School Sports

RAMSEY - Quinn Wadkins pitched a complete game, had three hits and scored four times to power Patoka past Ramsey on the second day of the Ramsey Tournament.

Wadkins also had four steals during the 9-1 victory.

He led off Tuesday's game with a bloop single and promptly stole second and third before scoring on a wild pitch.

With a 3-0 lead by the end of the top of the first, after Jake Orrell and Mark Rogers scored, Wadkins struck out two batters in the bottom half.

Years ago, there was a day that Trevor Opfer was simply trying to mind his own business when his identical twin brother, Tanner, decided it would be fun to pester his sibling.

After a while, Trevor had had enough and took matters into his own hands.

“He kept bothering me and calling me names, so I fought back,” Trevor said. “I hurt him pretty bad, with a black eye.”

Blake Swofford won the Southern Illinois Golf Association’s points championship and the tour’s Player’s Championship this summer.

The Vandalia High School junior easily won the points title, finishing with 177 points in the 16-18-year-old boys division. The second-place finisher had just 79.5.

At the SIGA Vogler Ford-Mazda Player’s Championship, Swofford had his best performance of the summer, winning by three strokes and shooting a 1-under-par 71 at Rend Lake.

That win was Swofford’s seventh in 13 summer tournaments.

ST. ELMO JUNIOR HIGH SOFTBALL
Aug. 15
St. Elmo 23, Altamont Lutheran 6
SEJH: 9-1-13—23-17-2
ALJH: 0-6-0—6-2-1
WP: Elizabeth Biggs (2-1)
Offense: Sarah Maxey, 4-for-4, 4 runs, 2 RBI; Biggs, 2-for-3, 4 RBI; Morgan Brown, 3-for-3, 3 runs, 3 RBI; Emily Bone, 2-for-3, 3 runs, 2 RBI; Kyrstyn Fitch, 2-for-3, 3 runs, 1 RBI; Tessa Philpot, 2 runs; Fatima Viramontes, 2 runs; Makenzie Parkison, 1 run; Jenna Long, 1 run; Laura Gurtner, 1 run.
Record: 3-3 (1-1 NTC)