Meadow Heights' Kennedy is nearly perfect in no-hitter

Sophomore Cody Kennedy was an error away from a perfect game Tuesday.

The Meadow Heights hurler pitched all five innings, striking out 11 of the 15 batters he faced as the Panthers downed Delta 10-0 in baseball action.

Kennedy made the only error of the game on a ground ball back to him in the second inning. While he didn't get the perfect game, he had plenty to celebrate with the no-hitter.

Kennedy also led the Panthers (2-8) in hitting, going 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.

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WP — Cody Kennedy, 2-1. LP — Martin. 2B — Kennedy (MH), Trevor Hotop (MH). Multiple hits — Meadow Heights: Kennedy

2-2. Records — Meadow Heights 2-8.

Oran 14, Woodland 0

Jayden Pobst was unhittable and the Eagles' bats never stopped producing hits as they crushed the Cardinals in five innings.

Pobst threw four innings, striking out eight batters, walking one and allowing no hits. Jake Carter pitched the fifth, striking out two, as the two Oran pitchers combined for the no-hitter.

Pobst, Kody Campbell, Tyler Beardslee and Caleb Seyer all homered for the Eagles (11-1).

Campbell was 3-for-3 with three runs and five RBIs.

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WP — Jayden Pobst, 2-1. LP — Tim Abner. HR — Kody Campbell (O), Tyler Beardslee (O), Caleb Seyer (O), Pobst (O). 2B — Campbell 2 (O), Steven Dooley (O). Multiple hits — Oran: Campbell 3-3, Beardslee 2-4, Dooley 2-3, Jake Carter 2-3, Cody Dirnberger 2-2. Records — Oran 11-1.

Dexter 8, Central 7

The Tigers kept trying to answer the Bearcats' runs, but Central finally ran out of time.

The Bearcats scored twice in the fifth and made the runs hold up.

Alex Shell went 3-for-4 with three doubles and Garrett Stevens went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs in the loss.

Brooks Osburn went 2-for-4 with a double for the Tigers (6-12, 4-4).

Dexter 402 020 0 — 8 6 2

Central 220 300 0 — 7 12 2

WP — Eric Windham. LP — Zach Wilson. HR — Garrett Stevens (C), Sawyer Smith (D). 2B — Alex Shell 3 (C), Jared Green (C), Brooks Osburn (C). Multiple hits — Central: Shell 3-4, Stevens 2-4, Osburn 2-4; Dexter: Ben Mills 2-5, Windham 2-4. Records — Central 6-12, Dexter 10-3.

JV — Central (9-1) won 12-2.

Notre Dame 7, Sikeston 2

Aaron Tomaszewski allowed two runs and six hits through 4 1/3 innings to earn the win before Colton Young shut down Sikeston over the next 2 2/3 innings to led Notre Dame to victory.

Young allowed no hits and struck out four.

Dylan Drury led Notre Dame's attack, going 2-for-4 with a double. Blake Gaddis went 3-for-4 and Mark Himmelberg went 2-for-4 in the win.

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Sikeston 010 100 0 — 2 6 1

WP — Aaron Tomaszewski, 2-0. LP — Seth Baker. 2B — Dylan Drury (ND), Matt Ritch (S). Multiple hits — Notre Dame: Blake Gaddis 3-4, Mark Himmelberg 2-4, Drury 2-4, Colton Young 2-3; Sikeston: Scott Drody 2-3. Records — Notre Dame 11-5.

Perryville 6, Crystal City 1

Waylon Sparkman went 2-for-3 with a double to help lead the Pirates to victory.

Justin Dailey struck out six and walked two to earn the win.

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WP — Justin Dailey. LP — Portel. 2B — Luke Ponder (P), Waylon Sparkman (P). Multiple hits — Perryville: Sparkman 2-3, Andrew Martin 2-3. Records — Perryville 6-6.

SOFTBALL Delta 11, Meadow Heights 0

Kendra Burnett struck out 15 of the 18 batters she faced as the Bobcats downed the Panthers in five innings.

Amanda Seabaugh went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs to lead Delta (6-2).

Lindsey Mayfield doubled for the Panthers.

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WP — Kendra Burnett, 5-2. LP — Lindsey Mayfield. 2B — Mayfield (MH), Taylor Keys (D), Sara Blattel (D), Katie Brucker (D), Burnett (D), Amanda Seabaugh (D), Jodi Menz (D), Taylor Smith (D). Multiple hits — Delta, Blattel 2-3, Burnett 2-3, Seabaugh 2-3, Smith 2-3. Records — Delta 6-2, Meadow Heights 2-7.

Meadow Heights 15, Woodland 13

Lindsey Mayfield went 4-for-4 at the plate and picked up the win on the mound for the Panther on Monday.

