High school roundup: Gardner sparks offense in Central baseball team's 8-4 win over Dexter

Trey Gardner belted a solo home run in the first inning and Christian Cavaness added an inside-the-park home run in Central's 8-4 victory over visiting Dexter in baseball action Thursday.

J.P. Huston doubled, while Thomas Crocetti went 2 for 3 for the Tigers (9-5).

Andrew Hileman pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing two runs and four hits while striking out seven.

Dexter 000 020 2 -- 4 7 2

Central 202 004 x -- 8 10 1

WP -- Andrew Hileman, 4-1. LP -- Nick Noble. HR -- Trey Garner (C), Christian Cavaness (C). 2B -- J.P. Huston (C), Bryn Hester (D). Multiple hits -- Central: Garner 2-4, Andrew Williams 2-4, Thomas Crocetti 2-3; Dexter: Chase Young 2-4, Brad Potts 2-3. Records -- Central 9-5 (4-2).

Sikeston 8, Notre Dame 4

Sikeston struck for three runs in the sixth inning and three more in the seventh to post the road win.

Stephen Carman suffered the loss.

Derek Landewee doubled in the loss.

Sikeston 200 003 3 -- 8

Notre Dame 020 000 2 -- 4

WP -- Trent McMillan. LP -- Stephen Carman. 2B -- Ross Bohannon (S), Tyler Anderson (S), Drew Harper (S), Nathan Rodgers (S), Derek Landewee (ND). 3B -- McMillan (S).

Chaffee 13, Meadow Heights 1

The Red Devils scored 13 runs in the first two innings to win at home.

Cody Payne tripled, while Alex Davie went 2 for 3 with a double for Chaffee (13-2).

Layton Tenkhoff allowed just one hit over three innings to earn the win.

Dustin Doublin took the loss for the Panthers.

Meadow Hts 000 10 -- 1 2 3

Chaffee 760 0x -- 13 6 0

WP -- Layton Tenkhoff, 1-0. LP -- Dustin Doublin. 3B -- Cody Payne (C). 2B -- Alex Davie (C). Multiple hits -- Chaffee: Davie 2-3. Records -- Chaffee 13-2.

GIRLS SOCCER

Perryville tournament

St. Vincent defeated Fredericktown 6-0 in the first round.

Abby Lappe netted two goals and two assists, while Holly Blandford added two goals and one assist in the win.

Courtney Heberlie and Emily Cissell both had a goal, and Storm French and Val Smith added an assist apiece.

Katie Mattingly and Abby Rueffler both had a save in goal for the Indians (11-3).

St. Vincent will play Notre Dame today.

Perryville netted six goals in the second half to beat Festus 8-0.

Allie Moldenhauer and Sam Amberger both had two goals and an assist in the win.

Abbie Schilli and Megan Moldenhauer had one goal and two assists apiece, while Courtney Borden added a goal and an assist for the Pirates (6-3).

Megan Franklin scored a goal, and Kelsey Schremp had an assist.

Perryville will face Farmington today.

TRACK

Chaffee Invitational

The Chaffee boys and girls took first in their home meet.

The girls won with a score of 124, while Saxony Lutheran finished third with 63.

Ellie Sigman won three individual events for the Red Devils, while Saxony Lutheran won the 3,200 and 1,600 relays.

Scott City, which placed sixth, won the 400 and 800 relays.

The Chaffee boys placed first with 146 points, while Scott City followed with 96 points.

Chaffee finished with three individual first-place finishes and swept the relays.

Zach Cotner won the high jump and placed second in the triple jump for the Rams.

