The Leopold baseball team scored the winning run on an error in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Oak Ridge 4-3 on Thursday.
The Wildcats put runners on first and second with no outs before the Blue Jays induced a grounder back to the pitcher, who threw wildly to first base to end the game.
Oak Ridge's Ryan Below scored on a passed ball in the top of the seventh to tie the game.
Mark VanGennip earned the win for Leopold. He struck out four and hit four batters over seven innings.
Dakota Zoellner took the loss despite striking out 10.
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Leopold 000 210 1 -- 4 4 2
WP -- Mark VanGennip. LP -- Dakota Zoellner. 2B -- Lance Rohde (OR), Austin Bucher (L). Multiple hits -- Oak Ridge: Jake LeGrand 2-4; Leopold: 2-2. Records -- Oak Ridge 10-7, Leopold 8-10.
Senior Kody Martin threw a no-hitter in the Pirates' five-inning home victory.
Martin (1-0) struck out six, walked one and hit one batter for his first win of the season.
Tyler Blessing had a triple among his two hits, while Jake Dobbelare went 3 for 3 for Perryville (12-4).
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Perryville 410 05 -- 10 13 0
WP -- Kody Martin, 1-0. LP -- Feiseir. 3B -- Tyler Blessing. 2B -- Ross Moldenhauer. Multiple hits -- Perryville: Blessing 2-3, Jake Dobbelare 3-3, Alex Green 2-2, Cale Regelsperger 2-4. Records -- Perryville 12-4.
Hunter Cox, Heath Pobst and Brett Dirnberger combined to throw a no-hitter in the Rams' five-inning win.
Cox struck out two and walked three over the first two innings before Pobst fanned four and walked one over the next two innings. Dirnberger struck out two in the fifth to nail down the no-hitter.
Logan Henson went 2 for 3 with four RBIs, while Ryan Fortner added a pair of hits and two RBIs. Austin Atchley also plated a pair for the Rams (8-6).
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Scott City 546 0x -- 15 11 0
WP -- Hunter Cox. LP -- Rodger Grubbs. 3B -- Heath Pobst (SC). Multiple hits -- Scott City: Ryan Fortner 2-2, Logan Henson 2-3. Records -- Scott City 8-6.
The Bulldogs scored nine runs during the second in a five-inning win at home.
Josh Haggerty had a triple for the Bulldogs (14-2), while Justin Landewee, Stephen Brennan and Josh Jansen each had a double. Brennan and Jansen both went 2 for 3.
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Notre Dame 293 1x -- 15 11 1
WP -- Josh Jansen, 1-0. LP -- Wagner. 3B -- Josh Haggerty (ND). 2B -- Perry (SP), Justin Landewee (ND), Stephen Brennan (ND), Jansen (ND). Multiple hits -- South Pemiscot: Wagne 3-3; Notre Dame: Brennan 2-3, Jansen 2-3. Records -- Notre Dame 14-2.
Freshman Jordan Nelson scored two minutes into overtime to lift the Bulldogs to a road win.
Taylor Rinda scored two goals, and Madeline Rosenquist had one during the first half, which ended with Notre Dame (9-5) ahead 3-2.
Goalkeeper Madison Buelow made 11 saves for the Bulldogs.
The host Red Devils swept the team titles.
Chaffee's Lyndsey Statler won the 1,600, while teammate Holly Rutherford finished second.
Kelly's Sam Ratledge won the long jump and triple jump to pace the Hawks girls team.
The Red Devils won the 3,200 relay and took second in the 400, 800 and 1,600 relays on the boys side.
Saxony Lutheran's Jeremy Engelhart won the 110 and 300 hurdles.
