High school roundup: ND tennis ends regular season with 14-2 record

The Notre Dame girls tennis team ended an impressive regular season Tuesday afternoon.

Notre Dame dropped only one match as the Bulldogs rolled past host Fredericktown 8-1.

The Bulldogs improved to 14-2 as they prepare for the upcoming district tournament.

SINGLES: No. 1 -- Carly Hopkins (ND) def. Haley Holliday 8-0; No. 2 -- Madeline Walker (ND) def. Courtney Holliday 8-2; No. 3 -- Adele Soutar (ND) def Kayla Pinkley (F) 8-2; No. 4 -- Savanna Talley (F) def. Gretta Goodin 8-4; No. 5 -- Emily Young (ND) def. Brianna Sarakas 8-1; No. 6 -- Caroline Smith def. Bailey Burks (F) 9-7

DOUBLES: No. 1 -- Hopkins/Goodin (ND) def. H. Holliday/C. Holliday 8-4; No. 2 -- Walker/Soutar (ND) def. Pinkley/Sarakas 8-0; No. 3 -- Young/Smith (ND) def. Burks/Talley 8-4

BOYS SOCCER

Perryville 11, Fredericktown 1

Kyle Wood scored two goals and had two assists for the Pirates in the road romp.

Iann Bergman and Levi Lappe each recorded two goals for Perryville (15-2). Emilio Mattingly had two goals and one assist while Pablo Mattingly, Juan Hernandez and Luke Schlichting each had one goal and one assist.

Matt Moran led in assists with four and Emmanuel Miranda notched an assist as well to round out the Pirates' attack.

JV -- Perryville won 2-0.

VOLLEYBALL

Leopold 25-25 Scott City 7-8

Caitlin Petty nailed nine kills, served five aces and added two blocks as the Wildcats cruised to an easy win at home.

Bailee Cope recorded four kills, three aces and three blocks for Leopold (17-3). Denai Arnzen notched two kills and five digs while Ashlynn Bucher tallied four kills and two blocks. Sydney Eeftink dished out 18 assists and served two aces for the Wildcats.

The Rams fell to 1-12-1.

JV -- Leopold won 25-22, 14-25, 25-10.

Perryville 25-25 Jefferson 19-11

Alex Spears had 11 kills as the host Pirates dealt the Blue Jays (18-2) their second loss of the season.

Brooke Moll tallied eight digs and Brooke Hogard recorded three blocks for Perryville (14-3).

JV -- Jefferson won 25-18, 25-23.

Bell City 25-25-28 Central 23-23-26

Sarah Boerboom served three aces to pace the Tigers in the road loss.

Emily Diamond tallied 12 assists for Central (5-14).

The win had a revenge theme for the Cubs (4-9-3), as the Tigers had defeated Bell City 25-11, 25-9 in the first round of the Bronze Bracket in the Dig for Life Challenge earlier this season that eliminated the Cubs from the tournament.

SOFTBALL

Saxony Lutheran 12, Jefferson 2

Grace Mirly smacked a double and a triple to lead the Crusaders in the road win.

Natalie Schlimpert picked up the win in the circle and added two hits. She pitched a four-hitter, with five strikeouts and no walks.

Also delivering two hits for Saxony Lutheran (13-5) were Ashlynn Collier, Ashley Steck and Logan Meyr.

Saxony L. 330 301 2 -- 12 12 0

Jefferson 011 000 0 -- 2 4 2

WP -- Natalie Schlimpert. LP -- Sarah Handrahan. Leading hitters -- Saxony Lutheran: Grace Mirly 2-5, 3B, 2B; Ashlynn Collier 2-4; Ashley Steck 2-4; Natalie Schlimpert 2-3; Logan Meyr 2-4. Jefferson: Sarah Handrahan 2-3; Emily Ray 3B. Records -- Saxony Lutheran 13-5, Jefferson 8-8.

Portageville 4, Chaffee 1

Sophomore sensation Taylor Tiffany blasted a home run, drove in two runs and struck out 14 as the Bulldogs spoiled the Red Devils' last home game of the season.

Tiffany pitched a five-hitter with one walk.

Kaitlin McFerron suffered the loss in the circle. She also pitched all seven innings, allowing 12 hits with seven strikeouts and no walks.

Cierra Crites doubled and drove in the lone run for Chaffee (7-14).

Portageville 200 002 0 -- 4 12 0

Chaffee 000 001 0 -- 1 5 3

WP -- Taylor Tiffany. LP -- Kaitlin McFerron. Leading hitters -- Portageville: Forrester 2-3; Taylor Tiffany 3-4, HR, 2 RBIs; Destiny Crossno 2-4; Lauren Durbin 2-3, 2 RBIs. Chaffee: Cierra Crites 2B. Records -- Chaffee 7-14, Portageville 11-8.

FALL BASEBALL

Leopold 8, Bloomfield 7

Austin Bucher, Casey Graham and Cord Cooper each belted a home run to lead the fifth-seeded Wildcats in the upset victory over No. 4 Bloomfield in the opening round of the Bernie Fall September Showdown Classic on Saturday.

Bucher was the winning pitcher and added three hits, including a triple to go with his homer. He threw six innings and gave up six earned runs, struck out three and walked four.

Graham and Cooper also had three hits apiece, including a double to go with their homers. Zach Elfrink and Dillan Vandeven added two hits for Leopold (1-3-1).

Leopold 500 012 0 -- 8 14 2

Bloomfield 001 303 0 -- 7 10 2

WP -- Austin Bucher. LP -- Kaleb Thomley. Leading hitters -- Leopold: Austin Bucher 3-4, 3B, HR; Zach Elfrink 2-4; Casey Graham 3-4, 2B, HR; Dillan Vandeven 2-4; Cord Cooper 3-4, 2B, HR. Bloomfield: Tim Fox 2-4, HR; Noah Vandiver 4-4, 2B; Tristan Mitchell 2B. Records -- Leopold 1-3-1, Bloomfield 9-8.

Neelyville 10, Leopold 0

Leopold fell to the top-seeded Tigers (19-1), who advanced to the championship of the Bernie Fall September Showdown Classic wit a four-inning semifinal romp.

Zach Elfrink endured the loss on the mound for Leopold (1-4-1), which had just two hits.

Leopold will return to the field Thursday to take on third-seeded Campbell at 4 p.m. in the third-place game of the tournament, while Neelyville will face host Bernie for the title immediately afterward.

Leopold 000 0 -- 0 2 3

Neelyville 211 6 -- 10 11 0

WP -- Lane Spencer. LP -- Zach Elfrink. Leading hitters -- Neelyville: Cody Birdsong 2-2, HR; Dylan Crossen 2-3; Kyle Nance 2-3, 2B; Hayden Cassinger 2B. Records -- Neelyville 19-1, Leopold 1-4-1.

-- From staff reports