Greg Shashack

Illinois

Assistant Sports Editor at Alton Telegraph

Assistant sports editor - Alton Telegraph

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It's gone by 'in the blink of an eye' for unbeaten Carrollton softball

3 days ago | thetelegraph.com | Greg Shashack

CARROLLTON – Auburn came into Wright Park with a No. 8 ranking in the Class 2A state poll, a 20-4 record and a strong-armed left-handed pitcher. The Trojans had earned some swagger and saw themselves as a threat to the unbeaten Carrollton Hawks. Article continues below this adThen, the Hawks promptly did what the Hawks do.
Saturday's High School Softball Scores

3 days ago | thetelegraph.com | Greg Shashack

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALLSaturday’s ResultsCalhoun 8, Murphysboro 1Calhoun 3, Mount Vernon 1Jersey 13, Collinsville 0Breese Central 6, Civic Memorial 4Marissa 9, Civic Memorial 7Lemont 8, Edwardsville 4St. Charles North 2, Edwardsville 1Jacksonville 8, North Greene 0Greg Shashack is a graduate of the University of Missouri's School of Journalism. He has been covering sports for The Telegraph in Alton since March 1988. You can reach him at [email protected].
Saturday's High School Baseball Scores

3 days ago | thetelegraph.com | Greg Shashack

CM catcher Luke Clouser looks to his pitcher in a game earlier this season at Jerseyville. On Friday, Clouser was back behind the plate in a home game with pitcher Chase Butler striking out 13 Jacksonville batters in the Eagles' 3-0 victory.
FRIDAY SOFTBALL: Zurheide breaks school record, Piasa Birds get SCC win

4 days ago | bnd.com | Greg Shashack

May 10-Vivian Zurheide's two-run single in the first inning took down a 27-year-old school record and launched the Southwestern Piasa Birds over a South Central Conference softball hurdle on Friday. The Birds put up five runs in the first, Grace Strohbeck took a shutout to the seventh and Southwestern defeated the Greenville Comets 7-1 in a SCC game in Piasa. The Birds, who last won the SCC in 2018, are 13-3-1 and 6-0 in the conference. The Comets are 18-6-1 and 5-3 in league play.
FRIDAY BASEBALL: Carey hurls Jersey to win at Roxana; Marquette rolls

4 days ago | bnd.com | Greg Shashack

May 10-The Jersey Panthers scored a run in the top of the first inning and never trailed while defeating the Roxana Shells 5-3 in a nonconference baseball matchup on Friday at Roxana Park. Gage Carey went the distance to earn the win for Jersey, which won its third in a row to reach .500 at 13-13. Roxana, which lost to the Panthers 5-4 in Jerseyville on March 22, drops to 18-8-1. Jersey's seven hits came from seven different Panthers. Jersey broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the third inning.
FRIDAY SOFTBALL: Zurheide breaks school record, Piasa Birds get SCC win

4 days ago | thetelegraph.com | Greg Shashack

Vivian Zurheide’s two-run single in the first inning took down a 27-year-old school record and launched the Southwestern Piasa Birds over a South Central Conference softball hurdle on Friday. The Birds put up five runs in the first, Grace Strohbeck took a shutout to the seventh and Southwestern defeated the Greenville Comets 7-1 in a SCC game in Piasa. The Birds, who last won the SCC in 2018, are 13-3-1 and 6-0 in the conference. The Comets are 18-6-1 and 5-3 in league play.
FRIDAY BASEBALL: Carey hurls Jersey to win at Roxana; Marquette rolls

4 days ago | thetelegraph.com | Greg Shashack

The Jersey Panthers scored a run in the top of the first inning and never trailed while defeating the Roxana Shells 5-3 in a nonconference baseball matchup on Friday at Roxana Park. Gage Carey went the distance to earn the win for Jersey, which won its third in a row to reach .500 at 13-13. Roxana, which lost to the Panthers 5-4 in Jerseyville on March 22, drops to 18-8-1. Article continues below this adJersey’s seven hits came from seven different Panthers.
THURSDAY SOFTBALL: Carrollton fends off Carlinville, moves to 27-0

5 days ago | bnd.com | Greg Shashack

May 9-The Carlinville Cavaliers became just the second team to play the Carrollton Hawks closer than two runs on Thursday. The Cavies could not become the first team to beat the Hawks. Daci Walls' two-run homer in the third inning erased a one-run deficit and Carrollton held on to defeat Carlinville 3-2 in a nonconference softball game at Wright Park in Carrollton. The Hawks, ranked No. 1 in the Class 1A state poll with Class 2A No. 8 Auburn (19-4) coming to Carrollton on Friday, improve to 27-0.
Marquette gives Dan Wiedman his 600th career win as softball coach

5 days ago | bnd.com | Greg Shashack

May 9-GRANITE CITY - Dan Wiedman smiles as he recalls win No. 1 as Marquette Catholic Explorers softball coach on March 21, 1995. Marquette 13, Brussels 2. But it is the 30-year-old memory of March 20, 1995 that makes him laugh. "That's kind of a standing joke," Wiedman says. "I was working at McDonnell-Douglas, back in the day, I got the job at Marquette and was pretty excited about it.
Thursday's High School Baseball Scores

5 days ago | thetelegraph.com | Greg Shashack

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALLThursday’s ResultsAlton 2, Collinsville 0Belleville West 2, Edwardsville 1Jersey 9, Staunton 6Roxana 5, Freeburg 4Gillespie 2, Marquette Catholic 1Carlinville 5, Carrollton 2Southwestern 8, North Greene 2Father McGivney 6, Effingham St. Anthony 4Greg Shashack is a graduate of the University of Missouri's School of Journalism. He has been covering sports for The Telegraph in Alton since March 1988. You can reach him at [email protected].