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Baseball wins Beardstown tournament, snaps win streak

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The Miners give each other a high-five after a win earlier in the season. (Archived photo)

The Miners give each other a high-five after a win earlier in the season. (Archived photo)

The Gillespie High School baseball team (8-4) had a successful Easter break winning all three games in the Beardstown Tournament over the weekend and bringing home a first-place finish on Saturday before Staunton snapped the team’s winning streak on Monday afternoon.

Gillespie pitched and hit their way past Routt Catholic, Beardstown and Pleasant Plains on Friday and Saturday in the Beardstown Tournament extending their winning streak to five games. The winning streak ended to a walk-off on Monday afternoon in Staunton when the Bulldogs put a damper on the team’s momentum. The Miners have three away games scheduled this week – Tuesday in Litchfield, Friday in Jerseyville and Saturday in North Greene.

ROUTT CATHOLIC

The Miners took game one of the Beardstown Tournament against Routt Catholic Friday evening (6-4) after building a 6-0 lead as Dylan Roberts led Gillespie through six innings of play from the pitcher’s rubber. Roberts took the win as he struck out two, gave up three hits and surrendered two runs. Routt Catholic mounted a comeback scoring four runs, but Tate Wargo came in to close out the effort earning a save in the process.

Daniel Dobrino, Nick Jarman, Joey Carter, and Rylee Bernot each collected multiple hits for the Miners in the victory.

BEARDSTOWN

The second game of the tournament was against host Beardstown who Gillespie already defeated in the Riverton tournament. The Miners again downed Beardstown – this time in a five-inning short game (10-0). Wargo tossed four innings for Gillespie giving up only one hit and getting the win. Adam Boeck came in to close for Gillespie.

Gillespie collected ten hits. Boeck, Jarman, and Bernot each collected two hits to lead the Miners from the batter’s box and Wargo tore up the base paths with three stolen bases.

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PLEASANT PLAINS

The victory against Beardstown placed Gillespie in the championship game against Pleasant Plains. Despite being outhit 7-4, the Miners took home first place with a 4-3 victory after a three-run sixth inning. Bernot carried the team on offense after manufacturing all three runs in the sixth inning with his base clearing triple. Trevor Fredericks earned the win on the mound after pitching all seven innings striking out three, walking none and surrendering three runs. Joey Carter also recorded two hits on offense.

STAUNTON

Gillespie’s five-game winning streak came to a halt Monday afternoon in Staunton when the Miners and Bulldogs went into extra innings and Staunton prevailed 5-4. Staunton jumped out in front with a two-run second inning and extended their lead to 3-0 after the third. The Miners scored one run in the fourth cutting the deficit to 1-3, but the Bulldogs answered with another run of their own in the bottom of the fourth making the score 1-4. The Miners tied the game 4-4 in the sixth inning with a three-run inning driven by Jarman’s double and Bernot’s triple.

The game remained 4-4 until the bottom of the 10th inning when Gillespie committed two errors and Staunton was able to cross the game-winning run on a bunt sacrifice.

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Gillespie to honor record-setting baseball team on Wednesday

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Gillespie High School will honor the high school baseball team before the team’s banquet on Wednesday, June 14 with a parade through downtown.

The parade will start at the school at 5:30 p.m. and proceed through downtown Gillespie before heading back to the school so the team can conclude their season with a team-only banquet.

The school invites everyone to come downtown to recognize the team and celebrate this year’s accomplishments. The team ended their season with an overall 32-1 record and won 32 straight wins, a new school record.

The team also won their respective conference and regional.

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Eight Miner softball players receive all-conference honors

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(L-R) All three of Gillespie’s seniors received all-conference honors including Megan Rife, Regan Bussmann, and Eve Kaduk (photo/Melissa Bussmann)

Eight athletes of Gillespie High School were named to the 2023 All-South Central Conference softball rosters that were released on Thursday.

Miners being named to the all-conference rosters included Emma Gipson, Regan Bussmann, and Eve Kaduk as first-team; Ava Parish, Megan Rife, Macie Wright, and Sadie Sholtis as second-team; and Delaney Taylor as third-team.

Gillespie’s season ended in the regional semi-final with an overall 25-4 record and 9-0 in the conference. The team loses three seniors including infielder Regan Bussmann, outfielder Eve Kaduk, and outfielder Megan Rife.

The entire list of honorees is below.

