High school roundup: Leopold spikers reach title game of MVC tournament

Top-seeded defending champion Leopold had no problems disposing of fifth-seeded Zalma, winning 25-11, 25-12 to advance to tonight's championship match of the Missisippi Valley Conference tournament in Greenville, Mo.

Leopold will face host Greenville, the second seed, for the championship at 8 p.m. today. The Bears (19-7-1) downed third-seeded Meadow Heights in the other semifinal.

Ashlyn Bucher recorded nine kills, two digs and two aces for Leopold (20-2-3). Bailee Cope tallied six kills, two aces and one block, while Caitlin Petty had 10 assists, six kills and three aces. Emily Seiler added six kills and five aces for the Wildcats.

Zalma fell to 3-18-3.

Meadow Heights (13-13) will battle Zalma for third place at 7 p.m. tonight.

SCAA Conference tournament

Sophomore Brylee Morse slammed nine kills as third-seeded Advance dropped a 25-21, 25-22 decision to second-seeded Bernie in a semifinal of the Stoddard County Activities Association (SCAA) Conference Tournament in Bloomfield, Missouri.

Senior Krystal James added five kills for Advance (14-12-2). Freshman Alanis Below tallied eight digs and four kills. Kimsey Lillard notched 10 digs and Hannah Clark dished out 14 assists for the Hornets in their third loss to the Mules this season. Bernie improved to 20-8.

Top-seeded Dexter swept fourth-seeded host Bloomfield (16-9-2) 25-17, 25-13 in the other semifinal. Jessica Lindsey recorded 10 kills and three blocks for the Bearcats, while Shyann Jines added six kills. Krysten Garrison tallied 10 assists and six kills and Julia Hahn dished out 11 assists for Dexter (25-2-1).

Jackson 29 26 Saxony Luth. 27 24

Raegan Wieser recorded seven digs, six kills and two blocks as the Crusaders sustained a tough loss on their Senior Night.

Brianna Mueller tallied nine assists and nine digs for Saxony Lutheran (13-13-5). Abigail Bergmann notched six digs for the Crusaders.

Jackson improved to 13-13-2.

JV -- Saxony Lutheran won 25-19, 25-18

Notre Dame 25 25 Festus 19 16

Abbie McAlister nailed 13 kills to lead the Bulldogs in the road victory.

Lydia Goodson tallied seven kills and three blocks for Notre Dame (18-5-1). Sam Brennan notched nine digs and four kills, while Sam Feeney recorded 24 assists and four aces for the Bulldogs.

Festus fell to 4-14-3.

Notre Dame returns to Festus on Saturday to defend its crown in the 31st Annual Festus Biehle Invitational Tournament.

JV -- Notre Dame won in two sets.

BOYS SWIMMING

Chaminade 266, Notre Dame 225, Central 206

The Red Devils placed first in seven events to win the tri-meet with the Indians and the Tigers on Thursday at the Central Municipal Pool.

Notre Dame freshman Drew Beussink won the 200 freestyle with a time of 2 minutes, 4.24 seconds to help lead the Bulldogs to second place.

Central took first in four events but ended up finishing third. Freshman Brogan Davis posted a state-qualifying time of 22.54 seconds in winning the 50 freestyle for the Tigers.

Local top three finishers

200 medley relay -- 2. Central (Christian Retter, Brogan Davis, Sam Hahs, John Young) 1:52.73; 3. Notre Dame (Joe Matthews, Ben Tlapek, Nate Stovall, Mitchell Heisserer) 1:56.90

200 freestyle -- 1. Drew Buessink (ND) 2:04.24

200 individual medley -- 1. Sam Hahs (C) 2:12.86; 2. Mitchell Heisserer (ND) 2:19.11

50 freestyle -- 2. Brogan Davis (C) 22.54

Diving -- 1. Lawson Berry (C) 156.05; 2. Nate Stovall (ND) 127.45; 3. Grant Powderly (ND) 115.80

100 butterfly -- 2. Brogan Davis (C) 57.09; 3. Ben Tlapek (ND) 1:00.75

100 freestyle -- 1. Christian Retter (C) 53.59; 2. Sam Hahs (C) 53.77

500 freestyle -- 3. Drew Beussink (ND) 5:32.09

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Central (Christian Retter, Brogan Davis, Sam Hahs, John Young) 1:38.01; 2. Notre Dame (Ben Tlapek, Drew Nguyen, Drew Beussink, Bill Kapp) 1:44.56; 3. Notre Dame (Justin Spinner, David Carman, Nicholas Coppock, Nate Stovall) 1:49.19

