Kelly's Beggs comes up big with perfect game

A day after losing in eight innings to Notre Dame, Whitney Beggs threw a nine-inning perfect game and Kelly's softball team defeated host Poplar Bluff 2-0 on Tuesday.

Kelly's win marked the second time in a week that the Hawks (17-6) have ousted the Mules in extra innings.

Beggs struck out 11 to improve to 7-4 on the mound. She went to a 3-2 count on a batter just once the entire game.

Kelly's Jessica Burnett reached base in the ninth on a Poplar Bluff error, and Kelly Essner had an RBI single for the go-ahead run. Essner then scored on another Mule error.

Kelly 2, Poplar Bluff 0

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WP -- Whitney Beggs. LP -- Kristin Ploetze. 3B -- Jessica Burnett. Records -- Kelly 17-6, Poplar Bluff 15-8.

Jackson 5, Chaffee 2

Darla Mangles picked up her fourth win with a complete game at home.

Mangles allowed nine hits and struck out five. Trisha Kluesner led Jackson's 11-hit attack with a 3-for-4 performance. Leslie Palmer and Calie McCuan had two hits apiece for Jackson (9-14).

Kegan Orr and Sarah Benton both had two hits for Chaffee (6-6).

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WP -- Darla Mangles, 4-7. LP -- Sarah Benton. 2B -- Jessica Pitts (J). 3B -- Leslie Palmer (J). Multiple hits -- Chaffee, Kegan Orr 2-3; Benton 2-3; Hendrix 2-3; Jackson, Trisha Kluesner 3-4; Palmer 2-3; Callie McCuan 2-3. Records -- Jackson 9-14, Chaffee 6-6.

St. Vincent 2, Delta 1

Despite outhitting St. Vincent 8-2, Delta suffered a home loss.

The Bobcat's downfall was 13 stranded runners, including the bases loaded on three occasions.

Sarah Cook, who gave up two unearned runs, was the hard-luck loser. She allowed two hits, struck out six and walked three.

Kacie Seabaugh, Jenny Dannenmueller and Shea Smith all went 2-for-4 for Delta (13-9).

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Delta 000 001 0 -- 1 8 1

WP -- Brown. LP -- Sarah Cook, 13-7. Multiple hits -- Delta, Kacie Seabaugh 2-4, Jenny Dannenmueller 2-4, Shea Smith 2-4. Records -- Delta 13-9.

VOLLEYBALL

Central 25-25

Chaffee 12-18

Central swept Chaffee on the road. Kristen Shirrell had eight assists, and Jessica Johnston had five kills for the Tigers (4-15).

Central's JV won 25-20, 25-18.

Notre Dame 22-25-25

Advance 25-11-15

Notre Dame got off to a slow start but came away with a road win in three games.

Allison Essner had 10 kills and 13 assists for the Bulldogs (18-2-1). Laura Browne had 10 kills, Amber Karnes had five kills and 13 assists, Ashley Dix had 12 digs, and Lauren Mehner added nine digs.

Kaci Cooper had 13 kills, Alicia Reeves had 11 assists, Stephania Jordan had 10 digs and Angela Broshuis had eight kills for Advance (11-7-1).

Notre Dame's JV won 25-6, 25-10.

Jackson 25-25

North County 22-16

Rebecca Martin led Jackson with five kills in a home sweep.

The Indians (12-4-3) also got seven digs apiece Lucy Hartmann and Jody Gipson.

Jackson's JV (8-4-4) won 23-25, 25-19, 25-13.

Perryville 25-25

De Soto 13-20

Jodie Amschler had 10 service points and seven digs in a home win for Perryville.

Stephanie Landholt added seven kills and three blocks, Jen Ponder had three kills, and Lindsey Lappe had nine assists.

Perryville's JV won 25-10, 20-25, 25-22.

Bell City 25-25

Saxony Lutheran 6-12

Rachel Spears had 19 assists as Bell City won on the road.

Katie Niemcyzk added seven kills and five digs, and Andreia Wondel had six kills. Spears also had five kills for Bell City (15-5-1).

Bell City's JV won 25-6, 25-9.

Leopold 25-25

Meadow Heights 15-20

Amber Nenninger had 13 kills and five blocks to lead Leopold to a home victory. Rachel Crader had 18 assists, and Tanya Arnzen added eight kills and eight digs for the Wildcats (10-5).

Leopold's JV won in two games.

Woodland 25-25

Scott City 13-20

Lotte Cook had five kills and eight digs to lead Woodland (9-4) to a road win.

Chelsea McCormick added 13 digs and two kills, and Sasha Hutson had 10 digs and two kills.

Kacie Cartwright led Scott City (14-7) with eight kills and 10 digs. Ashton Phillips added 11 digs, and Lindsey Amick had 10 assists.

