ND boys finish second in own meet

The Notre Dame boys cross country team had three runners in the top seven to finish second Saturday at the third annual Notre Dame Invitational at Notre Dame Regional High School.

Poplar Bluff dominated the boys division, claiming the top four spots. John-Mark Lewis won the meet with a meet record 16 minutes and 24 seconds.

Greg Kanneberg, Austin Critchlow and Matt Pfau finished fifth, sixth and seventh respectively for Notre Dame.

"We were real, real pleased," Notre Dame coach Bill Davis said. "We're starting to come on."

Delta's Kevin Bartels finished ninth, Saxony Lutheran's Peter Winningham was 11th and Cody Roper of Advance finished 12th.

On the girls side, Sam Zoellner of Meadow Heights was the top area finisher in 13th. Notre Dame was led by Casey Crawford and Brooke Beussink, who finished 16th and 17th respectively. Meagan Hudson of Crystal City set the course and meet record with a time of 19:05.

BOYS

Varsity

Team standings -- 1. Poplar Bluff 19; 2. Notre Dame 43; 3. Saxony Lutheran 78; 4. DeSoto 100; 5. Oak Ridge 129; 6. Doniphan 149

Top individual -- 1. John-Mark Lewis, Poplar Bluff 16:24

Notre Dame -- 5. Greg Kanneberg 17:18; 6. Austin Critchlow 17:19; 7. Matt Pfau 17:26; 14. Brian McCrate 17:59; 15. Cody Essner 17:59; 19. Steven Eeftink 18:19; 28. Cole Min 18:41

Delta -- 9. Kevin Bartels 17:40; 21. Aaron Kinder 18:27; 33. Amon Seabaugh 19:24

Saxony Lutheran -- 11. Peter Winningham 17:45; 13. Brandon Etzold 17:57; 17. Trey Maevers 18:06; 27. Kory Mueller 18:38; 30. Max Wieser 18:43; 37. Grant Lehmann 19:45; 43. Alex Jauch 20:40

Advance: 12. Cody Roper 17:55

Kelly -- 16. Jordan Felter 18:03; 26. Derek Brucker 18:34; 34. Zach Hicks 19:29; 38. Brandon Ayers 20:03

Meadow Heights -- 20. Joel Hahs 18:20

Oak Ridge -- 25. Dustin Owens 18:32; 31 Austin Morrison 18:48; 36. Kyle Schoen 19:44; 39. Damien Lange 20:04; 40. Jared Schoen 20:10

Junior varsity

Team standings -- 1. Notre Dame 38; 2. Advance 62; 3. Kelly 69; 4. Oak Ridge 73; 5. Saxony Lutheran 135

Top area individuals -- 1. Chris Cooper, Kelly 18:52; 2. Robert Maddox, Advance 18:57; 3. Brian Milbach, Notre Dame 19:22; 4. Jonathan Ramsey, Notre Dame 19:28; 5. Caleb Schoen, Oak ridge 19:32; 6. Nathan Stoder, Delta 19:33; 7. Walter Ruesler, Oak Ridge 19:44; 8. Richie Bohn, Notre Dame 19:53; 9. Blake Wade, Kelly 20:04; 10. Justin Hester, Advance 20:09

Junior High

Top area individuals -- 1. Dalton Miller, Kelly 11:03; 2. Levi Felter, Kelly 11:05; 7. Matt Bierschwal, Central 11:58; 10. Aaron Loya, Central 12:21

GIRLS

Varsity

Team standings -- 1. St. Charles West 16; 2. Doniphan 67; 3. Notre Dame 71; 4. Poplar Bluff 81

Top individual -- 1. Meagan Hudson, Crystal City 19:05

Notre Dame -- 16. Casey Crawford 22:35; 17. Brooke Beussink 22:38; 22. Megan Rosenquist 23:51; 23. Hailey Brown 24:05; 24. Kelli Nagel 24:05; 25. Cori Garrett 24:14

Oak Ridge -- 13. Sam Zoellner 22:24; 21. Amanda Watson 23:33; 32. Tiffany Myers 26:01

Delta -- 27. Jessica Drew 24:41

Meadow Heights -- 20. Whitney Breitenste 23:13

Junior varsity

Team standings -- 1. St. Charles West 20; 2. Kelly 77; 3. Notre Dame 91; 4. Saxony 142; 5. Delta 155

