Tigers blank Potosi on two hits

Central pitchers Justin Myers and Tyler Propst combined to two-hit visiting Potosi on Monday in a 4-0 shutout.

Myers threw the first five innings and allowed two hits without a walk. Propst pitched the final two hitless innings with two strikeouts and two walks.

"He really threw the ball well today," Central coach Steve Williams said of Myers. "Having thrown Friday, I was a little worried, but both he and Tyler threw very good."

Brad LaBruyere went 2-for-2 with a walk to lead Central's balanced offense. Alex Shell, Garrett Stevens and LaBruyere had RBIs.

Potosi 000 000 0 -- 0 2 2

Central 101 020 X -- 4 8 1

WP -- Justin Myers, 2-1. Multiple hits -- Central, Brad LaBruyere 2-2. Records -- Central 7-4, Potosi 3-3.

Chaffee 14, Scott City 5

Chaffee grabbed the lead for good with two runs in the fifth and broke things open with a seven-run seventh for a road win.

Josh Steger had two hits for the Red Devils (7-3), and Adam Uhrhan improved to 4-0 on the mound.

Blake Dirnberger had three hits for Scott City, and Rynn Eskew added a pair of triples.

Chaffee 004 120 7 -- 14 8 2

Scott City 031 100 0 -- 5 8 9

WP -- Adam Uhrhan, 4-0. LP -- Josh Henson. 2B -- Uhrhan (C), Chris Hanback (C), Jerrod Steger (C). 3B -- Blake Dirnberger (S), Rynn Eskew 2 (S). Multiple hits -- Chaffee, Josh Steger 2-6; Scott City, Dirnberger 3-4; Eskew 2-3. Records -- Chaffee 7-3, Scott City 0-0.

Notre Dame 16, Poplar Bluff 2, 5 innings

Dylan Drury had a perfect day at the plate with two home runs, a double, four runs scored and four RBIs for the Bulldogs.

Mark Himmelberg allowed three hits, struck out six and walked two for the win. Himmelberg, Abe Dirnberger, and Blake Gaddis added two hits apiece for Notre Dame.

The Bulldogs improved to 4-4 and 2-1 in the SEMO Conference.

Notre Dame 350 44 -- 16 14 1

Poplar Bluff 000 02 -- 2 3 1

WP -- Mark Himmelberg, 1-1. LP -- Boyles. HR -- Dylan Drury 2 (N). 2B -- Drury (N), Himmelberg (N), Blake Gaddis 2 (N), Pickard (P), Magrudo (P). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame, Drury 3-3; Abe Dirnberger 2-3; Gaddis 2-3; Himmelberg 2-4. Records -- Notre Dame 4-4.

Ste. Genevieve 5, Saxony Lutheran 4

Saxony Lutheran fell behind 5-0 and could not come back in a home loss.

Chris Roth had two hits and two RBIs for the Crusaders (1-2), and Kory Mueller added a two-run double.

De Soto 10, St. Vincent 0, 5 innings

St. Vincent fell in five innings on the road.

The Indians dropped to 1-5.

St. Vincent 000 00 -- 0 2 1

De Soto 300 7x -- 10 8 1

WP -- Armbruster. LP -- Justin L'Hotte. 2B -- Armbruster (D), McCormick (D). Multiple hits -- De Soto, McCormick 3-3. Records -- St. Vincent 1-5.

GOLFPoplar Bluff Invitational

Jackson's T.J. Smith was three strokes off the lead at the 13-team Poplar Bluff Invitational at Westwood Hills Country Club.

Brian Steele and Nathan Frederick of Glendale shared medalist honors with a 1-over-par 71. Smith tied for third with a 74.

Glendale won the event with a 300, followed by Poplar Bluff (303). Jackson was fourth (335), Notre Dame sixth (349) and Central eighth (354).

Team scores -- 1. Glendale 300, 2. Poplar Bluff 303, 3. Caruthersville 334, 4. Jackson 335, 5. Sikeston 345, 6. Notre Dame 349, 7. Dexter 353, 8. Central 354, 9. Poplar Bluff Maroon 370, 10. Kennett 384, 11. Doniphan 396, 12. Clearwater 403, 13. Bloomfield 429

Notre Dame -- Brett Slaten 79, Austin Hunter 87, John Oliver 90, Jack Wedemeier 93

Central -- Jack Connell 86, Jordan Sheets 90, Tim Simmons 92, Garrett Pannier 96

Jackson -- T.J. Smith 74, Josh Wheeler 81, A.J. Balsman 89, Brian Hill 91

BOYS TENNISCentral 8, Marion (Ill.) 1

Central improved to 4-0 with a home dual win.

