High school roundup: Chaffee girls race to team title

The Chaffee girls cross country team placed four runners in the top 10 to win the team title at its own Postal Meet on Wednesday.

Molli McGowan led the Red Devils with a third-place finish, while Lyndsey Statler was fifth, Cassie Hindman ninth and Holly Rutherford 10th.

Valle Catholic's Neve Cavanaugh won the girls race in 21 minutes, 27 seconds.

Saxony Lutheran's Regan Obermann was sixth to lead the Crusaders to a third-place finish.

Zalma's Jenny Ware was eighth.

Saxony Lutheran's Sam Breite finished second, while Brandon Fritsche was ninth and Anthony Etzold 10th to help the Crusaders boys finish second behind Valle Catholic.

Valle Catholic's Nick Klein won the boys race in 17:09.

Advance's Braden Bien was third, while Delta's Dwight Nance was seventh to help the Bobcats place fourth.

Girls

Team standings -- 1. Chaffee 37; 2. Valle 63; 3. Saxony Lutheran 68; 4. Dexter 68

Local top fives

Chaffee -- 3. Molli McGowan, 22:12; 5. Lyndsey Statler, 22:28; 9. Cassie Hindman, 23:42; 10. Holly Rutherford, 23:48; 13. Megan Chisum, 24:15

Saxony Lutheran -- 6. Regan Obermann, 23:13; 11. Dakota Werner, 23:48; 18. Breanne Etzold, 24:51; 19. Sarah Winningham, 24:53; 24. Grace Hanebrink, 26:58

Delta -- 14. Renae Bartels, 24:32

Advance -- 15. Becca Cantrell, 24:34; 28. Madison Brown, 27:56

Zalma -- 8. Jenny Ware, 23:37

Boys

Team standings -- 1. Valle Catholic 43; 2. Saxony Lutheran 51; 3. Dexter 72; 4. Delta 79; 5. Advance 101; 6. Zalma 158

Local top fives

Saxony Lutheran -- 2. Sam Breite, 17:51; 9. Brandon Fritsche, 19:11; 10. Anthony Etzold, 19:13; 11. Aaron Koehler, 19:17; 19. Zach Vogel, 21:17

Delta -- 7. Dwight Nance, 18:51; 13. Jesse Nance, 19:29; 14. Caleb Amelunke, 19:34; 21. Frank Rozmirsky, 21:36; 24. Wyatt Kidd, 22:05

Advance -- 3. Braden Bien, 17:58; 12. Tyler Middleton, 19:25; 25. Ben Trout, 22:17; 30. Zach Cato, 23:08; 31. Richard Nixon, 23:30

Zalma -- 23. Alex Robinson, 21:55; 28. Dennis Gregory, 22:59; 34. Andrew Hovis, 24:09; 36. Ryan Tucker, 24:19; 37. Brad Key, 24:42

SOFTBALL

Kelly 3, Oran 2

The Hawks used three squeeze bunts to score their runs in their final home game of the regular season.

In the second inning, Emily Grojean squeezed home Kristy Brucker, who had doubled. Grojean later scored on a squeeze by Marissa Menz.

Samantha Ratledge tripled and scored on a squeeze by Jade Rampley in the third.

Brucker earned the win by striking out two and walking none over seven innings.

Oran's Addie Kielhofner went 3 for 3.

Oran 000 020 0 -- 2 8 0

Kelly 021 000 x -- 3 6 2

WP -- Kristy Brucker. LP -- Morgan Todt. 3B -- Samantha Ratledge (K). 2B -- Brucker (K), Addie Kielhofner (O). Multiple hits -- Oran: Kielhofner 3-3. Records -- Kelly 12-9.

GIRLS TENNIS

Central 8, Poplar Bluff 1

The Tigers improved to 8-6 with the victory.

Caroline Harding didn't drop a game in her victory at No. 2 singles.

Harding then teamed with Morgan Crowell to earn an 8-1 victory at No. 1 doubles.

Singles

No. 1 -- Morgan Crowell (C) def. Caroline Penney 8-2

No. 2 -- Caroline Harding (C) def. Victoria Bottorff 8-0

No. 3 -- Susanna Haywayd (C) def. Sarah Crites 8-1

No. 4 -- Becky Schneider (C) def. Shallyn Ward 8-1

No. 5 -- Faith Tegel (C) def. Aisha Krishnan 8-1

No. 6 -- Caroline Retter (C) def. Aarti Parekh 8-1

Doubles

No. 1 -- Crowell-Harding (C) def. Penney-Ward 8-1

No. 2 -- Bottorff-Crites (PB) def. Hayward-Schneider 8-6

No. 3 -- Tegel-Retter (C) def. Krishnan-Parekh 8-2

-- From staff reports