St. Vincent forges tie with Jackson in soccer

St. Vincent's Sarah Moll knotted the score at 1-1 on a penalty kick goal with 6 minutes remaining, as the Squaws played Jackson to a tie in girls soccer Wednesday at St. Vincent.

Lauren Drewett scored her 11th goal for Jackson about midway through the second half to give the Indians the lead. Erin Curtis had the assist.

Jackson (9-5-2) outshot St. Vincent 17-4, but St. Vincent goalkeeper Megan Wengert was stellar for the Squaws (7-9-3).

"She played unbelievable," St. Vincent coach Dustin Wengert said. "She kept us in the game."

Jackson coach Zack Walton said, "We struggled offensively tonight. We should've scored several goals."

Notre Dame 2, Sikeston 1

Destiny Dirnberger and Meridith Medlin each netted a goal, as Notre Dame edged Sikeston on the road.

Mindy Siebert and Molly Proffer had the assists for the Bulldogs (9-3-1).

JV -- Notre Dame 2, Sikeston 0

BASEBALL Leopold 18, Zalma 10

Leopold scored 10 runs in the final two innings and romped on the road.

The Wildcats (5-5) had 15 hits, including five from Matt Stoverink, who had four doubles, a home run and four RBI.

Stoverink and Eric Seiler hooked up for back-to-back homers in the sixth inning, and Seiler finished with two hits.

Victor Vandeven, Justin Reed and Tyler Clubb also added two hits apiece.

Josh Barrett singled and homered for Zalma, which finished with eight errors.

Leopold 500 035 5 -- 18 15 5

Zalma 221 201 2 -- 10 8 8

WP -- Eric Seiler, 1-2. LP -- Josh Barrett. HR -- Matt Stoverink (L), Seiler (L), Barrett (Z). 2B -- Victor Vandeven (L), Justin Reed (L), Tyler Clubb (L), Stoverink 4 (L), Seiler (L). Multiple hits -- Leopold, Vandeven 2-6, Reed 2-5, Clubb 2-6, Stoverink 5-6, Seiler 2-6; Zalma, Barrett 2-3. Records -- Leopold 5-5.

GOLF Poplar Bluff 150, Jackson 158

Jackson dropped a dual meet at the Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson.

Josh Wheeler led the Indians with a 3-over-par 38. Taylor McDowell fired a 39, T.J. Smith shot a 40 and Gabe Sauer finished at 41.

JV -- Poplar Bluff 170-199

Dexter 157, Notre Dame 180

Notre Dame fell to host Dexter in a dual meet.

Brandon Holzum led the Bulldogs with a 41, followed by Austin Gelsheimer (43), Brett Slaten (46) and Andrew Bertrand (48).

OTHER EVENTS

• Central's junior high girls track and field team placed second in its own meet, scoring 124 points. Jackson won with 161.5 points and Poplar Bluff was third with 76.5.

Central's Sadie Pittman won the 200 meters in 28.01 seconds and the triple jump with 31 feet, 1 3/4 inches.

* Central's junior high boys track and field squad placed fourth out of five squads at a home meet. Central tallied 92 points, and Jackson placed second at 108.

Chris Swader set the Central junior high record with a first-place pole vault of 11-1. Swader also won the discus (103-11). Jared Ritter finished first in the 1,600 in 5:04.

-- From staff reports