Jackson girls take first at Perryville track meet

The Jackson girls track team ran away with the Perryville Invitational title Saturday, led by four first-place finishes by senior Rachel Kahle.

The Indians finished with 164 points, well ahead of Hillsboro's 102. Perryville was fourth with 65 points, and Notre Dame was tied for 10th with 26.

Kahle won the 100 meters, the 200, the long jump and the triple jump. Heather Hileman (300 hurdles), Amanda Peiffer (shot put) and Jill Rushin (discus) also won individual events. The Indians also won the 1,600 and 3,200 relays.

Brittney Castleberry had four top-five finishes for the Pirates, including a first-place finish in the 100 hurdles.

Adam Zweigert (400), Alex Austin (pole vault) and Jacob Bullinger (discus) won events for Jackson's boys team. The Indians finished fourth.

Potosi was first, followed by Poplar Bluff. Perryville finished seventh, and Notre Dame and Saxony Lutheran tied for eighth.

Perryville's boys won the 800 relay. Relay members were Brandon Kennon, Josh Perreault, Matt Lukefahr and Kris Cotner.

Saxony Lutheran captured the 1,600 relay in 3 minutes, 30.05. seconds. Brandon Etzold, Andrew Etzold, Alex Jauch and Max Wieser ran on the relay.

Girls

Team scores -- 1. Jackson 164, 2. Hillsboro 102, 3. Farmington 75, 4. Perryville 65, 5. Dexter 58.5, 10. Notre Dame 26, 12. Saxony Lutheran 13

LOCAL Top-five finishers

100 -- 1. Rachel Kahle (J) 12.3, 3. Brittney Castleberry (P) 12.88

200 -- 1. Kahle (J) 25.4, 3. Cassie Simpher (S) 26.86

400 -- 2. Landon Wachter (J) 1:00.5

100 hurdles -- 1. Castleberry (P) 15.42, 3. Heather Hileman (J) 16.3

300 hurdles -- 1. Hileman (J) 48.2, 2. Castleberry (P) 48.26

Long jump -- 1. Kahle (J) 16-2, 5. Castleberry (P) 15-6

800 -- 3. Beth Barton (J) 2:35.1, 4. Emily Westmoreland (P) 2:35

1,600 -- 3. Westmoreland (P) 6:01, 4. Amy Sterling (J) 6:08

3,200 -- 4. Jessica Banda (N) 13:52.49

400 relay -- 2. Jackson (Rachael Meyr, Kristen King, Amanda Peiffer, Abbie Gerlach), 53.9

800 relay -- 2. Notre Dame 1:55.81, 3. Jackson (Meyr, King, Karlee Bauknecht, Gerlach), 1:56.1

1,600 relay -- 1. Jackson (Sterling, Barton, Hileman, Wachter), 4:23

3,200 relay -- 1. Jackson (Wachter, Sterling, Hollie Adelmund, Barton), 10:34.5; 5. Notre Dame 11:55.07

Pole vault -- 5. Cassie Lawrence (P) 7-6

High jump -- 2. Hileman (J) 5-4

Triple jump -- 1. Kahle (J) 36-11, 5. Lawrence (P) 30-11

Shot put -- 1. Peiffer (J) 38-4, 2. Jill Rushin (J) 35-10

Discus -- 1. Rushin (J) 109-4, 2. Katelynn James (J) 95-4, 4. Casey Brewer (P) 83-3

Boys

Team scores -- 1. Potosi 113, 2. Poplar Bluff 105, 3. Farmington 91, 4. Jackson 89.5, 5. North County 67, 7. Perryville 44, 8. Notre Dame 39, 8. Saxony Lutheran 38

LOCAL Top-five finishers

100 -- 3. Kris Cotner (P) 11.22

400 -- 1. Adam Zweigart (J) 52.2, 3. Mark Zimmer (N) 52.63, 4. Cotner (P) 52.78

800 -- 2. Grant Ressel (J) 2:03

1,600 -- 3, Brandon Etzold (SL) 4:43.50, 4. Logan Davis (ND) 4:46

3,200 -- 4. Davis (ND) 10:28, 5. Greg Gibson (J) 10:29.2

800 relay -- 1. Perryville (Brandon Kennon, Josh Perreault, Matt Lukefahr, Cotner), 1:34.42; 2. Jackson (Cole Rogers, Caleb Smith, Tommy Selsor, Zweigart), 1:35

1,600 relay -- 1. Saxony Lutheran (Max Wieser, Andrew Etzold, Alex Jauch, B. Etzold), 3:30.05; 3. Jackson (Chris Hurst, C. Smith, Wren Harris, Zweigart), 3:40.06; 4. Notre Dame 3:42.54

