High school roundup: Saxony Lutheran softball team edges Kelly

Grace Mirly blasted a home run and drove in four runs to lead the Saxony Lutheran softball team to an 8-6 home win over Kelly on Thursday.

Mirly was also the winning pitcher. She pitched 3 1/3 innings and gave up two earned runs on four hits. She had three strikeouts and walked two.

Ashlynn Collier doubled and batted in three runs for the Crusaders (6-4).

Anna Hughes took the loss in the circle. She pitched six innings and allowed nine hits and walked three.

Alexis Dock had a triple and a double to pace the Hawks (6-3).

Kelly 020 200 2 -- 6 12 1

Saxony 200 411 X -- 8 10 2

WP -- Grace Mirly. LP -- Anna Hughes. HR -- Grace Mirly (SL). 3B -- Alexis Dock (K), Marissa Worth (K). 2B -- Alexis Dock (K), Ashlynn Collier (SL). Multiple hits -- Kelly: Alexis Dock 4-4, Lilly Jones 2-4, Hailey Noon 2-5, Marissa Worth 2-3; Saxony Lutheran: Ashlynn Collier 3-4, Grace Mirly 2-4.

GIRLS GOLF

Lindbergh Invitational

Notre Dame's Sarah Bell carded a four-under-par 68 to earn medalist honors and help lead the Bulldogs to a second-place finish at the 20-team Lindbergh Invitational at The Links at Dardenne in O'Fallon, Missouri.

Ste. Genevieve's Madison DeRousse shot a three-over-par 71 to place second individually.

Team Scores -- 1. Marquette 333; 2. Notre Dame 339; 3. Kirkwood 341; 4. Northwest (Cedar Hill) 344; 5. Lafayette (Wildwood) 348; 6. Eureka 351; 7. Parkway West 356; 8. Parkway Central 367; 9. Lindbergh Gold 377; 10. Rockwood Summit 378; 11. Parkway South 381; 12. Oakville 394; 13. Farmington 406; 14. Seckman 435; 15. (tie) Parkway North, Pattonville 445; 17. (tie) Fox, Hazelwood West 455; 19. Mehlville 501; 20. Lindbergh Green 579

Local results

NOTRE DAME -- Sarah Bell 68, Allison Bray 76, Ashlee Younghouse 95, Zoe Schumer 100

VOLLEYBALL

Perryville 25 25, DeSoto 14 13

Ahnie Hoff recorded 10 kills, four digs and one ace to lead the Pirates in the conference sweep of the visiting Dragons.

Brooke Hogard tallied seven digs and three kills for Perryville (6-4, 2-0 JCAA Conference--Large Schools Division). Kayla Buxton dished out 24 assists for the Pirates.

DeSoto dropped its record to 1-6 overall and 0-2 in the conference.

JV -- Perryville won 25-6, 25-9

Bloomfield 25 25, Cape Central 15 17

Kassidy Pannier tallied 10 assists, four kills and four digs in the Tigers' road loss to the Wildcats.

Anne Wilferth served four aces and put up three blocks for Cape Central (1-5) while Brittany Guzman notched five digs.

Bloomfield improved to 2-3 with the win.

JV -- Bloomfield won 25-21, 25-18

Advance 25 25, Leopold 13 16

Emily Seiler recorded eight kills, six digs and three aces in the Wildcats' loss at home to the Hornets.

Klara Beel tallied six digs, four kills and two aces for Leopold (2-5). Patience VanderMierden added 13 assists, five digs and two aces for the Wildcats.

Advance upped its record to 8-2-2 with the win.

JV -- Advance won 25-13, 25-14

Woodland 25 25, Zalma 14 11

Kristin Boyer nailed four kills as the Cardinals remained undefeated with a sweep of the Bulldogs at home.

Mackenzie Altenthal and Kelsee Long each added three kills for Woodland (8-0-2). Chelsea Cureton recorded 10 digs, Emma Rinacke tallied five digs and Rachel Baker had four digs for the Cardinals. Madison Cover tallied 11 assists and three digs, and Anna Deck served three aces.

Zalma fell to 4-5 with the loss.

JV -- Woodland won 25-19, 25-13

NMCC 24 25 25, Oran 26 17 23

Brianna Stause notched six kills and four kills as the Eagles fell short on the road in the three-set conference thriller.

MacKenzie Graviett added four kills and Kaitlyn Wittu contributed three aces and two kills for Oran (1-4, 0-2 SEMO Conference).

New Madrid County Central improved to 5-2 overall and 2-0 in conference play.

