Notre Dame's offense awakens in rematch with quarterfinal opponent

The Notre Dame softball team scored eight runs in the sixth inning to knock off Affton, its opponent in last year's Class 3 state quarterfinal.

Lauren Reinagel hurled seven innings, striking out seven and walking two to lead the Bulldogs to the 9-3 win Wednesday.

Reinagel went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double. Erika Reinagel added three hits, and Alecia Glaus smacked two doubles.

The Bulldogs defeated Affton 2-1 to advance to the state semifinals last year.

Affton 000 030 0 — 3 4 3

Notre Dame 100 008 x — 9 12 3

WP — Lauren Reinagel, 2-0. LP — Von Behren. 3B — Brooke Glastetter (N). 2B — L. Reinagel (N), Alex Fowler (N), Alecia Glaus 2 (N), McAllister (A). Multiple hits — Notre Dame: Erika Reinagel 3-4, L. Reinagel 2-4, Glaus 2-2.

St. Vincent 5, Scott City 3

The Indians held off a seventh-inning comeback by the Rams to earn their first win of the season.

Olivia Schemel earned the win on the mound and drove in two runs at the plate for St. Vincent (1-4). Hannah Mudd added two RBIs and a double, while Kristin Mattingly tallied two hits.

Rachel Reed went 2-for-3 with an RBI, and Macy Heisserer added two RBIs for Scott City (0-4).

Scott City 100 000 2 — 3 8 2

St. Vincent 101 120 x — 5 7 2

WP — Olivia Schemel. LP — Libby Burger, 0-1. 2B — Hannah Mudd (SV). Multiple hits — Scott City: Rachel Reed 2-3; St. Vincent: Kristin Mattingly 2-3. Records — St. Vincent 1-4, Scott City, 0-4.

Perryville 5, Saxony Lutheran 3

The Pirates earned the road victory.

Kara Versemann went 3-for-4 with a triple, double and an RBI for Saxony. Kelsey Overbeck tallied two RBIs for the Crusaders (2-3).

Perryville 302 000 0 — 5 8 0

Saxony 201 000 0 — 3 5 2

WP — S. Hotop. LP — Nicole McLard, 2-3. 3B — Kara Versemann (S). 2B — Versemann (S), L. Rollet (P), O. Baer (P). Multiple hits — Saxony: Versemann 3-4; Perryville: Baer 2-3. Records: Saxony 2-3.

CROSS COUNTRY

Murphysboro invite

The Notre Dame boys team ran away with the title.

Wynn McClellan captured first place in 16 minutes, 19 seconds.

Logan Davis, Dillon Klaffer and Ryan Johnson finished second through fourth, respectively. Matt Reinagel rounded out the varsity squad in sixth place.

On the girls side, Notre Dame took second place. Tori Pfau placed fourth (22:07) and Jessica Triller finished 10th.

Boys

Team scores — 1. Notre Dame 16; 2. Anna-Jonesboro, Ill. 91; 3. Wayne City, Ill. 94

Notre Dame — 1. 1. Wynn McClellan 16:19; 2. Logan Davis 16:40; 3. Dillon Klaffer 17:33; 4. Ryan Johnson 17:36; 6. Matt Reinagel 18:05; 7. Cody Moore 18:13; 8. David Willems 18:23

Girls

Team scores — 1. Sparta, Ill. 40; 2. Notre Dame 67; 3. Harrisburg 117

Notre Dame — 4. Tori Pfau 22:07; 10. Jessica Triller 23:22; 16. Tara Grojean 24:16; 18. Alicia Landewee 24:31; 19. Morgan Morris 24:42; 20. Jill Schnurbusch 24:55; 24. Katie Obermark 25:15

VOLLEYBALL

Perryville 25 25

Central 19 22

Samantha Amberger put down seven kills, while Ava Johnson added six to lead the Pirates (1-0) to victory at home.

Central (0-2) declined to offer individual statistics.

JV — Perryville won 2-0.

TENNIS

Jackson 5, Central 4

The Indians kept their perfect season alive by narrowly defeating the Tigers.

Maura Neader got a singles win and teamed up for a doubles win for Jackson.

Christen Edmunds and Kristi Lazarova led the Tigers with singles and doubles wins.

Singles

No. 1 — Christen Edmunds (C) def. Erinne Haff 9-7

No. 2 — Kristi Lazarova (C) def. Alison Keiper 2-8

No. 3 — Chelsea Jones (J) def. Sami Gross 8-0

No. 4 — Brooke Morris (C) def. Raechel Batz 8-2

No. 5 — Maura Neader (J) def. Emma Segar 8-4

No. 6 — Ashley Ptacek (J) def. Paige Kinder 9-7

Doubles

No. 1 — Edmunds-Lazarova (C) def. Haff-Keiper 8-6

No. 2 — Batz-Neader (J) def. Gross-Morris 8-4

No. 3 — Jade Freeman-Kaylyn Sneathean (J) def. Segar-Kinder 8-2

— From staff reports