Carrollton Baseball Wins Illinois 1A State Championship

Carrollton High School baseball scored two in the first, two in the third, and put the game away with two more in the fourth defeating Lanark (Eastland) 8-1 and capturing the 2011 Illinois class 1A state championship.

Joey Coonrod threw a complete game giving up 1 run on 5 hits and striking out 11.  First baseman Brenton Walls went 3-4 with 3 rbi's, catcher Curtis Weber went 2-4 and scored three times.