Area sports digest 6/27/07

Cape Senior Babe Ruthsweeps aside Chaffee

The Cape Senior Babe Ruth baseball team received a pair of one-hit performances Monday in a doubleheader road sweep of Chaffee.

Cape won the opener 10-2, then marched to a 16-1 victory in five innings.

Nick Ostendorf allowed one hit in the first game, striking out five and walking four in six innings.

Chad Friend led a 10-hit attack with three hits, which included two doubles. Abe Dirnberger added a pair of hits.

Tyler Brandt gave up just one hit in four innings of the second game, striking out five and walking four.

Cape had 15 hits, led by three hits apiece by Dustin LeGrand and Jacob Valleroy.

Southeast baseballsigns two players

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team announced the signing of two junior college transfers, infielder Tony Spencer of Mineral Area College (Park Hills, Mo.) and outfielder Justin Wheeler of Golden West College (Huntington Beach, Calif.), on Tuesday.

Spencer, a 2005 Vianney graduate, batted .374 with 20 RBIs and played second base during his sophomore season at Mineral Area College.

Wheeler batted .381 as a sophomore with a team-high eight home runs. He also had 17 doubles and 41 RBIs.

Werner wins GatewayPGA Junior Series event

Tanner Werner shot a tournament-low 6-over-par 78 Tuesday to win the Boys 14-15 Tour division at the Gateway PGA Junior Series event at Dalhousie Golf Club.

Werner won by five strokes over Eric Hayes (83). Gene Williams won the Boys 16-19 Tour division with an 81.

Other winners were Gabe Wheeler (51, Boys 10-11, nine holes), Ben Murray (51, Boys 12-13, nine holes), Luke Mueller (58, Boys 14-18, nine holes), Caroline Harding (48, Girls 12-13, nine holes), Corey Connell (91, Boys 12-13 Regular, 18 holes), Brock Walker (87, Boys 14-15 Regular, 18 holes), Joe Wiggins (79, Boys 16-19 Regular, 18 holes) and Emily Matthews (97, Girls 16-18 Regular, 18 holes).

Results

Boys

10-11 (nine holes) -- Gabe Wheeler 51, Garrett Callahan 52, Luke Kinder 57

12-13 (nine holes) -- Ben Murray 51, Zach Downing 53, Collin Sprandel 55

12-13 Regular (18 holes) -- Corey Connell 91, Carr Vernon 93, Jake Russel 93

14-18 (nine holes) -- Luke Mueller 58, Grant Gray 75, Ben Matthews 63

14-15 Regular (18 holes) -- Brock Walker 87, Landon Barks 87, Brandon Pleiman 88

14-15 Tour (18 holes) -- Tanner Werner 78, Eric Hayes 83, Tanner McKinney 84

16-19 Regular (18 holes) -- Joe Wiggins 79, Justin Fields 84, Daniel Oliver 85

16-19 Tour (18 holes) -- Gene Williams 81, Jack Connell Jr. 82, Brett Slaten 82

Girls

12-13 (nine holes) -- Caroline Harding 48, Kate Edwards 57

16-18 Regular (18 holes) -- Emily Matthews 97

Two players to playin all-star game

Delta's Kaci Menz and Advance's Shea Smith have been selected to play in the 14th annual Gerald A. Pilz and Friends basketball all-star games on July 7 at College of the Ozarks. The game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

Four local Maryvilleathletes earn honors

Four Maryville University athletes with ties to the area were named to the 2006-07 Saints Academic team. To be eligible for the team, athletes needed to achieve at least a 3.5 grade-point average for the academic year and complete a season as a member of a varsity team.

Local members on the team were: Notre Dame alumnus Lee Essner, a baseball player; Jackson's Katie Biri, a soccer player; Perryville's Amber Hacker, a soccer player; and Notre Dame alumna Megan Holloway, a soccer player.

-- From staff reports