High school roundup: Saxony Lutheran baseball team falls in title game of own tourney

The Jefferson baseball team routed host Saxony Lutheran 15-1 in the championship game of the Saxony Lutheran Crusader Showdown on Saturday.

Chase Steffens suffered the loss on the mound for Saxony Lutheran (4-4).

The beating came after the Crusaders had posted a pair of its own routs in the tournament.

Saxony had beat Calvary Lutheran 20-1 earlier in the day after thumping Egyptian 23-1 on Friday.

Paris Johnson slammed a triple against Calvary to help the Crusaders into the championship match.

Ethan Mirly recorded the win on the mound with 10 strikeouts and four walks.

Gabe Bohnert belted a triple and a double and drove in four runs to lead the Crusaders in the five-inning win over Egyptian in the first round.

Ethan Mirly added a double and also had four RBIs for the Crusaders, while Clayton Fritsche and Jack Lake each hit a triple.

Chase Steffens was the winning pitcher.

Meridian (Ill.) defeated Calvary Lutheran for third place. Leopold triumped over Egyptian (Ill.) for consolation.

Other scores from Friday's tournament action: Calvary Lutheran 13, Egyptian (Ill.) 3; Jefferson (Festus) 13, Meridian (Ill.) 3; Meridian (Ill.) 3, Leopold 2.

Jefferson 15, Saxony 1

Jefferson 357 00 -- 15 14 1

Saxony 100 00 -- 1 4 1

WP -- Lankford. LP -- Chase Steffens. Records -- Saxony Lutheran 4-4.

Saxony Lutheran 20, Calvary 1

Saxony 154 64 -- 20 12 0

Calvary 000 01 -- 1 4 2

WP -- Ethan Mirly. LP -- Propst. 3B -- Paris Johnson (SL). 2B -- Gabe Bohnert (SL), Jack Lake (SL), Dano Drury (SL), Propst (CL), McLaughlin (CL). Multiple hits -- Saxony Lutheran: Ethan Mirly 3-3, Paris Johnson 2-2, Jack Lake 2-2. Records -- Saxony Lutheran 4-3.

Saxony Lutheran 23, Egyptian (Ill.) 1

Egyptian 000 01 -- 1 2 6

Saxony 572 9X -- 23 15 2

WP -- Chase Steffens. LP -- Tyler Klett. 3B -- Gabe Bohnert (SL), Clayton Fritsche (SL), Jack Lake (SL). 2B -- Gabe Bohnert (SL), Ethan Mirly (SL). Multiple hits -- Saxony Lutheran: Gabe Bohnert 4-5, Ethan Mirly 3-3. Records -- Saxony Lutheran 3-3.

Scott City 17, Portageville 5

Brett Dirnberger had two doubles as the Rams won in six innings over host Porgateville.

Zach Carlyle also had a double, while winning pitcher Levi Petitt had two hits.

Scott City scored seven runs in the sixth inning and scored in every frame but the fourth.

Scott City 431 027 -- 17 9 2

Portageville 111 020 -- 5 6 2

WP -- Levi Petitt, 1-0. LP -- Derrick Priggle. 2B -- Brett Dirnberger 2 (SC), Zach Carlyle (SC), Ben Story (P). Multiple hits -- Scott City: Dirnberger 2-3, Pettit 2-4. Portageville: Hunter Cook 2-3, Jackson 2-3. Records -- Scott City 6-1.

Malden 6, Scott City 5

Scott City rallied from a five-run deficit but saw Malden plate the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning in a game played in Portageville, Mo.

Ryan Fortner had a a triple for the Rams, who fell to 6-2. Travis Phillips had two of Scott City's six hits.

Ryan Brock took the loss in relief of Jonathan McFall, who pitched the first five innings.

Scott City 000 032 0 -- 5 6 3

Malden 230 001 X -- 6 5 2

WP -- Kevin Johns, 0-0. LP -- Ryan Brock, 3-1. 3B -- Ryan Fortner (SC). 2B -- Mitchell Coleman (M). Multiple hits -- Scott City: Travis Phillips 2-4. Malden: Coleman 3-4. Records -- Scott City 6-2.

Chaffee 10, St. Vincent 4

Cody Johnson piched five hitless innings and helped himself with a triple as the Red Devils won at home to win their own four-team round robin tournament.

Cody Payne added three hits, including a double, while Storm Estes had two hits for Chaffee (12-3).

Nathan Carroll had two hits for St. Vincent, while Zach Rollet had a double.

The loss to the Red Devils was St. Vincent's only loss in the tournament. The Indians swept Puxico 12-0 and defeated Meadow Heights 11-8 to take second place. The Panthers rolled over Puxico 11-8 to place third.

