High school roundup: Josey Powell wins back-to-back district titles

Central singles player Josey Powell and the Jackson doubles team of Madison Mumma and Mackenzie Mumma both claimed district tennis championships on Wednesday afternoon in the Class 2 District 1 individual tournament hosted by Sikeston.

Powell entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed but knocked off top-seeded Amanda Brady of Farmington 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 to earn the title for a second consecutive year. Both players advanced to next week's sectional tournament at a date and time to be decided.

Powell received a bye in the first round, defeated Poplar Bluff's Nikkia Hickman 6-1, 6-0 in the quarterfinals and beat Jackson's Mikelle Culbreth 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinals.

Culbreth finished third after defeating Sikeston's Alli Price in the third-place match.

The Mummas, twin sisters in their first year of varsity play, defended their overall top seed after beating Farmington's No. 1 team in the final 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

The duo defeated Central's team of Kate Harding and Natalie Grimm in straight sets in the semifinal round. Harding and Grimm advanced to the semifinals by defeating Smith and Hall of Farmington 6-1, 0-6, 6-1.

The Mumma sisters will also compete in next week's sectional tournament.

Farmington won the district team title on Tuesday after defeating Central 5-0 in the championship. Central defeated Jackson 5-0 in the semifinal round.

Class 1 District 1

The Notre Dame tennis team fell to Kennett 5-2 in the championship of the Class 1 District 1 team tournament. Notre Dame No. 1 Carly Hopkins was a part of both victories for the Bulldogs. She defeated Kennett No. 1 Hadley Hilburn 6-1, 6-1 in singles play and paired with Maddie Walker to defeat Kate and Heidi Shetley 8-3 in doubles play.

SINGLES

No. 1 -- Carly Hopkins (ND) def. Hadley Hilburn (K) 6-1, 6-1

No. 4 -- Kara Heeb (K) def. Grace Powderly (ND) 6-3, 6-1

No. 5 -- Alexi McPherson (K) def. Taylor Kohlfeld (ND) 6-1, 6-0

No. 6 -- Kayton Harris (K) def. Julia Kohlfeld (ND) 6-3, 6-1

DOUBLES

No. 1 -- Hopkins/Maddie Walker (ND) def. Kate Shetley/Heidi Shetley (K) 8-3

No. 2 -- Hilburn/McPherson (K) def. Sylvia Kolda/Powderly (ND) 8-5

No. 3 -- Heeb/Anna Beth Williams (K) def. Kohlfeld/Kohlfeld (ND) 8-5

SOFTBALL

Notre Dame 14, Perryville 2

The Bulldogs picked up the road win behind Nikki Peters' performance in the circle. The senior pitched five innings, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out five and walking none.

Anne Ziegler was 3 for 3 for Notre Dame (17-6) while Morgan Duschell was 2 for 3 with a triple.

Notre Dame 133 205 -- 14 12 1

Perryville 000 200 -- 2 5 1

WP -- Nikki Peters. LP -- Brandi Huber. 3B -- Morgan Duschell (ND). 2B -- Madison Landeros (ND), Kailyn Fahnestock (P), Lilly Pecaut (P), Moore (P). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame: Duschell 2-3, Maria Layton 2-2, Anne Ziegler 3-3, Payton Friga 2-3. Records -- Notre Dame 17-6.

Kelly 20, Oran 0

The Hawks blanked the Eagles to pick up their 20th win of the season.

Senior Samantha Ratledge was 3 for 4 for Kelly with a two-run home run, two doubles and four RBIs. Shanda Reed added a triple, double and three RBIs while Alexis Dock recorded a double, triple and two RBIs.

Kelly 46(10) -- 20 19 0

Oran 000 -- 0 1 2

WP -- Anna Hughes. LP -- Tatum May. HR -- Samatha Ratledge (K). 3B -- Alexis Dock (K), Shanda Reed (K). 2B -- Kristi Brucker (K), Dock (K), Reed (K), Ratledge 2 (K). Multiple hits -- Kelly: Morgan LeDure 3-3, Brucker 2-4, Dock 2-3, Reed 2-2, Ratledge 3-4, Savannah Ashley 3-4. Records -- Kelly 20-4.

