Marley Fox Throws Four Inning Perfect Game, Edwardsville Eliminates Granite 16-0

Stone hits three-run homer In first, Lewis cracks grand slam in second to pace Tigers.

Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

May 20, 2026 9:41 AM

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O'FALLON - Marley Fox pitched a four-inning perfect game in the circle, as Edwardsville eliminated Granite City 16-0 in the semifinals of the IHSA Class 4A O'Fallon softball regional Tuesday afternoon at the Milburn Softball Complex.

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The Tigers' Lily Stone hit a three-run homer in the first, and Savanna Lewis followed in the second with a grand slam.

The win puts the Tigers into the final against either the host Panthers or Springfield at 4 p.m. Friday, May 22, 2026. O'Fallon and Springfield meet at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, on the Milburn Campus of O'Fallon High School.

After Fox retired the side in order, Edwardsville scored 11 runs in the opening inning, and it started when Brook Burris drew a walk, and Sophie Antonini singled Burris to second. A groundout advanced the runners, and Maksine Straub walked to load the bases. Maggie Bray then walked to force home Burris, Fox singled home Antonini, and Lily Maxwell singled home both courtesy runner Camilla Zurleine and Bray to make it 4-0.

Bryar Ellinger connected on an RBI single to score courtesy runner Remi Werden and Maxwell to make the score 6-0, with Ellinger going to second on the throw to the plate. Amelia Wilfong singled Ellinger to third, and Burris was hit by a pitch to reload the bases, after which Antonini singled home two more runs to up the lead to 8-0. Stone then sent a 1-1 pitch over the fence in center, scoring Burris and Antonini ahead of her and giving the Tigers an 11-0 lead after the inning.

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In the second, Fox and Maxwell led off with back-to-back singles, and Wilfong walked to load the bases. One out later, Marissa Wiley singled home pinch runner Reagan Kolakowski to make it 12-0, and Lewis hit a 3-2 pitch over the fence in center, scoring Maxwell, Wilfong, and Wiley ahead of her, and giving the Tigers a 16-0 lead.

That would be all Fox and the Tigers would need, as they retired the side in order in all four innings to give Edwardsville the win, the game terminated by the 15-run rule.

Both Antonini and Maxwell led the way for Edwardsville with two hits and two RBIs each, while Fox helped herself with two hits and an RBI, Lewis' grand slam was her only hit and four RBIs on the day, while Stone had a hit and drove home three runs, Ellinger came up with a hit and two RBIs, Wiley had a hit and RBI, Wilfong had a hit, and Bray drove in a run. Fox went the distance in the circle in her four-inning perfect game, striking out 11 to be credited with the win.

Isabella Briagas started in the circle for Granite City and lasted only 0.1 innings. She was charged with the loss, giving up 11 earned runs on seven hits, walking three and fanning none, while Chloe Randolph pitched the final 2.2 innings, allowing five earned runs on five hits, walking one and striking out two.

The Warriors end their season 5-21, while the Tigers improve to 26-9 and move on to the regional final Friday against either the Senators or O'Fallon at 4 p.m. The winner goes on to the Bradley-Bourbonnais sectional, meeting the Belleville East regional winner in a neutral-site semifinal May 26 at 4 p.m. The winner then advances to the sectional final Round of 16 game against either the winner of the Normal Community regional or the Pekin regional in the final at BBCHS on May 30 at 11 a.m.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais sectional winner meets the New Lenox Lincoln-Way West sectional champion in the super-sectional quarterfinal game June 1 in a 4 p.m. first pitch at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. The winner of the super-sectional goes to the Class 4A state finals June 5-6 at the Louisville Slugger Softball Complex in Peoria, opening in the first semifinal against the winner of The Ballpark In Rosemont super-sectional 1 at 2:30 p.m. June 5, with the third-place game set for June 6 at 12:15 p.m., and the state championship game starting at 4:45 p.m.

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