors in the wind. If you are a Routt fan, you have to proud of the Lady Rockets determination in their hard-fought win tonight.
|Rushville-Industry volleyball showed some real stamina and purpose tonight as they came from behind to knowck off Illini West 18-25, 27-25, 25-18 and will advance to the next round verses Deer Creek Mackinaw tomorrow night. The Chargers were pretty much in the charge for the first game and a half tonight, then began to miss a few shots and got impatient as the Rockets began to come back. They will end their season with 14 wins and 21 losses: M. Duffy 7 points, Pence 2 points 1 ace 1 assist 10 kills, Smith 4 points 1 ace, Sirtak 14 points 2 aces 16 assists 1 kill, Grotts 6 kills 2 blocks, H. Duffy 7 kills 4 blocks, Johnson 5 assists, Nudd 6 points 1 ace, Spiekermeier 4 points 6 kills and Stone 2 assists 1 kill. The Chargers had 3 service errors on the night. Rushville improved to 10-17 on the year: Groenewold 5 assists 1 kill, Etter 14 points 1 ace 9 assists, Belville a multitude of digs and 1 kill, Ingles 8 points 2 aces 1 assist 5 kills and several excellent back row digs, Krohe 9 points 4 kills 2 blocks, Farris 2 kills, Norton 4 kills 1 block, Chancy 7 points 9 assists 3 kills and Crosier 6 kills with 2 or 3 at a much needed time. The Rockets will be under-dogs against Deer Creek but you have to love their attitude and grit.
|Triopia had a frustrating football season this year and were hoping to finish with a win a t Carrollton. They started out with a touchdown on each of their first two possessions and had a 12-8 lead, but it was the last time they would scoe until the 8:37 mark of the 4th quarter and they lost 50-18. They will graduate 10 seniors and strap them up for next year with a lot of experienced players on the roster. Tonight, very unofficial: Burns had 19 carries for 118 yards, Lawson 11 for 97 with 2 touchdowns, Thompson 13 for 44 with a 24 yard touchdown pass to Duesterhaus and 1 reception for 9 yards. Werries 1 carry for minus 2 yards, Rouland 4 carries for 9 yards, Gains 2 carries for 1 yard as the Trojans amassed 267 yards and 1 penalty for 5 yards. They missed all of their conversions in the loss. The Hawks: Smith rushed for 70 yards on 11 carries with 2 touchdowns running and a 40 yard TD pass to Prough. Holmes 4 carries for 20 yards and an 8 yard TD pass, for a score from Prough. Proough 7 carries for 38 yards and TD passes to Holmes, Watson and a second one to Watson as the Hawks had 278 in the air and 129 on the ground. Watson caught 3 for 38, Smith 4 for 61, Settles 2 for 13, Holmes 1 for 6 plus the TD, Bowker 4 for 120 and Prough 1 for 40. They had 5 penalties for 40 yards and will enter the play offs with a record of 6 and 3. I hope the Hawks get new uniforms for next year as dark green numerals on dark grey jerseys with black trim are nearly impossible to read from the stands or press box. The crow wasn't happy and the opposing teams didn't care for it either, but all schools have limited budgets so I will have to be content just sharing my opinion.
|It was a combination of aggressive volleyball from Routt Catholic and an off night of hitting for the Auburn Trojans that resulted in a Rocket win 25-16, 25-20. It was the second time this year, that Routt beat Auburn and the Trojans fell to 11-16. For the Trojans: Domescik-Rink 4 points 1 ace 2 kills, Pieper 1 ace, Eaker 4 kills, Dambacher 2 points 1 kill 1 block, Eicken 3 points 1 ace 1 kill, Ackerson 4 kills, Brauer 1 kill, Martin 2 points 10 assists, Audi 1 point, Rachel VanBebber 4 assists and Rebekah VanBebber 2 kills. The Trojans had 4 service errors. Routt: Fellhauer 1 block, Huffman 1 point, Schulte 2 kills, Peters 7 points 1 ace 3 assists 3 kills, Black 4 kills, Worrell 6 points 1 ace 17 assists, Powell 7 points 1 ace 4 kills 1 assisted block, Abbott 4 illls, Huey 4 kills 1 block 1 assisted block and Martin 4 ponts with 1 ace and several back row digs. The Rockets improved to 18-14-1 in spite of 9 service errors in the match. They will play Bunker Hill on the 25th at the Mt. Olive regional. Auburn will play in the Macon Meridian regional. Auburn won the JV match 25-15, 25-22.
|Routt Catholic volleyball had a golden chance to knock off a quality program tonight, in Hartsburg, but the Stags slipped away and won 14-25, 25-21, 27-25. It was a fun match to watch and the only down side was 4 calls that were questionable at best and indecisive by the officials which made it worse. The teams played hard and it could have gone either way in the end and I feel it will benefit both programs as they head into regionals next week. It is the first time I got a chance to see Anna Hayes, from Hart-Em, play and she is very good and only a sophomore. She had 2 points and 23 kills tonight as Routt had their hands full with her. The Rockets made several nice digs on her but she was relentless. Eskew had 6 points and 18 assists plus 1 kill, Zinser 14 points 2 assists 7 kills, Conrady 4 ponts 5 assists 3 kills 4 blocks, Barry 4 points 1 ace 8 assists 2 kills, oerschall 2 kills, Shawgo 4 points 1 ace 1 assist and Barry 4 points 1 ace 8 assists and 2 kills. The Stags only had 1 service error on the night and improved to 14-12-1. Routt fell to 17-14-1 and had 7 service errors in the loss. Their numbers: Fellhauer 2 points 8 kills, Schwiderski 5 points, Peters 9 points 8 assists 2 kills, Worrell 5 points 21 assists 4 kills, Powell 11 kills 3 blocks, Abbott 6 kills, Parlier 2 assists, Huey 6 kills 4 blocks and Martin 20 points with a ton of digs throughout the match. She has become an excellent libero and has always been a solid server. Routt will take on a tough Auburn Trojan team on Thursday night.
|If you are a fan of Routt Catholic volleyball, you saw what you wanted to today. This is a young team with only 3 seniors and one of those was on vacation. They were coming off of a poor showing at the Beardstown tournament where they went 1 and 3 and off of a loss to Calhoun 25-20, 25-12. They have two tough games next week as they take on Hartsburg-Emden and Auburn and regional play the following week at Mt. Olive where they will face a good Bunker Hill team. The Rockets have been up and down, but today they took 3rd place at Waverly in a strong 1A-2A tournament. They opened with a 25-14 win and a 14-25 loss to West Central. In game two, they split again with New Berlin 25-18, 20-25 (both 2A schools) Next they beat South County 26-24, 25-14 to earn the right to play in the championship bracket. They faced the #1 seed Calhoun Lady Warriors and lost 25-23, 25-19 in a very good showing. The loss put them in the 3rd place title game where they defeated Camp Point Central, another 2A school, 25-23, 25-14?. You couldn't have asked for more, if you were coach Gibson. Their 3rd senior will be back on Monday, and while she will be rusty, it will be good to have her leadership and aggressiveness back in uniform.