Central 6, Chaffee 3

The Red Devils dropped to 7-13 with the home loss. A four-run fifth inning helped Central erase an early deficit and overcome six errors in the field to earn the win.

Central 001 041 0 -- 6 8 6

Chaffee 020 100 0 -- 3 4 3

WP -- Maggie Groshong. LP -- Carleigh Burnett.

Sikeston 6, Saxony Lutheran 2

The Crusaders dropped to 15-8 with the road loss.

BOYS SOCCER

Perryville 6, Central 0

The Pirates improved to 14-1 with a dominating win on the road.

Eann Bergman scored twice while Michael Volansky, Kyle Wood, Matt Moran and Luke Schlichting all added a single goal. Volansky, Moran, Emmanuel Miranda and Nathan Noland all had an assist while Schlichting had two.

Luke Dobbelare was in goal for 20 minutes of the shutout performance before Trent Unterreiner took over for the final 60 minutes.

JV -- Central 1, Perryville 0

CROSS COUNTRY

Chaffee Postal Meet

The Woodland boys team had seven runners finish in the top eight spots to run away with first-place at the Chaffee High School Postal Meet.

Garret Reynolds won with a time of 17 minutes, 7 seconds and his teammates Landon Thomsen and Logan Thomsen took second and third, respectively. Brandon Sitzes, Tommy Grindstaff, Evan Grindstaff and Kyle Davis finished fifth through eighth.

On the girls side, Saxony Lutheran placed first, led by Grace Hanebrink, who finished third in 22:59.

Delta's Jamie Hodge won the race with a time of 22:40.

Chaffee finished second in the meet. Lyndsey Statler led the Red Devils with a 10th-place finish in 24:01.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Woodland 17; 2. Saxony Lutheran 68; 3. Advance 83; 4. Zalma 91; 5. Greenville 106

Local results

WOODLAND -- 1. Garrett Reynolds (17:07); 2. Landon Thomsen (17:44); 3. Logan Thomsen (18:15); 5. Brandon Sitzes (18:28); 6. Tommy Grindstaff (18:42)

SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 4. Drew Zieba (18:23); 13. Jakota Walther (20:15); 19. Josh Vogel (20:38); 20. Gavin Brown (20:51); 27. Jacob Yantis (21:43)

ADVANCE -- 9. Gage Bien (19:17); 11. Cade Long (19:43); 28. Crey Miles (21:47); 29. Logan Becker (21:49); 31. Jared Owens (21:51)

ZALMA -- 14. Wyatt Lemons (20:16); 16. Luke Robertson (20:28); 18. Charles Freeman (20:36); 33. Cole Shelby (22:10); 36. Aaron Taylor (22:23)

DELTA -- 15. Charlie Ledbetter (20:22); 34. David Hess (22:17)

MEADOW HEIGHTS -- 26. Seth Gloth (21:31); 35. Ben Davie (22:21)

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Saxony Lutheran 21; 2. Chaffee 35

Local results

DELTA -- 1. Jamie Hodge (22:40); 29. Bailey Hutson (32:59)

SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 3. Grace Hanebrink (22:59); 5. Katie Richmond (23:14); 6. Rachael Koehler (23:19); 13. Kristen Gruenwald (24:52); 18. Alexis Goodson (25:58)

ZALMA -- 4. Chelsey Lemons (23:13)

WOODLAND -- 9. Stephanie McAlister (23:59); 11. Bailey Jones (24:14); 20. Kat Woodfin (26:06); 25. Cheyenne Ricketts (29:06)

CHAFFEE -- 10. Lyndsey Statler (24:01); 12. Hannah Glueck (24:40); 16. Katie Glueck (25:52); 17. Shayna Seyer (25:53); 23. Emily Howard (27:21)

MEADOW HEIGHTS -- 15. Kassy Henson (25:48); 19. Lauren Manning (25:59); 28. Brittany Shrum (32:18)

-- From staff reports