100 backstroke -- 2. Joe Matthews (ND) 1:06.15; 3. Reid Dickson (C) 1:06.89

100 breaststroke -- 2. Lucas Hurley (ND) 1:11.59

400 freeestyle relay -- 3. Notre Dame(Bill Kapp, Mitchell Heisserer, Drew Beussink, Lucas Hurley) 3:55.20

CROSS COUNTRY

Saxony Lutheran/Chaffee Invitational

St. Vincent's Levi Krauss was the first to cross the finish line in a time of 17 minutes, 47 seconds to help lead the Indians to victory at the 25-team Saxony Lutheran/Chaffee Invitational at Jackson City Park.

Woodland's Landon Thomsen finished second with a time of 17 minutes, 59 seconds to lead the Cardinals to second place on the boys' side.

On the girls' side, Woodland's Cheyenne Wells took first place with a time of 22 minutes, 7 seconds. The Cardinals finished 33 points behind Crystal City to take second place. Saxony Lutheran's Grace Hanebrink and Zalma's Chelsey Lemons finished in the top ten.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. St. Vincent 31; 2. Woodland 52; 3. Oak Ridge 103; 4. Scott City 124; 5. Arcadia Valley JV 128; 6. Jackson JV 157; 7. Dexter 194

Local top five finishers

ADVANCE -- 59. Creighton Miles (22:09); 65. Jared Owens (23:01)

DELTA -- 30. Charlie Ledbetter (20:12)

JACKSON -- 14. Braeden Dobbs (19:09); 28. Glen Boyd (20:06); 34. Austin Newman (20:36); 49. Blake Kasten (21:22); 62. Gabe Shoemaker (22:38)

KELLY -- 16. Robbie Hopper (19:21)

MEADOW HEIGHTS -- 52. Seth Gloth (21:36); 60. Ben Davie (22:12)

OAK RIDGE -- 5. Nathan Bolin (18:21); 19. Jacob Seabaugh (19:26); 22. Zach Moore (19:48); 36. Zach Whitener (20:38); 38. Jarrett Seabaugh (20:43)

SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 24. Drew Zieba (19:54); 35. Gavin Brown (20:37); 41. Jacob Yantis (21:04); 56. Josh Vogel (21:58);

SCOTT CITY -- 3. Jesse Perry (18:13); 21. Joe Parker (19:42); 23. Jacob Harris (19:52); 47. Tyler Rhyne (21:15); 51. Chris Phillips (21:32)

ST. VINCENT -- 1. Levi Krauss (17:47); 3. John Lipe (18:01); 6. Isaac Baer (18:22); 11. Andrew Lipe (18:55); 12. Zach Schumer (18:56)

WOODLAND -- 2. Landon Thomsen (17:59); 8. Logan Thomsen (18:44); 13. Tommy Grindstaff (19:02); 15. Brandon Sitzes (19:17); 18. Kyle Davis (19:25)

ZALMA -- 7. Jacob Steinberg (18:36); 10. Alex Steinberg (18:52); 39. Charles Freeman (20:47); 42. Luke Robertson (21:06); 45. Wyatt Lemons (21:13)

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Crystal City 21; 2. Woodland 54; 3. Saxony Lutheran 66; 4. Jackson JV 78

Local top five finishers

JACKSON -- 12. Lily Schell (24:19); 19. Aslee Shovan (25:23); 20. Morgan Asendorf (25:41); 26. Savannah Watson (26:54); 27. Bailey Lape (28:10)

SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 8. Grace Hanebrink (23:44); 16. Kristen Gruenwald (24:50); 18. Rachael Koehler (25:13); 22. Alexis Goodson (26:02); 25. Abby Breite (26:29)

WOODLAND -- 1. Cheyenne Wells (22:07); 13. Bailey Jones (24:32); 15. Stephanie McAlister (24:47); 21. Kat Woodfin (25:43); 23. Aiyana Storie (26:08)

ZALMA -- 9. Chelsey Lemons (23:47)

BOYS SOCCER

Perryville 2, St. Francis Borgia 0

Eann Bergman and Conner Stark scored one goal apiece as the Pirates defeated the Knights on the road in Washington, Mo.

Matt Moran and Luke Schlichting provided the assists for Perryville (18-1).

Goalkeeper Luke Dobbelare had two saves in the shutout.

St. Francis Borgia dropped to 7-6-2 with the loss.

JV -- Perryville won 1-0.

-- From staff reports