High school roundup: Spriggs tosses no-hitter to lead Scott City to district softball win

Alexis Spriggs made Scott City's district opener a memorable one Wednesday.

Spriggs tossed a five-inning no-hitter to lead the Rams to a 13-0 victory over Jefferson in Class 2 District 2 softball action.

Spriggs struck out seven.

Melanie Lacey tripled and Stacey Heisserer went 3 for 4 in the winning effort.

The Rams will face St. Pius, a 16-1 winner over Saxony Lutheran.

St. Vincent fell to Crystal City 7-5 in the other half of the bracket. Crystal City will face Kelly.

Jefferson 000 00 -- 0 0 12

Scott City 360 4x -- 13 7 1

WP -- Alexis Spriggs. LP -- Brown. 3B -- Melanie Lacey (SC). 2B -- Spriggs (SC). Multiple hits -- Scott City: Stacey Heisserer 3-4. Records -- Scott City 14-10.

Class 3 District 1

Ashley Hotop went 2 for 2, including a triple, to help lead Perryville to an 11-1 victory over Doniphan.

Kelsie Freeman went 2 for 3 in the winning effort.

The Pirates, the No. 2 seed, will face Park Hills Central in the semifinals followed by the championship game today.

Perryville 443 12 -- 11 7 0

Doniphan 000 01 -- 1 1 3

WP -- Casey Hotop. LP -- S. Merrick. 3B -- Ashley Hotop (P). 2B -- Brittney Young (P), Wilfong (D). Multiple hits -- Perryville: A. Hotop 2-2, Kelsie Freeman 2-3. Records -- Perryville 22-3.

Class 1 District 1

Rachel Bartels went 2 for 4 with an RBI, but it wasn't enough as Delta fell to Neelyville 5-1.

Myra Henson struck out two and walked two. All five Neelyville runs were unearned.

Delta 100 000 0 -- 1 4 5

Neelyville 200 030 0 -- 5 5 0

WP -- Hannah McDaniel. LP -- Myra Henson. 2B -- Megan Perry (D), Caela Petty 2 (N). Multiple hits -- Delta: Rachel Bartels 2-4. Neelyville: Jackie Griffin 2-3, Petty 2-3.

VOLLEYBALL

Scott City 25 25 Kennett 8 11

Katie Hogan led the Rams to a home win with 11 kills, two aces and two kill blocks.

Sydney Short collected eight assists, while Andy Gray added six.

Mallory Reddick chipped in 10 digs to help Scott City improve to 18-4-1.

JV -- Scott City won 25-12, 25-14.

BOYS SWIMMING

SLUH tri-meet

Notre Dame walked away with two first-place finishes and six second-place finishes.

Dustin Parsons finished first in the 100 butterfly and assisted his teammates grab seconds in the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay.

Collin Andersson finished first in the 100 breaststroke and third in the 50 freestyle.

Top Notre Dame finishers

200 medley relay -- 2. Notre Dame 1:51.00 (Daniel Neff, Dustin Parsons, Collin Andersson, Ben Rockett)

200 freestyle -- 2. Matt Jedlinski 2:04.85; 3. Cory Bunger 2:13.49

200 individual medley -- 2. Jackson Voss 2:24.59; 3. Zach Smith 2:25.08

50 freestyle -- 3. Andersson 24.94

100 butterfly -- 1. Parsons 57.21; 2. Rockett 1:00.20

100 freestyle -- 3. Neff 55.82

500 freestyle -- 2. Voss 5:42.90

200 freestyle relay -- 3. Notre Dame 1:42.97 (Alec Domjan, Parsons, Andersson, Rockett)

100 backstroke -- 3. Domjan 1:05.99

100 breaststroke -- 1. Andersson 1:11.09

400 freestyle relay -- 2. Notre Dame 3:46.29 (Parsons, Rockett, Jedlinski, Neff)

-- From staff reports