Jackson spikers sweep to victory at Notre Dame

The Jackson girls volleyball team edged Notre Dame 25-22, 25-23 in a match at Notre Dame on Thursday night.

"I thought both teams played really, really well," Notre Dame coach Tara Stroup said. "It was dead-even all the way through the game. I think both teams are happy with the way they played."

Natalie Koeper led Jackson (16-5) with 26 digs. Shay Priester had seven kills, Amanda Peiffer had six kills and six blocks, and Lucy Hartmann had 10 digs.

For Notre Dame (8-7-3), Ashley Nenninger, Meridith Medlin and Allison Toole each had four kills. Medlin also had 10 assists. Emily Huber also had eight assists.

JV -- Jackson won 25-12, 25-19; Freshman -- Notre Dame won 26-24, 15-25, 15-13.

Central 25 25 Saxony Lutheran 12 20

Kristen Shirrell had seven assists and Ashton Gerlach added eight digs to lead Central (6-12-1) to a road victory.

Tiffany Haertling led Saxony Lutheran (0-14) with seven digs and seven assists. Kara Verseman, Nicole Petzoldt and Stacey Manche had four digs apiece.

JV -- Central won 25-6, 25-14.

Leopold 25 25 Oran 19 17

Leopold improved to 13-3 with a victory at home.

Cassi Jansen had six kills and Casey Bucher added five for Leopold. Cassie Seiler had 15 assists and Kayla Trankle added six digs.

JV -- Leopold won, 25-6, 25-10.

Bell City 25 25 Scott City 19 18

Jenny Lathum had 16 digs and six kills to lead Bell City to a win on the road.

Rachel Spears had 14 digs and 10 blocks for the Cubs (19-3-1), while Megan Slagley added nine digs.

Kacie Ritter led Scott City (10-6-1) with eight kills, and Lindsey Amick had 10 assists.

St. Pius 26 25 Perryville 24 8

Makenzie Schirmer had three kills for Perryville in a home loss.

JV -- Perryville won 25-15, 26-24.

Woodland 25 25 Richland 18 14

Lotte Cook had seven digs, five blocks and four aces in a home win.

Rheanna Greer had 19 assists, and Kyla Choate added 15 assists for Woodland (11-7).

JV -- Woodland won 25-21, 25-11.

Advance 25 25 Puxico 17 14

Angela Broshuis led Advance with eight kills in a home win.

Alicia Reeves added 10 assists for the Hornets (8-11-2).

JV -- Puxico won 22-25, 25-21, 25-19.

SOFTBALL Central 3, Chaffee 1

Kelsey Holloway held Chaffee to one hit in Central's regular-season finale at home.

Susie Edwards, Bethan Sweet and Holloway all had RBI hits in the sixth for Central (7-19). Holloway walked two and struck out one in the win.

"Kelsey did a great job on the mound tonight," Central coach Amy Blattel said.

Whitney Horrell allowed three hits, walked five and struck out one for Chaffee (8-6). Sarah Dooley had an RBI single.

Chaffee 000 001 0 -- 1 1 3

Central 000 003 X -- 3 3 1

WP -- Kelsey Holloway. LP -- Whitney Horrell. 2B -- Holloway (C). Records -- Central 7-19, Chaffee 8-6.

Kelly 9, East Prairie 1

Kalie Hughes struck out nine and allowed just one hit in a home win.

Brittany Ponder and Katee Moore had three hits apiece. Brittany Brantley added two hits for Kelly (16-9). Mindy Robert had three RBIs.

East Prairie 010 000 0 -- 1 1 2

Kelly 121 302 X -- 9 12 0

WP -- Kalie Hughes, 3-4. LP -- Thomure. 3B -- Katee Moore (K). 2B -- Moore (K), Mindy Robert (K). Multiple hits -- Kelly, Brittany Ponder 3-4; Moore 3-3; Brittany Brantley 2-3. Records -- Kelly 16-9.

BOYS SOCCER Central 5, Poplar Bluff 1

Tyson Whiteside scored Central's last three goals and assisted on another in a home victory.

Trenton Beckham scored the first goal for Central (12-1), assisted by Lance Altenthal, and Jessie Pyeatte scored the second with an assist by Whiteside. After Poplar Bluff cut the score to 2-1, Whiteside scored an unassisted goal just before the half. He added two in the second half on assists by Asad Malik and Sam Bornstein.

JV -- Central won 4-0.

Notre Dame 3, Jackson 0

Frankie Ellis assisted on two goals in the first half in Notre Dame's home win.

Jason Delgado and Ty Williams scored in the opening half, and Andrew Bertrand added a second-half goal. Tyler LeGrand had the other assist.

Nathan Kolda picked up the shutout for Notre Dame (11-2-1).

JV -- Notre Dame won 4-0.

CROSS COUNTRY

Anna-Jonesboro Invitational

The Central boys cross country team placed first and the girls were second in a field with nine Illinois schools at the Anna-Jonesboro Invitational. All runners for both teams finished in the top 20, led by Veronica Schabbing's third-place finish among girls and Dan Austin's sixth-place showing in the boys race.

BOYS

Team scores -- Central 43, Carbondale 77, Herrin 106.

Central finishers -- 6, Dan Austin 17:15; 7, John Kipper, 17:15; 9, Tyler Yeargain, 17:36; 10, Eddie Glenn, 17:36; 11, Dale Brannock, 17:41; 12, Bryan Schott, 17:43; 14, Cole Bradley, 18:00.

GIRLS

Team scores -- Carbondale 33, Central 41, Murphysboro 76.

Central finishers -- 3, Veronica Schabbing 21:59; 8, Alyx Waterman 22:40; 9, Linnea Woldtvedt 22:41; 10, Allison Dohogne 22:44; 11, Liz Alberson 22:52; 12, Hannah Lewis 23:02; 18, Emily Ponder 24:09.

GIRLS TENNIS Central 9, Caruthersville 0

Central improved to 12-1 by sweeping Caruthersville and dropping just one game in the process.

Singles -- 1. Dani Gross (C) def. Kandra Bradley 8-1; 2. Sarah Ford (C) def. Paige Taylor 8-0; 3. Monica Toole (C) def. Siera Wright 8-0; 4. Lindsey Pingel (C) def. Allison Kines 8-0; 5. Paige Foley (C) def. Renasha Woods 8-0; 6. Kristen Ford (C) def. Laree May 8-0.

Doubles -- 1. Gross-Toole (C) def. Bradley-Taylor 8-0; 2. S. Ford-Pingel (C) def. Wright-Woods 8-0; 3. Foley-K. Ford (C) def. May-Kines 8-0.

-- From staff reports