Advance, Bell City settle for split

The Cubs won the opener 7-5, while Advance rolled to a 19-2 victory in the nightcap.

Bell City and Advance split a doubleheader in high school baseball action Tuesday at Advance which resulted in Bell City's first loss of the season after the Cubs opened with six consecutive wins.

Bell City won the first game 7-5, and Advance came back with a 19-2 rout in the nightcap.

In the first game, Garrett McIntyre's two-out double in the seventh to put Bell City ahead.

Clay Dover finished 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and four RBIs for the Cubs. Cody Bailey had three hits, and McIntyre added two.

For Advance, Daryl Wade had a home run, a double and three RBIs. Jeremy Limbaugh homered for one of his two hits, and Trenton Moses added two hits for the Hornets.

Bell City pitcher Nick Niemczyk improved to 4-0, and Limbaugh suffered the loss for Advance (2-2), which had been state-ranked in the most recent Class 1 state poll but got a late start on the season due to a run to the final four in high school basketball.

In the second game, Advance had 12 hits in five innings. Wade had four hits, and David VanGennip added two for the Hornets.

Baine Stewart had two hits for the Cubs.

Bell City 7, Advance 5

Bell City 101 010 4 -- 7 11 0

Advance 003 200 0 -- 5 9 1

WP -- Nick Niemczyk, 4-0. LP -- Jeremy Limbaugh. HR -- Clay Dover (B), Daryl Wade (A), Jeremy Limbaugh (A). 2B -- Dover (B), Garrett McIntyre (B), Wade (A). Multiple hits -- Bell City, Cody Bailey 3-4, Dover 3-4, McIntyre 2-4; Advance, Wade 3-3, Limbaugh 2-4, Trenton Moses 2-4. Records -- Bell City 6-0.

Advance 19, Bell City 2, 5 innings

Bell City 200 00 -- 2 3 4

Advance 163 36 -- 19 12 0

WP -- Rusty Hendricks. LP -- Melvin Johnson, 1-1. 2B -- Blaine Stewart (B). Multiple hits -- Bell City, Stewart 2-2; Advance, Daryl Wade 4-5, David VanGennip 2-4. Records -- Bell City 6-1.

Leopold 10, Woodland 7

Leopold scored seven runs in the sixth inning and edged visiting Woodland.

Victor Vandeven led the Wildcats (3-3) with four hits, and Wade Wiseman added two for Leopold.

Matt Stoverink won his first game on the mound.

BOYS GOLF Central 152, Notre Dame 175

Central's Kirk Lohmann shot a 1-over-par 36 to earn medalist honors and lead the Tigers past Notre Dame at the Cape Girardeau Country Club.

Blake Driskell and Zach Kluesner each shot a 37 for Central, and Brandon Holzum led the Bulldogs with a 37.

Central -- Kirk Lohmann 36, Blake Driskell 37, Zach Kluesner 37, Jack Connell 42.

Notre Dame -- Brandon Holzum 37, Brett Slaten 43, Austin Gelscheimer 46, Jack Wedemeier 49.

JV -- Central 180, Notre Dame 220

Dexter 164, Jackson 167, Sikeston 176

Josh Wheeler led Jackson with a 5-over-par 40 at the Sikeston Country Club.

Taylor McDowell shot a 41, and Gabe Sauer and A.J. Balsman each carded a 43.

GIRLS SWIMMING Notre Dame 120, Cor Jesu 111, John Burroughs 97

Notre Dame had five individual wins en route to a victory in a three-team meet at John Burroughs.

Brittany Menz won the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200 individual medley for the Bulldogs. Ashly Ducharme (200 free), Ashley Nenninger (100 free) and diver Emily Huber also earned first-place finishes.

Notre Dame results

200 medley relay -- 3, ND (Brittany Menz, Jordan Seabaugh, Ashley Nenninger, Mollie Messmer), 2:08.97

200 free -- 1, Ashly Ducharme, 2:13.79

200 IM -- 1, Menz, 2:25.57

50 free -- 2, Messmer, 28.25

Diving -- 1, Emily Huber, 171.55; 3, Lauren Bader, 161.70

100 fly -- 3, Ducharme, 1:12.31

100 free -- 1, Nenninger, 1:01.07

500 free -- 2, Messmer, 6:00.70

200 free relay -- 2, ND (Menz, Seabaugh, Nenninger, Ducharme), 1:52.89

100 back -- 3, Bader, 1:13.15

100 breast -- 1, Menz, 1:19.63; 3, Nenninger, 1:22.03

400 free relay -- 3, (Messmer, Ducharme, Rachel Henson, Seabaugh)

Poplar Bluff 122, St. Vincent 108, Saxony Lutheran 25

St. Vincent's Maria Esswein had two individual wins and was part of two winning relays to help the host Squaws to a second-place finish in the three-team meet.

