HIGH SCHOOL GOLF FROM THURSDAY:
Mt. Carmel Invitational
BOYS
1. Olney 308
2. Mt. Carmel 314
3. Hamilton County 319
4. Red Hill/Lawrenceville 324
5. Carmi-White County 332
6. Edwards County 348
7. Fairfield 359
8. Harrisburg 392
9. Cisne +9
Individually for Fairfield:
Cruz Wells 87
Jake Easton 91
Brock Johnson 102
Zury Taylor 86
River Wise 102
Andrew Hutcheson 95
GIRLS
1. Mt. Carmel 288
2. Benton 405
3. Harrisburg 415
4. Hamilton County 441
4. Robinson 441
6. Olney 455
7. Carmi-White County 470
8. Edwards County +44
9. Fairfield +100
Individually for Fairfield:
Eden Duckworth 101
Lela Duckworth 107
Amelia Hopfinger 108
THURSDAY JUNIOR HIGH BASEBALL
St. Anthony 12, Flora 1
Jasper 9, Allendale-St. Mary’s 8
Albion 14, Red Hill 3
Crab Orchard 17, Adams 2
Cumberland 10, South Central 3
Dieterich 6, Altamont 5
Ewing 15, DeSoto 1
Goreville 13, Massac Co 8
Litchfield/Mt. Olive 17 Bunker Hill 0
Marion 13, Centralia 0
Nashville 15, Woodlawn 0
Sullivan 15, Tri-County 6
Summersville 12, OLMC 2
Wayne City 8, Spring Garden 2
THURSDAY JUNIOR HIGH SOFTBALL
New Hope 5, West Salem 0
Cisne 14, North Clay 3
Albion 3, Red Hill 2 (F/8 innings)
Crab Orchard 13, Adams 1
Dieterich 13, Ramsey 0
DuQuoin 13, Salem 1
Galatia 18, Lick Creek 2
Goreville 16, Massac Co 12
Grayville 10, Eldorado 3
Nashville 6, Woodlawn 1
Salem 11, DuQuoin 1
Summersville 13, OLMC 0
Wayne City 20, Spring Garden 4
The St. Louis Cardinals aim to avoid a third loss in a row when they host the New York Yankees at Busch Stadium tonight. The Cardinals just dropped two of three against the Colorado Rockies earlier in the week. St. Louis is in fourth place in the NL Central with a 61-and-61 record. Andre Pallante is slated to start tonight’s contest. First pitch is at 7:15PM.
THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD
MLB American League
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Baltimore Orioles 5, Seattle Mariners 3
Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 3 (F/11)
MLB National League
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Washington Nationals 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Atlanta Braves 4, New York Mets 3
Arizona Diamondbacks 8, Colorado Rockies 2
MLB Interleague
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Toronto Blue Jays 2, Chicago Cubs 1 The Chicago Cubs dropped their series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 from Rogers Centre yesterday. The Northsiders went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven runners on base. Michael Busch homered in the losing effort, while Matthew Boyd was charged with his sixth loss after allowing two runs on two hits in seven innings. The Cubs are in second place in the NL Central at 68-and-52. They send Colin Rea to the mound against Pittsburgh this afternoon.
Cleveland Guardians 9, Miami Marlins 4
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