High school roundup: Simmons strikes out 17 in Scott City win

Shae Simmons turned in a masterful performance to lead Scott City's baseball team past Chaffee on Thursday.

Simmons, who already signed to play at Southeast Missouri State next season, struck out 17 and allowed one hit in the Rams' 2-0 home victory.

"It was a pretty good ballgame," Chaffee coach Brian Horrell said. "Simmons is pretty tough on the mound."

Scott City's Austin Raines went 2-for-3, while Jake Campbell drove in a run in the win.

Chaffee 000 000 0 -- 0 1 1

Scott City 110 000 0 -- 2 7 3

WP -- Shae Simmons. LP -- Aaron Horrell. Multiple hits -- Scott City: Austin Raines 2-3. Records -- Scott City 6-4, Chaffee 3-4.

Oran 7, Charleston 1

Jayden Pobst struck out eight and allowed one hit to improve to 2-1 on the mound.

Pobst helped his cause by going 2-for-4 with a run scored.

Heuring went 3-for-4 with a double for Oran (6-2).

Oran 000 120 4 -- 7 10 5

Charleston 000 100 0 -- 1 3 1

WP -- Jayden Pobst, 2-1. LP -- James Naile. 2B -- Jake Carter (O), Pobst (O), Tyler Heuring (O). Multiple hits -- Oran: Pobst 2-4, Heuring 3-4; Charleston: Eric Rowling 2-3 Records -- Oran 6-2.

Jackson 5, Sikeston 0

The Indians' pitching tandem of Travis Hurst and Zach McDowell silenced the Bulldogs.

The starter Hurst threw the first five innings, giving up three hits, while striking out five and walking six. McDowell shut down things in the final two innings, striking out two and allowing no hits.

"We had way too many strikeouts today," Sikeston coach Kevin Self said. "I tip my hat to both Jackson pitchers today. They had good stuff and we had a hard time figuring it out. We just did not produce offensively and score."

Jackson coach Rob French was pleased with Hurst's outing.

"Travis did a really good job of bouncing back today," French said. "He put himself in situations with some walks today, but the defense was able to make some plays for him.

"The big thing for him today was when he got down, he fought his way out of it by striking some guys out. That is something we, as a team, haven't done a lot of so far this year. He stepped up when he needed to today."

Tyler Qualls and Michael Mouser doubled in the win.

"This will be a momentum boost for us," French said. "We play some tough nonconference schools early in the season. When we can come back into conference play and get a road win against a good conference opponent like Sikeston, we have to feel good about that."

Jackson 300 110 0 -- 5 8 1

Sikeston 000 000 0 -- 0 3 2

WP -- Travis Hurst, 2-1. LP -- Charlie Bohannon. 2B -- Tyler Qualls (J), Michael Mouser (J). Records -- Jackson 5-8

Meadow Heights 3, Delta 2

Chad Kiefer delivered the game-winning two-run hit with two outs in the seventh for the Panthers.

Kiefer finished 2-for-4, while both Matt Grove and Andy Williams went 2-for-3 for Meadow Heights (3-2).

Grove had three stolen bases while Kiefer had two.

Donald Stafford took the loss for the Bobcats (1-5).

Meadow Hgts 100 000 2 -- 3 13 1

Delta 100 100 0 -- 2 7 2

WP -- Cody Kennedy. LP -- Donald Stafford, 0-2. Multiple hits -- Meadow Heights: Matt Grove 2-3, Chad Kiefer 3-4, Andy Williams 2-3, Kennedy 2-4. Records -- Meadow Heights 3-2, Delta 1-5.

Leopold 9, Woodland 6

Darren VanGennip went 3-for-4 with a double to help lead his team to victory.

Ryan Davis struck out eight and walked five to earn the win, while Clayton Stoverink grabbed the save.

Neil Johnson suffered his second loss to the Wildcats in as many days.

Leopold 010 161 0 -- 9 8 1

Woodland 301 020 0 -- 6 9 1

WP -- Ryan Davis, 3-1. LP -- Neil Johnson. 2B -- Martin Williams (W), Hayden Mayfield (W), Turner (W), John Bohnsack (L), Wade Wiseman (L), Davis (L), Darren VanGennip 2 (L). Multiple hits -- Leopold: VanGennip 3-4. Woodland: Williams 2-4, Minson 2-3. Records -- Leopold 4-3

Saxony Lutheran 16, Richland 0

Spencer Sander went 2-for-2 and Seth Stevens went 2-for-3 as the Crusaders romped to a road win.

