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SportsApril 3, 2008

Cody Van de Ven pitched a one-hitter and Clayton Stoverink hit a two-run home run as the Leopold baseball team won its first game Wednesday with a 14-4, six-inning road victory over Scott County Central. Van de Ven struck out seven and walked 10 in the complete-game effort for Leopold (1-2)...

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com
Leopold's Clayton Stoverink was greeted by teammates at home plate after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning of Wednesday's game against Scott County Central in Morley, Mo.
AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Leopold's Clayton Stoverink was greeted by teammates at home plate after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning of Wednesday's game against Scott County Central in Morley, Mo.

Cody Van de Ven pitched a one-hitter and Clayton Stoverink hit a two-run home run as the Leopold baseball team won its first game Wednesday with a 14-4, six-inning road victory over Scott County Central.

Van de Ven struck out seven and walked 10 in the complete-game effort for Leopold (1-2).

Stoverink homered in a four-run fourth, doubled and finished with four RBIs. Van de Ven and Wade Wiseman each had two doubles, and Jordan Jansen added a pair of hits. Wiseman also had two RBIs.

Leopold 14, Scott County Central 4, 6 inn.

Leopold 105 413 — 14 10 1

Scott County 000 130 — 4 1 7

WP — Cody Van de Ven, 1-1. LP — Ben Freed. HR — Clayton Stoverink (L). 2B — Van de Ven 2 (L), Wade Wiseman 2 (L), Stoverink (L). Multiple hits — Leopold, Wiseman 2-3, Van de Ven 2-3, Stoverink 2-5, Jordan Jansen 2-5. Records — Leopold 1-2.

Leopold's Wade Wiseman drilled a double to left field during Wednesday's game against Scott County Central.
Leopold's Wade Wiseman drilled a double to left field during Wednesday's game against Scott County Central.

Notre Dame 6, Dexter 3

Notre Dame evened its record with a home victory, although the Bulldogs (2-2) were the visiting team on the scoreboard.

Jake Pewitt was the winning pitcher. He allowed two hits and one run in four innings, while striking out five and walking four.

Dylan Drury worked two innings and Tanner Hiett earned a save by striking out the side in the seventh.

Colton Young and Aaron Tomascewski both had two of Notre Dame's eight hits. Sophomore Mark Hagedorn homered in hi first career varsity at-bat.

Notre Dame 120 021 0 — 6 8 2

Dexter 010 010 1 — 3 3 1

WP — Jake Pewitt, 2-0. LP — Miller. HR — Mark Hagedorn (ND). 3B — Dylan Drury (ND). 2B — Colton Young (ND), Miller (D). Multiple hits — Notre Dame, Young 2-4, Aaron Tomascewski 2-4. Records — Notre Dame 2-2.

Chaffee 7, Delta 1

Chaffee collected four of its five hits in a five-run fifth inning as it stayed unbeaten at home.

Winning pitcher Russell Gardner struck out 10 batters and allowed three hits in six innings. Aaron Horrell pitched one inning of hitless relief and fanned two batters.

Delta 000 001 0 — 1 3 5

Chaffee 000 052 x — 7 5 1

WP — Russell Gardner. LP — Tyler Martin. Records — Chaffee 4-0.

Chaffee 14, Scott Co. Central 4, 5 inn.

Chaffee (5-0) used a 10-run second inning to pick up its second win of the day, also at home, although Scott County was the official home team.

Starter Andrew Dooley pitched two perfect innings for the victory. He struck out five of the six batters he faced.

The Red Devils had 14 hits, led by Dylan McAllister's 3-for-3. Trenton Horman, Andy Hendrix and Hunter Thomason each added two hits.

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Scott County 003 01 — 4 2 2

WP — Andrew Dooley. LP — Mark Freed. 2B — Trenton Horman (C), Jerrod Steger (C), Dylan McAllister (C). Multiple hits — Chaffee, McAllister 3-3, Horman 2-3, Andy Hendrix 2-3, Hunter Thomason 2-3. Records — Chaffee 5-0.

Oak Ridge 3, Meadow Heights 1

Ethan Sachs pitched a three-hitter, with 10 strikeouts and two walks, as Oak Ridge remained undefeated with a home victory.

