Late scores carry Woodland boys past Crystal City

Landon Johnson's two-run single highlighted a three-run seventh innings as Woodland blanked Crystal City 3-0 in the opening round of the Oak Ridge Baseball Invitational Friday at Saxony Lutheran High School.

The outburst broke open a pitchers duel between Woodland's Aaron Yount and Crystal City's Sam Holst, who put up matching goose eggs through six innings.

Johnson relieved Yount in the bottom of the sixth, then got the win after setting down Crystal City in order in the bottom of the seventh.

"Aaron threw a really good game," said Woodland assistant coach Neil Johnson. "He kept the ball low, threw strikes, and we played good defense behind him."

Landon Johnson's single in the top of the seventh came with the bases loaded and the Cardinals leading 1-0. He ripped a fastball back up the middle that plated two insurance runs.

"We couldn't ask for anything else," Neil Johnson said. "He stayed back and hit the ball hard. You couldn't ask for a better game."

The Cardinals didn't fare as well in the second-round game, falling to Saxony Lutheran 8-6. Paris Johnson and Gabe Bohnert both hit doubles to lead the Crusaders.

Ethan Mirly was the winning pitcher and also doubled for Saxony Lutheran (5-4).

Landon Johnson hit a double to pace Woodland (7-6).

Woodland 000 000 3 -- 3 6 0

Crystal City 000 000 0 -- 0 4 0

WP -- Landon Johnson. LP -- Sam Holst. 2B -- C.J. McAlister (W). Multiple hits -- Woodland: C.J. McAlister 2-3; Crystal City: Jake Politte 2-3. Records -- Woodland 7-5, Crystal City 1-9.

Woodland 032 010 0 -- 6 11 3

Saxony 304 001 X -- 8 12 3

WP -- Ethan Mirly. LP -- Ben McCormick. 2B -- Paris Johnson (SL), Gabe Bohnert (SL), Ethan Mirly (SL), Landon Johnson (W). Multiple hits -- Saxony Lutheran: Paris Johnson 2-4, Gabe Bohnert 2-4, Ethan Mirly 2-4, Chase Steffens 2-4; Woodland: Landon Johnson 2-3, Josh Rainey 2-4, Garret Reynolds 3-4. Records -- Saxony Lutheran 5-4, Woodland 7-6.

Oak Ridge 12, Leopold 3

Andrew Puchbauer and Lance Rohde each had two doubles to help Oak Ridge reach the championship game of its own tournament.

Puchbauer finished with four hits, Rohde had three and Nathan Bolin had two for the Blue Jays (4-3).

Winning pitcher Jake LeGrand also had a double.

Zach Elfrink had a triple for the Wildcats (7-4).

Leopold 000 003 0 -- 3 9 3

Oak Ridge 240 006 X -- 12 13 3

WP -- Jake LeGrand, 1-1. LP -- Austin Bucher. 3B -- Zach Elfrink (L). 2B -- Bucher (L), C. Graham (L), LeGrand (OR), Andrew Puchbauer 2 (OR), Lance Rohde 2 (OR). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Bucher 2-4, Elfrink 2-4, Dillan Vandeven 2-3; Oak Ridge: Puchbauer 4-5, Rohde 3-4, Nathan Bolin 2-4. Records -- Oak Ridge 4-3, Leopold 7-4.

Charleston Wood Bat Lucky 13 Classic

Twin Rivers 12, Scott City 1

Ryan Fortner had a double to pace the Rams in their loss to the Royals in five innings in the opening day of the Charleston Wood Bat Lucky 13 Classic at Benny Hillhouse Memorial Park in Charleston.

Ryan Brock was the losing pitcher. He threw three innings and gave up five earned runs with two strikeouts and five walks for Scott City (6-3).

Wyatt Easterday hit two doubles to lead Twin Rivers (5-3).

Twin Rivers 023 61 -- 12 10 0

Scott City 000 10 -- 1 7 3

WP -- Michael Snider. LP -- Ryan Brock, 3-2. 2B -- Ryan Fortner (SC), Blake Moore (TR), Wyatt Easterday (TR) 2. Multiple hits -- Scott City: Ryan Fortner 2-3; Twin Rivers: Wyatt Easterday 2-2, Matt Cagle 2-3. Records -- Scott City 6-3, Twin Rivers 5-3.

