High school roundup: Jackson's offense roars past Central 17-2 in softball action

Jackson enjoyed a comfortable lead entering the seventh inning before erasing any doubt with 10 runs in its final at-bat Wednesday.

The Indians routed Central 17-2 behind four RBIs from Chelsea Dye and another three from Brooke Whitledge.

Whitledge went 3 for 5 with a pair of doubles, while Demesha Huddleston added two hits and two RBIs.

Mallory Jones struck out four over six innings to earn the win.

Brooke Baugher doubled for one of Central's two hits.

Jackson 100 024 (10) -- 17 14 4

Central 000 001 1 -- 2 2 5

WP -- Mallory Jones. LP -- Kadie Orenstein. 3B -- Brittany Jones (J). 2B -- Brooke Whitledge 2 (J), Chelsea Dye 2 (J), Brooke Baugher (C). Multiple hits -- Jackson: Whitledge 3-5, Dye 2-4, Lauren Anderson 2-3, Mollie Crader 2-4, Demesha Huddleston 2-4. Records -- Jackson 9-11.

Kelly 1, Oran 0

Kelly won a thriller from host Oran with a run in the top of the seventh inning.

Darbe Backfisch laid down a suicide squeeze bunt that scored Sydney Vinyard.

Kristen Powell pitched a four-hit shutout for Kelly (13-7), while tough-luck loser Morgan Todt allowed five hits.

Kristen Vetter had two hits for Kelly, and Addie Kielhofner delivered two hits for Oran.

Kelly 000 000 1 -- 1 5 0

Oran 000 000 0 -- 0 4 0

WP -- Kristen Powell. LP -- Morgan Todt. 2B -- Jessica Worth (K), Addie Kielhofner (O). Multiple hits -- Kelly: Kristen Vetter 2-3. Kielhofner 2-3. Records -- Kelly 13-7.

CROSS COUNTRY

Chaffee postal meet

Saxony Lutheran senior Kristin Dippold broke up Farmington's dominance.

Dippold placed second in 19 minutes, 36 seconds. She was the only non-Farmington runner in the top eight.

The Crusaders' Tori Winter took 11th to help Saxony's girls finish second with 68 points.

The Delta boys took second behind Zach Riegert's second-place finish. He crossed the line in 17:10.

Saxony's Sam Breite was seventh, and Advance's Braden Bien took eighth.

Meadow Heights' Daylan Davis crossed the line 10th.

Boys

Team scores -- Farmington 31, Delta 76, Valle Catholic 83, Saxony Lutheran 103, Sikeston 133, Meadow Heights 138, Advance 157

Local finishers

Delta (76) -- 2. Zach Riegert 17:10; 14. Austin Seabaugh 18:50; 16. Brandon Horman 19:07; 18. Dwight Nance 19:19; 26. Jeremiah Peikert 19:45

Saxony Lutheran (103) -- 7. Sam Breite 18:06; 13. Brandon Fritsche 18:45; 20. Kris Cook 19:23; 34. Anthony Etzold 20:53; 39. Aaron Koehler 21:12

Meadow Heights (138) -- 10. Daylan Davis 18:20; 19. Steven Bright 19:22; 33. Ryan Foltz 20:52; 35. Trent Kiefer 20:54; 41. Chris Bollinger 21:14

Advance (157) -- 8. Braden Bien 18:18; 24. Tyler Middleton 19:31; 31. Kyndel Page 20:17; 46. Levi Davis 21:31; 55. Ben Trout 22:56

Girls

Team scores -- Farmington 19, Saxony Lutheran 68, Dexter 74, Chaffee 110, Delta 170,

Local finishers

Saxony Lutheran (68) -- 2. Kristin Dippold 19:36; 11. Tori Winter 22:23; 14. Rachael Gruenwald 22:45; 20. Dakota Werner 23:06; 21. Regan Obermann 23:14

Chaffee (110) -- 13. Molli McGowan 22:25; 16. Sierra Miller 22:55; 26. Ellie Sigman 24:20; 27. Cassie Hindman 24:22; 28. Randi Wiley 24:28

Delta (170) -- 23. Renae Bartels 23:35; 31. Lisa Henderson 25:07; 38. Kimberly Horman 26:39; 39. Shannon Ledbetter 27:16; 49. Katelyn Williams 32:38

Meadow Heights -- 32. Makayh McGruder 25:16; 36. Ashlee Long 26:25; 42. Jessica Baremore 28:41; 44. Jessie King 29:19;

BOYS SOCCER

Jackson 3, Seckman 2 on PKs

The Indians converted four of their five penalty kicks to post the road win.

Hunter Garrison, Ryan Schlick, Cody Boehme and Todd Heuring scored on their penalty-kick attempts.

Seckman missed on three of its four tries.

Jacob Scholl scored Jackson's first goal off an assist from Zack Taylor.

Clay Baker scored the Indians' second goal.

Austin Baker made five saves to help Jackson improve to 9-3.

Central 2, Poplar Bluff 1

David Watts had a goal and an assist to lead the Tigers' road victory.

Calvin Lovig also scored for Central (6-8), while Miles Edwards added an assist.

-- From staff reports