Katrina Long went 2-for-3 with a double in the win.

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Meadow Heights 430 052 1 — 15 14

WP — Lindsey Mayfield. LP — Clifton. 2B — Cassandra Bynum (MH), Katrina Long (MH), Rhodes (W), Dickey 2 (W), Winchester (W). Multiple hits — Woodland: Santi 3-4, Steckman 3-4, Jetton 2-4, Clifton 2-4, Rhodes 2-5, Dickey 3-4; Meadow Heights: Mayfield 4-4, Jill Mills 2-2, Long 2-3. Records — Meadow Heights 2-6.

TENNIS Central 9, Dexter 0

The Tigers went a combined 46-0 in singles games and 24-2 in doubles games as they hammered the Bearcats.

Singles

No. 1 — David Berry (C) def. Dusty Potter 8-0

No. 2 — Patrick Duffy (C) def. Ryan Windham 8-0

No. 3 — Will LaFoe (C) def. Barry Burge 8-0

No. 4 — Brandon Gonzales (C) def. Brauk Burge 8-0

No. 5 — Garrett McMillan (C) def. Michael Irvin 8-0

No. 6 — Josh Hubbard (C) def. Trevor Burnhan 8-0

Doubles

No. 1 — Berry-Duffy (C) def. Potter-Irvin 8-0

No. 2 — LaFoe-McMillan (C) def. Windham-Tyler Batchelor 8-0

No. 3 — Gonzales-Hubbard (C) def. Burge-Burge 8-2

JV — Central won 6-0

GOLF Central 157, Notre Dame 169, Saxony 204

Central's Cole Viers continued his hot shooting as he fired a 37 to capture medalist honors in a tri-meet with Notre Dame and Saxony Lutheran.

Brett Slaten shot a 38 to lead Notre Dame, while Jordan Sheets shot a 39 for Central.

Tyler James shot a 42 to lead Saxony Lutheran.

Team scores — Central 157, Notre Dame 169. Saxony 204

Central (157) — Cole Viers 37, Jordan Sheets 39, Tim Simmons 40, Corey Fowler 41

Notre Dame (169) — Brett Slaten 38, Joe Wiggans 42, Austin Hunter 44, Emily Matthews 45

Saxony (204) — Tyler James 42, Zach Vath 47, Aaron Buscher 51, Nick Murphy 54

GIRLS SOCCER

Carbondale (Ill.) 5, Central 0

The Tigers suffered a tough loss on the road in Illinois.

Perryville 2, Sikeston 1

Becka Hanquist and Kendra Schilli scored for the host Pirates (6-3), who received an assist from Alicia Kueker.

TRACK Jackson at Central

The Tigers edged the Indians on the girls side, winning 74-69.

On the boys side, Jackson earned the 96-50 win.

Central's top-three finishers

Girls

1. Central 74, 2. Jackson 69

4x800 relay — 1. Central (Richmond, Walter, Ford, Langenfeld), 10:51.16

100 — 3. Carr, 14.37

4x200 relay — 1. Central (Walter, Pittman, Thomas, Childs), 1:49.34

1,600 — 3. Weisenberger, 6:08

4x100 relay — 1. Central (Ivy, Thomas, Childs, Pittman), 54.40

400 — 1. Burchyette, 1:05.60; 3. Summers, 1:08.10

300 intermediate hurdles — 1. Watkins, 54.26

200 — 1. Thomas, 26,52; 3. Johnson, 29.11

3,200 — 3. Westrich, 14:12.30

Triple jump — 1. Pittman, 32-8.25

High jump — 1, Ivy 4-10

Pole vault — 3. Sexton, 6-6

Shot put — 2. Kinsey 30-7; 3. Bailey, 28-0

Discus — 2. Bailey, 87-6

Boys

Team scores — 1. Jackson 96, 2. Central 50

4x800 relay — 1. Central (John Ritter, Mitchell, S. Jamali, Pope)

100 — 2. Chr. Johnson, 12.19

4x100 relay — 2. Central (Pittman, Crawford, Pickens, Poindexter), 46.50

300 intermediate hurdles — 1. McElmurry, 44.70

800 — 3. Whitaker, 2:12.93

4x400 relay — 1. Central, (McElmurry, Whitaker, Summers, Lovig), 3:49.87

Long jump — 1. Pickens, 19-5; 2. Mitchell, 19-1.75; 3. Crawford, 18-2

Triple jump — 1. Mitchell, 40-3; 2. Pittman, 40-2.25

High jump — 2. Mitchell, 5-6; 3. Harris, 5-6

Pole vault — 1. Raymond Woldtvedt, 13-0

Shot put — 3. Egbuka, 41-3

Discus — 2. Jared Siemers, 131-1.50; 3. Egbuka, 130-7.50

— From staff reports