Malden Invitational Tournament

Chaffee 4, Holcomb 3

A strong seventh inning propelled the Red Devils to vicotry in their opening game of pool play in the Malden Invitational Tournament on Friday.

Cody Johnson and Layton Tenkhoff both had a double to lead Chaffee (13-3).

Cody Payne was the winning pitcher. He threw all seven innings and gave up two earned runs on two hits with 10 strikeouts and one walk.

Michael Glover belted a home run to pace the Hornets.

Holcomb 001 002 0 -- 3 2 4

Chaffee 000 101 2 -- 4 5 2

WP -- Cody Payne. LP -- Cameron Clark. HR -- Michael Glover (H). 2B -- Cody Johnson (C), Layton Tenkhoff (T). Records -- Chaffee 13-3.

Chaffee 11, Advance 4

Layton Tenkhoff belted a home run and a double to help the Red Devils win their second game in pool play and advance to the gold pool of the Malden Invitational Tournament.

Lane Henson picked up the win on the mound. He threw 3 2/3 innings and gave up three earned runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and four walks for Chaffee (14-3). Cody JOhnson had three hits for the Red Devils, while Devon Yahn had two hits.

Ethan Barr had a double among his two hits for the Hornets.

Advance 010 300 0 -- 4 8 1

Chaffee 312 302 X -- 11 14 1

WP -- Lane Henson. LP -- Zane Eggimann. HR -- Layton Tenkhoff (C). 3B -- Cody Payne (C), Jared Walker (C). 2B -- Cody Johnson (C), Layton Tenkhoff (C), Ethan Barr (A), Brian Whitson (A). Multiple hits -- Chaffee: Cody Johnson 3-4, Devon Yahn 2-4, Layton Tenkhoff 2-3, Cole Hanna 3-4; Advance: Ethan Barr 2-4. Records -- Chaffee 14-3.

SOFTBALL

Oak Ridge Invitational Tournament

Leopold 8, Woodland 1

Ashlyn Bucher slammed a double to help land the Wildcats in the championship game of the Oak Ridge Invitational Tournament.

The game was played at Woodland but Leopold was the home team as determined by the bracket.

Lexi Vandeven earned her third win in the circle with three strikeouts for Leopold (8-1).

The Cardinals (5-4) had dealt the Wildcats their first loss of the season only three days earlier Tuesday on the same field.

Woodland routed Meadow Heights 18-0 in the first round to advance to the semifinals.

Woodland 001 00 -- 1 2 2

Leopold 230 3X -- 8 10 0

WP -- Lexi Vandeven, 3-0. LP -- Josie Long. 2B -- Ashlyn Bucher (L). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Ashlyn Bucher 3-3, Dana Thiele 3-3. Records -- Leopold 8-1, Woodland 5-4.

Advance 17, Oak Ridge 1

Hannah Clark slammed a three-run home run to help the Hornets coast to victory in a semifinal of the Oak Ridge Invitational Tournament.

Clark was also the winning pitcher and picked up her sixth win in the circle.

Jay Maddox nailed a solo home run and went 2 for 3 at the plate for Advance (7-4).

Pitcher Emilie Beard suffered the loss for Oak Ridge (2-5).

The Blue Jays defeated Zalma 12-2 in the first round of the tournament.

Oak Ridge 100 -- 1 1 3

Advance 773 -- 17 18 0

WP -- Hannah Clark, 6-4. LP -- Emilie Beard. HR -- Jay Maddox (A), Hannah Clark (A). 2B -- Sydney Bailey (A). Multiple hits -- Advance: Sydney Bailey 2-2, Jay Maddox 2-3, Hannah Clark 3-3, Kimsey Lillard 4-4, Krystal James 2-3, Kendra Sokolowski 2-2. Records -- Advance 7-4, Oak Ridge 2-5.

GIRLS SOCCER

Perryville 3, Maplewood-Richmond Heights 0

Natalie Gremaud and Allison Moldenhauer recorded a goal and an assist each to lead the Pirates to victory in their last pool-play match of the Hillsboro Invitational Tournament on Friday.

Maria Thieret scored the other goal and Kaitlyn Ellsworth provided an assist for Perryville (7-3).

Goalkeeper Miranda Stortz had the shutout.

The Pirates' flawless 3-0 record in pool play allowed them to advance to the championship game with the host Hawks.

Villa Duchesne 3, Notre Dame 0

The host Bulldogs (5-6) dropped a match to the Saints from suburban St. Louis.

