Central's Ford-Pingel secure third trip to state tournament

Sarah Ford and Lindsey Pingel are headed back to the state tennis tournament.

The Central doubles team blew past its competition in the district tournament Friday to earn its third straight trip to the state tournament.

Ford and Pingel defeated Eureka's Kelsey Ferguson and Shannon Ferguson, 6-0, 6-3, in the semifinals. They then teamed to beat Parkway South's Danielle Poe and Stephanie Krieger, 6-1, 6-1, in the finals.

"They put the ball away every chance they got," Central coach Annette Slattery said. "The other team tried to put the ball away, we just dug it up off the ground and got it back. They were just in sync."

Slattery was especially pleased with her doubles team's performance because Pingel was playing with a slight injury.

"Lindsey played a little bit more conservative and then Sarah just played a little bit more aggressive," Slattery said. "It just kind of was a neat balance today. That's probably what we needed to do all along."

Parkway South won the district team title while Eureka was second. Central finished third and Jackson fourth.

SOFTBALLClass 3 District 2

Notre Dame pitcher Lauren Reinagel's spectacular streak of three straight no-hitters finally came to an end.

Reinagel allowed one hit and struck out 12 batters, eclipsing the 200 strikeout mark for the season and pushing her record to 24-0 as the Bulldogs defeated Kennett 9-1 in a semifinal contest.

Erika Reinagel went 4-for-4 with four stolen bases for the Bulldogs (25-0).

Notre Dame plays Festus today at 2 p.m. for the district championship.

Kennett 000 100 0 -- 1 1 2

Notre Dame 205 110 x -- 9 14 0

WP -- Lauren Reinagel. LP -- Jones. 2B -- Britney Schott (ND), Alexis Rawls (ND), Heather Menz (ND), Brooke Glastetter (ND). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame, Erika Reinagel 4-4, Schott 3-4, Lauren Bond 2-3. Records -- Notre Dame, 25-0

Class 2 District 2

Kelly advanced to the championship game with a 9-0 win over St. Pius.

Heather Beggs allowed two hits over seven innings and struck out 11 for the Hawks (17-6). Ashley Flahardy went 2-for-3 with a home run, a triple and four RBIs to fuel the Hawks' offensive attack.

In the other semifinal, Scott City couldn't muster a hit as it fell to Crystal City 2-1.

Emily Essner threw six innings, giving up two earned runs on five hits while striking out eight for the Rams (11-15).

Kelly plays Crystal City for the championship today at 10 a.m.

KELLY 9, ST. PIUS 0

St. Pius 000 000 0 -- 0 2 2

Kelly 060 030 x -- 9 7 1

WP -- Heather Beggs. LP -- Portell. HR -- Sarah Ruff (K), Ashley Slahardy (K). 3B -- Brittany Brantley (K), Slahardy (K). Multiple hits -- Kelly, Ashley Slahardy 2-3. Record -- Kelly 17-6

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CRYSTAL CITY 2, SCOTT CITY 1

Scott City 000 001 0 -- 1 0 0

Crystal City 001 010 x -- 2 5 2

WP -- Perry. LP -- Emily Essner. Multiple hits -- Crystal City, Perry 2-3. Record -- Scott City 11-15.

VOLLEYBALLNotre Dame 19 25 25S. Lutheran 25 13 16

Paige Schumer led Saxony Lutheran with 14 assists and 16 digs. Shannon Brennan added 12 assists and five kills while Taylon Sanders chipped in seven kills and 10 digs for the Crusaders (9-8-2).

JV -- Saxony Lutheran won in two games.

Oak Ridge 25 25 25Marquand 14 13 21

Lauren Meyer had nine kills and five aces to help Oak Ridge push its record to 7-11.

Woodland 25 25Advance 15 16

Morgan Winchester recorded nine assists and Tasha Rhodes had three kills as Woodland earned the sweep.

Jessica Santi recorded five kills and four aces and Kelsey Saylor added four kills and four aces for the Cardinals (14-6).

JV -- Woodland won 25-17, 25-17.

BOYS SOCCEREagle Ridge 6,Mississippi Valley 1

Daniel Cohen scored three goals and Josh Wiseman added two tallies in the victory.

Mary-Kate Galemmo rounded out the scoring with a goal.

Stephen Cohen had two assists for Eagle Ridge (9-1-1).

-- From staff reports