|Triopia was fighting for their play off life tonight against strong Tiger football team, from Greenfield/Northwestern and ended up getting shut out 14-0. They had only one solid scoring threat tonight and came up short on a 4th and 2. The Trojans will miss the play offs as they have a 3 and 5 record with just a game left at Carrollton. Triopia had 142 yards of offense with 97 on the ground and 45 through the air. Werries was 8 for 11 with 2 interceptions. He hit Lawson for 23, Thompson for 6 and Duesterhaus for 16. Lawson carried 14 times for 67 yards, Burns 12 for 34, Martin 4 for 8 and Thompason 2 for 5. The Trojans ahd 6 first downs and 4 penalties for 35 yards. The winning Tigers improved to 6 and 2 on the year,and had: 236 yards of offense with 239 rushing and minus 3 in passing. Arnett threw 1 for 6. Foiles led the rushing with 151 yards on 26 carries with 2 touchdowns and 1 conversion. Steckel had 13 carries for 59 yards and Roth 8 for 24. They had 12 first downs and 8 penalties for 63 yards. Foiles had TD runs of 50 yards and 7 yards. The Tigers will end their season next Friday at Mendon, who is 8-0 on the year.
|Beardstown volleyball played well tonight as they defeated Triopia 25-19, 25-9 to improve to 15-10 on the season. They are playing their best ball of the year, a week ahead of the regionals. Triopia fell to 8-17 with the loss. For the Trojans: Littleton 3 points 1 ace, Privia 5 points 1 ace 2 kills, McGinnis 2 points 5 assists, Reynolds 2 points 2 kills, Burrus 1 point 2 kills and 4 blocks. Triopia had 3 service errors in the loss. Beardstown: Lupita Garcia 6 points 1 assist 1 kill, McGill 4 points 1 ace 18 assists 1 kill 1 block, Olivia Dour 4 points 3 assists 13 kills 1 block, Elizabeth Garcia 5 points 1 kill, Rawlins 10 points 2 aces 1 assist 5 kills, Price 4 kills, Alyssa Dour 5 kills and Paige Sommers 3 points and several good digs as the libero. The Tiogers only had 1 service error tonight. They will finish their regular season next week, at West Central, at Rushville and at Brown County before playing in the Rushville-Industry regional on the 25th.
|White Hall North Greene went 0-4 in the Beardstown Tiger Tournament on Saturday and the Tigers went 2-2 and finished 4th. The Spartans got off to a fast start tonight and had a 20-14 lead in game one before Olivia Dour served 11 straight points and Beardstown came back to win 25-20. The Tigers then dominated game two with a 25-12 win. For WHNG: Randall 1 point 7 assists 3 kills, Tupper 2 points 1 ace 1 assist, Hackethal 1 point, Madi Evans 2 points 1 kill, Barnard 1 kill, Rhoades 4 points 1 ace 3 kills, Wells 1 assist, Nichols 1 assist, Gutherie 2 points 1 kill and MCClenning 5 points 2 aces 4 kills and 1 block. WHNG had 3 service errors and Beardstown just 1.
|Pittsfield defeated the Lady Trojans of Triopia in volleyball, 25-14, 21-25, 25-18. For the Trojans: Littleton 5 points 1 ace 2 assists, McGinnis 2 points 1 ace 9 assists, Reynolds 6 points 1 ace 1 assist 3 kills, Privia 5 points 1 ace, Job 1 assist, Glick 1 assist 3 kills, Evans 4 points 1 ace 2 kills, Burrus 2 points 12 kills 4 blocks and Harris 5 points 1 assist 1 kill. Triopia had 9 service errors in the loss. The Saukees: Merryman 4 pooints 1 ace 1 kill, James 8 points 1 ace 19 assists, Gwartney 8 points 2 aces 6 kills, Ward 5 ponts 2 aces 3 kill, Bland 4 kills 2 blocks, Marable 12 points 4 aces 8 kills 1 block and Hobbs 5 points 2 assists 4 kills 1 blcok. Pittsfield had 6 services errors in their win.
|There were a solid group of 1A and 2A volleyball teams tht gathered at the Tiger Den in Beardstown for a Saturday Tournament. The games were very competitive, especially in the high school gym and it was a fun place to be. The All-Tournament team vote was close and the following players made the final cut: Allison Klaas of Brussels, Maggie Merwin of Porta, Caitlyn Specketer of Havana, Leah Oswald from Tremont, Olivia Dour of Beardstown and Athen's Micah Tapscott. While there were numerous other excellent players who did not make the team, they helped make this one of the closest tournaments that was played this season. Tournament wise, Waverly will be a good place to be on the 15th. Calhoun, Greenfield-Northwestern, Pittsfield, Camp Point Central, West Central, Routt Catholic, South County and New Berlin will all be there.
|Triopia came into tonight's football game, with a 3-3 record and high hopes of upsetting the undefeated Mendon Unity Mustangs who were 6-0. The Mustangs proved to be too strong offensively as they knocked off the Trojans 48-20. The Mustangs had 578 yards of total offense with 171 on the ground and 407 through the air. They had big play scores for most of the evening with scoring plays of 64, 32, 28, 13, 11, 40, 70 and 41 yards and converted all of the extra points. Dunker was 16-25 in passing with 2 interceptions and also rushed for 61 yards on 9 carries with a touchdown. He threw for 6 scores as he hit Miller, Logsdon and Brinkman for 2 each. Logsdon led the ground game with 110 yards on 17 carries. Mendon ammassed 18 first downs and had 90 yards of penalties with 3 unsportsman calls. Triopia had a pretty good night normally, but it was overshadowed. They had 359 yards of offense with 327 on the ground and 32 in passing. Werries was 5 for 9 with 1 interception and Lawson was 1for 1 with a TD toss to Milby. Burns rushed for 226 yards on 25 carries and 2 TD's. Lawson carried 11 times for 83 yards, Martin 4 rushes for 12 yards and Werries had 2 carries for 6 yards. Triopia only had 1 penalty for 5 yards and compiled 15 first downs. They have Greenfield and Carrollton left on their schedule and willl need to win both games to make the play offs. The Mustangs will play West Central and home and Greenfield on the road to complete their regular season. They are play off bound and the winner of the WIVC north.
