High school roundup: Notre Dame advances to soccer district title game

The host Notre Dame boys soccer team reached the Class 2 District 1 championship game with a 6-0 semifinal victory against Fredericktown on Saturday.

The Bulldogs improved to 15-10 and will play Sikeston in Tuesday's 6 p.m. championship game at Notre Dame. Sikeston advanced with a 3-0 win against Perryville in the other semifinal.

Jonathan Lynch led Notre Dame with two goals, while Aaron Arnzen, Logan Buchheit, Christian Westrich and Carson Bruenderman had one goal apiece.

Lynch, Buchheit, Ryan Long, Duncan Ross and James Dively each had an assist.

James Holloway made five saves in recording the shutout.

Class 1 District 1

Saxony Lutheran earned a spot in the district title game by knocking off Hancock 5-0 in the semifinals.

Taylor Johnson scored twice and Brayton Klaus, Ryan Sprandel and Logan Sprandel all added one goal.

Ryan Sprandel, Logan Sprandel, Matt Wills, Anthony Etzold and Luke Mueller all recorded one assist.

Matt Stueve posted the shutout for the Crusaders.

Saxony Lutheran will face host St. Pius in Monday's district title game. The game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

FOOTBALL

St. Vincent 15, Cleveland NJROTC 6

Phillip Ernst made the most of his final game for the Indians.

The senior intercepted three passes and kicked three field goals to help St. Vincent end the season on a winning note.

"That's the way to go out," St. Vincent coach Paul Sauer said.

The Indians intercepted Cleveland five times in the contest, and one they returned for a score. Senior Nathan Comte picked off a pass in the first quarter and returned it to the end zone. Taylor Sauer also recorded an interception in the win.

"Our secondary played real well," coach Sauer said. "Justin Breig had four or five pass breakups. We've just kind of been struggling in the secondary all year and we finally put it together here at the end."

Mitchell Presnell led St. Vincent with 19 carries for 63 yards. Ryan Weissing finished with 13 totes for 36 yards, and Derek Joggerst added 22 yards on four rushes.

Taylor Sauer passed for 76 yards by completing four of his 12 attempts.

Adam Winkler hauled in two passes for 34 yards, while Ryan Boxdorfer caught one for 28 yards and Joggerst snared one for 14 yards.

"We definitely were happy to win that last one," coach Sauer said. "Now it's time to go to work for next year."

St. Vincent ended the season 3-7 overall and 1-2 in Class 1 District 2 play.

BOYS SWIMMING

Springfield Invitational

Central's Caleb Coots took second in the 100 butterfly with a time of 53.70 seconds to break an 11-year-old school record as the Tigers placed eighth out of 20 teams.

The Tigers, who scored 112 points, also saw their 200 and 400 freestyle relays post state-qualifying times.

Jordan Gramling and Coots both captured a first-place finish for Central at Friday's Springfield quad.

Results

200 individual medley -- 6. Caleb Coots 2:06.43

50 freestyle -- 4. Jordan Gramling 22.78

100 butterfly -- 2. Coots 53.70

100 freestyle -- 4. Gramling 48.92

200 freestyle relay -- 5. Central (Coots, Prithvi Rudrappa, Gramling, Pablo Jaramillo) 1:34.48

400 freestyle relay -- 8. Central (Coots, Rudrappa, Blake Kidd, Gramling) 3:31.93

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Springfield Quad

Results

200 freestyle -- 2. Jordan Gramling 1:48.71

100 butterfly -- 1. Gramling 55.91

500 freestyle -- 1. Caleb Coots 4:53.71

-- From staff reports