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Kaidyn Miller 1-4 2 RBIs, Schultz 1-2 1 RBI, Robbins 1-4 1 RBI, Milleville 2-2 1 RBI. Winning Pitcher Elam 7.0 innings 7 hits 4 runs 1 earned 2 bb 5 ks. Losing Pitcher C. Smith 4.0 innings 4 runs 3 earned 3 bb 3 ks. Sidwell 2.0 innings 2...

A trip to the Class 1A Baseball State Tournament is on the line this morning as the Altamont Indians will take on the Hardin County Cougars this morning. Altamont comes into the game at 29-9 on the season and coming off their 5 to 4 win over South Central in the Sectional Championship on Saturday. Hardin County from far southeastern Illinois comes into the game at 22-3 and having won 20 in a row. They got a come-from-behind win over Waltonville-Sesser-Valier on Saturday in the Sectional Championship.

Altamont junior Ben Roedl brought home three pieces of hardware on Saturday while BSE junior Trenten Monnet earned a medal in his first trip to the IHSA Boys State Track Finals. Roedl finished in the top 5 of all three of his jumping events as he would take third place in the High Jump with a height of 6’ 5.5”, take fourth place in the Long Jump with a best jump of 21’ 8” and would take fifth place in the Triple Jump with a best jump of 43’ 8.75”. Brownstown-St. Elmo junior thrower also got on the medal stand on Saturday as his personal best throw of 156’ 8” in the Prelims would carry over to Saturday and give him 6th place in the Discus.

Altamont, Ill. (WAND) -- A big congrats to Altamont's Claire Boehm who put pen to paper. The Lady Indian will continue playing basketball at Lincoln Trail college in Robinson. Boehm took 19 charges in her senior year and helped lead her team to the state tournament.

For the third time in seven years, Altamont baseball is the Sectional Champion as the Indians just got by South Central, 5-4, in the South Central 1A Sectional on Saturday. The Cougars got the first base runner of the game aboard in the top of the first, but an inning ending double play had the game scoreless through a half inning. The Indians were able to get their first two hitters aboard but South Central got out of the jam as the game would remain scoreless after the first inning. Maddox Robb led off the top of the second inning with a single and Coen West followed up with a single of his own to put runners at first and second and they were moved over on a groundout by Brody Markley to put both runners in scoring position. Zane Montes then ripped a line drive to right field to score one run as South Central got themselves on the scoreboard first for a 1-0 lead. The lead would only hold until the bottom of the inning though as Altamont was able to get two runners aboard after a hit by pitch and a walk before Kade Milleville stroked a line drive to right field to score Clayton Arnold as the Indians tied the game up at 1-1. Altamont would take their first lead of the game an inning later in the bottom of the third as Keegan Schultz drew a one out walk and with two outs, Schultz advanced to second on a passed ball before Kaidyn Miller would single to left field and Schultz would score from second to give the Indians the 2-1 lead. Again, the lead didn’t hold long as South Central answered back in the top of the fourth. Markley reached base on an error and went to second on the same error before Montes again came through with a RBI single to bring Markley in and tie the game up at 2-2. The tie held until the bottom of the fifth inning as the Indians got their offense moving again with a leadoff single from Dillan Elam and a walk from Nate Stuemke had runners at first and second. A line drive to centerfield by Schultz would allow the courtesy runner Aden McManaway to score for a 3-2 Altamont lead and after a flyout for the first out of the inning, K. Miller grounded into a fielder’s choice that brought in courtesy runner Justin Magelitz to push the Indians lead to 4-2. In the top of the sixth, South Central took advantage of a rough start to the inning and three consecutive Altamont errors that saw Markley and Montes reach base before Evan Hoover became the third Cougar in a row to reach on error as both Markley and Montes came around to score as South Central tied the game up at 4-4. Altamont again threatened in the bottom of the sixth putting runners on at first and second before a fly out and a strikeout looked to cut the threat down. But, a walk from Schultz loaded the bases before Ethan Robbins got his first hit of the day with a single to right field to score Milleville for a 5-4 Altamont lead before a fielder’s choice groundout ended the inning. Down to three outs left in the game in the top of the seventh, South Central got a one out single from Markley but a line out and a ground out would close out the 5-4 win for Altamont to give them their third Sectional Championship in program history and bringing the South Central season to a close. Altamont senior Dillan Elam got the win on the mound, tossing 112 pitches across seven inning work, allowing just 4 runs on 7 hits, tallying 2 walks and 5 strikeouts in the game. Altamont moves to 29-9 on the season and advances on to the Super-Sectionals on Monday at Southern Illinois University Carbondale where they will meet up with Hardin County who was a winner of Waltonville/Sesser-Valier on Saturday. South Central will end their season with a record of 18-14-1.

