High school roundup: Leopold baseball team wins in nine innings

Zach Elfrink and James Jansen had two-out RBI singles in the ninth inning to propel the Leopold baseball team to a 5-3 victory over host Oak Ridge on Thursday.

The hits made a winner of Joe Elfrink, who struck out 15 batters in a complete-game performance for Leopold (11-6-1). Elfrink, who improved to 4-0, walked two and all three runs were earned.

Austin Bucher and Dillan Vandeven both had doubles for the Wildcats, who had 15 total hits.

Kelby Brown and Ryan Below both had doubles for the Blue Jays.

Lance Rohde was the losing pitcher, allowing two hit in one inning. Jake LeGrand pitched the first eight inning for Oak Ridge (7-7), striking out five and walking one.

Leopold 5, Oak Ridge 3, 9 inn.

Leopold 120 000 200 -- 5 15 1

Oak Ridge 020 010 000 -- 3 7 2

WP -- Joe Elfrink, 4-0. LP -- Lance Rohde. 2B -- Austin Bucher (L), Dillan Vandeven (L), Kelby Brown (OR), Ryan Below (OR). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Austin Bucher 2-4, Zach Elfrink 3-5, James Jansen 3-5, Dillan Vandeven 3-5; Oak Ridge: Hunter Seyer 2-3, Nathan Bolin 2-4. Records -- Leopold 11-6-1, Oak Ridge 7-7.

Chaffee 10, Saxony Lutheran 0

Layton Tenkhoff triples in both of his at-bats to lead the Red Devils in the five-inning blowout at home.

Cody Payne was the winning pitcher. He threw a complete game and gave up no earned runs on three hits with 11 strikeouts and two walks for Chaffee.

Paris Johnson suffered the loss on the mound. He pitched four innings and gave up 10 earned runs on 14 hits and had one strikeout and two walks for the Crusaders.

Saxony 000 00 -- 0 4 2

Chaffee 270 10 -- 10 14 1

WP -- Cody Payne. LP -- Paris Johnson. 3B -- Layton Tenkhoff (C) 2, Jimmy Golden (C). 2B -- Devon Yahn (C) 2, Jared Walker (C). Multiple hits -- Chaffee: Devon Yahn 3-3, Layton Tenkhoff 2-2, Jared Walker 2-3, Jimmy Golden 2-3, Cole Hanna 2-3; Saxony Lutheran: Luke LeGrand 2-2. Records -- Chaffee 18-4, Saxony Lutheran 10-8-1.

Bell City 2, Advance 0

Aaron Smith went 2 for 3 at the plate in the Cubs' shutout at home.

Jerad Yates was the winning pitcher. He threw a complete game and had eight strikeouts for Bell City.

Levi Davis took the loss on the mound for the Hornets.

Advance 000 000 0 -- 0 2 1

Bell City 010 100 X -- 2 7 0

WP -- Jerad Yates. LP -- Levi Davis. Multiple hits -- Bell City: Aaron Smith 2-3. Records -- Bell City 7-10.

SOFTBALL

Leopold 13, Oak Ridge 2

Ashlyn Bucher had a double in the Wildcats' five-inning road win.

Caitlin Petty picked up her seventh win of the season in the circle. She pitched a complete game and had one strikeout for Leopold (12-3).

Emilie Beard took the loss on the mound. She also threw a complete game and had three strikeouts for Oak Ridge.

Leopold 432 13 -- 13 10 1

Oak Ridge 000 00 -- 2 5 9

WP -- Caitlin Petty, 7-2. LP -- Emilie Beard. 2B -- Ashlyn Bucher (L). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Shelbee Miller 3-3, Ashlyn Bucher 3-4. Records -- Leopold 12-3, Oak Ridge 3-8.

Delta 15, Zalma 0

Megan Perry tripled in both of her plate appearances during the Bobcats' blistering three-inning road rout.

Ciara Coomer was the winning pitcher. She had three strikeouts and walked two for Delta (6-2).

Lorie VanGennip took the loss on the mound for the Bulldogs.

Delta 726 -- 15 12 0

Zalma 000 -- 0 0 3

WP -- Ciara Coomer, 6-2. LP -- Lorie VanGennip. 3B -- Megan Perry (D) 2. 2B -- Rachel Birkman (D), Chasity Taylor (D). Multiple hits -- Delta: Megan Perry 2-2, Rachel Birkman 3-3, Kelsi Kinder 3-3, Chasity Taylor 2-2. Records -- Delta 6-2.

SOCCER

Farmington 4, Notre Dame 1

Madeline Rosenquist scored the lone goal on an assist from Annie Siebert in the Bulldogs' loss at home to the Knightettes.

Goalkeeper Madison Buelow recorded six saves for Notre Dame (7-8).

Carbondale (Ill.) 2, Central 1

Mandy Evans scored the Tigers' only goal unassisted in the loss at home.

Goalkeeper Brooke Anderson made 17 saves for Central (5-12-1).

JV -- Carbondale won 2-0.

Saxony Lutheran 5, Perryville 0

Maci Daniel and Brianna Mueller both scored two goals and had one assist to lead the host Crusaders to victory.

