High school roundup: Notre Dame softball edges Cobden in eight innings

Jessica Menz delivered a two-run single in the eighth inning to lift the Notre Dame softball team past host Cobden on Thursday.

Katie Bond struck out three over eight innings in the 5-3 win.

Brianne Sanders, Summer Burger and Menz all had two hits in the win.

Notre Dame 000 030 02 -- 5 9 1

Cobden 101 000 10 -- 3 4 1

WP -- Katie Bond. LP -- Pinder. HR -- Pinder. 2B -- Savanna Ayers (ND). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame: Brianne Sanders 2-3, Summer Burger 2-5, Jessica Menz 2-5. Records -- Notre Dame 21-1.

Scott City 6, St. Vincent 4

Alexis Spriggs struck out six in seven innings to help the Rams win on the road.

Lindsay Kern and Brittany Kiefer both hit a triple, and Melanie Lacey collected three RBIs in the win.

St. Vincent's Kayla Seabaugh and Abby Ruessler both tripled.

Scott City 100 122 0 -- 6 10 1

St. Vincent 201 010 0 -- 4 10 0

WP -- Alexis Spriggs, 9-3. LP -- Unterreiner. 3B -- Kayla Seabaugh (SV), Abby Ruessler (SV). Lindsay Kern (SC) Brittany Keifer (SC). 2B -- Melanie Lacey (SC), Jenna Cummins (SC), Kali Wingerter (SV). Multiple hits -- Scott City: Kern 2-3, Macy Hall 2-3, Kiefer 2-4, Cummins 2-4. St. Vincent: Seabaugh 3-4, Ruessler 2-4. Records -- Scott City 13-9.

Sikeston 6, Delta 1

The Bobcats fell short at home.

Sikeston 040 110 0 -- 6 11 0

Delta 100 000 0 -- 1 6 5

WP -- Hopson. LP -- Myra Henson, 4-11. 3B -- King (S). 2B -- Hopson (S). Multiple hits -- Sikeston: Hopson 2-4, Chaney 2-3, Collins 2-4, Hines 2-4. Records -- Delta 4-15.

VOLLEYBALL

Scott City 25 25 25 Bell City 16 12 15

Katie Hogan recorded 13 kills and four aces to go with 15 digs in the Rams' road win.

Mallory Reddick chipped in 24 digs, while Sydney Short had 11 digs and 11 assists.

Mikah Simpson finished with 23 digs and three kills for Scott City.

Leopold 25 25 Oran 16 16

Abby Landewee recorded 11 kills, four digs and two service aces as the Wildcats won on the road.

Sydney Eeftink collected 16 assists, three digs and a service ace to help Leopold improve to 15-3.

Addie Kielhofner had four assists for the Eagles (2-7-2).

JV -- Leopold won 25-17, 25-13

Perryville 25 25 Saxony 12 19

Natalie Bauwens put up seven kills to help lead the Pirates to victory at home.

Catie Oberndorfer added seven digs to help boost Perryville to 23-3.

Sam Babcock collected nine digs for the Crusaders (9-10-3).

JV -- Perryville won 25-5, 25-8

Zalma 25 25 Bernie 23 23

Torie VanGennip led the Bulldogs with 16 assists and three aces in the win.

Angela Dickinson had nine kills followed by Lesta Newberry with nine blocks for Zalma (16-2).

Lorie VanGennip added seven digs, while Emily Merick added six kills for the Bulldogs.

JV -- Bernie won 25-6, 25-23

Marion 26 25 Central 24 13

Chelsea Pannier led the Tigers with 11 kills, four digs and two blocks but it proved not enough as they fell short at home.

Megan Myers recorded 20 assists, followed by Chelsey Brown with eight digs and six kills for Central (13-11-2).

JV -- Central won 17-25, 25-21, 26-24

Meadow Hts 25 25 Charleston 12 8

Heather Dietiker collected six kills and Jillian Mills added five in the Panthers' road win.

Meadow Heights improved to 11-6 with the win.

Oak Ridge 22 25 25 25 Marquand 25 21 10 21

Stacy Roberts pounded six kills and Mckenzie Elam added five as the Blue Jays improved to 2-11.

Bloomfield 25 25 Woodland 17 8

Ashley Acup collected five digs for the Cardinals as they fell short on the road.

Keighlyn Lincoln added two aces for Woodland (3-14).

JV -- Woodland won 25-19, 25-20

GIRLS TENNIS

Central 7, Dexter 2

The Tigers collected victories in five of their six singles matches to post the road win.

Morgan Crowell didn't drop a game in her No. 3 singles win.

Singles

No. 1 -- Emma Segar (C) def. Hannah Ward 8-6

No. 2 -- Caroline Harding (C) def. Audra Lasater 8-5

No. 3 -- Morgan Crowell (C) def. Amelia Jibben 8-0

No. 4 -- Catherine Kinchen (D) def. Susanna Hayward 8-3

No. 5 -- Rebecca Schneider (C) def. Kaitlyn Jarrell 8-2

No. 6 -- Lauren Dumey (C) def. Jamie Manuel 8-2

Doubles

No. 1 -- Ward-Lasater (D) def. Segar-Crowell 8-6

No. 2 -- Harding-Hayward (C) def. Jibben-Kinchen 9-7

No. 3 -- Schneider-Faith Tegal (C) def. Jarrell-Manuel 8-3

CROSS COUNTRY

Anna-Jonesboro Invitational

The Central girls placed three runners in the top 10 to capture the title.

Jordyn Richmond paced the Tigers with a third-place finish, covering the course in 19 minutes, 42 seconds. Laura Chavez was fourth in 21:00.

The Central boys took second behind Roy Leighton's seventh-place finish. The Tigers boys also had three runners break into the top 10, but finished three points behind Herrin, Ill.

Boys

Central -- 7. Roy Leighton 17:58; 8. Collin Summers 17:58; 9. Eric Schott 17:59; 11. Lars Monia 18:12; 13. Brandon Bryant 18:24

Girls

Central -- 3. Jordyn Richmond 19:42; 4. Laura Chavez 21:00; 10. Lessley Dennington 22:42; 15. Chleo Legrand 23:47; 17. Megan Daly 23:59

-- From staff reports