Esswein won the 200 IM and 100 fly and was part of the winning 200 free relay and 400 free relay squads.

Saxony Lutheran's Emily Younghouse was the Crusaders' lone winner, placing first in the 500 free.

Area results

200 medley relay -- 3, St. Vincent (Alex Lundy, Kristen Rice, Jennifer Teeter, Michaela Steele), 3:10.72

200 free -- 2, Maria Lundy (SV), 3:03.27

200 IM -- 1, Maria Esswein (SV), 2:51.13; 2, Nicole Ottersburg (SL), 3:25.93

50 free -- 1, Michelle Herzog (SV), 34.41; 3, Steele (SV), 38.77

100 fly -- 1, Esswein (SV), 1:16.16; 2, Emily Younghouse (SL), 1:22.00; 3, A. Lundy (SV), 1:44.95

100 free -- 2, Herzog (SV), 1:18.41; 3, Ottersburg (S), 1:22.72

500 free -- 1, Younghouse (SL), 6:45.83

200 free relay -- 1, St. Vincent (M. Lundy, Steele, Herzog, Esswein), 2:26.21

100 back -- 2, Kate Guyot (SV), 1:35.15; 3, M. Lundy (SV), 1:44.39

100 breast -- 2, Rice (SV), 1:47.62; 3, Guyot (SV), 1:48.40

400 free relay -- 1, St. Vincent (A. Lundy, M. Lundy, Herzog, Esswein), 5:36.44; 3, St. Vincent (Teeter, Steele, Rice, Guyot), 6:36.47

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Central 78, Sikeston 55, Jackson 52

Central eased to a win in a triangular meet at Jackson.

Area results

3,200 relay -- 1, Central, 9:13.5; 2, Jackson, 9:25.7

110 hurdles -- 2, Cantrell Andrews (C), 16.4; 3, Darris Gerlach (C), 17.3

100 -- 1, Hykeem Hammonds (C), 10.9; 2, James Mowery (C), 11.1; 3, Daniel Miller (J), 11.4

Long jump -- 3, Daniel Abernathy (J), 19-3 3/4

800 relay -- 2, Jackson, 1:35.5

Discus -- 1, Andrew Elizalde (C), 122-1; 2, Andrew Lysell (J), 118-8; 3, Jacob Bullinger (J) 117-2

1,600 -- 1, Greg Gibson (J), 4:56; 2, Eddie Glenn (C), 4:59

400 -- 2, Lucian Johnson (C), 56.8; 3, Jesse Eichorn (J), 58.5

Pole vault -- 1, Lance Altenthal (C), 13-0; 2, Alex Austin (J), 12-6

300 hurdles -- 1, Gerlach (C), 43-5; 3, Shawn Owens (C), 46-0

Triple jump -- 1, Tyler Terry (C), 45-1

800 -- 1, Grant Ressel (J), 2:10.2; 2, Beau Jordan (C), 2:15; 3, Gibson (J), 2:20

200 -- 2, Mowery (C), 24.4

3,200 -- 1, John Kipper (C), 10:22; 2, Cody Green (J), 11:35; 3. Owens (C), 11:43

1,600 relay -- 1, Jackson, 3:43.4; 2, Central, 3:44.2

shot put -- 2, Elizalde (C), 39-2; 3, Patrick Chapman (C), 36-10 1/2

high jump -- 1, Jared Thomas (C), 6-2; 2, Zach Humphrey (J), 5-8; 3, Austin (J), 5-8

400 relay -- 2, Jackson, 46.3

Old Settlement Invitational

Saxony Lutheran had five top-place finishes and finished third out of nine schools at the Old Settlement Invitational at Ste. Genevieve.

Brandon Etzold (800 meters) and Max Wieser (300 hurdles) each won an individual event and ran on the winning 1,600 and 3,200 relay teams. Tim Lorenz also had a win in the shot put.

The 1,600 relay team of Grant Lehmann, Alex Jauch, Wieser and Etzold posted the Saxony Lutheran's record time at 3 minutes, 33 seconds.

Ste. Genevieve topped the team standings with 112 points, followed by Festus (106) and Saxony (88).

Saxony Lutheran results

3,200 relay -- 1. 8:36 (Max Wieser, Grant Lehmann, Brandon Etzold, Trey Maevers)

300 hurdles -- 1. Wieser 42.27

Shot put -- 1. Tim Lorenz 43-11 1/2

1,600 relay -- 1. 3:33 (Lehman, Alex Jauch, Wieser, Etzold)

400 -- 2. Wieser 54.11

High jump -- 2. Maevers 5-8

1,600 -- 3. Etzold 4:41

800 relay -- 4. Saxony Lutheran 1:38

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

Central 90 1/2, Jackson 69 1/2, Sikeston 39

Central won the three-team meet at Jackson.

