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Tuesday's prep softball: Lady Panthers outright SIRR champs

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Pinckneyville Community High School&#39;s girls softball team put the icing on yet another River-to-River Conference championship in the Mississippi Division Tuesday.

The Lady Panthers (26-1) ended SIRR play with a 9-0 whitewash of Chester, completing league action at 9-1.

Wednesday Pinckneyville visits Carterville to play a rescheduled contest. On Monday, PCHS and Carterville were halted in the fourth inning with the Lady Lions leading 5-0. The game starts from scratch at 4:30.

"We played good defensively and Sara Malanowski threw a one-hitter," Lady Panthers coach Greg Hale said. "Only two Chester runners reached base. One on a walk and the other with a hit."

Malanowski whiffed 10."

At the plate, Dani Schoenbacher and Emily Miller each notched two safeties.

Anna-Jonesboro (8-2) finished one game out in the SIRR standings with Sparta and Nashville sharing third place at 5-5.

Du Quoin (3-7) and Chester (0-10) followed.