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Win on the mound - Junior Ava Meyer threw a complete game five-hitter with six strikeouts in the Carlyle softball team's 2-0 win over Wesclin. PHOTO BY MATT WILSON The Carlyle softball team moved to 8-7 overall and 4-3 in the Cahokia Conference Illinois Division with a 2-0 home win over Wesclin on Tuesday, May 6.
The Indians scored both of their runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Senior Sophia Hoffmann stole second base with two outs. Senior Faith Weaver singled to score Hoffmann. Junior Kyra Beckemeyer tripled to score Weaver to put Carlyle up 2-0.
Sophomore Ava Meyer retired three of the four batters she faced in the sixth inning and retired the side in the seventh inning to give Carlyle the victory.
Both teams had chances to score runs early.
A Weaver double put runners on second and third base with one out in the first inning for Carlyle. Wesclin pitcher Maria Kahrhoff struck out the next two batters.
Lexi Hooks singled and moved to second base on an error to start the second inning. With one out, Carlyle senior catcher Daisy Brammeier threw out Hooks trying to steal third base.
Carlyle loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth inning after Beckemeyer and Brammeier both singled and Eversgerd walked. 
Two hits - Junior Kyra Beckemeyer had two hits, including a double, with one RBI in the Carlyle softball team's 2-0 win over Wesclin. PHOTO BY MATT WILSON Hooks caught a fly ball in left field and then threw home to get out Beckemeyer for the double play. Kahrhoff got the next Carlyle batter to fly out to end the threat.
Meyer threw a complete game five-hitter with six strikeouts and one walk. Beckemeyer had two hits, including a triple, with one RBI. Weaver had two hits, including a double, with one RBI and one run scored. Brammeier had two hits. Meyer had a hit.
Arianna Middleton had two hits for Wesclin.
Red Bud won the conference with an 8-2 record. Carlyle and Chester are both 4-3 in the conference.
Carlyle and Wesclin played again on Tuesday at Wesclin. Carlyle hosted Du Quoin for senior day on Wednesday. Carlyle plays at Chester on Thursday. Carlyle hosts a tournament on Saturday.
Carlyle has the No. 6 seed for the postseason and will play its regional in Greenville. Carlyle plays No. 3 seed Robinson on Wednesday, May 21 at 4:30 p.m. The championship game is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 23.
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Using both hands — Central second baseman Conlan Haar looks the ball into the glove in the second inning of the Cougars’ 10-0 rout over visiting Metro-East Lutheran last Monday. Haar walked and scored. PHOTO BY JEREMY CHAWGO The Central Cougars baseball team won their seventh Cahokia Conference crown after sweeping Wood River last week.
The Cougars also took down Belleville East and fell to O’Fallon. The Cougars are now 17-10 on the season. They were 7-3 in Mississippi play.
The Cougars are playing at Red Bud on Wednesday and then at North Clay on Friday. Their senior day is on Saturday when Mater Dei comes to Allen Warnecke Field for a first pitch at 11 a.m.
Central 10, Wood River 0 (5 innings): The Cougars claimed the Cahokia Conference crown with their shutout on Saturday.
Benny Lehman and Dan Kohrmann each had two hits in the win. Miles Browne walked three times and Bryce Wieter stole four bases with a single and two runs scored.
The Cougars stole nine bases and their lone extra-base hit was a double from Conlan Haar.
Easton Becker took care of the rest with the complete-game, four-hit shutout where he walked two and struck out three batters in 76 pitches.
O’Fallon 4, Central 3: The Panthers held on to their early lead for a win down Route 50 on Friday night.
Theft king — Central senior Benny Lehman slides in with his 54th career stolen base as he beats Metro-East Lutheran’s Lucas Abbot to the bag in the Cougars’ 10-0 win last Monday. Lehman owns the career stolen base mark with 56 steals . PHOTO BY JEREMY CHAWGO Central got two runs in the first inning only to see the Panthers get one in the first and three in the second to take the lead. CHS got another single tally in the fifth, but that was all they could muster.
Benny Lehman was 3-for-4 with three singles, a run scored and one batted in. Dan Kohrmann was 3-for-4 with a single, a double, a homer and two batted in.
Bryce Wieter pitched well in the loss, allowing four earned runs on seven hits, four walks and three strikeouts. Alex Athmer pitched two shutout innings of relief.
Connor Blue was 2-for-3 for the Panthers with a single, a double and all four RBIs for OFTHS.
Lehman led the game off with a single before being sacrificed over by Preston Baker. Kohrmann followed with a two-run homer the opposite way for a 2-0 lead.
Nice moves — Central first baseman Dan Kohrmann slides around the tag of Metro-East Lutheran second baseman Abe Oberhauser in the Cougars’ 10-0 win last Monday in Breese. Kohrmann was 2-for-2 with two runs scored in the win. PHOTO BY JEREMY CHAWGO Blue followed with an RBI single in the bottom of the inning for the Panthers before they extended their lead in the second inning.
Blue struck again with a bases clearing double to the gap for a 4-2 O’Fallon lead.
The last run of the game came in the top of the sixth inning when Gavin Nettemeier singled and Lehman chased him home later in the inning with a single of his own for a 4-3 deficit.
Central 6, Belleville East 2: The Cougars used strong pitching and one big inning on offense to beat the visiting Lancers on Wednesday in Breese.
It was Benny Lehman’s day as the senior pitched a complete-game, getting the victory where he allowed two unearned runs on three hits, three walks and four strikeouts.
While on offense, he was 1-for-3 with a single, a run scored, an RBI and two stolen bases. His first steal of the day broke the school record for most stolen bases in a career as he now sits at 56.
