High school roundup: Advance spikers reach district final, Jackson's season ends

Top-seeded Bernie and No. 2 Advance will square off for the fourth time this season after winning semifinal matches in the Class 1 District 2 tournament Monday at Bell City High School.

Bernie (23-10), the top seed and three-time defending district champion, defeated fourth-seeded Oran 25-17, 25-18 in the first semifinal to advance to tonight's title game.

Advance (19-12-2) swept sixth-seed Bell City 25-20, 25-20 to reach the 6 p.m. final between Stoddard County Conference rivals. Riley Morse had seven kills in the win for the Hornets.

Bernie has won the three previous meetings with the Hornets.

Oran (6-19) beat fifth-seeded Richland 25-20, 25-17 in the opening quarterfinal. The Rebels closed their season at 4-17-3.

Bell City (4-21-3) upset third-seeded Campbell 25-22, 25-16 in the quarterfinals to face Advance, which downed seventh-seeded Risco 25-10, 25-14 in the quarterfinals. Alanis Below had seven kills for Advance in the win over Risco.

Class 1 District 3

The top four seeds advanced to tonight's district semifinals at St. Vincent High School in Perryville, Missouri.

Fourth-seeded Meadow Heights swept fifth-seeded Zalma 25-12, 25-18 in the first quarterfinal. It was the Panthers' fourth consecutive win this season over the Bulldogs, who finished at 4-21-3. Meadow Heights (16-14) will face top-seeded defending tournament champion and Class 1 state runner-up Leopold (23-3-3) in today's first semifinal at 5 p.m.

Second-seeded host St. Vincent (20-11-2) had no problems finishing off seventh-seeded Marquand 25-9, 25-7 in the quarterfinals. Delia Lowman recorded six kills and six digs for the Indians. Katie Versemann added three kills and eight digs, while Bailey McKinley had five digs. Kassidy Kassel and Gabby Schemel had four kills apiece for St. Vincent, while Carly Huber dished out 13 assists and Kellie L'Hote had 12 assists. Marquand closed its season with a 1-24-1 record, with its only win a forfeit over Eagle Ridge.

Third-seeded Greenville (21-8-1) dropped its first set to sixth-seeded Oak Ridge (5-16-3) in the last quarterfinal but won 16-25, 25-19, 25-20 to advance to face St. Vincent in the other semifinal at 6:15 p.m.

The championship match is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today.

Class 4 District 1

Third-seeded Poplar Bluff upset second-seeded Jackson 25-19, 25-17 in a reversal of last year's semifinal to advance to the district championship game.

Poplar Bluff was seeded second in last year's Class 4 District 1 tournament before third-seeded Jackson upset the Mules 25-16, 25-21.

The Mules (23-11-2) will face top-seeded and four-time defending tournament champion Farmington (22-9-1) at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Sikeston Field House. The Knightettes swept fourth-seeded Hillsboro 25-16, 25-12 in the other semifinal.

Hillsboro (14-12-3) downed fifth-seeded Central 25-11, 25-18 in the opening quarterfinal. The Tigers ended the season with a record of 8-23.

Poplar Bluff eliminated sixth-seeded host Sikeston 25-11, 25-21 in Monday's second quarterfinal. Sikeston finished at 11-20-1.

BOYS SOCCER

Perryville 5, Jackson 2

Luke Schlichting scored two goals and had one assist in the Pirates' victory at home over the Indians.

Matt Moran added one goal and had two assists for Perryville (22-1). Pablo Mattingly and Conner Stark had one goal apiece, and Trevor Martin and Dylon Jannin each had one assist for the Pirates.

Goalkeeper Luke Dobbelare had three saves.

The Pirates wrap up their regular season today at Farmington.

Jackson fell to 10-9-3 with the loss.

JV -- Perryville won 3-1.

-- From staff reports