GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Middle School baseball team won 6-1 over Deer Creek-Mackinaw in the IESA Class 2A regional semifinals on Thursday.
After hitting a one-out single in the first inning, Ben Roesch scored a go-ahead run on a base hit by James Huff to give GCMS a 1-0 lead.
The Falcons scored four more runs in the second inning, including an RBI double by Case Jester and a run-scoring single by Isaac Rotramel. In the fourth inning, Bo Grider singled to center field before scoring on a Dayne White groundout.
Jester finished the game hitting 2-for-2 while Grider, Roesch, White, Rotramel and Huff each produced a hit as well for GCMS.
On the mound, White pitched a complete game, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
The second-seeded Falcons will face No. 5 seed Fisher, which beat top-seeded Bloomington Trinity Lutheran 10-6 in its semifinal game, in the regional championship game at 10 a.m. Saturday at Shepard Park in Normal.
GCMS 6, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 1
DCM 000 010 0 — 1 6 3
GCMS 140 100 x — 6 7 0
W – Dayne White, 7 IP, 6 H, ER, 2 K, 2 BB. L – Nick W., IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, K, 3 BB.
Dee-Mack – Kyle H. 3-4, RBI. Riley M. 1-3. Chase B. 1-2, 2B, R. Isaiah P. 1-3.
GCMS – Bo Grider 1-3, RBI, R. Ben Roesch 1-3, R. White 1-4, RBI. Case Jester 2-2, 2B, RBI, R. Isaac Rotramel 1-3, RBI. James Huff 1-3, RBI. Drew Ward R. Colton Johnson R.