First team

  • Emma Gipson (Gillespie, junior, pitcher)
  • Hannah Gibson (Carlinville, sophomore, pitcher)
  • Abby Hendricks (North Mac, junior, catcher)
  • Isabella Tiburzi (Carlinville, sophomore, infielder)
  • Shelby Ashcraft (Pana, sophomore, infielder)
  • Ele Feldmann (Staunton, sophomore, infielder)
  • Regan Bussmann (Gillespie, senior, infielder)
  • Eve Kaduk (Gillespie, senior, outfielder)
  • Olivia Kunz (Carlinville, junior, outfielder)
  • Hallie Lomelino (North Mac, junior, outfielder)
  • Kylie Lucykow (Staunton, junior, outfielder)
  • Anika Camp (Hillsboro, sophomore, utility)

Second team

  • Josie Patterson (North Mac, senior, pitcher)
  • Grace Strohbeck (Southwestern, sophomore, pitcher)
  • Addison Ruyle (Carlinville, sophomore, catcher)
  • Makenah Dugan (Carlinville, sophomore, infielder)
  • Kennedy Bowker (Pana, freshman, infielder)
  • Ava Parish (Gillespie, freshman, infielder)
  • Taylor Nolan (Staunton, junior, infielder)
  • Gracie Philpot (Vandalia, senior, infielder)
  • Megan Rife (Gillespie, senior, outfielder)
  • Macie Wright (Gillespie, sophomore, outfielder)
  • Maddy Fenstermaker (Southwestern, sophomore, outfielder)
  • Sam Anderson (Staunton, sophomore, outfielder)
  • Maddie Lupton (Vandalia, sophomore, outfielder)
  • Sydney Valdes (Southwestern, sophomore, utility)
  • Sadie Sholtis (Gillespie, freshman, utility)

Third team

  • Shelby Ashcraft (Pana, sophomore, pitcher)
  • Gracie Philpot (Vandalia, senior, pitcher)
  • Hallie Gibson (Carlinville, freshman, pitcher)
  • Delaney Taylor (Gillespie, sophomore, catcher)
  • Bella Roach (Litchfield, junior, catcher)
  • Hannah Potthast (Greenville, senior, infielder)
  • Braley Wiser (Carlinville, sophomore, infielder)
  • Taylor Keirs (North Mac, sophomore, infielder)
  • Vivian Zurheide (Southwestern, freshman, infielder)
  • Korryn Keehner (Staunton, sophomore, infielder)
  • Delaney Kopp (Vandalia, senior, infielder)
  • Karly Tipps (Carlinville, junior, outfielder)
  • Haylee Clark (Greenville, freshman, outfielder)
  • Lilly Troeckler (Staunton, sophomore, outfielder)
  • Lauren Johnson (Vandalia, freshman, outfielder)
  • Anna Osbourne (Vandalia, senior, utility)

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Link wins All-Star Classic dunk contest, Four athletes represent Gillespie

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Kam Link (photo/Carlinville Rotary Club)

The top 59 boys’ and girls’ basketball seniors from South Central Illinois played in the 19th Annual Carlinville Rotary Club All-Star Basketball Classic on Sunday, March 26 in Carlinville which was presented by Prairie Farms Diary and CNB Bank & Trust.

Representing Gillespie High School among the athletes on the West teams included Emily Schoen, Jenna Clark, Kam Link, and Bryan Jubelt. Clark posted 2 points in the girls’ contest while Link posted 15 and Jubelt helped with 5 points in the boys’ game. Link also put on a show in the dunk contest scoring 48 out of the possible 50 points to win first place.

The Girls East beat the West 68-51 behind 14 points from MVP Layne Rupert of Hillsboro. The 3-point shootout was won by Paige Henson of Carrollton in a corner shootoff with Natalie Engelman of Nokomis. Staunton coach Corrie Allan was selected as the Rotary Club’s Girls’ Coach of the Year.

Devon Peebles of Pana took MVP honors in the boys’ Carlinville Rotary Club All-Star Basketball Classic. Peebles scored 25 points to lead the East to a 108-97 win over the West. Elijah Aumann of Nokomis won the 3-point contest hitting 10 treys and edging out Ryan Eisenbarth of Nokomis, Peebles and Jubelt of Gillespie who all had 9. In the Slam Dunk contest, Link scored 48 out of the possible 50 points for his routine with Peebles finishing second with a score of 41. Nokomis coach Dan DeWerff was named the Rotary Club’s Boys’ Coach of the Year.

With the East winning both the girls and boys match-ups this year, the all-time series record for boys moves to 12-7 with the West holding the lead and the girls record extends to 13-5 with the East holding strong.

The All-Star Classic serves as a fundraiser for the Carlinville Rotary Club who help with community projects throughout the year.

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