St. Vincent 000 003 1 -- 4 4 5

Chaffee 104 204 X -- 10 10 0

WP -- Cody Johnson. LP -- Dylan Richardet. 3B -- Johnson. 2B -- Cody Payne (C), Zach Rollet (SV). Multiple hits -- St. Vincent: Nathan Carroll 2-5; Chaffee: Payne 3-4, Storm Estes 2-4. Records -- Chaffee 12-3.

Notre Dame 15, Festus 6

Stephen Brennan smacked a home run and a double to lead the Bulldogs in the win at home.

Josh Haggerty picked up his third win on the mound. He pitched five innings with five strikeouts and three walks.

Chase Simmons, Cody DeBrock and Luke Haines added a double apiece for Notre Dame.

Tim Gurnow, Jeremy Brown and Mitch Neel had a double each to pace the Tigers.

Festus 000 000 0 -- 6 11 1

Notre Dame 430 530 X -- 15 17 1

WP -- Josh Haggerty, 3-0. LP -- Carter Propst. HR -- Stephen Brennan (ND). 2B -- Chase Simmons (ND), Stephen Brennan (ND), Cody DeBrock (ND), Luke Haines (ND), Tim Gurnow (F), Jeremy Brown (F), Mitch Neel (F). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame: Chase Simmons 3-5, Stephen Brennan 4-4, Cody DeBrock 3-4, Luke Haines 2-4, Josh Haggerty 2-2, Chase Urhahn 2-2; Festus: Jeremy Brown 2-4. Records -- Notre Dame 11-1, Festus 3-5.

Notre Dame 9, Kennett 5

Chase Simmons belted a home run to help the host Bulldogs pick up their second win of the day.

Pitcher Justin Landewee earned his fifth win of the season on the mound.

Stephen Brennan and James Jansen had a triple each for Notre Dame. Jansen also hit two doubles.

Declan Wallace hit a triple to pace the Indians.

Notre Dame (12-1) picked up its 10th win of the season Friday in a 13-0 road rout at Perryville.

Kennett 000 032 0 -- 5 6 4

Notre Dame 010 044 X -- 9 12 1

WP -- Justin Landewee, 5-0. LP -- Tyson Campbell. HR -- Chase Simmons (ND). 3B -- Stephen Brenann (ND), James Jansen (ND), Declan Wallace (K). 2B -- James Jansen (ND) 2, Josh Haggerty (ND), Akeem Nelson (K), Kevonte Mitchell (K), Bron McPherson (K). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame: James Jansen 3-3, Justin Landewee 2-2, Cody DeBrock 2-2; Kennett: Akeem Nelson 3-4. Records -- Notre Dame 12-1, Kennett 6-2.

Jackson 10, Hillsboro 1

Laban Petzoldt and Cody Harris both had a double in the Indians' win over the Hawks at Wilson-Rozier Park in Farmington, Mo.

Petzoldt, Kyle James and Ryan O'Rear all finished with two hits for Jackson (8-3).

Collin Herzog did not allow an earned run and only four hits in going all seven innings. He struck out six and did not walk a batter.

Hillsboro 000 100 0 -- 1 4 2

Jackson 342 100 X -- 10 9 0

WP -- Collin Herzog, 1-2. LP -- Brendan Cook. 2B -- Laban Petzoldt (J), Cody Harris (J). Multiple hits -- Jackson: Laban Petzoldt 2-4, Kyle James 2-4, Ryan O'Rear 2-5; Hillsboro: Nick Keating 2-3 Records -- Jackson 8-3, Hillsboro 2-8.

Farmington 4, Jackson 2

Jackson (8-4) scored a run in both the first and second inning but was shut out the remainder of the game in the loss to the host Knights.

Farmington broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in the bottom of the sixth.

Trent Wills had two of Jackson's three hits.

Steven Eddy allowed just one earned run over six innings. He struck out three and did not walk a batter.

Jackson 110 000 0 -- 2 3 3

Farmington 011 002 X -- 4 5 2

WP -- Nathan Gonz. LP -- Steven Eddy, 3-1. 2B -- Grant Hopkins (F), Jimmy Moore (F). Multiple hits -- Jackson: Trent Wills 2-4; Farmington: Jimmy Moore 2-2, Grant Hopkins 3-3. Records -- Jackson 8-4, Farmington 4-4.

BOYS TENNIS

Central loses two matches

Central dropped a pair of matches on the road in suburban St. Louis.

Parkway West defeated Central 5-4 in the first dual. The Tigers then fell to Eureka 8-1 in the second dual.

Centrals' Pablo Jaramillo won both of his matches in singles for the Tigers.

