The Notre Dame volleyball team captured the Festus tournament title for the first time Saturday when it defeated Farmington 26-24, 25-22 in the title match.
Olivia Roth recorded 13 digs in the championship match to break the school record for digs in a season.
Brooke Bohnert had 15 digs, while Miranda Fowler added seven kills in the victory.
Dani Roosman had 13 assists, while Shelby Dix added 11. Kate Edwards and Myriah Bernard contributed six kills apiece in the win.
Notre Dame beat Lutheran South 25-15, 25-16 in the semifinals.
The Bulldogs defeated Sullivan 25-11, 25-15, and split with Farmington 25-20, 15-25 in pool play.
Notre Dame then beat Hillsboro 25-15, 25-20 to round out pool play.
The Bulldogs (22-7-1) defeated Webster Groves 25-14, 18-25, 16-14 in the first round of bracket play.
Notre Dame's Elizabeth Kiblinger won the girls race in 19 minutes, 14.18 seconds.
Breanna Conklin finished in sixth place for the Bulldogs, who took fourth in the team standings.
St. Vincent's Laura Steele finished 12th, while the Saxony Lutheran girls placed seventh.
Brandon Shemonia took second in the boys race for fifth-place Scott City.
Ethan Seyer placed ninth for Oak Ridge.
Cole Ross' 10th-place finish helped the Notre Dame boys nab second.
Results
BOYS
Team -- 1. Festus 34; 2. Notre Dame 82; 3. Herculaneum 82; 4. De Soto 121; 5. Scott City 142; 6. Hillsboro 167; 7. Farmington 205; 8. Arcadia Valley 209; 9. Valle Catholic 234; 10. Kelly 245; 11. Saxony Lutheran 256; 12. Windsor 315; 13. Viburnum 353
Local top five
Scott City -- 2. Brandon Shemonia 15:52.92; 28. Luke Keesee 18:10.46; 35. Eric Essner 18:20.59; 45. Tyler Adams 18:54.31; 58. Jesse Perry 19:27.23
Oak Ridge -- 9. Ethan Seyer 17:08.80; 16. Corvin Schoen 17:36.33; 34. Jake LeGrand 18:19.73
Notre Dame -- 10. Cole Ross 17:11.22; 15. Jacob Meadors 17:32.27; 20. Jacob Cieslewicz 17:51.20; 22. Michael Peters 17:55.35; 24. Clayton Myers 18:06.50
Advance -- 25. Braden Bien 18:07.79; 68. Curtis Gilliland 19:49.16; 69. Tyler Middleton 19:53.46; 108. Zach Cato 23:17.11
Saxony Lutheran -- 29. Sam Breite 18:10.76; 62. Brandon Fritsche 19:34.28; 67. Aaron Koehler 19:45.59; 71. Anthony Etzold 19:54.95; 91. Zachery Vogel 20:40.54
St. Vincent -- 31. Stephen Graf 18:12.07; 36. Jonathon Mienhardt 18:31.39; 80. Mark Kutz 20:14.28
Kelly -- 37. Juan Campos 18:32.80; 54. Jerrod Lynn 19:22.20; 56. Josh Roberts 19:24.64; 75. Devon Romine 20:06.39; 84. Derrick Garner 20:26.95
Delta -- 59. Dwight Nance 19:28.09; 76. Jesse Nance 20:07.28; 83. Caleb Amelunke 20:23.67
Meadow Heights -- 63. Ryan Foltz 19:35.07; 65. Steven Bright 19:38.57
GIRLS
Team -- 1. Festus 51; 2. Farmington 51; 3. Herculaneum 63; 4. Notre Dame 74; 5. Arcadia Valley 154; 6. Hillsboro 173; 7. Saxony Lutheran 186; 8. Chaffee 191
Local top five
Notre Dame -- 1. Elizabeth Kiblinger 19:14.18; 6. Breanna Conklin 20:16.74; 19. Ali Norder 21:27.36; 37. Taylor Mayfield 23:07.35; 38. Maddie Baumgart 23:07.86
St. Vincent -- 12. Laura Steele 20:56.27
Oak Ridge -- 15. McKenzie Elam 21:20.34; 25. Amanda Lappe 22:07.57; 33. Lexi Wunderlich 22:53.08
Chaffee -- 36. Molli McGowan 22:58.48; 46. Lyndsey Statler 23:26.01; 63. Megan Chisum 25:15.99; 72. Holly Rutherford 26:05.45; 73. Courtney Berghoff 26:06.05
Saxony Lutheran -- 50. Regan Obermann 24:00.41; 52. Rachael Gruenwald 24:03.17; 53. Kristen Gruenwald 24:13.72; 58. Breanne Etzold 25:01.77; 69. Sarah Winningham 25:43.44
Meadow Heights -- 64. Makayla McGruder 25:34.02; 68. Valerie Hernandez 25:41.79
Kelly -- 77. Tessa Johnson 27:09.46
Central's Jordan Gramling won the 100 butterfly in 54.44 seconds to break his previous meet record.
The Tigers finished 11th out of 13th teams with 50 points.
Notre Dame finished ninth with 143 points.
The Bulldogs' 400 freestyle relay took fourth.
Dustin Parsons placed took fourth in the 100 butterfly and fifth in the 200 individual medley, while Alec Domjan was fifth in the 200 freestyle.
Jackson placed 10th with 69 points.
Kristian Troxel took third in the 100 butterfly in a state-qualifying time, and seventh in the 100 breaststroke for the Indians.
Saxony Lutheran finished 13th with 28 points.
Results
Local top 16
200 medley relay -- 9. Jackson (Joey Janisse, Kelton Burgi, Kristian Troxel, Austin Hobbs) 1:54.28; 11. Notre Dame (Jackson Voss, Cory Bunger, Tyler Hulshof, Matt Jedlinski) 1:56.25; 16. Central (Jordan Gramling, Alvaro Jaramillo, Pablo Jaramillo, Sam Rhodes) 1:59.21
200 freestyle -- 5. Alec Domjan (ND) 1:53.83; 16. Rhodes (C) 2:09.97
200 individual medley -- 5. Dustin Parsons (ND) 2:08.82; 11. Zach Smith (ND) 2:13.99; 15. Hobbs (J) 2:20.30
50 freestyle -- 9. Domjan (ND) 24.13
100 butterfly -- 1. Gramling (C) 54.44; 3. Troxel (J) 56.18; 4. Parsons (ND) 56.26
100 freestyle -- 12. Smith (ND) 54.65; 14. Jedlinski (ND) 55.09
500 freestyle -- 16. Hulshof (ND) 6:01.29
200 freestyle relay -- 9. Notre Dame (Domjan, Orry Newell, Smith, Parsons) 1:39.31; 12. Central (Gramling, A. Jaramillo, P. Jaramillo, Rhodes) 1:41.49; 15. Jackson (Janisse, Hobbs, Jack Jeffers, Troxel) 1:42.84
100 backstroke -- 2. Gramling (C) 58.45; 9. Voss (ND) 1:03.57
100 breaststroke -- 7. Troxel (J) 1:07.07; 12. Hobbs (J) 1:11.57; 14. Burgi (J) 1:12.27
400 freestyle relay -- 4. Notre Dame (Domjan, Jedlinski, Smith, Parsons) 3:33.59; 13. Notre Dame (Newell, Ethan Pobst, Hulshof, Voss) 3:56.45
-- From staff reports
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