Singles -- 1. David Berry (C) def. Trace Myers 6-0, 6-2, 2. Patrick Duffy (C) def. Ryan Joiner 6-1, 6-3, 3. Robert Weir (C) def. Michah Markley 6-3, 6-3, 4. Brandon Gonzales (C) def. Matt Powers 7-5, 6-1, 5. Will LaFoe (C) def. Daniel Steber 6-2, 6-2, 6. Josh Hubbard (C) def. Jonathan Allen 7-5, 7-5

Doubles -- 1. Berry-Alex Kies (C) def. Joiner-Allen 6-3, 6-1, 2. Duffy-Weir (C) def. Powers-Myers 6-0, 6-3, 3. Markley-Steber (M) def. Gonzales-LaFoe 2-6, 7-6, 10-4

JV -- Central won 10-2. JV winners -- Andrew Shupert, Cole Bradley, Hunter Givens, Dylan Thomas, Tyler Camp, Omer Malik, Hubbard-Garrett McMillan, Shupert-Bradley, Givens-Thomas, Josh Wen-Zach Kyle

GIRLS SOCCERSt. Vincent 11, Brentwood 0

Courtney Besand had two goals and two assists for St. Vincent in a home win.

Jessica Welker scored a hat trick for St. Vincent (7-2). Liz Rozier, Megan Sutterer, Rachel Sutterer, Brooke Brown, Hannah Schremp and Kelsey Cissell added goals.

Sarah Moll, Morgan Moll, Liz Brueckner (2), Brown and Schremp added assists.

Anne Steele picked up her first varsity win and shutout in goal.

Marion (Ill.) 2, Central 0

Central allowed two goals in the first three minutes and fell on the road.

The Tigers dropped to 5-5.

JV -- Central lost 2-1.

TRACK AND FIELD

Jessica Banda and Logan Davis won two events apiece for Notre Dame in a three-team meet at Poplar Bluff.

The Bulldogs finished third in the girls competition and second in the boys competition.

Notre Dame results

Girls

Team scores -- 1. Dexter 76, 2. Poplar Bluff 67, 3. Notre Dame 25

100 -- 4. Hannah Glueck 13.77

100 hurdles -- 3. Mallory Siebert 20.13

1,600 -- 1. Jessica Banda 5:55

200 -- 4. Haley Bohnert 29.4

300 hurdles -- 3. Jill Schnurbusch 58.3, 4. Siebert 1:00.75

3,200 -- 1. Banda 13:10.37

400 relay -- 3. Notre Dame 55.93

800 relay -- 2. Notre Dame 1:56.81

High jump -- 4. Schnurbusch 4-8

Long jump -- 3. Glueck 14-4

Triple jump -- 3. Siebert 27-7

Boys

Team scores -- 1. Poplar Bluff 82, 2. Notre Dame 76, 3. Dexter 25

100 -- 3. Mark Zimmer 11.69

110 hurdles -- 4. Taylor Essner 19.87

1,600 -- 1. Logan Davis 4:52.9, 2. Ben Beussink 4:53.8, 4. Wynn McClellan 5:03.7

200 -- 2. Zimmer 23.67

300 hurdles -- 3. Jon Ramsey 46.73

3,200 relay -- 1. Davis 10:33.69, 3. McClellan 10:54.91

400 -- 1. Zimmer 52.2, 2. Blake Kirkpatrick 53.65, 4. Ethan Huber 56.31

400 relay -- 2. Notre Dame 49.95

800 relay -- 2. Notre Dame 1:42.45

1,600 relay -- 1. Notre Dame (Zimmer, Ramsey, Ricky Harrington, John Unterreiner) 3:44.56

3,200 relay -- 1. Notre Dame (Davis, Unterreiner, Beussink, Ramsey) 8:44.08

800 -- 1. Unterreiner 2:06.12, 2. Beussink 2:10.37, 3. Geon Gyu Min 2:15.34

Discus -- 4. Kevin Hinton 108-5

High jump -- 2. Matt Rosenquist 5-8, 3. Kyle Glastetter 5-8, 4. Grant Eudy 5-0

Long jump -- 1. Huber 17-7 1/2, 2. Kirkpatrick 17-2

Triple jump -- 3. Huber 36-8 1/2

OTHER EVENTS

• Central's junior varsity baseball team beat Potosi 6-2 at home. Ryan Grigaitis and Blake Smith had two hits apiece for the Tigers (6-0), and Zac Wilson got the win.

-- From staff reports