Central doubles team rolls in district play

Sarah Ford and Lindsey Pingel didn't miss a beat.

The Central doubles pair cruised through the first day of the district tennis tournament Thursday, earning a berth in today's semifinals. Ford and Pingel have won the district title and earned trips to the state tournament the last two years.

The Central team enjoyed a first-round bye, then took care of Poplar Bluff's Jessica Gray and Alli Poteet, 6-0, 6-0. In the third round, Ford and Pingel defeated Parkway South's Lisa McCarthy and Stephanie Sandler, 6-1, 6-1.

Central's doubles team of Brooke Morris and Sami Gross went 2-1 on the day. Morris and Gross defeated Cor Jesu's Kaitlyn Smyth and Erin Dunn, 6-2, 6-2, then knocked off Jackson's Alison Keiper and Maura Neader, 6-1, 6-3. But the Central team fell to Parkway South's Danielle Poe and Stephanie Krieger, 6-0, 6-1.

In singles matches, Central's Christen Edmonds lost to Parkway South's Emily Richardson, 6-2, 6-0, after a first-round bye.

The Tigers' Kristi Lazarova defeated Cor Jesu's Sarah Schaefer, 6-1, 6-0, then lost to Jackson's Chelsea Jones, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

VOLLEYBALLNew Salem 25 25Bethel Christian 9 9

New Salem swept Bethel Christian, the first of two matches it played in South Roxanna, Ill.

Martie Poole led the way with six kills, while Celsey Cook and Nikki Shetley each had five kills. Kelsey Barlow had seven aces and four kills.

New Salem 25 25St. Louis Christian 0 10

Kelsey Barlow had all 25 service points in the opening game, including nine aces, as New Salem improved to 19-0.

Martie Poole collected 12 kills, while Laura Poole had 15 assists and two kills.

Leopold 25 25Jackson 17 22

Maddy Hatchings recorded six kills and four blocks to help lead Leopold (17-3) to a sweep at home.

Cassie Jansen added five kills, and Cassie Seiler had 14 assists and five digs. Desire Arnzen led the defense with eight digs.

Chelsea Olson led the Indians with 16 assists, eight digs and two blocks. Jill Rushin added four kills and three aces.

Katelynn James had six kills for Jackson (11-7-1).

JV -- Jackson won 25-17, 20-25, 25-21.

Bell City 25 25Notre Dame 17 14

Jessica Abner put down 10 kills and Jenny Lathum had 12 digs for the Cubs (22-2-1).

Rachel Spears had five kills, five blocks and six digs in the win.

Taylor Sanders led the Bulldogs (8-8-2) with five kills, Shannon Brennan and Meghan Dohogne each had three kills, while Paige Schumer had six assists.

JV -- Notre dame won in three games.

Scott City 25 26Woodland 21 24

Chelsea Morris paced Woodland (13-6) with 10 kills and Jessica Santi had four. Brandi Killian had eight assists.

JV -- Woodland won, 25-19, 17-25, 25-20

St. Vincent 25 25De Soto 9 9

Brooke Hayden finished with eight kills and two blocks while Sarah DeWilde added seven kills and three blocks to lead the Indians (22-3-2) to victory.

Kelsey Cissell had three kills and nine assists in the win.

JV -- St. Vincent won 25-10, 25-18.

Perryville 25 25Grandview 18 22

Makenzie Schirmer recorded four kills and two blocks to lead the Pirates (14-2) to the win.

Lindsay Martin had 10 digs.

JV -- Perryville won 25-14, 25-14.

SOFTBALLClass 3 District 2

Lauren Reinagel threw her third consecutive no-hitter as top-seed Notre Dame improved to 23-0 with a 14-0 victory in five innings in the opening round of the Class 3 District 2 tournament.

Reinagel (22-0) struck out 10 and walked four.

"She's throwing tremendously well right now," Notre Dame coach Jeff Graviett said.

Notre Dame will play No. 5 Kennett in a semifinal today.

Nikki Chambers and Brooke Glastetter each had home runs. Erika Reinagel and Lauren Reinagel both went 3-for-3, while Britney Schott and Heather Menz went 2-for-3.

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WP -- Lauren Reinagel, 22-0. LP -- Hindrichs. HR -- Nikki Chambers (ND), Brooke Glastetter (ND). 2B -- Lauren Bond (ND), L. Reinagel (ND), Heather Menz 2 (ND), Jane Morrill (ND). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame, Erika Reinagel 3-3, Britney Schott 2-3, Menz 2-3, L. Reinagel 3-3. Records -- Notre Dame 23-0.

Class 4 District 1

Junior pitcher Jessica Tuschhoff allowed a first-inning run, but blanked Hillsboro the remaining six innings as Jackson rallied for a 2-1 victory and reached the Class 4 District 1 championship game.

Tuschhoff struck out three, walked three and allowed four hits.

Hanah Bolen tied the game in the fifth with an RBI double, and Maggie Baugh plated the winning run with an RBI single in the sixth. Baugh and Alisha Craft both went 2-for-3 in Jackson's eight-hit attack.

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WP -- Jessica Tuschhoff, 10-5. LP -- Wessels. 2B -- Hanah Bolen (J). Multiple hits -- Jackson, Maggie Baugh 2-3, Alisha Craft 2-3. Records -- Jackson 16-10.

Class 1 District 1

The Bobcats weren't afraid to take one for the team in a 9-3 victory over Van Buren in a Class 1 District 1 first-round game.

Delta had five batters get hit with pitches and two pitchers combined for a no-hitter.

Kendra Burnett went 4 2/3 innings, striking out 10 but walking nine. Taylor Keys came on and struck out one in 1 1/3 innings to close out the no-hitter.

The Bobcats face Oran today in a district semifinal.

