High school roundup: Notre Dame baseball team topples Westminster in battle of perennial Class 4 teams

After falling to Westminster in the playoffs the past two seasons, the Notre Dame baseball team scored five runs in the first three innings to finally get past their Class 4 foes in a 5-1 victory on Saturday at Westminster High School.

"This is a huge win for us and our program to kind of get over the hump," Notre Dame coach Jeff Graviett said. "They've ended our season the past two years and then you throw in another loss at their place last year during the regular season. Just to get that kind of mental lift is a huge deal for us today."

Dean Crippen and Christian Job each had RBI doubles for the Bulldogs, who improved to 6-3.

Adam Pope gave up one earned run in the third, but did not give up a hit for the remainder of the game. He struck out two and walked one in six complete innings.

"He kind of coasted from that point," Graviett said about Pope. "He didn't have big strikeout numbers, but he kept the ball down, put it in play and trusted his defense behind him. That's what it's going to take to beat teams like that. It's a full team effort."

Notre Dame 131 000 0 -- 5 6 0

Westminster 001 000 0 -- 1 5 3

WP -- Adam Pope. LP -- Dolon. 2B -- Luke Matheny (1), Jake Matheny (1), Dean Crippen (1), Christian Job (1). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame: Christian Job 2-4.

Notre Dame 16, Sullivan 0

In their first game of the day, the Bulldogs scored 15 runs in the first three innings and only needed five innings to dispose of Sullivan in a lopsided victory.

Logan Heisserer and Tom Siebert each had RBI doubles in the win while Job and Essner both went 2 for 3.

Essner struck out five and only gave up two hits in five complete innings to earn the win.

Sullivan 000 00 -- 0 2 4

Notre Dame 807 1x -- 16 15 0

WP -- Tyler Essner. LP -- Woodcock. 2B -- Logan Heisserer (1), Tom Siebert (1). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame: Heisserer 2-2, Essner 2-3.

Oak Ridge Invitational

Bell City 11, Woodland 1

Cole Nichols and Austin Hicks each went 4 for 4 to lead the Cubs to a mercy-rule victory over the Cardinals in the Oak Ridge Invitational.

Nichols and Hicks each had a double and drove in a combined nine RBIs in Bell City's win, which was shortened to five innings.

Bobby Wright picked up the win allowing just one run on two hits in five innigs while striking out 10.

The Cubs imoroved to 8-1.

Woodland 100 00 -- 1 2 1

Bell City 102 53 -- 11 12 0

WP -- Bobby Wright. LP -- L. Johnson. 2B -- Cole Nichols (1), Austin Hicks (1). Multiple hits -- Bell City: Nichols 4-4, Hicks 4-4.

Bell City 9, Leopold 0

In their first game of the day, Hicks tossed a no-hitter to lead the Cubs to a win over the Wildcats.

The right-hander struck out nine and didn't walk a single batter in the win.

Maddox went 3 for 3 with four RBIs in Game 2 while Wright was 2-3 with three RBIs.

Leopold 000 000 0 -- 0 0 0

Bell City 320 004 x -- 9 12 2

WP -- Austin Hicks. LP -- T. Graham. 2B -- Nate Finney (1), Peyton Maddox (1), Bobby Wrigth (1). Multiple hits -- Bell City: Finney 3-4, Maddox 3-3, Wright 2-3, Hicks 2-4.

Saxony Lutheran 9, Leopold 0

Conrad Bonney pitched a shutout to lead the Crusaders over the Wildcats.

He struck out five and allowed just three hits to earn the win for Saxony (5-2).

Nathan Hurst went 3 for 4 with a double and two RBIS while Chase Steffens and Chris Johnson each finished 2 for 4.

Leopold 000 000 0 -- 0 3 2

Saxony 340 002 x -- 9 10 1

WP -- Conrad Bonney. 2B -- Nathan Hurst (2), Gentry. Multiple hits -- Saxony: Hurst 3-4, Chase Steffens 2-4, Chris Johnson 2-4.

East Prairie 4, Kelly 0

The Hawks were held without a hit in a loss to the Eagles in their third game at the Charleston Wood Bat Tournament.

