Jaxon Reynolds' run-scoring single in the bottom of the eighth inning gave Clinton a 3-2 walk-off victory of Warrensburg-Latham in Central Illinois Conference high school baseball action from Clinton Monday afternoon.

Noah Bass' RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning tied the game at 2-2 and forced the game to extra innings. Mason Walker gave Clinton a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third.

Walker struck out ten in 4 2/3 innings of two-run ball. One run was earned on two with six walks. 

Preston Curtis held the Cardinals scoreless through 3 1/3 innings with three walks and three strikeouts.

Colton Walker was 2-for-3 with a double, two stolen bases, and a run scored. Josh Bass returned to the Clinton lineup and finished 2-for-3 with a double. 

Ryne Pine had two stolen bases and Brock Wilson added a stolen base.

The Maroons are 19-8 overall and 8-2 in the Central Illinois Conference. Clinton will host Maroa-Forsyth on Tuesday.

Ashley Armstrong was brilliant in circle for Clinton and led the Lady Maroons to a 2-1 win over Champaign Centennial in non-conference high school softball action from Clinton Monday.

Armstrong struck out nine in six innings of one-run ball. The senior issued two walks and permitted two hits. Aliviyah Haynes struck out two in a scoreless inning of relief to preserve the win for Clinton.

Heidi Humble drove in a run and Avery Smith finished 2-for-3. Brooke Reeves was 1-for-3 with a double and run scored and Haynes finished 1-for-2 with the only walk on the day for Clinton.

The Lady Maroons 10-13 overall. They will finish the regular season by hosting Tuscola on Thursday.

Monticello took down rival St. Joseph-Ogden 9-5 and clinched the Illini Prairie Conference regular season title with a 9-5 win Monday in St. Joseph.

Luke Teschke fired six innings of two-run ball and Koyie Williams drove in four runs. Teschke struck out seven, walked two, and permitted five hits. The Illinois State-commit also walked three times. 

Williams was 2-for-5 while Jacob Long finished 1-for-3 with a double and two runs scored. Dylan Brown went 1-for-4 with three RBIs for the Sages. 

Monticello improves to 28-2 overall and finishes 8-1 in the Illini Prairie Conference. They host Clinton on Wednesday afternoon. Hear Wednesday's action on WHOW/WEZC/dewittdailynews.com as well as all of WHOWs digital platforms. 

Lincoln started fast and didn't look back, rolling to a 10-0 six inning, run-rule win over Rantoul in non-conference high school baseball action from Lincoln Monday.

The Railsplitters scored three runs in each of the first two frames and continued to add on from there. Micheal Lucas and Trey Schilling each doubled twice. Lucas drove in two and scored three runs. Schilling was 3-for-3 with an RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored. Colby Glenn finished 2-for-5 with an RBI, stolen base, and run scored.

Lincoln is 16-8 overall. They host Decatur MacArthur in Central State Eight Conference play on Tuesday.

Normal Community edged its crosstown rival Bloomington 3-2 in Big 12 high school baseball action from Bloomington High School on Monday. 

Owen Cavanaugh paced the Ironmen with a 2-for-3 afternoon including two RBIs and a stolen base. Josh Eisfelder drove in the other run for Normal.

Luke Klunke went six innings allowing two unearned runs on three hits with four strikeouts and two walks. 

Tyler Dowling went six innings for the Purple Raiders permitting three runs on four hits with four walks and six strikeouts.

Bloomington drops to 14-13 overall and 9-7 in the Big 12.

The Ironmen are 27-3 overall and 15-0 in the Big 12. They host Peoria Notre Dame on Wednesday before traveling to Peoria to take on Notre Dame on Friday.

Peoria Richwoods shut out Normal West 6-0 in Big 12 high school baseball action in Peoria Monday afternoon.

Blake Crancer finished 3-for-4 with a double and two stolen bases. Jaxon Crancer was 2-for-3. 

The Wildcats fall to 16-12 overall and 10-6 in Big 12 play. Normal West travels to Champaign to take on Centennial on Wednesday. 

Strong starting pitching Saturday helped Normal Community sweep a double dip with Andrew (Tinley Park) 6-2, 3-0 from Normal Community High School in non-conference high school baseball action.

