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Annies 7th At Nashville Invitational….Olivia Johnson 5th Overall
Massac County won the Nashville Girls Invitational shooting 172 with Nashville 2nd at 175 and Breese Central 3rd with their 176. Centralia was 7th as a team. The Annies were led by Olivia Johnson’s 41, she finished 5th. Kaylee Bowdler shot 53 for 35th, Josie Venturini 53 for 35th, Sienna Fieg shot 51 for 28th place, Morgan Sligar shot 55 for a 42nd place finish. Laynee Garren shot 61 for 52nd.
Rochester Hosts Belleville West for Week Zero Scrimmage
The Rockets hosted Belleville West for a scrimmage on Friday Night. All three levels, Freshman, JV and Varsity got a chance to compete under the Rochester lights. Featured are the highlights and sights from around Rocket Booster Stadium.
Sefton Tosses 21 Strikeouts in Jr. Vandals 11-1 Win at Carlyle
Vandalia Junior High softball pitcher Briley Sefton had a game for the record books on Thursday, mowing down 21 batters via strikeout in an 11-1 win at Carlyle. The Vandals got on the scoreboard early with three runs in the top of the first inning as Brylee Walton singled home Caroline Rinehart, Walton scored on a fielder’s choice by Summer Carpenter and Milli Portz stole home for a 3-0 lead. The Vandals edged their lead out to 4-0 in the top of the third inning when Carpenter scored as Brylie Schmid reached base on an error. Carlyle got their only run of the game in the bottom of the fifth inning to cut it to 4-1, but the Vandals tacked on a run in the top of the sixth on and RBI single from Avalynn Schilling that scored Brooklyn Burnam to make it 5-1. Vandalia then took advantage of a pitching change and drew a bases loaded walk, had two batters hit by a pitch with the bases still loaded and drew another bases loaded walk for a 8-1 lead. Mackenzie Schaeffer and Sydnee Nestrick both scored on wild pitches during the same at bat to further push the lead out to 10-0 and another bases loaded walk brought in the final run to cap off the Vandalia scoring with an 11-1 lead. The final three strikeouts by Sefton on the day closed out the 11-1 win for the Lady Vandals as they move to 2-4 on the season. VJHS softball will be back in action on Monday at home when they host CHBC.
Liz Wszalek is today’s Team Rizz member of the day!
Congratulations Liz, Team Rizz member-of-the-day for Friday, August 23rd, 2024!. Every Team Rizz member-of-the-day receives a limited-edition TEAM RIZZ jersey, a FREE Hotshots Pizza & HS Koozie as a welcome to TEAM RIZZ, on-air mentions by The Rizzuto Show on the day you’re selected, an on-demand song request on that day’s show, a personal phone call from a member of The Rizzuto Show, and your own feature on the main page of 1057thepoint.com!
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