High school roundup: Meet highlighted by Darnell's record discus throw for Jackson

Jackson senior Clay Darnell beat his nearest competitor by 30 feet in the discus competition at the Festus Early Bird Invitational on Saturday, and that might be the least impressive thing about his 173-feet-4-inch throw.

The throw set broke Jackson's school record, was the longest by a high schooler in the state this year and the 33rd longest in the nation.

Darnell's win helped Jackson, which sent only part of its team to Festus while the other members traveled to Notre Dame, finish fifth out of 30 boys teams.

The Jackson girls team, also with a partial roster, finished seventh out of 33 girls teams.

Defending state champion Sierra Maddox won the pole vault with a height of 11 feet, 6 inches.

BOYS

Top Jackson finishers

800 relay -- 3. Jackson (Jack Jeffers, Alex Phillips, Calvin Lysell, Gabe Underwood) 8:35.76

110 hurdle -- 7. Bradon Mingo (J) 17.01

800 -- 2. Calvin Lysell (J) 1:59.72

Pole vault -- 2. Dylan Rush (J) 13-0; 7. Dakota Maddox 11-6

Shot put -- 3. Nick Keser (J) 50-5 1/2

Discus -- 1. Clay Darnell (J) 173-4; 3. Nick Keser 134-4

GIRLS

Top Jackson finishers

800 relay -- 2. Jackson (Chelsea Drum, Tayler Winick, Carli Knott, Ana Compton) 10:10.17

200 -- 6. Morgan Stone (J) 27.16

1600 -- 6. Chelsea Drum (J) 5:24.74

Discus -- 6. Olivia Brown (J) 108-6

Pole vault -- 1. Sierra Maddox (J) 11-6

Shot put -- 4. Nicole Humphries (J) 36-10

Notre Dame Relays

The host Notre Dame girls track and field team won all three divisions of the Notre Dame Bulldog Relays meet, capturing the distance, sprint and field titles.

The Notre Dame boys team won the distance division while Charleston and Sikeston captured the sprint and field titles, respectively.

Notre Dame's Marissa New was a double winner. She won the shot put and the discus, where she bested her nearest competitor by more than 30 feet.

BOYS

Team scores

Distance division -- 1. Notre Dame 48; 2. Sikeston 26; 3. Arcadia Valley 24; 3. Jackson 24

Sprint division -- 1. Charleston 36; 2. Sikeston 35; 3. Notre Dame 28; 4. Valle Catholic

Field division -- 1. Sikeston 49; 2. Notre Dame 44; 3. Valle Catholic 42; Jackson 28

Top three local finishers

400 relay -- 2. Notre Dame, 3:49.11

800 relay -- 1. Notre Dame 9:15.28

1600 relay -- 1. Notre Dame 20:32.67; 2. Jackson 20:49.47

Medley relay -- 1. Notre Dame 12:03.80; 2. Saxony Lutheran 12:23.17; 3. Jackson 12:40.02

200 relay -- 2. Notre Dame 1:37.19

800 medley -- 1. Notre Dame 1:40.06

110 shuttle hurdle -- 1. Notre Dame 1:01.76; 3. Jackson 1:04.76

High jump -- 1. Bobby Jansen (ND) 5-10; 2. Collin Boner (ND) 5-10; 3. Blake Reimann (J) 5-8

Pole vault -- Shawn Bacieter (J) 11-0

Long jump -- 2. Blake Reimann (J) 19-7 1/2; 3. Xominique Davis (J) 19-4 1/4

Shot put -- 1. Dane Evans (J) 44-4; 2. Nick Brindley (ND) 42-2 1/2

Discus -- 3. Dane Evans (J) 109-8

GIRLS

Team scores

Distance division -- 1. Notre Dame 50; 2. Jefferson (Festus) 31; Valle Catholic 28; 4. Jackson 23

Sprint division -- 1. Notre Dame 37; 2. Jefferson (Festus) 32; 3. Dexter 29; 4. Valle Catholic 27

Field division -- 1. Notre Dame 44; 2. Sikeston 44; 3. Dexter 38; 3. Jackson 24

Top three local finishers

400 relay -- 1. Notre Dame 4:31.15

800 relay -- 1. Notre Dame 11:09.20

1600 relay -- 1. Notre Dame 25:20.07

Medley relay -- 1. Notre Dame 14:55.79; 2. Jackson 15:00.47

100 relay -- 2. Notre Dame 55:01

200 relay -- 2. Notre Dame 1:55.00

800 medley -- 1. Notre Dame 2:01.88

100 shuttle hurdle -- 3. Jackson 59.07

Pole vault -- 1. Jaden Barnes (ND) 8-0

Shot put -- Marissa New (ND) 33-4

Discus -- 1. Marissa New (ND) 123-11; 2. Journie Ryan (J) 87-4

BASEBALL

Notre Dame 14, Cooter 0

Ross James picked up his second win on the mound as the host Bulldogs routed Cooter in five innings.