GIRLS

Team results -- 1. Chaffee 124; 2. New Madrid 93; 3. Saxony Lutheran 63; 4. Jefferson 57; 5. Malden 50; 6. Scott City 47; 7. Oran 42; 8. East Prairie 34; 9. Kelly 25

Local top three

3,200 relay -- 1. Saxony Lutheran 11:14.87

100 hurdles -- 1. Hemmann (SL) 16.81; 2. Glastetter (O) 16.82

100 -- 1. Sigman (C) 13.30

800 relay -- 1. Scott City 1:55.89; 2. Chaffee 2:02.45

Discus -- 2. Koonce (K) 93-11; 3. Schrum (C) 75-5

1,600 -- 1. McGowan (C) 6:29.12; 2. Winter (SL) 6:42.9

High jump -- 1. Hindman (C) 4-6

Triple jump -- 3. Miller (C) 25-10

400 relay -- 1. Scott City 55.76

Long jump -- 1. Sigman (C) 14-6

400 -- 1. Sigman (C) 1:07.29; 3. Kaiser (SC) 1:16.37

300 hurdles -- 1. Glastetter (O) 50.79; Hemmann (SL) 51.26; 3. Kielhofner (O) 52.96

800 hurdles -- 2. Miller (C) 2:51.14; 3. Wiley (C) 3:12.94

200 -- 2. Sigman (C) 27.58; 3. Glastetter (O) 28.94

3,200 -- 1. Dippold (SL) -- 13:11.79; 2. McGowan (C) 13:40

1,600 relay -- 1. Saxony Lutheran 5:07.23; 3. Kelly 5:39.42

BOYS

Team results -- 1. Chaffee 146; 2. Scott City 96; 3. Malden 95; 4. Saxony Lutheran 86; 5. New Madrid 48; 6. Kelly 45; 7. East Prairie 39; 8. Jefferson 36; 9. Oran 24

Local top three

3,200 relay -- 1. Chaffee 8:51.49; 2. Kelly 9:22.08; 3. Saxony Lutheran 9:52.63

110 hurdles -- 1. Engelhart (SL) 17.99; 2. McGuire (C) 19.51; 3. Smith (C) 19.57

100 -- 1. Schaefer (SC) 10.99

800 relay -- 1. Chaffee 1:36.61

Shot put -- 1. Morrow (O) 41-0 1/2; 2. Worley (C) 40-6 1/2; 3. Glaus (SL) 39-8 1/2

High jump -- 1. Cotner (SC) 5-8

1,600 -- 1. Campos (K) 5:14.46; 2. Simpson (C) 5:15.78; 3. Hall (C) 5:17.26

Triple jump -- 2. Cotner (SC) 37-3

400 relay -- 1. Scott City 46.06; 2. Chaffee 46.79

Long jump -- 3. McGuire (C) 14-10

400 -- 1. Yahn (C) 54.69; 2. Fritsche (SL) 56.44

Discus -- 2. Bowers (SC) 108-9; 3. Morrow (O) 106-6 1/2

300 hurdles -- 1. Terhune (C) 44.30; 2. Engelhart (SL) 46.06

800 -- 1. Rutherford (C) 2:13.28; 2. Schott (K) 2:21.23; 3. Simpson (C) 2:26.36

200 -- 1. Schaefer (SC) 22.53; 3. Dannenmueller (C) 24.75

3,200 -- 1. Koehler (SL) 11:36.74; 2. Campos (K) 11:41.71

1,600 relay -- 1. Chaffee 3:43.31; 2. Scott City 3:54.50

BOYS TENNIS

Central 6, Farmington 3

The Tigers' No. 2 doubles team of Sam Stahly and Ryan Watts pulled out an 11-9 victory in the home win.

Central (7-1) will compete against Parkway West and Eureka in the Cape Duels on Saturday.

Singles

No. 1 -- Drew Fuemmeler (F) def. Austin Shupert 10-5

No. 2 -- Sam Stahly (C) def. Vee Batel 10-6

No. 3 -- Nick Hines (C) def. Herzog 10-4

No. 4 -- Alex Slinkard (F) def. Ryan Watts 10-5

No. 5 -- Matt Griffith (C) def. Derek Savage 10-8

No. 6 -- Blake Kidd (C) def. Shane Adams 10-5

Doubles

No. 1 -- Fuemmeler-Batel (F) def. Shupert-Hines 10-4

No. 2 -- Stahly-Watts (C) def. Herzog-Slinkard 11-9

No. 3 -- Griffith-Kidd (C) def. Savage-Adams 10-4

JV -- Central won 11-2

-- From staff reports