CHARLESTON NETTERS WIN DISTRICT CROWN

Charleston High's girls tennis team had to go indoors to continue its district dominance.

The Lady Blue Jays captured their eighth consecutive district title Saturday when they won the Class 1A-3A, District 1 Tournament in Cape Girardeau.

The tourney was supposed to be played outdoors in one day at the Southeast Missouri State University courts. But rain forced the event to be held indoors Friday and Saturday at University Health & Fitness Center.

"I'm real proud of the girls," said Charleston coach Mitch Baker. "Winning eight district titles in a row is a tremendous accomplishment."

Charleston had 23 points to hold off Fredericktown, which had 21. Both squads qualify for next Saturday's team sectional competition in St. Louis.

Other team scores were: Arcadia Valley 18 1/2, Dexter 16 1/2, North County 12, Kennett 10 1/2, Potosi 5, Caruthersville 4, Chaffee 2 1/2, Park Hills 2 1/2, Malden 0.

Individually, the top two finishers in singles and doubles qualify for the state meet, set for Oct. 21-22 in Springfield.

Fredericktown's Erin Kinder claimed her second straight district singles title by beating Kennett's Heather Winston 8-0.

In doubles, Dexter's Julie Jarrell and Amy Rose defeated Charleston's Jodi Bledsoe and Katie Whitehead 8-4.

BOYS SOCCER

Notre Dame splits pair

FENTON -- Competing in the Optimist Shootout at the Anheuser-Busch Conference & Sports Centre, Notre Dame won its first game over highly-regarded St. Francis Borgia 1-0, but it was a costly victory.

The Bulldogs' Timmy Wencewicz suffered a broken leg on a hit from behind as he was kicking the ball; the injury will require surgery and Wencewicz is out for the season.

"It wasn't a dirty play or anything," said Notre Dame coach Brad Wittenborn. "They were both going for the ball at the same time."

Adam Obermiller scored the Bulldogs' lone goal at the 19:00 minute mark, with an assist from Cory Elfrink.

Michael Gosche had the shutout for Notre Dame.

The Bulldogs weren't as fortunate in the second game of the day, and the injury to Wencewicz may have been a factor as Notre Dame lost to Rolla, another strong team, 1-0.

Rolla was outshot 13-5 for the game, but the Bulldogs couldn't notch a goal, and fell to 14-3-1 on the season.

"Being the second game of the day we didn't have as much energy," said Wittenborn. "We probably deserved to win, but not having Timmy hurt us as far as our depth is concerned."

Wes Trueblood scored the only goal at the 8:00 minute mark for Rolla, with an assist by Matt Bruno.

"The play was a little more physical then we're used to," said Wittenborn. "We need to adjust our game to that; there was a lot of grabbing and pushing without penalties being called."

Notre Dame's JV Squad (5-4-1) split it's games by beating Borgia 4-0, and losing to Rolla 2-1. In the first game, Tyler Cuba had two goals and Jeff Brosey had one goal and an asssist. Travis Seabert scored the lone goal for Notre Dame in the second game.

Cape Central loses two

FENTON -- Also competing in the Optimist Shootout at the Anheuser-Busch Conference & Sports Centre, Central suffered a pair of shutout losses, falling to Rolla 1-0 and to Springfield Glendale 2-0.

Both games were scoreless at halftime, but the Tigers lagged in the second half as they fell to 11-9-1.

"Both teams are very good," said Central coach Tom Doyle of Rolla and Glendale. "We faced some excellent competition."

Glendale 2, Jackson 1

FENTON -- Jackson also took part in the Optimist Shootout at the Anheuser-Busch Conference & Sports Centre, playing just one game and suffering a narrow loss.

Springfield Glendale scored twice in the final 15 minutes as the Indians fell to 8-7-1. Jimmy Sievers had Jackson's goal.

CROSS COUNTRY

Potosi Invitational

It took a tie-breaker to decide who won the varsity boys team outcome, but both the Cape Central boys and girls cross country teams grabbed first place honors at the Potosi Invitational Saturday afternoon.

Both host Potosi and the Tigers finished first with 79 points, but Cape Central's sixth-place finisher (Ross Tillman, 18:15) ended with a better time, giving the Tiger runners the team victory.

The Lady Tigers' team victory (79) was paced by Lane Thomasson (20:23) who finished second and topped all area runners, while the Tigers were paced by Mark Stone (16:58), who finished 6th and was tops among all area boys.

"The main thing we wanted to focus on was to run as a team," said Cape Central coach Mark Hahn, "and I was extremely pleased with how we accomplished that."

Finishing among the top 30 medalist for Central: Justin Hawkins (9th, 17:11), Gabe Austin (11th, 17:32); Jon Lowrance (25th, 18:11), Kim Pancoast (12th, 21:49), Rachel Sprigg (18th, 22:00), Whitney Pingle (20th, 22:14), Amanda Huttiger (27th, 22:41) and Morgan Maki (29th, 18:16).

24 schools participated in the 5K race, with 13 teams actually scoring. The Perryville boys (116) took third place as a team, while the Kelly boys (196) garnered seventh-place. The Lady Pirates (111) took fifth place and the Kelly girls (172) finished in seventh position.