|It was all Greenfield/Northwestern tonight as they defeated the Lady Trojans of Triopia 25-12, 25-13 to improve to 14-7 on the year. Triopia fell to 8 and 15. They will host a 1A regional this season. For Triopia: Richardson 1 kill, Littleton 2 points 1 ace 1 kill, McGinnis 4 assists, Reynolds 1 point 2 kills, Privia 1 assist, Job 2 points, Glick 2 kills, Evans 1 kill 2 blocks, Burrus 3 points 3 kills and Harris 4 assists. Triopia had 6 service errors in the loss. For Greenfield: Graham 1 point 1 assist, Hailey Driscoll 1 ace 1 assist 2 kills, Allie Driscoll 12 points 11 assists 4 kills, Bishop 3 kills, Davis 3 points 1 ace 1 assist 3 kills, Walters 7 points 2 aces 1 assist 3 kills and Vetter 7 points 1 ace 1 assist and 4 kills. The Tigers had 4 service errors and will be the #4 seed in regional play in post season.
|It was a tough night for Routt Catholic to pick up their 13th win of the season, with the hard win over Jacksonville on Monday and the senior night activities tonight. They did win 25-14, 20-25, 25-17 and improved to 13-8 in front of the pairings for the aA regionals. WHNG fell to 7-11 with the loss: Randall 10 points 2 aces 9 assists 2 kills, Tupper 10 points 2 aces 1 assist 4 kills, Hackthal 5 points 1 ace, Maddie Evans 1 ace 1 assis 9 kills 4 blocks, Barnard 4 kills, Rhoades 2 points 1 ace 4 kills 2 blocks, McClenning 2 assists 1 block. The Spartans had 5 service errors on the night. Routt: Fellhauer 6 points 2 aces 1 assist 4 kills, Schwiderski 4 points 1 ace 3 assists, Schulte 1 assist 1 kill, Black 2 kills 1 block, Worrell 12 points 1 ace 10 assists 2 kills, Powell 4 points 2 aces 4 kills 2 blocks, Abbott 2 kills, Huey 6 kills 1 block, Martin 14 points 5 aces, Abell 1 kill. The Rockeis had 9 service errors and some difficulty returning serves for the second match in a row. They will play in the Beardstown tournament on Saturday and are in the same pool with Beardstown, Athens and Brussels. They will be in the High School gym if you are planning on attending.
|Routt Catholic volleyball was not happy with the way they played Jacksonville and lost at the Crimsons tournament. They had a second chance tonight as they played each other at the Bowl for "Volley for the Cure". The Rockets got a measure of revenge with a 21-25, 25, 23-25-21 win in a very exciting and hard fought match. Routt improved to 12-8 on the year and will play at the Routt Dome in senior night vs WHNG on Tuesday night. For the Crimsons: Crews 9 points 2 aces, Johnson 5 points 1 ace 3 assists 1 kill, Flagler 4 points 1 ace 7 assists 3 kills 1 block, Zoe Wood 2 kills 1 block, Brunstein 3 points 1 assist 7 kills 1 block, Schildman 11 points 1 ace, Upton 3 points 1 ace 13 kills 7 blocks, Hughes 1 assist 2 kills 4 blocks. Jacksonville had 11 service errors in the loss. Routt Catholic: Fellhauer 2 points 8 kills 2 blocks, Huffman 2 points 1 ace, Schwidersky 4 points 1 assist, Schulte 1 block, Peters 3 points 3 kills, Worrell 11 points 1 ace 20 assists 1 kill, Abbott 7 kills, Huey 1 assist 5 kills 1 block, Martin 3 points 1 ace and Powell 8 points 2 aces and 2 kills. Routt missed a lot of servide returns tonight, but they only had 4 service errors which offset the latter.
|For those of us who are used to seeing defensive battles between Brown County and Triopia, we got a surprise tonight at the Hornets defeated the Trojans 36-30. It was a game of big plays after the first quarter in which the Trojans kept the ball for 11 minutes and 10 seconds and scored 8 points. They recovered the following kick off, so Brown County's offense never ran a play until the second quarter. Then it was back and forth for the next 3 quarters. The Trojans led 8-0 after one, 22-6 at half time, 30-22 after three and the Hornets got their only lead with 2:34 left in the game. Brown County had touchdown runs of 30 yards (Tynan), 50 yards (Drake), 50 yards (Drake), 39 yards (Tynan) and 70 yards (Tynan). They finished with 365 yards of offinse with 14 first downs and 2 penalties for 15 yards. Tynan had 167 yards, Drake 121 yards, Lewis 52 yards and Bowen 26 yards as BC improved to 4 and 1 on the year. Triopia got 1 yard TD (Lawson), 40 yard TD run for Martin, 31 yard pass from Werries to Milby, 10 yard pass from Werries to Milby. Werries finished with 4 completions in 7 attemptsand 1 interception and 111 yards through the air. Triopia rushed for 245 yards and had 356 yards of offense in the loss. They had 18 first downs and 6 penalties for 40 yards. Martin rushed for 85 yards and caught a pass for 64 yards. Burns rushed 24 times for 104 yards and caught a 6 yard pass. Lawson carried the ball 19 times for 56 yards and 1 TD. Lawson also had his 13th and 14th extra point conversions. With the 36-30 win for Brown County, Coach Tom Little recorded the 100th win of his career.
|Payson was very strong in volleyball tonight as they defeated Routt Catholic 25-10, 25-18 and improved to 13-3 on the year. They have only lost to Augusta (twice) and to Metamora in 3 games. They are tall, athletic and hard hitting with a relentless attack. Stanford, Mellon and Epperson are as good as you are going to get on one team. Tedrow is also a solid libero and they will tough in post season. Routt was out gunned tonight but Worrel had a good match and Powell continues to improve as she is becoming a force. With Fellhauer, Peters, Black, Huey and Abbott all in attack mode, this is a pretty good team in their own right. They have a couple of tough matches ahead as they face West Central on Monday and Carrollton on Tuesday.
|WIVC volleyball continues to be very competitive as tonight it took 3 games for Routt Catholic to defeat Triopia 23-25, 25-14, 25-23 as the Trojans put up a tough fight. For Triopia: Richardson 5 pts, Littleton 5 points 1 ace 8 assists 2 kills, McGinnis 10 points 2 aces 5 assist 5 kills, Reynolds 8 points 4 kills 2 blocks, Privia 5 assists and several digs as libero, Job 1 assist 2 kills, Evans 2 kills 1 block and Burns 1 point 5 kills and 3 blocks. The Trojans had 5 service errors as they fell to 6 and 10 on the year. Routt: Fellhauer 10 points 2 aces 5 kills, Schwiderski 7 points 2 aces 2 assists, Schulte 1 kill, Peters 8 points 1 ace, 1 assist 1 kill, Black 2 kills 1 block, Worrell 14 points 4 aces 22 assists 3 kills, Abbott 4 kills, Huey 7 kills 2 blocks, Martin 3 points 2 assists, Powell 2 points 1 ace and 10 kills. The Rockets had 8 services errors and improved to 10-6 on the season. The JV match went to Routt 25-12, 25-18 as they improved to 10-4 overall and 6-0 in conference play. Next up for Routt Catholic will be Payson on Wednesday night.
