Leopold wins softball tournament

The Leopold softball squad posted three wins Saturday, including an 11-inning upset over Delta, to win the Oak Ridge Tournament.

The Wildcats started by routing Advance 18-0 in five innings.

Senior Allison Bueter got the start against the Hornets. She tossed a complete game, striking out five batters and giving up no walks and five hits.

Leopold then posted a 2-1 win over Delta in the tourney's second round, scoring the winning run on a passed ball.

Junior Whitney Vandeven pitched all 11 innings to earn the victory over the Bobcats. She had 11 strikeouts, and out-dueled Delta pitcher Kendra Burnett who had 22 strikeouts over 11 innings.

The Wildcats then finished the day with a five-inning 14-1 victory over Oak Ridge in the title game.

Bueter struck out two and walked one in another complete-game victory.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Oak Ridge's Emily Ruch hits a line drive to the pitcher during their championship game against Leopold on Saturday, April 12, 2008.

Leopold 341 37 — 18 10

Advance 000 00 — 0 5

WP — Allison Bueter, 2-1. LP — Hannah Barr, 0-0. 3B Whitney Vandeven (L). 2B — Barr (A). Multiple hits — Leopold, Jessica Eftink 2-2. Records — Leopold 3-1.

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Delta 000 010 000 00 — 2 3 1

Leopold 010 000 000 01 — 1 8 0

WP — Whitney Vandeven (2-0). LP — Kendra Burnett. 2B — Katie Brucker (D). Records — Leopold 4-1, Delta 3-1.

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Leopold 126 50 — 14 21

Oak Ridge 010 000 — 1 5

WP — Allison Bueter, 3-1. 3B — Kylie Stoverink (L), 2B — Whitney Vandeven (L). Multiple hits — Leopold: Vandeven 3-3, Desiree Arnzen 4-5, Jessica Bueter 3-4, Casey Bucher 3-4, Emily Vandeven 2-3, Seirra Seiler 3-4, Cassie Seiler 2-3. Records — Leopold 5-1.

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Woodland 241 012 0 — 10 12 5

Oak Ridge 097 000 x — 16 8 6

WP — Hannah Sedgwick. LP — McFarland. 2B — Santi 2 (W), Sterkman (W). 3B — Rhodes (W). Multiple hits — Woodland: Santi 3-4, Rhodes 2-4. Records — Oak Ridge 3-4.

TRACK & FIELD Simpson Invitational

The Jackson girls track team finished first Saturday in the 14-team meet at Farmington.

The Jackson boys finished second.

Landon Wachter and Jill Rushin were double-winners for Jackson's girls. Wachter captured the 200- and 400-meter dashes, while Rushin claimed the shot put and discus.

Jackson's girls finished with 124 points, followed by Ste. Genevieve with 93.

Jackson's boys had 101 points, second to Potosi's 118.

Adam Zweigart won the 100 and Jacob Bullinger won the discus.

@z_agate_no tab_no indnt_bld ld:Jackson results

Girls

100 — 4. Mary Ann Bradshaw 13.98; 6. Rachel Meyr 14.2

200 — 1. Landon Wachter 27.11

400 — 1. Wachter 60.32

800 — 5. Beth Barton 2:42

100 hurdles — 2. Wachter 16.96; 4. Heather Hileman 17.69

300 hurdles — 3. Hileman 51.76

1,600 — 4. Tori Perry 5:47.63; 5. Jordan Whitener 6:05

3,200 — 4. Perry 12:42.71; 5. Whitener 12:47.76

800 relay — 2. 1:52.85 (Wachter, Bradshaw, Meyr, Hileman)

3,200 relay — 3. 11:03.13 (Whitener, Barton, Perry, Kristen Richardet)

High jump — 2. Hileman 4-10

Triple jump — 4. Meyr 31-1 3/4

Discus — 1. Jill Rushin 106-4 1/2

Shot put — 1. Rushin 35-8 1/2

Boys

100 — 1. Adam Zweigart 11.6

200 — 2. Zweigart 23.81

400 — 2. Zweigart 52.51; 5. Tommy Selsor 55.56

800 — 4. Tyson Stoverink 2:09.76

1,600 — 5. Cody Green 4:59

3,200 — 5. Green 10:43.10

400 relay — 4. 47.51 (Ethan Ruch, Eli Gohn, Bennett Smith, Cole Rodgers)

1,600 relay — 4. 3:45.20 (Cody Seyer, Chris Hurst, Selsor, Stoverink)

3,200 relay — 3. 8:43 (Stoverink, Josh Cook, Green, Perry Hazelwood)

High jump — 5. Lucas Davis 5-6

Pole vault — 2. Garrett Stone 12-0

Long jump — 6. Smith 18-9

Discus — 1. Jacob Bullinger 148-2 1/2; 6. Rodgers 114-0 1/4

Shot put — 3. Blake Peiffer 43-9; 4. Bullinger 42-2

BASEBALL Oak Ridge Tournament

Woodland won both of its games on Saturday to win the consolation bracket at the Oak Ridge Tournament.

