LADY TIGER SOFTBALL POSTS 4-0 SHUTOUT OVER NOTRE DAME

Cape Central's girls softball team combined solid pitching, timely hitting and good defense at key moments to blank cross-town rival Notre Dame 4-0 Thursday afternoon at Notre Dame High School.

The Lady Tigers (9-3) broke open a close game in the top of the fifth inning. Leading 1-0, Amber Voerg doubled in one run and Jessica McDonald drove home two more with a double to deep left field.

Voerg and McDonald led the Cape Central attack with two hits each.

Cassie Gross had another solid outing for the Lady Tigers as she walked one and struck out three en route to a four-hit shutout.

"We made a few key plays defensively to stop Notre Dame threats," said Cape Central coach Amy Blattel, "and we put some hits together when we needed them."

Notre Dame's Mika Williamson suffered the loss. She went seven innings, allowed seven hits and struck out seven.

Sara Berkbigler had two hits for Notre Dame, which fell to 7-4 on the season.

"We played well except for two or three plays, which against a good team like Cape Central led to a couple of runs," said Notre Dame coach Chris Janet. "We really played well otherwise and I thought both pitchers pitched well."

The Notre Dame JV squad posted a 5-4 win over Cape Central.

Windsor 6, Perryville 2

IMPERIAL, Mo. -- The visiting Lady Pirates battled Windsor even until the host team pushed across four fifth-inning runs.

Perryville (5-2) was led by Stacy Baer with two hits, Amy Steffens with a RBI triple and Kate Bohnert with a RBI single to account for all the team's hits.

Megan Narrow, the starting pitcher, was tagged with the loss.

Kelly 4, Jackson 0

JACKSON, Mo. -- Dana and Marissa Essner combined to go 5-for-8 with three runs batted in as Kelly knocked off Jackson behind the pitching of Bridgett Riley.

Marissa Essner went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Dana went 2-for-4 with one RBI.

Riley allowed five hits and one walk while striking out seven.

For Jackson (2-7), Casey Hobeck managed two hits, while Ashley Snell was stuck with the loss. Snell allowed four runs, three earned, on 11 hits and no walks.

Kelly scored two runs in the first and two runs in the second.

VOLLEYBALL

Meadow Heights 15-15

Oak Ridge 4-3

OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- Meadow Heights had no trouble disposing of Oak Ridge and improving to 2-0 on the season.

Tessa Bollinger led the Lady Panthers with nine kills, while Jessica Bollinger had five kills and one stuff-block. Ashley Brune provided two kills and two service aces.

For Oak Ridge, Deanna Schreiner had five kills and four assists; Alana Hobeck had 17 assists and Erin Pavelka had two service aces.

Meadow Heights' junior varsity defeated the Lady Blue Jays 15-6, 15-7.

Ste. Genevieve 15-22

St. Vincent 5-20

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- St. Vincent lost in straight sets to Ste. Genevieve to fall to 2-1 for the season.

A marathon second set featured several long rallies and momentum shifts before the visiting Lady Dragons prevailed 22-20.

Danielle Sutterer with eight kills and 12 blocks, and Chelsey Brown with six kills, led the Squaws.

Oran 15-15

Charleston 12-12

ORAN, Mo. -- Maria Eftink notched nine kills as Oran improved to 2-1 on the season.

Anilise Lange and Stacey Eftink had nine and eight service points, respectively.

Oran won the JV match 15-2, 15-4.

Zalma 15-15

Marquand 1-8

ZALMA, Mo. -- The Lady Bulldogs remained undefeated on the season with an easy sweep at home.

Carrie Pixley led the charge for Zalma (5-0-1) with nine kills while Mary Kay Hovis had six kills and three service aces. Selena Slaughter dished out 18 assists and notched four aces.

Zalma also swept the JV match 15-5, 15-8.

Tennis

Jackson 9, Fredericktown 0

JACKSON, Mo. -- The Lady Indians (5-0) kept their perfect season record intact with a shutout win over the Lady Blackcats at Jackson.

