CHS, ND ROLL IN SOCCERFEST

Cape Central and Notre Dame's soccer teams both posted easy shutout victories in the Notre Dame Soccerfest Wednesday.

Cape Central recorded its second shutout of the season, making easy work of Sikeston and allowing the Bulldogs just six shots on goal.

Notre Dame, in its season opener, cruised past Farmington 10-0.

In Cape Central's game, Brett McNabb scored the first goal of the game on an assist from John Mark Thompson at the 28-minute mark.

The score remained at 1-0 at halftime, but 10 minutes into the second half, Chris Cole deposited a pass from Cody Hill for the Tigers' second goal. With eight minutes left, Whitt Lynn scored on an assist from Matt Davis.

"I was real pleased with the team play, the passing and the ball control," said Central coach Tom Doyle. "We're making good decisions, but we had a lot of opportunities where we didn't score."

For Notre Dame, Nathan LeGrand, Timmy Wencewicz and Tyler Cuba scored two goals apiece, while Nick Kapfer, Scott Wittenborn, Paul Unterreiner and Andy Arnzen scored one each. Wittenborn led the team with three assists.

"We graduated nine starters and we only have one senior and we didn't know what to expect," said Notre Dame coach Brad Wittenborn. "They were trying to trap and we got behind them more than they would've liked. We looked fairly quick tonight."

In other Soccerfest games, Carbondale, Ill. beat Hillsboro 2-0 and Poplar Bluff beat Jackson 3-0.

Jackson will play Farmington, and Sikeston will play Hillsboro at 4 p.m. today; Notre Dame will take on Poplar Bluff at 6 and Central will battle Carbondale at 8.

SOFTBALL

Kelly 2, Cape Central 0

Cape Central pitcher Holly Schnurbusch pitched a three-hit shutout through seven innings, but the Lady Tigers finally fell victim to Kelly in the eighth inning of a pitchers' duel.

Marissa Essner's game-winning hit in the eighth was the difference. Megan Beggs knocked in Essner for an insurance run. Kelly improved to 2-0.

Trisha Klipfel, Megan McDonald, Sarah Miinch, Amber Voerge and Jessica McDonald each had a hit for Central (5-3), but the Lady Tigers stranded seven on base and had a runner thrown out at the plate after she stumbled and fell down.

"We're not hitting the ball well right now," said Central coach Amy Blattel. "Our pitchers are doing a great job and defensively we're playing well. We just have to push runs across."

Bridgett Riley picked up the win for Kelly. Riley went all eight innings and gave up five hits, two walks and struck out three.

Schnurbusch allowed five hits, walked one and struck out five in the loss.

Kelly's junior varsity claimed at 4-3 win over Central (1-3).

Notre Dame Softballfest

The Notre Dame Softballfest opened with the host team treating Sikeston rudely with a 14-3 win in five innings at the Notre Dame Sports Complex.

The Lady Bulldogs broke the game open with eight runs in the fifth inning, featuring a two-run homer by Ramona Blankenship, who also hurled a four-hitter for the victory. She had two strikeouts and issued five walks in going the distance.

Ashley Reinagel, Sara Berkbigler and Laura Weissmueller led the 12-hit attack with two hits each.

Park Hills defeated Dongola, Ill. 4-2 in the second game.

St. Pius (Festus) clobbered Poplar Bluff by a 11-0 score in the third game.

Jackson 10, Poplar Bluff 1

JACKSON, Mo. -- Jackson broke out of its offensive slump in a big way with a rout of Poplar Bluff.

Heather Tuschhoff gave up one unearned run on five hits and two walks, while striking out two.

Amanda Bollinger had a huge day for the Lady Indians. Not only did she throw out two base stealers, but she also went 2-for-2 with four RBIs, including a three-run home run in the third inning.

Lindsey Meyr went 2-for-2 with three runs and four stolen bases.

Jackson (2-6) had nine hits total, a season high.

"Our season got off to a slow start and we hadn't been hitting," said Jackson coach Becky Riney. "Hopefully, this will give us some confidence."

VOLLEYBALL

Woodland Tournament

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Woodland and Zalma will meet at 8 tonight in the championship match of the Woodland Tournament after winning their respective pools.

On Thursday night, Leopold split sets with Woodland. The Lady Wildcats won the first match 16-14, but lost the second 15-8.

Holly Jansen led Leopold with 11 kills, while Courtney Wesbecher added four. Laura Jansen and Wendy Vandeven had seven assists each.

Zalma remained undefeated with a 15-13, 15-11 sweep of Notre Dame.

"We played up and down," said Zalma coach Shannon Garner, "but we held together enough to win."

Zalma was led by Carrie Pixley with 10 kills, followed by Amber Buehler with seven kills and ten service points. Erika Campbell added three kills and three solo blocks. Selena Slaughter provided 23 assists and seven service points, including two aces.

Woodland, in addition to its split with Leopold, also split with Bell City, losing the first set 15-11 and winning the second 15-12. The Lady Cardinals were eliminated from the tournament.

Against Leopold, Woodland's Kelly Reed had three kills while Amanda Jordan had two. Danyel Farrell had seven assists.

Notre Dame will play Bell City for third place at 6 p.m.

Oran 15-15

Chaffee 10-11

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Chaffee was swept by Oran 15-10, 15-11 in the opener for both teams on Thursday night.

Chaffee got down early and never seemed to recover.

"We got rattled when we fell behind," said Chaffee coach Paulette Crouthers. "We had trouble getting our serves in and we didn't play good defense."

Oran's front row, led by Stacey Eftink, created major problems for the Chaffee squad all evening.

Morgan Kiefer led Chaffee with 15 spikes, while Jennifer Vandeven posted 11 service points and seven digs.

Chaffee's JV squad won 15-5 and 19-17.

Tennis

Jackson 7, Farmington 2

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- The Jackson girls tennis team posted a victory over host Farmington.

The win moves the Lady Indians' record to 3-0 for the season.

Jackson's JV won 4-1, playing only doubles matches.

Singles

1. Kim Anderson (J) def. Kate Carraker 8-0

2. Nicole Poythress (J) def. Ashlie Denman 8-4

3. Heather Isbell (F) def. Sarah Prost 9-7

4. Katie Domian (J) def. Lauren Paulk 8-6

5. Maggie Martin (J) def. Jenny Beffa 8-1

6.Carly Vogelsang (J) def. Tessa Pacilly 8-3

Doubles

1. Carraker-Isbell (F) def. Anderson-Prost 8-3

2. Poythress-Domian (J) def. Denman-Paulk 8-3

3. Martin-Vogelsang (J) def. Beffa-Pacilly 8-0

Jackson JV winners: (doubles) Sarah Owen-Kerri Miinch, Kelly Mitchell-Lauren Everett, Mandy Burlbaugh-Carrie Golden, Jessica Nelson-Rebecca Seabaugh.