The host Scott City softball team strung together six consecutive hits during an eight-run fifth inning to down Kelly 9-7 on Tuesday.
Sophomore Macy Hall went 4 for 4, and Lindsay Kern went 2 for 4 and knocked in a pair for Scott City (5-3).
Alexis Spriggs struck out three and walked two to grab the win in the circle. She added a pair of hits, including a double.
Samantha Ratledge went 3 for 4 for the Hawks.
Kelly 003 210 1 -- 7 12 1
Scott City 010 080 x -- 9 16 2
WP -- Alexis Spriggs. LP -- Kristy Brucker. 2B -- Spriggs (SC), Macy Hall (SC), Samantha Ratledge (K). Multiple hits -- Kelly: Emily Grojean 2-4, Sydney Vinyard 2-4, Brucker 2-4, Ratledge 3-4; Scott City: Lyndsie Robert 2-4, Lindsay Kern 2-4, Spriggs 2-4, Hall 4-4, Shelby Rhymer 2-4. Records -- Scott City 5-3.
Mollie Crader had two hits, including a double, and two RBIs to help the Indians post a home victory.
Jackson (3-5) finished with nine hits, including two by Brooke Whitledge.
Mallory Jones allowed eight hits in going the distance in the circle. She struck out two and walked one.
Taylor Nenninger, Aubrianna Jones and Chrissy Sauceda paced Oran with two hits apiece.
Oran 003 000 0 -- 3 8 4
Jackson 031 210 x -- 7 9 3
WP -- Mallory Jones. LP -- Morgan Todt. 3B -- Todt (O). 2B -- Chrissy Sauceda (O), Mollie Crader (J), Katie Garner (J). Multiple hits -- Oran: Sauceda 2-3, Aubrianna Jones 2-3, Taylor Nenninger 2-4. Jackson: Crader 2-4, Brooke Whitledge 2-3. Records -- Jackson 3-5.
Casey Hotop went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and was the winning pitcher in the Pirates' road win.
Morgan Baer and Hailey Richardet also added three hits apiece, while Kelcie Fahnestock and Brittany Young both had two hits. Perryville (6-4) had 14 hits.
Hotop struck out five, walked two and gave up nine hits in going the distance.
Perryville 210 013 1 -- 8 14 2
Festus 200 000 3 -- 5 9 3
WP -- Casey Hotop. LP -- Tiffany Link. 3B -- Hotop (P). Multiple hits -- Perryville: Hotop 3-4, Morgan Baer 3-5, Kelcie Fahnestock 2-4, Brittany Young 2-4, Hailey Richardet 3-4; Festus: Todd 2-3, Stanger 2-4, Horton 2-3. Records -- Perryville 6-4, Festus 6-2.
Kadie Orenstein pitched a four-hitter to lead the host Tigers. She struck out six and walked one.
Central (5-4) scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie.
Sikeston 000 102 0 -- 3 4 5
Central 002 012 x -- 5 6 3
WP -- Kadie Orenstein. LP -- Sailors. 2B -- Orenstein (C), Lexi Smith (C), Chelsea Willett (C). Multiple hits -- Sikeston: Dixon 2-4. Records -- 5-4.
The Bobcats needed just three innings to romp at home.
Myra Henson struck out five, walked one and allowed one hit.
Tori Burton, Chasity Taylor and Rachel Birkman all had two hits for Delta (3-4). Macey Parks and Ciara Coomer both delivered two RBIs.
East Prairie 001 -- 1 1 4
Delta 196 -- 16 9 0
WP -- Myra Henson. LP -- Magee. Multiple hits -- Delta, Tori Burton 2-3, Chasity Taylor 2-3, Rachel Birkman 2-3. Records -- Delta 3-4.
Perryville 25 25 Farmington 19 17
Morgan Mueller finished with 12 digs, while Whitnie Petzoldt added 10 in the Pirates' home win.
Shea Leible put up nine digs to help Perryville improve to 6-0-1.
JV -- Perryville won 2-1
Senior Katie Hogan put down seven kills, while Whitney Froman and Mikah Simpson added five apiece in the Rams' road win.
Sydney Short recorded 20 assists for Scott City (2-0).
The Bulldogs improved to 6-1 with a road victory.
Kate Edwards had seven kills, while Amy Wibbenmeyer and Miranda Fowler had six apiece. Fowler also had four kill-blocks, while Shelby Dix had 13 assists.
JV -- Notre Dame won 25-12, 25-18
Caitlin Petty had 13 kills, 14 assists, six digs and six aces to help the host Wildcats rally after dropping the first game.
Denai Arnzen added 13 kills and 17 digs, while Sydney Eeftink recorded 18 assists and 11 digs for Leopold (3-1).
JV -- Leopold won 25-12, 25-11.
The Tigers remained winless with a home loss.
Katie Williams led Central (0-7) with five kills, followed by Apolonia Thomas with four. Tori Scheller recorded 15 assists.
JV -- Dexter won 5-12, 25-7.
The Cubs improved to 2-2-1 with the road win.
Oak Ridge swept the top spot in both races, but the Blue Jays didn't have enough runners to field a team.
Ethan Seyer covered the 3.1-mile course in 17 minutes, 1 second to win the boys race. Teammate Corvin Schoen was third in 18:15.
Sam Breite took fourth to help lead the Saxony Lutheran boys to second place in the team standings with 45 points. Valle Catholic won the meet with 31 points.
Advance's Braden Bien rounded out the top five.
Oak Ridge's Amanda Lappe won the girls race in 22:04.
Chaffee's girls took second with 40 points. Valle Catholic won the meet with 10 points.
Lyndsey Statler paced the Red Devils with a sixth-place finish.
