High school roundup: Perryville baseball team's rally falls short at Dexter

The Perryville baseball team scored two runs in the top of the sixth inning, but it couldn't get over the hump in a 4-3 loss to host Dexter on Thursday.

Colby Brown suffered the loss on the mound.

Perryville 001 002 0 -- 3

Dexter 200 020 X -- 4

WP -- Jordan Miller. LP -- Colby Brown. 2B -- Chase Young (D)

Scott County Central 12, Neelyville 2

The host Braves got a pair of doubles from Josh Boese in their six-inning win.

Scott County Central scored in all six innings.

Neelyville 100 100 -- 2

SCC 341 121 -- 12

WP -- Dustin Johnson. LP -- D. Spencer. 2B -- Spencer (N), Josh Boese 2 (SCC), Ben Freed (SCC). 3B -- Johnson (SCC).

GIRLS SOCCER

Sikeston 5, Saxony Lutheran 1

The Crusaders gave up four goals in the final 14 minutes of play to fall on the road.

Lauren Hecht netted Saxony Lutheran's lone goal. Kristy Winter had the assist.

SOFTBALL

SCAA tournament

Bell City scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh but fell to Bernie in the championship game.

The Cubs committed seven errors and had five hits in the 9-5 loss.

Woodland scored 10 runs in the seventh inning to defeat Dexter 18-7 in the third-place game.

Amy McFarland was the winning pitcher and went 2 for 6 with a double at the plate.

Kathlyn Cooper was 3 for 6, while Josie Long went 2 for 5 for the Cardinals (8-5).

BERNIE 9, BELL CITY 5

Bernie 001 402 2 -- 9 6 2

Bell City 200 010 2 -- 5 5 7

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WOODLAND 18, DEXTER 7

Woodland 000 413 (10) -- 18 11

Dexter 100 100 5 -- 7 9

WP -- Amy McFarland. LP -- Stevenson. 2B -- McFarland (W), Marfin 2 (D). Multiple hits -- Woodland: McFarland 2-6, Kathlyn Cooper 3-6, Josie Long 2-5; Dexter: Marfin 2-4, Owens 2-3. Records -- Woodland 8-5.

Zalma 15, Oak Ridge 5

The Bulldogs scored eight runs in the first inning and cruised from there in the six-inning win.

Stefanie Slemmer and Taylor Whitehead both went 2 for 4 with a double for Zalma (4-3).

Slemmer struck out four and walked 11 in a winning effort.

Audrey Hunt had a double for Oak Ridge, while Crystal Zoellner took the loss in the circle.

Oak Ridge 401 000 -- 5 3 4

Zalma 820 023 -- 15 10 7

WP -- Stefanie Slemmer, 4-2. LP -- Crystal Zoellner. 2B -- Taylor Whitehead (Z), Slemmer (Z), Audrey Hunt (OR). Multiple hits -- Zalma: Whitehead 2-4, Slemmer 2-4, Alisha Hendrix 2-2. Records -- Zalma 4-3.

-- From staff reports