In a special sports presentation on WHOW, the Mt. Pulaski Hilltoppers fell to the South Central Cougars 11-5 on Thursday afternoon at Duffy Bass Field in Normal. Evan Cooper takes the loss pitching 5 1/3 innings, allowing 13 hits on 7 runs, 2 walks, and striking out 4. Drew Martin went 1 for 3 with an RBI. 

Chase Dobson takes the win pitching 5 innings, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits, walking 6, and striking out 11. He also went 3 for 3 with 2 RBIs.

South Central improves to 24-3 and will face Father McGivney Catholic of Glen Carbon at 7 pm for state finals. Mt. Pulaski falls to 21-2 and will play Newark for 3rd place at 4:20 pm first pitch.

You can hear the game live on the Big 1520 AM/92.3 FM /106.5 FM WHOW, online at dewittdailynews.com, on the WHOW mobile app, and on Amazon Alexa.