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HoCo keeps Effingham Co at bay with high-scoring victory
The Houston County Bears’ football team had their home opener earlier tonight against the Effingham Co Rebels and the result was a high-scoring 44-41 Bears’ victory. Both teams scored field goals to tie the game at 3 a piece and the Black, Silver, and White scored the next 13 pts to lead 16-3 and would later lead 23-10 at the end of the first half.
TUESDAY PREP ROUNDUP: Girls Golf Wins Teutopolis; Neoga Baseball Dominates
St. Anthony girls golf continued their winning streak by securing first place at the Teutopolis Invitational with a team score of 180. Addie Krouse led the team, shooting a remarkable 41. In baseball, Neoga achieved a commanding 12-2 victory over Patoka/Odin, with Cayden Hakman contributing significantly with three hits and five RBIs.
Altamont Boys Golf Kicks Off Season with Play in Two Tournaments
The Altamont boys golf team saw their season get underway over the weekend and beginning of this week competing in the St. Anthony Boys Invitational at Indian Springs Golf course on Saturday and following it up with play in the Robinson Boys Invite on Monday at Quail Creek Country Club.
CHBC Routs Odin to Win Season Opener
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City opened up their fall season with a big 11-1 win on the road at Odin on Thursday. The Bobcats offense kicked into gear early with a big first inning. With one out, AJ Radloff singled to be the first Bobcat baserunner before Wyatt Rueff doubled and Kyle Lamb singled to score Radloff for a 1-0 lead. Back to back to back walks from Blake Mueller, Kale Hardimon and Hunter Pope brought in two more runs to push the lead to 3-0. RBI singles from Kaidyn Calame and Clive Schlanser pushed the lead to 5-0 before steals of home by Pope and Calame edged the lead to 7-0 and Schlanser scored on an RBI groundout by Conner Nowitzke to make it 8-0 midway through the first inning. CHBC would hold the Eagles scoreless through the first four innings but they too were unable to score in the second, third and fourth to keep it an 8-0 ball game. CHBC got a two out rally going in the top of the fifth inning led off by Nowitzke getting a single to left field and followed by a walk by Radloff and Rueff getting hit by a pitch to load the bases. A single by Kyle Lamb brought in Nowitzke and a double by Mueller scored Radloff and the courtesy runner Isaac Wells to tack on three more runs for a 11-0 lead. Odin was able to get one run on the scoreboard in the inning, but the Bobcats were able to hold off Odin to close out the 11-1 five inning run rule win to kick off their season at 1-0. Lamb had a big day going 3 of 4 at the plate with a pair of RBI while also pitching two scoreless, hitless innings for the Bobcats. CHBC will have the weekend off before getting back into action on Tuesday when they host Windsor/Stew-Stras in their home opener.
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