In the opener, Brady Bengston allowed a run on six hits with no walks and five strikeouts. 

Josh Eisfelder paced the offense with two runs batted in finishing 1-for-2. Kaileb Hackman, Riley Hendren, and Owen Cavanaugh had doubles for the Ironmen. Anthony Gura and Lucas Drengwitz added RBIs.

In the second game, Jack Richards was lights out over 4 1/3 innings of shutout ball for Normal. He struck out three while issuing two walks and permitting five hits. 

Reid Johnson and Gavin Borne had RBIs for Normal. Drew Stevens hit a double.

Normal Community did not have a player record multiple hits in either game. 

The second game of the day was only five innings. 

With the two wins, Normal Community improves to 26-3 overall. They resume Big 12 play today traveling to Bloomington High School. The two inner city rivals played to an 11-10, eight inning thriller on Friday.

Normal West went on the road Saturday morning and split a doubleheader - taking the opener 8-1 but falling in walk-off fashion in the second game, 9-8 from Bourbonnais in non-conference high school baseball action.

Sam DesCarpentrie doubled twice and drove in two. Jaxson Crancer doubled, drove in three and finished 1-for-3 adding a stolen base for the Wildcats and Blake Crancer was 1-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a stolen base. 

Bradyn Whitehead added an RBI in the opener. 

Chase Reinhart got the win for Normal West going 6 1/3 innings of one run ball. The run was unearned and the freshman struck out eight, walked three and allowed four hits.

In the second game, after Normal West blew the game open with a five-run fifth inning to go up 8-6, Caleb McBurnie doubled in the winning run giving Bradley-Bourbonnais the walk-off win in a five-inning contest.

Jaxson Crancer again paced the Wildcats' offense going 2-for-4 with a double, three RBIs, two stolen bases and two runs scored. Sean Jenkins was 1-for-2 with two RBIs and a stolen base while Bradyn Whitehead and Taylor Hafermann hit doubles. Brady Hart and Reinhart had RBIs for Normal West in the loss.

Of the nine runs permitted by Wildcats pitching, only one was earned. The Wildcats issued seven walks in the second game. 

Normal West is 16-11 overall. They travel to Peoria Richwoods this afternoon.

Washington pulled away late in the first game of a doubleheader with Bloomington High School Saturday and then made quick work of the Purple Raiders in the second game to sweep two in non-conference high school baseball action from Bloomington High School.

The Panthers extended a 6-1 lead to 11-1 in the top of the sixth inning with a five-run frame and wrapped up the run-rule win for the opener.

Zach Spidle had the only RBI for Bloomington in the opener. 

The Purple Raiders defense struggled, committing four errors. 

Washington was paced by Bradyn Vanderheydt who was 3-for-3 with three runs scored in the ninth spot. Seth Harmon, Tyler Humphrey and Jackson Stewart drove in two runs apiece for the Panthers.

Tyler Diderich allowed a run on two hits with five strikeouts and two walks in five innings for Washington.

In the second game, Brady Johnson and Zane Skulte combined for five innings of three-hit, shutout ball for Washington as the Panthers took the second game 10-0.

Jacob Calhoun, Wesley Stombaugh, and Luke Huffaker had the only hits for the Purple Raiders.

Carter Prina and Tyler Humphrey drove in two runs apiece to lead the Panthers' offense in the second game. Camden Augustine had three hits and Dylan McGinnis had two hits.

Washington goes to 16-6 on the year. Bloomington falls to 14-12. Albeit a thrilling game, Bloomington will look to avenge an 11-10, eight-inning defeat Friday when they host Normal Community today. 

Illinois (28-16, 13-5) walked off Ohio State (23-22, 8-10) 12-2, with a run-rule victory at Illinois Field.

Brody Harding had a huge day at the plate for the Illini, going 3-for-4 with two runs, a home run and five RBI. Drake Westcott also went yard, going 2-for-3 with three runs, a home run, RBI and a walk. Ryan Moerman delivered the walk-off hit in the eighth with a two-run double.

Jake Rons got the win out of the bullpen for the Illini. The right-hander went 2.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits, and striking out one. Regan Hall picked up his second win of the season, tossing 3.0 shutout innings without allowing a hit, walking one and punching out four.