Garrett Light homered and doubled for Oak Ridge (4-0). Jace Bye and Brett Thomas both added two hits.

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Oak Ridge 110 100 x — 3 6 1

WP — Ethan Sachs. LP — Hanners. HR — Garrett Light (O). 2B — Kiefer (M), Groves (M), Light (O). Multiple hits — Light 2-3, Jace Bye 2-3, Brett Thomas 2-3. Records — Oak Ridge 4-0.

Parkway North 11, Central 0, 5 inn.

Central managed just three hits as host Parkway North rolled to a five-inning victory.

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Parkway North 416 0x — 11 8 2

WP — Blake Bunton, 1-0). LP — Zach Wilson, 0-2. 2B — Neil Richardson (P), Garrett Ruitt (P). Records — Parkway North 2-0, Central 3-6.

Saxony Lutheran 3, Bell City 1

Bret Steffens delivered a two-out, two-run double in the top of the eighth inning to lift Saxony Lutheran on the road.

Chris Roth pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball for the Crusaders (3-1), striking out eight and allowing five hits.

Garrett Fritsche pitched 2 2/3 innings and had seven strikeouts to notch the victory.

Bell City pitcher Nick Niemczyk went all 8 innings, striking out 13 and allowing eight hits.

Bryant Steffens had two hits for the Crusaders, while Ethan Watkins and Alan Long both had two hits for the Cubs (0-2).

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Bell City 001 000 00 — 1 7 3

WP — Garrett Fritsche. LP — Nick Niemczyk. 2B — Chris Roth (S), Bret Steffens (S), Ethan Watkins (BC), Melvin Johnson (BC). Multiple hits — Saxony, Bryant Steffens 2-4; Bell City, Ethan Watkins 2-4, Alan Long 2-3. Records — Saxony 3-1, Bell City 0-2.

SOFTBALL

Leopold 18, Scott Co. Central 0, 4 inn.

Leopold banged out 10 hits and was issued 16 walks in a four-inning home victory.

Cassie Seiler had two hits and three RBIs for the Wildcats (2-1). Kaylee Gemeinhardt added a triple and two RBIs.

Winning pitcher Allison Beuter struck out six and allowed two hits.

Leopold 352 8 — 18 10 1

Scott County 000 0 — 0 2 4

WP — Allison Beuter, 1-1. LP — Monroe. 3B — Kaylee Gemeinhardt (L). 2B — Mosley (SCC). Multiple hits — Leopold, Cassie Seiler 2-3. Records — Leopold 2-1.

Oak Ridge 13, Meadow Heights 9

Oak Ridge outlasted visiting Meadow Heights.

Shelby Proctor, Morgan Newell and Hannah Sedgwick each had two hits for Oak Ridge. Sedgwick was the winning pitcher.

Ashley Doublin went 3-for-3 to lead Meadow Heights.

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Oak Ridge 512 041 x — 13 13 5

WP — Hannah Sedgwick. LP — Lindsey Mayfield. 3B — Emily Ruch (O). 2B — Morgan Newell (O), Amber Schumer (O), Alina Fox (O). Multiple hits — Meadow Heights, Ashley Doublin 3-3, Amandra Hendrickson 2-5, Katrina Long 2-3; Oak Ridge, Shelby Proctor 2-4, Newell 2-4, Sedgwick 2-3. Records: Oak Ridge 3-2.

GIRLS SOCCER Central 4, Perryville 3, OT

Danielle Markhart scored three goals, including the game-winner seven minutes into overtime, as Central (2-2) won on the road.

Markhart ended the contest on an assist from Sarah Uptmor.

BOYS TENNIS Central 7, Vianney 0

Central improved to 3-0 in dual matches with a dominant victory in St. Louis.

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Singles

No. 1 — David Berry (C) def. Kevin Hurst 6-3, 6-2

No. 2 — Patrick Duffy (C) def. Kenny Higgins 6-4, 6-2

No. 3 — Will LaFoe (C) def. Greg Dalton 6-4, 4-6, 10-8

No. 4 — Garrett McMillan (C) def. Kyle Taylor 6-3, 6-3

Doubles

No. 1 — Brandon Gonzales-Josh Hubbard (C) def. Adam Maurer-John Schweitzer 6-4, 6-0

No. 2 — Andrew Shupert-Cole Bradley (C) def. Tommy Schalloy-Steve Richter 6-3, 7-6

No. 3 — Dylan Thomas-Caleb Yeargain (C) def. Sam Smith-Ryan Binz 6-4, 7-5

GOLF

Notre Dame 157, Sikeston 183

Notre Dame shot a season-best score during a dual win on the road.

