Senior Casey Hotop fired a no-hitter to help Perryville defeat crosstown rival St. Vincent 8-0 in softball action Tuesday.
Hotop struck out four and walked three over seven innings.
Morgan Baer led the offense with a 4-for-4 performance, including a double and two RBIs. Kelcie Fahnestock also had a double and two RBIs. Alexis Sutterer added two RBIs.
Perryville (11-6) finished with 12 hits.
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Perryville 001 205 x -- 8 12 2
WP -- Casey Hotop. LP -- Casey Unterreiner. 2B -- Kelcie Fahnestock (P), Morgan Baer (P). Multiple hits -- Perryville: Baer 4-4. Records -- Perryville (11-6).
The Indians pounded out 24 hits, including a 5-for-6 performance by Mollie Crader, in their road win.
Crader drove in six runs, while Katie Garner and Melanie Dockins both finished with two RBIs.
Lauren Anderson went 4 for 5 for Jackson (9-9), which scored in every inning except the first.
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Sikeston 300 000 0 -- 3 6 1
WP -- Mallory Jones. LP -- Paige Sailors. 3B -- Mollie Crader (J). 2B -- Brooke Whitledge (J), Demesha Huddleston (J), Katie Garner (J), King (S). Multiple hits -- Jackson: Crader 5-6, Whitledge 3-6, Huddleston 3-4, Garner 2-5, Melanie Dockins 2-4, Lauren Anderson 4-5, Jones 3-3; Sikeston Chaney 2-4. Records -- Jackson 9-9.
Sierra Miller and Taylor Fodge both drove in three runs to lead the host Red Devils to victory.
Kaitlin McFerron went 2 for 4 at the plate and struck out one in the circle to grab the win.
Cierra Crites doubled and tripled in the win.
Ciara Coomer struck out two and walked six in a losing effort.
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Chaffee 904 2x -- 15 11 0
WP -- Kaitlin McFerron. LP -- Ciara Coomer. 3B -- Cierra Crites (C), Sierra Miller (C). 2B -- Tori Burton (D), Adrienne Eichhorn (C), Taylor Fodge (C), Crites (C). Records -- Chaffee 7-11.
Kristy Brucker struck out six and didn't walk a batter to pick up the win in the circle.
Brucker also went 2 for 4 with two RBIs at the plate.
Marissa Menz and Jessica Worth both went 3 for 4 for the Hawks (11-5).
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Kelly 050 105 -- 11 17 2
WP -- Kristy Brucker. LP -- Rebeccah Watkins. 3B -- Marissa Menz (K). 2B -- Sydney Vinyard (K), Stephanie Worth (K). Multiple hits -- Kelly: Vinyard 2-3, Menz 3-4, S. Worth 3-4, Jessica Worth 3-4, Brucker 2-4, Samantha Ratledge 2-4. Records -- Kelly 11-5.
Chelsea Fowler put down four kills to go with three aces, two digs and one block in the Indians' home sweep.
Julia Weber added four kills and three blocks, while Kelsey McDowell chipped in eight assists and three digs for the Indians (12-9-1).
JV -- Jackson won 25-11, 25-13
The Tigers swept the visiting Eagles behind eight kills from Libby Hulcy.
Hannah Self put up seven digs, while Tori Scheller finished with 15 assists for Central (6-13-2).
JV -- Central won in three
Katie Taylor and Katie Mattingly both recorded three kills in the road win.
Addie Hotop finished with 12 assists, while Miranda Unterreiner had three aces for St. Vincent (11-5-1).
The Pirates improved to 19-2 with a home sweep.
Shea Leible led Perryville with six kills, while Kristen Triller and Alex Spears both had five kills. Spears also had three blocks
JV -- Perryville won 25-22, 25-20
The Rams improved to 13-0 with a road sweep.
Mikah Simpson recorded 10 service aces, while Katie Hogan hammered eight kills on eight hits for the Rams.
Sydney Short finished with 17 assists in the win.
JV -- Oran won in three games
The Indians scored with 16 seconds left in the first half in the road victory.
Jackson added an insurance goal with 10 minutes left in the game.
Central fell to 1-6.
JV -- Jackson 6, Central 0
*** Notre Dame 3, Carbondale 0
Logan Buchheit scored a goal and assisted on another one in the Bulldogs' road win.
Aaron Arnzen and Jonathan Lynch also scored for Notre Dame (6-3).
Matt Ponder earned two assists.
James Holloway finished with five saves for the shutout.
"We played well in stretches and not as well in other stretches," Notre Dame coach Brad Wittenborn said.
The game was scoreless at halftime.
The Scott City boys team grabbed three of the top 10 spots, including Brandon Shemonia's victory, to lead the Rams to the team title.
Eric Essner crossed fifth, while Luke Keesee was eighth.
Oak Ridge's Ethan Seyer took second, while teammate Corvin Schoen was third to help the Blue Jays take fourth.
Oak Ridge's McKenzie Elam was third, while St. Vincent's Laura Steele was sixth in the girls race.