CROSS COUNTRY

Farmington Invitational

Jackson's girls finished second in the 12-team meet as runners completed a 3.1-mile course. Jackson's boys were fifth.

Rachel Schmidt and Ashley Meyr finished third and fourth, respectively for Jackson. Amanda Craven (13th) and Katie Grieshop (18th) were also medalists. David Welker led the boys in eighth.

Perryville's boys were second and the girls third.

Saxony Lutheran's boys placed fourth while the girls did not field a full team. Trey Maevers led Saxony by finishing 10th.

Oak Ridge's boys were eighth and the girls did not have a full squad, but Sam Zoellner finished 14th for the girls.

Delta's Kevin Bartels led the Bobcats with an 18th-place finish.

Boys

1. Poplar Bluff 57, 2. Perryville 78, 3. Potosi 89, 4. Saxony Lutheran 123, 5. Jackson 139, 8. Oak Ridge 232

Jackson results -- 8. David Welker 18:37; 27. Sam Masters 19:21; 31. Norman Popp 19:46; 38. Trenton Rogers 19:58; 43. Ira King 20:39

Jackson JV results -- 4. Earl Popp 20:46; 13. David Presnell 21:54; 20. Kyle Trousdale 22:43; 22. Zach Dumey 22:50; 23. Nick Grieshop 22:55

Jackson Jr. High results -- 17. Taylor Floyd 10:28; 18. JoeB Miller 10:34

Saxony Lutheran results -- 10. Trey Maevers 18:43; 21. Brandon Etzold 19:05; 23. Peter Winningham 19:15; 34. Kory Mueller 19:58; 35. Max Wieser 20:07

Oak Ridge results -- 38. Dustin Owens 20:26; 46. Kyle Schoen 21:06; 47. Caleb Schoen 21:15; 50. Jared Schoen 21:45; 51. Damien Lange 21:53

Oak Ridge JV results -- 7. Ricky Wilkins 21:02; 12. Walter Ruessler 21:31; 18. Caz Lange 22:23; 21. Tyler Williams 22:42 Delta results -- 18. Kevin Bartels 18:59; 36. Aaron Kinder 20:24

Delta JV results -- 5. Nathan Stroder 20:55; 9. Amon Seabaugh 20:59; 25. Dustin Anglin 23:36; 34. Alex Parks 24:15; 44. A.J. Horn 26:50

Girls

1. Ste. Genevieve 21, 2. Jackson 75, 3. Perryville 103, 6. Delta 246

Jackson results -- 3. Rachel Schmidt 21:23; 4, Ashley Meyr 21:46; 13. Amanda Craven 23:31; 18. Katie Grieshop 24:30; 37. Beth Barton 27:27

Jackson Jr. High results -- 8. Nicole Parrish 11:16; 14. Ashley Ptacek 11:47; 18. Larrissa Petzoldt 12:13

Saxony Lutheran results -- 50. Alisha Bohnert 31:30; 54. Stacy Floyd 32:30; 55. Jessica Reisenbichler 32:35; 58. Cassandra Mirly 43:00

Oak Ridge results -- 14. Sam Zoellner 23:40; 26. Amanda Watson 25:01; 43. Tiffany Myers 28:13

Delta results -- 36. Jessica Drew 27:02; 48. Jessica Kidd 30:19; 52. Susannah Green 32:00; 53. Amanda Drew 32:01; 57. Sasha Keene 41:00

BOYS SOCCER

Sikeston 2, Jackson 1 (OT)

Cameron Keller scored Jackson's lone goal with two minutes left in regulation to send the game into overtime. The Indians (6-8) couldn't put away several scoring chances before Sikeston scored on a corner kick to win.

Jackson's JV won 2-0 behind a shutout by goalie Levi Lewis.

GIRLS TENNIS

Poplar Bluff 7, Jackson 2

Jessica Drum and Shannon Cobb were Jackson's only winners on the road as the Indians fell to 3-12.

Jackson's JV won 8-1.

Singles: 1. Jessica Drum (J) def. Nicole Dronken 8-5; 2. Shannon Cobb (J) def. Mallory Banks 8-5; 3. Jamie Gray (P) def. Sarah Hinkebein 8-3; 4. Rachel Piland (P) def. Maddy Bruegging 8-4; 5. Priyo Gujarati (P) def. Chase Crowell 8-3; 6. Morgan Allen (P) def. Sarah Detring 8-1

Doubles: 1. Dronken-Piland def. Drum-Bruegging 9-7; 2. Banks-Gray def. Cobb-Hinkebein 9-7; 3. Gujarati-Allen def. Crowell-Ellyn Beil 8-2

JV winners: Singles, Beil, Casey Schneider, Amber Terry, Katie Davis, Alynda Lane; Doubles, Detring-Terry, Kami Miinch-Schneider, Davis-Lane

--From staff reports