BLACK CATS GET OFF TO 2-0 START VIA WIN OVER CHAFFEE

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- The Fredericktown High School football team improved to 2-0 Saturday as it picked up its second lopsided victory of the season.

Coming on the heels of a 31-point blowout of Crystal City last week, the Blackcats rolled past visiting Chaffee 39-6. The Red Devils are now 1-1.

"It was a tough game," said Chaffee coach Allan Horrell. "Fredericktown is real physical. They have some hard hitters and they're big. We're small. We stayed with them the best they could."

The Blackcats piled up nearly 350 yards rushing and almost 400 yards of total offense. The Red Devils had less than 200 yards of total offense.

Clay Hendrix rushed for 99 yards to lead the Blackcats, who held a 27-0 halftime lead.

Chaffee quarterback Travis Hanback completed eight of 23 passes for 124 yards and a touchdown, a 29-yard strike to Perry Rice in the fourth quarter.

Both squads will be back in action at home Friday night, Fredericktown against Festus and Chaffee against Piggott, Ark.

St. Vincent 44, Brentwood 6

BRENTWOOD, Mo. -- Derek Kutz booted three field goals and Jonathan Paulus passed for two touchdowns and rushed for a third as St. Vincent improved to 2-0 Friday night.

Kutz's kicks came from 37, 39 and 40 yards. The 37-yarder staked St. Vincent to a 3-0 lead at the 1:01 mark of the first quarter.

After Brentwood took a 6-3 lead early in the second quarter on an 87-yard pass from Conrad Damien to John Kalb, St. Vincent responded with 41 unanswered points.

The Indians went ahead for good on a Mark Gotto 17-yard run with 9:55 left in the first half and Kutz, who was a perfect 5-for-5 on extra point attempts, added the kick for a 10-7 lead.

Kutz upped the lead to 13-7 with his 39-yarder and Paulus hooked up with Adam Bockman on a 22-yard scoring pass with 28 seconds in the half for a 20-6 lead.

St. Vincent enjoyed another 17-0 quarter in the third period. Paulus passed 9 yards to Ryan Brown for one TD and rushed 2 yards for another, while Kutz added his 40-yard field goal for a 37-6 advantage. Aaron Buerck closed the scoring on a 7-yard run in the fourth quarter.

"We controlled the line of scrimmage and that was the key for us," said St. Vincent coach Keith Winkler. "We came out and executed and played with intensity."

Overall, St. Vincent rushed for 218 yards on 52 attempts. Bockman led the way with 13 rushes for 71 yards. Gotto added 64 yards on 10 carries.

St. Vincent will play its first home game Friday when Lutheran South visits.

Jackson 42, Sumner 6

ST. LOUIS -- In another game from Friday, Jackson moved to 2-0 as the Indians used a huge second half to roll past their St. Louis opponent.

The Indians led just 7-0 at the intermission but scored five unanswered touchdowns in the second half to put the victory on ice.

"We had a real good second half," said Jackson coach Carl Gross. "Part of it (the sluggish first-half play) was my fault. We ended up getting there earlier than I thought, we sat around in a locker room that was really hot and we had a real sluggish start.

"But we really took the game to them in the second half."

Mario Whitney rushed for 160 yards on 20 carries and he scored three touchdowns. Joe Walter also scored three TDs as he gained 69 yards on nine carries. Jackson had nearly 350 yards of total offense, including almost 250 on the ground.

Gross also credited the first-half punting of James Simmons, who averaged 47 yards on four kicks as he helped keep Sumner bottled up when the outcome was still very much in doubt.

"He kept them pinned, and our coverage was great," Gross said. "That was big."

Jackson will host Perryville Friday night.

BOYS SOCCER

Notre Dame 2, SLUH Juniors 0

Notre Dame improved to 6-0 on the season as Bulldog goaltender Paul Unterreiner notched his fourth shutout of the season.

Scott Wittenborn and Tyler Cuba teamed up for both the goals. Wittenborn scored six minutes into the game off a pass from Cuba. The score remained 1-0 until the 66th minute when Wittenborn returned the favor as Cuba netted an insurance goal.

Notre Dame's JV suffered a 4-1 loss, the Bulldogs' lone goal coming from Blake Urhahn.

Cape Central loses twice

ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Cape Central dropped two games in the Francis Howell North Tournament, losing to Francis Howell Central 3-0 and Francis Howell 2-1.

The Tigers' only goal was scored by Cody Hill. Central, which went 0-3 in the tourney, fell to 3-5 on the season.

CROSS COUNTRY

Kelly Hawk Invitational

BENTON, Mo. -- Perryville's boys and Notre Dame's girls were victorious in the varsity races of the Kelly Hawk Invitational.

Perryville, led by a 1-2 finish by Nathan Moore and Jacob Schneider, topped the five-team boys field. Moore won with a time of 16 minutes, 57 seconds on the 5,000-meter course. Kelly, paced by third-place Adam Daughhetee (17:28), took second with 53 points.

