Fifth-Seeded South Central Upsets #1 Seed St. Anthony in Extra Innings in NTC Baseball Tournament Semifinals

Fifth-seeded South Central scored twice in the top of the eight inning and held on for a 5-3 win over top-seeded St. Anthony in the semifinals of the National Trail Conference Baseball Tournament in Effingham on Wednesday. With both teams going scoreless and hitless in the first two innings, the Cougars’ Sebastian Kruger got the first hit of the game with a leadoff single in the top of the third inning and then moved over to second base on a passed ball. With one out in the inning, Jordan Smith singled to put runners at the corners and Luke Shumate…