Bryant Steffens tossed a two-hitter, with six strikeouts and one walk.

Saxony 01(10) 14 -- 16 10 0

Richland 000 00 -- 0 2 4

WP -- Bryant Steffens, 1-0. LP -- Aaron Gilbert. 2B -- Bret Steffens (S), Chris Roth (S), Spencer Sander (S), Seth Stevens (S). Multiple hits -- Saxony Lutheran: Sander 2-2, Stevens 2-3. Records -- Saxony Lutheran 6-0

Kelly 14, Egyptian 0

Brett Harper had two hits, including a home run, to help the Hawks post a road victory.

Ryan Essner tossed the first three innings, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out four. Freshman Ian Householder tossed the final two innings. He did not allow a hit, struck out six and hit one.

Chase Smith, Josh DeBrock and Levi Felter each doubled for Kelly (5-4).

Kelly 207 41 -- 14 7 0

Egyptian 000 00 -- 0 3 5

WP -- Ryan Essner, 2-1. LP -- Beasley. HR -- Brett Harper (K). 2B -- Levi Felter (K), Chase Smith (K), Josh DeBrock (K), Klein (E), Multiple hits -- Kelly: Harper 2-3, Klein 2-2. Records -- Kelly 5-4.

SOFTBALLL

eopold 14, Woodland 2

Seirra Seiler drilled a bases-loaded triple in the first inning to spark the Wildcats' offense.

Kaylee Gemeinhardt went 4-for-4 and drove in five runs for the Wildcats.

Emily Vandeven went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the win.

Amy McFarland took the loss.

Woodland 110 000 0 -- 2 4 2

Leopold 520 430 0 -- 14 19 2

WP -- Whitney Vandeven, 5-0. LP -- Amy McFarland. 3B -- Seirra Seiler (L). 2B -- Kaylee Gemeinhardt (L). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Gemeinhardt 4-4, Chelsea Stoverink 2-4, Emily Vandeven 3-4, Jessica Bueter 2-2. Records -- Leopold 6-0.

TRACK

Old Settlement meet

Notre Dame and Saxony Lutheran top-three finishers

Boys

3,200 relay -- 1. Notre Dame (Logan Davis, Ryan Johnson, Wynn McClellan, Cody Moore) 8:24.70; 2. Saxony Lutheran (Andrew Etzold, Joe Buerck, Rhett Obermann, Ross Gage) 8:26.15

100 -- 2. Trevor Mabuce, SL, 11.93

800 relay -- 1. Saxony Lutheran (Mark Buerck, Shawn Hadler, Etzold, Mabuce) 1:36.23

110 high hurdles -- 3. Taylor Essner, ND, 16.98

1,600 -- 1. Davis, ND, 4:37.70; 2. McClellan, ND, 4:39.73

400 -- 2. Blake Kirkpatrick, ND, 53.75; 3. Etzold, SL, 53.78

300 hurdles -- 1. Essner, ND, 43.36

800 -- 1. Gage, SL, 2:04.69

3,200 -- 1. McClellan, ND, 9:44.89

200 -- 3. Mabuce, SL, 24.09

1,600 relay -- 1. Saxony Lutheran (Mabuce, Gage, M. Buerck, Etzold) 3:36.29

High jump -- 1. Grant Eudy, ND, 6-2

Pole vault -- 2. Joe Froemsdorf, ND, 12-6

Long jump -- 2. Kirkpatrick, ND, 19-8

Girls

Pole vault -- 2. Allie Job, ND, 9-0

Long jump -- 3. Jill Schnurbusch, ND, 14-5

1,600 relay -- 3. Saxony Lutheran (Tori Winter, Kristen Dippold, Abby Hartman, Lucy Gage) 11:05.75

100 -- 2. Cassie Simpher, SL, 13.46

400 -- 1. Simpher, SL, 1:01.29

200 -- 2. Simpher, SL, 27.42

-- From staff reports