Notre Dame baseball routs Scott City in five innings

Abe Dirnberger stole home in the fifth inning to help spark a nine-run inning and lead Notre Dame's baseball team to a 12-2 home rout of Scott City on Tuesday.

Dirnberger swiped home with one out in the fifth to push Notre Dame's lead to 4-2, then the floodgates opened. Scott City starter Ryan Modglin walked five batters in the fifth.

Shane Menz led Notre Dame with three hits, including a two-run double to put the Bulldogs ahead in the third. Jordan Buchheit added two hits for the Bulldogs (10-4).

Kirk Boeller struck out eight to get around five walks in a complete-game victory. Notre Dame improved to 4-3 in the SEMO Conference.

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WP -- Kirk Boeller, 2-2. LP -- Ryan Modglin. 2B -- Shane Menz 2 (N), Jacob Essner (N), Boeller (N). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame, Menz 3-4; Jordan Buchheit 2-3. Records -- Scott City 4-5, Notre Dame 10-4.

Chaffee 3, Bell City 0

Chaffee's Steven Dooley pitched a seven-inning one-hitter and the Red Devils won at home.

Nick Niemczyk, the first batter of the game, had the only hit for Bell City.

Dooley collected 12 strikeouts in his third win, and Niemczyk struck out nine batters in a losing effort.

Chris Hanback had two hits for Chaffee (5-7).

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WP -- Steven Dooley, 3-3. LP -- Nick Niemczyk. 3B -- Dooley (C). 2B -- Chris Hanback (C). Multiple hits -- Chaffee, Hanback 2-3. Records -- Chaffee 5-7.

Advance 17, Leopold 4, 5 innings

Jeremy Limbaugh had two doubles and a three-run homer as Advance pounded host Leopold.

Trent Moses and Cameron Stephens each had two doubles and three hits for the Hornets (6-2). Kevin Atkins added two hits.

Daryl Wade won his second game on the mound, and Leopold's Eric Seiler suffered the defeat.

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WP -- Daryl Wade, 2-0. LP -- Eric Seiler. HR -- Jeremy Limbaugh (A). 3B -- Cody Van de Ven (L). 2B -- Trent Moses 2 (A), Limbaugh 2 (A), Cameron Stephens 2 (A). Multiple hits -- Advance, Moses 3-3, Limbaugh 3-4, Kevin Atkins 2-4, Stephens 3-4. Records -- Advance 6-2.

BOYS TENNIS Central 5, Sikeston 4

Central and Sikeston both won three singles matches, but the Tigers got two doubles wins to improve to 7-0.

Singles -- 1. Carson Kelley (C) def. Logan Hampton 8-4; 2. Sam Zhao (S) def. Robert Weir 8-1; 3. David Deisher (C) def. Charlie Jones 8-6; 4. Andrew Powell (S) def. David Berry 8-5; 5. Craig Millington (S) def. Will LaFoe 8-2; 6. Brandon Gonzales (C) def. Grant Ingram 9-8

Doubles -- 1. Hampton-Zhao (S) def. Weir-LaFoe 8-3; 2. Deisher-Berry (C) def. Jones-Powell 9-7; 3. Kelley-Josh Hubbard (C) def. Millington-Ingram 9-7

JV -- Central won; JV winners -- Singles: Garrett McMillan, Hunter Givens; Doubles: Andrew Schupert-Patrick Duffy

GIRLS SOCCER Jackson 5, Farmington 0

Lauren Drewett tallied two goals and two assists as Jackson romped at home.

Bobbi Jo Schlick had a goal and an assist for the Indians (7-5-1), and Jenni Tenholder and Alicia Howard both added goals.

Rebecca Richbourg chipped in an assist for Jackson.

Kylie Werner recorded the shutout.

JV -- Jackson 4, Farmington 0

Central 2, Sikeston 1

Meghan Orr scored on a penalty kick midway through the second half, and Central won on the road.

Orr assisted on the Tigers' first goal of the game by Christina Sexton. Sexton set up the second goal when she was fouled in the box to draw the penalty kick.

Jackie Twidwell made nine saves in goal for the Tigers (8-3).

JV -- Sikeston 2, Central 0

St. Vincent 3, Brentwood 0

Courtney Besand scored twice, as St. Vincent won on the road.

Brooke Brown added a goal and an assist for the Squaws (6-8-2), and Lacey Siegmund and Jessica Welker each had an assist.

Kelly Manche recorded the shutout in goal.

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD Dexter Open

Matt Pfau was part of four first-place finishes to lead Notre Dame to a win at the four-team meet.

Pfau won the 1,600- and 800-meter runs. He also was part of the winning 3,200 and 1,600 relay teams. John Unterreiner, Jason Delgado and Neil Kanneberg were on the 3,200 team, and Mark Zimmer, Delgado and Blake Kirkpatrick rounded out the 1,600 squad.

Team scores -- 1. Notre Dame 89, 2. Sikeston 86, 3. Dexter 49, 4. Hayti 27

Notre Dame first-place finishes

3,200 relay -- (John Unterreiner, Jason Delgado, Neil Kanneberg, Matt Pfau), 9:10.8

1,600 -- Pfau, 4:58.5

400 -- Mark Zimmer, 52.9

800 -- Pfau, 2:11.7

3,200 -- Logan Davis, 11:19.5

1,600 -- (Zimmer, Delgado, Blake Kirkpatrick, Pfau), 3:42.4

High jump -- Matt Rosenquist, 5-6

Ste. Genevieve Invitational

Jackson placed third out of 11 teams at the Ste. Genevieve Invitational.