|In a dominating football game tonight, the Triopia Trojans rolled up 454 yards of offense, all on the ground, as they knocked off Routt Catholic 54-12. The Trojans scored on everyone of their posessions except the last one late in the game and also played solid defense as they held the Rockets to 182 yards. For Routt, they had 73 yards on the ground and 109 yards in passing. They got a 4 yard touchdown from Beckman and a 1 yard rushing touchdown from Chumley. Chumley was 9 for 19 with 1 interception and Plunk had a 3 for 11 night with 2 interceptions. The Rockets had 10 first downs and 6 penalties for 57 yards as they fell to 0-4 on the year. Triopia had 17 first downs and 2 penalties for 57 yards. Burns had good night with 212 yards on 12 carries with 3 touchdowns. Lawson totaled 178 yards on 10 carries with 2 scores with 3 (2 point) conversions. Martin carried 6 times for 15 yards and a TD, Thompson 2 carries for 38 yards and a 30 yard TD run and Stanberry had 2 rushes for 12 yards. The Trojans are 2 and 2 and will be home to take on Brown County next Friday night. Triopia wanted to work on their pass defense tonight also, as they have Mendon Unity later in the season, who will be looking to rack up passing yardage.
|Routt Catholic volleyball got back to winning tonight, as they defeated Griggsville-Perry 25-23, 25-13 to improve to 9 and 6 on the year. The Tornadoes: Scott 5 points 1 ace 4 kills, Ring 5 points 12 assists, Richards 4 kills, Stain 3 points 2 aces 1 assist 4 kills 1 block, Brite 2 kills, Goewey 4 points 1 ace 1 kill. They also had 7 servide errors in the loss. For the Rockets: Fellhauer 1 point 3 kills, Huffman 1 pooint, Schwiderski 5 points 1 assist 1 kill, Peters 3 points 1 ace 4 kills, Black 1 assist 1 kill, Worrell 1 poiont 7 assists 4 kills, Wooldridge 1 point, Abbott 1 kill, Huey 3 kills, Martin 14 points 3 aces, Powell 7 kills 1 block and Parlier 1 point 1 assist. Routt finished with 4 service errors.
|WIVC volleyball is heating up and there are a lot of question marks as to how it is all going to turn out. Last night we saw a strong effort by WHNG and tonight Greenfield/Northwestern beat Routt Catholic 25-17, 21-25, 25-23 in an exciting match. The Tigers had played a close match with Hardin-Calhoun earlier so it is going to be hard to lay claim to the WIVC title. West Central is tough and while we haven't seen them play yet, there are good reports in regard to Carrollton. In tonight's match, Routt: Fellhauer 3 points 1 ace 14 kills, Schwiderski 1 assist, Schulte 2 kills, Peters 6 points 1 ace 1 assist 1 kill, Black 1 assist 2 kills 1 block, Worrell 5 points 1 ace 25 assist 2 kills, Wooldridge 1 point, Abbott 1 assist 6 kills, Huey 3 points 5 kills 1 block, Powell 1 assist 3 kill 2 block, Parlier 4 points and Martin 6 points and several digs. Routt had 4 service errors and fell to 8 and 6 with the loss. G/NW: Graham 5 points, H. Driscoll 3 points 1 assist 8 kills 1 block, A. Driscoll 6 points 24 assists 2 kills, Bishop 2 points 4 kills 1 block, Schaaf 1 block, Davis 1 assist 10 kills 1 block, Walters 9 points 5 aces 6 kills 2 blocks and Vetter 7 points 2 aces 1 assist 1 kill. The Tigers had 7 services errors and improved to 2 and 3 on the year with the win. Their losses came to Raymond Lincolnwood, Calhoun and Bunker Hill. They and Routt may meet again in the Waverly Tournament a little later in the season.
|It was hard to tell tonight if White Hall North Greene volleyball was playing extremely well or if Triopia was off their game, but the end result was a convincing 25-12, 25-22 win for the Spartans over the Trojans. WHNG: Randall 6 points 1 ace 12 assists 2 kills, Tupper 7 points 1 kill, Briana Evans 1 assist numerous digs, Hackethal 8 points, Madison Evans 9 points 4 aces 2 assists 9 kills, Barnard 2 kills 1 block, Rhoades 3 kills, Murray 2 points 1 ace and McClenning 1 assist 5 kills. The Spartans had 6 service errors in the win. Triopia: Littleton 1 ace 5 assists 1 kill, McGinnis 3 points 3 assists, Reynolds 4 points 1 ace 1 kill, Privia 2 points 1 assist, Job 2 points 1 ace 1 assist, Glick 2 points 3 kills, Evans 1 point 3 kills and Burrus 3 kills 2 blocks. The Trojans had 4 service errors.
|The first half of tonight's football game between Triopia and CPC belonged to the Panthers and the second half to the Trojans. The final score was 28-20 and exciting as the Triopia come back fell a little short. They are 1-2 and the Panthers are 3-0. CPC had 383 yards of offense with 354 on the ground and 29 through the air. Rankin threw 2 passes to Dearwester. The Panthers had 16 first downs and 5 penalties for 46 yards. Jebben led the way with 147 yards, 3 touchdowns (65,66,5 yards) and a pass catch for 2 extra points. Buss finished with 84 yards on 16 carries, Strohkerch 47 on 10 carries, Williams 75 on 7 and Rankin 1 on 4 carries. The Trojans had 243 yards of offense with 126 in passing and 117 in rushing. Werries was 6 for 18 with 2 touchdowns. Milby had 63 yards in recptions with a 43 yard TD and Lawson 2 catches for 54 yards and 1 TD. Thompson also had 9 yards as a receiver. Burns had 56 yards on 15 carries, Lawson 36 on 12, Martin 17 on 6 and Werries 8 on 2. The Trojans had 14 first downs and 4 penalties for 35 yards. Next up for Triopia will Routt, at IC, on Thursday. The Rockets are 0-3.
