Bell City spikers cruise past Crusaders

Bell City's volleyball team continued to roll with a resounding 25-8, 25-19 sweep Tuesday of host Saxony Lutheran.

The Cubs improved to 21-1. Bell City's lone loss came at the Notre Dame Volleyballfest to the host Bulldogs in the semifinals.

Megan Slagley led Bell City (21-1) with six kills and six digs.

Saxony Lutheran fell to 6-12-1. Nicole Petzoldt had four kills and four blocks for the Crusaders. Kara Versemann added three points and three kills for Saxony.

JV -- Bell City won 25-14, 26-24.

St. Vincent 25 19 25 Perryville 19 25 16

St. Vincent outlasted rival Perryville on the road.

Kelsey Cissell had 10 kills and 10 assists for St. Vincent (23-3-2). Lacey Siegmund added 13 assists and 19 digs, Courtney Besand had eight kills and 11 digs, Brooke Brown had 13 points and seven kills, Sara Moll had 17 digs and Brooke Hayden had seven kills.

St. Vincent played its second straight three-set match after falling at Valle Catholic 25-19, 18-25, 23-25 on Monday.

JV -- St. Vincent won.

Freshmen -- St. Vincent won.

Central 25 25 Chaffee 14 20

Kristin Shirrell had seven assists and five aces in a road sweep.

Melissa Espinoza added six kills for the Tigers (11-9-2).

Notre Dame 25 25 Advance 9 16

Ashley Nenninger had 10 kills and three blocks for Notre Dame (10-8) in a road win.

Meridith Medlin recorded eight kills and nine assists, and Aimee Ha added eight assists for the Bulldogs.

JV -- Notre Dame won.

Jackson 25 25 North County 22 23

Katelyn James had eight kills and nine points in a home sweep.

Chelsea Olson added 12 assists for the Indians (6-10-1), and Megan Glueck had seven digs.

JV -- Jackson won 25-17, 26-24.

Freshmen -- Jackson won 25-18, 26-24.

Leopold 25 25 Meadow Hts. 12 17

Maddy Hutchings and Erin Woodfin had 6 kills apiece as Leopold (15-2) won at home.

Cassie Jansen added four kills, and Cassie Seiler had 12 assists for the Wildcats.

JV -- Leopold won 25-19, 22-25, 25-22.

BOYS SOCCER Jackson 2, Sikeston 1, 2OT

Brian Davidson scored twice for Jackson, including the game-winner midway through the second overtime period, in a home win.

Spencer McCormack had an assist for the Indians (9-3-3).

JV -- Jackson won 5-2.

Notre Dame 7, Anna-Jonesboro 0

Ty Williams scored three second-half goals in a home win.

Ryan Willen and J.P. Thompson added two goals apiece for the Bulldogs (12-1).

Austin Gelsheimer, Williams, Brett Heischmidt, Richard Marquart, Thompson, Matt Kiblinger and John Unterreiner had assists.

Ryan Bass was in goal for the shutout.

GIRLS TENNIS Central 8, Dexter 1

The Tigers remained perfect in dual play with a home win.

Central improved to 14-0 and will finish its season Monday at home against Sikeston.

Singles

1. Amanda Dooley (D) def. Sarah Ford 8-2

2. Lindsey Pingel (C) def. Katelyn Heil 8-1

3. Christen Edmonds (C) def. Kristen Bush 8-0

4. Kristen Ford (C) def. Caitlin Pyle 8-4

5. Claire Segar (C) def. Emily Vines 9-7

6. Carsen Bahn (C) def. Kendra Rinehart 8-5

Doubles

1. S. Ford-Pingel (C) def. Dooley-Heil 8-3

2. Edmonds-K. Ford (C) def. Bush-Vines 8-2

3. Segar-Bahn (C) def. Pyle-Rinehart 8-3

JV -- Central won 11-0. Winners -- Brooke Morris, Kristi Lazarova, Sami Gross, Karrie Moll, Lauren Tobin, Paige Kinder, Emily Hiett, Morris-Lazarova, Gross-Kelsey Teichman, Moll-Tobin, Allie Billmeyer-Kaley Chism

Jackson 6 Poplar Bluff 3

Jackson improved to 10-4 with a home win.

