Bell City edges Central in five games

Bell City outlasted host Central in a best-of-five volleyball match Monday.

Wendi Zickfield had 17 kills and 15 digs for the Tigers (7-12-2). Rita Walter had 10 digs and eight kills, while Taylor Kirn recorded seven aces and 11 assists.

Game scores were 25-21, 23-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-20.

Scott City 25 25 Leopold 13 21

The Rams improved to 19-1-2 with a two-game victory at home.

Brooke Simpson had nine kills, and Anna Laitinen had seven kills and six kill-blocks to lead Scott City's attack. Katie Hogan added four kills and five digs.

Katie Diebold had a team-high 11 assists, and Jordan McFall and Stephanie Essner led the defense with six digs apiece.

The Rams' victory came after the team won the ASU PlayDay tournament over the weekend.

Laitinen was named the tournament MVP after finishing with 21 kills, 12 service aces, 58 digs and six blocks. Simpson had 55 kills and 20 blocks in the tournament.

Perryville 25 19 25 Fredericktown 20 25 19

Host Perryville notched its 17th win of the season.

Logan Johnson led the Pirates (17-6-1) with 14 digs, Hanah Tripp had five aces and Ava Johnson recorded four kills.

V — Perryville won

BOYS SOCCER

Jackson 4, Poplar Bluff 2

Law Duncan had a goal and an assist to lead the visiting Indians.

Joe Shultz, Clayton Baker and Andrew Mueller also scored for Jackson (5-7). Tyson Stoverink added an assist.

Perryville 2, Kennett 1

The Pirates' first-year program notched its 10th victory by slipping past host Kennett.

Wade Fulton and Wade Lawrence scored for Perryville (10-1), with Ben Prevallet and Dalton Hoehn recording assists.

SOFTBALL

Delta 10, Clearwater 0

Junior pitchers Kendra Burnett and Taylor Keys combined for a five-inning no-hitter at home.

Burnett (13-5) threw the first three innings and struck out six, while Keys pitched the final two innings. The only baserunner to reach was on a two-out fifth-inning walk issued by Keys, who also struck out a batter.

Both players also helped with the bat, as Keys went 3-for-3 and Burnett had a double. Jodi Menz added a triple for Delta (13-6).

Clearwater 000 00 — 0 0 3

Delta 411 31 — 10 6 0

WP — Kendra Burnett, 13-5. LP — Lydia Wymore. 3B — Jodi Menz (D). 2B — Burnett (D). Multiple hits — Delta: Taylor Keys 3-3. Records — Delta 13-6.

Saxony Lutheran 2, Chaffee 1

Kara Versemann scored on a bunt by Kelsey Overbeck as the Crusaders pulled out the nine-inning victory.

Versemann went 2-for-3 with a double.

Nicole McLard struck out 11 and walked five to earn the win.

Heather Thomason went 2-for-3 for the Red Devils.

Chaffee 000 100 000 — 1 4 3

Saxony 000 001 001 — 2 5 2

WP — Nicole McLard. LP — Madelyn Kiefer. 2B — Kara Versemann (SL). Multiple hits — Chaffee: Heather Thomason 2-3; Saxony: Versemann 2-3. Records — Saxony 5-15.

Hillsboro 5, St. Vincent 0

The Indians (1-11) managed just three hits in a home loss.

Hillsboro 113 000 0 — 5 9 1

St. Vincent 000 000 0 — 0 3 2

WP — Anner. LP — Olivia Schemel. Records — St. Vincent 1-11.

GIRLS TENNIS

Central 8, Farmington 1

The Tigers improved to 10-5 with an easy home win.

Singles

No. 1 — Kristi Lazarova (C) def. Courtney Jenson 8-1

No. 2 — Christen Edmonds (C) def. Alisha Murray 8-1

No. 3 — Brooke Morris (C) def. Heather Lewis 8-3

No. 4 — Sami Gross (C) def. Katylin Crocker 8-3

No. 5 — Paige Kinder (C) def. Megan Politte 8-3

No. 6 — Emma Segar (C) def. McKenzie Coleman 8-3

Doubles

No. 1 — Lazarova-Edmonds (C) def. Jenson-Murray 8-2

No. 2 — Morris-Gross (C) def. Politte-Jenny May 8-1

No. 3 — Lewis-Coleman (F) def. Kinder-Ali Billmeyer 8-6

JV — Central won 16-1.

ackson 5, Carbondale 1

Lightning in Carbondale, Ill., wiped out the doubles matches, but the Indians (11-2) won five of the six singles to claim the team victory.

Singles

No. 1 — Erinne Haff (J) def. Rendleman 8-4

No. 2 — Alison Keiper (J) def. Jeyaratnam 8-2

No. 3 — Harpalani (C) def. Chelsea Jones 8-4

No. 4 — Raechel Batz (J) def. Hiller 8-6

No. 5 — Ashley Ptacek (J) def. Intravaia 8-1

No. 6 — Maura Neader (J) def. Sobery 8-1

BOYS SWIMMING

Central 85, Jackson 84

The Tigers edged their rivals by a single point behind two individual wins from Caleb Coots and Sam Gramling.

The host Indians took first in the medley relay and 200 freestyle relay.

Results

Medley relay — 1. Jackson (Connor McGinnis, Ryan Gibson, Greg Gibson, Reily Talbut) 1:50.81; 2. Central (Sam Gramling, Blake Kidd, Caleb Coots, Jordan Gramling), 1:55.24

200 freestyle — 1. S. Gramling, C, 1:54.15; 2. R. Gibson, J, 1:55.01

200 individual medley — 1. Coots, C, 2:11.18; 2. McGinnis, J, 2:18.13

50 freestyle — 1. J. Gramling, C, 24.40; 2. Talbut, J, 24.47

100 freestyle — 1. Coots, C, 59.18; 2. Matthew Leimer, C, 1:14.60

100 freestyle — 1. Talbut, J, 53.37; 2. J. Gramling, C, 53.43

500 freestyle — S. Gramling, C, 5:05.15; 2. R. Gibson, J, 5:07.00

200 freestyle relay — 1. Jackson (Talbut, McGinnis, R. Gibson, G. Gibson), 1:39.13; 2. Central (Coots, Gramling, Gramling, Clayton Hardesty), 1:41.81

100 backstroke — 1. McGinnis, J, 1:04.53; 2. Trey Simpson, C, 1:13.93

100 breaststroke — 1. G. Gibson, J, 1:13.59; 2. Kidd, C, 1:19.50

400 freestyle relay — 1. Central (Leimer, Ben Koch, Prithvi Rudrappa, T. Simpson), 4:19.37; 2. Jackson, 4:22.16

— From staff reports