High school roundup: Kelly defeats Crystal City in Class 2 District 2 semis

Top-seeded Kelly moved into the championship game of the Class 2 District 2 softball tournament while second-seeded Scott City was eliminated.

Kelly managed just four hits Thursday but that was enough to beat Crystal City 3-2 in one semifinal.

Kristen Powell pitched a seven-hitter for the Hawks (16-11), who trailed 2-1 before scoring twice in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Kristen Vetter, Jade Rampley and Sydney Vinyard all had doubles for Kelly.

Host Festus St. Pius, the No. 3 seed, knocked off Scott City 12-4 in the other semifinal.

Melanie Lacey homered for the Rams (14-11). Alexis Spriggs tripled and doubled while Jenna Cummins added two hits. Spriggs suffered the loss.

Kelly and St. Pius square off at 4 p.m. today for the title.

Crystal City 000 020 0 -- 2 7 2

Kelly 100 002 x -- 3 4 0

WP -- Kristen Powell. LP -- Mash. 3B -- Hutton (CC). 2B -- Kristen Vetter (K), Jade Rampley (K), Sydney Vinyard (2B). Multiple hits -- Crystal City: Hutton 2-4, Thies 2-3. Records -- Kelly 16-11.

St. Pius 040 602 0 -- 12 16 2

Scott City 000 013 0 -- 4 7 0

WP -- Magre. LP -- Alexis Spriggs. HR -- Melanie Lacey (SC). 3B -- Spriggs (SC). 2B -- Lindsay Kern (SC), Spriggs (SC), Magre (SP), Basler (SP), Marks (SP), Collins (SP). Multiple hits -- St. Pius: Marks 2-4, Basler 2-5, Chamberlain 3-3, Martin 3-4. Scott City: Spriggs 2-3, Jenna Cummins 2-3. Records -- Scott City 14-11.

GIRLS TENNIS

Class 2 District 1

Jackson and Central each advanced a doubles team out of the district and into next week's sectional.

The top-seeded doubles squad of Jackson's Jenny Powell and Montana Adams beat Central's No. 2 seeded team of Caroline Harding and Veronica Swingle 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) in the finals in St. Louis.

Central's Emma Segar, seeded first in singles, lost in the semifinals but came back to finish third although she did not advance to the sectional.

Jackson won the team district title earlier in the week to earn a sectional berth.

VOLLEYBALL

Notre Dame 25 25 25 Bell City 13 7 21

Notre Dame swept a best-of-five match at home.

Allyson Bradshaw led the Bulldogs (18-3) with 12 kills, followed by Brooke Bohnert with 11.

Shannon Brennan had 18 assists while Haley Wengert contributed 13 digs.

Perryville 25 25 Crystal City 11 14

Natalie Gremaud led the Pirates with 10 kills, followed by Samantha Amberger with five in the home victory.

Megan Moldenhauer added 13 assists for Perryville (24-4).

JV -- Perryville won 25-19, 25-9.

Scott City 25 25 Woodland 7 11

Katie Hogan had eight kills and nine digs to pace host Scott City.

Mikah Simpson added nine digs and five kills while Sydney Short contributed 13 assists.

JV -- Scott City won 25-15, 25-17.

Meadow Heights 25 25 Saxony Lutheran 19 16

Meadow Heights eased to a home victory.

Erin Bollmann collected seven digs while Whitney Welker and Jillian Mills each added three kills for the Panthers (14-6).

Lacey Hemmann recorded 12 assists for Saxony. Kirsti Pohlman had 10 assists and three aces, Sam Babcock added eight digs and Courtney Bergman recorded six digs.

JV -- Saxony Lutheran won 25-22, 18-25, 25-23.

Zalma 25 25 Advance 23 13

The Bulldogs posted a road sweep.

Torie VanGennip led Zalma (17-2) with 12 assists. Lesta Newberry had six blocks and three kills.

Zalma improved to 17-2 with the victory.

JV -- Advance won 25-6, 25-11.

CROSS COUNTRY

Chaffee/Saxony meet

At the annual Chaffee/Saxony meet held at Jackson, the Oak Ridge boys and Saxony Lutheran girls prevailed.

Oak Ridge had 40 points and four top 10 finishers.

Ethan Seyer ran the course in 17 minutes, 47 seconds to earn third place.

