Saxony sweeps road doubleheader

The Saxony Lutheran baseball team swept a lopsided road doubleheader in Olive Branch, Ill., Wednesday.

Saxony took the opener 9-0 and the nightcap 23-6 in five innings.

Chase Steffens was the star in the opener, throwing a complete-game five-hit shutout and striking out 11. He also went 3 for 4, as did Ethan Mirly.

Gabe Bohnert blasted a home run in the second game as the Crusaders (7-6-1) banged out 17 hits.

Mirly got the win on the mound for Saxony Lutheran.

Saxony 130 140 0 -- 9 15 0

Egyptian 000 000 0 -- 0 5 5

WP -- Chase Steffens. LP -- Tyler Klett. 2B -- Chase Steffens (SL), Gabe Bohnert (SL). Multiple hits -- Saxony Lutheran: Chase Steffens 3-4, Gabe Bohnert 2-3, Ethan Mirly 3-4, Jack Lake 2-5, Ryan Palmer 2-4. Records -- Saxony Lutheran 6-6-1.

Saxony 41(12) 24 -- 23 17 2

Egyptian 130 20 -- 6 7 2

WP -- Ethan Mirly. LP -- Alex McCrite. HR -- Gabe Bohnert (SL). 2B -- Chase Steffens (SL), Nathan Hurst (SL), Clayton Fritsche (SL), Cameron Grueninger (E). Multiple hits -- Saxony Lutheran: Gavin Brown 2-2, Chase Steffens 2-2, Jack Lake 2-3, Nathan Hurst 2-3, Conrad Bonney 2-3; Egyptian: Cameron Grueninger 3-3. Records -- Saxony Lutheran 7-6-1.

Leopold 3, Oak Ridge 2

Leopold scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to break a 2-2 tie and give the host Wildcats the victory even though they had just two hits.

Zach Elfrink was the winning pitcher. He threw a complete-game six-hitter and had nine strikeouts for Leopold (9-5-1).

Lance Rohde took the loss on the mound. He also pitched all seven innings with 10 strikeouts and two walks.

Hunter Seyer had two hits to pace the Blue Jays (6-5).

Oak Ridge 001 001 0 -- 2 6 3

Leopold 000 101 1 -- 3 2 0

WP -- Zach Elfrink, 3-2. LP -- Lance Rohde. 2B -- Nathan Bolin (OR). Multiple hits -- Oak Ridge: Hunter Seyer 2-3. Records -- Leopold 9-5-1, Oak Ridge 6-5.

Chaffee 14, Charleston 2

Cody Payne and Cole Hanna both went 3 for 4 and had a double to lead the Red Devils in the six-inning win at Benny Hillhouse Memorial Park in Charleston.

Cody Johnson was the winning pitcher. He threw two innings and gave up no earned runs on two hits with one strikeout and one walk for Chaffee (16-4).

Trey Watkins suffered the loss on the mound. He pitched 2 1/3 innings and gave up five earned runs on 10 hits for the Blue Jays (3-12).

Chaffee 246 020 -- 14 14 2

Charleston 001 010 -- 2 10 3

WP -- Cody Johnson. LP -- Trey Watkins. 2B -- Lane Henson (Chaf), Jared Walker (Chaf), Storm Estes (Chaf), Jimmy Golden (Chaf), Cole Hann (Chaf). Multiple hits -- Chaffee: Cody Payne 3-4, Lane Henson 2-5, Storm Estes 2-3, Jimmy Golden 2-3, Cole Hanna 3-4; Charleston: Dylan Adams 2-3, Dylan Baugh 2-3, Chance Maness 2-3. Records -- Chaffee 16-4, Charleston 3-12.

Bernie 6, Woodland 3

Host Bernie scored four runs in the sixth inning as the top-seeded Mules captured the title in the Stoddard County Activities Association tournament.

Ethan Trammell was the winning pitcher for the Mules (11-4).

Landon Johnson suffered his first loss of the season on the mound. C.J. McAlister went 2 for 3 at the plate to pace the Cardinals (10-7).

The win completed a conference sweep for Bernie. The Mules won first place in the SCAA tournaments in all five sports of basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball and cheerleading during the 2012-2013 school year.

Woodland 012 000 0 -- 3 5 3

Bernie 002 004 X -- 6 3 3

WP -- Ethan Trammell. LP -- Landon Johnson, 1-1. Multiple hits -- Woodland: C.J. McAlister 2-3. Records -- Woodland 10-7, Bernie 11-4.

SOFTBALL

Leopold 11, Oak Ridge 10

With a runner on second base and the game tied at 10 in the bottom of the eighth innning, sophomore Leah Landewee smacked a single that drove in the game-winning run to lead the host Wildcats.

Landewee also had a double in the first inning to lead Leopold (11-1). Ashlyn Bucher went 3 for 5.