Top area Individuals -- 1. Sarah Ruff, Kelly 21:31; 7. Abi Wissore, Meadow Heights 24:23; 8. Deanna Dippold, Saxony Lutheran 24:26; 11. Jennifer Hinkebein, Notre Dame 24:41

Junior High

Top area Individuals -- 1. Brittany Moreland, Central 12:23; 7. Diane Langefeld, Central 13:11

Parkway West Invitational

Central senior Jennifer Pancoast was the first finisher in the girls varsity race at the Parkway West Invitational.

Pancoast posted a time of 18:52. Holly Shaffer finished 10th in 20:02 for the Tigers.

Rachel Schmidt led Jackson, finishing 16th.

John Kipper led Central's boys with a 14th-place finish.

BOYS

Varsity

Team standings -- 1. Kirkwood 60,

Area individuals -- 14. John Kipper, Central 17:03; 41. Corey Huskey, Central 18:01; 47. Dan Austin, Central 18:11; 73. Beau Jordan, Central 19:07; 77. Norman Popp, Jackson 19:13; 78. Cory Main, Central 19:21

Junior varsity

Area individuals -- 34. Trenton Rodgers, Jackson 19:36; 43. Ira King, Jackson 19:58; 44. Carson Kelly, Central 20:00; 61. Chris Griffith, Central 20:28; 66. Jeremy Jerigan, Central 20:35; 71. Rob Thomas, Central 20:48; 87. Micheal Merritt, Central 21:40; 90. David Presnell, Jackson 21:45

Freshmen

Top area finisher -- 5. Sam Masters, Jackson 18:56

GIRLS

Varsity

Team standings -- 1. Lafayette 101; 2. St. Louis Notre Dame 110; 3. Francis Howell Central 123; 4. Francis Howell North 142; 5. Central 147

Area individuals -- 1. Jennifer Pancoast, Central 18:52; 10. Holly Shaffer, Central 20:02; 14. Linnea Woldtvedt, Central 20:13; 16. Rachel Schmidt, Jackson 20:21; 29. Ashley Meyr, Jackson 20:53; 58. Liz Alberson, Central 22:04; 64. Emily Ponder, Central 22:18; 69. Amanda Craven, Jackson 22:33; 87. Katie Grieshop, Jackson 23:42

Junior varsity

Area individuals -- 12. Katie Bowles, Central 23:23; 15. Lindsay Abercrombie, Central 23:29; 17. Sarah Schneider, Central 23:30; 21. Stephanie Watts, Central 23:42; 29. Gina Yarbrough, Central 24:01

Freshmen

Top area finisher -- 13. Beth Barton, Jackson 24:37

SOCCER Lafayette 2, Central 1 (2OT)

Central allowed a goal four minutes into the second overtime period to fall at home.

Devon Edmonds scored the Tigers' lone goal on an assist from Aaron Hutsell on a windy day. Central dropped to 10-6.

JV -- Central won 2-0.

Rockwood Summit 3, ND 1

Notre Dame lost to Rockwood Summit at home.

The teams were scoreless until the Falcons punched in two rebound goals late in the first half. Summit built a 3-0 lead before Jason Delgado scored on a penalty kick for Notre Dame (7-8).

"I think we're playing better and better," Bulldogs coach Brad Wittenborn said. "We need to convert our chances a little better, but we're creating good chances against good competition."

JV -- Notre Dame won 2-0. Goals: Ty Williams, Brett Heishmidt; Assists: Williams, Heishmidt.

Jackson 3, Belleville West 0

Jackson improved its record to 7-10 with a home victory over Belleville West, Ill. Tyler Holman was the goalie in the shutout.

Tyler Sprandel, Tyler Beussink and Steven McKinney all scored goals to back up Holman's effort.

JV -- Jackson 1, Belleville West 1. Goal: Spencer McCormick.

Other sports

• The Central freshman football team lost 21-16 at Poplar Bluff. Derian Downing had both scores for the Tigers (1-3) -- one on a 25-yard reception and the other on a 30-yard run. Derrick Walker had two two-point conversions.

-- From staff reports