Tigers' Moreland places third in meet

Central sophomore Brittany Moreland paced the Central girls cross country team Saturday with a third-place finish at the Parkway West Invitational.

Moreland finished in 19 minutes, 11 seconds. The Tigers finished 10th in the team standings. Notre Dame de Sion was first.

Tyler Yeargain finished 14th to lead Central's boys. Central finished 12th out of 17 teams. Blue Springs was first.

Beth Barton led Jackson in 31st. Tanner Cline led Jackson's boys in 34th. The Indians finished 13th.

Girls

Central -- 3, Brittany Moreland 19:11; 34, Veronica Schabbing 21:12; 63, Jenny Huo 22:16; 71, Tiffany Mead 22:41; 74, Jessie Hahn 22:53.

Jackson -- 31, Beth Barton 21:06; 50, Casey Hatton 21:56; 57, Mandy Craven 22:06; 68, Nicole Parrish 22:30; 82, Ashley Miller 23:30.

Boys

Central -- 14, Tyler Yeargain 16:46; 67, Dale Brannock 18:29; 70, Cole Bradley 18:33; 79, Greg Sprengel 19:02; 105, Shawn Owens 20:13.

Jackson -- 34, Tanner Cline 17:49; 61, Cody Green 18:26; 72, Caleb Statler 18:39; 89, Nick Welker 19:32; 94, Joe B. Miller 20:02.

SOFTBALL Cape ND 8, St. Louis ND 1

Notre Dame won at St. Louis Notre Dame.

Beth Schnurbusch improved to 12-0 with the complete-game victory, and Kristain Burger increased her school-record home run mark with her eighth of the season.

Kristain Burger and Paris Burger had three hits apiece for the Bulldogs (23-2).

Cape ND 006 002 0 -- 8 13 0

SL ND 000 100 0 -- 1 4 2

WP -- Beth Schnurbusch, 12-0. LP -- Bauer. HR -- Kristain Burger (C-N). 2B -- Cortney Ostendorf (C-N), Lauren Reinagel (C-N), Anderson (C-S). Multiple hits -- Cape-Notre Dame, Paris Burger 3-3; K. Burger 3-4; Lauren Bond 2-4 Ostendorf 2-4; St. Louis-Notre Dame, Bauer 2-2. Records -- Cape-Notre Dame 23-2.

BOYS SOCCER Lafayette 3, Central 0

Central (5-6-2) was shut out for the second straight game in a home loss.

-- From staff reports