Scott City captures Oran softball crown

The Scott City softball team grabbed a 6-0 lead after four innings and held on to capture the Oran Tournament title Saturday with a 6-2 win over the host Eagles.

The Rams (14-3) had 12 hits to support starting pitcher Emily Essner. Essner struck out 14 and allowed just one hit in a complete-game victory.

Oran (11-2) dropped just its second game of the season with the loss.

"It was a nice win," Scott City coach Sally O'Brien said. "Emily really pitched well."

Lauren Schaefer, Becky Holder, Kim Klipfel, Chelsi Bradley and Lindsey Amick had two hits apiece for the Rams.

Scott City 6, Oran 2

Scott City 210 300 0 -- 6 12 1

Oran 000 001 1 -- 2 1 2

WP -- Emily Essner, 10-3. LP -- Callie Kielhofner. 2B -- Becky Holder (S), Kim Klipfel (S), Chelsi Braldy (S). Multiple hits -- Scott City, Holder 2-3; Lindsey Amick 2-3; Bradley 2-4; Klipfel 2-4; Lauren Schaefer 2-4. Records -- Scott City 14-3, Oran 11-2.

BASEBALL Chaffee Red Devils Classic

Chaffee hammered out 26 hits in two games to win the consolation title.

The Red Devils (7-8) defeated Egyptian, Ill., 9-5 in the semifinal, then eased by New Madrid County Central 11-4 in the consolation final.

Against Egyptian, Chris Hanback, Josh Steger and Steven Dooley each had two of Chaffee's 12 hits.

Adam Crowe earned the pitching win, striking out eight batters in seven innings.

In the consolation title game, Chaffee allowed four runs in the first inning but shut out New Madrid the rest of the way.

Dooley struck out 10 in a complete game.

Jerrod Steger went 4-for-5 to lead Chaffee's 14-hit assault, and Hanback, Dooley and Korey Chapman each added two hits.

Chaffee 9, Egyptian 5

Chaffee 510 030 0 -- 9 12 2

Egyptian 010 200 2 -- 5 10 2

WP -- Adam Crowe, 1-0. LP -- Smith. 3B -- Steven Dooley (C). 2B -- Chris Hanback (C), Brad Daugherty (C), Adam Uhrhan (C), Korey Chapman (C), Smith (E), Jones (E), Henderson (E). Multiple hits -- Chaffee, Hanback 2-5, Josh Steger 2-4, Dooley 2-4; Egyptian, Blainey 3-4, Smith 2-4.

Chaffee 11, New Madrid Co. Central 4

Chaffee 130 123 1 -- 11 14 1

NMCC 400 000 0 -- 4 9 4

WP -- Steven Dooley, 4-3. LP -- Ganter. 2B -- Korey Chapman (C), Andrew Hendrix (C), Lingel (N), Suellenger (N). Multiple hits -- Chaffee, Chris Hanback 2-5, Jerrod Steger 4-5, Dooley 2-4, Chapman 2-4, Hendrix 2-4; NMCC, Lingel 3-4, Harris 2-4, Suellenger 2-3. Records -- Chaffee 7-8.

Scott County tournament

Advance and Dexter won semifinal games to set up a Stoddard County matchup in the Scott County Baseball Tournament.

The Hornets squeaked by Cooter 5-4 in eight innings. Trenton Moses hit a walkoff home run for Advance.

Moses and Jeremy Limbaugh each had two RBIs for the Hornets, and Kevin Adkins had three hits.

Limbaugh relieved Moses in the seventh inning and picked up the win.

The finals were scheduled for Saturday, but prom conflicts forced the game to be moved to Monday at a time and location to be determined.

Dexter made its way to the final with a 19-10 win over Oran. The Eagles (13-4) committed 12 errors and gave up 13 unearned runs in the semifinal.

The teams combined for 30 hits. Kody Campbell, Chase Seyer and Tyler Beardslee had two hits apiece for the Eagles.

Oran bounced back with a 13-2 win over Cooter in the third-place game. Seyer needed just 55 pitched to get the five-inning complete-game victory.

Campbell led Oran with five RBIs, with a grand slam among his three hits. Caleb Seyer and Austin Dumey added two hits apiece, and Beardslee had a home run.

