CHS, JHS TO DECIDE DISTRICT SOCCER TITLE

JACKSON -- Top-seeded Cape Central opened its Class 4A, District 1 title defense Tuesday with a 10-0 rout of fourth-seeded Farmington.

Kim Aslinger, Katie Hawkins and Lorie Bittle led the way with two goals apiece.

Amanda Hiler, Jennifer Daume, Amber Voerg and Cameron Bennett all had single goals. Aslinger, Hawkins, Hiler, Daume, Voerg and Rachele Hessenkemper each had an assist.

Goalie Heather Hey recorded her school record 16th shutout of the season.

Cape Central (23-1-2) will face No. 2 seed Jackson in Thursday's 4 p.m. championship game.

The Lady Indians slipped past No. 3 Poplar Bluff 1-0 in Tuesday's other semifinal.

Jackson 1, Poplar Bluff 0

JACKSON -- Poplar Bluff, after being beat by Jackson 6-0 last week, took a defensive approach Tuesday, nearly pulling off an upset of Jackson in a Class 4A, District 1 semifinal.

Jackson's Julie Wunderlich scored the game's only goal midway through the first half.

"They had about 10 people playing defense," Jackson coach Bonnie Knowlan said. "Their coach is a good coach. He made us work for every shot and they played an extremely different game than what we saw last week. He made a real good decision for his team."

Jackson (15-7-2) got 15 shots off, while Poplar Bluff managed just one.

Jackson will meet Cape Central for the district title at 4 p.m. Thursday.

Class 1A-3A, District 1

St. Louis-Notre Dame 5, Cape Girardeau-Notre Dame 1

ST. LOUIS -- Cape Girardeau-Notre Dame ended its season with a loss to Notre Dame from St. Louis in a district semifinal game.

Emily Worley scored the Lady Bulldogs' only goal on an assist from Katie Mehner.

Notre Dame finished the season with a 13-11-2 record.

"They were a very experienced team," Lady Bulldogs coach Jeff Worley said of St. Louis-Notre Dame. "They're quite a bit bigger school than we are. But we progressed pretty well this year. I'm pleased with the season."

St. Pius 4, Perryville 2

Cindy Rhyne and Stacey Baer netted goals for Perryville, but it was not enough to overcome St. Pius in the semifinals.

Perryville, which trailed 2-0 at halftime, closed its season at 17-4-2.

St. Pius advanced to the championship game against St. Louis-Notre Dame.