ST. CHARLES WEST CRUISES TO I-55 TITLE

St. Charles West, which won all three of its games by the identical score of 2-0, finished first in the eight-team I-55 girls soccer tournament that concluded Saturday at Notre Dame High School.

The Lady Warriors were the only squad to finish the eight-team tourney with a perfect record.

Cape Girardeau Central, St. Louis Notre Dame and Ft. Zumwalt South all went 2-1. And, even though the Lady Tigers beat both of those other 2-1 squads, SL Notre Dame finished second and Ft. Zumwalt South third under the tournament points system that, in addition to awarding six points for each win, gave out one point per goal (up to three) and one point per shutout.

In Saturday's action, Cape Central defeated Ft. Zumwalt South 3-1 and lost to St. Charles West 2-0; Cape Notre Dame lost to St. Charles West 2-0 and Ft. Zumwalt South 2-0; Jackson tied Ft. Zumwalt North 1-1 and lost to SL Notre Dame 4-0; and Poplar Bluff beat Ft. Zumwalt North 2-0 and lost to SL Notre Dame 3-0.

For Cape Central during its win over Ft. Zumwalt South, Amber Voerg, Amanda Hiler and Lori Bittle scored goals while Voerg, Hiler and Katie Hawkins had assists.

Lady Tigers' coach Tom Doyle did not seem disappointed that his team failed to finish in the tourney's top three despite beating the second-place and third-place squads.

"That's just the way it goes. It doesn't bother me at all," Doyle said. "The main thing is that we got three good games in."

Despite losing twice by 2-0 scores Saturday, Notre Dame coach Jeff Worley was fairly pleased with his squad's play and the way the entire tournament went.

"We played two good teams. We're battling some injuries now and we had some girls out of town for various things, so overall I can't feel too bad about the weekend," said Worley, whose team won its Friday game. "It was a very good tournament. All the teams in town were very impressed with the facilities and the way the tournament was run."

TRACK & FIELD

Perryville Invitational

PERRYVILLE -- A whopping 20 meet records fell Saturday as Lindbergh won team titles in both the boys and girls divisions.

Twenty-two schools participated in the event that featured nine meet records on the boys side and 11 in the girls division.

Lindbergh's boys had 79 points to nip second-place Park Hills, which finished with 78 points. New Madrid was third (70) while Jackson tied for sixth (52) and Perryville was ninth (48).

Lindbergh's girls had 122 points to fairly easily hold off second-place Farmington (86). Jackson was fifth (55) and Perryville ninth (32.5).

Jackson's Mario Whitney was a double winner on the boys side, capturing the 100-meter dash in 11 seconds and the 200-meter dash in a meet-record 22.37 seconds.

Perryville's Shawn Statler was second to Whitney in both the 100 and 200, and Statler won the long jump (20-4 1/2).

Jackson's Heidi Jansen was the only girls winner from the immediate area as she captured the shot put (34-9 1/2).

Complete results of the meet are in Scoreboard on 4B.

BOYS TENNIS

Farmington Tournament

FARMINGTON -- Cape Central placed third out of four teams during the tournament that featured only singles play.

Rolla won the title, with Sikeston second and host Farmington fourth.

The Tigers won two of the six individual titles awarded as No. 5 player Andrew Eaton and No. 6 Paul Hagler both won all three of their matches. No. 2 Paul Miller won two of three matches and placed second.