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Delta 130 050 x -- 9 6 4

WP -- Kendra Burnett. LP -- Black. 3B -- Amanda Seabaugh (D). Multiple hits -- Delta, Courtney Burton 2-3, Katie Brucker 2-3. Records -- Delta 13-8.

Class 2 District 2

Lauren Schaefer drove in three runs and smacked a triple to help Scott City to an 8-4 victory over St. Vincent in their Class 2 District 2 playoff game.

Emily Essner earned the win, striking out six and walking six.

Kristen Wengert struck out three and walked three to take the loss for the Indians.

The Rams face Crystal City in a semifinal today.

St. Pius defeated Chaffee 5-0 in other first-round action.

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WP -- Emily Essner. LP -- Kristen Wengert. HR -- Chelsi Bradley (SC). 3B -- Lauren Schaefer (SC). 2B -- Lindsey Hadley (SC) 2; Lappe (St. V). Multiple hits -- Scott City, Becky Holder 2-4, Lindsey Hadley 2-3. Records -- Scott City 11-14.

BOYS SWIMMINGChaminade meet

Central and Notre Dame finished third and fourth, respectively, at a four-team meet at Chaminade in St. Louis. Chaminade won with 511 points, followed by DeSmet (315), Central (262) and Notre Dame (242).

Central finished first in four events. Sam Gramling (100 freestyle), Peyton Wagner (100 breaststroke) and Caleb Coots (100 butterfly) all won individual events and were on the first-place 200 freestyle relay with Matt Holmes. Coots and Wagner also made state qualifying cuts in the 200 freestyle, finishing second and third, respectively, in the event.

Notre Dame's Logan Bollinger (100 butterfly, 100 backstroke) placed second in two individual events and was part of the 400 freestyle relay team that also placed second.

Medley relay -- 2. (C) 1:49.84 (Sam Gramling, Peyton Wagner, Caleb Coots, Austin Mehner)

200 freestyle -- 2. Coots (C) 1:53.42, 3. Wagner (C) 1:53.56

Diving -- 3. Trey Simpson (C)

200 IM -- 3. Jacob Buckenmyer (ND) 2:20.47

100 butterfly -- 1. Coots (C) 58.31, 2. Logan Bollinger (ND) 58.42

100 backstroke -- 2. Bollinger (ND) 1;01.09; 3. Aaron Tomaszewski (ND) 1:05.55

400 freestyle relay -- 2. (ND) 3:48.78 (Sean Doyle, Matthew Caplan, Buckenmyer, Bollinger)

100 frestyle -- 1. Gramling (C) 53.20

200 freestyle relay -- 1. 1:38.91 (C) (Wagner, Gramling, Coots, Matt Holmes)

100 breaststroke -- 1. Wagner (C) 1:05.87

CROSS COUNTRYSaxony Lutheran meet

The Saxony Lutheran boys team claimed its own meet, as its top five finishers placed in the top 15 in the seven-team event.

The Crusaders finished with 48 points, well ahead of runner-up Woodland (70).

Woodland won the girls competition, which featured just two full teams.

Cody Kern of Kelly won the boys race in 18 minutes, 2 seconds, while Tara Johnson of Kelly won the girls race in 21:35.

GIRLS

Team -- Woodland 64, Chaffee 77

Individual -- 1. Tara Johnson, Kelly 21:35, 2. Deanna Dippold, Saxony 23:31, 3. Kristen Dippold, Saxony, 23:36, 4. Lucy Gage, Saxony, 23:44; 5. Elaine Jetton, Woodland, 23:49, 6. Beth Payne, Meadow Heights, 24:34, 7. Sarah Siegman, Chaffee, 24:39, 8. Taylor Steckman, Woodland, 24:45, 9. Erin Owens, Oak Ridge, 24:46, 10. Jill Mills, Meadow Heights, 25:43

Woodland -- 5. Elaine Jetton, Woodland, 23:49, 8. Taylor Steckman, Woodland, 24:45, 14. Tierney Veherf 26:45, 16. Tess Rainey 27:46, 21. Sarah Lincoln 28:50

Chaffee -- 7. Sarah Siegman, Chaffee, 24:39, 11. Sarah Reischman 25:57, 17. Elizabeth Schlosser 28:09, 20. Randi Wiley 28:26, 22. Rachel Reischman 33:39

BOYS

Team -- Saxony Lutheran 48, Woodland 70, Oak Ridge 82, Kelly 85, Christ Our Savior 113, Delta 136, Advance 172

Saxony -- 5. Max Wieser 18:44, 6. Ross Gage 18:49, 10. Andrew Etzold 19:29, 12. Sam Kluesner 19:35, 15. Rhett Obermann 19:52

Woodland -- 2. Daniel Lewis 18:27, 14. Jody Scherer 19:50, 17. Tim Abner 20:01, 18. Corey Chapman 20:08, 19. Ben Rhodes 20:10

Oak Ridge -- 4. Garret Light 18:31, 11. Caz Lange 19:33, 20. Stephen Bolen 20:19, 23. Caleb Elam 20:30, 24. Tyler Lappe 20:31

Kelly -- 1. Cody Kern, 18:02, 8. Blake Wade 19:23, 25. Sam Nelson 20:37, 29. Aaron Welter 21:08, 32. Omar Compas 21:32

Delta -- 9. Zach Reigert 19:28, 13. Austin Seabaugh 19:38, 35. Seth Blattel 22:00, 40. Brandon Horman 23:02, 42. Teddy May 24:08

Advance -- 27. Hunter Shoemaker 21:04, 34. Grant Gray 21:50, 36. Nate Middleton 22:13, 37. Cody VanGennip 22:35, 38. John Middleton 22:47

-- From staff reports