ND soccer finally slays the Dragons

ST. LOUIS -- Notre Dame picked up possibly the biggest win in the history of its soccer program with a 1-0 victory over nemesis St. Mary's Saturday at the Anheuser-Busch Conference & Sports Center.

Tyler Cuba, who learned of his grandmother's death shortly before the start of the game, scored the night's only goal when he scored with two minutes left in the first half.

St. Mary's, the No. 1 ranked small school in St. Louis, has been a perennial thorn in the side of Notre Dame, ending the Bulldogs' season the last three years in the 1A-3A sectional round.

"This one was real sweet," said Notre Dame coach Brad Wittenborn, whose Bulldogs had never beaten St. Mary's. "You wouldn't believe the intensity of the game."

Cuba stole the ball deep in the Dragons' end and slipped the ball past the goaltender, who came out on the play.

"He was having a hard time keeping his focus," said Wittenborn, who said Cuba's grandmother passed away about a half-hour before the start of the game. "It was a tough night for him."

"The kids played with a great deal of heart," said Wittenborn. "It was by far the best they've played all year."

In JV action, Notre Dame battled St. Mary's to a 1-1 tie. Elliott Vance scored the Bulldog goal.

FOOTBALL

ST. VINCENT 18, LUTHERAN SOUTH 7

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- St. Vincent played keep away in the second half Saturday as it knocked off Lutheran South.

Trailing at halftime 7-6, the Indians mounted time-consuming drives to ultimately improve to 2-1.

After the Lancers took a 7-0 lead on a 14-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter, St. Vincent shut them out the rest of the game.

With 3:41 left in the first half, Adam Bockman put the Indians on the scoreboard when he ran it in from nine yards out. Bockman had 106 yards on 18 carries. St. Vincent missed the extra-point attempt and later missed two 2-point conversions.

Bockman scored the second of his three touchdowns with 6:43 to go in the third quarter, finding the end zone from eight yards out.

With 11:41 left, Tyler Paulus connected with Bockman for a 41-yard touchdown strike.

"In the second half, we played well," St. Vincent coach Keith Winkler said. "But to tell you the truth, I don't think we came ready to play. We got fired up and in the second half, the offensive line opened some holes, we got some nice drives and shut them down."

After allowing about 225 yards in the first half, the Indians allowed only 45 yards in the second half, mainly because they possessed the ball so long on their drives.

Paulus completed three of his five passes for 65 yards. Chris Meyr carried the ball 14 times for 75 yards and led the team with nine solo tackles and nine assists. Dane Balsman and Adam Prost both intercepted passes, while Nathan Rosenquist recovered a fumble.

PIGGOTT 34, CHAFFEE 13

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- On Friday night, the Chaffee Red Devils fell to Piggott,

Ark. despite 147 rushing yards on 29 carries by Jeremy Hahn. Jeremy Dannenmueller

also chipped in with 39 yards on four carries.

Chaffee quarterback Derrick Uhrhan was 6-for-11 with 67 yards and threw two interceptions.

James Reischman had 47 yards on four catches.

Piggott scored 14 in the first quarter, but Chaffee climbed to within 21-7 by halftime.

Piggott scored seven more in the third quarter and six in the fourth before Chaffee scored its last touchdown.

"Piggott is a very big and physical team," said Chaffee coach Alan Horrell. "I'm proud of my guys. They didn't quit and they hung around."

SOFTBALL

JACKSON INVITATIONAL

JACKSON, Mo. -- After a sub-par start to the season, the Jackson Lady Indians (8-10) have picked up their game considerably of late.

Jackson, after handing Notre Dame its first loss of the season Thursday, took second place in the highly competitive16-team Jackson Invitational Tournament Saturday.

Seckman knocked off Jackson 5-3 in the championship game.

"Finally, we're playing well," said Jackson coach Julie Rushing. "If someone would've said at the beginning of the week we'd be 8-10 right now, I wouldn't have believed it. Once we beat Notre Dame, I see a whole different team. I expected this at the beginning of the year, but we got off to a slow start. It's nice to know we're back."

Fox took second place, followed by Notre Dame-St. Louis in fourth, Lafayette in fifth and Kelly in seventh.

Kelly defeated Cor Jesu, one of St. Louis' top teams in the tournament opener. Cor Jesu and Kelly entered the tournament undefeated.

Seckman used three runs in the seventh inning in the championship game to take a 5-1 lead, but the Lady Indians came back with two in the bottom of the seventh.

Jackson's Melissa Sander went 4-for-8 with three doubles and five runs batted in for the tournament. Sam Thurman went 4-for-11, Chantel Childers went 4-for-12 and Kelly Riggs went 3-for-11 with four runs batted in.