|We got our first look at the 2016 version of the Lady Tigers volleyball team from Beardstown as they faced the Porta Lady Bluejays. Beardstown won 25-16, 25-15 as they had a steady night of aggressive volleyball. The Bluejays fell to 1 and 3 on the year with the loss. Team numbers show: Mahoney 2 points 4 kills, Butler 1 kill, Koch 2 points 11 assists, Danner 1 assist, Ryan 1 point 1 kill, Cowman 1 point, Lincoln 1 kill 1 block, Carlock 6 points 2 aces 5 kills and Rash 1 kill. They only had 1 service error on the night. The Tigers came into the match with 4 wins and 3 losses: Lupita Garcia 5 points, Price 2 kills 1 block, Alyssa Dour 4 kills, McGill 7 points 1 ace 19 assists 1 kill, Elizabeth Garcia 4 points 2 aces, Rawlins 2 points 1 assist 5 kills, Olivia Dour 6 points 2 aces 3 assists 12 kills 6 blocks and Sommers 4 points and several digs. Beardstown had 7 service errors in the win and will take on Havana on Thursday night. It should be a good year for the Tigers and they only have 1 senior on the team, so they may have a nice team for next year as well.
|Triopia's defense looked good last week in spite of losing an 8 to 6 game to Hardin-Calhoun. Tonight their defense played well again as they held WHNG to just 8 points and the TD came by way of a returned kick off. The difference is the performance of their offense. They compiled 377 yards with 299 on the ground and 78 through the air. Werries was 4 for 6 as he hit Martin twice for 62 yards, Thompson 1 for 4 and Milby 1 for 12. Burns had a solid night as he rushed for 123 yards on 11 carries and had TD runs of 18, 50 and 56 yards. Lawson added 136 yards on 12 carries with 2 touchdowns also, of 2 and 72 yards. the 6th TD was a 53 yard completion from Werries to Martin to open the scoring. Martin rushed for 14, Werries 4, Thompson 4 and Stanberry 18. Triopia had 13 first downs and 4 penalties for 25 yards. The Spartans got their first score of the year with a 72 yard kick off return from McDonald who also had 37 regular yards. WHNG had 120 yards of offense with 76 passing and 44 running. Hopper was 4 for 11 and minus 34 on 7 carries. Harbaugh had 20 yards, Whicker 10 rushing and 7 receiving, and Heberling 10 to round out the scoring. WHNG is 0 and 2 and the Trojans are 1-1 with a date next Friday with CPC at the home of the Panthers. The Spartans had 6 first downs and 3 penalties for 35 yards in tonight's loss. Triopia got good play on both sides of the ball tonight and it helped fire up the Trojan base.
|Routt Catholic came into tonight's VB game with Triopia with a 6 and 2 record and feeling pretty good about themselves. Auburn beat them soundly in the opener and it was time for a gut-check for the Lady Rockets. They settled down and won the final two games 25-21, 25-19 and picked up a very good win over a quality team. Auburn: Domescik-Rink 4 points 6 kills, Pieper 6 points 1 kill, Dambacher 2 points 1 kill, Ackerson 6 points 1 ace 8 kills, Martin 6 points 25 assists 1 block, Audi 3 points, Rachel VanBebber 6 kills 3 blocks and Rebekah VanBebber 6 kils 1 block. The Trojans had 11 service errors and fell to 0-2 with the loss. Routt Catholic: Burke 2 points, Fellhauer 8 points 2 aces 1 asist 2 kills 3 blocks, Schwiderski 3 points 1 ace, Peters 3 points 2 assists 2 kills, Black 1 block 1 assisted block, Worrell 3 points 16 assists, Abbott 7 kills, Huey 7 kills 2 blocks 1 assisted block, Martin 3 points numerous digs, Parlier 1 point 2 kills and Powell 1 kill. Routt had 11 service errors also but this was a very good win for their program. They will play Metamore and Danville Schlarman in their first 2 games in the Jacksonville tournament on Saturday, September 10th at IC.
|West Central VB moved to 2-0 on the young season with a 25-8, 25-19 win over Triopia, who fell to 3-1. The Cougars were dominant in game 1 and withstood a strong run by the Trojans in game 2 to post the win. Triopia was a little lean on numbers as they couldn't get on any extended run in the loss. Reymolds had 7 points with 1 ace, Littleton 1 block, McGinnis 1 assist, Privia 1 assist, Job 1 assist, Glick 2 points 1 kill and Burrus 3 kills. Triopia had 5 service errors. West Central recorded: Hoover 6 points 1 ace 8 assists, Little 8 points 3 aces, Pontnack 1 assist, Piechowski 2 points, 9 assists 5 kills, Sellars 1 kill, Cox 3 kills, Schafer 6 points 1 ace5 kills 1 block, Moore 3 points a ace 1 block, Altman 7 points 2 aces 5 kills. The Couogars had 9 service errors. The West Central JV also won 25-18, 25-19.
|Triopia showed heart and stamina tonight as they won game one relatively easily, then had the lead and lost game two before coming back from a 12-7 deficit to take the tie-breaker from Griggsville-Perry @ Meredosia. They are 2-0 in the tournament and will face the ever tough Cougars of West Central on Wednesday at 6 pm. Griggsville-Perry played well enough to win tonight but came up a little short and are now 0-4 on the early season. For the Tornadoes: Scott 1 point 1 assist 1 kill, Ring 9 points 1 ace 12 assists, Richards 2 points 1 assist 5 kills 1 block, Stain 7 points 5 aces 6 kills 3 blocks, Brite 4 points 1 ace 3 kills and Goewey 4 points 2 aces. They had 9 service errors in the loss. The Lady Trojans: Richardson 11 points 1 ace 1 kill, Littleton 7 points 10 assists 2 kills 1 block, McGinnis 5 points 1 assist 2 kills, Reynolds 1 assist 7 kills, Job 3 points 2 aces 1 assist, Glick 5 points 1 ace 1 assis 2 kills, Evans 3 points 3 kills 2 blocks and Burrus 5 kills. Triopia had 9 service for the 2nd night in a row and will need to fix that problem as the season rolls on as that will hurt them against strong teams in the WIVC. If Evans and Burrus (freshman) continue to get stronger and stronger at the net, this is going to be a very tough Trojan team as we get deeper into the regular season.
|At the Meredosia Invitational Volleyball tournament, it was the Lady Trojans of Triopia defeating Meredosia 25-15, 25-21 to improve to 2-0 on the year. The Indians fell to 0-3 with earlier losses to Liberty and Beardstown. For Meredosia Brooke Walker had 3 points 2 assists 1 kill, Welch 2 kills 1 block, Moudy 6 points 3 aces 1 assist, Deusterhaus 4 points 2 aces 4 assists 2 kills, Schmitz 2 points 2 assists 1 kill 1 block and Marsik 1 kill. The Indians had 5 service errors. Triopia: Richardson 3 points, Littleton 1 point 7 assists, MCGinnis 7 points 1 ace 4 assists 2 kills, Reymolds 1 assist 5 kills, Privia 7 points 2 assists, Job 4 points 1 ace 4 assists, Glick 4 points 2 aces 4 kills 1 block, Evans 3 points 6 kills 1 block and Burrus 1 kill and 1 block. The Trojans had 9 service errors which they need to clean up a little. They will play Griggsville-Perry on Tuesday and West Central on Wednesday.