3,200 relay -- 2. Saxony Lutheran (Wieser, A. Etzold, Ross Gage, B. Etzold), 8:28.33; 4. Jackson (Gibson, Tyson Stoverink, Josh Cook, Perry Hazelwood), 8:46.6; 5. Notre Dame 8:49.25

High jump -- 3. Harris (J) 5-10, 4. Chris Palmer (J) 5-8

Pole vault -- 1. Alex Austin (J) 12-6, 5. Garret Stone (J) 10-6

Triple jump -- 4. Harris (J) 40-4

Shot put -- 3. Jason Blandford (P) 46-9, 5. Blake Peiffer (J) 43-4 1/2

Discus -- 1. Jacob Bullinger (J) 140

300 hurdles -- 3. Jauch (S) 41.40

Gateway Invitational

The Central girls topped the 20-team field at the Gateway Invitational with a balanced effort.

The Tigers had just one top finish -- Tiffany Mead in the 400. All four Central relays finished in the top five.

The Central boys finished third behind McCluer and St. Louis University High.

Matt Willingham (pole vault), Tyler Terry (long jump) and Tyler Yeargain (200 steeplechase) each had first-place finishes.

Girls

Team scores -- 1. Central 88, 2. McCluer 82, 3. Festus 64, 4. Washington 57, 5. University City 56

Central top-five finishers

High jump -- 5. Diane Langenfeld 4-6

Pole vault -- 3. Sarah Schneider 7-6

Discus -- 4. Brianna Egbuka 112-9

Shot put -- 4. Egbuka 41-2

3,200 relay -- 5. Central (Rachel Burchyett, Veronica Schabbing, Victoria Schabbing, Tiffany Mead), 10:43.97

100 -- 4. Roxanne Jackson 12.93

800 relay -- 3. Central (Rita Walter, Mary Pearson, Sadie Pittman, Latosha Terry), 1:49.52

400 relay -- 3. Central (Jackson, Walter, Pearson, Pittman), 51.99

400 -- 1. Tiffany Mead 1:02.99

800 -- 2. Brittany Moreland 2:28.25

200 -- 2. Jackson 27.40

200 steeplechase -- 4. Jessie Hahn 9:04.68

3,200 -- 3. Veronica Schabbing 12:00.53

1,600 relay -- 2. Central (Mead, Langenfeld, Walter, Pearson), 4:16.09

Boys

Team scores -- 1. McCluer 93, 2. St. Louis University High 82, 3. Cerntral 63, 4. University City 62, 5. Francis Howell 58

Central top-five finishers

Pole vault -- 1. Matt Willingham 13-6

Long jump -- 1. Tyler Terry 20-11 3/4

Triple jump -- 4. Terry 42-2

Discus -- 3. Jared Siemers 131-5

3,200 relay -- 5. Central (Tyler Yeargain, Shawn Owens, Greg Sprengel, Chase Johnson), 8:42.24

800 -- 4. Johnson 2:03.99

200 steeplechase -- 1. Yeargain 6:37.86, 2. Owens 6:56.25

BASEBALLCentral 8, Poplar Bluff 4

Central improved to 3-0 with its third straight conference win.

Tyler Propst pitched four innings for the win. Brad LaBruyere pitched the final three innings.

Matt Hester led Central's 11-hit attack with a 3-for-4 performance.

Poplar Bluff 210 010 0 -- 4 8 1

Central 012 401 X -- 8 11 4

WP - Tyler Propst, 1-0. LP - Ivie. 2B - Matt Hester 2 (C), Eric Ennis (C), Blake Slattery (C), T. Boles (P), Knuckles (P). Multiple hits - Poplar Bluff, T. Boles 2-3; L. Boles 2-4; Central, Hester 3-4; Ennis 2-3; Slattery 2-4. Records - Central 3-0.

Festus Tournament

Notre Dame opened the season with a pair of losses at the weather-delayed Festus Tournament.

The Bulldogs fell 6-0 to host Festus and 9-1 to North County.

Mark Himmelberg allowed three earned runs in five innings against Festus. In their second game, the Bulldogs committed five errors. Dylan Drury allowed just one earned run in five innings.

Festus 6, Notre Dame 0

Notre Dame 000 000 0 -- 0 3 1

Festus 400 011 X -- 6 6 1

WP - Bey. LP - Mark Himmelberg, 0-1. 2B - Jordan Buchheit (N), Stites (F). Multiple hits - Festus, Sides 2-3; Lovelace 2-3. Records - Notre Dame 0-1, Festus 2-0.

North County 9, Notre Dame 1

North County 210 024 0 -- 9 10 0

Notre Dame 000 100 0 -- 1 5 5

LP - Dylan Drury, 0-1. Records - Notre Dame 0-2, North County 5-0.

-- From staff reports