High school roundup: Three Notre Dame girls golfers qualify for state meet

Three Notre Dame girls golfers earned a trip to the Class 1 state meet in the program's inaugural year.

Kiera Soutar led the way for the Bulldogs with an 88 at Innsbrook Golf Course in St. Louis. That was good enough for seventh at Wednesday's Class 1 Sectional 1 meet.

Morgan Schumer carded a 94 to tie for 15th, while Camille Brewer was 18th with a 96. Both will join Soutar at the state meet.

Notre Dame finished fourth out of five teams with a 380 on the par-72 course. Westminster Christian won the sectional title with a 335, while Villa Duchesne was second with a 358.

Amy Blattel rounded out the Bulldogs' scoring with a 102.

The Class 1 state meet will be held Oct. 17 and 18 at Silo Ridge Golf Club in Bolivar, Mo.

SOFTBALL

Class 4 District 1

Central's season came to an end with an 8-5 loss to Poplar Bluff at Hillsboro.

The Tigers, who were seeded fourth, enjoyed a 5-2 lead after five innings. But the Mules, the No. 5 seed, scored two runs in the sixth inning and four in the seventh to rally to victory.

Class 3 District 1

Casey Hotop allowed three hits over six innings to lead Perryville past host Potosi 7-0 to reach the semifinals.

Brittany Young doubled twice, and Hotop tripled in the win.

Morgan Baer added two hits for the Pirates (13-5).

Perryville scored two in the first inning, two in the third and three in the fourth.

Class 2 District 2

Kristy Brucker went 3 for 4 with two RBIs at the plate and struck out four and walked one in the circle to lead No. 3 seed Kelly past Saxony Lutheran 9-3 at St. Pius.

Samantha Ratledge went 3 for 4 with a homer, while Jessica Worth finished 2 for 2 with an RBI.

Natalie Schlimpert struck out five and didn't walk a batter in a losing effort for the Crusaders.

The Hawks (13-10) will face No. 2 seed St. Pius in today's 4:30 p.m. semifinal.

St. Vincent, which defeated Jefferson 5-3, will face top-seeded Scott City in today's 2:30 p.m. semifinal.

Kelly 9, Saxony Lutheran 3

Saxony 001 002 0 -- 3 6 1

Kelly 211 410 x -- 9 15 7

WP -- Kristy Brucker. LP -- Natalie Schlimpert. HR -- Samantha Ratledge (K). 3B -- Jade Rampley (K), Brucker (K), Stephanie Worth (K). 2B -- Sydney Vinyard (K). Multiple hits -- Saxony Lutheran: Sydney Rapp 2-4; Kelly: S. Worth 2-4, Ratledge 3-4, Emily Grojean 2-4, Brucker 3-4, Jessica Worth 2-2. Records -- Kelly 13-10.

Class 1 District 1

Delta upset Van Buren in the opening round of district play at Oran.

Chasity Taylor, Rachel Birkman and Lisa Lankford all drove in a run in the Bobcats' 4-1 victory over the No. 3 seed.

Ciara Coomer struck out nine to improve to 3-9 in the circle this season.

Macey Parks went 3 for 4 in the victory for No. 6 seed Delta (6-13).

The Bobcats will face No. 2 seed Oran in today's 4 p.m. semifinal.

Neelyville, the No. 5 seed, dispatched No. 4 seed Chaffee 6-3.

Sierra Miller went 2 for 3, including a double, for the Red Devils.

Kaitlin McFerron took the loss. She allowed six runs, five earned, and struck out three over seven innings.

Neelyville 6, Chaffee 3

Neelyville 003 010 2 -- 6 7 1

Chaffee 100 002 0 -- 3 5 2

WP -- Emily Eaker. LP -- Kaitlin McFerron. 3B -- Sierra Miller (C). 2B -- Miller (C), Chelsea Dale (N), Ashley Law (N) 2. Multiple hits -- Neelyville: Law 3-3; Chaffee: Miller 2-3.

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Delta 4, Van Buren 1

Delta 100 300 0 -- 4 6 0

Van Buren 000 010 0 -- 1 4 2

WP -- Ciara Coomer. LP -- Gavy Cipponeri. HR -- Cipponeri (V). 2B -- Macey Parks (D). Multiple hits -- Delta: Parks 3-4. Records -- Delta 6-13.

VOLLEYBALL

Scott City 25 25 Kennett 5 5

Mikah Simpson recorded six kills and four aces in the Rams' speedy home win.

