THURSDAY RESULTS (5/7/26)

(NEWTON) in High School Baseball yesterday –

Newton beat South Central, 4-2

although the Eagles were outhit by the visiting Cougars, 8 to 6

Drake Wolf was the winning pitcher, striking out 7 in his six innings of work

Carson Barthelme pitched the final scoreless inning to pick up a save in relief

Drake Wolf led Newton at the plate with a double, 2 singles, and 1 RBI

Carson Barthelme had an RBI double and a run scored

Maddox Horner also had an RBI hit and a run scored

Gavin Meinhart singled and scored once

the Eagles are scheduled to play St. Anthony at Effingham tomorrow

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(OLNEY) in High School Baseball yesterday –

Olney beat Marshall, 14-4

Jack Thomann was the winning pitcher

Keagan Puckett had 2 hits and 2 RBI – Owen Cycholl had a hit and 3 RBI

the Tigers are scheduled for LIC action Monday at Paris

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(NEWTON) in High School Baseball yesterday –

there was one other rescheduled LIC Conference matchup

Casey-Westfield beat Lawrenceville, 13-3

here’s some other downstate area varsity scores

Dieterich beat St. Elmo/Brownstown, 6-2

Effingham beat Mattoon, 3-0

St. Anthony beat Father McGivney Catholic, 11-10

Cumberland beat Cerro Gordo/Bement, 10-0

Fairfield beat Eldorado, 8-0

Altamont beat Greenville, 12-11

Carmi beat Hamilton County, 9-7

Harrisburg beat Trico, 10-0

Waltonville/Sesser-Valier beat Woodlawn, 16-1

Mahomet-Seymour beat Charleston, 5-3

Mt. Zion beat Metamora, 9-6

Shelbyville beat Meridian, 13-12

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City beat Ramsey, 8-1