Parkway West 5, Central 4

Singles

No. 1 -- Pablo Jaramillo (C) def. William Tong (PW) 3-6, 7-5, 10-3

No. 2 -- Andrew George (PW) def. Ryan Watts (C) 6-0, 6-2

No. 3 -- Nicholas John (PW) def. Caleb Strickland (C) 6-0, 6-1

No. 4 -- Neil Maitra (PW) def. Derek Nunnery (C) 6-3, 4-6, 10-6

No. 5 -- Joseph Ross (PW) def. Jonah Roop (C) 6-1, 5-7, 10-6

No. 6 -- Andrew LaFoe (C) def. Gregory Piccirillo (PW) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 -- Jaramillo-Watts (C) def. George-John (PW) 8-5

No. 2 -- Tong-Maitra (PW) def. Strickland-Nunnery (C) 8-4

No. 3 -- Roop-Jalen McDowell (C) def. Ross-Piccirillo (PW) 8-6

Eureka 8, Central 1

Singles

No. 1 -- Pablo Jaramillo (C) def. Colin Mayer (E) 6-3, 7-5

No. 2 -- Matt Varner (E) def. Ryan Watts (C) 6-2, 6-2

No. 3 -- Andy Schmid (E) def. Caleb Strickland (C) 6-1, 6-0

No. 4 -- Corey Pieper (E) def. Derek Nunnery (C) 6-0, 6-0

No. 5 -- Brian Klopf (E) def. Jonah Roop (C) 6-0, 6-0

No. 6 -- Nick Bush (E) def. Andrew LaFoe (C) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 -- Mayer-Schmid (E) def. Jaramillo-Watts (C) 8-4

No. 2 -- Varner-Pieper (E) def. Strickand-LaFoe (C) 8-3

No. 3 -- Klopf-Bush (E) def. Roop-Jalen McDowell (C) 8-2

TRACK AND FIELD

Jackson Invitational

Sierra Maddux set a new meet record of 11 feet in the pole vault to help Jackson's girls clinch first place in the Jackson Invitational on Saturday.

Maddux, along with teammate Paden Wachter, were named Outstanding Fielders. Wachter placed first in the discus and shot put for the Indians. Zhao Ni Dirnberger posted a first-place time of 12:47.56 in the 3,200 run to help advance Jackson to the title.

The Notre Dame girls finished third overall behind Hillsboro. Ariel Dumars, Taylor Hess, Madison Little and Edie Salter took second in the 1,600 relay to pace the Bulldogs.

The Central girls placed first in two relays as the Tigers finished sixth overall.

Saxony Lutheran's Tess Daniel crossed the line in 12.74 seconds to clinch the gold in the 100 dash for the Crusaders.

Arcadia Valley's Sara Barzowski and Dexter's MaKayla Waldner were named Outstanding Runners.

On the boys' side, Notre Dame's Seth Sievers placed first in the discus and the shot put to be named Outstanding Fielder as the Bulldogs received third place overall. Jordan Barber posted a first-place time of 52.33 seconds in the 400 dash for Notre Dame.

Jackson's Gabe Underwood, Dylan Rush and Blake Reimann finished second in individual events to pace the Indians, who finished in fourth place overall behind Notre Dame.

Central was led by Billy Leighton, who posted a third-place time of 2:02.93 in the 800 dash for the Tigers, who finished 10th overall.

Farmington's Josh Thomas was named Outstanding Runner.

The combined awards were given to Jackson (first place), Notre Dame (second place) and Poplar Bluff (third place).

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Mount Vernon (Ill.) 107.5; 2. Sikeston 94; 3. Notre Dame 85; 4. Jackson 83.5; 5. Poplar Bluff 82.5; 6. Hillsboro 70.5; 7. Murphysboro (Ill.) 58; 8. Farmington 45; 9. North St. Francois County 28; 10. Cape Central 20; 11. Valle Catholic 17; 12. Egyptian (Ill.) 10; 13. Arcadia Valley 1

Local top six results

High jump -- 6. Blake Reimann (J) 05-081/2

100 -- 6. Ansley Patrick (C) 11.30

200 -- 5. Jordan Barber (ND) 25.00

400 -- 1. Jordan Barber (ND) 52.33; 2. Devin Ziegler (ND) 52.96

800 -- 3. Billy Leighton (C) 2:02.93; 4. Carson Bruenderman (ND) 2:05.98; 5. Cole Ross (ND) 2:06.98

1,600 -- 4. Jack Jeffers (J) 4:48.50

3,200 -- 2. Gabe Underwood (J) 10:44.18; 4. Clayton Myers (ND) 10:50.61; 5. Michael Peters (ND) 11:14.89; 6. Nate Martin (J) 11:22.76

300 hurdles -- 3. Ty Crowden (J) 42.90; 6. Matthew Parsons (ND) 44.89

400 relay -- 6. Central 48.51

800 relay -- 5. Central 1:39.72; 6. Jackson 1:40.21

1,600 relay -- 3. Notre Dame (Jordan Barber, Carson Bruenderman, Nick LeGrand, Devin Ziegler) 3:41.43