Sydney Short put up 15 assists, while Katie Hogan finished with eight kills for Scott City (18-0).

Meadow Hts 25 25 Jefferson 12 18

Erin Bollmann finished with nine kills and five blocks to lead the Panthers to the road win.

Whitney Welker contributed three kills and six aces, while Erin Welker served three aces for Meadow Heights (15-7).

CROSS COUNTRY

Chaffee/Saxony meet

St. Vincent's Laura Steele finished third in the girls race to lead local finishers at the Chaffee/Saxony Lutheran joint meet.

Oak Ridge finished second in the boys and girls team standings. The Kelly boys took third.

Ethan Seyer paced the Blue Jays with a fifth-place finish, while teammate Corvin Schoen was sixth.

Advance's Braden Bien (eighth) and Saxony Lutheran's Sam Breite (ninth) also broke into the top 10.

Oak Ridge's McKenzie Elam took sixth in the girls race.

GIRLS

Team standings -- 1. Herculaneum 22; 2. Oak Ridge 71; 3. Valle Catholic 104; 4. Arcadia Valley 110; 5. Chaffee 120; 6. Saxony Lutheran 120; 7. Woodland 148

Local top fives

St. Vincent -- 3. Laura Steele, 21:10

Oak Ridge -- 6. McKenzie Elam, 21:47; 12. Amanda Lappe, 22:43; 18. Lexi Wunderlich, 23:20; 24. Carlie Bolen, 23:50; 26. Kendra Kohler, 24:13

Chaffee -- 16. Molli McGowan, 23:12; 17. Lyndsey Statler, 23:18; 34. Megan Chisum, 25:31; 38. Holly Rutherford, 25:57; 42. Melanie Mucke, 26:26

Saxony Lutheran -- 22. Dakota Werner, 23:43; 25. Regan Obermann, 24:11; 28. Kristen Gruenwald, 25:10; 33. Breanne Etzold, 25:27; 37. Sarah Winningham, 25:56

Delta -- 27. Renae Bartels, 24:49

Woodland -- 29. Bailey Jones, 25:15; 30. Valerie Lewis, 25:18; 32. Chandra Lincoln, 25:21; 44. Taylor Tombs, 26:36; 45. Cassidy Sawyer, 26:57

Meadow Heights -- 31. Valerie Hernandez, 25:19; 55. Makayla McGruder, time not available

Kelly -- 40. Tessa Johnson, 26:18; 51. Rachel Birk, 30:09

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BOYS

Team standings -- 1. Herculaneum 27; 2. Oak Ridge 105; 3. Kelly 127; 4. Valle Catholic 130; 5. Arcadia Valley 134; 6. St. Vincent 159; 7. Woodland 172; 8. Saxony Lutheran 176; 9. Advance 196; 10. Delta 197

Local top fives

Oak Ridge -- 5. Ethan Seyer, 17:44; 6. Corvin Schoen, 17:59; 14. Jake LeGrand, 19:06; 45. Jacob Seabaugh, 20:51; 46. Austin Wunderlich, 21:03

Advance -- 8. Brandon Bien, 18:27; 35. Tyler Middleton, 20:12; 38. Curtis Gilliland, 20:25; 68. Richard Nixon, 23:20; 70. Ben Trout, 23:43

Saxony Lutheran -- 9. Sam Breite, 18:37; 34. Aaron Koehler, 20:11; 41. Anthony Etzold, 20:34; 56. Brandon Fritsche, 21:28; 58. Zachery Vogel, 21:38

Kelly -- 15. Juan Campos, 19:12; 25. Jarrod Lynn, 19:44; 28. Josh Roberts, 19:52; 30. Derrick Garner, 19:56; 42. Devon Romine, 20:43;

St. Vincent -- 16. Stephen Graf, 19:13; 17. Jon Mienhardt, 19:15; 39. John Lipe, 20:28; 44. Mark Kutz, 20:50; 52. Alex Meget, 21:13

Woodland -- 20. Aaron Yount, 19:20; 36. Dakota Long, 20:13. 37. Kyle Davis, 20:14; 47. Lance Massa, 21:06; 53. Mark Meek, 21:20

Meadow Heights -- 21. Ryan Foltz, 19:21; 31. Chris Bollinger, 20:03; 43. Steven Bright, 20:44

Delta -- 23. Dwight Nance, 19:26; 29. Caleb Amelunke, 19:53; 50. Jeremiah Peikert, 21:11; 51. Jesse Nance, 21:12; 72. Frank Rozmirsky, 23:54

-- From staff reports