Greg Shashack

Illinois

Assistant Sports Editor at Alton Telegraph

Assistant sports editor - Alton Telegraph

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Vanna beats Havana: Carrollton wins super in 11, advances to state

3 days ago | bnd.com | Greg Shashack

ATHENS - It took Megan Camden only about 10 minutes to shed the goat label in the top of the 11th and become the GOAT in the bottom of the inning. She will not be remembered as the girl who threw to the wrong base to cost Carrollton Hawks softball a shot at its greatest season. "I hope not," Camden said with a smile. "Oh God, I panicked."But then she delivered a clutch hit to become the girl who saved the Hawks' season.
Vanna beats Havana: Carrollton wins super in 11, advances to state

4 days ago | thetelegraph.com | Greg Shashack

ATHENS – It took Megan Camden only about 10 minutes to shed the goat label in the top of the 11th and become the GOAT in the bottom of the inning. She will not be remembered as the girl who threw to the wrong base to cost Carrollton Hawks softball a shot at its greatest season. “I hope not,” Camden said with a smile. “Oh God, I panicked.”Article continues below this adBut then she delivered a clutch hit to become the girl who saved the Hawks' season.
No Illini Bluffs, no déjà vu in super for Carrollton Hawks softball

5 days ago | bnd.com | Greg Shashack

HARDIN - It was three years ago when five freshmen became immediate starters for a Carrollton Hawks softball program that had not won a sectional in 20 years. It would not halt the sectional drought, but that 2022 team did deliver Carrollton's first regional championship in eight years while posting a 25-8 record.
No Illini Bluffs, no déjà vu in super for Carrollton Hawks softball

5 days ago | thetelegraph.com | Greg Shashack

HARDIN – It was three years ago when five freshmen became immediate starters for a Carrollton Hawks softball program that had not won a sectional in 20 years. It would not halt the sectional drought, but that 2022 team did deliver Carrollton’s first regional championship in eight years while posting a 25-8 record.
CM, Jersey knocked out in 3A softball regional championship games

6 days ago | bnd.com | Greg Shashack

May 31-Both the Civic Memorial Eagles and Jersey Panthers took on state-ranked opponents in Class 3A softball regional championship games on Friday. Neither the Eagles nor Panthers could pull off an upset. CM fell to No. 16-ranked Waterloo at the Mascoutah Regional, while Jersey was knocked out by No. 15 Rochester at the Jacksonville Regional.
CM, Jersey knocked out in 3A softball regional championship games

6 days ago | thetelegraph.com | Greg Shashack

Both the Civic Memorial Eagles and Jersey Panthers took on state-ranked opponents in Class 3A softball regional championship games on Friday. Neither the Eagles nor Panthers could pull off an upset. CM fell to No. 16-ranked Waterloo at the Mascoutah Regional, while Jersey was knocked out by No. 15 Rochester at the Jacksonville Regional.
Carrollton turns same trick, beats Calhoun for sectional softball title

6 days ago | bnd.com | Greg Shashack

May 30-HARDIN - The ball left Audrey Gilman's bat and figured to clear the center field fence for a fifth-inning home run that would trim Calhoun's three-run deficit to a single run. No one in the softball crowd that numbered closer to a football crowd figured that Carrollton's 5-foot-5 center fielder Abby Flowers would also clear the fence. But Flowers' well-timed leap and catch to pull the back from homer to third out was a deflating blow from which the Warriors would not recover.
Carrollton turns same trick, beats Calhoun for sectional softball title

1 week ago | thetelegraph.com | Greg Shashack

HARDIN – The ball left Audrey Gilman’s bat and figured to clear the center field fence for a fifth-inning home run that would trim Calhoun’s three-run deficit to a single run. No one in the softball crowd that numbered closer to a football crowd figured that Carrollton’s 5-foot-5 center fielder Abby Flowers would also clear the fence. But Flowers’ well-timed leap and catch to pull the back from homer to third out was a deflating blow from which the Warriors would not recover.
Gillespie’s Oberkfell turns in PR, will run for titles at 1A state track

1 week ago | bnd.com | Greg Shashack

May 30-The IHSA lists him only as Drake. He won the hammer throw in the Class B boys track state meet in 1916 to become the Gillespie Miners' first state champion. On Saturday, Chaz Oberkfell will try to become the Gillespie Miners' fourth state champion. Oberkfell will go to the start line in the 1,600 meters as the No. 1 seed after turning in the fastest preliminary time at 4 minutes, 20.77 seconds on Thursday in the Class 1A state meet at Eastern Illinois' O'Brien Field in Charleston.
Carlinville’s Mason Gilpin seeking school history in pole vault

1 week ago | bnd.com | Greg Shashack

May 30-CARLINVILLE - The pole vault may not be most popular event in track and field. But it is the most expensive. So, when mom and dad made the not insignificant investment in new poles for Carlinville senior Mason Gilpin, a first-time injury was not expected first time out with the new equipment in the South Central Conference Meet in the first week of May. "I planned on using them.