Kristin Dippold earned a top-10 finish in her first cross country race as a senior at Saxony Lutheran High School.

Dippold placed ninth at Saturday's Metro East meet in Collinsville, Ill. She crossed the line in 21 minutes, 9 seconds.

The Crusaders finished 10th in the team standings.

Rounding out the scoring for Saxony Lutheran were Tori Winter (51st, 24:49), Rachael Gruenwald (77th, 26:08), Sarah Winningham (81st, 26:23) and Regan Obermann (85th, 26:32).

The Saxony boys team took 15th out of 28 teams. Sam Breite paced the Crusaders with a 28th-place finish, covering the course in 19:05.

Rounding out the scoring for the Crusaders were Brandon Fritsche (47th, 19:43), Kris Cook (59th, 20:15), Zachery Vogel (129th, 23:28) and Jason Krueger (136th, 24:04).

SOFTBALL

Poplar Bluff 6, Delta 2

Rachel Bartels knocked in both runs for the Bobcats, but it wasn't enough on their home diamond.

Macy Parks went 2 for 4 with a pair of stolen bases in the loss.

Myra Henson suffered the loss.

Poplar Bluff 100 022 1 -- 6 10 1

Delta 001 010 0 -- 2 8 7

WP -- Stucker. LP -- Myra Henson. 2B -- Brooks (PB), Robinson (PB). Records -- Delta 0-2.

-- From staff reports