DOWNS – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity softball team won 2-0 over Tri-Valley on Wednesday.
With the win, the Falcons claimed a Heart of Illinois Conference championship with a conference record of 8-2 and an overall record of 16-6-1.
Brayden Elliott and David Hull combined to pitch a one-hit shutout for GCMS (16-6, 8-2 Heart of Illinois Conference) as Elliott struck out 11 batters and walked three through 6 2/3 innings while yielding Tri-Valley’s lone hit. Hull picked up the save as he walked no batters through one-third of an inning.
Elliott also hit 2-for-3 and drove in a run via a base hit to left field in the fifth inning to extend GCMS’s lead to 2-0.
The Falcons took a 1-0 lead in the second inning as Zach Price hit a leadoff single and Graydon Leonard reached base on an error before Carter Kallal scored on an Isaiah Johnson groundout.
GCMS 2, Tri-Valley 0
GCMS 010 010 0 — 2 5 2
TV 000 000 0 — 0 1 2
W – Brayden Elliott, 6.2 IP, H, 0 R, 11 K, 3 BB. L – G. Coughlin, 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 6 K, 2 BB. S – David Hull, 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 K, 0 BB.
GCMS (16-6-1, 8-2) – Elliott 2-3. Hull R. Zach Price 1-3. Graydon Leonard 1-2. Isaiah Johnson RBI. Trent Wetherell 1-2. Carter Kallal R.
Tri-Valley – C. Danko 1-3, 2B.
