Central softball team cruises in semifinals victory, sets up Friday regional showdown with Havana

By Steve Eighinger | May 21, 2025
Central's Emma Stephens faced just 13 batters against Southeastern, allowing no hits and one walk. | Photo courtesy of Mike Pritchard

CAMP POINT, Ill. — Realistically, Brey Genenbacher said her Camp Point Central softball team was approaching Wednesday’s game as more of a workshop. The Panthers were an overwhelming favorite in their Class 1A regional semifinal matchup with Augusta Southeastern and proved why in a 15-0 victory, a game shortened to 3 1/2 innings by the…

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Quincy Notre Dame finishes unbeaten in WCC after outlasting Central in eventful nine-inning softball game

By Steve Eighinger | May 14, 2025
Quincy Notre Dame teammates gather around home plate after a three-run home run by Joselyn Boyer in the five-run top of the ninth inning during Wednesdays game at Camp Point. | Photo courtesy of Mike Pritchard

CAMP POINT, Ill. — Whew! That major exhale heard shortly before dusk Wednesday four miles northeast of Camp Point was compliments of Quincy Notre Dame softball coach Eric Orne. QND extended its win streak to 10 games but not before dodging several sizable upset-minded bullets from longtime rival Central on a breezy, 83-degree sun-swept afternoon…

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Miller’s game-winning hit in bottom of eighth inning caps wild victory for Central over Western

By Steve Eighinger | April 10, 2025
Western's Rachel McMullen dives back to third base while Central's Gwen Huston applies the tag in top of first inning. | Photo courtesy of Mike Pritchard

CAMP POINT, Ill. — The look Lauren Miller wore on her face provided an indication to what had preceded her game-winning hit in the bottom of the eighth inning.  “This game was an emotional rollercoaster … we just tried to keep the pressure on and keep scoring,” said Miller, whose frozen-rope one-out double down the…

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