High school roundup: Central rallies to double up Sikeston 6-3

Christian Cavaness hit a home run to help power Central past host Sikeston 6-3 in baseball action Friday.

Josh Compas collected two doubles and went 2 for 4 as the Tigers (6-3) won their first SEMO Conference game.

Josh Hiett went 3 for 4 and Jamie Pickel had two hits for the Tigers. Josh Meyer was the winning pitcher.

Central struck for four runs in the seventh inning to overcome a one-run deficit.

Central 000 020 4 -- 6 10 2

Sikeston 000 030 0 -- 3 7 2

WP -- Josh Meyer, 2-1. LP -- Jordan Williams. HR -- Christian Cavaness (C). 2B -- Josh Compas (C). Multiple hits -- Central: Josh Hiett 3-4, Compas 2-4, Jamie Pickel 2-3; Sikeston: Lambert 2-3. Records -- Central 6-3.

Chaffee 27, Richland 2

The Red Devils used a 15-run second inning to make quick work of the host Rebels.

Winning pitcher Andrew Dooley struck out five in two innings of work. He also went 3 for 3 at the plate with a double and homer.

Jared Walker went 2 for 2 with a double for Chaffee (3-5).

Chaffee 5(15)1 15 -- 27 18 3

Richland 200 00 -- 2 4 7

WP -- Andrew Dooley, 2-2. LP -- Gilbert. HR -- Dooley (C). 2B -- Dooley C), Jared Walker (C), Jason Cicardi (C). Multiple hits -- Chaffee: Trevor Cannon 3-5, Alex Davie 2-2, Dooley 3-3, Dylan Dunlap 2-3, Walker 2-2, Dustin Johnson 3-4. Kleffer 2-3 Records -- Chaffee 3-5.

Jackson 5, Perryville 4

Mason Sander picked up the home win for the Indians, striking out five and walking one.

Matt Crader recorded the save with two strikeouts and smacked a home run. Crader went 2 for 3.

Jackson's Tyler Qualls and Clay Baker both went 2 for 3.

Mitchell Lukefahr had a double for the Pirates.

Perryville 000 202 0 -- 4 6 1

Jackson 101 030 X -- 5 7 0

WP -- Mason Sander, 1-0. LP -- Ross Moldenhauer. HR -- Matt Crader (J). 2B -- Mitchell Lukefahr (P). Multiple hits -- Jackson: Tyler Qualls 2-3, Clay Baker 2-3. Records -- Jackson 4-2.

GIRLS SOCCER

Notre Dame 4, Whitfield 0

Brianne Sanders scored all four goals in the second half to help the Bulldogs post the home shutout.

Meghan Dohogne and Anna Wren contributed two assists apiece.

Lindsey Strieker made two saves in the first half and Anne Himmelberg followed with three saves in the second as Notre Dame improved to 3-3.

SOFTBALL

Leopold 14, Zalma 3

Ashley Keim went 3 for 3 and pitched all five innings for her fourth victory.

Emily Elfrink went 4 for 4 with a double, while McKenzie Beel also went 4 for 4 for the Wildcats.

Leopold 012 92 -- 14

Zalma 001 02 -- 3

WP -- Ashley Keim, 4-0. LP -- Slemmer. 3B -- Elizabeth Eftink (L). 2B -- Emily Elfrink (L), Whitehead (Z), Slemmer (Z). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Keim 3-3, Elfrink 4-4, McKenzie Beel 4-4, Shelbee Miller 2-4. Records -- Leopold 5-2.

Delta 12, Bloomfield 1

Myra Henson went 2 for 3 at the plate and struck out seven batters in three innings to earn the win in the circle.

Taylor Keys went 2 for 3 and Rachel Bartels went 2 for 4 for the Bobcats (5-0).

Delta 325 20 -- 12 10 2

Bloomfield 001 00 -- 1 3 2

WP -- Myra Henson, 3-0. LP -- Chesum. Multiple hits -- Delta: Taylor Keys 2-3, Rachel Bartels 2-4, Henson 2-3. Records -- Delta 5-0.

BOYS TENNIS

Central 7, Vianney 0

The Tigers improved to 3-1 with the home sweep.

Caleb Yeargain only dropped two games in his victory as No. 4 singles.

Singles

No. 1 -- Pablo Jaramillo (C) def. Matt Gray 6-0, 6-3

No. 2 -- Dylan Thomas (C) def. Andrew Hesse 6-1, 6-3

No. 3 -- Nick Hines (C) def. Sam Smith 6-2, 6-1

No. 4 -- Caleb Yeargain (C) def. Andy Dytuca 6-0, 6-2

Doubles

No. 1 -- Chris Nichols-Austin Shupert (C) def. Ryan Garside-Andrew Noelker 6-2, 6-3

No. 2 -- Prithvi Rudrappa-Blake Kidd (C) def. Jack Duch Sean-Rovinson 6-4, 6-3

No. 3 -- Matt Griffith-Sam Stahly (C) def. Terry Bujnak-Paul Studdard 6-2, 6-1

-- From staff reports