High school roundup: Indians blank Mules on Crowden's goal

Junior Kacey Crowden scored her sixth goal in two games to lead the Jackson girls soccer team to victory Wednesday.

Crowden scored the game's lone goal to push the Indians past Poplar Bluff 1-0. The goal came a night after Crowden scored five times against Central.

Brooke Sanders and Morgan Riddick shared duties in goal to earn the shutout and help Jackson improve to 13-3.

Central 4, Kennett 0

Sophomore Megan Daly scored a pair of goals to lead the Tigers to the home win.

Brooke Evans and Meg Goodman also scored for Central.

Mollie Nelms earned an assist on Goodman's goal.

St. Vincent 5, De Soto 2

For the second time in as many nights, the Indians got off to a hot start.

Storm French scored 23 seconds into the contest, and Abby Lappe nailed a goal with an assist from Holly Cissell a minute later.

The Indians also scored in the opening five minutes of their 3-0 victory at Notre Dame on Tuesday.

Lappe scored the next goal with an assist by Valerie Smith.

Smith then scored with Rachel Sutterer earning the helper.

Kayla Seabaugh capped the scoring with an assist from French.

Allison Ernst earned the win in goal for St. Vincent (16-2).

Perryville 2, St. Pius 1

The Pirates grabbed a home win against a Class 2 District 1 foe.

Perryville improved to 10-4 with the win on penalty kicks.

Megan Moldenhauer took a pass from Becca Hanquist for Perryville's goal.

Natalie Bauwens posted eight saves for the Pirates.

BASEBALL

Central 13, Northwest 6

Maybe being forced to use wood bats in the SEMO Conference tournament helped the Tigers.

Central banged out 18 hits, including six for extra bases, when it returned to using aluminum bats in its road win.

Jamie Pickel belted a pair of homers and finished with three RBIs, while Josh Meyer went 3 for 4 with three RBIs.

Andrew Williams improved to 5-0 on the mound and helped his cause at the plate by driving in three.

Central 420 204 1 -- 13 18 1

Northwest 300 201 0 -- 6 12 2

WP -- Andrew Williams, 5-0. LP -- Zach Johnston. HR -- Jamie Pickel 2 (C). 3B -- Josh Meyer (C). 2B -- Meyer 2 (C), Williams (C), John Fencht (N), Joseph Stein (N), David Olsen (N). Multiple hits -- Central: Pickel 4-5, Meyer 3-4, Sam Schneider 2-3, Williams 2-5, Josh Compas 2-4, B.I. Howard 2-4; Northwest: Justin McKenney 3-4, Fencht 2-4, Stein 3-4. Records -- Central 13-8.

Hillsboro 10, Jackson 6

Clay Baker slammed a two-run homer but it wasn't enough as the Indians fell on the road.

Bobby Clark went 3 for 4 with two RBIs but took the loss on the mound.

Senior catcher Tyler Qualls went 2 for 2 as Jackson fell to 12-7 this season.

Jackson 202 000 2 -- 6 10 2

Hillsboro 240 022 x -- 10 10 0

WP -- McKeever. LP -- Bobby Clark, 5-4. HR -- Clay Baker (J), Fletcher (H). 2B -- Bobby Clark (J), Reiter (H), Shackleford (H), McKeever (H), Jacobs (H). Multiple hits -- Jackson: Tyler Qualls 2-2, Bobby Clark 3-4. Hillsboro: Smirker 2-4, Jacobs 2-4, McKeever 2-3, Shackleford 2-3 Records -- Jackson 12-7, Hillsboro 16-9.

BOYS TENNIS

Farmington 7, Central 2

The Tigers (9-7) received a win from Prithvi Rudrappa at No. 6 singles and the No. 2 doubles team of Nick Hines and Caleb Yeargain.

Singles

No. 1 -- Drew Fuemmeler (F) def. Dylan Thomas 8-4

No. 2 -- Vee Patel (F) def. Nick Hines 8-1

No. 3 -- David Pang (F) def. Caleb Yeargain 8-4

No. 4 -- Jan Jacke (F) Austin Shupert 9-7

No. 5 -- Braden Lattay (F) def. Sam Stahly 8-3

No. 6 -- Prithvi Rudrappa (C) def. Will Hitson 8-5

Doubles

No. 1 -- Patel-Pang (F) def. Thomas-Yeargain 8-5

No. 2 -- Hines-Stahly (C) def. Fuemmeler-Jacke 8-4

No. 3 -- Lattay-Hitson (F) def. Schupert-Rudrappa 9-8

SOFTBALL

Oak Ridge 12, Greenville 9

Shelby Proctor pounded a pair of hits and earned the win on the mound.

Alisha Seyer went 3 for 3 to help the Blue Jays improve to 3-11.

Greenville 201 060 0 -- 9 8 3

Oak Ridge 420 141 x -- 12 14 6

WP -- Shelby Proctor, 3-9. LP -- D. Stovall. 2B -- M. Atchison (G), M. Limanon (G), Kirsten Johnston (O). Multiple hits -- Oak Ridge: Shelby Proctor 2-4, Alisha Seyer 3-3, Emily Ruch 2-4, Kirsten Johnston 2-3. Greenville: M. Atchison 3-5, T. Anderson 2-3. Records -- Oak Ridge 3-11.

-- From staff reports