JV -- Oran won 25-21, 14-25, 25-13

BOYS SOCCER

Jackson 4, Carbondale (Ill.) 2

Aaron Voshage netted three goals to lead the Indians in the win at home over the Terriers.

Justice Crosnoe added one goal and one assist for Jackson (5-1). Liam Gray had two assists for the Indians.

Goalkeeper Brayden Emmons had five saves.

Mario Cruz scored both goals for Carbondale (4-4).

JV -- Jackson won 3-0

St. Pius X 3, Saxony Lutheran 1

Jacob Wunderlich netted the lone goal unassisted in the Crusaders' loss at home to the Lancers.

Saxony Lutheran fell to 5-4 with the loss while St. Pius X improved to 3-2-1.

Perryville 1, Hillsboro 0

Eann Bergman netted the game-winning goal on an assist from Pablo Mattingly as the Pirates picked up their first conference victory in the road win.

Goalkeeper Trent Unterreiner had five saves in the shutout for Perryville (9-1, 1-0 JCAA Conference).

Hillsboro dropped to 1-4 overall and 1-1 in the conference.

JV -- Perryville won 3-1

Poplar Bluff 6, Cape Central 0

Poplar Bluff's Kameron Misner recorded a hat trick as the Mules trounced the Tigers at home.

Adam Vincent, Mike Anagnostopoulos and Jeffry Hardin added one goal apiece for Poplar Bluff (3-4).

Cape Central fell to 2-7.

GIRLS TENNIS

Jackson 9, Charleston 0

The Indians didn't drop a single match to get the win at home over the winless Blue Jays.

Jackson improved to 4-4 while Charleston dropped to 0-6.

SINGLES

No. 1 -- Mikelle Culbreth (J) def. Nyja Murray (C) 8-0

No. 2 -- Lauren McClanahan (J) def. Coreyanna Frazier (C) 8-0

No. 3 -- Madison Mumma (J) def. Cameron Wince (C) 8-0

No. 4 -- Mackenzie Mumma (J) def. Shantaria Bigham (C) 8-3

No. 5 -- Katie Black (J) def. Ashonta Whitney (C) 8-1

No. 6 -- Molly Clark (J) def. Shannon Wilkerson (C) 8-2

DOUBLES

No. 1 -- Culbreth/McClanahan (J) def. Murray/Whitney (C) 8-0

No. 2 -- Mumma/Mumma (J) def. Frazier/Wince (C) 8-0

No. 3 -- Corie Pike/Krista Valentine (J) def. Bigham/Wilkerson (C) 8-2

JV -- Jackson 6, Charleston 0

Cape Central 8, Sikeston 1

The Tigers only dropped one singles match in the road win.

Cape Central upped its record to 5-2 while Sikeston fell to 1-5.

SINGLES

No. 1 -- Ali Price (S) def. Amy Dai (C) 8-5

No. 2 -- Kate Harding (C) def. Allenna Landers (S) 8-2

No. 3 -- Natalie Grimm (C) def. Hope Mannon (S) 8-0

No. 4 -- Elizabeth Ustinov (C) def. Emily Braden (S) 8-4

No. 5 -- Lauren Uhls (C) def. MacKenzie Alsup (S) 8-3

No. 6 -- Jordan Maxton (C) def. Kaylan Butler (S) 8-1

DOUBLES

No. 1 -- Dai/Harding (C) def. Mannon/Price (S) 8-6

No. 2 -- Grimm/Ustinov (C) def. Braden/Landers (S) 8-6

No. 3 -- Maxton/Uhls (C) def. Alsup/Butler (S) 8-2

JV -- Cape Central 3, Sikeston 0

FALL BASEBALL

Bell City 5, Oran 4

Drew Reischman hit a double and went 2 for 4 at the plate, but it wasn't enough as the defending Class 1 state champion Cubs dealt the visiting Eagles their first loss in eight innings.

Layne Johnson sustained the loss on the mound. He pitched five innings and gave up four runs (three earned) on nine hits. He had four strikeouts and walked two. He also doubled and batted in two runs to pace Oran (5-1).

Cole Nichols was the winning pitcher. He threw five innings and allowed four earned runs on six hits. He recorded 12 strikeouts and walked three to lead Bell City (6-1).

Oran 400 000 00 -- 4 6 3

Bell City 001 300 01 -- 5 12 1

WP -- Cole Nichols. LP -- Layne Johnson. 2B -- Layne Johnson (O), Drew Reischman (O), Clay Sauceda (O). Multiple hits -- Bell City: Austin Hicks 2-5, Peyton Maddox 3-5, Cole Nichols 3-5.

-- From staff reports