Bell City tops Saxony for 18th victory

The Bell City volleyball team closed in on the 20-victory plateau with a 25-13, 25-17 home victory against winless Saxony Lutheran on Tuesday night.

Jenny Lathum had seven blocks and four digs for the Cubs, who improved to 18-3-1. Jessica Abner led in kills with five.

For Saxony Lutheran (0-13), Nicole Petzoldt had three kills and four digs, Stacey Manche had two kills and six digs, Meredith Hoffman had a kill and four digs, and setters Tiffany Haertling and Brooke Kasten each had five assists.

JV -- Bell City won 26-24, 25-8.

Jackson 25 25 North County 19 16

Jackson improved to 15-4 with a home sweep.

Leaders for the Indians were Natalie Koeper with 16 digs, Leslie Gordon with 11 digs and three aces, and Amanda Peiffer with six kills.

JV -- Jackson won 22-25, 25-16, 25-22; Freshmen -- Jackson won 25-14, 25-22.

Central 25 25 Chaffee 10 10

Melissa Espinoza and Carissa Wheeler combined for 11 kills in Central's home victory.

Espinoza had six kills for the Tigers (5-12-1) while Wheeler added five. Kristin Shirrell had six assists.

JV -- Central won, 25-11, 25-12.

Woodland 25 25 Scott City 20 18

Chelsea McCormick had five kills as Woodland won at home.

Also for the Cardinals (10-7), Lotte Cook had seven digs, three kills and three blocks, while Sasha Hutson had four kills and four digs. Rheanna Greer led in assists with 20, and Kyla Choate had 16.

Amanda Braun had four kills for the Rams (10-5-1), while Lindsey Amick recorded six assists.

JV -- Woodland won 25-23, 25-15.

Advance 24 27 25 Notre Dame 26 25 19

Advance captured a tight three-game match against host Notre Dame.

Stephania Jordan led the Hornets (7-11-2) with 10 kills, while Angela Broshuis had nine kills and nine assist. Alicia Reeves had 10 assists, Autumn VanGennip added six digs and Tori Gilliland recorded four aces.

The Bulldogs (8-6-3) were led by Ashley Nenninger with six kills and Meridith Medlin with 14 assists.

JV -- Notre Dame won 22-25, 25-19, 25-22.

Perryville 26 18 25 De Soto 24 18 16

Perryville edged visiting De Soto to even its Jefferson County Conference record at 2-2.

For the Pirates, Sarah Roth had six kills, Elizabeth Martin had five kills, Jocelyn Moll had five kills and 12 digs, Meghan Roth had 11 digs, Lindsey Lappe had 13 assists and Jennifer Ponder had six aces.

JV -- Perryville won 25-22, 25-23, 25-18; Freshmen -- Perryville won, 19-25, 25-22, 25-23.

Festus 25 25 St. Vincent 19 22

St. Vincent gave Festus a battle before losing at home.

The Squaws (17-8-2) received three kills apiece from Brooke Hayden and Lauren Schumer. Alaina Ernst and Lisa Abbott had 10 digs apiece, while Lacey Siegmund added four assists.

JV -- Festus won 25-14, 15-25, 25-20.

Sikeston 25 23 26 Oran 13 25 24

Sikeston edged host Oran in three games.

Mandi Wood had a season-high five aces for Oran (3-9-1), while Kayle Graviett and Cassie Graviett each had 10 digs, and Courtney Nenninger had two solo blocks.

JV -- Sikeston won 30-28, 25-17.

Leopold 25 25 Meadow Heights 18 23

Visiting Leopold prevailed in two games.

Shayna Maevers led Meadow Heights with five kills and three blocks.

JV -- Leopold won 15-25, 25-21, 25-23

New Salem wins two

New Salem Baptist Academy of Marble Hill won two matches at Eagle Ridge Christian School in Cape Girardeau.

After beating COS of Hillsboro, Mo., 25-22, 25-21, New Salem improved to 7-2 by beating host Eagle Ridge 25-10, 25-9.

In the opener, Martha Poole had 10 kills, Sarah Green had nine kills, Mary Beth Poole and Kelsey Barlow each had six kills and Laura Poole had 22 assists. Against Eagle Ridge, Laura Poole had 19 assists, two kills and an ace. Green added five kills and two aces.

