Shoes take third in win over Eureka

A more relaxed Teutopolis team took O'Brien field Saturday afternoon, playing in the Class 2A third-place game against the Hornets of Eureka. Without the immense pressure of trying to bring home another state title, the Wooden Shoes' bats started strong, and this time stayed that way, capping off a 30-win season with a 7-0 shutout of Eureka (25-12-1) to take home the third-place trophy."It's nice to end the season on a win," Teutopolis coach Justin Fleener said. "Just a couple teams in the state get to do that."Similar to their state semifinal game one day earlier against Lisle, Teutopolis (30-4) opened with a run in the first inning to grab an early lead. Against the Lions, the offense went scoreless for the following six, but taking on a tired and mentally drained Hornets club, who lost their semifinal game earlier in the morning due to Friday night's rain delay, the offense kept its foot on the gas.

The Wooden Shoes scoring another run in the second and five in the fourth, generating 11 total hits in just 4.5 innings. IHSA officials made the decision to shorten the Class 1A and 2A third-place games to five frames with the impending weather, but the Teutopolis lineup did its damage in the shortened game."It was nice to see that ball falling in the outfield grass, it just didn't fall yesterday," Fleener said. "The guys didn't let that bother them. In comparison with other high heels,christian louboutin sandals,louboutin shoes,christian louboutin men,cheap christian louboutin will bring unique feeling to you.

They were swinging the bats with aggressiveness."Jared Waldhoff pitched another shutout, and ran his record to a perfect 9-0 on the season with the win. Waldhoff surrendered a hit in the opening inning when Jared McCunn singled to center field, and another in the fourth when J.D. Andrews singled to right, but that would be it for the Eureka offense. The Teutopolis senior finished with six strikeouts and one walk in five innings of action."Another great pitching performance from him," Fleener said. " He keeps the ball down, induces ground balls, and he lets his defense work a little bit behind him. The defense made some good plays, he's appreciate of that."Chase Wendling, Bobby Wenthe and Kyle Pruemer each singled to open the game after a Waldhoff groundout. Pruemer's shot to left field scored Wendling to give Teutopolis its second 1-0 lead in as many days.The Wooden Shoes were able to put Friday's offensive woes in the past during the second, when they doubled their offensive output from the semifinals. Reed Hardiek doubled to left center and reached third on an error, coasting home off a wild pitch from Eureka's Konnor Dunham for the 2-0 edge."We were just hoping to get a few innings out of Konnor," Eureka coach Dane ware said. "We got a little greedy, should have went to a different pitcher, give them a different look. Teutopolis is a good ballclub, they how to swing the bats."Teutopolis put an emphatic stamp on the win in the fourth. Derek Smith opened the inning with a double, the first of six hits in the five-run frame. Smith would score on a wild pitch, and Wendling would knock in a pair on his single up the gut for a 5-0 lead.

"I felt a little more calm out there," Wendling said. "The last game together as a team, we wanted to go out there and have fun, and that's what we did."Tim Probst got in the action with a double, Ryan Ruholl knocked in a run on his sacrifice hit, and Justin Kenter squared off on the Wooden Shoes' third extra-base hit of the inning with his RBI double. "I wanted to get some of those other seniors in, "Fleener said. "I was trying to look for right opportunity. They came up and they produced."The senior class had produce time and again during the past four years, accumulating a four-year record of 125-16. Wendling, in his final game, finished 3-of-3 at the plate with two singles, a double and two RBIs.

"Chase has been doing that right there all year," Fleener said. "It's nice to see that of him, just like I've been seeing."The third-place game gave the Wooden Shoes a chance to exit Peoria with a win, and Teutopolis didn't disappoint, overcoming Friday's disappointment to close the season in style."Obviously we wanted to be in that state championship game," Waldhoff said. "But we wanted to go out (today) on a win, that's what I was trying to get the team motivated for."

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