Kyle Fitgerald took the loss for Kelly. He allowed three earned runs and struck out five in six innings. Kelly committed two errors in the loss.

Kelly 000 000 0 -- 0 0 2

East Prairie 111 010 x -- 4 5 0

WP -- S. Christian. LP -- Kyle Fitzgerald. 2B -- Marcum (1), Ellis (1), Wells (1), Christian (2). Multiple hits -- East Prairie: Christian 2-2.

Greenville 3, Advance 2

For the second straight day, the Hornets' late inning rally fell short against the Bears.

Advance (2-8) scored a run in the sixth to pull within one before the tying run was thrown out at home plate to end its chance at a comeback.

Dawson Mayo took the loss. He allowed three earned runs on three hits in six innings.

Mayo and CJ Seger both went 2 for 3 in the loss.

Advance 001 001 0 -- 2 6 0

Greenville 000 030 0 -- 3 3 0

WP -- Kearney. LP -- Dawson Mayo. Multiple hits -- Advance: Mayo 2-3, CJ Seger 2-3.

Oran 4, NMCC 3

The Eagles held off New Madrid County Central's late inning rally and run-ruled Campbell to complete a weekend sweep at home.

Oran let a three-run lead slip away to NMCC in the top of the sixth inning of the first game but added the go-ahead run in the bottom of the inning to come away with the win.

Hunter Schlosser struck out four and allowed two earned runs in six innings to earn the win.

The Eagles scored six runs in the third, two in the third and a run apiece in the fourth and fifth to 10-run rule Campbell in five innings in Game 2.

Layne Johnson pitched five scoreless innings, allowing just three hits to pick up the victory in Game 2.

Jacob Priggel went 2-for-3 with a double, triple and 3 RBIs in the second game while Ben Heuring, Clay Sauceda and Devon Reischman also went 2-for-3 with one RBI apiece.

Oran 4, NMCC 3

NMCC 000 003 0 -- 3 3 6

Oran 020 101 x -- 4 3 1

WP -- Hunter Schlosser. LP -- Campbell. 2B -- Devon Reischman (1). Multiple hits -- NMCC: C. Silman 2-3.

Oran 10, Campbell 0

Campbell 000 00 -- 0 3 2

Oran 062 11 -- 10 12 0

WP -- Layne Johnson. LP -- Peters. 2B -- Jacob Priggel (1), Devon Reischman (1), Clay Sauceda (1), . 3B -- Priggel (1). Multiple hits -- Oran: Priggel 2-3, Reischman 2-3, Sauceda 2-3, Ben Heuring 2-3.

Jackson 7, Kennett 0

Ben Maudie pitched five shutout innings and drove in a run to help Jackson (12-3) to a SEMO Conference victory over Kennett on the road.

The senior only allowed two hits and struck out eight. Gavon Turner and Colton Weber each pitched one inning of relief and didn't allow Kennett a hit in the final two innings.

Landon Mills was 2-for-4 and scored a run in the third.

Jackson 012 110 2 -- 7 8 0

Team 000 000 0 -- 0 2 4

WP -- Ben Maudie. LP -- Ed Wilson. 2B -- Cameron Duke (1). Multiple hits -- Jackson: Landon Mills 2-4; Kennett: Patrick Maddox 2-3.

Scott City 6, Neelyville 5

Hunter Copeland drove in Braden Cox in the bottom of the seventh to give the Rams the win over Tigers in Malden, Missouri.

Trent Pobst was 2 for 2 with two RBI to lead Scott City (6-8).

Cox threw a complete game to pick up his third win of the season. He allowed 10 hits and five runs -- two earned -- and finished with six strikeouts and two walks.

Neelyville 002 210 0 -- 5 10 2

Scott City 201 011 1 -- 6 7 3

WP -- Braden Cox, 3-1. LP -- Sammy Davidson. 2B -- Trent Pobst (SC), Dylan Keller (SC). Multiple hits -- Neelyville: Hayden Cassinger 2-4, Cody Birdsong 3-4, Greg Wertenberger 2-3; Scott City: Cox 2-3, Pobst 2-2.

Scott City 5, Malden 4

Freshmen Dakota Talley and Bryan McNeely combined to allow no earned runs in the Rams' road win over the Green Wave.

