Central swimmers win dual meet vs. Jackson

Jordan Gramling collected two state qualifying times and broke pool records in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard freestyle.

That performance helped host Central ease past rival Jackson 97-69 in Tuesday's dual swimming meet.

Central's Caleb Coots and Jackson's Kristian Troxell both collected state qualifying times in the 100 butterfly, while Jackson's Ryan Gibson earned a state qualifying mark in the 200 freestyle.

Central walked away with eight first-place finishes and six second-place finishes.

200 medley relay -- 1. Central (Jordan Gramling, Blake Kidd, Caleb Coots, Pablo Jaramillo) 1:59.38; 2. Central 2:37.40

200 freestyle -- 1. Ryan Gibson (J) 1:50.06; 2. Sam Rhodes (C) 2:13.55; 3. Sushil Sobti (C) 2:33.27

200 IM -- 1. Kidd (C) 2:36.19; 2. Kelton Burgi (J) 2:37.30; 3. Alvaro Jaramillo (C) 2:50.72

50 freestyle -- 1. Prithvi Rudrappa (C) 26.32; 2. P. Jaramillo (C) 27.02; 3. Tim Warner (J) 27.03

100 butterfly -- 1. Coots (C) 55.55; 2. Kristian Troxel (J) 56.79; 3. Rhodes (C) 1:13.76

100 freestyle -- 1. Gramling (C) 49.44; 2. Rudrappa (C) 1:00.77; 3. Warner (J) 1:04.87

500 freestyle -- 1. Coots (C) 5:10.51; 2. Landon Beck (J) 5:47.43 3. Burgi (J) 6:31.11

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Jackson (Gibson, Warner, Sean Magee, Troxel) 1:43.71; 2. Central 1:49.18; 3. Jackson 2:14.57

100 backstroke -- 1. Gramling (C) 58.35; 2. Gibson (J) 59.93; 3. Sushil (C) 1:24.06

100 breaststroke -- 1. Troxel (J) 1:07.41; 2. Kidd (C) 1:18.49; 3. Lee Blessing (J) 1:30.59

400 freestyle relay -- 1. Central (Rudrappa, Gramling, Rhodes, Coots) 3:47.79; 2. Jackson 3:50.14; 3. Central 5:08.83

SOFTBALL

Scott City 16, Saxony Luth. 1, 5 inn.

Alexis Spriggs pitched a five-inning no-hitter and struck out 10 as the Rams routed the Crusaders.

Lindsay Kern, Julie Holder. Melanie Lacey and Jenna Cummins all had two hits as the Rams improved to 12-9.

The Rams broke the game open with a 12-run fifth inning.

Scott City 003 1(12) -- 16 9 1

Saxony Lutheran 000 10 -- 1 0 7

WP -- Alexis Spriggs. LP -- Rapp. 2B -- Lindsay Kern (SC). Multiple hits -- Scott City: Julie Holder 2-4, Kern 2-5, Melanie Lacey 2-3, Jenna Cummins 2-3. Records -- Scott City 12-9.

Kelly 3, Poplar Bluff 2

Kristen Powell struck out eight and pitched a five-hitter to lead Kelly.

Jessica Worth went 3 for 3 as Kelly improved to 13-7.

Poplar Bluff 001 001 0 -- 2 5 3

Kelly 000 210 x -- 3 9 6

WP -- Kristen Powell, 13-7. LP -- Amy Stucker. 3B -- Montgomery (PB). 2B -- Jessica Worth 3-3. Multiple hits -- Kelly: Worth 3-3. Poplar Bluff: Montgomery 2-4. Records -- Kelly 13-7.

Twin Rivers 10, Chaffee 0, 5 inn.

Adrienne Eichhorn had two hits in Chaffee's run-rule loss as the Red Devils fell to 5-14.

Twin Rivers 007 12 -- 0 10 1

Chaffee 000 00 -- 0 2 2

WP -- Nippe. LP -- Hailey Enderle, 0-5. 2B -- Crain (TR). Multiple hits -- Twin Rivers: Madison 2-2, Leutect 2-2. Chaffee: Adrienne Eichhorn 2-3. Records -- Chaffee 5-14.

VOLLEYBALL

Central 25 25 Saxony Lutheran 23 11

Megan Myers had 13 assists and two aces to help lead the Tigers to a home victory during their annual "Pink Out" match for breast cancer awareness.

Chelsey Brown and Chelsea Pannier contributed seven kills as Central improved to 14-10-2.

Sam Babcock had nine digs for the Crusaders.

JV -- Central won 25-9, 25-22.

Notre Dame 25 25 Advance 16 18

Shannon Brennan led the Bulldogs with 11 assists as they improved to 16-2.

Kate Edwards added six kills followed by Allyson Bradshaw, May Wibbenmeyer and Bailey Martin with three kills each.

JV -- Notre Dame won 25-17, 25-13.

St. Vincent 25 25 Hillsboro 11 12

St. Vincent swept visiting Hillsboro to improve to 12-9-4.

Valerie Smith had five kills and nine digs for St. Vincent, while Monika Smith had three kills. Miranda Unterreiner led the defensive effort with 11 digs and Chelsie Boxdorfer had nine.

Amanda Steinbecker collected 12 service points and 13 assists, while Alanna Steinbecker had 11 service points.

JV -- St. Vincent won 25-17, 25-14.

Leopold 20 25 25 Dexter 25 23 10

Abby Landewee led with 18 kills, eight digs and two blocks as the Wildcats won in three games.

Mallory James added 13 digs, six kills and three blocks while Sydney Eeftink recorded 29 assists as Leopold improved to 14-3.

JV -- Dexter won 25-16, 25-16.

Zalma 25 25 Puxico 14 12

Zalma rolled past Puxico to improve to 15-2.

Torie VanGennip recorded 15 assists while Lorie VanGennip collected five kills.

Lesta Newberry added five aces and five blocks, while Angela Dickinson had six blocks.

JV -- Puxico won 25-14, 25-6.

Woodland 25 25 Oak Ridge 14 14

BreeAnna Crites collected seven kills and three digs as the Cardinals improved to 3-13.

Kendra Pinkley added four kills for Woodland.

JV -- Woodland won 25-18 25-23.

De Soto 25 26 Perryville 21 24

Samantha Amberger collected five kills and two blocks as the Pirates fell to 22-3.

Cortnea Plunkett added five aces for Perryville.

JV -- Perryville won 25-22, 25-21.

Eagle Ridge 25 25 Safe Christian 23 15

Eagle Ridge boosted its record to 10-4.

Heather Wiseman led the Eagles with 12 assists, six service points and four aces.

Lyndse Hamby added 11 kills and seven digs, followed by Hannah Heff with eight service points and four aces.

-- From staff reports