Jackson baseball improves to 3-0

Jackson's baseball team improved to 3-0 with an 11-2 rout of SEMO Conference foe New Madrid County Central at home Friday.

Jason Meystedt had a big game for the Indians, picking up a complete game win to go along with three hits, two home runs and four RBIs. Meystedt allowed five hits, struck out five and walked two on the mound.

Tyler Beussink and Rex Meyr added two hits and two RBIs for Jackson. Derrick Biri added a home run.

The Indians will play Herculaneum and Kirksville today in the Festus Tournament, which was originally scheduled for last weekend.

JV -- Jackson 14, NMCC 0

Jackson 11, NMCC 2

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WP -- Jason Meystedt, 1-0. LP -- Lawrence. HR -- Jason Meystedt 2 (J), Derrick Biri (J). 2B -- Meystedt (J), Gantner (N), Lawrence (N), Harris (N). 3B -- Rex Meyr (J), Higgerson (N). Multiple hits -- NMCC, Higgerson 3-3; Jackson; Meystedt 3-4; Beussink 2-3; Meyr 2-3. Records -- Jackson 3-0.

Herculaneum 5, Notre Dame 4

Notre Dame took a 4-2 lead in the seventh with two runs only to allow three runs in the bottom half of the inning to fall at the Festus Tournament.

Kirk Boeller took the loss. Boeller struck out four, walked two and allowed five hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Aaron Jenkins had two hits, including a home run for the Bulldogs (1-1). Jacob Essner added two hits.

The Bulldogs will play Parkway North today at Central then travel back to Festus to play Festus.

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WP -- Robinson. LP -- Kirk Boeller, 0-1. HR -- Aaron Jenkins (N). 2B -- Dane Balsmann (N), Robinson (H), Payne (H). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame, Jenkins 2-3; Jacob Essner 2-3; Herculaneum, Robinson 2-3. Records -- Notre Dame 1-1.

Oran 21, Scott County Central 0

Trevor Irwin had three hits and three RBIs to lead Oran to a home rout.

Paul Bucher pitched three innings for the win. Bucher also added three RBIs. Caleb Seyer had two hits and two RBIs for Oran (3-0).

Paul Johnson had a pair of singles for Scott County.

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Oran 44(13) 0X -- 21 13 2

WP -- Paul Bucher, 1-0. LP -- M. Freed. 3B -- Caleb Seyer (O). 2B -- Bucher (O), Trevor Irwin (O), Kody Campbell (O). Multiple hits -- Scott County Central, Paul Johnson 2-3; Oran, Irwin 3-4; Seyer 2-3. Records -- Oran 3-0.

Windsor 11, St. Vincent 4

St. Vincent led 4-2 after four innings but surrendered nine runs in the fifth to fall to 0-2 with a road loss.

Windsor banged out 14 singles en route to the win.

Alex Armbruster and Brian Buchheit had two hits apiece for St. Vincent.

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WP -- Stoffey. LP -- Greg Finger, 0-1. 2B -- Alex Armbruster (S). Multiple hits -- St. Vincent, Armbruster 2-4; Brian Buchheit 2-3; Windsor, Faulkenberry 3-5; Simowitz 2-3; Kraemer 2-4; Schlechte 2-3; Stoffey 2-4. Records -- St. Vincent 0-2, Windsor 1-3.

Meadow Heights 23, Zalma 0

Heath Fulton finished with eight RBIs on two home runs and a double to give Meadow Heights its first win of the season, at Zalma.

Ben Tallent added three hits. Brian Miinch pitched three innings for the win. Terry Wagner and Zack Bynum had two hits apiece.

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WP -- Brian Miinch, 1-0. LP -- Josh Barrett. HR -- Heath Fulton 2 (M). 2B -- Ben Tallent (M), Fulton (M), Anthony Collins (M). Multiple hits -- Meadow Heights, Fulton 3-4; Tallent 3-4; Terry Wagner 2-3; Zack Bynum 2-2. Records -- Meadow Heights 1-2.

GIRLS SOCCER

St. Vincent 1, Notre Dame 0

Jessica Welker scored in the final minute to lead visiting St. Vincent (4-2) to its fourth straight win.

Lacey Siegmund assisted on the Welker goal. Michelle Herzog made 10 saves for the shutout.

Notre Dame fell to 1-2-1.

JV -- Notre Dame 4, St. Vincent 0

SWIMMING

Notre Dame 94, Principia 90

The Bulldogs squeezed out a road victory as Mollie Messmer led the way with two individual wins, capturing the 200 IM and 500 freestyle.

Notre Dame winners

200 freestyle -- Ashly Ducharme, 2:15.85

200 IM -- Mollie Messmer, 2:42.88

50 freestyle -- Ashley Nenninger, 28:31

500 freestyle -- Messmer, 6:27.01

200 freestyle relay -- Jennifer Barrett, Nenninger, Ducharme, Jordan Seabaugh, 1:59.35

100 backstroke -- Lauren Bader, 1:13.85

--From staff reports