Kelly rings up third no-hitter

Kelly Essner and Megan Tetley teamed up for Kelly softball's third no-hitter in the last two weeks in a 10-0 five-inning home win Saturday over St. Vincent.

Jaime Jackson, Brittany Ponder and Stephanie Hency each had two hits for the Hawks (12-5). Whitney Beggs no-hit Notre Dame earlier this season at the Incarnate Word Tournament, and Essner threw a perfect game against Central on Wednesday.

Kelly's JV won 10-0 in three innings.

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WP -- Kelly Essner, 6-1. LP -- Richardet. 2B -- Jaime Jackson (K). Multiple hits -- Kelly, Jackson 2-3, Brittany Ponder 2-3, Stephanie Hency 2-3. Records -- Kelly 12-5.

Notre Dame 3, Ste. Genevieve 2, 9 innings

Notre Dame slipped by Ste. Genevieve on the road in extra innings.

Kristain Burger pitched around 10 hits and four errors for the complete-game win. Burger struck out 10 and walked two. Heather Menz had two hits for Notre Dame.

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WP -- Kristain Burger. LP -- Weiler. 2B -- Geisler (S), Grimwood (S). 3B -- Heather Menz (N). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame, Menz 2-3; Ste. Genevieve, Geisler 2-5; J. Biox 2-4; Grimwood 2-3. Records -- Notre Dame 15-3.

Jackson 3, Sikeston 2

Jackson scored two runs in the sixth inning to win at home.

Hannah Fowler pitched all seven innings for her fourth win. Fowler struck out five, walked one and allowed five hits. Chelsea McDowell had a double and a triple for Jackson (6-13). Hana Bolen added an RBI double, and Jessica Pitts picked up the other RBI.

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WP -- Hannah Fowler. LP -- Brinkmeyer. 2B -- Chelsea McDowell (J), Hana Bolen (J). Multiple hits -- Jackson, McDowell 2-3. Records -- Jackson 6-13.

VOLLEYBALL

Jackson 25-26

Park Hills Central 15-24

Jodie Gipson led Jackson with 11 digs and 13 assists, and the Indians won at home. Amanda Peiffer had seven blocks and seven kills for Jackson (9-3-3), while Natalie Koeper had 11 digs, Shay Priester had nine kills and Lucy Hartmann had eight digs.

Jackson's JV won 25-13, 25-13 to improve to 6-2-4.

Perryville 26-25

Scott City 24-16

Perryville swept Scott City at home.

Stephanie Landholt had five kills and three blocks for the Pirates. Anna Davis added five assists, and Lindsey Lappe had three assists.

Kacie Cartwright had six kills, Abbie Cook had six blocks, and Lindsey Amick had 10 assists for the Rams (11-5).

JV: Scott City def. Perryville 25-15, 22-25, 25-14

Advance 25-25

Richland 23-20

Advance held off a scrappy Richland squad at home.

Kacie Ritter led the Hornets (7-3-1) with four kills, two aces and four assists. Alicia Reeves added five assists, and Angela Broshuis had four digs.

Leopold 25-25

Marquand 11-5

Leopold used its entire squad to hammer Marquand at home and improve to 7-5.

Leopold's freshman team won 25-17, 25-16.

GIRLS TENNIS

Central 5, Dexter 4

Central led 3-0 after sweeping the doubles matches, but then had to hold on in singles to stay unbeaten in duals.

Singles: 1, Dani Gross (C) def. Molly Jarrell 8-5; 2, Amanda Dooley (D) def. Monica Toole 8-5; 3, Claire Critchlow (D) def. Brett Ford 8-6; 4, Summer Carter (D) def. Liz LaFoe 8-3; 5, Sarah Ford (C) def. Brittney Bagby 8-1; 6, Taylor Nelson (D) def. Lindsey Pingel 8-2

Doubles: 1, Gross-B. Ford (C) def. Jarrell-Dooley 8-1; 2, Toole-LaFoe (C) def. Critchlow-Carter 8-1; 3, S. Ford-Pingel (C) def. Bagby-Nelson 8-5

JV winners

Singles: Maggie Limbaugh, Carsen Bahn, Karrie Moll, Lauren Tobin

Doubles: Limbaugh-Jill Blattner, Kristen Ford-Paige Foley, Moll-Tobin

BOYS SOCCER

Jackson 10, Kennett 0

Tyler Beussink had five goals to lead Jackson to a 10-0 victory. Derrick Biri, Tyler Sprandel, Cameron Keller, Chris Shelton and Chris Kraust each added one goal for the Indians (4-5).

Assists went to Shelton (2), Sprandel, Keller, Daniel Forester, Kraust and Andrew Schlick.

Tyler Holman recorded the shutout.

Jackson's JV won 9-0 behind goals from Andrew Lorenz (4), Spencer McCormack (2), Zak Dougherty, Robbie Martin and Brian Davidson. Assists came from McCormack, Dougherty, Martin, Andrew Lysell, David Banville and Aaron Shockely. Levi Lewis was in goal.

OTHER EVENTS

• Central's JV football team won 20-6 over Sikeston at home. Garrett Stevens threw touchdown passes of 25 and 40 yards to lead the Tigers (2-0). Eric Ennis and Scott Dunaway had touchdown receptions, and Hykeem Hammonds added a 10-yard touchdown run and a two-point conversion.

-- From staff reports