High school roundup: Jackson, St. Vincent, Perryville advance in soccer tourney

Holly Blandford scored a goal and assisted on another to the lead the St. Vincent girls soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Sikeston in their first first-round game in the Cape Girardeau Noon Optimist tournament at Central High School.

Brooke Munier scored the other goal with an assist from Holly Cissell to give the Indians the win.

Monica Carter scored the lone goal for the Bulldogs.

St. Vincent (2-1) will face Marion, Ill., today at 5 p.m. in a championship semifinal. The Wildcats knocked off Notre Dame (0-3) 2-0 Thursday to advance. Notre Dame and Sikeston will square off at 5 p.m. in a consolation semifinal.

Also, Jackson rolled over Poplar Bluff 5-0 and Perryville knocked off Central 5-1. The Indians and Pirates will play at 6:45 in a championship semifinal, while the Mules and Tigers will kick off at 6:45 p.m. in a consolation semifinal.

Jackson freshman Cassidi Tomsu get a pass by Poplar Bluff's Hannah Burnett during the Indians' win over the Mules in the opening round of the Noon Optimist girls soccer tournament Thursday, March 21, at Cape Central High School. (ADAM VOGLER)

SOFTBALL

Leopold 18, Meadow Heights 3

Ashlyn Bucher belted a home run and drove in two runs to help the Wildcats pick up their second win on the road.

Shelbee Miller smacked a triple and went 4 for 4 for Leopold (2-0). Denai Arnzen hit a three-run double, while Dana Thiele went 2 for 3 at the plate and batted in four runs.

Caitlin Petty was the winning pitcher.

Jamie DeSpain's double drove in two runs to lead the Panthers (0-1) in their season debut.

Leopold 002 5(11) -- 18 12 1

Meadow Hts. 300 00 -- 3 1 6

WP -- Caitlin Petty, 2-0. LP -- Macy Mills, 0-1. HR -- Ashlyn Bucher (L). 3B -- Shelbee Miller (L). 2B -- Denai Arnzen (L), Jamie DeSpain (MH). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Ashlyn Bucher 3-4, Shelbee Miller 4-4, Dana Thiele 2-3. Records -- Leopold 2-0, Meadow Heights 0-1.

Advance 17, Dexter 16

Hannah Clark smashed three doubles to lead the host Hornets in their first win of the season.

Advance (1-1) scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game at 16-16 and force extra innings. The Hornets scored a run in the bottom of the eighth inning for the win.

Clark was the winning pitcher and also went 3 for 5 at the plate.

Brittany Brown and Riley Rickman had two doubles apiece to pace the Bearcats (0-1).

Dexter 220 910 20 -- 16 16 4

Advance 420 211 61 -- 17 17 6

WP -- Hannah Clark, 1-1. LP -- Ashley Brown, 0-1. 2B -- Hannah Clark (A) 3, Sydney Bailey (A), Brittany Brown (D) 2, Riley Rickman (D) 2, Halley Sielert (D). Multiple hits -- Advance: Hannah Clark 3-5, Autumn Hurd 3-4, Sydney Bailey 3-5, Jay Maddox 2-6; Dexter: Ashley Brown 3-5, Brittany Brown 3-5, Riley Rickman 4-5. Records -- Advance 1-1, Dexter 0-1.

BASEBALL

Leopold 17, Meadow Heights 0

James Jansen went 4 for 4 at the plate with a double to lead the Wildcats in the road win.

Austin Bucher was the winning pitcher and also went 3 for 3 at the plate for Leopold (2-0).

Leopold 535 22X X -- 17 12 3

Meadow Hts. 000 00X X -- 0 2 2

WP -- Austin Bucher, 1-0. LP -- Josh Douglas, 0-1. 2B -- Parker Brown (L), Joe Elfrink (L), James Jansen (L). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Austin Bucher 3-3, James Jansen 4-4, Joe Elfrink 2-4, Parker Brown 2-5. Records -- Leopold 2-0, Meadow Heights 0-1.

Bell City 34, Richland 0

Pitcher Peyton Maddox threw a shutout in the Cubs' road rout.

Jerad Yates went 4 for 4 and drove in four runs for Bell City (1-1).

No additional information was provided.

