MATTOON – Play began at 1:20 p.m. today at Grimes Field with Mattoon Post 88 moved back to a 9 p.m. start in the rain-delayed American Legion baseball Firecracker Classic.
Toledo Post 764 had originally been schedule to have played today at Eastern Illinois’ Coaches Stadium but now moves to Grimes Field for a 7 p.m. game against Newburgh, Ind.
Mount Vernon, Ill., is forfeiting its game against Rantoul that was to be at 9 p.m. today. That allows Mattoon Post 88 to play Evansville (Ind.) Funkhouser at that 9 p.m. time slot instead of the 11 p.m. it would have had to have played in this revamped schedule.
Games are to be shortened to a 1-hour, 45-minute time limit today.
The Junior American Legion third-place game that was to be played today has been moved to Sunday.
Here are the schedules with games at Grimes Field in Mattoon’s Peterson Park unless noted otherwise:
SENIOR AMERICAN LEGION
Friday
1 p.m. - Mount Vernon, Ind., vs. Effingham
3 p.m. – Rantoul vs. Newburgh, Ind.
3 p.m. – Peoria vs. Evansville (Ind.) Funkhouser at Eastern Illinois’ Coaches Stadium
5 p.m. – Robinson vs. Peoria at Eastern Illinois’ Coaches Stadium
5 p.m. – Stewardson-Strasburg vs. Mount Vernon, Ind.
7 p.m. – Toledo vs. Newburgh, Ind.
7 p.m. – Mount Vernon, Ill., forfeits to Rantoul
9 p.m. - Mattoon vs. Funkhouser, Ind.
Saturday
10 a.m. – Newburgh, Ind., vs. Mount Vernon, Ill
11:30 a.m. – Mount Vernon, Ind., vs. Teutoplis at Eastern Illinois’ Coaches Stadium
12:15 p.m. – Newburgh, Ind., vs. Moultrie-Douglas
1 p.m. – Mount Vernon, Ill., vs. Toledo at Lake Land
1:45 p.m. – Funkhouser, Ind., vs. Decatur at Eastern Illinois’ Coaches Stadium
2:30 p.m. – Mount Vernon, Ind., vs. Mount Zion
4:15 p.m. – Funkhouser, Ind., vs. Robinson at Lake Land
7 p.m. – Mattoon vs. Decatur
Sunday
11:30 a.m. – Teutopolis vs. Effingham
11:30 a.m. – Toledo vs. Rantoul at Eastern Illinois’ Coaches Stadium
1:45 p.m. – Effingham vs. Mount Zion
2 p.m. – Rantoul vs. Moultrie-Douglas at Eastern Illinois’ Coaches Stadium
4 p.m. – Stew-Stras vs. Teutopolis, 4 p.m.
6:15 p.m. – Peoria vs. Mattoon
8:30 p.m. – Decatur vs. Peoria
Monday
Noon – Pool winner to be determined vs. Pool winner
2:30 p.m. – Pool winner vs. wild card
4:30 p.m. - Semifinal winners for championship
STANDINGS
Pool A: Mattoon (1-0), Robinson (0-1), Decatur, Evansville (Ind.) Funkhouser, Peoria
Pool B: Mount Zion (2-0), Teutopolis (0-1), Stewardson-Strasburg (0-2), Effingham (1-0), Mount Vernon, Ind.
Pool C: Rantoul; Toledo (1-0); Moultrie-Douglas County (1-1); Mount Vernon, Ill (0-1)., Newburgh, Ind.
Games are at Peterson Park’s Grimes Field unless noted
Wednesday scores
Mount Zion 2,. Teutopolis 1, eight innings
Effingham 4,. Stewardson-Strasburg 3, 10 innings
Toledo 7, Moultrie-Douglas 4, 11 innings
Mount Zion 4, Stew-Stras 3
Moultrie Douglas 4, Mount Vernon, Ill. 0
Mattoon 7, Robinson 1
Decatur vs. Robinson, suspended by rain
JUNIOR AMERICAN LEGION
MondayKansas 12, Shelby-Moultrie 1Mahomet 7, Teutopolis 2Danville Blue 7, Paris 5
Kansas 7, Mahomet 6Windsor-Neoga 11, Mattoon 4Windsor-Neoga 6, Paris 0TuesdayTeutoolis 10, Shelby-Moutrie 0Windsor-Neoga 12, Danville Blue 2Teutopolis 6, Kansas 0Mattoon 11, Danville Blue 4Paris 8, Mattoon 7Mahomet 8, Shelby-Moultrie 4Saturday4:45 p.m. Windsor-Neoga vs. Teutopolis at Grimes Field in Peterson Park, championship
Sunday
Noon - Mattoon vs. Kansas at Lake Land, fifth place game
2 p.m. - Paris vs. Mahomet at Grimes Field in Peterson Park, third place game
