High school roundup: Litzelfelner, ND headed back to state golf meet

Jack Litzelfelner proved once again why he is the defending Class 3 state golf champion.

The Notre Dame sophomore carded a 1-under-par 71 to earn the medalist honor and lead the Bulldogs to first place at the Class 3 Sectional 1 on Monday at Quail Creek Golf Club in St. Louis.

Notre Dame finished with a 313 total to finish 23 strokes ahead of runner-up Priory.

Senior Brady Dixon, last week's district medalist, finished four strokes behind his teammate to take second place individually.

Trent Schumer (82) and Nick Cantoni (85) rounded out the Bulldogs' team score.

Notre Dame will compete at the Class 3 tournament May 19 and 20 at Fremont Hills Country Club in Nixa, Missouri.

Team Scores -- 1. Notre Dame 313; 2. Priory 336; 3. Westminster Christian Academy 341; 4. Lutheran South 355; 5. Farmington 358; 6. Dexter 360; 7. St. Mary's (St. Louis) 379

State qualifiers

Park Hills -- Brandon Wagner 81

Dexter -- Ethan Stevens 77

Farmington -- Nicholas Westrich 82

Kennett -- Aaron Beck 83

Lutheran SOUTH -- Christian Terrill 84, Mitchell Moellenhoff 86

Notre Dame -- Jack Litzelfelner 71, Brady Dixon 75, Trent Schumer 82, Nick Cantoni 85, Jonathan Bell 87

Potosi -- Brendan McCoy 75

Priory -- Thomas Weaver 77, Eric Stange 83, Patrick O'Brien 86, Liam Mardis 90, Andrew Stange 92

Sikeston -- Gabe Wheeler 82, Blake Below 86

Westminster Christian Academy -- Nicholas George 84, Jackson Klein 85, Andrew Port 85

Class 4 Sectional 1

Central's Travis Simmons shot a 3-over-par 74 at The Missouri Bluffs Golf Club in St. Charles, Missouri, and was the lone local competitor to advance to the Class 4 state meet.

The Class 4 state tournament will be held May 19 and 20 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

Simmons finished in a tie for fourth place with Parkway South's Jacob Kuhnmuench, St. Louis University High's Ryan Pilcher and Fox's Tyler Ward.

Jackson finished with a 319 total to finish sixth in the teams standings and did not advance. SLUH (303) and Lafayette (305) finished 1-2 in the sectional.

Marquette's Frankie Thomas carded a one-under-par 70 to earn the medalist honor.

Hunter Asher led the Indians with a 77 but finished one stroke out of qualifying individually. The top two teams and the top 12 individuals not on those teams advanced to the state meet.

Team Scores -- 1. St. Louis University High 303; 2. Lafayette (Wildwood) 305; 3. Parkway South 308; 4. Lindbergh 311; 5. Poplar Bluff 317; 6. Jackson 319; 7. Fox 324

Jackson -- Hunter Asher 77, Caleb Likesns 80, Eli Pike 81, Adam Way 81, Tommy Tran 91

State qualifiers

Central -- Travis Simmons 74

Fox -- Tyler Ward 74, Brendan Lindsay 76

Kirkwood -- Ryan Rawlings 73, Joseph Williams 76

Lafayette (Wildwood) -- Conrad Maloney 72, Michael Kanan 76, Riley Katsev 76, Jay Lee 81,

Lindbergh -- Christopher Ferris 75

Marquette -- Frankie Thomas 70

Parkway South -- Jacob Kuhnmuench 74, Raymund Gonzales 76

Parkway West -- Peter Back 75

Vianney -- Matthew Mueller 75

St. Louis University High -- Ryan Pilcher 74, William Doorack 75, Daniel Venker 75, Alexander Ciaramitaro 79, Scott Schaeffer 79

Webster Groves -- Carter Doll 75, Ryan Gilbert 76

Class 1 Sectional 1

Levi Gotto shot a 9-over-par 80 and was the only Indian to advance to the state tournament as St. Vincent finished fourth among the four teams at The Golf Club at Deer Creek in Linn Creek, Missouri.

Advance sophomores Brian Whitson and Spence Lorch also advanced to the state meet May 19 and 20 at the Rivercut Golf Course in Springfield, Missouri.

Whitson, who qualified last year as a freshman, and Lorch were among the top 12 individuals not on the two qualifying teams.

Thayer's Spencer Ary finished with a 3-over 74 to earn the medalist honor.

