Braden Cox threw a complete game, struck out nine and held his opponents to six hits and one unearned run as the Scott City baseball team (7-10) defeated Woodland 6-1 at home.
Cox also helped his own cause with a double that drove in a run in the fourth.
Woodland's Devon Ritter went 3 for 4 for the Cardinals in the loss.
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WP -- Brayden Cox. LP -- Ben McCormick. 2B -- Cox (SC). Multiple hits -- Woodland: Devon Ritter 3-4. Records -- Scott City 7-10.
Devon Yahn and Storm Estes both went 2 for 2 to help the Red Devils (13-2) to a win at home on Wednesday.
Estes also got the win on the mound, striking out two batters in four innings of relief.
Oak Ridge had just three hits in the loss.
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WP -- Storm Estes. LP -- Below. Multiple hits -- Chaffee: Devon Yahn 2-2, Kinder 2-4, Cody Payne 2-3, Layton Tenkhoff 2-4, Storm Estes 2-2. Records -- Chaffe 13-2.
Josh Haggerty had four hits including two doubles in the Bulldogs (16-2) win over the Eagles at home.
Graham Ruopp picked up the win for Notre Dame, striking out four batters in six innings.
Roupp did not give up an earned run and held New Madrid to four hits.
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WP -- Graham Ruopp (5-0) 6ip 4 hits 6ks 0bbs. LP -- Godwin. 2B -- Josh Haggerty (2). Multiple hits -- Team: Josh Haggerty (ND) 4-5, Chase Urhan (ND) 2-4, Luke Haines (ND) 2-3, Tom Siebert (ND) 2-4, Adam Pope (ND) 2-3, Logan Heisserer 2-3. Records -- Notre Dame 16-2.
Bruce Simmons picked up the win for the Bluejays (7-7) on the road.
Simmons struck out 12 and gave up five runs in five innings.
Simmons also had a double and went 2 for 5.
For the Crusaders, Jack Lake and Tyler Dowdy each had a double. Dowdy and Paris Johnson led all Saxony hitters with two hits.
Down 12-5 after four innings, the Crusaders scored five runs in the seventh but came up one run short of tying the game.
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WP -- Bruce Simmons. LP -- Chase Steffens. 2B -- Bruce Simmons (C), Corey Adams (C), Jack Lake (S), Tyler Dowdy (S). Multiple hits -- Luke Harris (C) 3-4, Casey Tatum (C) 2-5, Andrew Thompson (C) 2-4, Bruce Simmons (C) 2-5, Nathan Hurst (S) 2-3, Paris Johnson (S) 2-5, Tyler Dowdy (S) 2-4, Luke LeGrand (S) 2-4. Luke Harris 3-4, Casey Tatum 2-5, Andrew Thompson 2-4, Bruce Simmons 2-5. Records -- Charleston 3-11, Saxony 7-7.
Cassidi Tomsu had two goals to lead Jackson to a win over St. Vincent at home. Teammate Randa Norman added a goal and an assist in the win, and Megan Hawk had a goal.
Kelly 182, Saxony 216
Kelly's Derrick Garner earned medalist honors with a 39 through nine holes at Cape Jaycee Golf Course.
Kelly -- Derrick Garner 39, Dylan Rucker 51, Josh Roberts 48, Jacob Riley 44, Jerrod Lynn 59.
Saxony -- Karsten Short 47, Kieran Griffin 56, Mikayla Schuessler 57, Anton Rhodes 56, Ethan Schuessler 62.
Perryville finished fourth out of 10 teams in the standings, while Perryville's Brett Schnurbusch was the medalist with an 85. St. Vincent finished seventh in the event and shot 420 as a team.
Perryville -- Brett Schnurbusch 85, Garrett Zoellner 95, Dalton Buehler 106, Chris Ponder 107.
St. Vincent -- Zach Heberlie 97, Alex Lipe 102, Ethan Holdman 107, Matt Julian 114, Zach Baudendistel 116.
Notre Dame's Jack Litzelfelner was the medalist with a 35. The Bulldogs also beat the rest of the field in team play by 11 strokes. Sikeston finished second with a 161. Central, which was without conference champion Travis Simmons, rounded out the scoring with a 177.
Team scores -- Notre Dame 150, Sikeston 161, Dexter 170, Central 177
Notre Dame -- Jack Litzelfelner 35, Nick Canton 38, Brady Dixon 39, Jonathon Bell 39
Central -- Luke Kinder 37, Colton Franklin 39, Diana Kanchev 48, Christian Retter 53
Notre Dame defeated Arcadia Valley for the second time this season at home. The Bulldogs won four matches in singles and two in doubles.
Singles
No 1. -- Brian LaValle (AV) def. Ben Wedemeier 8-3
No. 2 -- Mason Seesing (ND) def. Joey LaValle Alex Stark 8-5
No. 3 -- Brendan Boswell (ND) def. Alex Stark 8-3
No. 4 -- Ethan Derrington (ND) def. Josiah Barker 8-1
No. 5 -- Alex Wikel (ND) def. Trevor Orr 8-3
No. 6 -- Brock Huffman (AV) def. Brian Hayden 9-7
Doubles
No. 1 -- Wedemeier-Seesing (ND) def. B. LaValle-J. LaValle 8-1
No. 2 -- Boswell-Derrington (ND) def. Stark-Orr 8-5
No. 3 -- Barker-Huffman (AV) def. Wikel-Hayden 8-4
-- From staff reports
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