3,200 relay -- 1. Notre Dame 8:29.29 (Jordan Barber, Carson Bruenderman, Devin Ziegler, Cole Ross); 2. Jackson 8:00.34

Pole vault -- 2. Dylan Rush (J) 13-06; 3. Jordan Jeffers (J) 13-00; 6. Alex Bess-Rhodes (C) 12-001/2

Triple jump -- 2. Blake Reimann (J) 41-04; 6. Trey Wadley (J) 39-04

Shot put -- 1. Seth Sievers (ND) 50-001/2; 3. Nick Keezer (J) 49-001/2

Discus -- 1. Seth Sievers (ND) 156-08; 2. Clay Darnell (J) 150-003/4

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Jackson 134; 2. Hillsboro 101; 3. Notre Dame 68.5; 4. Poplar Bluff 61; 5. North St. Francois County 58; 6. Cape Central 52; 7. Farmington 41; 8. Sikeston 38; 9. Valle Catholic 34.5; 10. Dexter 34; 11. Arcadia Valley 32; 12. Murphysboro (Ill.) 29; 13. Saxony Lutheran 19

Local top six results

High jump -- 6. Courterra Stevenson (C) 04-06 3/4

Pole vault -- 1. Sierra Maddux (J) 11-00; 3. Chleo LeGrand (C) 09-06; 4. Shannon Davis (J) 08-06

100 -- 1. Tess Daniel (SL) 12.74; 6. Ashley Crass (J) 13.21

200 -- 2. Tess Daniel (SL) 28.71; 6. Alexus Walker (C) 30.06

400 -- 3. Carli Knott (J) 1:03.65; 4. Taylor Hess (ND) 1:04.04

800 -- 2. Chelsea Drum (J) 2:31.71; 6. Ali Norder (ND) 2:39.15

1,600 -- 2. Chelsea Drum (J) 5:40.66; 3. Ali Norder (ND) 5:47.40; 4. Taylor Winnick (J) 5:52.61

3,200 -- 1. Zhao Ni Dirnberger (J) 12:47.56; 3. Taylor Winnick (J) 13:05.69; 4. Elsie Anderson (ND) 13:29.20; 5. Jordan Meadors (ND) 13:44.58

100 hurdles -- 5. Aubray Smith (J) 17.61; 6. Kassidy Adams (J) 17.70

300 hurdles -- 3. Kassidy Adams (J) 52.37; 6. Madeleine Arnzen (ND) 54.64

400 relay -- 1. Central (Courterra Stevenson, Mackenzie Mitchell, Alexus Walker, Tramonee Strwart) 52.48; 6. Notre Dame 55.09

800 relay -- 1. Central (Sierra Jones, Mackenzie Mitchell, Alexus Walker, Tramonee Stewart) 1:52.84; 5. Jackson 1:55.84

1,600 relay -- 2. Notre Dame (Ariel Dumars, Taylor Hess, Madison Little, Edie Salter) 4:33.65; 6. Jackson 4:44.17

3,200 relay -- 1. Jackson (Molly Cunningham, Zhao Ni Dirnberger, Chelsea Drum, Carli Knott) 10:18.81; 3. Notre Dame 10:38.74

Long jump -- 3. Chelsea Hastings (ND) 14-07; 5. Sierra Maddux (J) 14-04 1/2

Triple jump -- 4. Miranda Craft (J) 32-02; 6. Madeleine Arnzen (ND) 31-09

Shot put -- 1. Paden Wachter (J) 41-11; 5. Marissa New (ND) 33-02

Discus -- 1. Paden Wachter (J) 133-00; 2. Brooke Whitledge (J) 121-101/2; 5. Marissa New (ND) 115-041/2

MAC Invitational

Jacob Lawrence and Reece Curre turned in first-place peformances for the Perryville boys at the Mineral Area Conference Invitational at Herculaneum.

Lawrence won the triple jump with an effort of 40 feet, three inches. Curre topped the field in the discus with a throw of 132 feet, 7 1/2 inches.

Local results

BOYS

Mineral Area Conference meet

(Perryville results)

Boys

Triple jump -- 1. Jacob Lawrence 40-3

Long jump -- 3. Lawrence 18-10

Discus -- 1. Reece Curre 132-7 1/12

Pole vault -- 3. Ryan Koesterer 11-0

200 -- 4. Jonny Pruitt 24.59

400 relay -- 3. Perryville 46.83

3200 relay -- 4. Perryville 9:36

Girls

300 hurdles -- 3. Molly Noe 54.78, 5. Kelsey Creason 58.56

Triple jump -- 5. Noe 30-4 1/2

100 hurdles -- 5. Noe 19.4

1,600 -- 5. Creason 6:23

800 -- 5. Creason 2:59

-- From staff reports