CADETS OVERTAKE TIGERS WITH THREE RUNS IN SEVENTH

ST. LOUIS -- CBC capped a wild game with a pair of two-out, bases-loaded singles in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Cape Central 11-10 in baseball action.

Cape Central (2-1) carried a 10-8 lead into the seventh inning but saw CBC score three runs in their final at-bat.

John Thies pitched one inning and suffered the loss in relief of starter Jay Pierce.

"It was an ugly game," said Cape Central coach Steve Williams. "We just didn't play well enough to win."

Pierce and Thies, who allowed 11 hits and issued 10 walks, were not helped by six Tiger errors. Five of CBC's runs were unearned.

Travis Wissman led a nine-hit Tiger attack with a pair of doubles and four RBIs. Zach Fidler also had two hits, Jason Chavez had two RBIs and Justin Welker belted a solo home run in the top of the seventh.

After both teams posted three-run first innings, the Cadets moved ahead with single runs in the second and third. Cape Central scored four times in the fourth, but CBC tied the score 7-7 with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning. The Tigers scored twice in the fifth and, after CBC scored once in the sixth, took a 9-8 lead into the seventh.

Pierce allowed nine hits, walked seven and struck out one in 5 2/3 innings. Thies gave up two hits, struck out two and walked three.

Perryville 6, St. Vincent 5

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- In an exciting game between city rivals, Perryville rallied to knock off St. Vincent.

Mark Cissell delivered the game-winning hit, a two-run triple in the top of the sixth inning, as the Pirates improved to 2-1 and dropped the defending Class 1A state champion Indians to 1-2.

"It was a big win for us," said Perryville coach Dennis Glueck. "The kids (from both teams) all know each other and our kids were pretty excited about the game."

Colby Palisch pitched all seven innings for the win. He allowed six hits, with eight strikeouts and two walks.

John Miesner had three of Perryville's nine hits and he also drove in three runs. Cissell added two hits.

Derek Kutz suffered the loss, giving up eight hits and all six runs in 5 2/3 innings. Kutz and Tyler Wengert both had two hits.

Leopold 24, Scott Central 0

LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Leopold opened its season with a five-inning rout despite having just seven hits. Numerous walks and errors helped the Wildcats to their huge run total.

Paul Hutchings pitched all five innings, allowing three hits while fanning 13 and walking one.

Ashton James had Leopold's biggest hit, a grand slam, while Daniel Schaab scored four runs.

GOLF

Notre Dame Invitational

JACKSON, Mo. -- In a tight finish, Sikeston prevailed by one stroke during the second annual Notre Dame Invitational, played at Bent Creek Golf Course.

Sikeston had a total of 313, just ahead of Poplar Bluff's 314. Also not far behind were Dexter (315), St. Vincent (316) and Ste. Genevieve (317).

Jackson was sixth in the 13-team event at 323, followed by Cape Girardeau Central (328), Valle (335), Notre Dame (339), Kennett (347), Caruthersville (366), New Madrid (372) and Perryville (382).

"It was a great tournament," said Notre Dame coach Chris Janet. "It was very impressive to see the scores so low for this early in the season, and considering it was cold and windy today."

The individual medalist was Poplar Bluff's Matt Hillis, who fired a 3-under-par 69. Kennett's Bryan Shumate was second at even-par 72.

Chad Galloway (Dexter), Zac Decker (Ste. Genevieve) and Greg Ladd (Ste. Genevieve) all tied for third at 76.

Craig Schumer (St. Vincent), Kyle Perry (Jackson) and Brandon DeWitt (Sikeston) tied for sixth at 77, with Todd Obergoenner (Cape Central), Matt Christian (Dexter), Jonathan Spencer (Sikeston) and Jonathan Paulus (St. Vincent) deadlocked for ninth to round out the medalists.

Other Jackson scores were Brett McDowell 79, Peyton Sims 83 and Matt Litzelfelner 84.

For Cape Central, it was Nick Harter 82, Paul York 83 and Walter Lentz 85.

