Published: May 07, 2008 11:13 pm            

Prep Roundup: King and Clapp lead Rockville baseball to 14-1 victory

Rockville — Rockville pounded out 11 hits and scored in all four innings they batted to defeat visiting Riverton Parke 14-1 in Wabash River Conference high school baseball Wednesday.

For the Rox, Matt King was 3 for 3 with three runs scored and Zach Clapp was 2 for 4 with a double and five runs batted in.



Riverton Parke 100 00 — 1 4 5

Rockville 337 1x – 14 11 0

Mitchell, Cox (4) and Yando; Shoaf (W, 5-0) and Clapp. L — Mitchell.

Highlights — For Rockville, Matt King was 3 for 3 with 3 runs scored; Zach Clapp was 2 for 4 with a double and 5 RBIs; Steven Ball had a double and 2 RBI; Jarrod Clevenger was 2 for 2; Luke Greene had a triple. For Riverton Parke, Cox was 2 for 2 with a double.

Next — Rockville (16-2, 8-1 in WRC) is at Attica today.

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In other high school baseball:



Tuesday

At Marshall, Ill.

Mount Carmel 000 000 3 — 3 8 0

Marshall 100 010 0 — 2 10 3

Browning and Renck; Brashear, Schaefer (7) and Shotts. L — Schaefer, 5-1.

Highlights — For Marshall, Kyle Burnam was 3 for 4; Tyler Shotts and Justin King each had an RBI; and Lucas Eitel and Tyler Shotts each scored a run.

Next — Marshall (16-5) was scheduled to play at home vs. Flora on Wednesday.

Softball

• Rockville 2, North Vermillion 1 — At Rockville, Ashley Gordon’s sacrifice fly plated Hilary Vukovits in the bottom of the eighth inning to earn a Wabash River Conference victory for the host Rox.



North Vermillion 100 000 00 — 1 5 4

Rockville 001 000 01 — 2 6 1

Chew and Axtell; Greene (W, 9-1) and Camerer.

Highlights — For Rockville, Ashley Gordon’s sacrifice fly plated Hilary Vukovits for the winning run in the 8th inning, Kaitlyn Downs went 2 for 4 with the other RBI and Jennfer Camerer and Jessica Harpold each contributed a double. For North Vermillion, Hailey Aukerman went 2 for 3 with a double and Bethany Chew added an RBI double.

Next — Rockville (10-5, 9-2 WRC) will play a doubleheader today at Fountain Central.

Golf

Boys

• Warriors still on top — At Parke County Course in Rockville, Turkey Run shot a 152 in the second round of the Banks of Wabash Classic to increase its lead over four other schools.



Second round at Parke County Course

Turkey Run (152) — Nathan Smith 37, Jason Millikan and Jarrod Wrightsman 38, Eric Newton 39.

Rockville (166) — Adam Powell and Jacob Bryant 40, Aaron Bridge and Kyle Troutwine 43.

North Vermillion (188) — Eric Hill 38, Jacob Turner 47, Ross Carli 50, Jacob Allen 53.

Riverton Parke (210) — Thomas Hardesty, Ben Gossett and Zach Crouch 52, Corey Manderino 54.

Medalist — Nathan Smith (TR) 37.

Two-round totals — Turkey Run 313, Rockville 344, North Vermillion 391, Riverton Parke 421.

Next — Round 3 is scheduled for today at Rivercrest Course in Covington.

Pairings

• Illinois almost ready to go — The Illinois High School Athletic Association Class A and 2A high school softball and baseball regional pairing have been announced.

All IHSA regional tournament games will be from Monday through May 17.



Softball

Class 1A

Louisville (North Clay) Regional

Monday — Louisville (North Clay) (8) vs. Farina (South Central) (9), 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday — Oblong (2) vs. Game 1 winner, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday — Red Hill (3) vs. Hutsonville (6), 4:30 p.m.

May 17 — Championship game, noon

Altamont Regional

Monday — Martinsville (11) at Dieterich (7), 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday — Beecher City (1) vs. Game 1 winner, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday — St. Elmo (4) vs. Altamont (5), 4:30 p.m.

May 17 — Championship game, 1:30 p.m.

Class 2A

Robinson Regional

Monday — Robinson (7) vs. Lawrencville (8), 4:30 p.m.; Marshall (11) at Paris (5), 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday — Cumberland (2) vs. Game 1 winner, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday— Newton (3) vs. Game 2 winner, 4:30 p.m.

May 17 — Championship game, 10 a.m.

Fairfield Regional

Monday — Fairfield (9) vs. Mount Carmel (10), 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday — Casey vs. Game 1 winner, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday— Flora (4) vs. Olney (6), 4:30 p.m.

May 17 — Championship game, 1 p.m.

Baseball

Class 1A

Tuscola Regional

Tuesday — Arthur (8) at Kansas (7), 4:30 p.m.; Arcola (10) at Martinsville (6), 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday— Tuscola vs. Game 1 winner, 4:30 p.m.

May 15 — Neoga (2) vs. Game 2 winner, 4:30 p.m.

May 17 — Championship game, 11 a.m.

Red Hill Regional

Tuesday — (7) Red Hill vs. (8) Oblong, 4:30 p.m.; (11) Hutsonville at (5) Cisne, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday— (1) Dieterich vs. Game 1 winner, 4:30 p.m.

May 15 — (4) Noble-West Richland vs. Game 2 winner, 4:30 p.m.

May 17 — Championship game, 11 a.m.

Class 2A

Olney Regional

Tuesday — Lawrenceville (9) at Robinson (8), 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday— Olney (1) vs. Game 1 winner, 4:15 p.m.

May 15 — Mt. Carmel (3) vs. Newton (7), 4:15 p.m.

May 17 — Championship game, noon

Casey Regional

Tuesday — Paris (9) at Cumberland (6), 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday— Marshall (1) vs. Game 1 winner, 4:15 p.m.

May 15 — Georgetown-Ridgefarm (4) vs. Casey (5), 4:15 p.m.

May 17 — Championship game, noon

        

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