Dexter 19, Oran 10

Dexter 520 307 2 -- 19 19 3

Oran 140 104 0 -- 10 11 12

WP -- Moore. LP -- Paul Bucher, 1-1. 2B -- Wes Pind (O), Kody Campbell (O), Pixley (D), Moore (D), Rigazzio (D), Matthews (D), Hessling 2 (D). 3B -- Moore (D). Multiple hits -- Dexter, Moore 4-6; Rigazzio 4-6; Espey 3-5; Hessling 2-4; Cox 2-6; Matthews 2-6; Oran, Chase Seyer 2-3; Campbell 2-3; Tyler Beardslee 2-4. Records -- Oran 12-4.

Oran 13, Cooter 2

Cooter 011 00 -- 2 4 4

Oran 900 04 -- 13 13 0

WP -- Chase Seyer, 1-1. LP -- Devon Barger. HR -- Kody Campbell (O), Tyler Beardslee (O), Josh Hutton (C). 2B -- Paul Bucher (O), Barger (C), Chris Littleton (C). 3B -- Caleb Seyer (O). Multiple hits -- Oran, Campbell 3-3; Ca. Seyer 2-3; Austin Dumey 2-4. Records -- Oran 13-4.

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD Chaffee Relays

Saxony Lutheran won the final event -- the 1,600 relay -- to finish ahead of Chaffee by one point.

Chaffee had a 48-47 lead over the Crusaders heading into the 1,600 relay, but Saxony finished nearly 20 seconds ahead of the host.

Saxony won six of the 12 events in the four-team meet, including three of the last four.

Team scores -- Saxony Lutheran 53, Chaffee 52, Scott City 25, Kelly 18

Individual results

3,200 relay -- 1. Saxony, 9:01; 2. Chaffee, 9:09; 3. Kelly, 9:12

Spring medley -- 1. Scott City, 1:42.50; 2. Chaffee, 1:47.91; 3. Saxony, 1:48.42

Shot put -- 1. Chaffee, 79-1/2; 2. Saxony, 76-11; 3. Kelly, 71-11 1/2

Discus -- 1. Kelly, 194-2; 2. Chaffee, 186-9; 3. Scott City, 175-8

300 hurdles -- 1. Jauch (S), 40.78; 2. Atkinson (C), 48.28; 3. Weiss (SC), 50.24

800 relay -- 1. Saxony, 1:38; 2. Scott City, 1:39.66; 3. Chaffee, 1:45.08

Long jump -- 1. Chaffee, 35-6; 2. Saxony 35-6; 3. Kelly, 31-9 1/2

Triple jump -- 1. Chaffee, 74-1; 2. Saxony, 67-10; 3. Scott City, 61-5

Distance medley -- 1. Saxony, 12:14; 2. Kelly, 12:30; 3. Chaffee, 12:32

High jump -- 1. Saxony, 11-2; 2. Chaffee, 10-4; 3. Kelly, 10-2

400 relay -- 1. Scott Citry, 48.54; 2. Chaffee, 49.2; 3. Saxony, 50.9

1,600 relay -- 1. Saxony, 3:38; 2. Chaffee, 3:57; 3. Scott City, 3:58

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD Chaffee Relays

Chaffee had no trouble taking the crown in its own three-team meet.

The Red Devils tallied 67 points, followed by Kelly with 24 and Scott City with 19.

Chaffee won 10 of 12 events.

Team scores -- Chaffee 67, Kelly 24, Scott City 19

Individual results

Triple jump -- 1. Chaffee, 50-5; 2. Kelly, 43-6

3,200 relay -- 1. Scott City, 11:25; 2. Chaffee, 11:26

Sprint medley -- 1. Chaffee, 2:02; 2. Kelly, 2:16

Shot put -- 1. Chaffee, 57-8; 2. Kelly 52-3 1/2

Discus -- 1. Chaffee, 162-4; 2. Kelly 140-10

300 hurdles -- 1. Braun (SC), 52.81; 2. Beck (C), 53.8; 3. Schmitt (K), 58.70

High jump -- 1. Chaffee, 8-0; 2. Kelly, 7-8

800 relay -- 1. Chaffee, 1:58; 2. Scott City, 2:04.06

Long jump -- 1. Chaffee, 25-6; 2. Scott City, 24-0

Distance medley -- 1. Chaffee, 15:37; 2. Kelly, 15:48

400 relay -- 1. Chaffee 56.1; 2. Scott City, 57.77

1,600 relay -- 1. Chaffee, 4:38; 2. Kelly, 4:47

OTHER EVENTS

• Central won two games on Saturday to earn the Notre Dame junior varsity baseball tournament title. The Tigers (9-5) defeated Webster Groves 6-4 and Sikeston 16-2 in five innings.

-- From staff reports