Crusaders blast Kennett

The Saxony Lutheran boys soccer team split a pair of games Saturday at home.

In their first game, the Crusaders (9-4) lost in penalty kicks to Perryville. Garrett Fritsche scored Saxony Lutheran's lone goal.

Saxony then dominated Kennett 9-0 in the second game. Three goals off the foot of Andrew Etzold and two from Bryant Steffens helped propel the Crusaders to the win.

Notre Dame 5, Westminster 3

Senior John Unterreiner put on a clinic as he scored a goal and three assists in the win.

Brock Dirnberger and Josh Robert each chipped in with a goal and an assist for Notre Dame (10-1).

Eagle Ridge 2, Collinsville Christian 1

The Eagles scored twice in the first half and never looked back.

Ron Oh and Josh Carbaugh each had a goal in the win for Eagle Ridge (5-1-1).

VOLLEYBALL Leopold 25 25 25 Bell City 22 13 12

The Wildcats got the better of their archrivals Friday night.

Casey Bucher led Leopold (12-1-1) with 15 kills and 10 digs, while Danielle Beel finished with nine kills and seven blocks.

Lauren Seiler recorded 19 assists, three aces and five digs, and Jessica Bueter had seven assists and six digs in the win.

SOFTBALL Perryville tournament

Delta went 2-1 to place second.

Kendra Burnett pitched all three games for the Bobcats (12-6), throwing a total of 19 innings and striking out 22 batters.

Delta 14, Perryville 1

Perryville 100 00 — 1 4 3

Delta 523 4x — 14 6 2

WP — Kendra Burnett, 11-4. LP — Hotop. 3B — Brewer (P). 2B — Burnett (D), Amanda Seabaugh (D), Rachel Bartels (D). Record — Delta, 11-5

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Delta 10, Herculaneum 4

Delta 104 014 0 — 10 11 3

Herculaneum 000 010 3 — 4 7 5

WP — Kendra Burnett, 12-4. LP — Werner. 2B — Jodi Menz (D), Burnett (D), Katie Brucker (D), Austin (H). Multiple hits — Delta: Courtney Burton 2-3, Menz 3-4, Brucker 2-4.

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Championship game

Crystal City 6, Delta 2

Crystal City 000 321 0 — 6 7 0

Delta 000 100 1 — 2 5 7

WP — Perry. LP — Kendra Burnett, 12-5. 2B — Jodi Menz (D), Melton (CC), Hicks (CC), Orick (CC) (2-3). Multiple hits — Delta: Burnett 2-3; Crystal City: Orick 2-3. Records — Delta, 12-6.

GIRLS TENNIS Central splits

The Tigers beat Nerinx Hall 5-4 then fell to Cor Jesu 4-3.

Christen Edmonds enjoyed a perfect day, going 2-0 in singles and 1-0 in doubles. She teamed with Kristi Lazarova to win the No. 1 doubles match against Nerinx Hall.

— From staff reports