BOYS
Team standings -- 1. Valle Catholic 31; 2. Saxony Lutheran 45; 3. Woodland 52; 4. Advance 54; 5. Delta 66; 6. Dexter 90
Top 10 -- 1. Ethan Seyer (OR) 17:01; 2. Nick Klein (VC) 17:48; 3. Corvin Schoen (OR) 18:15; 4. Sam Breite (SL) 18:16; 5. Braden Bien (A) 18:45; 6. Juan Compos (K) 18:57; 7. Zach Conner (D) 19:09; 8. Aaron Yount (W) 19:28; 9. Matthew Bauman (VC) 19:30; 10. Curtis Gilliard (A) 19:46.
Local top fours
Oak Ridge -- 1. Ethan Seyer, 17:01; 3. Corvin Schoen, 18:15
Saxony Lutheran -- 4. Sam Breite, 18:16; 12. Brandon Fritsche, 20:00; 16. Anthony Etzold, 20:16; 24. Zachery Vogel, 21:28
Advance -- 5. Braden Bien, 18:45; 10. Curtis Gilliard, 19:46; 14. Tyler Middleton, 20:07; 36. Zach Cato, 24:44
Kelly -- 6. Juan Compos, 18:57
Woodland -- 8. Aaron Yount, 19:28; 15. Dalton McCormick, 20:13; 18. Logan Dowd, 20:37; 23. Dakota Long, 21:00
Delta -- 11. Dwight Nance, 19:53; 20. Jeremiah Peikert, 20:52; 22. Jesse Nance, 21:00; 25. Frank Rozmirsky, 22:26
GIRLS
Team standings -- 1. Valle Catholic 10; 2. Chaffee 40; 3. Saxony Lutheran 48; 4. Woodland 61; 5. Dexter 67
Top 10 -- 1. Amanda Lappe (OR) 22:04; 2. Paige Fallert (VC) 22:25; 3. Nicole Barron (VC) 22:38; 4. Neve Cavanaugh (VC) 22:39; 5. Rebecca Abt (VC) 22:40; 6. Lyndsey Statler (C) 22:43; 7. Molli McGowan (C) 23:02; 8. Bailey Jones (W) 23:25; 9. Carlie Bolen (OR) 23:30; 10. Rachel Gruenwald (SL) 23:41.
Local top fours
Oak Ridge -- 1. Amanda Lappe, 22:04; 9. Carlie Bolen, 23:30
Chaffee -- 6. Lyndsey Statler, 22:43; 7. Molli McGowan, 23:02; 12. Megan Chisum, 24:34; 21. Cassie Hindman, 26:10
Woodland -- 8. Bailey Jones, 23:25; 17. Taylor Toombs, 25:19; 18. Valerie Lewis, 25:29; 25. Chandra Lincoln, 27:33
Saxony Lutheran -- 10. Rachel Gruenwald, 23:41; 11. Regan Obermann, 23:50; 16. Kristen Gruenwald, 25:07; 19. Dakota Werner, 25:34
Delta -- 15. Renee Bartels, 24:45.
The Indians improved to 4-1 with a home victory.
Singles
No. 1 -- Jenny Powell (J) def. Okinovic 8-1.
No. 2 -- Montana Adams (J) def. Lam 8-1.
No. 3 -- Katelyn Kuppart (J) def. Laninger 8-6.
No. 4 -- Lucy Kuntz (J) def. Subramanian 8-1.
No. 5 -- Laina Marble (J) def. Phibobeaux 8-3.
No. 6 -- Presson (M) def. Jackie McNally 8-5.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Powell-Adams (J) def. Okinovic-Lam 8-0.
No. 2 -- Kuppart-Marble (J) def. Laninger-Subramanian 8-2.
No. 3 -- Phibobeaux-Presson (M) def. Kuntz-McNally 9-7.
Morgan Crowell and Caroline Harding cruised to victory in their singles matches then teamed to sweep the Blackcats in doubles to lead the Tigers to a road victory.
Central improved to 2-1.
Singles
No. 1 -- Morgan Crowell (C) def. Anna Kisner 8-2
No. 2 -- Caroline Harding (C) def. Myranda Schaefer 8-1
No. 3 -- Susanna Hayward (C) def. Caitlin Neubrand 8-1
No. 4 -- Becky Schneider (C) def. Bryson Starkey 8-1
No. 5 -- Faith Tegel (C) def. Mikaela Tremaine 9-7
No. 6 -- Courtney Holliday (F) def. Caroline Retter 9-8
Doubles
No. 1 -- Crowell-Harding (C) def. Kisner-Schaefer 8-0
No. 2 -- Hayward-Schneider (C) def. Neubrand-Starkey 8-5
No. 3 -- Tremaine-Holliday (F) def. Tegel-Retter 8-6
JV -- Central won 3-1
The Bulldogs won two of three doubles matches but dropped a narrow decision at home.
Singles
No. 1 -- Morgan Smith (F) def. Reagan Kapp 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2 -- Danielle Hankins (F) def. Kelly Kapp 6-3, 0-6, 10-8.
No. 3 -- Sydney Rodgers (F) def. Anna Unterreiner 6-1, 7-5.
No. 4 -- Caroline Burke (ND) def. Jennifer Henson 6-0, 6-2.
No. 5 -- Tatum Dodd (ND) def. Jessica Deason 7-5, 6-4.
No. 6 -- Sunita Chand (F) def. Greta Goodin (ND) 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Smith-Hankins (F) def. Kapp-Kapp 8-6.
No. 2 -- Unterreiner-Goodin (ND) def. Rodgers-Henson 8-4.
No. 3 -- Burke-Dodd (ND) def. Deason-Chand 8-0.
The Eagles improved to 2-2 with the home win.
-- From staff reports
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