ND triumphs on senior night

Notre Dame overcame a sluggish start on senior night but finished with a 25-18, 25-3 victory against New Madrid County Central on Tuesday night at Notre Dame Regional High School.

Allison Essner had 10 assists and served 12 straight points in the second game for the Bulldogs (26-4-3). Laura Browne had 10 kills, Amber Karnes had nine assists, Amanda Essner had six kills and Lauren Beussink had five kills.

JV -- Notre Dame won 25-10, 25-8

Leopold 25-14-25

Puxico 20-25-21

Leopold scored a road win over Class 2 power Puxico.

Amber Nenninger led a balanced effort nine kills and seven digs. Lori VanderMierden had five blocks, Rachel Crader added 23 assists, Mary Beth Bohnsack had eight digs and Samanthan Bueter had six kills.

JV -- Leopold won in two sets

CROSS COUNTRY

Advance Invitational

Saxony Lutheran had the top three finishers in the boys division en route to a victory at the Advance Invitational.

Brandon Etzold (17:43), Peter Winningham (17:45) and Trey Maevers (17:51) swept the top three spots for the Crusaders. Kory Mueller finished seventh for Saxony, and Max Wieser was ninth.

Delta's Kevin Bartels finished fourth in 18:04. Cory Roper of Advance was fifth, and Joel Hahs of Meadow Heights was sixth. Oak Ridge's Dustin Owens was 10th, leading his team to a second-place showing.

Meadow Heights won the girls division with 24 points, four point ahead of Oak Ridge.

Whitney Breitenstein finished third to pace Meadow Heights, while Carly Smith was sixth, Abi Whissore seventh and Jenna Hahs eighth.

Oak Ridge's Sam Zoellner finished first in 22:58, and Amanda Watson finished fourth in 24:30.

Delta was led by Jessica Drew in fifth and Jessica Kidd in ninth.

GIRLS

Varsity

Team scores -- 1. Meadow Heights 24; 2. Oak Ridge 28; 3. Saxony Lutheran 43

Meadow Heights -- 3. Whitney Breitenstein 24:07; 6, Carly Smith 25:05; 7. Abi Whissore 25:37; 8. Jenna Hahs 25;45

Oak Ridge -- 1. Sam Zoellner 22:58; 4. Amanda Watson 24:30; 11. Tiffany Myers 26:59; 12. Daniela DosSantos 27:51; 18. Janet Olivas 31:58

Delta -- 5. Jessica Drew 24:41; 9. Jessica Kidd 26:18; 14. Susannah Green 29:05; 15. Sarah Blattel 29:05; 17. Amanda Drew 33:29; 19. Sasha King 36:15

Saxony Lutheran -- 2. Deanna Dippold 23:57; 13. Staci Floyd 28:23

Advance -- 10. Erin Van Metre 26:30.

BOYS

Varsity

Team scores -- 1. Saxony Lutheran 22; 2. Oak Ridge 69; 3. Advance 80; 4. Meadow Heights 125

Saxony Lutheran -- 1. Brandon Etzold 17:43; 2. Peter Winningham 17:45; 3. Trey Maevers 17:51; 7. Kory Mueller 18:24; 9. Max Wieser 19:05; 11. Grant Lehmann 19:18; 16. Alex Jauch 19:35; 20. Ben Meyr 20:16

Oak Ridge -- 10. Dustin Owens 19:18; 12. Austin Morrison 19:26; 14. Ricky Wilkens 19:33; 15. Caleb Schoen 19:34; 18. Walter Ruesler 20:06; 21. Jared Schoen 20:27; 22. Kav Lange 20:53; 23. Tyler Williams 20:57

Advance -- 5. Cody Roper 18:09; 8. Robbie Maddox 19:04; 17. Justin Hester 20:01

Meadow Heights -- 6. Joel Hahs 18:13; 19. David Kropath 20:12.

Delta -- 4. Kevin Bartels 18:04; 13. Amon Seabaugh 19:28; 30. Dustin Anglin 22:09; 33. Alex Parks 22:31

OTHER SPORTS

• The Notre Dame junior varsity soccer team advanced to the title game of the Central JV Tournament with a 1-0 overtime win against Carbondale. Jack @Z-Records:Wedemeier scored on an assist from Ty Williams. Mark Himmelberg had the shutout.