Effingham's St. Anthony High School picked up it's first Illinois state baseball title Saturday defeating Tuscola 6-1 at O'Brien Field in Peoria.
St. Anthony's Reed Willenborg's bases loaded single drove in two followed by a three run homer from Austin Bushur capped off a five run third inning. Willenborg also went all seven innings on the mound giving up one run on six hits.
St. Anthony's also set a school record for wins going 31-8-1 on the season.
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.
The final four Illinois class 1A baseball teams will battle at O'Brien Field in Peoria this Friday and Saturday.
At 10:00 am Carrollton will play Tremont and following that game Goreville will play Lanark (Eastland).
The winners will play in the IHSA 1A Championship game on Saturday after the third and fourth place game which starts at 10:00 am.