Cal Hejza extended his on-base streak to 29 games.

The Fighting Illini wrap up their seven-game homestand with the final home games of the season in a three-game set vs. Iowa.

Illinois State secured a Sunday sweep over Southern Illinois at Duffy Bass Field by a final of 10-5.

Senior Auggie Rasmussen led the Redbirds (24-22 overall, 12-9 MVC) with three hits and five RBIs.

Back-to-back home runs for the Salukis in the 1st yielded an early 4-0 Southern Illinois lead.

The Redbirds got two runs in the bottom of the 1st on Rasmussen's 12th home run of the season to trim the margin to 4-2. Illinois State added three runs in the thired inning with a two-run bloop double for Rasmussen and a passed ball for a 5-4 lead.

The Salukis tied the score at 5-5 in the seventh with an RBI single to center field.

In the bottom of the 7th, ISU stormed ahead with five runs on four hits, including back-to-back two-RBI singles, to take a commanding 10-5 lead.

Southern Illinois (26-22 overall, 9-12 MVC) was led by three hits from Jake Allgeyer.

Illinois State will travel to Chicago next weekend for a three-game series at UIC starting Friday. 

Kyle Larson came roaring around the outside of Chris Buescher on the final lap at Kansas Speedway, banging doors with him all the way to the finish line, only to be told by his team over the radio that everything he had given was not quite enough.

It wasn’t until Larson was in Turn 3 of the cool-down lap that he saw his spotter, Tyler Monn, dancing high above the track.

In the closest finish in NASCAR history, one that only became official with a grainy black-and-white photo at the line, the No. 5 car was declared the winner by a thousandth of a second — every bit as close as the Kentucky Derby a day earlier, and an even more dramatic finish than the three-at-the-line conclusion to the Cup Series race at Atlanta earlier this season.

Not so awesome for Buescher’s team, which had begun celebrating before the result became official. His crew chief, Scott Graves, asked to meet with NASCAR officials in their hauler. Shown the finish-line photo, he accepted the outcome.

The edge-of-your-seat finish came after a caution for Kyle Busch’s spin forced the green-white-checkered finish. Larson had pulled behind Buescher on the backstretch of the last lap, then came around him in the final corner. To the naked eye, Buescher looked as if he had edged ahead, and even Larson had started to congratulate his team on a strong second-place run.

A few minutes later, he was doing a celebratory burnout on the front stretch.

It was a brilliant start to a busy month of May for Larson, who will attempt to run the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day Memorial Day weekend. The win was his second of the season for Hendrick Motorsports, and it gave him a bit of retribution after finishing second to Denny Hamlin last week at Dover and in the spring race at Kansas a year ago.

Martin Truex Jr. finished fourth Sunday and Hamlin, who had the lead on the final restart, faded back to fifth place.

There were no cautions other than for stage breaks until Jimmie Johnson wrecked with 91 laps to go. The seven-time champion, back in the No. 84 for the second consecutive week, was hit from behind by Corey LaJoie after he had checked up.

The yellow flags then came in quickly: Hamlin made contact with Austin Cindric, sending the No. 2 into a wreck that spun out Bubba Wallace and McDowell. Harrison Burton wrecked on the restart, then Joey Logano did on the next one.

The series heads to Darlington next for its annual throwback weekend.

Clinton used steady pitching and solid defense to take down Lincoln 4-1 in a non-conference high school baseball matchup from Lincoln High School on Friday afternoon.

Lincoln's Colby Glenn and Clinton's Brock Wilson went toe-to-toe over five innings. Glenn permitted two runs, one was earned, on two hits and with two walks and seven strikeouts across six innings.

Wilson went five innings allowing an unearned run on four hits with three walks and a strikeout. 

Preston Curtis closed out the win for the Maroons with two scoreless innings of relief. The sophomore struck out two, walked three, and allowed a hit.

Brooks Cluver paced Clinton offensively finishing 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a stolen base. Ryne Pine drove in the other Clinton run and Mason Walker collected two hits finishing 2-for-4 with a run scored. 

No Lincoln hitters recorded an RBI. Glenn was 2-for-4 with a double. Drew Hayes was 1-for-3 with a run scored and stole a base. Trey Schilling stole a base for the Railsplitters.

