Notre Dame qualifies trio for state golf tournament

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Notre Dame golfers Brett Slaten, Brandon Pleimann and Austin Gelsheimer each qualified for the state tournament by placing in the top 10 at the Class 3, District 1 meet at the Eagle Lake Golf Course in Farmington on Tuesday.

Notre Dame, which finished second as a team, missed out on qualifying as a team for state by five strokes to North County.

Slaten fired an 80 while Pleimann shot an 84 and Austin Gelsheimer finished with an 85. Jack Wedemeier rounded out Notre Dame's scoring with an 88.

Chris Spitzmiller of North County and Dakota Trevino of Sikeston shared medalist honors, each shooting a 79.

Perryville finished seventh and was led by Johnny Zahner's 87. Chris Streiler shot a 91, Rick Dunn tallied a 99 and Wes Buchheit finished with a 102.

The state meet will take place at the Deer Lake Golf Course on May 14 and 15.

BASEBALLScott City 11, Kennett 1

Ryan Modglin fired a no-hitter, striking out 15 and walking three for the Rams. He allowed one unearned run.

"His fastball had velocity today," Scott City coach Lance Amick said. "He was throwing a lot of strikes. When he throws a lot of strikes, he's hard to hit."

Blake Dirnberger and Jaris Hye both belted grand slams in the victory.

WP -- Ryan Modglin. LP -- W. Jackson. HR -- Jaris Hye (SC), Blake Dirnberger (SC). 3B -- Josh Henson (SC). 2B -- Shae Simmons (SC). Records -- Scott City 12-5.

Bloomfield 10, Woodland 2

Kyle Reynolds led Woodland's attack with two doubles and Tim Abner added a double as the Cardinals dropped the home game.

WP -- David Simptkins. LP -- Willie Piatt. HR -- Zak Bacon (B). 2B -- Will Bowling 2 (B), Kyle Reynolds 2 (W), Tim Abner (W). Multiple hits -- Woodland, Reynolds 2-3; Bloomfield, Kyle Williamson 2-5, John Monroe 2-4, Jacob Conner 3-3. Records -- Woodland 6-11.

Notre Dame 22, St. Vincent 2, 5 innings

Chad Friend went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run and Logan Glueck added a three-run homer to lead Notre Dame in a romp over St. Vincent.

The Bulldogs (11-8) exploded for 16 hits. Abe Dirnberger added two hits and Jordan Buchheit went 4-for-5 with a double. Brett Heischmidt picked up the win.

Gregory Finger led St. Vincent with two singles.

WP -- Brett Heischmidt. LP -- Gregory Finger. HR -- Logan Glueck (ND), Chad Friend (ND). 2B -- Jordan Buchheit (ND), Heischmidt (ND), Greg Rellegert (SV). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame, Abe Dirnberger 2-3, Buchheit 4-5, Friend 3-4; St. Vincent, Finger 2-2. Records -- Notre Dame 11-8.

Saxony Lutheran 11, Oak Ridge 4

Chris Roth threw three innings and banged out two hits while Bryant Steffens hurled the next four innings and had two RBIs as Saxony Lutheran won.

Ben Courtois and Bret Steffens each added a double and two RBIs for the Crusaders (9-6) and Ryan Winkler went 2-for-3.

Garret Light pitched a complete game and had a double at the plate for Oak Ridge.

WP -- Bryant Steffens. LP -- Garret Light. 2B -- Garret Light (OR), Ben Courtois (SL), Bret Steffens (SL), Chris Roth (SL), Bryant Steffens (SL). Multiple hits -- Saxony, Roth 2-3, Bret Steffens 2-4, Ryan Winkler 2-3; Oak Ridge, Ethan Sachs 2-4, Dustin Meyr 2-4. Records -- Saxony 9-6.

Chaffee 7, NMCC 6, 10 innings

Jared Steger hit a grounder to first to drive in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th as Chaffee capped the comeback.

Michael Lee belted a two-strike, two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the seventh to send the game to extra innings for the Red Devils (13-8).

Andy Hendrix had a triple and went 2-for-4 and Adam Crowe picked up the win.

WP -- Adam Crowe 4-1. 3B -- Andy Hendrix (C). Multiple hits -- Chaffee, Hendrix 2-4.

Leopold 7, Meadow Heights 1

Matt Stoverink struck out 11 batters and only allowed a hit and one run as Leopold hammered Meadow Heights.

Stoverink also went 2-for-4 at the plate with three runs scored and three stolen bases. Clayton Stoverink added two hits, one run, one RBI and three stolen bases for the Wildcats.

WP -- Matt Stoverink. LP -- D. Hanners. Multiple hits -- Leopold, Matt Stoverink 2-4, Clayton Stoverink 2-2.