JV -- Notre Dame won 2-1.

GOLF

St. Vincent 202, Grandview (Hillsboro) 242

Levi Gotto shot a 9-over-par 44 to lead the Indians (9-1) at the Raintree Country Club in Hillsboro, Mo.

ST. VINCENT (202) -- Levi Gotto 44, Zach Heberlie 47, Kelly Welker 52, Matt Prost 59

McMillan gets first hole in one

Garrett McMillan, a member of the Central golf team, shot his first hole-in-one of his career on during a team practice Friday at Dalhousie Golf Club. McMillan holed a 7-iron from 150 yards on the 13th hole. Teammate Parker Browne witnessed the shot.

TRACK AND FIELD

Simpson Relays/ Farmington Invitational

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Fox 109; 2. Hillsboro 104; 3. Jackson 70; 4. Poplar Bluff 64; 5. Farmington 49; 6. Festus 48; 7. North St. Francois County 44; 8. Ste. Genevieve 36; 9. Pacific 32; 10. Cape Central 32; 11. Herculaneum 31; 12. Fredericktown 22; 13. Potosi 16, St. Francois County (Park Hills) Central 16; 15. Perryville 13; 16. Scott City 6; 17. DeSoto 5; 18. Windsor (Imperial) 4

Local top six finishers

400 -- 2. Brannon Wright (J) 51.77

800 -- 3. Calvin Lysell (J) 2:05.04; 5. Jack Jeffers (J) 2:07.61

1,600 -- 4. Billy Leighton (CC) 4:47.35; 5. Riley Duncan (CC) 4:47.70

110 hurdles -- 6. Brandon Mingo (J) 17.08

300 hurdles -- 4. Ty Crowden (J) 43.47

3,200 -- 3. Jackson (Matt Gibson, Calvin Lysell, Nate Martin, Jack Jeffers) 8:27.47

Long jump -- 2. Chris Martin (CC) 20-09; 6. Blake Reiman (J) 19-10

Triple jump -- 1. Chris Martin (CC) 46-61/2

Shot put -- 2. Luke Stevens (J) 47-08; 5. Stephen Dunn (J) 43-113/4

Discus -- 4. Luke Stevens (J) 134-05

Pole vault -- 2. Dylan Rush (J) 15-0; 4. Jordan Jeffers (J) 14-0

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Festus 86; 2. Jackson 79.5; 3. Hillsboro 75; 4. DeSoto 66; 5. Farmington 63; 6. Ste. Genevieve 61; 7. Poplar Bluff 47.5; 8. Cape Central 44.5; 9. North St. Francois County 40; 10. Dexter 36; 11. Herculaneum 31; 12. St. Francois County (Park Hills) Central 25; 13. Windsor (Imperial) 16.5; 14. Pacific 14; 15. Scott City 9; 16. Perryville 8

Local top six finishers

100 -- 4. Tramonee Stewart (CC) 13.66

200 -- 6. Carli Knott (J) 28.33

400 -- 6. Sierra Jones (CC) 1:05.90

800 -- 3. Chelsea Drum (J) 2:28.95

1,600 -- 3. Chelsea Drum (J) 5:27.92; 6. Taylor Winnick (J) 5:49.96

3,200 -- 6. Taylor Winnick (J) 12:41.58

100 hurdles -- 5. Courterra Stevenson (CC) 17.28

300 hurdles -- 5. Kassidy Adams (J) 54.14

400 relay -- 1. Central (Courterra Stevenson, Mackenzie Mitchell, Alexus Walker, Tramonee Stewart) 54.42; 4. Scott City 54.24

800 relay -- 2. Central (Courterra Stevenson, Mackenzie Mitchell, Alexus Walker, Tramonee Stewart) 1:51.25; 5. Scott City 1:55.77; 6. Jackson 1:56.48

1,600 relay -- 6. Jackson 4:31.99

Pole vault -- 1. Sierra Maddux (J) 11-0; 2. Chleo LeGrand (CC) 10-0; 5. Lauren Johnson (J) 8-6

High jump -- 6. Courterra Stevenson (C) 4-6

Triple jump -- 4. Miranda Craft (J) 31-23/4

Shot put -- 1. Paden Wachter (J) 41-01/4; 5. Melinna Craft (J) 34-07

Discus -- 1. Paden Wachter (J) 123-10; 4. Brooke Whitledge (J) 109-11

-- From staff reports