Shawnee hands 10-0 loss to Saxony

Host Shawnee, Ill., used a big fifth inning to hand visiting Saxony Lutheran a 10-0 baseball loss on Monday.

Saxony made four errors in the decisive frame, when Shawnee scored seven runs.

The game, which was scorelss into the bottom of the fourth, ended after six innings with the mercy rule.

Shawnee improved to 13-2, Saxony fell to 11-4.

Saxony had only four hits, while Shawnee had nine hits.

Shawnee (Ill.) 10, Saxony 0

Saxony 000 000 — 0 4 5

Shawnee 000 271 — 10 9 0

WP — McMahan. LP — Bryant Steffens, 2-2. Records — Saxony 11-4, Shawnee 13-2.

Perryville 11, De Soto 8

Waylon Sparkman went 3-for-4 with a home run and double to lead host Perryville.

Andrew Martin also went 3-for-4 for the Pirates (7-8), while Luke Ponder and Ethan Reiss both added two hits. John Hecht was the winner.

De Soto 203 012 0 — 8 7 1

Perryville 161 210 0 — 11 12 3

WP — John Hecht, 2-2. LP — Baker. HR — Waylon Sparkman (P), McCormack (D). 2B — Luke Ponder (P), Sparkman (T), Andrew Martin (P), Lance Roth (P). Multiple hits — Perryville, Ponder 2-5; Sparkman 3-4; Martin 3-4; Ethan Reiss 2-3, Desoto, McCormack 2-4. Records — Perryville 7-8, Desoto 14-6.

SOFTBALL Saxony Lutheran 5, Shawnee (Ill.) 4

Saxony won a close game against host Shawnee, Ill.

Nicole McLard threw all seven innings and struck out eight batters for the Crusaders (5-2).

Holly Sherman had three of Saxony's seven hits.

Saxony 203 000 0 — 5 7 2

Shawnee 300 000 1 — 4 5 0

WP — Nicole McLard (5-2). LP — Ellis. 2B — Kara Verseman (S), Taylor Krauss (S), Boston (S). Multiple hits — Saxony, Holly Sherman 3-4. Shawnee — Boston 2-4. Records — Saxony 5-2.

GIRLS SOCCER Notre Dame 7, Kennett 1

Libby Brauss and Anna Wren both scored two goals for Notre Dame during its home romp.

Megan Ruopp, Courtney Luehmann and Allyson Bradshaw each had one goal.

Luehmann had two assists while Kari Stone, Mindy Siebert, Taylor Sanders and Paige Schumer added assists.

BOYS TENNIS Central 8, Poplar Bluff 1

Central improved to 13-2 with an easy road win.

Singles

1. Malay Bhatt (PB) def. David Berry 8-3

2. Patrick Duffy (CC) def. Davis Wilson 8-1

3. Will LaFoe (CC) def. Chris Drury 8-3

4. Brandon Gonzales (CC) def. Kelsey Brown 8-1

5. Josh Hubbard (CC) def. Anderson Gilberto 8-1

6. Cole Bradley (CC) def. Navneet Hundal 8-5

Doubles

1. Berry-Duffy (CC) def. Drury-Brown 8-0

2. Gonzales-Hubbard (CC) def. Bhatt-Wilson 8-6

3. LaFoe-Bradley (CC) def. Kyle West-Asim Choudhary 8-1

BOYS GOLF Class 3 district

Notre Dame finished third in the Class 3 District 1 meet at Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington.

The Bulldogs tallied 359 to finish two strokes behind Dexter and 35 strokes behind Farmington.

The top team from district earned an automatic berth to the state tournament.

Top five teams — Farmington 324, Dexter 357, Notre Dame 359, Kennett 369, Fredericktown 380.