High school roundup: Sikeston kickers defeat Notre Dame

Before last Friday it had been 10 years since Sikeston had beaten rival Notre Dame on the road in boys soccer.

After Thursday, Sikeston has now done it twice in a week.

Lifted by a second-half goal from Audi Hay, Sikeston took down Notre Dame 2-1 to pick up its sixth win of the season.

Notre Dame (3-2) was forced to play from behind much of the game. Sikeston's Chase Baran scored 24 minutes into the contest off a corner kick from Layton Jones.

Ben Parsons pulled the Bulldogs even 10 minutes before the intermission on a shot that was initially blocked by Sikeston goalkeeper Caleb Hampton before rolling back into the net.

Notre Dame's Josh Haggerty (23) tries to clear the ball away from a Sikeston player as Bulldogs goalie Thomas Himmelberg attempts to gain control during Thursday's game at Notre Dame Regional High School. (Brent Shipman ~ Standard Democrat)

Only 20 minutes remained in the contest when Sikeston took the lead for good, thanks to another well-placed pass from Jones, who lobbed a free kick from near the left corner in front of the net.

A Sikeston forward was unable to get off a shot, but Hay crashed in from the right side of the box and headed the ball into the back of the net.

Sikeston moved to 6-2-1 on the season.

-- Standard Democrat

*** Perryville 10, Festus 0

Juan Hernandez scored two goals and contributed three assists to lead the Pirates in the blowout at home.

Eann Bergmann also had two goals for Perryville (7-1). Matt Moran and Luke Schlicting recorded two assists and one goal apiece. Emilio Mattingly, Levi Lappe, Trevor Martin and Collin Steif each added a goal, while Emmanuel Miranda, Kyle Beckmeyer and Kyle Wood each had an assist.

JV -- Perryville won 7-0.

Northwest (Cedar Hill) 5, Central 2

Eric Craiglow scored both of the goals for the Tigers in the road loss.

Matt Chism had an assist, while goalkeeper Nathan Mecum snagged 13 saves for Central (4-5).

JV -- Northwest (Cedar Hill) won 2-1.

Jackson 1, Carbondale (Ill.) 0

Kendall Townsend scored the lone goal unassisted to allow the Indians to get the victory at home.

Goalkeeper Clay Darnell had the shutout for Jackson (2-4).

JV -- Jackson won 3-0.

SOFTBALL

Oran 1, Chaffee 0

Anna Jones pitched a no-hitter and struck out seven batters to lead the host Eagles in the win.

Oran's game-winning run came in the bottom of the first inning. Addie Kielhofner reached on a bunt single. She stole second and advanced to third on a sacrifice by Taylor Nenninger. Kielhofner scored the lone run on a squeeze bunt laid down by Chrissie Sauceda for the Eagles (7-2).

Hannah Seyer recorded four strikeouts in the circle to pace the Red Devils (3-6).

Chaffee 000 000 0 -- 0 0 2

Oran 100 000 X -- 1 5 0

WP -- Anna Jones. LP -- Hannah Seyer. Leading hitters -- Oran: Chrissie Sauceda 2B, 1 RBI. Records -- Oran 7-2, Chaffee 3-6.

VOLLEYBALL

Bernie 25 25 25 Bell City 4 10 14

Megan Craft served nine aces to lead the state-ranked Mules (2-1) in the road rout.

The Cubs fell to 1-2-3.

Meadow Hts. 20 25 25 Scott City 25 9 15

The Panthers rebounded after dropping the first set to pick up the win at home and improve to 2-3-2.

The loss put the Rams at 0-4.

Perryville 25 25 Fredericktown 12 16

Chelsey Hotop had two kills in the Pirates' road win against the Black Cats (0-4). Maria Thieret added one kill, while Morgan French recorded three digs and had one ace for Perryville (7-0-1).

JV -- Perryville won 25-27, 25-17, 25-22.

Clearwater 25 25 Woodland 20 19

Rachel Poole tallied seven digs, six assists, five kills and one block to pace the Cardinals in the loss at home to the Tigers (5-1).

Josie Long added five blocks, three kills and three digs for Woodland (5-3-1).

Chelsea Cureton recorded nine digs while Vanessa Wiseman had three. Whitney Lincoln dished out five assists for the Cardinals.

JV -- Woodland won 25-14, 25-11.

Leopold 25 25 Marquand 13 7

Caitlin Petty slammed seven kills and served three aces to lead the Wildcats in an easy victory on the road over the winless Tigers (0-5).

Ashlyn Bucher added seven kills and Sydney Eeftink recorded 15 assists for Leopold (6-2).

JV -- Leopold won.

Advance 25 25 Oak Ridge 13 5

Krystal James tallied seven kills as the Hornets cruised to victory on the road.

Maddie Kennedy added four kills and Kimsey Lillard recorded six digs for Advance (4-4-1).

Allie Below served four aces and dished out eight assists, while Ashtyn Hudson had five aces.

The Blue Jays fell to 1-2-2.

JV -- Advance won 25-23, 25-20.

Saxony Luth. 25 25 Sikeston 6 16

The host Crusaders handled the Bulldogs with relative ease to up their record to 5-3.

Sikeston dropped its record to 0-3.

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GIRLS TENNIS

Notre Dame 5, Poplar Bluff 0

Notre Dame had won all five of its matches at Poplar Bluff and looked poised to pick up a sixth win -- Carly Hopkins was leading the Mules' Aishwarya Krishnan 6-0 -- when the contest was stopped due to an approaching storm.

The potentially inclement weather conditions caused three singles matches to be canceled. The Bulldogs swept doubles play.

SINGLES: No. 1 -- Carly Hopkins (ND) led Aishwarya Krishnan (PB) 6-0; No. 2 -- Reagan Kapp (ND) did not compete; No. 3 -- Madeline Walker (ND) def. Namara Haq (PB) 8-0; No. 4 -- Adele Soutar (ND) def. Sierra Peters (PB) 8-0; No. 5 -- Gretta Goodin (ND) did not compete; No. 6 -- Caroline Smith (ND) did not compete

DOUBLES: No. 1 -- Hopkins/Kapp (ND) def. Krishnan/Aarti Parekh (PB) 8-0; No. 2 -- Walker/Souta (ND) def. Haq/Peters (PB) 8-0; No. 3 -- Goodin/Smith (ND) def. Elizabeth Bottorff/Stephanie Hobbs (PB) 8-4

Dexter 8, Central 1

Josey Powell was the lone victor for the host Tigers.

SINGLES: No. 1 -- Josey Powell (C) def. Baylee Cooper (D) 8-2; No. 2 -- Kendra Stevenson (D) def. Sydney Messerli (C) 8-2; No. 3 -- Erica Morgan (D) def. Ashley Westbrook (C) 8-4 ; No. 4 -- Taylor Owens (D) def. Paige Messerli (C) 8-6; No. 5 -- Mary Miller (D) def. Maddie Siefert (C) 8-6; No. 6 -- Mary Urhahn (D) def. Zenovia Nwosu (C) 8-3

DOUBLES: No. 1 -- Cooper/Stevenson (D) def. Powell/S.Messerli (C) 8-5; No. 2 -- Makayla Waldner/Morgan (D) def. Westbrook/P.Messerli (C) 8-0; No. 3 -- Owens/Miller (D) def. Siefert/Nwosu (C) 8-3

-- From staff reports