|For those of us to like defense, tonight's football game between Triopia and Hardin-Calhoun was exciting to watch. The Warrriors scored with 4:36 to play in the first quarter on a 74 yard run by Wes Klocke and a 2-point conversion by Ralston and made it stand up until the 4th quarter. Werries scored on a 1 yard plunge with 24.3 seconds left in the game and the Trojans could not convert the 2 point play- resulting in the final score 8-6 and a hard fought win for Calhoun. Calhoun will host Beardstown next Friday. The Tigers were a 24-0 winner over WHNG, who will take on Triopia next Friday in White Hall. For the Warriors, they had 218 yards of offense with 197 on the ground and 212 through the air. Clark, prior to being injured, was 2 for 4 in passing with a 4 yard pass to Ralston and a 17 yard connection with Klucke. Klucke had 115 yards rushing on 10 carries, Watter 49 on 8 caries, Bick 24 on 5 rushes and Webster 3 on 6 carries. Calhoun had 9 first downs, 6 penalties and 7 fumbles. For the Trojans: 256 yards of offense with 171 on the ground and 85 passing. Werries was 5 for 12 as Lawson caught 1 and Martin 4. Lawson rushed for 66 yards on 8 tries, Burns 51 on 13, Werries 35 on 5 and Martin 19 on 5. They had 14 first downs as they consistently moved the ball. They also had 5 penalties and 3 fumbles. It was a very good high school game.
|In their home opener, in volleyball, the Lady Rockets of Routt Catholic improved to 2 and 0 on the season. They knocked off Pleasant Hill 25-22,25-14 and will play in the Lutheran invite in Springfield on Friday and Saturday. That will be a real test for this young team. For the Lady Wolves, Moore had 1 point 1 ace 1 assist and 6 kills, Collard 1 point 4 kills, Allen 5 points 1 ace 7 assists, Giles 4 points 1 ace 2 assist 1 kill, Cos 3 points 2 aces and Batchelor 2 points and 1 kill. They also had 3 service errors as they fall to 0-3 on the year. They will play in the Meredosia invite next week. For the Lady Rockets, Worrell had 6 points 4 aces, 10 assists 4 kills, Huey 4 points 6 kills, Fellhauer 4 points 3 kills 1 block, Peters 9 points 1 ace 1 assist 3 kills, Rusotto 1 assist, Schwiderski 1 point 1 assist, Abbott 2 kills, Martin 1 point 1 assist and Clay 2 points and 1 kill. Routt had 5 service errors in the win. Routt's JV is also 2-0 on the year with their 25-16, 25-10 win tonight.
|Routt Catholic volleyball opened their season with a hard fought win over the Lady Hornets of Brown County 24-26, 25-12, 25-17. There are only 3 seniors on the Routt Roster but a large number of the juniors and sophomores played a lot last season and are experienced players. They have 31 players on the combined JV and varsity squad and will play with depth. Worrell had a solid night with 7 service points and 26 assists. Fellhauer 8 points, 5 kills, Schwiderski 9 points with 3 aces, Peters 9 points, 2 assists and 7 kills, Black 5 kills, Wooldridge 5 points, Abbott 4 kills, Huey 1 point 5 kills and 2 blocks, Martin 8 points and Abell 3 kills, 1 block. The Hornets fell to 0-2 on the year as they faced a couple of pretty good opponents in the CPC Panthers and the Routt Catholic Rockets. Markert 5 points 5 kills and 2 blocks, Alsup 2 points 2 kills, Doyle 2 kills, Hohenberry 2 points 3 assists 8 kills, Winner 1 kill, Maas 5 points 14 assists3 kills, Gooding 5 points and Dormire 6 points with 1 kill. The Hornets had 4 service errors and the Rockets had 6. Routt will be at the Dome on Thursday verses the Pleasant Hill Wolves.
|Our 2016 coverage of volleyball began this evening in Mt. Sterling when Camp Point Central came to town to take on the Hornets. The Panthers won 25-14, 25-21 and played consistent volleyball for both games. A. Genenbacher had 4 assists and 3 kills, Hildebrand 16 points, and 5 kills, Fuhrman 2 points, 1 kill, 1 block, Gille 5 kills, Williams 2 points, 9 assists, 1 kill and B. Genenbacher 5 points, 1 assist and 8 kills. For Brown County, Markert 3 points, 7 kills and 4 blocks, Alsup 1 point, 2 kills, Doyle 7 points 1 kill, Hohenberry 1 points, 5 assists and 1 kill, Maas 2 points, 6 assists and Gooding 2 points and a nice game of digs as the Lebaro. Brown County will host the Routt Catholic Rockets on Tuesday in what should be a close match. We will carry it live on 101.3 WVIL.
|Today was a hot day with temperatures in the low to mid 90's but the championship game of the 11-12 year old Little League Sectional play at Beardstown was played in front of an enthusiastic crown from Bradley Bourbonnais National and Champaign East. They had played earlier with Bourbonnais winning 7-5 and that win forced Champaign to take on Beardstown on Saturday. Champaign East won a hard fought 11-6 game but had to dig into their pitching staff again. Doubet went for Champaign today and did a nice job as he pitched 6 innings, facing 26 batters with 6 hits and 4 earned runs. He walked one, struck out 4 and gave up a home run to Nolan Czako in the 6th. Champaign had 6 hits, 2 runs, 1 error and they left 8 runners on base, so they had their chances but, just couldn't et the runners home. They got them on, got them over and just didn't get them in. Bourbonnais had 6 hits, 4 runs, 3 erros and only left 3 on base in their win. Pettigrew and Hall had 2 hits each for Champaign and Longtin had 2 hits for BBN. Sykes was the winning pitcher with 72 pitches as he went 4 innings, facing 18 batters with 4 hits and 2 runs (1 earned) with 4 walks and 7 strikeouts. He tired a little in the 4th and walked 3 batters but escaped with no damage being done. Blake Long came in for the 3rd time in relief in the tournament and did a good job for the 3rd time. He faced 8 batter, walked 1 and struck out 4 to help secure the game and recorded the save. It was a great tournament from the beginning to the end with just the one game that got out of hand. There was some very talented players on the field all of the time and an all-star team from this group of 4 teams would be very good and hard to beat. Bourbonnais will move on to River Forest for the state games and we want to wish them the best of luck. They earned the right with some solid baseball at Beardstown.