Team Scores -- 1. Barat Academy 327; 2. Thayer 328; 3. Gainesville 387; 4. St. Vincent 389

St. Vincent -- Levi Gotto 80, Ethan Holdman 97, Zac Heberlie 100, Alex Lipe 112

State qualifiers

Advance -- Brian Whitson 78, Spence Lorch 88

Barat Academy -- Trevor Cronin 75, Sean Weber 76, James Kvesic 84, Kyle Wansing 92, Ted Bunton 95

Bloomfield -- Austin Battles 82

Crystal City -- Tyler Andrews 86

Elsberry -- Gavin Hill 82

The Fulton School at St. Albans -- Skyler Savoy 80, Paul Hofstetter 87, Alec Loyd 88

Gainesville -- Drew Ritter 83, Thomas Ritter 86

Lutie -- Jacob Christeson 87

St. Vincent -- Levi Gotto 80

Thayer -- Spencer Ary 74, Zach Steed 75, Dalton Howell 88, Tristan Ollar 91, Lucas Underwood 105

Class 2 Sectional 1

Kelly's Derrick Garner carded a 15-over-par 86 to tie for 12th place at The Golf Club of Wentzville and qualify for the state meet.

Garner will compete at the Class 2 state tournament May 19 and 20 at the Silo Ridge Golf Club in Bolivar, Missouri.

Whitfield's Chase Kinder shot a six-over-par 77 to earn the medalist honor.

Team Scores -- 1. Living Word (O'Fallon) Christian 328; 2. Whitfield 335; 3. Arcadia Valley 355; 4. Lutheran (St. Charles County) 364; 5. St. Pius X (Festus) 376

State qualifiers

Arcadia Valley -- Kyle Sutton 82, Dawson Bennett 87

Caruthersville -- K.J. Lynch 86

Clearwater -- Robert Jamieson 82, Matthew D'Amico 87

Doniphan -- Colton Smith 83, Trent Beeson 86

Kelly -- Derrick Garner 86

Living Workd (O'Fallon) Christian -- Matthew Shelby 78, Triston Buckley 81, Joshua Willbrand 83, Derek Furuya 86, Kyle Walker 102

Lutheran (St. Charles County) -- Derek Griffitts 82, Eric Meindl 84

Malden -- Nathan Pattillo 84

St. Pius X (Festus) -- Kelly Reeves 88

Whitfield -- Chase Kinder 77, Alex Freund 84, Nate Schmidt 87, Colin Strege 87, Kyle Stemme 90

BASEBALL

Saxony Lutheran 10, Meadow Heights 0

Paris Johnson and Luke LeGrand each hit a double as the Crusaders picked up their 10th win of the season in a road rout.

Conrad Bonney was the winning pitcher for Saxony Lutheran (10-12). He went the distance and allowed six hits, struck out eight and walked four.

Brendan Welker was the losing pitcher.

Jordan Yamnitz doubled and went 3 for 4 at the plate to pace Meadow Heights (1-16).

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WP -- Conrad Bonney. LP -- Brendan Welker. 2B -- Paris Johnson (SL), Luke LeGrand (SL), Jordan Yamnitz (MH), Ryan Cook (MH). Multiple hits -- Meadow Heights: Jordan Yamnitz 3-4; Saxony Lutheran: Conrad Bonney 2-4, Jack Lake 2-4. Records -- Meadow Heights 1-16, Saxony Lutheran 10-12

Oran 8, Bell City 3

Hunter Schlosser allowed one hit over five innings to lead the Eagles to a home victory.

Schlosser struck out four and walked one.

Seth Ressel and Jacob Priggel each had two hits, including a double, for Oran (14-8). Tannery McVay and Preston Hahn both added a double, while Thomas Trankler had two hits.

Austin Hicks took the loss for Bell City (7-10).

Cole Nichols accounted for two of the Cubs' five hits.

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Oran 330 002 X -- 8 10 3

WP -- Hunter Schlosser. LP -- Austin Hicks. 2B -- Seth Ressel (O), Jacob Priggel (O), Tanner McVay (O), Preston Hahn (O). Multiple hits -- Bell City: Cole Nichols 2-4; Oran: Seth Ressel 2-3, Jacob Priggel 2-4, Thomas Trankler 2-3. Records -- Bell City 7-10, Oran 14-8

Scott City 8, Kelly 0

Braden Cox threw seven shutout innings and picked up the win as the Rams won on the road.

Cox struck out eight, walked one and allowed four hits in the win.

Kyle Kerby had an RBI double for Scott City (13-11). Tyler Rogers had two of the Rams' six hits.

Levi Alsup took the loss for Kelly.

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WP -- Braden Cox. LP -- Levi Alsup. 2B -- Kyle Kerby (SC). Multiple hits -- Scott City: Tyler Rogers 2-4. Records -- Scott City 13-11.

GIRLS SOCCER

Notre Dame 8, Central 0

Jordan Nelson scored three goals to lead the Bulldogs in their win.

Abby Boyer added two goals for Notre Dame (16-1-1), while Krissy Gaines and Halle Lynch each had one. Madeline Rosenquist tallied one goal and one assist, while Annie Siebert had two assists.

MacKenzie McDaniel, Shelby Beussink and Karsen Powers each had an assist.

Madison Buelow made four saves in the shutout.

Central fell to 7-15.

-- From staff reports