ST. JOSEPH'S NETS JHS IN 4A SECTIONAL TENNIS

ST. LOUIS -- St. Joseph's Academy appears poised for a run for the Class 4A state tennis championship as it ended a memorable Jackson High School season Tuesday with a 5-0 sectional victory.

Jackson had won all 13 of its dual matches during the regular season, but St. Joseph's, which finished second in the state last year, came into the match with two-time state singles champion Kiki Stastny and her impressive entourage.

Stastny, a junior, looked primed for a third title as she rolled past Jackson's Kim Anderson 6-0, 6-0; Carolyn Kramer defeated Nicole Poythress 6-2, 6-0; Mary Jane Musca topped Katie Domian 6-3, 6-1; Tara Palumbo downed Maggie Martin 6-1, 6-1; and Noell Ranall stopped Carly Vogelsang 6-2, 6-0. With the match already decided, Sarah Twedell defeated Sarah Propst 8-4.

"The scores don't show it, but my girls played well," said Jackson coach Linda Adams. "It was a really good season and a good way to end it -- against good competition. Even though we lost, it was a good match."

St. Joseph's advances to quarterfinal play where it will face the Oakville-Marquette winner for the right to go to state.

Jackson's season is not entirely over as Anderson will compete in the state singles tournament on Oct. 20-21 in Springfield.

VOLLEYBALL

Notre Dame 15-15Cape Central 6-1

The Lady Bulldogs had little trouble handling the Lady Tigers in an intra-city battle at Notre Dame.

Lynn Obermiller and Courtney Vickery each collected six kills for Notre Dame, which improved to 11-7-4. Ashley Millham added five kills and Katie Canfield dished out eight assists. Obermiller also had two service aces in the match.

Jackson 15-15New Madrid 1-9

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Jackson is now 17-8-2 after easing past New Madrid.

Andrea Koeper had 10 kills and seven digs for the Lady Indians. Jenna Leet contributed seven digs, four kills and seven service aces; Jessie Koeper had seven digs and seven assists; and Erin Hartmann added seven assists.

Bell City 15-15Chaffee 6-3

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Bell City continued its late-season roll and kept Chaffee winless on the season.

The Lady Cubs (10-13) got 13 kills from Katie Spears, six digs from Amanda Bailey, 16 assists from Whitney Abner and 14 service points from Brooke Stephens.

Leopold 15-14-15Woodland 8-16-10

LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Leopold earned a hard-fought victory over Woodland.

The Lady Wildcats (14-6-3) were led in kills by Holly Jansen and Kyla Horrell with nine apiece while Courtney Wesbecher added six and Jessica Bollinger contributed five. Jodi VanGennip had 13 assists and 13 service points while Laura Jansen delivered 10 assists and two service aces. Horrell also had two aces.

Perryville 15-11-15Hillsboro 4-15-8

HILLSBORO, Mo. -- Perryville won a three-setter from Hillsboro.

The Lady Pirates (8-14) were led by Natalie Bohnert with 12 service points, including two aces, along with seven blocks and six kills. Andrea Buerck contributed 12 service points, including four aces, and nine assists.

Oak Ridge 15-15Charleston 11-12

OAK RIDGE, Mo. --Oak Ridge handled Charleston in a straight-set match.

The Lady Jays (7-12) were led by Laura Glueck with five kills and four service aces; Jenny Hrabik with nine service points; and Alaina Hobeck with 23 assists.

St. Pius 14-15-15St. Vincent 16-9-5

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- St. Vincent got off to a good start by winning the first set but the Squaws could not hold on.

The Squaws (9-10-4) got 10 kills from Danielle Sutterer; 13 digs and nine kills from Chelsey Brown; and 16 digs from Beth Hennemann.

BOYS SOCCER

Cape Central 3, Marion 2

The Tigers closed out their home schedule by holding on to beat the visitors from Illinois.

Central (11-7-2) led 3-0 at halftime and still held that advantage with 15 minutes left. But Marion scored two goals within five minutes to make things interesting.

Cody Hill, Bret McNabb and Clint Hoffman scored goals for the Tigers, with McNabb, Chris Cole and Chris Jones earning assists.

Central's JV romped 10-1 to improve to 11-1. Brian Ross had three goals, Luke Kester had two and Heath Orr, Caylen Wills, Willie Colon, Jordan White and Grant Hengst all added one.

The Tigers will have a big game Thursday as the Tigers visit Jackson.

Jackson 3, Sikeston 1

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Jackson scored all three of its goals in the first half as the Indians posted their 13th victory of the season.

The Indians (13-4-1) got two goals from Matt Gordon and one from Patrick Kohm. Kohm and Trent Forrester had assists.

Jackson's JV prevailed 3-1 behind goals from Cole Humphrey, Stuart Knowlan and Mitchell Casteel.