By THE HERALD-WHIG STAFF

Griggsville-Perry baseball coach Darren Perdun needed his ninth-place hitter to just reach base in a tied game in the bottom of the seventh.

His bottom-of-the-order guy did a little more than that.

Sophomore outfielder Cody Freeman connected on a 2-1 pitch down the right field line for a walk off homer to give the Tornadoes a 5-4 home win over Brown County.

"I really just needed him to get on base to set up the rest of the lineup," Perdun said of Freeman. "But I did turn around to the guys on the bench and say 'I wouldn't mind seeing him just go ahead and end it.'

And that's what he did."

The Hornets (4-4) fought back after trailing 4-1 in the top of the sixth, pounding out four consecutive singles to tie the game.

Jackson Yingling led Brown County with two hits and an RBI, while Quinten Bradbury added two singles.

Freshman Jason Hopson capped a three-run fourth inning with a two-run single for Griggsville (5-3), while Drew Kennedy finished the game with a double and RBI.

Nauvoo-Colusa 12, Illini West 2: Two big innings by the Vikings helped them run away the West Central Conference North Division win at LaHarpe.

Behind three hits from Max Gnann and three RBI from Mitchell, the Vikings (4-0 overall, 2-0 WCC) scored six runs on four errors in the third, and pushed across five more runs in the sixth.

Ross Purchatzke picked up his first win of the season, going 6 1/3 innings while allowing two earned runs and striking out four.

Derek Van Fleet suffered the loss for the Chargers (5-3, 1-1), allowing nine runs -- five earned -- in 5 1-3 innings.

Monroe City 1, Unity 0: Tyler Adams did it all for the Panthers.

The senior pitcher, who had the game-winning RBI in the sixth, held the Mustangs to five hits while striking out 11 to post the shutout win at home.

A scoreless game heading into the bottom the sixth, Monroe City's Collin Williams reached on an error to start the frame and advanced to third on a stolen base and pass ball.

Adams capped the inning with an RBI single to give the Panthers the eventual win.

Freshman Chase Hildebrand, who led the Mustangs (3-4) by going 2 for 3, doubled with two outs in the top of the seventh, but was stranded after Adams struck out to the end the game.

Fulton 6, Hannibal 3: The Hornets banged out 12 hits -- including 10 singles -- to post the North Central Missouri Conference win on the road.

Pirates pitcher Ian Hatton suffered the complete-game loss, allowing five earned runs.

Colin Krigbaum led Hannibal (2-3 overall, 1-2 NCMC) with a triple and RBI, while Zach Nichols added a double.

South Shelby 5, Cairo 4: In dramatic fashion, Mitch Greenwell's third double of the game scored Daniel Roth from third in the bottom of the seventh to give the Cardinals the win.

South Shelby (2-1) also got a two-run home run from Matt Patterson in the fifth, while Greenwell finished with half the Cardinals hits on a 4 for 4 night.

PREP SOFTBALL

Central-Southeastern 6, Petersburg-Porta 2: The Panthers improved to 6-2 with the home win over the Bluejays.

Marlene Nall had two hits with a double in the game and Allie Kestner picked up the win.

Griggsville-Perry 8, Jacksonville Routt 1: Keesila Thomas struck out seven and Devin Hurst clubbed a home run to lead the Tornadoes over the Rockets.

Griggsville-Perry (5-4) sisters Aja and Devin Hurst each went 2 for 3, with Aja adding a double. Addie Freeman also had a double.

QHS JV 4, Pleasant Hill 3: The Lady Wolves fought back to pull within one run in the seventh, but grounded out three consecutive times to suffer the loss at home.

Trailing 3-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth, Pleasant Hill's Stephanie Moesch led off the inning with a triple and scored on the following groundout to get on the board.

A leadoff home run by Christina Hannel to start the seventh cut the deficit in half, while Dana Johnston followed with a double and eventually scored to pull within one run.

QND 17, Brown County 1: The Lady Raiders scored all of their runs in two innings in a victory over the Hornets at home.

QND trailed 1-0 before scoring eight runs on five hits in the bottom of the second inning. The Lady Raiders sent 13 batters to the plate in the fourth to score nine more runs.

Elise Obert doubled and tripled for QND (5-1), while Karlee Gengenbacher had two hits and drove in three runs. Emily McCaughey and Kristy Obert combined to allow only two hits -- singles by Caitlin Kunkel and Alison Behymer -- while striking out seven batters.

Brown County scored its run in the second when Kunkel singled home Jaimee Davis.

BOYS TENNIS

QND def. Kirksville: The Raiders downed the Tigers 6-3 to remain undefeated in play this year.

QND (5-0) got singles wins from Ian Hinkamper, Scott Niemann, Shane Terwelp and Carl Duesterhaus.

The doubles teams of Niemann-Mike Bergstrom and Hinkamper-Mike Hagstrom completed the victory.

BOYS GOLF

Highland wins dual: The Cougars pulled out a 180-190 home win over Scotland County at Three Pines Golf course in Tolona, Mo.

Highland's Tad Luebbehusen took medalist honors with an even par 35. Other scores for the Cougars were Kendall Zajac (46), Michael Kirkman (47) and Jonathan Rathburn (52).

Joe Spurgeon led Scotland County with a 38, while Jordan Fulk added a 49 and Michael Moore shot a 50.

MEN'S BASEBALL

Harris Stowe 5-2, Hannibal LaGrange 1-3: The Trojans came back to post a win in the nightcap to split a doubleheader at Nichols Field.

In Game 1, HLG (16-12, 1-3 in American Midwest Conference play) plated its only run after Nate Turner, who finished 2 for 3, scored after connecting on a triple.

In the late game, Seth Flamm entered with one out and a runner on second in the top of the seventh to close out a win.

Flamm induced a flyout and ended the game a strike out. Jim Niemczyk had two doubles and an RBI for HLG.