Perryville's Katrina Bockhorn won the girls varsity race in 21:24. Only two complete teams participated in the girls race with Notre Dame (27) edging Kelly (28). Susan Judd led Notre Dame (23:28) with a third-place finish.

Results can be found in Scoreboard on Page 4B.

Northwest Invitational

HOUSE SPRINGS, Mo. -- The Cape Central varsity girls placed third with 99 points while Cape Central was fifth among the boys with 126 points.

Eureka won the 13-team boys race with 54 points. Marquette was victorious on the 14-team girls side with 53 points.

On the boys varsity side, Cape Central's Justin Hawkins (8th, 16:12), Mark Stone (20th, 16:34) and Ross Tilghman (26th, 16:53) were among the top 30 to medal.

Jackson's boys placed ninth with Josh Minson (28th, 17:01) medaling.

In the girls varsity race, Cape Central's Kim Pancoast (5th, 19:07), Rachele Sprigg (9th, 19:33), Magin Patrick (19th, 20:14) and Whitney Pingel (20th, 20:16) all medaled.

Jackson's girls varsity did not have a team score, but saw Krista Mouser (13th, 20:01) and Nicole Fadler (20th, 20:14) medal.

A highlight for Cape Central was a first-place finish by the boys freshman team as Jake Knepp led the way with a winning time of 13:33.

Results are in Scoreboard on Page 4B.

SOFTBALL

Seckman Tournament

ARNOLD, Mo. -- Jackson went 1-3 in the tourney as the Lady Indians fell to 3-10 on the season.

The Lady Indians' lone victory was a 6-5, 10-inning decision over Nerinx Hall behind the pitching of Heather Tuschoff. Chantel Childers had four hits and Amanda Bollinger added two.

In a 6-3 loss to Kirkwood, Casi Childers was the losing hurler while Lindsey Meyr had three hits, including two triples.

Ashley Snell suffered the loss while Jeanna Bolen and Ashley Meyer each had two hits in a 2-0 setback to Perryville. The Lady Pirates' Amanda Roth got the win.

Casi Childers took the loss and Bolen had two hits in a 1-0 defeat against Hillsboro.

GIRLS TENNIS

Rockwood Tournament

ROCKWOOD, Mo -- Jackson won twice while Cape Central split its two matches in a tournament hosted by Rockwood Summit.

The Lady Indians, who are undefeated on the season, defeated Oakville 7-2 and blanked host Rockwood 9-0.

"The girls really played good," said Jackson coach Linda Adams. "I was really proud of them."

The Lady Tigers picked up their first win of the season in edging Rockwood 5-4. The celebration was short lived as Oakville then blanked Cape Central 9-0.

"We're still seeing improvement every time we play," said Cape Central coach Bud Craven.

Cape Central 5, Rockwood 4

Singles

Jamie Rice (R) def. Lauren Sulser 10-1

Allison Campbell (CC) def. Patti O'Brien 10-5

Hannah Weir (CC) def. Mary Kay McDermott 10-6

Megan Ladd (CC) def. Ashley Weston 10-5

Sara Burns (CC) def. Jamie Forbes 10-5

Megan Shannon (R) def. Lindsey Landgraf 10-4

Doubles

Rice-O'Brien (R) def. Sulser-Landgraf 10-3

McDermott-Weston (R) def. Campbell-Ladd 10-6

Weir-Burns (CC) def. Forbes-Shannon 10-6

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Oakville 8, Cape Central 0

Singles

Michelle Jannett def. Sulser 8-2

Sarah Narup def. Campbell 8-2

Deidre Bauer def. Weir 8-1

Rachele Reinhold def. Ladd 8-2

Monica Ehlen def. Burns 8-5

Natalie Amighetti def. Landgraf 8-1

Doubles

Amighetti-Bauer def. Sulser-Landgraf 8-1

Reinhold-Ehlen def. Campbell-Ladd 8-3

Jannett-Narup def. Weir-Burns 8-1

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Jackson 7, Oakville 2

Single

Kim Anderson (J) def. Michelle Jannett 10-2

Nichole Poythress (J) def. Sarah Narup 10-1

Deidre Bauer (O) def. Sarah Propst 10-7

Katie Domian (J) def. Rachele Reinhold 11-9

Maggie Martin (J) def. Monica Ehlen 10-5

Carly Vogelsang (J) def. Natalie Amighetti 10-6

Doubles

Anderson-Poythress (J) def. Bauer-Amighetti 10-2

Propst-Domian (J) def. Reinhold-Ehlen 10-3

Jannett-Narup (O) def. Martin-Vogelsang 10-4

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Jackson 9, Rockwood 0

Singles

Anderson def. Jamie Rice 10-2

Poythress def. Mary Kay McDermott 10-1

Propst def. Ashley Weston 10-0

Domian def. Jamie Forbes 8-3

Martin def. Megan Shannon 10-0

Vogelsang def. Erin Rice 10-4

Doubles

Anderson-Poythress def. Rice-Rice 8-2

Propst-Domian def. McDermott-Weston 8-0

Martin-Vogelsang def. Shannon-Forbes 8-1