In the first game, Woodland beat Richland 10-2. Winning pitcher Neil Miles threw four innings and struck out 10 batters.

Woodland filled up the stat sheet in the second game, beating Delta 11-7. Ben Rhodes was 2-for-2 with a pair of triples and two RBI.

Winning pitcher Jesse Long threw all five innings, allowing seven runs and striking out six batters for his first high school win.

In the winners bracket semifinal, Oak Ridge made the tournament final by rallying past Meadow Heights 7-6 in its last at-bat before time expired. Nos. 8 and 9 hitters Lucas Rohde and Adam Seabaugh started the winning rally in the bottom of the fifth inning. They both scored on a hit by Garret Light, who came in on Dustin Meyr's basehit for the go-ahead run.

CONSOLATION BRACKET

Woodland 10, Richland 2

Woodland 143 20 — 10 8 2

Richland 002 00 — 2 1 7

WP — Neil Johnson (2-1). LP — Milles. 2B — Ben Field (W), Ben Rhodes (W), Milles (R). Multiple Hits — Woodland, Rhodes 2-4. Records — Woodland 2-2.

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CONSOLATION FINAL

Woodland 11, Delta 7

Woodland 245 00 — 11 11 1

Richland 223 00 — 7 10 1

WP — Jesse Long, 1-0. LP — Alex Parks. 3B — Ben Rhodes 2. 2B — Neil Johnson (W), Cody Schrum (D), Tyler Martin (D); 3B — Ben Rhodes (W) 2. Multiple Hits — Woodland, Ben Field 2-3; Timmy Abner 2-3; Justin James 2-3; Oak Ridge 7, Meadow Heights 6

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SEMIFINAL

Oak Ridge 7, Meadow Heights 6

Meadow Heights 204 00 — 6 5 3

Oak Ridge 100 33 — 7 8 3

WP — Brett Thomas, 2-0. LP — Williams. 3B — Zach Hotopp (MH). Multiple hits — Oak Ridge, Garret Light 2-4, Dustin Meyr 2-4, Adam Seabaugh 2-3; Meadow Heights, Hotopp 2-3. Records — Oak Ridge 7-1.

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CHAMPIONSHIP

Saxony Lutheran 5, Oak Ridge 2

Oak Ridge 000 001 1 — 2 5 5

Saxony 200 030 x — 5 6 2

WP — Chris Roth. LP — Garret Light, 2-1. 2B — Roth (S), Bryant Steffens (S), Bret Steffens (S). Multiple hits — Saxony, Roth 3-4; Oak Ridge, Dustin Meyr 2-3. Records — Saxony 7-2, Oak Ridge 7-2.

Seckman 2, Jackson 1

Jackson suffered a one-run loss on the road.

Caleb Guilliams scattered 10 hits in pitching all six innings for the Indians (1-8). He allowed just one earned run.

The Indians had nine hits, led by Matt Lang with three and Blake Reiminger with two.

Jackson 000 100 0 — 1 9 3

Seckman 011 000 x — 2 10 0

WP — Scott. LP — Caleb Guilliams. 2B — Tyler Qualls (J), Baer (S). Multiple hits — Jackson, Matt Lang 3-4, Blake Reiminger 2-3; Seckman, Purk 2-3, White 2-3, Johnson 2-3. Records — Jackson 1-8, Seckman 5-5.

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JV Baseball

Cape Central 2, Seckman 1, F/8

Cape Central 12, Northwest 8

GIRLS SOCCER Kickapoo tournament

The Jackson girls soccer team won two games Saturday at the tournament in Springfield, beating Kansas City O'Hara 4-1 and host Kickapoo 2-1.

Bobbi Jo Schlick scored three goals in the opener, while Carrie Brown added the other.

Against Kickapoo, Schlick and Lauren Drewett each scored a goal for the Indians (7-1), who bounced back from a loss Friday to nationally ranked St. Teresa's Academy.

— From staff reports