Lincoln had a seven-game winning streak snapped to fall to 15-8 overall. They will host Rantoul on Monday. 

Clinton goes to 18-8 overall. They will host Warrensburg-Latham on Monday.

Rantoul used a five-run fourth inning to pull ahead and then rebounded when Clinton tied the game 9-9 in the top of the fifth inning to take home an 11-9 win in non-conference high school softball action Friday in Rantoul.

Clinton led 7-0 after they hit in the top of the second inning but Rantoul scored the next nine runs to go up 9-7. Clinton answered with two runs in the fifth inning to tie the game but the Lady Eagles got a run back in the fifth and sixth innings and held on the rest of the way.

Despite a big offensive output, Clinton did not record an extra-base hit. Heidi Humble was 2-for-5 with two RBIs, two stolen bases, and two runs scored. Avery Smith was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Ashley Armstrong finished 2-for-4 with a run batted in and Hadley Humble drove in a run and stole two bases for the Lady Maroons.

Analise Thompson and Ariana Humes also had RBIs.

Clinton drops to 9-13 overall. They will host Champaign Centennial on Monday.

Monticello used a balanced offensive attack to take down Mahomet-Seymour 6-4 in non-conference high school baseball action from Monticello Friday afternoon.

Ike Young struck out five in six innings of two-run ball. One run was earned. The junior walked one and permitted five hits. Brody Beilledo tossed a scoreless inning of relief to finish off the win.

Young was 1-for-2 with an RBI, a stolen base, and drew a walk. 

Luke Teschke finished 2-for-4 for the only multi-hit effort on the day for the Sages. Matt Swartz doubled in a run while Eli Craft and Raiden Colbert also had RBIs. 

Colton Vance reached base three times on three free passes.

Cam Heinhold had the only RBI for Mahomet-Seymour.

Monticello is 27-2 overall. They will embark on the final week of the regular season by traveling to St. Joseph-Ogden in a makeup game of last week's rainout in Illini Prairie Conference play.

Maroa-Forsyth made quick work of Decatur St. Teresa, rolling to a 17-0 five-inning, run-rule win Friday in Decatur. 

Tate Brandenburg went yard and drove in four runs to pace Maroa-Forsyth's offense. The senior was 2-for-5 with four RBIs and a run scored. Connor Kelly was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs, and two runs scored for the Trojans. 

Ace Giles finished 1-for-3 with three RBIs. Kaiden Maurer was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and a run scored.

Rose finished four shutout innings on the mound allowing two hits and struck out six. Maurer struck out two in a perfect inning of relief.

Maroa-Forsyth is 19-4 overall. They will travel to Clinton on Tuesday.

Owen Cavanaugh brought home two runs completing a come-from-behind win in the bottom of the 8th inning for Normal Community as they took down Bloomington High 11-10 Friday afternoon in Big 12 high school baseball from Normal Community High School.

Carter Jackson hit a home run to cap a five-run eighth inning that looked like it put the Purple Raiders in the driver's seat.

Drew Stevens brought in three runs with a double in the inning and Cavanaugh finished the game with his walk-off two-run single.

Cavanaugh finished 2-for-4 with a triple, three RBIs, and scored two runs. Anthony Gura finished 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs, and a run scored.

Kaileb Hackman was a homer shy of the cycle finishing 4-for-4 with a double, a triple, an RBI, and scored three runs.

Ryan Thiele doubled for the Ironmen.

Ethan Eberle struck out 13 in 6 2/3 innings. The Louisville commit surrendered five runs, four were earned, walking two and permitting six hits.

Jackson paced Bloomington High going 2-for-3 with three RBIs and scored a run. Miggy Espindola doubled for the Purple Raiders. Tyler Dowding and Zach Spidle had two RBIs apiece.

Bloomington is 14-10 overall and 9-6 in the Big 12. They host Washington for a double dip on Saturday before hosting Normal Community again on Monday. 

Normal Community is 25-3 overall and 13-0 in the Big 12. They take on Andrew (Tinley Park) on Saturday for a doubleheader before traveling to Bloomington High on Monday.