Ashley Snell pitched a shutout in her first game, but suffered the loss in the championship game. For the tournament, she went 13 innings and allowed three runs on 14 hits and four walks while striking out three.

Kelly Riggs went 1-0 and allowed four runs, six hits and no walks for Jackson in 7 1/3 innings in the tournament, while Heather Tuschhoff also won a game and allowed four runs on six hits and no walks.

Notre Dame lost its first game 1-0 to Lutheran South, but won its next three in pool play.

Cape Central (6-10) fell to Seckman 6-4 in its first-round game and then went 1-2 in pool play. In pool games, Cape Central lost to Perryville 6-0, beat Hannibal 2-1 and lost 7-0 to Cor Jesu.

VOLLEYBALL

PERRYVILLE TOURNAMENT

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- A talented Fredericktown squad claimed the Perryville volleyball tournament with a 15-7, 15-13 victory over Meadow Heights.

Fredericktown (17-1) didn't lose a game the entire tournament, including pool play.

Crystal City knocked off St. Vincent in the consolation game 15-8, 15-8.

Cape Central failed to win in pool play, dropping all five games.

The Lady Blackcats defeated Crystal City in the semifinals 15-11, 15-7.

Meadow Heights, which went 4-2 in pool play, downed St. Vincent 15-2, 15-6 in the other semifinal.

Perryville went 2-4 in pool play. Perryville's tournament leaders were Lisa Pecaut (10 points, 20 assists), Jessalyn Rhyne (nine points, three aces), Michelle Preusser (nine points, two aces), Katie Kutz (six kills) and Rachel Wunderlich (13 digs). The Lady Pirates (3-7-1) went 1-2 against Crystal City and Meadow Heights in pool play.

WOODLAND JV TOURNAMENT

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Leopold captured the five-team round-robin tournament with a perfect 4-0 mark.

Scott City (3-1) placed second, followed by Woodland (2-2), Oak Ridge (1-3) and Marquand (0-4).

TENNIS

CAPE CENTRAL QUAD

The Lady Tigers went 0-2 in their own four-team Cape Central Quad.

Cape Central fell 1-8 to both Parkway Central and Parkway West. Charleston, the fourth team in the field, also dropped both its matches against the Parkway schools.

Central fell to 1-3 in tournament play on the season. Central's JV fell 3-6 to Parkway Central, but defeated Parkway West 6-3.

Parkway Central 8, Central 1

Singles

1. Pratzel (PC) def. Lauren Sulser 6-0, 6-0

2. Schraier (PC) def. Allison Campbell 6-4, 6-1

3. Getman (PC) def. Megan Ladd 7-5, 6-4

4. Bommer (PC) def. Ali McGinty 6-1, 6-4

5. Sara Burns (CC) def. Anokhina 6-4, 6-0

6. Peplinsky (PC) def. Katie Maginel 6-4, 4-6, 12-10

Doubles

1. Pratzel-Peplinky (PC) def. Sulser-Burns 10-1

2. Schraier-Getman (PC) def. Campbell-McGinty 10-4

3. Anokhina-Bommer (PC) def. Ladd-Erika Foley 10-5

Central JV winners: (singles) Foley, Michaelyn Burns; (doubles) Burns-Merritt Gerlach

Parkway West 8, Central 1

Singles

1. Emma Frankel (PW) def. Sulser 6-0, 6-1

2. Jessica Zuke (PW) def. Campbell 6-3, 7-5

3. Sandy Tobik (PW) def. Ladd 6-4, 4-6, 10-3

4. Nicole Dewoskin (PW) def. McGinty 6-2, 6-3

5. Alex Goodson (PW)def. Burns 6-4, 6-3

6. Maginel (CC) def. Sarah Lorbert 6-4, 6-4

Doubles

1. Frankel-Zuke (PW) def. Sulser-Burns 10-5

2. Goodson-Lorbert (PW) def. Campbell-McGinty 10-7

3. Tobik-Dewoskin (PW) def. Ladd-Foley 10-8

Central JV winners: (singles) Lauren Parrent, Liz LaFoe, Sonia Tikoo; (doubles) Maginel-Carrie Eller, Parrent-LaFoe, Tikoo-Gerlach

JV FOOTBALL

CAPE CENTRAL 28, PERRYVILLE 6

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Gabe Edwards and Brandown Twiggs both scored a pair of touchdowns to improve the Tigers' record to 3-0.

Edwards scored on a 30-yard interception return and a 5-yard run, while Twiggs scored on two short runs.

-- From wire reports