ND soccer blanks Perryville

Meridith Medlin had a goal and an assist to lead Notre Dame's girls soccer team to a 2-0 shutout of visiting Perryville on Monday in a showdown of district opponents.

Mindy Siebert added a goal for the Bulldogs (10-4-1), and Destiny Dirnberger had an assist. Claudia Brauss made 10 saves in goal for Notre Dame.

Perryville fell to 11-6-1 with the loss. Chastity Marr made 10 saves for the Pirates.

Notre Dame will host St. Vincent tonight in another district matchup.

"We're getting ready to do district seeds so this will help us work toward getting a higher seed," Notre Dame coach Jeff Worley said.

JV -- 0-0 (one half)

GIRLS SWIMMING Notre Dame 100, Oakville 83

Brittany Menz was part of four first-place finishes to lead Notre Dame past Oakville on the road.

Menz won the 50-yard freestyle event (26.02 seconds) and the 500 free (5:39.77). She also was part of the winning 200 medley and 400 free relay squads.

200 medley relay -- 1. Brittany Menz, Ashly Ducharme, Lauren Bader, Ashley Nenninger, 2:10.07

200 free -- 1. Mollie Messmer, 2:12.25

200 IM -- 1. Ducharme, 2:32.69

50 free -- 1. Menz, 26.02

Diving -- 2. Emily Huber, 169.75

100 free -- 1. Nenninger, 1:00.69

500 free -- 1. Menz, 5:39.77; 2. Ducharme, 6:10.05

200 free relay -- 2. Rachel Henson, Jordan Seabaugh, Abbie Messmer, M. Messmer, 2:00.44

100 back -- 1. Bader, 1:12.94

400 free relay -- 1. Ducharme, Menz, M. Messmer, Nenninger, 4:06.73

BOYS TENNIS Central 6, Poplar Bluff 3

Central improved to 9-2 with a road win over Poplar Bluff.

Dave Deisher, Dave Berry and Will LaFoe each won a singles and doubles match for the Tigers.

Singles -- 1. Mlay Bhatt (P) def. Carson Kelley 8-2; 2. Ben Nunnery (P) def. Robert Weir 8-2; 3. Alex Kies (C) def. Perry Salyer 8-3; 4. Dave Deisher (C) def. Scott Olsen 8-1; 5. Dave Berry (C) def. Chris Drury 8-2; 6. Will LaFoe (C) def. Kelsey Brown 8-4

Doubles -- 1. Bhatt-Nunnery (P) def. Kelley-Kies 9-7; 2. Deisher-Berry (C) def. Salyer-Drury 8-2; 3. Weir-LaFoe (C) def. Olsen-Salik Choudhary 8-2

JV -- Central 8, Poplar Bluff 1. Central winners -- Singles: Brandon Gonzales, Josh Hubbard, Andrew Schupert, Andrew Duffy, Garrett McMillan, Cole Bradley; Doubles: Gonzales-McMillan, Schupert-Duffy

SOFTBALL Oran 9, Saxony Lutheran 6

Oran scored nine runs on 18 hits and 10 Saxony errors and picked up a road victory over the Crusaders.

Losing pitcher Nicole McLard went 4-for-4 for Saxony, while Leah Gerecke and Kara Versemann had three hits apiece.

Oran 012 013 2 -- 9 18 5

Saxony 100 012 2 -- 6 14 10

WP -- Callie Kielhofner. LP -- Nicole McLard. 2B -- C. Graviett (O), Meridith Hoffman (S). Multiple hits -- Oran, Urhahn 3-5, Eftink 2-3, Kielhofner 3-5, Tilley 4-5, Sikes 3-4; Saxony, Leah Gerecke 3-3, Kara Versemann 3-4, McLard 4-4. Records -- Saxony Lutheran 7-7.

OTHER EVENTS

• Central's junior high girls track and field team took second in the SEMO Conference meet at Poplar Bluff. Jackson won the event with 145 points, and Central tallied 123. Sadie Pittman won the triple jump (31-6) and the 200 (27.80) for the Tigers.

* Central's junior high boys track and field squad finished fourth out of four schools at the SEMO Conference meet in Poplar Bluff. Jared Ritter won the 1,600 in 5:09, and Chris Swader jumped 11-0 to win the pole vault for Central.

-- From staff reports