|It was another fun game today at the 11-12 year old baseball sectional, for Little League, at Beardstown. Champaign East took the early 1-0, 4-0 and 5-0 lead as they scored in first three innings. Beardstown came alive with 4 runs in the 4th with a 3 run home run by Micah Wink to close the gap 5-4. East added another run in the 5th to make it 6-4, however, Jacob Pate hit his 3rd home run in three days to tie the game at 6-6. Champaing got 5 runs in the top of the 6th and closed out the win 11-6. They will play Bradley Bourbonnais at 2 pm on Sunday for the title. If Champaign can find a way to win, we will be back on Monday at 6 pm for the "if necessary" game for the championship. The winner will play in the state tournament in River Forest in the next round. Pate and Wink had home runs for Beardstown and Jake Munore had a 3 run home run for Champaign in the win. It was a very good semi-final game and promises to be a good title game Sunday. Bourbonnais beat Champaign 7-5 on Friday night and we expect more of the same kind of action Sunday. It will be live on 101.3 WVIL and on WVILFM.com.
|Salem was eliminated from the 11-12 year old baseball section tonight by Beardstown 12-0. In game two, it was a battle of the unbeaten as Bradley Bourbonnais out hit and defeated the all stars from Champaign East 7-5. Beardstown and Champaign will play the last semi-final game at 2 pm on Saturday and the winner will face Bourbonnais at 2 pm on Sunday. Whoever it is, will have to beat Bourbonnais Sunday and again on Monday evening to take the title from them. Champaign East and Beardstown played the first game of the sectional and the Tigers lost a 6-2 decision, so it will be fun to see if Beardstown can get a measure of revenge or if we will see a re-match of Champaign and Bradley Bourbonnais for all of the marbles. All of the game will be carried on 101.3 WVIL and on WVILFM.com.
the 11-12 year old Little League baseball sectional opened tonight at Schmolt Park in Beardstown and it was a solid night of youth baseball. Game 1 was a 6 to 2 win for Champaign over the host Beardstown Tigers. Leo Severen threw 6 inning for the winners with 2 hits, 2 runs, 1 walk and 5 strike outs. He gave up a 2 run home to Jacob Pate as his team finished with 9 hits, 6 runs, 0 errors and they left 5 on base. Stumph and Serveren had 2 hits each in the game. Beardstown ended up with 4 hits, 2 runs, 3 errors and 3 left on. Beardstown still has their #1 and #2 pitchers available as they head into round two, but they have one loss in the double elimination tournament.
in game two, it was a barn burner as Sykes for Bourbonnais and Purcell for Salem had a great night from the mound. Sykes was the winning pitcher their numbers were pretty similar. Sykes went 4 innings with 0 runs, 0 walks and 8 strike outs. Purcell went 4 2/3 with 1 run, 1 walk and 8 strike outs. Sykes also drove in the winning run with a ground out with a runner at third. It was as good of a youth baseball game that I have seen in the years we have had Little League on the radioi. In round two, it will be Beardstown and Salme in an elimination game at 6, while Bourbonnais and Champaign will play in the winners bracket at 8. Both games will be broadcast on 101.3 wvil and WVILFM.com.
|Beardstown forced the 2nd championship game in the 11-12 year old Little League baseball tournament with a 10-4 win over Brown County. The Tigers had 3 home runs in the win and Brown County had 1 in the loss. Beardstown had 12 hits, 10 runs, 1 error and 6 runner left on base. McWilliams was the winner with Krumboltz in relief. Brown County had 6 hits with 4 runs, 1 error and 5 runners left on base. Haynes took the loss with Henry in relief. Pate had 2 home runs for Bearstown and McWillams had 1. Worth had a 2 run shot for the Hornets. Sunday night the title will be decided and one of these two good teams will represent District 17 in the sectionals at Beardstown, starting on Thursday.
|Beardstown scored 10 runs in the top of the first tonight and held on for the 11-5 win over Tri-County in the 11-12 year old baseball semi-final game. The loss eliminated Tri-County and qualified Beardstown to play Brown County on Saturday night at 7 pm in the championship game. The two teams played on Thursday night in an exciting 4-2 win for Brown County and the rematch should be just as exciting. These are two similar teams and will likely come down to an error or a mistake that is costly. If Beardstown wins, the same teams will play on Sunday in the "if necessary" title game. It will be broadcast live on 101.3 WVIL and on WVILFM.com.
|Game 1 tonight was an exciting game between Brown County and Rushville as the lead changed hands several times. Brown County won the game 10-7 and will move on to play Beardstown on Thursday night at 8 pm. With the loss, Rushville will play GNW on Wednesday night at 8. In game 2, the Beardstown pitching was a little too strong for Tri-County and the Tigers won the game 11-2. Tri-County will play Jerseyville in an elimination game on Tuesday at 6. By 10:30 on Thursday night, we will have lost 3 of our 6 teams as the tournament will begin to show us who will be in the title game.
|The Litle League 11-12 year old district tournament started tonight with a 15-2 game in which Rushville knocked off Jerseyville. It was a 1-1 game in the bottom of the 3rd and just fell apart for Jerseyville. Rushville will play Brown County on Tuesday at 6 pm. In the second game, Mason Fricke had a great night on the mound as he went 4 1/3 innings and struck out 11 while allowing 1 base on balls and no runs. Tri-County won 9-0 and will play Beardstown at 8 pm on Tuesday.
|On Saturday, Beardstown defeated Adams County 6-5 to earn the right to play the "necessary" championship game on Sunday, where they won it 9-8 in 7 innings. This was a good 2 game set between these very similar teams and an exciting end to both of the contests. Beardstown will move on to play in the sectionals next and the Adams County All-stars are eliminated after putting up a good showing in the District.
|It was a long game but Beardstown had a big 5th inning and defeated Rushville 20-10 and will get the chance to play Adams County National for the 9-10 year old baseball championship. Adams County beat Beardstown 21-10 early in the tournament, so this is a re-match the Tigers think they can win. Adams County is a strong team and it should be a good title game. It will be played at 6 pm on Saturday and can be heard live on 101.3 WVIL.
|It wasn't a pretty game today, but Beardstown hung on to beat a stubborn Macomb 11-12 year old team 10-9. Macomb is eliminated and Beardstown will play Rushville in the semi-final round on Friday. The winner will play Adams County National on Saturday. There were a lot of early mistakes by Macomb but Beardstown did not put them away and Macomb came back to tie the game 9-9 in the top of the 5th and lost in the bottom of the 6th.
