High school roundup: Notre Dame boys volleyball program gets off to winning start

The Notre Dame boys volleyball team won the program's first-ever match by defeating St. Francis Borgia 23-25, 25-14, 27-25 on the road on Saturday.

"It's huge," Notre Dame coach Mark Moore said. "We're super excited. It's been a great start. A lot of these guys played some club volleyball over the winter, so they kind of got some exposure to the game, but they were very excited. I think it's kind of an epic win just to be able to win the very first match ever played by Notre Dame High School. I think people were doubting them at school maybe, and I think they feel good about it."

After dropping the first set, the Bulldogs trailed 9-3 in the second before outscoring Borgia 22-5 over the remainder of the set.

"We righted the ship in a hurry, and took it from there," Moore said.

Rhett Simmons had 11 kills and 16 assists to lead Notre Dame. Ben Dohogne added nine kills, and Tyler Allen had seven. Collin Kramer had 15 assists.

The Bulldogs will play in the St. Louis Preseason Blast Tournament beginning Friday.

BASEBALL

Chaffee 11, Meadow Heights 0

Chaffee 18, Meadow Heights 3

Senior Layton Tenkhoff was a combined 8 for 8 at the plate for Chaffee in its doubleheader sweep of the Panthers. Both games were shortened to five innings by the run rule.

Tenkhoff was 4 for 4 with three runs scored and two RBIs in Game 1 and 4 for 4 with two runs and four RBIs in Game 2.

Cole Hanna pitched three scoreless innings for the win in Game 1 while Brendan Welker took the loss of Meadow Heights. Welker pitched 2 1/3 innings, giving up 10 hits and six earned runs.

Storm Estes pitched the middle three innings of Game 2 for the victory. He was also 4 for 4 at the plate in the game with two runs and two RBIs.

Starter Jordan Yamnitz was the loser for the Panthers. He allowed 14 hits and 10 earned runs in two innings.

Meadow Hts 000 00 -- 0 3 2

Chaffee 225 2X -- 11 13 0

WP -- Cole Hanna. LP -- Brendan Welker. Multiple hits -- Chaffee: Cody Payne 2-3, Layton Tenkhoff 4-4, Storm Estes 2-4, Devon Yahn 2-3, Jimmy Golden 2-2.

Meadow Hts 003 00 -- 3 3 2

Chaffee 729 0X -- 18 18 4

WP -- Storm Estes. LP -- Jordan Yamnitz. 3B -- Layton Tenkhoff (C). 2B -- Tenkhoff (C), Devon Yahn (C), Cole Hanna (C). Multiple hits -- Meadow Heights: Brendan Welker 2-2; Chaffee: Cody Payne 2-4, Tenkhoff 4-4, Estes 4-4, Yahn 3-4, Cole Hanna 2-3.

Central 7, St. Louis Patriots 5

The Tigers advanced to the championship game of the Valle Catholic tournament with a win over the Patriots, a team of homeschooled athletes from the St. Louis area.

Matt Chism pitched the complete game for the win. He allowed 11 hits and five runs, three of which were earned. He struck out six and walked one.

Hayden Lynn was 2 for 3 for Central, which was outhit 11-3 in the game.

Central 013 102 0 -- 7 3 2

St. Louis 102 020 0 -- 5 11 2

WP -- Matt Chism. LP -- Douglas. HR -- Tornatore (SL). 2B -- Davis (SL), Kelsay (SL). Multiple hits -- Central: Hayden Lynn 2-3; St. Louis: Davis 2-4, Kelsay 2-4, Wentington 2-3.

Valle Catholic 10, Central 0

Central (3-1) dropped the championship game of Valle Catholic tournament to the host Warriors in five innings.

The teams were scoreless for three innings before Valle scored seven runs in the fourth inning and added three more in the fifth.

Josh Morse, the only Tiger to record a hit, was the losing pitcher. He gave up seven hits and five earned runs in 3 2/3 innings of work.

Valle 000 73 -- 10 10 3

Central 000 00 -- 0 1 3

WP -- C. Basler. LP -- Josh Morse. Multiple hits -- Valle: C. Basler 2-4, Vord 2-3, Shuh 2-3, A. Basler 2-3.

Notre Dame 5, Rock Bridge 0

Notre Dame improved to 2-0 on the season with the win.

Ross James earned the complete-game win for the Bulldogs. He allowed three hits while striking out eight and walking two.

Josh Haggerty was 4 for 4 for Notre Dame with a triple and two RBIs.

Rock Bridge 000 000 0 -- 0 3 1

Notre Dame 120 200 X -- 5 12 1

WP -- Ross James. LP -- Teter. 3B -- Josh Haggerty (ND). 2B -- Logan Heisserer (ND). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame: Haggerty 4-4.

Jackson 4, Gosnell, Ark. 0

The Indians shut out Gosnell at home to improve to 1-1 on the season.

Michael Houchin got the complete-game win. He allowed just two hits, struck out two and walked one.

Jordan Hadden doubled for the Indians, who scored four runs on three hits.

Gosnell 000 000 0 -- 0 2 1

Jackson 200 003 X -- 4 3 0

WP -- Michael Houchin. 2B -- Jordan Hadden (J).

SOFTBALL

Clearwater 8, Scott City 0

The Rams opened the season with a loss to the host Tigers.

Becky Burger, who doubled, allowed seven hits and struck out six batters in six innings of work for Scott City.

Shelby Rhymer was 2 for 3 for the Rams.

Scott City 000 000 0 -- 0 5 0

Clearwater 201 014 X -- 8 7 0

WP -- Rowold. LP -- Becky Burger. 3B -- Morris 2 (C). 2B -- Burger (SC) Multiple hits -- Scott City: Shelby Rhymer 2-3; Clearwater: Morris 3-4, Rowold 2-2.

Scott City 17, Eminence 3

The Rams earned the five-inning, run-rule win over Eminence at Clearwater.

Lyndsie Robert was 2 for 3 with three RBIs for Scott City while Valarie Bahr was 2 for 4 with three RBIs and Macy Hall was 3 for 4 with two RBIs.

Becky Burger earned the win by pitching four innings and allowing two runs.

Scott City 742 13 -- 17 16 0

Eminence 101 01 -- 3 3 0

WP -- Becky Burger. HR -- Lyndsie Robert (SC). 3B -- Valarie Bahr (SC), Robert (SC). 2B -- Macy Hall (SC). Multiple hits -- Scott City: Shelby Rhymer 2-5, Robert 2-3, Hall 3-4, Burger 4-5, Bahr 2-4.

-- From staff reports