Oran blasts four homers in rout

Welcome to "Home Run Derby," Oran style.

Alex Heuring, Kody Moore, Bear Hicks and Dustin Gebhardt each blasted a home run as the host Eagles routed Scott County Central 17-1 in boys baseball action Wednesday afternoon.

Chance Tenkhoff was the winning pitcher. He threw two innings and gave up one run on two hits with five strikeouts.

Heuring added a triple for Oran (6-2).

Tyler Masters suffered the loss on the mound. He pitched three innings and gave up 10 earned runs on 10 hits, including two home runs, and struck out one for the Braves.

SCC 100 00 -- 1 2 2

Oran 227 6X -- 17 15 0

WP -- Chance Tenkhoff. LP -- Tyler Masters. HR -- Kody Moore (O), Alex Heuring (O), Bear Hicks (O), Dustin Gebhardt (O). 3B -- Alex Heuring (O). Multiple hits -- Oran: Seth Ressel 4-4, Alex Heuring 2-2, Bear Hicks 2-3, Jacob Priggel 2-3. Records -- Oran 6-2.

Bloomfield 1, Leopold 0

Leopold's Austin Bucher and Cord Cooper both went 2 for 3 at the plate in the Wildcats' loss at home.

Zach Elfrink took the loss on the mound. He pitched a complete game with five strikeouts for Leopold (6-3).

Bloomfield's Tim Fox smacked a double to pace the Wildcats.

Bloomfield 001 000 0 -- 1 3 0

Leopold 000 000 0 -- 0 8 1

WP -- Pomley. LP -- Zach Elfrink, 2-2. 2B -- Tim Fox (B). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Austin Bucher 2-3, Cord Cooper 2-3. Records -- Leopold 6-3.

SOFTBALL

Leopold 17, Bloomfield 1

Leopold's Ashlyn Bucher belted a grand slam to lead the Wildcats in the lopsided five-inning win at home.

Caitlin Petty picked up her fifth win in the circle. She pitched a complete game and struck out two batters for Leopold (7-1).

Allison Woodfin added a double for the Wildcats in the win.

Bloomfield 100 00 -- 1 2 5

Leopold 164 6X -- 17 7 0

WP -- Caitlin Petty, 5-1. LP -- K. Pearson. GS -- Ashlyn Bucher (L). 2B -- Allison Woodfin (L). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Ashlyn Bucher 3-4, Lexi Vandeven 2-2. Records -- Leopold 7-1.

GIRLS SOCCER

Perryville 5, St. Clair 0

Natalie Gremaud scored two goals to help the Pirates get the win in the opening round of pool play in the Hillsboro Invitational Tournament.

Brooke Hogard and Allison Moldenhauer recorded one goal and two assists each for Perryville (5-3). Emma Nelson tallied one goal while Kaitlyn Ellsworth had one assist.

Goalkeeper Miranda Stewart snagged two saves in the shutout.

The Pirates will face familiar foe Central today and will take on Maplewood-Richmond Heights Friday to conclude pool play.

BOYS TENNIS

Lone Oak (Ky.) 9, Notre Dame 0

The Notre Dame boys' tennis team dropped a match at home against Lone Oak High School of Paducah, Ky.

SINGLES

No. 1 -- Logan McKinney (LO) def. Mason Seesing (ND) 7-6(6), 6-1

No. 2 -- Tommy Hagan (LO) def. Nick Essner (ND) 6-1, 6-2

No. 3 -- Landon Davis (LO) def. Webb Marshall (ND) 6-1, 6-2

No. 4 -- Vincent Shiben (LO) def. Ethan Derrington (ND) 6-3, 6-2

No. 5 -- Devon Starnes (LO) def. Zach Anderson (ND) 6-3, 6-2

No. 6 -- Patrick Wadlington (LO) def. Jacob Compas (ND) 4-6, 6-4, 10-4

DOUBLES

No. 1 -- McKinney-Hagan (LO) def. Seesing-Marshall 6-2, 6-0

No. 2 -- Davis-Shiben (LO) def. Essner-Anderson 6-1, 6-2

No. 3 -- Starnes-Wadlington (LO) def. Derrington-Compas 3-6, 6-2, 10-4

JV -- Lone Oak (Ky.) won 3-0.

Springfield Invitational

Rains dampened play and reduced what was to be an eight-game outdoor event to a six-game no-add indoor tournament.

Central's Pablo Jaramillo advanced to the round of 16 by defeating Grady Majors of West Plains 6-0 and William Eck of Nixa 6-0 before falling to third-seeded Chase Gordon of Jenks (OK) 4-6.

Caleb Strickland defeated Parker Smith of Poplar Bluff 6-2 before falling to Noah Chanlionaco of Catholic 4-6.

In doubles play, Ryan Watts and Andrew LaFoe defeated Hunter Gibson and Jacob Simmons of Mt. Vernon 6-1, then lost to Luke Hansen and John Nahon of Glendale 1-6. Jonah Roop and Jalen McDowell defeated Ben and Alex Hogan of Parkview 7-6 (4), then lost to Ford Duncan and Sam Wilcoxon of Joplin 5-7.

GOLF

Central 163, Dexter 169

Central's Travis Simmons shot an even par to earn the medalist honor in the Tigers' victory at the Cape Girardeau Country Club.

CENTRAL (163) -- Travis Simmons 35, Kobe Franklin 38, Parker Browne 43, Diana Kantchev 47

DEXTER (169) -- Drake Mitchell 38, Ethan Stevens 40, Miles Urhahn 44, Austin Chesser 47

-- From staff reports