Today's Sports

By LARRY GOFFINET
Sports Editor

TELL CITY—Tell City took better advantage of its opponents’ defensive mistakes to beat Perry Central 9-4 in baseball Monday.
Tell City’s Chris Schaefer and Perry Central’s Anthony Mosby gave strong pitching performances, but there weren’t many other outstanding features in the game.
Neither team hit the ball really hard, with neither getting an extra-base hit. Five of Tell City’s 10 hits and three of Perry Central’s four were infield hits.

LEOPOLD—Brooke Litherland drove in four runs with two triples as Perry Central trounced Orleans 12-0 Monday to win the PLAC girls softball title outright.
The Commodores beat West Washington 4-1 Saturday to clinch at least a share of the PLAC title. But Orleans, which had lost only to Paoli 2-1, still stood in the way of the Commodores’ first outright conference title.

INDIANAPOLIS—Tell City got the toughest match-up among Perry County teams when the IHSAA drew its baseball sectional pairings Tuesday.
Tell City will face Mater Dei, ranked No. 3 in the state, in the first round of the seven-team, Class 2A Southridge sectional at Huntingburg League Stadium Wednesday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m. (all times are Perry County times).
The winner of that game will face Southridge, which drew the first-round bye, in the semifinals 10 a.m. Monday, May 27.

OAKLAND CITY—Wood Memorial scored in every inning to beat Cannelton 18-8 in girls softball Monday.
Cannelton had eight hits and had two big innings of its own, scoring five runs in the fourth and three in the fifth.
But “we have a hard time making routine plays in the field,” said Cannelton Coach Brian Garrett.
Mikah Hemmings hit a single and a double to lead Cannelton’s offense. Allicyn Garrett also had two hits.
Mollie Ingle and Hemmings each pitched three innings for Cannelton, each walking two and striking out one.