Singles

1. Kim Anderson (J) def. Angie McDaniel 8-0

2. Nicole Poythress (J) def. Becky Banes 8-2

3. Sarah Propst (J) def. Libby Matthews 8-4

4. Katie Domian (J) def. Hannah Royer 8-0

5. Maggie Martin (J) def. Amy Walker 8-1

6. Carly Vogelsang (J) def. Amy Owens 8-2

Doubles

1. Anderson-Poythress (J) def. McDaniel-Matthews 8-1

2. Propst-Domian (J) def. Banes-Royer 8-0

3. Martin-Vogelsang (J) def. Walker-Owens 8-1

Jackson JV winners: Sarah Owen, Terri Miinch, Lauren Everett, Jessica Nelson, Rebecca Seabaugh, Ashley Seabaugh, Kali Niswonger.

Doubles: Owens-Miinch, Mitchell-Nelson.

Carbondale (Ill.) 7

Cape Central 2

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The rebuilding Cape Central girls tennis team suffered another loss as their season record fell to 0-4.

Singles

1. Renee Parrish (C) def. Lauren Sulser 10-6

2. Ceci Mayberry (C) def. Allison Campbell 10-8

3. Ann Kim (C) def. Carrie Eller 10-2

4. Sarah Jackson (C) def. Hannah Weir 10-5

5. Megan Ladd (CC) def. Nicole Roberts 10-4

6. Maren Sommers (C) def. Sara Burns 11-9

Doubles

1. Sulser-Lindsey Landgraf (CC) def. Mayberry-Kim 10-8

2. Parrish-Jackson (C) def. Campbell-Ladd 10-6

3. Roberts-Lather (C) def. Weir-Burns 10-8

Cape Central JV winners: Laurent Parrent, Allie McGinty, Katie Maginel, Erika Foley.

Doubles: Landgraf-McGinty, Parrent-Maginel, Sonia Tikoo-Heidi Pilsner

Dexter 8, Chaffee 1

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Amanda Clark and Brittney Bennett won in the No. 2 doubles match for the Lady Red Devils' lone win against Dexter.

Chaffee dropped to 0-3 in dual matches this season.

"We just had our first three matches back-to-back and we've improved every one," said Chaffee coach Amanda Horrell. "We're playing well, especially for a very young team."

Singles

1. Julie Jarrell (D) def. Amanda Clark 8-4

2. Amy Rose (D) def. Callie Meyr 8-1

3. Rhiannon Wunderlich (D) def. Kate Pfefferkorn 8-3

4. Elise Young (D) def. Brittney Bennett 8-3

5. Stephanie Long (D) def. Nicole Poe 8-0

6. Katie Howard (D) def. Amanda Cannon 8-1

Doubles

1. Jarrell-Rose (D) def. Meyr-Pfefferkorn 8-2

2. Clark-Bennett (C) def. Long-Howard 8-5

3. Wunderlich-Young def. Poe-Cannon 8-1

SOCCER

Notre Dame 2, Sikeston 1

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Notre Dame bested SEMO Conference foe Sikeston to remain undefeated with a 5-0 record.

Notre Dame, coming off two huge back-to-back wins over rival Cape Central, could not be faulted if it suffered a bit of a mental letdown.

"We played hard and really quite well," said coach Brad Wittenborn. "We just weren't as sharp as in past games. We had a lot of shots just missed, hitting the crossbars and goal posts. But that is not to take anything away from a much-improved Sikeston team."

The Bulldogs got goals from Scott Wittenborn and Tim Buerck (unassisted) in the first half. Matt Pobst assisted on Wittenborn's goal.

Sikeston got a goal from Brandon DeWitt in the second half, the first goal scored on Notre Dame this season.

Notre Dame's JV won 7-0. Tyler Cuba led the way with three goals.

SOCCER

Jackson 3, Carbondale 2

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Jackson's Michael Schuette deposited two passes from Patrick Kohm, including the game-winner with about two minutes to play.

Schuette had opened the scoring with a goal less than one minute into the game and Matt Buttry extended the lead to 2-0 by halftime.

Carbondale netted two goals in the second half to tie the game 2-2, but Schuette scored late to lift Jackson (4-2) to its fourth straight win.

"I feel we let our guard down in the second half," said Jackson coach Zack Walton. "Once they tied the game we started playing better again."

Carbondale won the JV game 3-2. Stuart Knowlan and Jeffrey Beck netted goals for Jackson.