High school roundup: Notre Dame begins season at First to the Finish

The Notre Dame boys cross country team finished second and the girls team took third in the season-opening First to the Finish Kickoff Classic on Saturday at SIU-Edwardsville in Edwardsville, Illinois.

Junior Rudy McClellan had the best individual finish for the Bulldogs with a third-place time of 16 minutes, 56 seconds in the boys race. Matt Gibbs finished eighth in 17:30.

Alaina Baumgart finished seventh in the girls race with a time of 20:11 and teammate Katie Hanners was right behind her at 20:14 to take eighth.

The Saxony Lutheran girls team finished in 17th place while the boys team took 19th. The Chaffee girls were 20th in the team standings.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Salem 96; 2. Notre Dame 107; 3. Freeburg 118; 4. Mascoutah 177; 5. Mater Dei (Breese, Ill.) 254

Local Top Finishers

Notre Dame -- 2. Rudy McClellan 16:56; 8. Matt Gibbs 17:30; 25. Benton Keran 18:20; 33. Gabe Meadors 18:47; 38. Grant Grove 18:54

Saxony -- 34. Caleb Cornelius 18:48; 75. Drew Zieba 19:42; 113. Gavin Brown; 181. Nick Shaw 21:35; 198. 21:51

GIRLS

Team Scores -- Rochester 58; St. Teresa (Decatur, Ill.) 79; 3. Notre Dame 97; 4. Freeburg 137; 5. Herrin 148

Local Top Finishers

Chaffee -- 99. Hannah Glueck 24:37; 118. Sarah Burch 25:08; 155. Katie Glueck 26:27; 167. Alyssa Lunsford 26:47; 171. Shayna Seyer 26:53

Notre Dame -- 7. Alaina Baumgart 20:11; 8. Katie Hanners 20:14; 22. Bailey Beussink 21:36; 38. Alleigh Emmendorfer 22:23; 40. Allie Pujol 22:25

Saxony -- 68. Etienne Soto 23:47; 117. Katie Richmond 25:06; 119. Courtney Bangert 25:12; 161. Alexis Goodson 26:38; 203. Madison Arbuckle

GIRLS GOLF

Notre Dame sophomores Allison Bray and Sarah Bell faced off in a sudden-death playoff after tying for medalist honors at 76 at the Massac County Invitational at Metropolis Country Club in Illinois. Bray made a par-4 on the first hole of the playoff for the top spot, and the Bulldogs girls golf team finished second in the seven-team invitational on Saturday.

Massac County scored a 341 while Notre Dame came up just short of the title with a 342.

Team scores -- 1. Massac County 341; 2. Notre Dame 342; 3. Althoff Catholic 355; 4. Herrin 391; 5. Marion 395; 6. Carbondale 397; 7. Anna-Jonesboro 417.

GIRLS TENNIS

John Burroughs 9, Notre Dame 0

The Bulldogs suffered their first loss of the season to the visiting Bombers of John Burroughs.

Notre Dame dropped to 3-1 on the season.

SINGLES

No. 1 -- Kiki Peters (JB) def. Carly Hopkins (ND) 8-3

No. 2 -- Maddy Duncan (JB) def. Grace Powderfly (ND) 8-5

No. 3 -- Sydney Lister (JB) def. Sylvia Kolda (ND) 8-2

No. 4 -- Lucy Reis (JB) def. Katie Strange (ND) 8-2

No. 5 -- Grace Nieberle (JB) def. Taylor Kohlfeld (ND) 8-2

No. 6 -- Julia Riew (JB) def. Julie Kohlfeld (ND) 8-1

DOUBLES

No. 1 -- Lister/Reis (JB) def. Hopkins/Powderly (ND) 8-0

No. 2 -- Peters/Duncan (JB) def. Kolda/Strange (ND) 8-1

No. 3 -- Nieberle/Lexi Young (JB) def. Kohlfeld/Kohlfeld (ND) 8-2

Jackson 6, Parkway Central 3

Parkway West 9, Jackson 0

The Indians defeated the Colts but were swept by the Longhorns in a four-team match at host Central.

Jackson 6, Parkway Central 3

SINGLES

No. 1 -- Mikelle Culbreth (J) def. Gleia Mantilla (PC) 4-6, 7-5, 11-9

No. 2 -- Lauren McClanahan (J) def. Mallory Horn (PC) 6-4

No. 3 -- Madison Mumma (J) def. Caroline Rodgers (PC) 8-6, 6-7, 10-3

No. 4 -- Mackenzie Mumma (J) def. Jessica Hughes (PC) 8-2, 8-4

No. 5 -- Neesha Deshmukh (PC) def. Katie Black (J) 9-7, 6-1

No. 6 -- Molly Clark (J) def. Michelle Augustine (PC) 6-0, 6-1

DOUBLES

No. 1 -- Mantilla/Horn (PC) def. Culbreth/McClanahan (J) 8-6

No. 2 -- Mumma/Mumma (J) def. Rodgers/Deshmukh (PC) 8-2

No. 3 -- Corie Pike/Krista Valentine (J) def. Hughes/Augustine (PC) 8-4

Parkway West 9, Jackson 0

SINGLES

No. 1 -- Claire Martin (PW) def. Culbreth (J) 8-0

No. 2 -- Ava Larsen (PW) def. McClanahan (J) 8-1

No. 3 -- Sydnee Yap (PW) def. Madison Mumma (J) 8-0

No. 4 -- Rachel Friedman (PW) def. Mackenzie Mumma (J) 8-1

No. 5 -- Vericia Pearson (PW) def. Katie Black (J) 8-0

No. 6 -- Samantha Connor (PW) def. Clark (J) 8-0

DOUBLES

No. 1 -- Larsen/Martin (PW) def. Culbreth/McClanahan (J) 8-0

No. 2 -- Friedman/Yap (PW) def. Mumma/Mumma (J) 8-2

No. 3 -- Pearson/Connor (PW) def. Pike/Valentine (J) 8-0

-- From staff reports