BOYS
Team standings -- 1. Scott City 52; 2. Farmington 77; 3. Valle Catholic 114; 4. Oak Ridge 117; 5. Arcadia Valley 150; 6. St. Vincent 170; 7. Saxony Lutheran 171; 8. Woodland 190; 9. Dexter 207; 10. Delta 211
Top 10 -- 1. Brandon Shemonia, SC, 16:41; 2. Ethan Seyer, OR, 17:37; 3. Corvin Schoen, OR, 18:01; 4. Nick Klein, VC, 18:09; 5. Eric Essner, SC, 18:23; 6. Zach Tedford, AV, 18:27; 7. Jake Burch, F, 18:29; 8. Luke Keesee, SC, 18:34; 9. Sam Breite, SL, 18:39; 10. Zach Conner, D, 18:58
Local top fives
Scott City -- 1. Brandon Shemonia, 16:41; 5. Eric Essner, 18:23; 8. Luke Keesee 18:34; 13. Tyler Adams, 19:18; 25. Jesse Perry 20:01
Oak Ridge -- 2. Ethan Seyer, 17:37; 3. Corvin Schoen, 18:01; 27. Austin Wunderlich, 20:04; 34. Jacob Seabaugh, 20:38; 51. Adam Pleimann, 21:31
St. Vincent -- 12. Jon Mienhardt, 19:06; 18. Steve Graf, 19:36; 38. John Lipe, 20:46; 49. Mark Kutz, 21:27; 53. Alex Lipe, 21:47
Saxony Lutheran -- 9. Sam Breite, 19:39; 26. Brandon Fritsche, 20:02; 31. Aaron Koehler, 20:28; 47. Anthony Etzold, 21:10; 58. Zachery Vogel, 22:10
Woodland -- 17. Aaron Yount, 19:34; 33. Kyle Davis, 20:36; 42. Dakota Long, 20:55; 48. Mark Meek, 21:15; 50. Logan Dowd, 21:29
Delta -- 22. Dwight Nance, 19:43; 40. Jeremiah Peikert, 20:48; 43. Jesse Nance, 20:59; 45. Caleb Amelunke, 21:01; 61. Frank Rozmirsky, 22:35
Kelly -- 11. Juan Campos, 18:59
Meadow Heights -- 23. Ryan Foltz, 19:53; 35. Chris Bollinger, 20:40; 37. Steven Bright, 20:45
GIRLS
Team standings -- 1. Farmington 18; 2. Valle Catholic 53; 3. Oak Ridge 59; 4. Chaffee 66; 5. Arcadia Valley 74; 6. Saxony Lutheran 85; 7. Dexter 120; 8. Woodland 136
Top 10 -- 1. Saga Barzowski, AV, 20:52; 2. Katherine Sitzes, F, 21:17; 3. McKenzie Elam, OR, 21:19; 4. Emily Harris, F, 21:29; 5. Jet Hovis, F, 21:35; 6. Laura Steele, St. V, 22:21; 7. Shelby Hobbs, F, 22:24; 8. Paige Fallert, VC, 22:28; 9. Amanda Lappe, OR, 23:04; 10. Molli McGowan, C, 23:25
Local top fours
Oak Ridge -- 3. McKenzie Elam, 21:19; 9. Amanda Lappe, 23:04; 20. Kendra Koehler, 24:51; 27. Lexi Wunderlich, 25:34
Chaffee -- 10. Molli McGowan, 23:25; 11. Lyndsey Statler, 23:38; 22. Holly Rutherford, 24:59; 23. Megan Chisum, 25:05
Saxony Lutheran -- 17. Regan Obermann, 24:25; 19. Dakota Werner, 24:28; 24. Rachael Gruenwald, 25:15; 25. Kristen Gruenwald, 25:25
Woodland -- 28. Valerie Lewis, 25:53; 29. Bailey Kinder, 25:58; 39. Taylor Tombs, 27:48; 40. Cassidy Sawyer, 27:49
Delta -- 26. Renae Bartels, 25:29
Meadow Heights -- 32. Valerie Hernandez, 26:18; 37. Makayla McGruder, 27:00
Notre Dame's Keira Soutar shot a 45 to earn the medalist honor in a dual meet at Dalhousie Golf Club.
Morgan Schumer followed with a 47, Mattie Beussink shot 51 and Camille Brewer carded a 54 for the Bulldogs.
Notre Dame (8-2) will compete in a meet Thursday at Farmington before the Class 1 District 2 meet Sept. 29 in Moberly, Mo.
Tatum Dodd captured a victory at No. 4 singles for the Bulldogs' lone win in the road match.
Singles
No. 1 -- Jessica Snider (D) def. Reagan Kapp 8-2.
No. 2 -- Shanna Gant (D) def. Caroline Burke 8-1.
No. 3 -- Baylee Cooper (D) def. Anna Unterreiner 8-0.
No. 4 -- Tatum Dodd (ND) def. Jamie Manuel 8-6.
No. 5 -- Erica Morgan (D) def. Emily Young 9-7.
No. 6 -- Hailee Hubbard (D) def. Kacie Gaines 8-4.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Snider-Gant (D) def. Burke-Unterreiner 8-3.
No. 2 -- Cooper-Morgan (D) def. Kapp-Gaines 8-1.
No. 3 -- Manuel-Hubbard (D) def. Dodd-Young 8-2.
-- From staff reports
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