GIRLS SOCCERCentral 1, Jackson 1

Central scored less than 5 minutes into the game, Jackson answered in the final 5 minutes and the teams battled through two overtime periods to a suprising 1-1 tie.

"They hit the post a couple of times and we hit the post once," Central coach Tom Doyle said. "Jackie Twidwell made several real good saves for us."

The Tigers stand 6-11-1 after the game while Jackson is 11-2-2. Both teams are in Class 2 District 1, with the seeding meeting last week and district tournaments on the MSHSAA calendar from May 12 through 19.

Central went on top early when junior Laura Lusk scored with an assist from sophomore Sarah Uptmor.

The Tigers held off Jackson until the final minutes, when junior Chelsea Dale scored with an assist from senior Randi Kraust.

Central senior Jenna Matthews was injured during the game and taken to a local hospital.

"She is definitely in everybody's prayers tonight," Jackson coach Zack Walton said.

SOFTBALLScott City 15, Richland 0, 4 innings

Jenni Heisserer went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a triple as Scott City crushed Richland in four innings.

Macy Heisserer and Jennifer Aubuchon each added a double and Emily Essner went 2-for-2 with two triples for the Rams (16-4).

Lauren Schaefer also added two hits and Rachel Reed only allowed one hit on the mound for Scott City.

WP -- Rachel Reed, 2-0. LP -- McClung. 2B -- Jenni Heisserer 2 (SC), Macy Heisserer (SC), Jennifer Aubuchon (SC). 3B -- J. Heisserer (SC), Emily Essner 2 (SC). Multiple hits -- Scott City, Lauren Schaffer 2-2, Essner 2-2, J. Heisserer 3-3. Records -- Scott City 16-4.

Leopold 11, Meadow Heights 1, 5 innings

Whitney Vandeven tossed a five-inning gem against Meadow Heights to lead Leopold to the win. Vandeven struck out 13 batters and allowed only one hit.

Cassie Seiler went 4-for-4 with two doubles at the plate for the Wildcats (10-3). Erin Woodfin and Elizabeth Eftink each added three hits.

WP -- Whitney Vandeven, 5-2. LP -- Lindsey Mayfield. 2B -- Cassie Seiler 2 (L), Margaret Seabaugh (L). Multiple hits -- Leopold, Seiler 4-4, Erin Woodfin 3-3, Elizabeth Eftink 3-3. Records -- Leopold 10-3.

Saxony Lutheran 11, Oak Ridge 6

Saxony banged out 14 hits en route to a home victory.

Lauren Hunt and Tiffany Haertling doubled in the win.

WP -- Nicole McClard 3-4. LP -- Sedgwick. 2B -- Lauren Hunt (SL), Tiffany Haertling (SL). Multiple hits -- Saxony, Taylor Krauss 2-3, Hunt 2-4, Haertling 3-4, Taylor Beal 2-4, Lauren Roth 2-4, Angel Stone 2-4; Oak Ridge, Megan Newell 4-4, Nikki Moll 2-4.

Oran 4, Portageville 2

Wendy Eftink smacked a home run against Deanna Deere and Callie Kielhofner improved to 11-1 this season for the Eagles.

Cassie Graviett added a triple in the win.

WP -- Callie Kielhofner, 11-1. LP -- Deanna Deere. HR -- Wendy Eftink (O). 3B -- Cassie Graviett (O), Jodi Urhahn (O). 2B -- Callie Kielhofner (O). Records -- Oran 14-1.

TennisCentral 8, Poplar Bluff 1

Central (10-2) got winners from every singles player except one and captured the three double matches to crush Poplar Bluff.

Singles

No. 1 -- Malay Bhatt def. David Berry (C) 10-4

No. 2 -- Patrick Duffy (C) def. Chris Drury 10-0

No. 3 -- Robert Weir (C) def. Kelsey Brown 10-0

No. 4 -- Will LaFoe (C) def. Davis Wilson 10-2

No. 5 -- Alex Gonzales (C) def. Asim Choudhary 10-1

No. 6 -- Josh Hubbard (C) def. Navmeet Hundal 10-1

Doubles

No. 1 -- Berry-Duffy (C) def. Bhatt-Wilson 10-2

No. 2 -- Weir-LaFoe (C) def. Drury-Brown 10-2

No. 3 -- Gonzales-Hubbard (C) def. Choudhary-Hundal 10-3

JV won 13-0. Singles: Garret McMillan, Andrew Shupert, Cole Bradley, Alex Kies, Hunter Givens, Dylan Thomas, Omar Malik, Josh Wen, Zach Kyle. Doubles: Shupert-Bradley, McMillan-Kies, Thomas-Wen, Malik-Givens.

-- From staff reports