During the Boys Class 1A State Track & Field Championships at EIU in Charleston, three area athletes made the podium to place in the Top-8. Trent Bliss of Fairfield finished 8th in the High Jump by clearing the bar at 6’ 2”. Mitchel Edwards of Carmi won the 1A State High Jump event with a leap of 6’ 6.75” while Ben Roedl of Altamont placed third with a jump of 6’ 5.5”. Mitchel Edwards is just the 3rd Carmi Bulldog to ever win an individual State Championship in Track & Field.
The Mt Carmel Aces came from behind to edge Nashville 3-2 to win the Championship of the Class 2A Boys High School Baseball Sectional. The winning run was scored in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a 2-2 tie. The Aces will now face Effingham St Anthony on Monday in the 2A Super-Sectional game, which will be played at SIU-Carbondale. That game will begin at 2:00pm.
SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES
Sat. May 25th:
CLASS 1A:
Altamont 5, South Central 4
Hardin County 8, Waltonville/Sesser-Valier 4
CLASS 2A:
St Anthony 2, Teutopolis 1
CLASS 3A (Regionals):
Marion 5, Centralia 2
Mascoutah 9, Triad 0
Salem 7, Effingham 2
CARTERVILLE WINS SECTIONAL:
The Carterville Lady Lions are now 35-1 after shutting out Johnston City 9-0 to win the Class 2A Girls High School Softball Sectional Championship. The Lions will now advance to play in the Super-Sectional against Newton on Monday.
SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES
Sat. May 25th:
CLASS 2A:
Newton 3, Gillespie 2
St Anthony 1, Normal U High 0
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL:
St. Louis 7
Chicago Cubs 6
Cardinals vs Cubs tonight at 6:10 pm in St. Louis
Detroit 2
Toronto 1
San Francisco 7
NY Mets 2 Final (10)
Minnesota 5
Texas 3
Baltimore 5
Chicago White Sox 3
Washington 3
Seattle 1
Pittsburgh 4
Atlanta 1
Oakland 3
Houston 1
Milwaukee 6
Boston 3
Kansas City 7
Tampa Bay 4 Final (11)
Cincinnati 3
LA Dodgers 1
Philadelphia 8
Colorado 4
Cleveland 4
LA Angels 3
NY Yankees 4
San Diego 1
Arizona 3
Miami 2
NHL PLAYOFFS:
Dallas 3
Edmonton 1
Series tied 1-1
NBA PLAYOFFS:
Boston 114
Indiana 111
Boston leads series 3-0
WNBA:
Las Vegas Aces 99
Indiana Fever 80
Caitlyn Clark (Indiana) 8 points; 2 of 5 from the 3-point line.