Talley pitched five innings, allowed five hits and had one strikeout and three walks to earn the pitching win. McNeely was credited with the save. He allowed one hit in two innings of work and had three strikeouts and one walk.

Scott City (7-8) scored all five of its runs in the fifth inning, during which Caden Hillemann had a bases-loaded single.

Scott City 000 050 0 -- 5 8 6

Malden 101 101 0 -- 4 6 1

WP -- Dakota Talley. LP -- Jeremy Jones. Save -- Bryan McNeely. Multiple hits -- Scott City: Trent Pobst 2-3; Malden: Conner Murphy 2-3.

SOFTBALL

Swing Pink Tournament

The Scott City Rams went 2-1 and finished third in the A bracket.

Scott City (7-4) defeated Bloomfield 20-0 in three innings in the first round but was knocked out of championship play by Clearwater in a 14-0 five-inning decision in the semifinals. Tori Buckner hit a two-RBI double in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Rams an 8-7 walk-off win over Winona in the third-place game.

Michaela Kiefer was a combined 5 for 7 with two doubles in Scott City's two victories, while Bella Bowers finished 7 for 9 with three doubles and a triple in all three games. Buckner combined to go 4 for 6 with a double and a triple in both wins.

Jamie Glastetter finished 2-1 in the circle for Scott City. She combined for 11 strikeouts and five walks in eight innings of work. Kiefer started the third-place game against Winona and went seven innings, striking out six and walking four.

Scott City 20, Bloomfield 0

Bloomfield 000 -- 0 2 2

Scott City 7(13)x -- 20 18 0

WP -- Jamie Glastetter. LP -- A. Whitley. 3B -- Tori Buckner (SC). 2B -- Bella Bowers 2 (SC), Glastetter (SC), Lexi Henneke (SC), Kristen Kirker (SC). Multiple hits -- Scott City: Bowers 3-3, Glastetter 3-3, Michaela Kiefer 2-3, Buckner 2-2, Henneke 2-2, Kirker 2-2.

Clearwater 14, Scott City 0

Clearwater 111 29 -- 14 13 0

Scott City 000 00 -- 0 1 0

WP -- Brittany Adams. LP -- Jamie Glastetter. 3B -- Lexi Morris (C). 2B -- Adams (C), Destiney Hutchison (C). Multiple hits -- Clearwater: Halle Gooch 2-4, Adams 3-4, Hutchison 2-4, Bailey Roach 2-4.

Scott City 8, Winona 7

Winona 011 020 3 -- 7 9 2

Scott City 031 110 2 -- 8 11 2

WP -- Jamie Glastetter. LP -- Lindsey Bockman. 3B -- Bella Bowers (SC), Mackenzie Bradford (W). 2B -- Michaela Kiefer 2 (SC), Bowers (SC), Tori Buckner (SC), Regan Brown (W). Multiple hits -- Winona: Bradford 2-4, Macie Dixon 2-4; Scott City: Bowers 3-4, Glastetter 2-3, Kiefer 3-4, Buckner 2-4.

Leopold 13, Oak Ridge 1

Ashlyn Bucher went 3 for 3, including a double and a three-run home run to left center in the fifth inning, to help the Wildcats claim the Oak Ridge round robin softball tournament on Saturday.

Lexi Vandeven (9-1) was the winning pitcher and also doubled for Leopold. She had seven strikeouts and walked two in five innings.

Emily Seiler and Brooke Horrell also had a double apiece in the win.

Oak Ridge 001 00 -- 1 4 4

Leopold 216 13 -- 13 7 1

WP -- Lexi Vandeven. LP -- Coomer. 2B -- Ashlyn Bucher (1), Emily Seiler (1), Brooke Horrell (1), Vandeven (1). HR -- Bucher (1). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Bucher 3-3.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Notre Dame 25 25 St. Francis Borgia 15 15

The Bulldogs notched their second win in two nights by rolling past the Knights in straigth sets at home.

Notre Dame (9-2) received six kills, three aces and 10 digs from John Fennewald.

Evan Landewe and Austin Wiliams both had three kills, while Landewe recorded 17 assists.

The Bulldogs will travel to Bayless to take on the Bronchos Wednesday.

-- From staff reports