BOYS SOCCER Jackson 1, Sikeston 0

Matt Mueller scored with about 12 minutes remaining to lift host Jackson (6-5-1).

Steven McKinney assisted on the goal, while Tyler Holman recorded the shutout.

JV -- Jackson won 3-0.

Notre Dame 5, Anna-Jonesboro 1

With Anna-Jonesboro fielding a relatively new varsity program, Notre Dame used a team made up of varsity reserves and junior varsity players. Mark Himmelberg, Ryan Willen, John Unterreiner, Joda Holloway and John Oliver scored the Bulldogs' goals.

CROSS COUNTRY Farmington Invitational

Saxony Lutheran and Jackson both had strong performances during the Farmington Invitational.

The Crusaders were second in the varsity boys division, while the Indians were second in the varsity girls division. Jackson also won the JV boys race.

Varsity Boys

Team results -- 1. Ste. Genevieve 33, 2. Saxony Lutheran 59, 3. Poplar Bluff 147, 4. Perryville 152, 5. Farmington 173, 6. Meadow Heights 222

Saxony Lutheran -- 3. Brandon Eztold 17:43; 8. Trey Maevers 18:07; 13. Peter Winningham 18:32; 15. Max Wieser 18:35; 20. Grant Lehmann 19:11

Jackson -- 9. David Welker 18:11; 15. Greg Gibson 18:25; 26. Earl Popp 19:24

Varsity Girls

Team results -- 1. Ste. Genevieve 25, 2. Jackson 65, 3. Perryville 78, 4. Poplar Bluff 99, 5. Doniphan 155

Jackson -- 4. Amy Sterling 21:21; 7. Heather O'Connor 21:36; 16. Beth Barton 22:59; 18. Casey Hatton 23:15; 20. Mandy Craven 23:20; 34. Barbara Gillard 26:01

Delta -- 28. Jessica Drew 24:31

JV Boys

Team results -- 1. Jackson 59, 2. Saxony Lutheran 68, 3. Arcadia Valley 108, 4. Delta 156

Saxony Lutheran -- 3. Andrew Etzold 19:58; 7. Ross Gage 20:56; 17. Drew Hillis 22:22; 18. Zach Bohnert 22:25; 23. Casey Hemmann 22:39

Jackson -- 5. Nick Grieshop 20:23; 10. Cody Green 21:05; 11. Joe B. Miller 21:13; 12. David Long 21:14; 21. Nick Welker 22:33; 29. Richard Stroder 23:11; 35. Zach Dumey 24:01; 37. Miles Puls 24:46

Delta -- 24. Nathan Stroder 22:45; 27. Alex Parks 23:00; 30. Buddy Campbell 23:28; 33. Allen Seabaugh 23:46; 42. A.J. Horn 26:50

JV Girls

(no team scores)

Saxony Lutheran -- 3. Deanna Dippold 24:19; 20. Alisha Bohnert 34:59; 22. Cassandra Mirly 40:29

Jackson -- 1. Nicole Parrish 23:05; 4. Ashley Ptacek 25:02; 6. Brytny Masters 25:41

Delta -- 10. Jessica Kidd 28:37; 12. Amanda Seabaugh 29:12; 14. Susanna Green 30:13; 17. Amanda Drew 31:10; 19. Aleshia Trovillion 31:40

8th grade boys

(1.5 miles)

Jackson -- 6. Wynn McClellen 9:38; 25. Eric Davidson 10:37; 46. Peter Graham 11:42; 49. Eric Law 12:05; 55. Alex Lasher 12:28; 57. Justin Bader 12:38; 64. Zach Preusser 13:22

Delta -- 7. Austin Seabaugh 9:54; 8. Teddy May 9:56; 9. Malachi Brooks 10:00; 20. Cody Naramore 10:23; 44. Brandon Horman 11:41; 60. Seth Blattel 12:56

8th grade girls

(1.5 miles)

Jackson -- 12. Cailin McGinnis 11:11; 20. Whitney McNeely 11:41; 44. Jessica Voshage 13:18; 46. Megan Devenport 13:23; 51. Jennifer Fellows 13:59

Delta -- 30. Lisa Henderson 12:17; 59. Amanda Rozmirsky 16:56

GIRLS TENNIS Central 5, Dexter 4

Central, which had its 24-match dual winning streak snapped Saturday by Nerinx Hall, bounced back to edge host Dexter.

