On today’s Morning Show, we visited with Aces baseball coach Tyler Browning about Wednesday night’s big win over DuQuoin and a look ahead at Saturday’s Sectional championship game against Nashville.
Aces starter Dakota Mounts shut down DuQuoin for 6 2/3 innings Wednesday night.
Photo credit: Nichole Liddle Loudermilk
Levi Banks’ RBI single in the bottom of the 8th drove home Jaxon Browning from second base to give the Aces the championship at Dee White Field.
Mt. Carmel will play DuQuoin at 6:30pm Wednesday night in the Benton Sectional.
Click the link to listen to the 8th inning and the postgame interviews with Coach Tyler Browning, and Aces players Andrew Gillihan, Jaxon Browning, and Levi Banks.
Photo Credit: Nichole Liddle Loudermilk
Mt. Carmel to play for regional title Saturday morning at 11am at Dee White Field.
Lady Aces Softball Finishes Season 15-9
Mt. Carmel advances to semifinal Wednesday against Carmi in Fairfield.
Mt. Carmel Lady Ace, Sarah McCorkle, won the Charleston 2A Sectional high jump on Thursday with a jump of 1.54 meters (5’0.5”). McCorkle out jumped 22 other competitors to qualify for the 2A Illinois State Championship to be held at Eastern Illinois University starting May 16th.
Teammate, Leah Lewis, placed 3rd in the discus with a personal best throw of 32.88 meters (107’10”). Both Lady Aces earned sectional medals for their efforts leading the Lady Aces to an 11th place tie with Charleston in the team standings.
Lions jump out to 9-0 lead and hold on in the 7th for the win.
Mt. Carmel Finished 8th out of 17 teams.
Long Jump Blayne Sisson 1. 20-5
100 meters Blayne Sisson 2. 11.5
200 meters Blayne Sisson 3. 23.11
4x100 Relay 6. 48.05 (Militoni, T. Fullop, Andrews, Beesley)
Triple Jump Levi Beesley 6. 37-8.5
Mt. Carmel manages just two hits on the day.
Mt. Carmel - 1, Robinson - 2,
Singles:
No. 1 - Jacob Meese, Robinson def. Will Hudson, Mt. Carmel, 6-3 , 6-2 , -;
No. 1 - Tim Harness, Mt. Carmel def. Evan Herr, Robinson, 6-2 , 7-5 , -;
Doubles:
No. 1 - Ian Schmidt, Robinson - Hayden Bonnell, Robinson def. Will Hudson, Mt. Carmel - Tim Harness, Mt. Carmel, 6-0 , 6-1 , -;
Wolves score 13 in 3rd to overtake Aces.
The Lady Aces Track team, with a score of 100 points, placed 3rd in the Harrisburg Invitational on Monday. The Lady Aces were led by a one / two finish in high jump by Sarah McCorkle (5’1”) and Madi Stevens (4’10”), both personal bests. McCorkle (32’0) and Stevens (30’3) also combined for a 1st and 4th place finish in the triple jump.
Also medaling for the Lady Aces:
Linden Stevens - 5th 200 meters (31.78)
Tenley Davis - 5th 400 meters (1:10.05) pr
Madi Stevens - 3rd 100 meter hurdles (19.98)
Madeleine Mann - 2nd 300 meter hurdles (56.04)
Ashlin Trail - 3rd shot put (26’2”)
Katelyn Kline - 4th discus (78’1”)
Chandler Cusick -4th pole vault (6’0”)
Linden Stevens - 4th long jump (14’5.25”)
4x100 relay - 5th (55.77) Mariska Hopper, Tenley Davis, Madeleine Mann, Shelby Mayhue
4x200 relay - 6th (2:05.68) Mariska Hopper, Kate Andrews, Linden Stevens, Shelby Mayhue
4x400 relay - 4th (5:01.99) Tenley Davis, Madeleine Mann, Chandler Cusick, Shelby Mayhue.
The Lady Aces next meet is Wednesday at the Charleston Sectional.
From Coach Tyler Browning: Golden Aces (15-8 overall, 5-2 conference) win their final conference game against Marshall by a score of 10-1 on Senior Night. Thank you to everyone who came out to support these boys and our team on a special night.
Banks was good on the bump again tonight going a complete game, surrendering only 1 run. The Aces defense played an error-free ballgame. Browning, Will, Gillihan, Sloss, and Mounts all had multiple hits for the Aces.
Back in action tomorrow as the Aces travel to Flora, first pitch set for 4:30 p.m.
Lady Aces beat Marshall; Newton beats Casey to give Mt. Carmel a share of LIC title.
Mt. Carmel keeps LIC title hopes alive.
The Lady Aces Track team placed 5th in The Little Illini Conference meet at Newton on Wednesday.
The Lady Aces were led by Leah Lewis with a first place finish in the discus and Sarah McCorkle with two second place finishes in the 100 and 200 meter dashes.
Scoring for the Lady Aces:
Leah Lewis - 1st Discus (30.78m) pr
4th Shot Put (9.42m) pr
Sarah McCorkle - 2nd 100m (13.31)
2nd 200m (27.69)
4th Triple Jump (10.05m)
5th High Jump (1.42m)
4x200 Relay - 5th Mariska Hopper, Linden Stephens, Kate Andrews, Shelby Mayhue (2:04.12)
4x400 Relay - 6th Tenley Davis, Madeleine Mann, Chandler Cusick, Shelby Mayhue. (4:55.73)
From Coach Kyle Buss: Lady Aces Softball wins their 5th in a row. Setting up a huge game tomorrow against Newton who is undefeated in the conference. The Aces, with 1 loss, would need to beat Newton and then Marshall, and have Newton beat Casey Westfield next week to win a share of the conference title.
From Coach Tyler Browning: Golden Aces (14-7 overall, 4-2 conference) with another nice road conference W over Robinson 5-2 final score in extras. Mounts was good on the mound and Gillihan closed it out strong.
Gillihan hit a 2-run HR in the 1st to get the Aces on the board. Quiet bats finally came alive in extra innings, as Coston drove in the go-ahead run with a double, followed by a Sloss single, a Will single, and a Mounts sac-fly to give the Aces the lead for good.
From Coach Tyler Browning: Golden Aces (13-7 overall, 3-2 conference) get a nice road conference win tonight over Paris. Banksy was solid on the bump going a 7-inning CG. A couple defensive mistakes but overall solid defensive performance all around making several nice plays.
Meador, Browning, Gillihan, Banks, Hinderliter all with hits for the Aces.
Back in action tomorrow in another road conference matchup with the Robinson Maroons. First pitch at 4:30 p.m.
LIC Boys Track Meet
Olney 134
Newton 111
Robinson 111
Paris 58
Casey 56
Marshall 46
Mt. Carmel 30
Lawrenceville 5
200 Blayne Sisson 2nd. 23.54
100 Blayne Sisson 3rd 11.36
4x100 5th 47.91 (T. Fullop, Xander Bader, MJ Militoni, L. Beesley)
4x200 4th (T. Fullop, MJ Militoni, R. Andrews, L Beesley)
4x400 6th (T. Fullop, R. Andrews, T. Sisson, R. Berberich)
Long Jump Blayne Sisson 5th 19 feet 2
Triple Jump Levi Beesley 4th 39 feet 6
High Jump Rhett Andrews 5th 5 feet 9
Shot Put Sam Strockbine 38-6.5