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Southern's left-handed pitcher, Quinn Leath threw 14 strike outs in the Rebels' successful effort to win the Regional Championship at La Harpe on Monday.
The Rebels beat Illini Central (Mason City) by a score of 6-2.
Leading the way at the plate was Chris Wisslead with 3 RBIs, while Quinn Leath, Darick Clark and Matt McIntire had one RBI each.
The Rebels (27-1) advance to the Sectional games at Macomb on Thursday, May 29th at 4:30 p.m. The winner of that game will be featured in the Sectional championship Saturday at 11 a.m.