Gramling wins meet MVP honors

Sam Gramling made the most of swimming in his home meet.

The Central junior won the 500 freestyle in a school-record time (4 minutes, 50.05 seconds), helping him win the Cape Rock Invitational meet MVP award Saturday at the Central bubble.

He added a victory in the 200 freestyle as well. The Tigers finished sixth in the team standings.

Jackson sophomore Ryan Gibson took second in the 100 butterfly, while Notre Dame's Coleman Schott was second in the breaststroke at the 12-team event.

@z_agate_no tab_no indnt_bld ld:Team scores — 1. Parkway Central 344.5; 2. Glendale, 301.5; 3. Parkway South 277.5; 4. Springfield Central 253; 5. Lindbergh 246.5; 6. Central 166; 7. Notre Dame 159; 8. Eureka 142; 9. Jackson 120; 10. University City 90; 11. Hillcrest 66; 12. Webster Groves 64.

Local top-10 finishers

200 medley relay — *3. Notre Dame, 1:46.45; 7. Central, 2:03.91

Central's Sam Gramling stands with the first-place medal he won in the 200-yard freestyle at the Cape Rock Invitational.

200 freestyle — *1. Sam Gramling, C, 1:49.30; 5. Riley Talbut, J, 1:54.68

200 individual medley — 5. Coleman Schott, ND, 2:11.03; 10. Ben Rockett, ND, 2:18.09

50 freestyle — 10. Jordan Gramling, C, 23.76

Diving — 8. Austin Gillard, J, 190.55

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Notre Dame's Ben Rockett swims in the 200-yard individual medley at the Cape Rock Invitational on Saturday. He finished 10th in 2:18.09.

100 butterfly — *2. Ryan Gibson, J, 55.28; *3. Caleb Coots, C, 55.87; *4. Logan Bollinger, ND, 57.50

100 freestyle — *6. J. Gramling, C, 51.17

500 freestyle — *1. S. Gramling, C, 4:50.05; *3. Coots, C, 4:58.52; *5. Gibson, J, 5:02.67; *6. Connor McGinnis, J, 5:06.26

200 freestyle relay — *4. Notre Dame, 1:35.31; 6. Central, 1:36.45

100 backstroke — 6. McGinnis, J, 1:00.65

100 breaststroke — *2. Schott, ND, 1:04.64

400 freestyle relay — *5. Notre Dame, 3:29.19; *7. Central, 3:32.11; 8. Jackson, 3:39.95

* — denotes state-qualifying time

BOYS SOCCER Notre Dame 5, St. Pius 0

Jacob Pewitt and Brock Dirnberger scored two goals apiece to lead the Bulldogs to victory.

Ryan Bass made five saves for the shutout, and added an assist for good measure.

"We took advantage of what they were giving us," Notre Dame coach Brad Wittenborn said.

John Unterreiner added a goal and an assist for the Bulldogs (13-3), who host Central on Tuesday.

Central 5, Northwest 0

Another game, more goals for Zach Zaruba.

Central's senior goal scorer posted another hat trick, pushing his total to 16 tallies in his last eight games.

Garrett Duncan and Lucian Johnson each had a goal for the Tigers (13-6).

Helias quad

Jackson split a pair of close games Saturday to push its record to 9-9.

Hunter Garrisson and Joe Shultz scored the goals in the 2-1 victory over Sedalia.

Both assists came from the foot of Zack Taylor.

The Indians lost their second game, a 2-0 decision to Helias.

CROSS COUNTRY Potosi invite

Mary Dohogne finished second to lead Central's girls team to a third-place finish. Teammate Brittany Moreland crossed the line fourth.

Notre Dame's Wynn McClellan helped the Bulldogs post a second-place finish. McClellan finished third, while teammates Logan Davis was sixth and Ryan Johnson 10th.

Jackson senior Greg Gibson crossed the line 11th.

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Team scores — 1. Ste. Genevieve 43, 2. Festus 59, 3. Central 85, 4. Jackson 108; 6. Notre Dame 176

Local finishers

Central — 2. Mary Dohogne, 19:58; 4. Brittany Moreland, 20:19; 22. Jordyn Richmond, 22:18; 35. Audrey Westrich, 23:27; 36. Jessie Hahn, 23:28.

Notre Dame — 13. Tori Pfau, 21:13; 42. Morgan Morris, 24:02; 45. Tara Grojean, 24:11; 51. Jill Schnurbusch, 24:43; 53. Katie Obermark, 24:53.

Delta — 74. Renae Bartels, 26:02

Jackson — 9. Taylor Dickerson, 20:59; 12. Tori Parry, 21:12; 27. Diane Strong, 22:38; 31. Lindsey Seabaugh, 22:53; 49. Jordan Whitener, 24:31

Boys

Team scores — 1. Potosi 45, 2. Notre Dame 47, 3. Festus 52, 7. Jackson 160, 8. Central 213, 11. Delta 294

Local finishers

Central — 37. Collin Summers, 18:43; 45. Alex Crawford, 19:04; 48. Jordan Pope, 19:08; 52. Neil Bradley, 19:21; 66. Lars Monia, 19:32

Delta — 50. Austin Sebaugh, 19:20; 54. Zach Riegert, 19:30; 71. Brandan Horman, 20:33; Teddy May, 74. 21:22; 79. Malochi Brooks, 21:24.

Notre Dame — 3. Wynn McClellan, 16:50; 6. Logan Davis, 17:08; 10. Ryan Johnson, 17:35; 17. Dillon Klaffer, 17:52; 18. Matt Reinagel, 17:59.

Jackson — 11. Greg Gibson, 17:35; 32. Cody Green, 18:35; 36. Chris Hurst, 18:42; 39. Dustin Spooler, 18:48; 53. Ray Hecht, 19:24

— From staff reports