Singles

1. P. Gujarati (P) def. Erinne Haff 8-0

2. Morgan Allen (P) def. Sarah Detring 8-1

3. Alynda Lane (J) def. Mallory Barks 8-4

4. Maura Neader (J) def. Dana Schuelmann 8-3

5. Ellen Beil (J) def. Rachel Blaich 8-2

6. Raechel Batz (J) def. Katie Blaich 8-2

Doubles

1. Gujarati-Allen (P) def. Lane-Beil 8-5

2. Detring-Haff (J) def. Barks-Schuelmann 8-4

3. Neader-Allison Keiper (J) def. Blaich-Blaich 8-3

JV -- Jackson won 14-1. Winners -- Keiper, Andrea Penzel, Chelsea Jones, Emily Hoffman, Jade Freeman, Kati Miinch, Logan Birk, Olivia Meyer, Maureen Hoinka, Kaylynn Sneathen, Batz-Jones, Hoffman-Penzel, Birk-Meyer, Sneathen- Katie King.

SOFTBALL Chaffee 2, Twin Rivers 1

Madelyn Kiefer had three of Chaffee's four hits, and Sarah Benton struck out 11 in a home win.

Benton allowed two hits and two walks in the complete-game victory.

The Red Devils (8-10) were coming off a 6-3 win over Sikeston at home Monday.

Kiefer had two hits in the win, and Chelsey Walter had two RBIs.

Twin Rivers 010 000 0 -- 1 2 0

Chaffee 001 001 0 -- 2 4 1

WP -- Sarah Benton. LP -- Cunningham. 2B -- Vancil (T), Gordon (T). Multiple hits -- Chaffee, Madelyn Kiefer 3-3. Records -- Chaffee 8-10.

Kelly 6, Poplar Bluff 0

Kelly (20-5) pitcher Kalie Hughes allowed just two hits to pick up the complete game shutout.

Hughes recorded nine strikeouts without giving up a walk to post her 14th win of the season.

Brittany Ponder and Summer Procter each had three hits for Kelly. Sarah Ruff and Casey Kern added two hits apiece, and Katee Moore picked up two RBIs with a triple.

Kelly 110 210 1 -- 6 14 0

Bluff 000 000 0 -- 0 2 0

WP -- Kalie Hughes, 14-4. LP -- Maloney. 3B -- Brittany Ponder (K), Katee Moore (K), Casey Kern (K). Multiple hits -- Kelly, Ponder 3-5; Kern 2-4; Summer Procter 3-4; Sarah Ruff 2-3. Records -- Kelly 20-5.

CROSS COUNTRY Farmington Invitational

Notre Dame's boys had six runners win medals en route to the team title.

Neil Kanneberg, Logan Davis and Dillon Klaffer finish fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively. Jon Ramsey was 15th and Ben Beussink was 16th to round out Notre Dame's top five.

The top 30 medaled.

Brandon Etzold led the second-place Crusaders with a second-place finish. Max Wieser followed in 10th for Saxony and Peter Winningham finished 12th.

Greg Gibson led Jackson with a third-place finish, and Cody Green finished 18th.

In the girls race, Casey Hatton finished in sixth place to lead Jackson to a first place finish. Beth Barton finished ninth and Nicole Parrish was 15th.

Tori Pfau led the Bulldogs in second, and Jessica Banda was fifth.

Deanna Dippold finished 14th for Saxony Lutheran.

Notre Dame won the junior varsity boys race, and Jackson won the junior varsity girls race.

Boys

Team standings -- 1. Notre Dame 40, 2. Saxony Lutheran 81, 3. North County 106, 4. Jackson 120

Notre Dame -- 5. Neil Kanneberg 17:22, 6. Logan Davis 17:32, 7. Dillon Klaffer 17:49, 15. Jon Ramsey 18:42, 16. Ben Beussink 18:48, 24. Richie Bohn 19:10, 29. Wynn McClellan 19:14

Saxony Lutheran -- 2. Brandon Etzold 17:01, 10. Max Wieser 18:25, 12. Peter Winningham 18:28, 25. Ross Gage 19:11, 33. Bryant Steffens 19:28

Jackson -- 3. Greg Gibson 17:06, 18. Cody Green 18:57, 26. Tanner Cline 19:11, 27. Caleb Statler 19:11

Girls

Team standings -- 1. Jackson, 2. Perryville, 3. Notre Dame

Jackson -- 6. Casey Hatton 22:28, 9. Beth Barton 23:22, 15. Nicole Parrish 23:41, 18. Amanda Craven 23:56, 25. Jordan Whitner 24:37

Notre Dame -- 2. Tori Pfau 21:39, 5. Jessica Banda 22:29, 24. Jessica Brandon 24:37, 28. Lauren Castleman 24:45, 29. Emily Messmer 24:45

Saxony Lutheran -- 14. Deanna Dippold 23:29

-- From staff reports