JACKSON TENNIS TEAM 2ND IN DISTRICT; ANDERSON WINS TITLE

Jackson High School's girls tennis team narrowly missed out on a district championship Thursday, but the Lady Indians' sophomore sensation Kim Anderson came away with the singles crown.

In a wild Class 4A, District 1 Tournament that began outside and wound up inside, Oakville from the St. Louis area won the team title with 17 1/2 points while Jackson finished second with 17 points. But both squads qualify for the team sectional competition to be held Oct. 14 in St. Louis.

Most of the tournament was played on Southeast Missouri State University's new courts, but when heavy rain fell late in the afternoon, the tourney had to be finished inside at Universal Health & Fitness Center.

Anderson gained a measure of revenge when she won the singles title by beating Poplar Bluff's Megan Bridges 6-1, 6-2. Bridges had handed Anderson her only two losses during the regular season.

Both Anderson and Bridges qualify for the state individual tournament that will be held Oct. 20-21 in Springfield.

Last year, Anderson qualified for state as a freshman but could not compete because of a serious knee injury.

"It was great for Kim to finally beat Megan, who is a really tough player," said Jackson coach Linda Adams. "And I'm so happy for Kim, and so proud of her. She couldn't play at state last year. She was so happy."

Jackson's other singles player, Nicole Poythress, finished fourth in the district after suffering a 9-7 loss to Oakville's No. 1 player.

"Nicole really played well," Adams said. "She has really come on this year."

In the doubles final, a team from Poplar Bluff beat a squad from Oakville as both teams qualified for state.

Poplar Bluff finished third in the team standings with 16 points while Farmington was fourth with 10 1/2. Cape Central and Rockwood Summit both scored 2 1/2 points, followed by Eureka and Lindbergh with two apiece. Mehlville failed to score.

Jackson's doubles team of Maggie Martin and Carly Vogelsang won two matches before being eliminated while the Lady Indians' other doubles squad of Sarah Propst and Katie Domian won one match.

Cape Central only had one victory, that coming from the doubles team of Allison Campbell and Megan Ladd.

VOLLEYBALL

Stoddard Tournament

PUXICO, Mo. -- Bell City continued its giant-killer ways during the semifinals of the Stoddard County Conference Tournament.

The Lady Cubs, the No. 7 seed, pulled off another upset as they knocked off third-seeded Bloomfield 4-15, 15-13, 15-7. Earlier in the week, Bell City had upended No. 2 Dexter in the first round.

"The girls are on cloud nine," said Bell City coach Carl Ritter, whose team is now 8-12. "We'd been playing everybody tough all year. Nobody has really blown us out. This week we've gotten over the hump and it's great to be in the championship."

Katie Spears paced the Lady Cubs in kills with 10. Brooke Stephens had 13 service points and six digs while Whitney Abner contributed 17 assists.

In the other semifinal, top-seeded Bernie slipped past No. 4 Advance 15-8, 10-15, 15-13 as the Lady Mules rallied from a 13-8 deficit in the final set.

Advance (16-6-2) got 13 kills and eight blocks from Dana Williams; eight kills and seven blocks from Emily Johnson; 30 assists from Amber Bond; and three aces from Nicole Tropf.

Bell City and Bernie will square off at 8:30 p.m. Saturday for the title. Advance and Bloomfield will play at 6:15 for third place.

Notre Dame 15-3-15

Perryville 10-15-2

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Notre Dame raised its record to 10-7-4 with a three-set victory over Perryville.

Jen VanGennip had nine kills to lead the Lady Bulldogs while Ashley Millham and Ali Tyson added four kills apiece.

For the Lady Pirates (7-14), Katie Kutz had 11 kills and six service points; Amy Garris had seven service points and six blocks; Natalie Bohnert contributed seven service points; and Andrea Buerck and Crystal Thieret each dished out eight assists.

Notre Dame also won JV and freshmen matches, by scores of 15-6 15-13 and 15-5, 15-11.

Jackson 15-15

Leopold 7-10

LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Jackson notched a sweep of Leopold as the Lady Indians moved their record to 15-8-2 and dropped the Lady Wildcats to 13-5-3.

The Lady Indians were led by Jenna Leet with seven kills, six blocks and 12 digs. Erin Hartman had five kills, six blocks, eight digs and 12 assists while Andrea Koeper added four kills, nine digs and two service aces.

Leopold got nine kills from Holly Jansen, six kills from Courtney Wesbecher, nine assists from Wendy Vandeven and eight assists and three blocks from Laura Jansen.

Jackson won the JV match 15-7, 12-15, 15-2.

Oak Ridge 15-15

Cape Central 4-13

Oak Ridge improved to 3-10 and dropped Central to 2-14.

Deanna Schreiner and Laura Glueck led the Lady Jays in kills with seven and six, respectively. Jenny Hrabik had 12 service points while Alana Hobeck contributed 21 assists.

Allison Eaton had three kills and five service points for the Lady Tigers while Sarah Wernsman added three kills and seven assists.

The Lady Tigers' JV posted a 16-14, 13-15, 15-13 victory.

St. Vincent 15-15

Grandview 4-11

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- St. Vincent evened its record at 10-10-4 with a straight-set triumph.

Danielle Sutterer had eight kills and two blocks to lead the Squaws while Megan Moll added four kills.

Sikeston 15-15

Chaffee 5-3

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Chaffee fell to 0-10 as Sikeston rolled in two sets.

Ashley Smith had 20 assists for the Lady Red Devils while Morgan Kiefer and Jennifer Vandeven contributed four kills apiece.

BOYS SOCCER

Cape Central 6, Sikeston 0

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Eric Daume scored two goals as the Tigers (9-6-2) pulled away from a 1-0 halftime lead to romp.

Also scoring for Central were Arthur Pilsner, Matt Davis, Chris Jones and Clint Hoffman. Earning assists were Hoffman, Jon Mark Thompson, Chris Cole, Hoss Hodges and John Taylor.

Goalkeeper Trevor Blattner recorded his eighth shutout.

The Tigers' junior varsity won 7-0 to improve to 8-1. Heath Orr led the way with two goals while Calen Wills, Grant Hengst, Jeff McCowen, Josh Fee and Chris Limbaugh all added one. Aaron Meystedt earned the shutout.