The Indians' lone victory came in the 1,600 relay. Trae Smith, Adam Zweigart, Chris Hurst and Zach Humphrey ran the event in 3:39.

Team scores -- 1. Potosi 123, 2. Hillsboro 72, 3. Jackson 71, 4. NMCC 64, 5. Farmington 62

Jackson results

1,600 relay -- 1. (Trae Smith, Adam Zweigart, Chris Hurst, Zach Humphrey), 3:39

Pole vault -- 2. Alex Austin, 11-6

3,200 relay -- 3. (Cody Green, Perry Hazelwood, Earl Popp, Grant Ressel), 8:49

400 relay -- 3. (Smith, Sam Lincoln, Zweigart, Daniel Miller), 46.4

800 -- 3. Ressel, 2:06

Discus -- 3. Jacob Bullinger, 123-4

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD Dexter Open

Tori Pfau earned two of Notre Dame's five wins as the Bulldogs placed second in the four-team meet.

Pfau won the 1,600 and 3,200.

Team scores -- 1. Dexter 112, 2. Notre Dame 77, 3. Sikeston 43, 4. Hayti 24

Notre Dame first-place finishes

1,600 -- Tori Pfau, 5:58

800 -- Allison Toole, 2:38.4

3,200 -- Pfau, 13:45.9

Shot put -- Sara Shafer, 28-10

Discus -- Kristen Hinton, 88-3

GOLF Notre Dame 169, Sikeston 170, Kennett 189

Notre Dame edged Sikeston by a stroke in a triangular meet at the Sikeston Country Club.

Brandon Holzum and Austin Hunter each fired a 41 for the Bulldogs. Brett Slaten finished at 43, and Austin Gelscheimer shot a 44.

Sikeston's Dakota Trevino was medalist with a 3-over-par 38.

JV -- ND 103, Sikeston 106, Kennett 120

Perryville 173, Herculaneum 189

Ricky Dunn carded a 2-over-par 38 to earn medalist and lead Perryville to a road win at the Joachim Golf Club in Herculaneum.

Chris Streiler, Mike Fritsche and Bob Unger each shot 45 for the Pirates. John Zahner scored a 46, and Corey Lorenz finished with a 52.

SOFTBALL Leopold 11, Advance 1, 5 innings

Freshman Whitney Vandeven struck out 10 batters and allowed just three hits in five innings to lead Leopold to a home win.

Erin Woodfin had three hits for the Wildcats (5-2), while Vandeven, Kelly Eeftink and Seirra Seiler chipped in two apiece.

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WP -- Whitney Vandeven, 4-2. LP -- Gina Moroni. 3B --Seirra Seiler (L), Alicia Reeves (A). 2B -- Kelly Eeftink (L), Vandeven (L). Multiple hits -- Leopold, Eeftink 2-3, Vandeven 2-3, Erin Woodfin 3-3, Seiler 2-3. Records -- Leopold 5-2.

Scott City 13, New Madrid County Central 10

Scott City jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two innings and held on for a home win.

Libby Burger pitched the first four innings to pick up the win for the Rams (10-3). Chelsi Bradley led the offense with four hits and three RBIs. Emily Essner added three hits and Becky Holder had two.

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WP -- Libby Burger, 3-0. LP -- Masterson. 2B -- Chelsi Bradley (S). 3B -- Donielle Howell (S), Tanner (N). Multiple hits -- New Madrid, Brimer 2-4; Scott City, Bradley 4-4; Emily Essner 3-4; Becky Holder 2-3. Records -- Scott City 10-3.

Oak Ridge 18, Charleston 17, 8 innings

Oak Ridge committed one more error, had one more hit and scored one more run than host Charleston in an eight-inning marathon game.

The two teams combined for nine errors, 37 hits and 35 runs.

For Oak Ridge, Amanda King and Kia Thomas had four hits apiece. Lori Brickhaus, Mandy Tucker, Daniela dos Santos and Jessica Seyer each added two hits.

Hannah Sedgwick earned her third win on the mound for Oak Ridge (3-6).

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WP -- Hannah Sedgwick, 3-6. LP -- Schwieger. 3B -- Kia Thomas (O), Amanda King (O). 2B -- Thomas (O), Duenne (C), Schwieger (C). Multiple hits -- Oak Ridge, Daniela dos Santos 2-4, Jessica Seyer 2-2, King 4-6, Thomas 4-6, Lori Brickhaus 2-5, Mandy Tucker 2-5; Charleston, Thoms 3-6, Duenne 2-4, Moxley 3-6, Stack 2-5, Haines 2-4, Smith 3-3. Records -- Oak Ridge 3-6.

OTHER EVENTS

• Central's boys junior high track and field team placed fourth in an 11-team meet at Perryville. The Tigers' 800 relay team of Chris Swader, Patrick Hahs, Zach Horrel and Tasean Jackson won in 1:47.1, and Raymond Woldtvedt placed first in the pole vault with a jump of 9 feet, 9 inches,

* The Central girls junior high track and field squad placed third at Perryville. Sadie Pittman won the 200 in 27.62. Erica Childs, Jessica Harris, Pittman and Tasha Terry placed first in the 800 relay (1:56.82), and Childs, Terry, Pittman and Sheri Wilkerson won the 400 relay (55.41).

-- From staff reports