GIRLS
Team scores -- 1. Chaffee 133; 2. Jefferson 101; 3. Hayti 100; 4. Kelly 65; 5. Saxony Lutheran 56; 6. Oran 52; 7. New Madrid County Central 41; 8. Charleston 22; 9. Malden 16; 10. Scott County Central 15; t-11. Delta 8; t-11. East Prairie; 12. Zalma 0
Local top three finishers
3,200 relay -- 1. Saxony Lutheran, 11:18; 2. Chaffee, 11:49
100 hurdles -- 1. Nicole Hemmann, SL, 17.15; 2. Cassie Hindman, C, 17.63; 3. Addie Kielhofner, O, 17.64
High jump -- 1. Hindman, C, 4-4; 2. Ledure, K, 4-2
100 -- 1. Kaylen Glastetter, O, 13.32; 3. Sam Ratledge, K, 13.78
800 relay -- 3. Scott County Central, 2:01.34
1,600 -- 1. Lyndsey Statler, C, 6:22; 2. Holly Rutherford, C, 6:34
400 relay -- 2. Oran, 53.33; 3. Chaffee, 56.30
400 -- 2. Rachael Gruenwald, SL, 1:07.63; 3. Nadine Gerhard, C, 1:09.56
Long jump -- 1. Ratledge, K, 13-11; 2. Sigman, C, 13-10; 3. Gerhard, C, 13-6
300 hurdles -- 1. Kielhofner, O, 50.61; 3. Chelsie Whitlow, C, 54.22
Triple jump -- 1. Ratledge, K, 31-11
800 -- 2. Dakota Werner, SL, 2:41
200 -- 1. Sigman, C, 27.18; 2. Glastetter, O, 27.78
Discus -- 2. Koonce, K, 101-3 3/4; 3. Schrum, C, 86-9
3,200 -- 1. Rutherford, C, 14:33
1,600 relay -- 1. Chaffee, 4:26.18; 2. Saxony Lutheran, 4:30.40
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BOYS
Team scores -- 1. Chaffee 139; 2. Charleston 73.5; 3. Kelly 70; 4. Malden 65.5; 5. Saxony Lutheran 63; 6. New Madrid County Central 53; 7. Delta 46; 8. East Prairie 41.5; 9. Jefferson 35.5; 10. Hayti 30; 11. Scott County Central 13; 12. Oran 12; 13. Zalma 0
Local top three finishers
3,200 relay -- 1. Chaffee, 9:11; 2. Delta, 9:19; 3. Kelly, 9:22
110 hurdles -- 1. Jeremy Engelhart, SL, 16.22; 2. Josiah McGuire, C, 18.53
800 relay -- 2. Chaffee, 1:35.09
High jump -- 3. Huffman, K, 5-6
Discus -- 2. Dustin Worley, C, 121-11; 3. Lindsey, O, 117-4 1/2
1,600 -- 1. Peter Simpson, C, 5:00; 3. Dwight Nance, D, 5:07
400 relay -- 2. Chaffee, 44.85
400 -- 1. Brandon Fritsche, SL, 52.88; 3. Travis Hall, C, 54.68
300 hurdles -- 1. Engelhart, SL, 44.54
800 -- 1. Jordan Yahn, C, 2:11; 2. Welker, K, 2:13; 3. Lynn, K, 2:18
200 -- 2. Zach Dannenmueller, C, 23.16
Shot put -- 1. Austin Lashley, D, 41-9 1/2; Morehead, C, 40-6 1/2; 3. Worley, C, 30-11 1/2
3,200 -- 1. Sam Breite, SL, 11:08; 2. Simpson, C, 11:22; 3. Koehler, SL, 11:23
1,600 relay -- 2. Chaffee, 3:41.97
Ashlyn Bucher went 4 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs to lead the Wildcats to victory.
Emily Elfrink and Dana Thiele also homered for Leopold (12-3).
Elfrink and Allison Woodfin both drove in three runs, while Thiele knocked in two for the winners.
Emilie Beard struck out one and walked two for the Blue Jays.
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Leopold 309 2x -- 14 16 0
WP -- Caitlin Petty. LP -- Emilie Beard. HR -- Ashlyn Bucher (L), Dan Thiele (L), Emily Elfrink (L). 2B -- Allison Woodfin 2 (L). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Bucher 4-4, Thiele 2-4, Elfrink 2-4, Woodfin 3-4, Ashley Keim 2-3. Records -- Leopold 12-3.
Brady Dixon shot a 4-over-par 76 to capture medalist honors and lead the Bulldogs to victory at Dalhousie Golf Club.
Travis Simmons led the Tigers with a 77.
Notre Dame -- Jake Seabaugh 81, Gunnar Knudtson 83, Cody Cox 82, Brady Dixon 76
Central -- Corey Connell 82, Travis Simmons 77, Luke Kinder 90, Parker Browne 88
Webb Marshall and Mason Seesing earned wins in singles play then teamed for an 8-6 win in doubles to lead the Bulldogs to the road win.
Singles
No. 1 -- Cody Hillis (PB) def. Adam McCoy 8-5
No. 2 -- Devin Allison (PB) def. Bryan Brown 9-7
No. 3 -- Webb Marshall (ND) def. Dylan Page 8-4
No. 4 -- Will Kinder (ND) def. Paramveer Hundal 8-3
No. 5 -- Mason Seesing (ND) def. Marcus Coleman 8-1
No. 6 -- Alan Judd (ND) def. Collin Gullett 8-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Hillis/Allison (PB) def. McCoy/Kinder 8-4
No. 2 -- Page/Hundal (PB) def. Brown/Judd 8-6
No. 3 -- Marshall/Seesing (ND) def. Coleman/Stocks 8-6
JV -- Notre Dame won 8-1
-- From staff reports
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