LIGHT OUTAGE POSTPONES CONTEST BETWEEN SCOTT CITY, CARUTHERSVILLE

SCOTT CITY -- Scott City Highs football team will have to wait a few days before going after its fifth win of the season.Friday night's scheduled game between the Rams and visiting Caruthersville was postponed as several banks of lights at Scott City's field would not come on.Despite the efforts of AmerenUE workers, the power could not be restored and the game was rescheduled for Monday at 5:30 p.m. in Scott City.The Rams are 4-1 and have won four straight games. Caruthersville is 1-4.St. Vincent 24, St. Pius 0FESTUS -- Although St. Vincent got off to a slow start, the Indians' Cory Strattman lit an offensive fire that resulted in 24 unanswered third-quarter points.Strattman returned a kickoff at the beginning of the third quarter for a 75-yard touchdown run."It was 0-0 at halftime, and I told the kids we needed to do something in the second half," said St. Vincent coach Paul Sauer, who saw his team improve to 5-1. "We got some great blocking and Cory made a nice run; the momentum carried through the whole third quarter."That momentum was evident as quarterback Jonathon Paulus tossed a 6-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Ryan Prost at the 8:02 mark of the third quarter. Derek Kutz added the PAT for a 14-0 lead.St. Vincent's next possession netted a 31-yard field goal by Kutz with 4:37 left in the third quarter. Capping off the third-quarter scoring, with only 2.8 seconds left in the third quarter, Paulus capped the quarter with a 1-yard touchdown with 2.8 seconds left. Kutz's kick upped the lead to 24-0."If someone would have told me we would have shut them out," said Sauer, "I would never have believed them. If we can beat Grandview, it will be a three way tie between us, St. Pius and Herculaneum (in the Jefferson County Conference Small Division)."Fredericktown 41, Potosi 20FREDERICKTOWN -- The Black Cats, shooting for their first winning season since 1983, took another step in that direction by mauling Potosi.Fredericktown is 4-2 overall and 4-1 in Mineral Area Activities Association play."We're happy so far with our season, but we also realize we're getting ready to play North County," said Fredericktown coach Kent Gibbs of next week's opponent, the state's second-ranked Class 4A team. "We wanted to try and get better each game and have a chance to win district, and we'd like to have a winning season. But we have to take them one at a time."The Black Cats used a punishing ground attack to whip Potosi as Fredericktown attempted just two passes, completing none.Clay Hendrix rushed for 89 yards on seven carries and scored two touchdowns. Derek Smith had 69 yards on nine carries and scored a TD. Rusty Leonard gained 64 yards on six attempts and had a TD on a recovery of a blocked punt in the end zone. Steve Francis had 30 yards on six carries, and he scored twice.

BOYS SOCCERCape Central 5, Sikeston 0In a game from Thursday, Chris Cole scored two goals -- pushing his total for the week to six -- as Central romped.At the 11-minute mark, Cole gave Central (11-7-1) the only goal it really needed, scoring on an assist from Jon Mark Thompson.Twelve mintues later, Thompson scored on an unassisted goal. Three minutes after that, Justin Shelby -- on an assist from Cole -- made the score 3-0, where it stood at halftime.About one minute into the second half, Cole scored on an assist from Shelby and Brett McNabb finished off the scoring on a penalty kick with about four minutes to go.Central's JV won 3-0.

VOLLEYBALLScott City 15-15Oran 13-12SCOTT CITY -- The Lady Rams (7-8-3), led by a trio of big hitters, grabbed first place out of six teams in the Scott City Tournament that ended Thursday.Whitney Baer led the way with 10 kills in the championship game; Lindsay Baker followed up with six kills and Rachel Spinks rounded up the power trio with six."It was a good match," said Scott City coach Barbara Ice. "Both teams played well; it was close and that made it exciting."Scott City, Oak Ridge, Charleston, Twin Rivers, Marquand and Oran all participated, with Oak Ridge capturing the consolation title with a 15-7, 15-9 win over Marquand.