James pitched the complete game. He struck out eight and walked none.

Josh Jansen and Logan Heisserer each had two hits and a double for Notre Dame.

Cooter 000 00 -- 0 2 6

Notre Dame 246 02 -- 14 8 0

WP -- Ross James. LP -- Hickerson. 2B -- Josh Jansen (ND), Logan Heisserer (ND). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame: Luke Haines 2-4, Jansen 2-2, Heisserer 2-3.

Notre Dame 13, Priory 3

The Bulldogs improved to 4-0 with another run-rule win in five innings.

Graham Ruopp pitched the complete game for the win. He allowed three runs on six hits while striking out four.

Josh Haggerty was 3 for 4 with a triple for Notre Dame.

Priory 100 11 -- 3 6 2

Notre Dame 224 05 -- 13 9 1

WP -- Graham Ruopp. LP -- Vanderhaar. 3B -- Josh Haggerty (ND), Griffin Siebert (ND). 2B -- Matt Westrich (ND). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame: Haggerty 3-4, Luke Haines 2-2.

Farmington 3, Central 2

A couple errors in Farmington's three-run sixth cost the Tigers in a loss at Seckman High School.

Chase Hagerty hit a two-run home run to give Central a lead in the top of the six before the Knights scored three times in the bottom of the inning.

Matt Chism took the hard-luck loss for the Tigers. He allowed just one hit in six innings. He gave up three runs, one of which was earned, while striking out eight and walking four.

Central 000 002 0 -- 2 5 2

Farmington 000 03X -- 3 1 0

WP -- Gonz. LP -- Matt Chism. HR -- Chase Hagerty (C). Multiple hits -- Central: Trevor Propst 2-2.

Seckman 14, Central 1

The Tigers dropped to 3-4 with the five-inning road loss, although they were the home team on the scoreboard at Seckman.

Chase Hagerty and Jacquen Cummins were both 2 for 2 for Central.

Hayden Lynn took the loss, allowing seven runs -- three earned -- in three innings. He allowed eight hits, walked three and struck out one.

Seckman 061 70 -- 14 13 1

Central 000 10 -- 1 7 5

WP -- Boyster. LP -- Hayden Lynn. Multiple hits -- Central: Chase Hagerty 2-2, Jacquen Cummins 2-2.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Notre Dame claimed the silver bracket championship at the St. Louis Preseason Blast Tournament.

The Bulldogs defeated Parkway West 25-15, 25-20 in pool play on Friday but were defeated 25-23, 25-18 by Ritenour and 25-19, 25-18 by Fort Zumwalt West to land in the silver bracket.

Notre Dame (5-2) won all three of its matches on Saturday. First the Bulldogs defeated O'Fallon Christian 25-14, 25-20 behind seven kills and seven assists from Rhett Simmons. Ben Dohogne added seven kills and Collin Kramer had 11 assists and two kills.

The Bulldogs beat Bayless 25-14, 25-22 in the semifinal round. Simmons had 10 aces, eight kills and eight assists while Dohogne added six kills and Kramer 11 assists.

The team beat Parkway West 25-21, 25-19 again for the silver bracket title. Simmons had 11 kills and five assists, and Kramer had 12 assists.

TENNIS

The Central tennis team won the eight-team Farmington behind five individual champions.

Alex Mailes, Derek Nunnery, Jalen McDowell, Vikas Rudrappa and Caleb Strickland all won their respective flights for the Tigers while Jonah Roop bounced back from a semifinal loss to take third place in his flight.

Central results

No. 1 flight

1st round -- Alex Mailes (C) def. Thibadeaux (Windsor) 6-0

Semifinals -- Mailes def. Wedemeier (Notre Dame) 8-2

Finals -- Mailes def. Augustine (Farmington) 8-2

No. 2 flight

1st round -- Derek Nunnery (C) def. Seesing (ND) 6-0

Semifinals -- Nunnery def. Tran (Bishop DuBourg) 9-8(2)

Finals -- Nunnery def. Walk (W) 8-5

No. 3 flight

1st round -- Jonah Roop (C) def. Kohlbaker (Dexter) 6-1

Semifinals -- Boswell (ND) def. Roop 8-2

3rd place -- Roop def. Clark (Poplar Bluff) 6-1

No. 4 flight

1st round -- Jalen McDowell (C) def. Stege (BD) 6-1

Semifinals -- McDowell def Siddique (PB) 9-8(2)

Finals -- McDowell def. Derrington (ND) 8-5

No. 5 flight

1st round -- Vikas Rudrappa (C) def. Pence (BD) 6-3

Semifinals -- Wikel (ND) def. Rudrappa 8-5

3rd place -- Rudrappa def. Pope (Sikeston) 6-4

No. 6 flight

1st round -- Caleb Strickland (C) def. Rowland (PB) 6-1

Semifinals -- Strickland def. Schwartzfopf (F) 8-2

Finals -- Strickland def. Hayden (ND) 8-4