One thing is for sure, the NTC will again be represented in the Super-Sectional. Lion’s Field in Kinmundy is one of the crown jewels of high school baseball in the entire region and the great ball diamond will host a truly great game today as the host South Central Cougars will take on the Altamont Indians.

CHARLESTON -- Altamont High School's Ben Roedl led the area state qualifiers Thursday at the Class 1A State Track Meet at Eastern Illinois University's O'Brien Stadium. Roedl advanced to the finals in all three events he qualified in. He finished second in the long jump with a leap of 6.60 meters, was fourth in the triple jump at 13.33 meters and seventh in the high jump at 1.85 meters. He will be competing Saturday.

The South Central Cougars will take on NTC rival Altamont today at Lions Field in Kinmundy in the Sectional championship. Game time scheduled for 11 a.m. SC knocked off Windsor/Stew-Stras in the semifinal while Altamont eliminated Okaw Valley. The winner advances to Monday’s Super Sectional against the winner from Goreville featuring Hardin County and Waltonville. Father McGivney will host Greenfield.

Three I70Sports.com area athletes have advanced to the Finals of the IHSA 1A Boys State Track Meet after Prelims competition on Thursday at Eastern Illinois University. Altamont junior jumper Ben Roedl has advanced in all three of his jumps events. Roedl sits in 2nd place heading into Long Jump Finals, going a personal best 21’ 7.25” on Thursday to sit 7.75” behind the current leader. In the Triple Jump, Roedl had a best jump of 43- 9” as he currently sits in fourth place after Prelims and in the high jump, Roedl reached the Finals qualifying mark of 6’ 0.75” to advance to Saturday in it as well. Also from Altamont, sophomore Jacob Veteto is into the Pole Vault Finals. While the top two Finals qualifiers went 12’ 11.5” on the day, Veteto joins 15 other vaulters who reached 12’ 5.5” to qualify for Finals on Saturday. In the throws events, Brownstown-St. Elmo junior Trenten Monnet earned a place in Saturday’s Discus Finals with a personal best throw of 156’ 8” that currently has him sitting in third place, just 6 inches behind second place and a foot and two inches behind the current first place thrower.

Hannah Brown of Vandalia Community High School returned home from the IHSA State Track Meet with a ninth-place medal around her neck. The VCHS sophomore placed ninth in the shot put at the state meet with her best toss of 36 feet, 9 ¾ inches, which was a personal record for her. She also broke the school record in the shot put, which she had set at the IHSA Sectional Track meet the week prior.

In 1a sectional semifinals yesterday, South Central’s season came to an end falling to Windsor/Stew-Stras 10-0. The Lady Hatchets advances to take on Casey Westfield in the finals after their 13-0 win over Edwards County with both those games taking place in Altamont. In 2a yesterday, at Carterville it...

St. Anthony athletes heading to State are, left to right, Elliott Frisbie, Noah Flaig, Julius Ramos, Calvin Sudkamp and Isaac Fallert. Altamont, Brownstown/St. Elmo, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, Cumberland, Dieterich, Effingham St. Anthony, Newton and Teutopolis will be sending athletes to the Class 1A Boys State Track Meet while Effingham will send five boys to the Class 2A State Track Meet.

The Altamont Indians used the power of the long ball, blasting four home runs in a 11-2 win over Okaw Valley in the second semifinal game of the South Central 1A Sectional on Wednesday in Kinmundy. The first long ball would come in the top of the first inning. Before that, a one out double from Dillan Elam and an advancement on a passed ball put Elam 90 feet from home. Nate Stuemke would hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score Elam for a 1-0 Indians lead before a solo home run from Keegan Schultz would put Altamont up 2-0. Okaw Valley was able to match the Indians with a pair of runs to tie the game up at 2-2 to end the first inning. That would be all the scoring the Timberwolves would do in the game. The Indians themselves would be held scoreless across the second, third and fourth innings, but started moving things again late in the game. Kade Milleville reached base on an error to lead off the top of the fifth and Kaden Davis laid down a bunt and also reached base on an error to put runners at first and second. Elam would then send a line drive over the left field fence for a 3-run home run that would break the tie and put the Indians up 5-2 with no outs in the inning. After a walk from Stuemke, two strikeouts and a groundout ended the inning. The Indians picked things back up in the top of the sixth inning with Eli Miller drawing a one out walk and Milleville hitting a double to center to put two runners in scoring position. Davis would then clear the bases, with a home run to left field to tack on three more runs and put Altamont up 8-2. After Okaw Valley went three up, three down in the bottom of the sixth inning, Altamont immediately scored to start the top of the seventh with a leadoff solo home run from Schultz, his second homer of the game, to edge the Indian lead to 9-2. Ethan Robbins singled to reach base before being caught out at second on a fielder’s choice that allowed Clayton Arnold to reach base. With two outs in the inning, E. Miller drew a walk before Milleville singled to centerfield to score Arnold and put Altamont up 10-2. E. Miller would then score on a passed ball as the Altamont lead grew to 11-2. That run would wrap up the Altamont scoring as a pop out ended the inning. After Okaw Valley singled to lead off the inning, the Indians would catch the runner stealing and then get a groundout and strikeout to close out the 11-2 win and earn their spot in the South Central 1A Sectional Championship game. Altamont is 28-9 on the season and will take on NTC rival South Central in the title game at 11:00am on Saturday morning at Lions Field in Kinmundy.