Notre Dame's scores were Elliott Maschmann 82, Nick Martin 83, Tim Buerck 86 and Paul Unterreiner 88.

Rounding out St. Vincent's scores were Andrew Prost 79 and Mark Gotto 82.

GIRLS SOCCER

Perryville 2, Notre Dame 0

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Just two days after losing to Notre Dame 3-0 in the finals of the Cape Girardeau Noon Optimist Tournament, the Lady Pirates gained revenge with a shutout victory.

Brittany Weibrecht and Kate Bohnert scored the goals, Brooke Winkler added an assist and goalkeeper Amanda Nuyt recorded the shutout as the Lady Pirates improved to 5-1. Notre Dame fell to 3-2.

SOFTBALL

Chaffee 10, Meadow Hghts 3

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Chaffee had a successful first game behind the strong pitching of Ashley Pepple, who fired a one-hitter, with seven strikeouts.

The Lady Red Devils had 13 hits, led by Ashley Graham with three and she also had five RBIs. Casey Graviett added three hits while Abby Walter contributed two.

Leopold 28, Scott Central 2

LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Leopold began its season in impressive fashion with a three-inning romp.

Jodi VanGennip was the winning pitcher and she also went 3-for-3.

Melissa Thele went 4-for-4 with a home run while Kyla Horrell was 3-for-3 with two homers as the Lady Wildcats banged out 19 hits.

TRACK & FIELD

Central wins titles

Cape Central's boys and girls both prevailed during Saturday's Washington University Invitational, although results from the major meet in St. Louis did not become official until two days later because of computer problems.

Central's girls scored 79 points while runner-up McCluer North had 66. Central's boys scored 92 points to 72 for runner-up Ladue.

"There were well over 20 teams in both divisions and for the boys and girls to both win is really satisfying," said Central coach Lawrence Brookins.

Central's boys had two champions, Michael Cox in the long jump (20-4 1/2) and the 4x800 relay team of Justin Hawkins, Mark Stone, Gabe Austin and Ross Tilghman (8:32).

On the girls side, Central's lone winner was Vicky Wilson won the 100-meters (13.09).

Central's top finishers are in Scoreboard on Page 4B.

Kelly girls triumph

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Kelly's girls and Hayti's boys prevailed as Chaffee hosted a six-team meet.

Kelly's girls scored 133 points to hold off Scott City (107) and Hayti (100).

Hayti's boys had 192 points to slip past Kelly (178).

A highlight of the competition was Scott City freshmen Loren Groves winning four events for the second straight meet. Chaffee sophomore Jennifer Vandeven won three events.

Results of the meet are in Scoreboard on Page 4B.

GIRLS SWIMMING

Notre Dame 96

Incarnate Word 88

ST. LOUIS -- Notre Dame's first-year program notched its inaugural dual-meet victory as the Lady Bulldogs won eight events and recorded two state-qualifying times.

Reaching state times were Lindsay Kuper in the 200 freestyle and Ali Tyson in the 100 breaststroke. Each also won another individual event, Kuper the 100 butterfly and Tyson the 50 freestyle.

Notre Dame Results

200 freestyle - 1. Lindsay Kuper 2:04.94

100 breaststroke - 1. Ali Tyson 1:13.73; 2. Hannah Davis 1:28.79

200 medley relay - 1. Ashtia Jewell, Tyson, Janelle Essner, Stefanie Campos 2:09.15

50 freestyle - 1. Tyson 27.34

100 butterfly - 1. Kuper 1:06.63

500 freestyle - 1. Campos 6:38.59; 2. Essner 6:45.18

100 backstroke - 1. Jewell 1:12.15

400 freestyle relay - 1. Campos, Kuper, Jewell, Tyson 4:19.13

200 IM - 2. Campos 2:41.12

100 freestyle - 2. Ashley Reinagel 1:12.53

200 freestyle relay - 2. Kuper, Sarah Unterreiner, Rachel Roupp, Reinagel 2:01.98