Tess Daniel recorded the other goal and also had one assist for Saxony Lutheran (16-1). Kristy Winter and Maddie Brune also had an assist.

Goalkeeper Abby Goeckeler recorded the shutout.

The Pirates dropped to 9-6 with the loss.

JV -- Saxony Lutheran won 6-0.

TENNIS Notre Dame 8, Poplar Bluff 1

The Bulldogs dropped only a single match in the road win over the Mules.

Singles

No. 1 -- Mason Seesing (ND) def. Dylan Page (PB) 8-3

No. 2 -- Nick Essner (ND) def. James Parisan (PB) 8-0

No. 3 -- Webb Marshall (ND) def. Christopher Stock (PB) 8-3

No. 4 -- Byron Reeves (ND) def. Nathan Murray (PB) 8-6

No. 5 -- Zain Siddiqui (PB) def. Ethan Derrington (ND) 8-3

No. 6 -- Zach Anderson (ND) def. Landon Keele (PB) 8-4

Doubles

No. 1 -- Essner-Reeves (ND) def. Page-Parisan 8-2

No. 2 -- Seesing-Anderson (ND) def. Stock-Siddiqui 8-3

No. 3 -- Marshall-Derrington (ND) def. Murray-Keele 8-0

JV -- Notre Dame 9, Poplar Bluff 0

GOLF

JCAA Tournament

Levi Gotto shot a 7-over-par 79 to earn the medalist honor as the St. Vincent golf team won the Jefferson County Activities Association (JCAA) Conference Tournament at the Ste. Genevieve Country Club on Wednesday.

The Indians also clinched the Jefferson County regular-season conference title by defeating St. Pius X during the tournament, which doubled as a makeup match for a rainout. St. Vincent posted a 9-0 record in conference play and finished 11-1 overall during the season.

Perryville's Brett Schnurbusch carded an 89 to pace the Pirates, who finished third.

Team Scores -- 1. St. Vincent 355, 2. Festus 369, 3. Perryville 378, 4. St. Pius X (Festus) 382, 5. Windsor (Imperial) 396, 6. Hillsboro 418, 7. Grandview (Hillsboro) 425, 8. DeSoto 426, 9. Herculaneum 450, 10. Crystal City 481

ST. VINCENT (355) -- Levi Gotto 79, Kelly Welker 86, Alex Miget 93, Dylan Hellman 97

PERRYVILLE (378) -- Brett Schnurbusch 89, Garrett Zoellner 90, Kyle Thieret 99, Jacob Robinson 100

Notre Dame 165, Jackson 165, Poplar Bluff 167, Central 168

Jack Litzelfelner carded a 1-under par 35 to earn the medalist honor as the host Bulldogs won its quad match at the Bent Creek Golf Course.

NOTRE DAME (165) -- Jack Litzelfelner 35, Brady Dixon 38, Nick Cantoni 41, Jon Renner 41

JACKSON (165) -- Eli Pike 40, Adam Way 41, Caleb Likens 41, Garrett Griffin 43

POPLAR BLUFF (167) -- Ryan McVey 37, Nick Woolard 41, John Gilmore 43, Hunter Pyland 46

CENTRAL (168) -- Travis Simmons 36, Kobe Franklin 38, Luke Kinder 45, Parker Browne 49

North County Invitational

The Saxony Lutheran golf team placed seventh in the North St. Francois County Invitational Tournament at the Terre Du Lac Country Club in Bonne Terre, Mo.

No individual scores were provided.

Team -- 1. North St. Francois County 356, 2. Potosi 360, 3. Arcadia Valley 367, 4. Fredericktown 374, 5. Ste. Genevieve 377, 6. St. Francois County (Park Hills) Central 382, 7. Saxony Lutheran 390, 8. Farmington JV 406, 9. West St. Francois County 446

TRACK & FIELD

Chaffee Invitational

Ellie Sigman placed first in two events to help the Chaffee girls clinch first place in their own 11-team meet.

Sigman posted a first-place time of 1 minute, 4.72 seconds in the 400 run and won the long jump with a leap of 15 feet, 2 inches.

Oran's Addie Kielhofner also took first place in two events to pace the Eagles, who finished second with an overall score of 90.

Kelly's Dakaria Johnson finished first in two events as well for the Hawks, who placed third overall with a score of 71.

On the boys' side, Charleston finished 20 points ahead of Chaffee to claim first. The Red Devils posted a first-place time of 3:48 in the 1,600 relay, and Dustin Worley won the shot put with a throw of 45-6 1/4.

