Community Sports

The East-Central Illinois Liberty recently placed second at the Central Illinois Rampage Memorial Day 13U Tournament at Rochester. In game one, ECI beat Jacksonville, 5-4, with Andrew Herpstreith picking up the win. In game two, ECI lost to Springfield, 6-5, with Alec Schroeder taking the loss. In game three, ECI beat Pawnee, 8-3, with Adam Miller earning the win. In the championship semifinals, ECI beat Central Illinois, 9-5, with Richie Well notching the win, and in the title game, ECI lost to the Jacksonville Lightning, 17-7, with Well taking the loss.

Derek Harmeier showed his signature control from the mound and Post 95’s offense scattered 13 hits to secure a 4-1 win in Tuesday’s Sr. Legion season-opener. Harmeier, a 2011 South Central graduate who pitches for Kaskaskia College, threw seven innings against Carlyle, striking out six, while walking three and allowing just five hits. Three times he stranded two runners on base.

St. Elmo High School graduate Logan Mahon has pitched well in three appearances out of the bullpen for the Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League. The Grizzlies are based in Sauget. Mahon pitched two innings against Joliet during an 8-4 win on May 20. He allowed two hits and a walk. Two days later, he struck out two batters in one inning of work during a 1-0 loss at Washington. He also walked one batter. Last Thursday, Mahon took the loss after pitching one inning of a 4-3 loss to Washington.

KC offering girls soccer and basketball camps in June The Kaskaskia College Blue Angel soccer and basketball programs will host summer camps the week of June 18-22.   The camps are for girls entering kindergarten through sixth grades. The soccer camp will be held from 9 a.m.-noon, and the basketball camp will be held from 1-4 p.m.   Students can register for one of the camps for $60, or can register for both for $100. All participants will receive a T-shirt. It is suggested that students in both camps bring lunch.