After a 2-2 tie stood for four and a half innings, a seventh inning run by South Central gave the Cougars a 3-2 win over Windsor/Stew-Stras in the first semifinal of the South Central 1A Sectional on Wednesday. The Hatchets were able to get out to an early lead with two runs in the bottom of the first inning but the Cougars matched that in the top of the second inning. A one out single by Coen West followed by two more singles from Brody Markley and Zane Montes loaded the bases up and Evan Hoover came through with a fourth consecutive single to drive in a run and cut the WSS lead to 2-1. With the bases still loaded, Max Magnus kept the single train going with a hit to right field to bring another run in and tie the game up at 2-2. The run would come to an end though on a fielder’s choice out and a fly out to end the South Central scoring threat. Pitching would take center stage over the next several innings as hits would be held to a minimum with a majority of the baserunners over that time coming on walks or hit by pitches. After a pitching change by the Hatchets in the top of the seventh inning, South Central drew a leadoff walk as Trevan Sidwell reached base and Colton Smith was hit by a pitch to put runners at first and second. A bunt single from Maddox Robb would move Sidwell to third and Smith to second and load the bases up with no outs. After a strikeout put one out on the board, Markley would hit a ground ball to third and reach base on an error and courtesy runner Luke Shumate would score on the play as the Cougars took the lead, 3-2. With bases still loaded, South Central was again threatening, but a strikeout and a fly out would end the threat and the half inning. Working in his seventh inning on the mound West was able to strike out the first two batters of the inning and induce a ground out for the final out as South Central closed out the 3-2 win and earned themselves a spot in their own South Central 1A Sectional Championship game. The Cougars, now 18-13-1 on the season, will face a familiar NTC rival in the Altamont Indians as they beat Okaw Valley to advance as well. South Central and Altamont will square off in the title game on Saturday morning at 11:00am at Lions Field in Kinmundy.

Vandalia High School Grad, Golfing Standout and soon to be NIU Golfer Conner McCall will play in the 104th CDGA Amateur Championship next month. On Tuesday at The Den at Fox Creek in Bloomington, Conner won the qualifying tournament. Conner shot a -2 (70) on a day with 20 to 30 mile per hour winds and against many other Division 1 and former college golfers in the field.

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 10-Daryn Klein[4]; 2. 33-Devin McLean[7]; 3. 11-Shannon Kuhn[5]; 4. 10A-Aaron Draege[12]; 5. 17X-Matt Santel[8]; 6. 32M-Cody Maguire[9]; 7. 3-Scott Henseler[13]; 8. 6K-Michael Kloos[6]; 9. T4-Adam Tischauser[2]; 10. 16-Rusty Griffaw[11]; 11. 10J-Jordan Bauer[3]; 12. 35-Claude Walker[1]; 13. 0 -Cliff Tooley[14]; 14. 76-Butch Kruckeberg[10]; 15. 18-Jimmy Miller[15]; 16. (DNS) 15T-Adam Tooley.

The SC Lady Cougars will open up Sectional play at Altamont tonight after their game was moved from Wednesday due to poor forecasted weather. They will take on Windsor/Stew-Stras at 6pm following the first game of the day between Edwards County and Casey Westfield. At Carrollton, the hosts take on...

Vandalia High School’s Tanner Robbins walked across the graduation stage on Saturday marking the end of his time at Vandalia High School, and just a day earlier on Friday, Robbins solidified his future plans, signing his letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic career at William Penn University in Iowa. And Robbins says making everything official felt amazing.

Vandalia High School girls track sophomore thrower Hannah Brown tossed a personal best and for the second time in ten days broke the school record in the Shot Put on the way to a 9th place finish at the IHSA Girls 1A State Track Finals on Saturday at Eastern Illinois University. Sitting in 10th place after Thursday’s Preliminary Round with a best throw of 36’ 1.25”, Brown would have a throw of 36’ 9.75” with her second throw of Saturday’s Finals and fifth throw at State overall to reach a new personal best, to break her own school record by 6.25” that she had just set ten days ago at the 1A Altamont Sectional Meet and to move herself up a spot into 9th place into medal contention. That throw and placing would hold through the sixth and Final round of throws to solidify Brown as a state medalist. Brown becomes the first girls state medalist since 2016, is just the fourth individual event medalist in Vandalia girls track and field history and is the first ever medalist in the throws events for Vandalia girls track and field.