ATTICA —
Riverton Parke clinched the Wabash River Conference championship in high school softball outright Saturday by sweeping a doubleheader from Attica by scores of 16-0 and 9-2.
Starting pitcher Sarah Burnham homered and knocked in six runs for the Panthers in the first game, while Kelly Combs went 6 for 9 in the doubleheader and pitched a five-hitter in Game 2.
Riverton Parke 551 41 — 16 13 1
Attica 000 00 — 0 2 1
Burnham, Combs (3) and Combs, Bohannon (3); Kirkpatrick (L) and Harmeson. HR — RP: Burnham (7).
Highlights — For Riverton Parke, Sarah Burnham and Kelly Combs combined to pitch a 2-hit shutout; Burnham went 3 for 5 with a home run, double and 6 RBIs; Combs went 3 for 5 with a double; Paige Yando also went 3 for 5; and Miranda Dressler, Michaela McGlynn and Shelby Edington each knocked in 2 runs.
Attica 001 010 0 — 2 5 0
Riverton Parke 090 000 x — 9 13 3
Ward (L) and Harmeson; Combs (W) and Bohannon.
Highlights — For Riverton Parke, Combs pitched a 5-hitter and went 3 for 4 with a double, Yando went 2 for 2, Dressler went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs, Edington added a triple and Burnham had a double and 2 RBIs.
Next — Riverton Parke (17-5 overall, 12-2 WRC) will be at home Tuesday to battle North Putnam.
• Illinois tourney play begins — Regional softball tournaments begin today in Illinois, with Casey hosting Paris in Class 2A play, Hutsonville-Palestine hosting Cisne in Class 1A play and Martinsville traveling to Neoga and Shiloh to Villa Grave, also in Class 1A action.
Baseball
Saturday
At Marshall, Ill.
Neoga 010 404 4 — 13 10 0
Marshall 000 004 1 — 5 4 5
Romack, Sheehan (7) and J.Baker; Kendall, Davidson (5) and Sisson. W — Romack, 7-2. L — Kendall, 2-3. HR — M: Rogers, Sisson.
Highlights —For Marshall, K.J. Rogers was 1 for 2 with a three run homer, Thomas Sisson had a solo homer and Dalton McNeely was 1 for 3 with a double and an RBI.
Neoga 000 00 — 0 2 3
Marshall 534 0x — 12 10 0
M.Baker, Atwell (3) and J.Baker; Osborn (W, 4-3) and Morris L — M.Baker. HR — M: Rogers.
Highlights — For Marshall, Rogers was 2 for 2 with a 3-run homer and 4 RBIs; Jared Boyll was 2 for 3 with a 2-run homer and 3 RBIs; Baylor Myers was 2 for 2 with 2 RBIs; and Austin Osborn pitched a 2-hit shutout.
Next — Marshall (20-10) will host Paris today in the Class 2A Teutopolis Regional.
At Sullivan
Brown County 000 001 0 — 1 5 0
Sullivan 100 100 x — 2 1 1
WP — Lisman. LP — Patrick. S — Bement.
Highlights — For Sullivan, James Lisman and Bryce Bement combined for a five-hitter. Tucker Smith had a double for the Arrows’ only hit, while Noble Harrison and Luke McPhail had RBIs and Smith and Cameron McNeely scored runs.
Brown County 023 101 0 — 7 8 1
Sullivan 210 201 0 — 6 7 3
WP — Percifield. LP — Kuppler.
Highlights — For Sullivan, Kevin Wilson was 1 for 2 with 2 RBIs and Luke McPhail was 1 for 3 with 2 runs.
Next — Sullivan (13-10) plays Thursday at White River Valley. Brown County hosts Martinsville on Tuesday.
• Illinois tourneys begin — Class 1A and Class 2A regionals begin today in Illinois, with Casey, Marshall, Oblong and Robinson hosting first-round games at 4:30 p.m. CDT.
Golf
• Patriots prevail — At Crawfordsville, Terre Haute North won the Crawfordsvillle Invitational for the second straight year on Saturday.
The Patriots shot 313 and McCutcheon was second with 336. Rockville placed sixth.
North players Sam Pollock and Adam LaGrange were co-medalists, each shooting 76.
Crawfordsville Invitational
At Crawfordsville Municipal Golf Course
Team scores — Terre Haute North 313, McCutcheon 336, Southport 358, Crawfordsville 364, Attica 366, Rockville 367, Western Boone 372, Danville 375, Seeger 378, Frankfort 386, North Montgomery 389, Covington 427.
Co-medalists — Sam Pollock (THN) and Adam LaGrange (THN) 76.
Other North — Lewellyn 79, Baker 82, Behnke 89.
• Miners win again — At Phil Harris Course, Linton won its 14th straight SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference championship on Saturday.
The Miners shot a 6-under-par 278 score that is believed to be a school record, as is a 133 score on the back nine.
Luke Jerrells shot 67 to lead the winners and take medalist honors. Other Linton scores were Ben Boyd 68, Clayton French 71, Cole Bradbury 72 and Koye Kaiser 76.
SWIAC championship
Team scores — Linton 278, North Central 350, Clay City 355, Bloomfield 363, White River Valley 408, Eastern Greene 423, Union 430.