Medaling from Perryville: Nathan Moore (1th, 17:39), Renee Schlicting (14th, 21:38), Gina Buerck (15th, 21:51), Tyson Rellegert (17th, 17:57), James Boice (19th, 18:00), Katrina Bockhorn (24th, 22:24) and Jen Brotherton (26th, 22:38).

Kelly High had two medalists: Adam Daughetee (18th, 18:00) and Ashley Hahn (24th, 18:09).

Cape Central's JV boys placed 2nd as a team with 65 points. Jess Koenig (18:28) was first, Tim Winningham (18:34) was third, and Curt Brewer (18:36) finished fourth.

Area Teams

Boys

Team -- 1. Cape Central 79, 2. Potosi 79, 3. Perryville 116, 4. North County 124, 5. St. Genevieve 125, 6. Farmington 192, 7. Kelly 196, 8. Viburnum 250, 9. Hillsboro, 10. Arkadia Valley 253, 11. Poplar Bluff 278, 12. Festus 295, 13. Steelville 298

Individual -- Cape Central: 6. Mark Stone 16:58, 9. Justin Hawkins 17:11, 11. Gabe Austin 17:32, 25. John Lawrance 18:11, 28. Ross Tillmann 18:15, 29. Morgan Maki 18:16; Kelly: 18. Adam Daughhetee 18:00, 24. Ashley Hahn 18:09, 39. Adam Lofton 18:37, 53. Major Burger 19:20, 62. Richard Reeves 19:46; Perryville: 13. Nathan Moore 18:00, 17. Tyson Relegert 17:57, 19. James Boice 18:00

Girls

Team -- 1. Cape Central 79, 2. Hillsboro 81, 3. Farmington 102, 4. De Soto 103, 5. Perryville 111, 6. Kelly 201, 7. Festus 201, 8. St. Pius 206, 9. Poplar Bluff 256, 10. Steelville 321

Individual -- Cape Central: 2. Lane Thomason 20:23, 12. Kim Pancoast 21:49, 18. Rachel Sprigg 22:00, 20. Whitney Pingle 22:14, 27. Amanda Huttiger 22:41; Kelly: 17. Laura Ruff 21:57, 33. Megan Nelson 23:01, 34. Melissa Garner 23:07, 58. Nancy Lewer 24:35, 59. Shannon Lawson 24:45; Perryville: 14. Renee Schlicting 21:38, 5. Gina Buerck 21:51, 24. Katrina Bockhorn 22:24, 26. Jenny Brotherton 22:38

Marshall County Invitational

The conditions were muddy for the nine kilometer race, but it didn't slow down Jackson's girls as they managed a fourth-place finish out of 27 schools -- good for 185 points -- during the meet in Kentucky.

"There were about six runners in this meet who are ranked in the top ten from Kentucky." said Jackson coach Jim Stoverink. "We had some real good competition in this one."

The Pulaski County girls team (62) took first place.

The boys all ran together and were organized into three groups:

A Team: first five finishers; B Team: six through 10 finishers and C Team: 11 through 15 finishers. Jackson's boys A team (334) finished 13th, the B team (753) placed 8th and the C Team (974) ended up third.

The Indians' next race is 4:00 Thursday at North Cape County Park.

Girls

Team -- 1. Northeast 421, 2. Jackson 457

Individual -- Jackson: 9. Laura Unverferth 20:33, 19. Julie Wunderlich 21:12, 21. Carol Koenig 21:24, 72. Jessica Katron 24:00, 77. Jennifer Watkins 24:15

Boys

Team -- 1. Davies County 71, 2. Marquette 74, 3. Apollo 85, 4. Northeast 219, 5. Northwest 229

Individual -- Jackson: 21. Josh Minson 17:46, 42. Zach Frederick 18:20, 67. Jeremiah Keller 19:06, 85. Doug Dixon 19:28, 128. Jodi Russell 20:24

Washington University meet

ST. LOUIS -- Notre Dame's boys placed 11th while the girls finished 14th during the 16-team All-Missouri Border Championship hosted by Washington University.

Notre Dame's lone medalist was Susan Judd, who placed 17th by covering the 3.1-mile course in 20:35.

Girls

Individual -- Notre Dame: 17. Susan Judd 20:35, 59. Sarah Unterreiner 22:41, 73. Jean Stoverink 23:09, 116. Laura Mittrucker 25:27, 130. Amanda Gosche 26:47.

Boys

Notre Dame: 38. David Unterreiner 18:13, 40. Rick Smith 18:14, 73. Adam Eftink 19:07, 79. Matt Frey 19:14, 97. Marcus LeGrand

JV Girls Volleyball Tournament

JACKSON -- The Cape Central JV girls didn't fare well in tournament play Saturday afternoon.

The JV squad lost to Jackson 7-15, 4-15 in their first game; the loss was followed up by a 3-15, 4-15 loss to Perryville.

The JV girls won their first set of the third match against St. Vincent 15-12, but lost the second 3-15.