Argenta-Oreana blanked Clinton 2-0 in a pitcher's duel Wednesday afternoon in non-conference high school baseball action from Argenta.

Dylan Ragsdale fired 5 1/3 scoreless innings permitting three hits, four walks, and struck out eight.

Jack Manning went six innings allowing two unearned runs on five hits with two walks. 

A run-scoring single and a run-scoring double play were the only runs manufactured by the Bombers on Wednesday and both came in the first two innings.

Mason Walker was 1-for-1 with two walks, Ryne Pine and Jack Manning had the other two hits for Clinton. Brooks Cluver and Pine drew walks on Wednesday.

The Maroons drop to 17-8 overall. They travel to Lincoln on Friday.

Clinton drew the fifth seed in its Regional and will Class 2A postseason play in the Monticello Regional taking on fourth-seeded Tri-Valley on Thursday, May 16 at 4:30 pm.

Ike Young and Luke Teschke hit home runs backing three pitchers who tossed a three-hit shutout as Monticello blanked Tuscola 10-0 in a run-rule, five-inning win Wednesday in non-conference high school baseball action from the Wilkey Complext in Monticello.

Young and Teschke hit two-run home runs in a five-run first inning, setting the tone early for the Sages.

Jacob Long had an RBI single in the frame.

Koyie Williams added an RBI on a ground out in the second and Raiden Colbert singled in a run in the third.

Carter Foran struck out four in three scoreless innings. Jacob Long struck out two and Raiden Colbert struck out the side as each fired an inning of relief.

Teschke was 2-for-2 adding a double and scored another run. Colbert was 1-for-2 with a double and run scored. Dylan Brown tripled and scored a run for the Sages.

Monticello is 25-2 overall. They host Rantoul this afternoon. 

The Sages drew the top seed in its Sectional and will take on the winner of Warrensburg-Latham and Olympia in Regional semifinal action on Wednesday, May 15 in Monticello. 

In a game heard on WEZC and online at dewittdailynews.com, Monticello capitalized on Maroa-Forsyth mistakes and came away with a 9-3 win Wednesday in non-conference high school softball action from the Wilkey Complex in Monticello. 

An error and two wild pitches allowed the Sages to scratch a run across in the first inning on a ground out. 

Monticello broke the game open in the third inning with a five-run inning to go up 6-0. It was highlighted by a two-run single from Reese Patton.

Maroa-Forsyth would get three runs on the board in the fifth inning. After breezing through the first four innings, Lady Sages sophomore hurler Cassidee Stoeffel walked two straight to start the inning then after a ground out, walked the next batter. 

With the bases loaded and one out, Aubrey Stewart doubled in two. Then Danni Hovey singled in a run. 

Monticello got those three runs back in its half of the fifth highlighted by an Isa Beery double and a two-run single from Lynnsee Trybom. Patton added an RBI groundout.

Despite some struggles late, Stoeffel finished the game allowing three runs in seven innings. She walked four, allowed five hits, and struck out three. 

Thea Key and Beery were 2-for-3 with doubles, and two runs scored. Patton was 1-for-2 with three RBIs.

Patton earned the ServPro of Piatt/DeWitt Counties Player of the Game.

Maroa-Forsyth falls to 9-8 overall while Monticello moves to 15-12. The Lady Sages host Rantoul this afternoon. 

Maroa-Forsyth is the seventh seed in its Sectional. They will begin postseason play by taking on Bloomington Central Catholic on Monday, May 13. The winner takes on Meridian from the Normal U-High Regional.

Monticello is the fifth seed in its Sectional and will open Regional play by taking on Tolono Unity from the St. Joseph-Ogden Regional starting Wednesday, May 15. 

A run-scoring error allowed Arcola to take down Blue Ridge 3-2 Wednesday in Lincoln Prairie Conference high school softball action in Arcola. 

Ellie Schlieper allowed three unearned runs for Blue Ridge. She permitted three hits, four walks, and struck out five. 

Kacie Sisk struck out 13 across seven innings of two-run ball for the Lady Purple Raiders. 

Schlieper added an RBI at the play for Blue Ridge. Karlee Fenton drove in the other run for the Lady Knights. She also stole a base. 