Notre Dame 7, Valle Catholic 1

Stephen Brennan hit a double to help the Bulldogs (3-0) get the win at home.

Ross James recorded the win on the mound.

Justin Roth had a double to pace the Warriors (3-2).

Valle Catholic 010 000 -- 1 2 4

Notre Dame 012 112 -- 7 7 1

WP -- Ross James, 2-0. LP -- Tyler Litterest. 2B -- Stephen Brennan (ND), Justin Roth (VC). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame: Luke Haines 2-3. Records -- Notre Dame 3-0, Valle Catholic 3-2.

St. Pius X 4, Saxony Lutheran 3

Ethan Mirly hit a double and went 3 for 3 in the Crusaders' road loss.

Saxony Lutheran (1-1) tied the game at 3-3 in the sixth inning, but the Lancers scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to get the win.

Chase Steffens suffered his first loss on the mound. The sophomore pitcher struck out three batters and walked only one.

Brandon Coleman was the winning pitcher for the Lancers with six strikeouts and one walk.

Saxony Lutheran 001 002 0 -- 3 7 1

St. Pius X 011 100 1 -- 4 8 2

WP -- Brad Coleman. LP -- Chase Steffens, 0-1. 3B -- Jake Mueller (SP). 2B -- Ethan Mirly (SL), Denjen (SP). Multiple hits -- Saxony Lutheran: Ethan Mirly 3-3; St. Pius X: Montana Kempfer 2-3, Tanner Martin 2-4, Jake Mueller 2-3, Denjen 2-4. Records -- Saxony Lutheran 1-1, St. Pius X 2-0.

GOLF

Notre Dame 156, Kelly 209, Saxony Lutheran 218

Jack Litzelfelner shot an even-par 36 for medalist honors at the Bent Creek Golf Course to lead the Bulldogs.

Notre Dame (156) -- Jack Litzelfelner 36, Nick Cantoni 39, Cody Cox 40, Jon Renner 41.

Kelly (209) -- Derrick Garner 46, Brandon Housman 51, Josh Roberts 51, Nathan Haney 61.

Saxony Lutheran (218) -- Colin Sprandel 43, Logan Sprandel 56, Scott Smith 59, Ben Unger 60.

Central 157, Sikeston 163, Doniphan 207

Travis Simmons was meet medalist with an even-par 36 to lead the Tigers to victory in a four-team meet at the Sikeston Country Club.

Central (157) -- Travis Simmons 36, Kobe Franklin 37, Luke Kinder 42, Garrett McMillan 42.

Sikeston (163) -- Gabe Wheeler 37, Kirk Hoggatt 41, Connor Landers 42, Austin Bowman 43.

Doniphan (207) -- Colton Smith 50, Stephen Murphy 50, Will Michel 53, Trent Beeson 54.

Clearwater -- Ethan Roach 45, Matthew D'Amico 50, Andy Johnson 55.

St. Vincent 177, De Soto 226

Levi Gotto shot a 4-over-par 39 to lead the host Indians to victory over De Soto at the Perryville Country Club.

St. Vincent (177) -- Levi Gotto 39, Zach Heberlie 45, Dylan Hellman 46, Kelly Welker 47, Alex Lipe 53, Jon Meinhardt 66.

JV -- St. Vincent won 205-256.

TRACK & FIELD

Chaffee Open

The Chaffee boys and girls track and field teams both won their home open.\BOYS

Team Scores

1. Chaffee 125.5, 2. Kelly 101, 3. East Prairie 82.5, 4. Notre Dame 73, 5. Saxony Lutheran 55, 6. Scott City 53, 7. St. Vincent 34.5, 8. Delta 22, 9. Cairo (Ill.) 16, 10. Bell City 10

Top local finishers

3,200 relay -- 1. Kelly (9:09); 2. Chaffee (9:17); 3. Scott City (9:43)

110 hurdles -- 1. Bewley (SC) 18.20; 3. Vogel (SL) 24.06

100 -- 1. King (SV) 11.56; 3. Chapman (Ch) 11.89; 4. Golden (Ch.) 12.05

800 relay -- 1. Scott City (1:39.54); 2. Chaffee (1:39.78); 4. Saxony Lutheran (1:56.30)