Alan Lowe finished ahead of the pack in the 800 and 1,600 runs to pace Kelly, which finished third overall.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Charleston 124, 2. Chaffee 104, 3. Kelly 89, 4. Kennett 73, 5. Saxony Lutheran 53, 6. Malden 52, 7. East Prairie 51, 8. New Madrid County Central 45, 9. Oran 34, 10. Delta 25, 11. Bell City 1

Local top three results

3,200 relay -- 1. Kelly (8:50); 2. Chaffee (9:02); 3. Saxony Lutheran (9:27)

100 hurdles -- 8. Ryan Jobe (Chaf) 21.09

100 -- 3. Logan Chapman (Chaf) 11.35; 4. Tyler Golden (Chaf) 11.59; 8. Jacob Priggel (O) 12.08

800 relay -- 2. Chaffee (1:38.98); 3. New Madrid County Central (1:41.60)

1,600 -- 1. Alan Lowe (K) 4:53; 3. Greg Hapgood (SL) 5:12; 4. Dwight Nance (D) 5:18

Discus -- 1. Alex Lashley (D) 121-03; 2. Dustin Worley (Chaf) 119-10; 3. Zach Vetter (K) 115-04

400 relay -- 2. Charleston (45.28); 3. Chaffee (48.31)

High jump -- 3. Dalton Huffman (K) 5-10; 6. Ryan Jobe (Chaf) 5-02

400 -- 1. Brandon Fritsche (SL) 52.45; 2. Travis Hall (Chaf) 53.96; 6. Montana Taylor (O) 57.28

300 hurdles -- 7. Anthony Pobst (O) 52.37; 8. Ryan Jobe (Chaf) 53.12

Long jump -- 2. Dalton Huffman (K) 18-11; 3. Tyler Golden (Chaf) 18-09; 8. Blake Perry (D) 16-00

800 -- 1. Alan Lowe (K) 2:10; 2. Trey Walker (K) 2:16; 3. Eric Westrich (O) 2:20

Triple jump -- 1. Dalton Huffman (K) 41-01; 8. Zach Vogel (SL) 30-00

Shot put -- 1. Dustin Worley (Chaf) 45-6 1/4; 3. Trevor Morehead (Chaf) 43-00 1/2; 4. Alex Lashley (D) 39-00 1/2

200 -- 4. Brandon Fritsche (SL) 24.47; 5. Logan Chapman (Chaf) 24.57; 7. Jacob Priggel (O) 24.84

3,200 -- 1. Aaron Koehler (SL) 11:16; 2. Jerrod Lynn (K) 11:37; 4. Chris Williams (Chaf) 12:03

1,600 relay -- 1. Chaffee (3:48); 2. Kelly (3:51); 3. East Prairie (3:55)

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Chaffee 113, 2. Oran 90, 3. Kelly 71, 4. Kennett 65, 5. New Madrid County Central 64, 6. Charleston 56, 7. Saxony Lutheran 46, 8. East Prairie 42, 9. Delta 31, 10. Bell City 12, 11. Malden 11

Local top three results

3,200 relay -- 1. Oran (11:39); 2. Chaffee (11:56); 3. Saxony Lutheran (12:24)

100 hurdles -- 1. Addie Kielhofner (O) 17.45; 2. Baily Carlyle (O) 17.72; 7. Shelby Lands (Chaf) 19.65

100 -- 1. Dakaria Johnson (K) 12.75; 2. Ellie Sigman (Chaf) 13.35; 3. Addie Kielhofner (O) 13.38

800 relay -- 2. Chaffee (2:04.56); 3. Saxony Lutheran (2:08.96)

1,600 -- 1. Jamie Hodge (D) 6:13; 2. Natalie Kendal (BC) 6:18; 4. Lyndsey Statler (Chaf) 6:19

Shot put -- 3. Stevie Schrum (Chaf) 31-04 3/4; 4. Toni Hency (O) 30-10 1/4; 5. Julia Sutterfield (Chaf) 30-03

400 relay -- 1. Oran (53.96); 2. Kelly (54.15)

High jump -- 1. Morgan LeDure (K) 4-08

400 -- 1. Ellie Sigman (Chaf) 1:04.72; 3. Ashlyn McIntosh (O) 1:10.34; 4. Lera Rose (O) 1:10.95

300 hurdles -- 1. Addie Kielhofner (O) 51.25; 2. Baily Carlyle (O) 51.84; 4. Chelsie Whitlow (Chaf) 57.47

Long jump -- 1. Ellie Sigman (Chaf) 15-02; 3. Samantha Ratledge (K) 13-08; 6. Sierra Windekenecht (SL) 12-05

800 -- 1. Rachael Gruenwald (SL) 2:39; 3. Lyndsey Statler (Chaf) 2:52; 4. Katie Nance (D) 2:55

Triple jump -- 1. Samantha Ratledge (K) 31-03; 6. Morgan LeDure (K) 27-05; 7. Victoria Blue (Chaf) 26-00

Discus -- 4. Stevie Schrum (Chaf) 92-03 1/2; 5. Machela VanGennip (D) 85-02; 6. Julia Sutterfield (Chaf) 84-07

200 -- 1. Dakaria Johnson (K) 27.53; 2. Ellie Sigman (Chaf) 27.80; 7. Julia Sutterfield (Chaf) 30.81

3,200 -- 2. Jamie Hodge (D) 13:52; 3. Holly Rutherford (Chaf) 14:53; 4. Melanie Dippold (SL) 15:50

1,600 relay -- 1. Saxony Lutheran (4:49); 2. Oran (4:51); 3. Charleston (4:58)

-- From staff reports