The Tigers (11-1) split the six singles matches, but won two of the three doubles contests to prevail.

Singles -- 1. Amanda Dooley (D) def. Dani Gross 8-1; 2. Sarah Ford (C) def. Taylor Nelson 8-2; 3. Monica Toole (C) def. Claire Critchlow 8-0; 4. Lindsey Pingel (C) def. Molly Jarrell 8-0; 5. Caitlyn Pyle (D) def. Paige Foley 8-5; 6. Lauren Miller (D) def. Kristen Ford 9-7.

Doubles -- 1. Gross-Toole (C) def. Dooley-Jarrell 8-4; 2. S.Ford-Pingel (C) def. Nelson-Critchlow 8-4; 3. Pyle-Miller (D) def. Foley-K.Ford 8-4.

JV -- Central won 14-1. Central winners: Singles -- Claire Segar, Jill Blattner, Carsen Bahn, Karrie Moll, Elizabeth Knight, Brooke Morris, Sami Gross, Paige Kinder, Kristiana Lazarova; Doubles -- Segar-Blattner, Bahn-Moll, Lauren Tobin-Emily Hiett, Morris-Gross, Kinder-Lazarova.

Jackson 5, Poplar Bluff 4

The Indians edged host Poplar Bluff by claiming four of six singles matches.

Jackson (7-7) avenged an August loss to the Mules by reversing the singles advantage. Sarah Hinkebein won in singles and was part of Jackson's only winning doubles team.

Singles -- 1. Prya Gujarati (PB) def. Jessica Drum 8-1; 2. Shannon Cobb (J) def. Alana Piland 8-4; 3. Mallory Barks (PB) def. Alynda Lane 9-7; 4. Sarah Hinkebein (J) def. Nicole Duncan 8-3; 5. Sarah Detring (J) def. Rachel Blich 9-7; 6. Ellyn Beil (J) def. Sherman 8-2.

Doubles -- 1. Piland-Barks (PB) def. Drum-Detring 8-5; 2. Duncan-Blich (PB) def. Cobb-Beil 8-5; 3. Lane-Hinkebein (J) def. Gujarati-Sherman 8-6.

JV -- Jackson won. Jackson winners: Singles -- Maura Naeder, Maddie Rupke, Ashley Sneathen, Rachel Batz, Amber Terry, Charly Fausett; Doubles -- Rupke-Kami Miinch, Emily Hoffman-Alison Keiper.

SOFTBALL Poplar Bluff 4, Kelly 2, 9 innings

Kelly sent the contest into extra innings on Brittany Brantley's two-run single in the bottom of the seventh, but visiting Poplar Bluff scored twice in the ninth to prevail.

Kelly fell to 14-8 and Poplar Bluff improved to 21-2.

Kalie Hughes allowed three hits and two earned runs, but took the loss. She struck out 13 and walked 10. Hughes also had two of the Hawks' seven hits.

Poplar Bluff 000 010 102 -- 4 3 7

Kelly 000 000 200 -- 2 7 4

WP -- Kristen Ploetze. LP -- Kalie Hughes. 2B -- Ploetze (PB), Meghan Tetley (K). Multiple hits -- Kelly, Hughes 2-5. Records -- Poplar Bluff 21-2, Kelly 14-8.

Central 3, Mehlville 1

Kelsey Holloway pitched a four-hitter, with four strikeouts and one walk, to lead host Central.

The Tigers (5-19) had eight hits, led by Jami Dement, Bethany Sweet and Paige Rothenberger with two each.

Mehlville 000 100 0 -- 1 4 1

Central 011 001 X -- 3 8 0

WP -- Kelsey Holloway. LP -- Lightfoot. 3B -- Lindsey Greene (C). 2B -- Lightfoot (M), Gayden (M), Bethany Sweet (C), Susie Edwards (C). Multiple hits -- Mehlville, Gayden 2-3; Central, Jami Dement 2-2, Sweet 2-3, Paige Rothenberger 2-3. Records -- Central 5-19.

-- From staff reports