1,600 -- 1. Lowe (K) 5:00; 2. Peters (ND) 5:05; 3. Kasten (ND) 5:11

400 relay -- 1. Chaffee (48.00); 2. Scott City (48.57); 3. East Prairie (53.60); 4. Saxony Lutheran (56.16)

400 -- 1. Fritsche (SL) 54.53; 2. Hall (Ch) 55.69; 3. Essner (SC) 56.35

300 hurdles -- 2. Copeland (SC) 49.35; 3. Birk (K) 51.01

800 -- 1. Walker (K) 2:16, Simpson (Ch) 2:16; 2. Dohogne (ND) 2:17; 4. Keene (ND) 2:28

200 -- 1. King (SV) 23.83; 2. Fritsche (SL) 24.13; 4. Haynes (SC) 24.88

3,200 -- 1. Peters (ND) 10:55; 2. Kasten (ND) 11:08; 3. Lowe (K) 11:25

1,600 relay -- 1. Chaffee (3:56); 2. East Prairie (4:03); 3. Saxony Lutheran (4:06); 4. Notre Dame (4:07)

Shot put -- 1. Morehead (Ch) 42-0; 2. Worley (Ch) 41-3; Brindley (ND) 39-5 1/2

Discus -- 1. Vetter (K) 116-3 1/2; 2. Worley (Ch) 115-5 1/2; 3. Lashley (D) 109-8

High jump -- 1. Huffman (K) 5-10; 2. Golden (Ch) 5-0

Long jump -- 2. Huffman (K) 18-9; 4. Golden (Ch) 16-10 1/2; 5. Davis (K) 16-3

Triple jump -- 1. Huffman (K) 40-4; 2. Sweet (ND) 33-10; 3. Birk (K) 31-4

GIRLS

Team Scores

1. Chaffee 103, 2. St. Vincent 97, 3. Kelly 79, 4. Scott City 70, 5. East Prairie 63, 6. Saxony Lutheran 53, 7. Notre Dame 40, 8. Delta 35, 9. Bell City 14, 10. Cairo (Ill.) 8

Top local finishers

3,200 relay -- 1. Scott City (11:45); 2. Saxony Lutheran (12:29)

100 hurdles -- 1. Lands (Ch) 19:04; 3. Rhymer (SC) 20.63; Whitlow (Ch) 20.79

100 -- 1. Daniel (SL) 13.11; 2. Johnson (K) 13.12; 3. Kassel (SV) 13.39

800 relay -- 1. Scott City (1:57.95); 2. Kelly (2:04.00); 3. Chaffee (2:04.90)

1,600 -- 1. Hodge (D) 6:20; 2. Kendal (BC) 6:22; 3. Nance (D) 6:35

400 relay -- 1. Scott City (55.62); 2. Kelly (55.87); 3. East Prairie (58.21); 4. Chaffee (58.97)

400 -- 1. Vowman (SV) 1:07.84; 2. Bowers (SC) 1:09.14; 3. Briggs (SV) 1:10.78

300 hurdles -- 1. Whitlow (Ch) 59.67; 2. Maxwell (EP) 1:02

800 -- 1. Layton (ND) 2:47; 2. Shania (SC) 2:54; 3. Kendal (BC) 3:00

200 -- 1. Hogard (SV) 29:13; 2. Dunn (EP) 30.88; 3. Beggs (K) 30.91; 4. Sutterfield (Ch) 32.14

3,200 -- 1. Hodge (D) 14.07; 2. Nance (D) 14.32; 3. Rutherford (Ch) 14.37

1,600 relay -- 1. Notre Dame (5:08.00)

Shot put -- 1. Collier (SL) 30-8; 2. Schrum (Ch) 29-3; 2. McFerron (Ch) 28-4

Discus -- 1. Koonce (K) 102-4 3/4; 2. Schrum (Ch) 89-8 1/2; 3. Collier (SL) 81-1

High jump -- 1. LeDure (K) 4-8; 2. Shemonia (SC) 4-6; 3. Verseman (SV) 4-4

Long jump -- 1. Ratledge (K) 14-5 1/2; 2. Sigman (Ch) 14-4; 3. Hogard (SV) 13-1

Triple jump -- 1. Ralig (K) 32-5; 2. Graham (SV) 28-10; 3. Maxwell (EP) 28-9; 4. LeDure (K) 27-2

-- From staff reports