The Tigers' Brianna Egbuka swept the throwing events, while Jackson's Rachel Kahle (100, triple jump) and Heather Hileman (100 hurdles, high jump) won two events apiece.

Area results

3,200 relay -- 1, Central, 11:34; 2, Jackson, 12:55

Pole vault -- 1, Emma Porter (C), 8-0; 2, Sarah Schneider (C), 8-0

100 hurdles -- 1, Heather Hileman (J), 16.8; 2, Mernetta Parchman (C), 18.5; 3, Chasity Johnson (C), 18.7

Long jump -- 1, Katelynn James (J), 14-3; 2, Rachel Kahle (J), 13-11 1/4; 3, Amanda Houshouser (J), 13-7 1/2

100 -- 1, Kahle (J), 12.0; 3, Nicole Jackson (C), 12.8

800 relay -- 2, Central, 2:00.80

1,600 -- 1, Veronica Schabbing (C), 5:59.9; 2, Nicole Parrish (J), 6:07

400 relay -- 2, Central, 55.2

400 -- 1, Linnea Woldtvedt (C), 1:04.5; 2, Roxanne Hudak (J), 1:06.4; 3, Lisa Langenfeld (C), 1:06.8

300 hurdles -- 1, Gina Yarbrough (C), 53.8; 2, Hileman (J), 54.1; 3, Andrea Richardet (J), 57.8

Triple jump -- 1, Kahle (J), 35-7 1/2; 2, James (J), 34-3 1/4

800 -- 1, Rachel Burchyette (C), 2:48.6

200 -- 1, N. Jackson (C), 26.0; 2, Kahle (J), 26.1; 3, Roxanne Jackson (C), 28.2

3,200 -- 1, Brittany Moreland (C), 12:00; 2, Woldtvedt (C), 13:02; 3, Parrish (J), 13:53

1,600 relay -- 1, Central, 4:36; 2, Jackson, 4:45.5

Shot put -- 1, Brianna Egbuka (C), 38-1; 2, Amanda Peiffer (J), 35-5

Discus -- 1, Egbuka (C), 109-5; 2, Peiffer (J) 101-9; 3, James (J), 98-5

High jump -- 1, Hileman (J), 5-2; 2, Parchman (C), 4-10; 3, Langenfeld (C), Samantha Jaco (J), 4-8

Old Settlement Invitational

Perryville was fourth out of nine teams in the meet at Ste. Genevieve.

Brittney Castleberry paced the Pirates with one win and two second-place finishes.

Team results -- 1. Ste. Genevieve 127, 2. Festus 113 1/2, 3. Crystal City 79, 4. Perryville 70, 5. Fredericktown 66

Perryville results

100 -- 1, Brittney Castleberry, 12.78

100 hurdles -- 2, Castleberry, 16.28

300 hurdles -- 2, Castleberry, 50.38

Pole vault -- 2, Cassie Lawrence, 7-6

Triple jump -- 3, Lawrence, 31-1 1/2

1,600 -- 3, Leslie Schilli, 5:46

400 relay -- 3, Perryvlle (Jill Bohnert, Shannon Hotop, Kelsey Dobbelare, Ashley Castleberry), 56.24

1,600 relay -- 3, (A. Castleberry, B. Castleberry, Dobbelare, Liz Martin), 4:35

SOFTBALL Leopold 10, Woodland 7

Leopold erased a 6-1 deficit and won at home.

Whitney Vandeven pitched three relief innings to earn her second win, and she had two hits at the plate for Leopold (4-2).

Woodland 015 010 0 -- 7 3 3

Leopold 104 203 X -- 10 5 4

WP -- Whitney Vandeven, 2-2. LP -- Hutson. Multiple hits -- Leopold, Vandeven 2-3. Records -- Leopold 4-2.

Oak Ridge 21, Meadow Heights 6

Oak Ridge scored 12 runs in the top of the fourth inning and picked up its first win.

Kia Thomas, Daniela Dos Santos, Jessica Seyer, Amanda King, Hannah Sedgwick and Amber Schumer had two hits apiece for Oak Ridge (1-5).

Sedgwick struck out four batters for the pitching win.

Oak Ridge 603 (12) -- 21 14 2

Meadow Hts 204 0 -- 6 3 2

WP -- Hannah Sedgwick, 1-5. LP -- Horman. 3B -- Kia Thomas (O). 2B -- Mandy Tucker (O). Multiple hits -- Oak Ridge, Thomas 2-2, Daniela Dos Santos 2-2, Jessica Seyer 2-4, Amanda King 2-5, Sedgwick 2-2, Amber Schumer 3-3. Records -- Oak Ridge 1-5.

-- From staff reports