ND's Bell finishes third at state golf tournament

Notre Dame freshman Sarah Bell carded a 76 on Tuesday to finish third overall with a two-round score of 150 at the Missouri Class 1 girls golf tournament at Rivercut Golf Course in Springfield.

The 13-year-old Bell fired a 74 on Monday to enter the final round in second place.

Mt. Vernon's Ashley Childers (145) claimed first-place honors, and John Burroughs' Logan Marie Otter (148) placed second.

Grim said Bell, Childers and Otter were tied atop the leaderboard after the completion of the front nine.

"This is a heck of an experience for her," Grim said. "She dropped a couple strokes on the back nine, but to be a freshman and perform like that, that's great."

The day began cool and windy, but Grim said weather was never an issue.

"The course was in pretty good shape. It rained all night last night, so there were some water issues," Grim said. "It drained pretty good, and the bunkers were pretty good. The course, overall, was in good shape."

Notre Dame freshman Allison Bray finished eighth overall with a two-round score of 161, while senior teammate Mattie Beussink placed 30th with a 181.

"I'm looking forward to having them the next three years and for them to be in the state tournament the next three years," Grim said about Bell and Bray.

MICDS High School (664) earned first-place honors in the team standings, followed by John Burroughs (678) in second and Pembroke Hill (698) in third.

BOYS SWIMMING

Jackson 97, Central 82, Saxony Lutheran 5

Jackson edged out Central by 15 points to take first place at a three-team meet at Central Municipal Pool.

Jackson's Joey Janisse and Central's Brogan Davis and Sam Hahs each had two first-place individual finishes. Davis made the state cut in the 500 freestyle and the 200 individual medley.

Team scores -- 1. Jackson 97; 2. Central 82; 3. Saxony Lutheran 5.

200 medley relay -- 1. Jackson (Joey Janisse, Austin Hobbs, Tra Statler, Jack Gard) 1:48.54; 2. Central 1:51.87 (Reed Dickson, Sam Hahs, Brogan Davis, Christian Retter) 1:51.87; 3. Jackson (Adam Hecht, Matthew Snyder, Trevor Smith, John Singleton) 2:07.05.

200 freestyle -- 1. John Young (J) 2:03.21; 2. Ian Cameron (S) 2:03.47; 3. Davis Deimund (C) 2:15.90.

200 individual medley -- 1. Davis (C) 2:05.23; 2. Gard (J) 2:19.16; 3. Alex Snyder (J) 2:24.47.

50 freestyle -- 1. Janisse (J) 23:93; 2. Retter (C) 24.87; 3. Dickson (C) 24.92.

1 meter diving -- 1. J.T. Gabbler (J) 174.50; 2. Zach Flath (J) 154.80; 3. Brandon Price (J) 153.95.

100 butterfly -- 1. Hahs (C) 59.38; 2. Tra Statler (J) 1:04.46; 3. Alex Snyder (J) 1:13.18.

100 freestyle -- 1. Janisse (J) 52.03; 2. Hobbs (J) 53.16; 3. Retter (C) 54.35.

500 freestyle -- 1. Davis (C) 5:06.54; 2. Hecht (J) 5:49.34; 3. Matthew Snyder (J) 5:54.31.

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Central (Dickson, Young, Davis, Retter) 1:40.13; 2. Central (Raleigh Davis, Levi Strickland, Chase Hagerty, Zach Rhodes) 1:48.97; 3. Jackson (Christian Leimbach, Brett Clayton, Alex Snyder, Statler) 1:53.19.

100 backstroke -- 1. Hahs (C) 1:03.69; 2. Alex Snyder (J) 1:07.49; 3. Gard (J) 1:11.49.

100 breaststroke -- 1. Hobbs (J) 1:08.91; 2. Hecht (J) 1:10.49; 3. Dickson (C) 1:17.76.

400 freestyle relay -- 1. Jackson (Gard, Alex Snyder, Hobbs, Janisse) 3:46.43; 2. Central (Young, Hahs, Rhodes, Deimund) 3:55.90; 3. Jackson (Leimbach, Matthew Snyder, Easton Wyatt, Adam Hecht) 4:05.59.

VOLLEYBALL

Perryville 25 25, Jackson 22 22

Alex Spears had eight kills and seven digs as the Pirates held off the host Indians in two sets.

Brooke Hogard added eight kills and three blocks for Perryville (24-7), while Chelsey Hotop contributed three kills and Libbi Schnurbusch added 11 digs.

JV -- Jackson won 26-24, 29-27.

Central 25 25 Scott City 16 12

Cassidy Pannier had 15 assists and four aces to lead the Tigers to a win over the visiting Rams in two sets.

Bailey Manley added six kills and two blocks, while McKenzie Bess had 15 digs and Anne Wilferth had eight kills for Central (8-20-2).

JV -- Central won 25-18, 25-14.

St. Vincent 25 25 Meadow Heights 12 15

Katie Berseman had six kills and five blocks to power the host Indians to a straight-set victory.

Jackie Berseman and Cassidy Kassel each added seven kills for St. Vincent (19-8-1), while Kellie L'Hote contributed 20 assists.

Eagle Ridge 25 25 Cairo, Ill. 12 9

Jessie Gartman finished with 10 kills as the Eagles cruised to a two-set home victory.

Aubree Westerfield added two kills, while Sarah Jackson and Noel Friedrich each had four assists for Eagle Ridge (14-3).

-- From staff reports