Caitlin Petty picked up her sixth win in the circle. She pitched all eight innings with two strikeouts and five walks.

Audrey Hunt hit a triple and went 3 for 5 to pace the Blue Jays (2-7).

Oak Ridge 210 241 00 -- 10 9 3

Leopold 440 110 01 -- 11 15 7

WP -- Caitlin Petty (6-1). LP -- Emilie Beard. 3B -- Audrey Hunt (OR). 2B -- Michaela Oehl (OR), Leah Landewee (L). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Dana Thiele 2-3, Ashlyn Bucher 3-5, Denai Arnzen 2-2, Allison Woodfin 2-5, Taylor Eftink 2-4; Oak Ridge: Audrey Hunt 3-5. Records -- Leopold 11-1, Oak Ridge 2-7.

GIRLS SOCCER

Jackson 3, Seckman 0

Cassidi Tomsu, Madison Scheper and Jordan Myer each scored a goal to lead the Indians to victory in suburban St. Louis.

Rachel Crites and Danielle Daume provided assists for Jackson (13-2).

Goalkeeper Sarah Blanton snagged four saves in the shutout.

* JV: Seckman won 3-1.

BOYS GOLF

Festus Invitational

Sikeston's Kirk Hoggatt shot a 2-over par 74 to lead the Bulldogs to first place in the Festus Invitational at the Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington.

Levi Gotto and Alex Miget both shot 86s to pace St. Vincent, which finished fourth.

Perryville's Brett Schnurbusch shot an 85 for the Pirates, who placed eighth. Golfers who shot at or below 85 were honored as top 10 medalists.

Chase Kinder of Winfield shot an even-par of 72 to earn the top medalist honor.

Team Scores -- 1. Sikeston 323, 2. Whitfield 325, 3. Potosi 344, 4. St. Vincent 357, 5. St. Pius X (Festus) 359, 6. Festus 362, 7. Fredericktown 363, 8. Perryville 367, 9. North St. Francois County 369, 10. St. Francois County (Park Hills) Central 376, 11. Hillsboro 381, 12. Farmington 399, 13. Windsor (Imperial) 402, 14. DeSoto 413, 15. Herculaneum 461, 16. Crystal City 468

4. ST. VINCENT (357) -- Levi Gotto 86, Alex Miget 86, Kelly Welker 91, Zach Heberlie 94

8. PERRYVILLE (367) -- Brett Schnurbusch 85, Kyle Thieret 91, Conner Stark 94, Garrett Zoellner 97

Notre Dame 321, Central 350

Jack Litzelfelner shot a 1-over par 73 to earn medalist honors and lead the Bulldogs to victory over rival Central in a dual match at Dalhousie Golf Course.

NOTRE DAME -- Jack Litzelfelner 73, Cody Cox 75, Nick Cantoni 85, Brady Dixon 88

CENTRAL -- Travis Simmons 77, Luke Kinder 85, Kobe Franklin 89, Garrett McMillan 99

BOYS TENNIS

Notre Dame 6, Poplar Bluff 3

The Bulldogs swept the three doubles matches to get the win at home.

Singles

No. 1 -- Dylan Page (PB) def. Mason Seesing 8-5

No. 2 -- Nick Essner (ND) def. Jimmy Parison 8-2

No. 3 -- Christopher Stocks (PB) def. Webb Marshall 8-6

No. 4 -- Byron Reeves (ND) def. Nathan Murray 8-2

No. 5 -- Zain Siddiqui (PB) def. Ethan Derrington 8-1

No. 6 -- Zach Anderson (ND) def. Landon Keele 8-1

Doubles

No. 1 -- Essner-Reeves (ND) def. Page-Parison 9-8 (3)

No. 2 -- Seesing-Anderson (ND) def. Stocks-Siddiqui 8-4

No. 3 -- Marshall-Derrington (ND) def. Murray-Keele 8-1

JV -- Notre Dame 8, Poplar Bluff 1

Central 8, De Soto 1

Central won all but one match during a road victory.

Singles

No. 1 -- Alex Wickerham (D) def. Derek Nunnery 9-7

No. 2 -- Jonah Roop (C) def. Jacob Dahle 8-5

No. 3 -- Jalen McDowell (C) def. Tyler Pickard 8-4

No. 4 -- Vikas Rudrappa (C) def. Matt Garrison 8-2

No. 5 -- Nathan Lutes (C) def. B. Sherrow 8-2

No. 6 -- Caleb Ambler (C) def. Blake Krodinger 8-4

Doubles

No. 1 -- Nunnery/Rudrappa (C) def. Garrison/Garrett Shanks 8-2

No. 1 -- Roop/McDowell (C) def. Tristan Werkmeister/Ian Boyer-Faulkner 8-0

No. 1 -- Lutes/Ambler (C) def. Jason Hinkle/Tyler Kemp 8-4

JV -- Central 3, De Soto 0

-- From staff reports