Emily Matthews was the medalist with a 3-over 38.

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Notre Dame — Emily Matthews 38, John Oliver 39, Brett Slaten 40, Austin Hunter 40.

Farmington beats Jackson

Host Jackson ended its dual match in a 160-160 tie, but Farmington was awarded the victory based on each team's fifth score.

Jackson's Tanner Werner was the medalist with a 1-over 35 at Kimbeland Country Club.

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Jackson — Tanner Werner 35, Joe Schultz 40, Brett Leimbach 40, Todd Heuring 47.

TRACK & FIELD Festus Invitational

Jackson had several strong performances during Tuesday's Festus Invitational.

The boys won three events, including a meet record by Jacob Bollinger in the discus (157 feet, 2 inches).

Adam Zweigert won the 100 (11.4 seconds), while the 3,200 relay team of Cody Green, Josh Cook, Perry Hazelwood and Tyson Stoverink prevailed in 8:31.

On the girls side, the 1,600 relay team of Landon Wachter, Heather Hileman, Mary Ann Bradshaw and Beth Barton won in 4:18.

Jill Rushin set a school record in the shot put with a second-place 42-4.

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(top five)

BOYS

100 — 1. Adam Zweigert (11.4)

400 — 3. Adam Zweigert (52.65)

3,200 relay — 1. Cody Green, Josh Cook, Perry Hazelwood, Tyson Stoverink (8:31)

Discus — 1. Jacob Bollinger (157-2); 4. Cole Rodgers (131-0)

Shot put — 2. Blake Peiffer (45-8)

Pole vault — 3. Garrett Stone (10-6)

Shot put — 5. Jacob Bollinger (43-2)

Long jump — 5. Bennett Smith (18-4)

GIRLS

100 hurdles — 2. Landon Wachter (16.43)

200 — 5. Rachel Myer (29.23)

400 — 3. Wachter (59.32)

1,600 relay — 1. Wachter, Heather Hileman, Mary Ann Bradshaw, Beth Barton (4:18)

Shot put — 2. Jill Rushin (42-4)

Discus — 3. Rushin (121-4)

High jump — 2. Hileman (5-0)

Triple jump — 5. Myer (30-2)

Malden Invitational

Chaffee's girls finished third and the boys were fourth during Tuesday's nine-team Malden Invitational.

Kennett's girls won with 140 points, followed by Malden (109), Chaffee (93), Kelly (89) and New Madrid (73).

Malden's boys prevailed with 147 points, while Kennett (128), New Madrid (104), Chaffee (100) and Hayti (70) rounded out the top five.

Chaffee's girls received first places from Amber Kirk in the shot put, Whitney Schlosser in the discus and the 3,200 relay.

On the boys side, Chaffee winners were Collin Dannenmueller in the 400 and Gage Harrell in the 300 hurdles and the 1,600 relay.

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(top three)

GIRLS

3,200 relay — 1. Sarah Sigman, Taylor Kirchdoerfer, Elisabeth Schlosser, R. Wiley (12:26)

800 — 2. Kirchdoerfer (2:52)

1,600 — 3. E. Schlosser (6:40)

3,200 — 3. Sarah Reischman (14:51)

1,600 relay — 3. K. Hester, Sigman, Kirchdoerfer, E. Schlosser) (5:05)

Discus — 1. Whitney Schlosser (89-4); 2. Amber Kirk (79-8)

Shot put — 1. Kirk (31-7); 2. Schlosser (30-1)

Long jump — 2. Sigman (14-6)

BOYS

400 — 1. Collin Dannenmueller (53.94)

300 hurdles — 1. Gage Harrell

1,600 relay — 1. Dannenmueller, D. Lawson, T. Taylor, Harrell (3:51)

Discus — 2. Walker Rice (124-3)

High jump — 2. Trenton Horman (6-0); 3. Dannenmueller (6-0)

— From staff reports

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