CENTRAL SOCCER BLANKS ND 3-0, IMPROVES TO 11-0

Cape Girardeau Central's girls soccer team fought the wind -- and visiting Notre Dame -- for one half before scoring three goals in the second half to beat the Lady Bulldogs 3-0 Tuesday.

Central recorded its ninth shutout of the season and stayed perfect on the year at 11-0. Notre Dame fell to 6-7-1.

Central coach Tom Doyle said the first half, which ended in a scoreless tie, was a hard-fought one -- and Central's Abby Harris experienced it first hand. Harris' nose was broken in a collision in the first half.

The Lady Tigers' Nichole Thiele took over in the second half. Thiele scored the game's first goal at the 50-minute mark on an assist by Emily Atchley. Thiele scored again about 12 minutes later, this time on a pass by Melissa Altenthal.

Central's Corie Nunnally scored the Lady Tigers' last goal at the 69-minute mark.

Central will travel to Jackson on Tuesday. Notre Dame will host Pacific Thursday.

BASEBALL

Jackson 5, Poplar Bluff 4

JACKSON -- Poplar Bluff was one hit away from a come-from-behind win, but the Indians' Christopher Leimer coaxed a groundout with the bases loaded and Jackson escaped with the win.

Although he struck out 14 batters and allowed only four hits in his complete game victory, Leimer was wild much of the game as he walked eight and hit two batters. Jackson's defense compounded the problems by committing three errors.

Jackson led 5-3 entering the bottom of the seventh. After the Mules loaded the bases, Leimer walked in a batter to bring Poplar Bluff within a run. Leimer then got the ground out to hold on for the win.

Offensively for Jackson (9-5), Mike Gross went 2-for-3 and Travis Stevens went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and had a two-run homer in the first inning and an RBI double in the third.

Jackson will play Perryville in the Kelly Tournament Saturday.

Scott City 7, Charleston 1

SCOTT CITY -- Scott City's Rams continued to roll through their 1997 schedule with a comfortable win at home Tuesday.

Pitcher Justin Braun allowed just a third-inning run as the Rams improved to 8-1. Braun, who went the distance, allowed nine hits, didn't walk a batter and struck out nine.

Scott City banged out 13 hits, including three apiece by Kirt Burger and Jeremy Enderle. Jon Wipfler and Joey Jacobs added two hits apiece.

After Scott City took a 1-0 lead in the first, Lance Amick belted a two-run homer in the second for a 3-0 advantage. The Rams added a run in the third and three in the seventh.

Scott City visits Chaffee today.

Kelly 6, East Prairie 1

EAST PRAIRIE -- Jim Hulshof allowed no earned runs on two hits and struck out 10 in seven innings of work as Kelly won on the road Tuesday.

Denver Stuckey went 2-for-4 with a double, a homer and two RBIs for the Hawks (7-5). Justin Vetter went 3-for-4 with a double and Hulshof went 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Kelly will travel to Scott County Central Friday.

SOFTBALL

Notre Dame 13, Sikeston 5

Notre Dame evened its record at 4-4 by rolling past visiting Sikeston Tuesday.

Jill Huber and Randi Senciboy combined on a one-hitter. Senciboy got the win, allowing one hit and no runs over the final 4 1/3 innings.

The Lady Bulldogs had 13 hits, led by Becca Montgomery with a single, a double and a triple, good for three RBIs. Erin Hamm had two hits, including a home run, while Senciboy also homered.

Notre Dame will visit Scott City Thursday.

Chaffee 12, Dexter 2

CHAFFEE -- Chaffee bounced back from its only defeat of the season to romp at home in a five-inning, run-rule game Tuesday.

The Lady Red Devils (9-1) had 13 hits, Wendy Hanselman going 4-for-4 with three RBIs. Brandi Foulk and Jennifer Siebert both had two hits and three RBIs while Abby Seyer added two hits.

Kelly Glueck notched the win. She allowed three hits and no earned runs in five innings.

Chaffee will host Scott City today.

Kelly 4, East Prairie 2

EAST PRAIRIE -- Unbeaten Kelly scored three runs in the second inning and held on to beat host East Prairie Tuesday.

Brittany Lambert was the winning pitcher as the Lady Hawks improved to 11-0. She went all seven innings, allowing eight hits and striking out two.

Natalie Robert went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Andee Heisserer went 2-for-3 with two RBIs.

Kelly will travel to Scott County Central Friday.

Scott City 21, Charleston 10

CHARLESTON -- Scott City had 13 hits in five innings against host Charleston Tuesday.

Heather Miller went 2 1/3 innings and earned the win in relief.

Amy O'Brien went 3-for-4 for the Lady Rams (7-1).

Scott City will travel to Chaffee today.

TRACK & FIELD

Cape Central, Jackson split

JACKSON -- Cape Central won the girls meet 84-53 and Jackson took the boys meet 86-58 Tuesday.

Central's Courtney Haman won both the 100-meter high hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles and Micah Bohnsack won both the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs.

Jackson's Kasie Jones won the long jump and the triple jump.

On the boys side, Central's Charles McGinty took the 100-meter dash and the 200.

Results on Scoreboard.

Kelly sweeps

CHAFFEE -- Kelly's boys and girls both won a five-team meet Tuesday at Chaffee.

Kelly's boys scored 108 points to beat Portageville (95), Chaffee (59), East Prairie (49) and Scott City (42).

The Lady Hawks totaled 126 points, beating Chaffee (96), Portageville (82), Scott City (22) and East Prairie (14).

Kelly's Michael Riley won both the 1600- and 3200-meter runs; Amy Arteme won the same events for the Lady Hawks.

Results on Scoreboard.

BOYS TENNIS

Cape Central 8, Dexter 1

Cape Central improved to 7-5 in duals by routing visiting Dexter Tuesday.

The Tigers won all six singles matches -- dropping just 16 games in 12 sets -- and then took two of three doubles contests.

Central's JV also prevailed 8-5.

The Tigers will host Charleston today.

Singles

Wade Russell (C) def. Ryan Duley 6-0, 6-0

Jeremy Driskell (C) def. Jeremiah Johnson 6-0, 6-0

Vijay Dahiya (C) def. Jeff Huffman 6-1, 6-2

Ben Roeger (C) def. Josh Robinson 6-2, 6-1

Aaron Moore (C) def. Kurt Lovelady 6-2, 6-2

Drew Seib (C) def. Zach Rice 6-3, 6-3

Doubles

Duley-Lovelady (D) def. Driskell-Moore 6-4, 6-3

Dahiya-Roeger (C) def. Huffman-Robinson 7-5, 6-1

Russell-Nathan Skinner (C) def. Johnson-Rice 6-1, 6-0

JV winners: (Singles) Nathan Skinner, Nick Metzger, Ed Roeger, Travis Hyslop, Andy Ostrenga (Doubles) Seib-Metzger, Alex Edwards-E. Roeger, Hyslop-Ostrenga