Braves notch 14-8 win over Meadow Heights

Mark Freed went 3-for-5 with a triple, double and three RBIs to help Scott County Central earn a 14-8 road win over Meadow Heights on Thursday in high school baseball action.

The game was tied 5-5 after three innings, but the Braves used a five-run fifth inning to finally gain some breathing room before going on to win by six runs.

Caleb Johnson had a strong day for the visiting school. He earned the win on the mound and went 3-for-5 at the plate with a double and two RBIs.

Chad Kiefer had a double for Meadow Heights, which dropped to 2-9.

Scott Central 320 252 0 — 14 14 2

Meadow Hts. 311 100 2 — 8 4 6

WP — Caleb Johnson. LP — Brent Garland, 0-2. 3B — Freed (SC). 2B — Chad Kiefer (MH), Freed (SC), Johnson (SC), Brown (SC), Multiple hits — Scott County, Toby Heeb 3-5, Freed 2-5, Johnson 3-5, Ben Freed 2-5, Brown 2-4. Records — Meadow Heights 2-9.

Oak Ridge 10, Leopold 1

Ethan Sachs tossed six innings, striking out seven and walking two to lead Oak Ridge to a nine-run road victory.

Sachs, a junior, allowed seven hits and improved to 4-1.

Senior Dustin Meyr went 3-for-5, sophomore Garret Light was 2-for-3 and freshman Brett Thomas went 2-for-4, including a double.

The Blue Jays improve to 11-3.

Leopold's Wade Wiseman was 2-for-4 with a double. Clayton Stoverink added two hits for the Wildcats (6-6).

Oak Ridge 140 320 0 — 10 12 0

Leopold 000 100 0 — 1 7 3

WP — Ethan Sachs, 4-1. LP — Darren Vangennip. 2B — Brett Thomas (O), Jace Dye (O), Wade Wiseman (L) . Multiple hits — Oak Ridge, Garrett Light 2-3, Dustin Meyr 3-5, Brett Thomas 2-4, Logan Mangels 2-4; Leopold, Wade Wiseman 2-4; Clayton Stoverink 2-3. Records — Oak Ridge 11-3, Leopold 6-6.

Bell City 6, Advance 4

With the score knotted 4-4 in the top of the seventh, Bell City's Nick Niemczyk hit the game-winning home run.

Niemczyk went 2-for-4 as the Cubs improved to 7-4.

Chris Wright earned the win on the mound.

Bell City 020 200 2 — 6 8 1

Advance 000 040 0 — 4 6 2

WP — Chris Wright, 1-1. LP — Adam Cato. HR — Nick Niemczyk (BC). 2B — Leonard Schaefer (BC). Multiple hits — Bell City, Niemczyk 2-4; Schaefer 2-4, Advance, Page 2-3. Records — Bell City 7-4, Advance 4-10.

East Prairie 20, Advance 7, six innings

Advance junior Cory Cooper went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double, but it wasn't nearly enough as the Hornets lost by 13 runs to visiting East Prairie.

Advance dropped to 4-11.

East Prairie 543 116 — 20 12 1

Advance 230 002 — 7 11 3

WP — Ben Hall. LP — Dylan Dunnivan, 0-1. HR — Cory Cooper (A). 3B Kaleb Williford (EP). 2B — Sam Johnson (EP), Tyler Whyvark (EP), Mickey Russell (EP), Cooper (A), Garret Mayo (A), Kendyl Page (A), Multiple hits — East Prairie: Whyvark 4-6, Russell 2-5, Williford 2-3. Advance: Cooper 3-4, Page 3-3. Records — Advance 4-11.

Softball

Meadow Heights 3, Scott County Central 2

Hattie Cook doubled in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to give the Panthers a home victory over Scott County.

Senior pitcher Lindsey Mayfield earned the win, tossing all seven innings and striking out five while walking one.

Mayfield was also 3-for-3 with a double to help the Panthers improve to 3-7.

Scott Central 002 000 0 — 2 6 0

Meadow Hts. 100 001 1 — 3 8 0

WP — Lindsey Mayfield, 3-7. LP — Ruederich. 2B — Lindsey Mayfield (MH), Hattie Cook (MH), Johnson (SC). Multiple hits — Meadow Heights, Hannah Craft 2-3. Scott County: Ruederich 2-3. Records — Meadow Heights 3-7.

Leopold 10, Oak Ridge 0

Leopold senior Allison Bueter pitched a one hitter in a five-inning win over Oak Ridge.

Bueter, who improved to 5-1, faced 15 batters. She struck out one and walked two.

Junior Casey Bucher had a strong day at the plate for the Wildcats, going 3-for-3 with one double and four RBIs.

Leopold improved to 11-1.

Oak Ridge 000 000 — 0 1

Leopold 030 7X — 10 14

WP — Allison Bueter (5-1). LP — Hannah Sedgwick. 3B Whitney Vandeven (L). 2B — Casey Bucher (L), Emily Vandeven (L), Kylie Stoverink (L). Multiple hits — Leopold: Bucher 3-3, Seirra Seiler 3-3, Cassie Seiler 2-3, Desiree Arnzen 2-3.

Tennis

Central 6, Sikeston 3

Central captured five out of six singles matches in a victory over Sikeston.

Singles

Dan Ayung (S) def. David Berry (C), 9-8

Patrick Duffy (C) def. Charlie Jones (S), 8-2

Will LaFoe (C) def. Stuart Strom (S), 8-6

Brandon Gonzales (C) def. Justin Deere (S), 8-6

Garrett McMillan (C) def. Seth Colwick (S), 9-7

Andrew Schupert (C) def. Adam Martin(S), 8-1

Doubles

Ayung and Jones (S) def. Berry and Duffy (C), 9-7

Strom and Deere (S) def. LaFoe and McMillan (C), 8-5

Gonzales and Josh Hubbard (C) def. Colwick and Martin (S), 8-2

Central 7, Sikeston 0

Golf

Central 154, Sikeston 176, Saxony 188

Cole Viers fired a career best 1-under-par 34 at the Cape Girardeau Country Club to lead Central to a victory in a tri-meet with Sikeston and Saxony.

Tim Simmons, Jordan Sheets, and Cory Fowler each added a 40 for Central.

Tyler James led Saxony Lutheran with a 42.

Central — Cole Viers 34, Tim Simmons 40, Jordan Sheets 40, Cory Fowler 40.

Saxony — Tyler James 42, Zach Vaeth 44, Adam Boehme 48, Garrett Brewer 54.

Sikeston — De Bizzell 41, Dakota Trevino 42, Bill Green 43, Gratten Allen 50.

— From staff reports