Central, St. Vincent fall in tourney semis

The winner of the Noon Optimist Girls Soccer Tournament will not come from the four area squads, as St. Vincent and Central dropped semifinal games Friday at Central.

St. Vincent fell to Marion (Ill.) 3-1, while Central dropped a 1-0 decision to Sikeston.

The championship game will be 2 p.m. today between Marion and Sikeston. Central and St. Vincent will play in the third-place game at noon today.

The Squaws (2-1) were tied 1-1 going into halftime on an unassisted goal from Brooke Brown. Marion scored twice in the second half to bring home the win.

In the other semifinal, Sikeston scored a second-half goal to edge the Tigers (1-2).

Notre Dame cruised by Poplar Bluff 3-1 in the consolation bracket. The Bulldogs will play Perryville in the fifth-place game at noon today.

Destiny Dirnberger scored twice and Mindy Siebert added a goal for Notre Dame (1-1). Meridith Medlin had two assists and Siebert added one.

Perryville won its consolation game 2-0 over Farmington. Ashley Reid and Becca Hanquist scored for the Pirates (2-1), and Hanquist and Alicia Kueker assisted. Chastity Marr had five saves for the shutout.

BASEBALLChaffee 9, Charleston 7

Chaffee scored five runs in the top of the seventh to rally for the road win.

The Red Devils (2-1) trailed 5-4 heading into the seventh. Adam Uhrhan pitched 6 innings for the win. Chris Hanback retired the final two batters for the save.

Adam Crowe led Chaffee with three hits, and Andy Hendrix and Aaron Horrell had two apiece.

Chaffee 002 200 5 -- 9 10 4

Charleston 101 021 2 -- 7 6 3

WP -- Adam Uhrhan, 1-0. LP -- Brinknell. 2B -- Andy Hendrix 2 (CF). 3B -- Paul Johnson (CA). Multiple hits -- Chaffee, Adam Crowe 3-4; Aaron Horrell 2-4; Hendrix 2-4; Charleston, Paul Johnson 3-4. Records -- Chaffee 2-1.

Oak Ridge 18, Delta 8, 5 innings

Oak Ridge got two hits apiece from Garrett Light and Garrett Pohlman in a home win.

Ethan Sachs picked up the win on the mound.

Delta 421 01 -- 8 8 8

Oak Ridge 522 63 -- 18 9 4

WP -- Ethan Sachs, 1-0. LP -- Alex Parks. 3B -- Garrett Pohlman (O), Gooch (D). Multiple hits -- Delta, Gooch 3-3; Oak Ridge, Garrett Light 2-3; Pohlman 2-4. Records -- Oak Ridge 2-0.

NMCC 6, Kelly 2

Kelly led 2-0 after two innings but gave up six runs over the final three innings in the loss.

The Hawks fell to 0-2.

NMCC 000 041 1 -- 6 9 6

Kelly 110 000 0 -- 2 4 5

WP -- Matt Williams, 1-0. LP -- Felter. 2B -- Dylan Harris (N), Kyle Marshall (N). Multiple hits -- NMCC, Harris 3-4; Marshall 3-4. Records -- NMCC 1-0, Kelly 0-2.

Meadow Heights 18, Marquand 1, 5 innings

John Long and Cody Kennedy combined for a no-hitter as Meadow Heights picked up its first win.

Long struck out eight in three innings, and Kennedy added four strikeouts in two innings. Matt Groves led the Panthers (1-1) with three hits.

Marquand 010 00 -- 1 0 7

M. Heights (11)70 0X -- 18 10 1

WP -- John Long, 1-0. LP -- Kyle Vick. 2B -- Matt Groves (MH), Long (MH), Tyler Wagner (MH). Multiple hits -- Meadow Heights, Groves 3-3; Blake Mungel 2-2. Records -- Meadow Heights 1-1.

SOFTBALLDelta 13, Oak Ridge 3

Jodi Menz had a triple, a home run and three RBIs in the win.

Kendra Burnett struck out eight and allowed one hit for the win. Taylor Smith, Burnett, Sara Blattel and Amanda Seabaugh added two hits apiece for Delta (2-0).

Delta 212 312 2 -- 13 14 5

Oak Ridge 010 002 0 -- 3 1 1

WP -- Kendra Burnett, 2-0. LP -- Sedgewick. HR -- Jodi Menz (D), Amanda Seabaugh (D). 2B -- Sara Blattel (D), Burnett (D), Taylor Smith (D). 3B -- Smith (D), Menz (D). Multiple hits -- Delta, Smith 3-5; Menz 2-4; Seabaugh 2-4; Burnett 2-5; Blattel 2-5. Records -- Delta 2-0.

-- From staff reports