Wood Memorial blanks Cannelton 13-0 in sectional opener

Cannelton’s sectional stay ended quickly at Tecumseh as Wood Memorial spread the offense across multiple innings and rolled to a 13-0 Class 1A Sectional 64 win on May 27.

The loss sent the Bulldogs home from the 59th Annual Indiana High School Athletic Association Baseball State Tournament Series, where sectional play ran from May 27 through June 1 and regional games were set for June 6. Sectional 64 was played at Tecumseh and also included Evansville Christian, Northeast Dubois, Springs Valley, and Tecumseh, with 381 teams entered statewide and 101 of them in Class 1A.

For Cannelton High School, the score told the story of a night when the pitching staff could not slow Wood Memorial’s pace. The Trojans were already familiar with the Bulldogs after winning an earlier meeting this spring, and they backed up that result by staying on the attack long enough to put the game out of reach before Cannelton could recover.

Wood Memorial’s lineup was led by senior Houston Schoonover, one of the Trojans’ more reliable contributors this season. MaxPreps noted Schoonover was a major factor in a late-April game against Evansville Bosse, when he struck out nine batters over six innings, and listed him as a 6-foot-2, 175-pound senior. That kind of two-way impact helped Wood Memorial carry momentum into the tournament opener.

Cannelton entered the sectional with at least one recent positive result, beating Columbus Christian 9-7 on May 16 to close the regular season on a win. But that momentum did not carry over in Tecumseh, where the Bulldogs were blanked and their season ended in early sectional play.

The result leaves Cannelton with a clear offseason checklist. The Bulldogs will need steadier pitching and more consistent offense if they want to turn close regular-season games into tournament wins next spring. Wood Memorial, meanwhile, moved deeper into Sectional 64 with another one-sided result and kept its postseason alive at Tecumseh.