|With only two hits tonight, the Beardstown 9-10 baseball team shut out Brown County 10-0 behind Brockschmidt and Quigley. They will place Macomb on Thursday at 6 pm. The winner of that game will face Rushville on Friday night at 7 pm. Rushville came up a little short in their 7-6 loss to Adams County National. Brady Lowe had a solid night with 4 hits, 4 RBI's and at least 3 outstanding plays at shortstop. They only had 6 hits overall in the hard fought win. Rushville had 7 hits and 6 runs in the loss and will try to fight their way back into the title game on Saturday where they would get a second and maybe third chance to win it all. This will be a real dog fight between Macomb, Beardstown Rushville and Adams County over the next 3, maybe 4 days.
|Calhoun and Beardstown played a very exciting and close first championship game at Beardstown in the 11-12 year old softball battle. Calhoun won 3-2 behind Pohlman. Calhoun had 4 hits, 3 runs, 3 errors and left 8 on base. Beardstown had 5 hits, 2 runs, with 1 error and left 4 on base. Game two was a lot different as Calhoun ran out of pitching and lost 15-7. Green went the distance for Beardstown in the win. Calhoun finished with 4 hits, 7 runs and they made 2 errors. Bearstown had 7 hits, 15 runs and 5 errors in the win. Beardstown won the title and will play in the Peru Sectional next week.
Four games were played at the District 17 finals for the 9 and 10 year old boys tonight, as two teams were eliminated. Macomb beat Carrollton 17-177 to open the day, in a drizzling rain and ended the Hawks try for the title. In the second game, it was Brown County getting past Pike County National 11-6 to push Pike County out of the tournament. In the 3rd game, two of the teams with the best offense so far squared off and Adams County National got the best of Beardstown 21-10. In the final game of the evening Rushville got some solid pitching from Kessler and Ham and shut out Tri-County on a 1 hitter 11-0. The two unbeaten team, Adams County National and Rushville will play each other on Wednesday night at 8 pm. The two games on Tuesday will be elimination games and the first game on Wednesday will be an elimination game as the field narrows.
The scheduled 11-12 year old softball championship was not able to play due to the field not drying out in time. It has been moved to Rice Field in Beardstown, which can take a lot of water and still be playable. It will be a nice home field advantage for the Lady Tigers who remain the only unbeaten team in the play off. Calhoun will have to beat them at 6 pm and again at 8 pm on Tueaday if they want to win the District. That is a tall order but Calhoun will give it their best shot.
|In the best game of the 11-12 year old softball District finals, Beardstown shut out Brown County 1-0. Beardstown scored an unearned run in the top of the first and made it stand up. Snyder led off with a single (the only hit for the Tigers) and went to second of a wild pitch. Rosas hit a ground ball to the pitcher, who threw late and wild to first base and Snyder scored. Markert did not give up another hit or run in the game. Brown County had 2 hits in the game and 3 golden opportunities to score but just couldn't get it done as Hager and co. kept denying them. They had runners at 2nd and 3rd in the 3rd with no out. They had the bases loaded with no outs in the 4th and had runners at 2nd and 3rd with 1 out in the 5th and came up empty. Markert and Hager came up big each time they were in trouble and it was a very exciting game to watch. It was a semi-final matchup and if Brown County can get past Calhoun on Saturday night, we are going to see a re-match on Sunday in the title game. Everything depends on the weather though as rain is in the forecast for the week end.
|While it wasn't a well played softball game, it was very exciting as Calhoun and Pike County were tied 3-3 in the top of the 6th inning. Calhoun scored 5 big runs and held on to win the elimination game 8-3. They earned the right to play either Beardstown or Brown County on Saturday night in the semi-final round. Tonight's second game was postponed due to lightning and eventually rain. It is re-secheduled for 6 pm on Friday night. Pohlman came in for the last 5 innings of the game and did a great job holding the Pike County All-stars in check. She only gave up 1 hit in the win. Jaelyn Hill, Ellas Sievers and Jaelyn Schulte each had 2 hits in the win.
|In one of the longest and highest scoring softball games that I have ever called, Pike County defeated Jerseyville 31-15 and will move on to face Calhoun who was a 6-3 winner over Rushville in game two. Pke Co. only had 8 hits in their win and took advantage of the 19 walks and 1 hit batsman plus the 8 errors. Reagan Smithers had 3 hits and Dolbeare had 2 hits to lead the way offensively. Jerseyville had 13 hits and 15 runs in the loss. Kendall Davis had a good game with 3 hits, while Malley, Magherio, White and Weishaupt each had 2 hits. The final game was a lot closer and exciting has Rushville led for 4 1/2 innings before giving up the lead in the bottom of the 5th and then lost the game 6-3. Calhoun had 9 hits as Alyssa Kress led the way with 3 hits and LexiSchulte had 2. Pholman came in in relieft to post the win. Aubrie Jones pitched well enough to win the game but the Rushville offense couldn't get on track after scoring 2 in the first and 1 in the second. They could only muster 5 hits as Phillips led the way with 2 hits and Quinn hit a triple to drive in two runs. Rushville is eliminated but played pretty well over all in the tournament. Brown County, Beardstown, Calhoun and Pike County are the final four teams standing and one more of them will be eliminated on Thursday night.
|Brown County defeated Rushville 11-6 tonight at Mt. Sterling as The Rockets made it interesting. Their pool play game ended with Brown County winning 14-0, so this was a much better game for the Rockets in spite of losing. The Hornets had 8 hits, 11 runs, 1 error and left 5 on base. Markert was the winning pitcher. Rushville had no hits in the game, but manufactured 6 runs, with 4 errors and Jones was the losing pitcher, but not before giving it a great effort. In the second game, Beardstown had 12 hits, 11 runs, 1 error and left 5 on. Pike County had 0 hits, with 1 uneared run, 5 errors and they left 2 on base. It was a nice no hit effort for Rachel Hager for Beardstown as she walked 4 and struck out 4 as her defense played well behind her. Beardstown and Brown County are the two remaining teams with no losses and will play each other on Thursday night at 8 pm.
|It was opening night at the District 17 State Finals and both games were won by the 10 run rule. In game one, Rushville had 8 hits and 16 runs as they beat Jerseyville 16-6 in 5 innings. Madison Quinn had 3 hits to lead the way for Rushville. Aubrie Jones was the winning pitcher and Ashley Smith took the loss. With the win, Rushville earned the right to play the #1 seed, Brown County team Tuesday at 6 pm. Brown County shut out Rushville 14-0 in pool play. In game two, Beardstown played a pretty good game as they beat Calhoun 14-4 in 4 innings. Beardstown had 11 hits, 14 runs while Calhoun had 2 hits and 4 runs in the loss. Beardstown will take on Pittsfield at 8 pm on Tueaday. Rachel Hager was the winning pitcher and Elly Pohlman recorded the loss. Logsdon, Barker and Hobrock each had 2 hits in the win.