Cassie Zimmerman was 1-for-3 with a stolen base and a run scored for Blue Ridge. Addison Roos had two stolen bases. 

Blue Ridge is 7-13 overall and 1-6 in the Lincoln Prairie Conference. They are off until next Wednesday when they travel to Bethany-Okaw Valley for more Lincoln Prairie action. 

Blue Ridge drew the eighth seed in its Sectional and will open postseason play by hosting Decatur St. Teresa on Monday, May 13 in Farmer City in Regional quarterfinal action.

A five-run fifth inning helped Maroa-Forsyth get by Tri-Valley 8-6 in non-conference high school baseball action from Forsyth Wednesday.

The five-run fifth inning answered a five-run fourth inning by Tri-Valley, helping the Trojans go up 8-6 after trailing 6-3 going to the bottom of the fifth.

Connor Kelly was 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs to lead the Trojans offense. Andy Munjoy was 1-for-2 with two RBIs. Zayn Giles went 2-for-4 with an RBI while Mitch Williams and Ace Giles added RBIs for Maroa-Forsyth.

The Trojans improve to 18-3 overall. They host Mt. Zion this afternoon.

Maroa-Forsyth drew the third seed in its Sectional and will take on the winner of Bloomington Central Catholic and Prairie Central to open Regional action Wednesday, May 15 from Bloomington Central Catholic. 

Mt. Pulaski used a pair of four-run frames to roll Athens 10-0 in Tomahawk Conference high school baseball action Wednesday in Mt. Pulaski. 

Landon Smith paced the Hilltoppers going 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs. Colt Selinger drove in three runs while Liam Smith finished 2-for-3 with a double.

Aaron Volle was 1-for-3 with two RBIs while Tyler Cross also drove in a run for the Hilltoppers. 

Luke Martin struck out 11 across six innings of shutout ball. He permitted five hits and two walks.

The Hilltoppers go to 20-1 overall and 2-0 in the Tomahawk Conference. They are at Illini Bluffs this afternoon. 

Mt. Pulaski is the top seed in its Sectional. They open postseason play by taking on the winner of a Regional quarterfinal matchup between Decatur Unity Christian and Cerro Gordo-Bement on Wednesday, May 15 from the Decatur St. Teresa Regional. 

Normal U-High scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning and rallied past Normal Community 6-4 in non-conference high school baseball action from Normal on Wednesday.

Charlie Vercruysse hit a solo shot to start the scoring for the Pioneers in the seventh. A two-run error and then a Will Paxson RBI single was the extent of the damage for U-High. 

Vercruysse, a Notre Dame commit, was a triple short of the cycle going 3-for-4 with a a double, an RBI, and two runs scored. Max Willie, Lawson Shickel, and Paxson added RBIs for U-High. Max Heineman was 2-for-4. 

Ryan Theile was 1-for-3 with an RBI to lead Normal Community. Kyle Beaty was 2-for-3 with a double and run scored and Owen Cavanaugh finished 1-for-3 with a double.

Normal U-High 20-6 overall. They will travel to Decatur MacArthur this afternoon. The Pioneers are the second seed in its Sectional. They will meet the winner of Tremont and Dee-Mack to start Regional play on Wednesday, May 15 from the Bloomington Central Catholic Regional.

Normal Community is 24-3 overall. They will host Bloomington High on Friday. 

Alex Olson singled in Blake Crancer giving Normal West a thrilling, walk-off win 4-3 over Peoria Notre Dame Wednesday in Big 12 high school baseball action in Normal.

Peoria Notre Dame jumped out to a 3-0 in the top of the first inning but Normal West chipped away after that. Crancer tripled in two runs in the fifth inning. Jaxson Crancer doubled in Brady Hart in the sixth inning after the Wildcats played a little small ball to move Hart into scoring position.

Sam Beirne went six innings allowing three runs on two hits with four walks and three strikeouts. Taylor Hafermann picked up the win with a scoreless inning of relief for Normal West. 

Blake Crancer finished 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBIs, a stolen base, and a run scored. Sam DesCarpentrie was 1-for-3 for Normal West.

Normal West is 14-11 overall and 9-5 in Big 12 action. They will host Peoria Richwoods Friday afternoon in more Big 12 action.