Delta's Zach Riegert broke his school record with a time of 17 minutes, 59 seconds. He was fourth.

Saxony Lutheran had 52 points, led by Kristen Dippold. She was second in 21 minutes, 15 seconds.

Boys

Team results -- 1. Oak Ridge 40, 2. Valle Catholic 88, 3. Delta 91, 4. Arcadia Valley 105, 5. Saxony Lutheran 181, 6. Crystal City 190, 7. Kelly 197, 8. Woodland 211, 9. Dexter 267, 10. Southern 310

Top 10 -- 1. Jeff Kostedt (AV) 17:28; 2. Caleb Sutton (AV) 17:38; 3. Ethan Seyer (OR) 17:47; 4. Zach Riegert (D) 17:59; 5. Caleb Elam (OR) 18:04; 6. Andrew Naeger (VC) 18:06; 7. Stephen Bolen (OR) 18:18; 8. Daylan Davis (MH) 18:19; 9. Corvin Schoen (OR) 18:25; 10. Jacob Grass (VC) 18:26

Local teams top 5:

Oak Ridge -- 3. Ethan Seyer 17:47; 5. Caleb Elam 18:04; 7. Stephen Bolen 18:18; 9. Corvin Schoen 18:25; 16. Jake LeGrand 19:29

Delta -- 4. Zach Riegert 17:59; 13. Austin Seabaugh 19:13; 20. Dwight Nance 19:49; 22. Brandon Horman 20:06; 32. Jeremiah Peikert 20:58

Meadow Heights -- 8. Daylan Davis 18:19; 38. Ryan Foltz 21:14; 39. Chris Bollinger 21:16; 50. Trent Keifer 21:52; 62. Isac Elk 23:24

Saxony Lutheran -- 12. Sam Breite 19:09; 26. Kris Cook 20:26; 33. Aaron Koehler 21:02; 64. Zachery Vogel 23:31; 66. Jason Krueger 23:39

Advance -- 14. Brandon Bien 19:16; 35. Tyler Middleton 21:08; 46. Kyndal Page 21:45; 71. Ben Trout 26:18; 72. Zack Cato 26:19

Kelly -- 17. Juan Campos 19:31; 34. Jerrod Lynn 21:04; 44. Alan Lowe 21:36; 49. Trey Walker 21:49; 53. Devon Romine 22:23

Woodland -- 18. Aaron Yount 19:36; 24. Dalton McCormick 20:20; 25. Evan Thomsen 20:25; 42. Mark Meek 21:27; 43. Dakota Long 21:33

Girls

Team results -- 1. Saxony Lutheran 52, 2. Arcadia Valley 84, 3. Dexter 86, 4. Chaffee 115, 5. Delta 145

Top 10 -- 1. Saga Barzowski (AV) 20:36; 2. Kristen Dippold (SL) 21:15; 3. Lizzie Kohlbaker (D) 22:51; 4. Chelsea Thurman (CC) 23:02; 5. Haley Morris (W) 23:16; 6. Carlie Bolen (OR) 23:20; 7. Ana Barzowski (AV) 23:24; 8. Rachael Gruenwald (SL) 23:33; 9. Katie Justice (D) 23:34; 10. Mary McGill (AV) 23:39

Local teams top 5:

Saxony Lutheran -- 2. Kristen Dippold 21:15; 8. Rachael Gruenwald 23:33; 12. Tori Winter 24:15; 14. Regan Oberman 24:22; 16. Sarah Winningham 24:55

Woodland -- 5. Haley Morris 23:16; 26. Tess Rainey 27:27

Oak Ridge -- 6. Carlie Bolen 23:20; 13. Amanda Lappe 24:19; 15. Kendra Kohler 24:59

Chaffee -- 11. Molli McGowan 24:06; 21. Cassie Hindman 26:10; 23. Randi Wiley 26:55; 27. Ellie Sigman 27:39; 32. Rachel Reischman 29:38

Delta -- 20. Renae Bartles 25:35; 25. Lisa Henderson 27:09; 30. Shannon Leadbetter 28:59; 33. Kimberly Horman 29:56; 37. Katelyn Williams 34:04

BOYS SOCCER

Saxony Lutheran 6, Festus 3

Taylor Johnson scored four goals to lead the host Crusaders. Brandon Klinkhardt and Logan Sprandel both had a goal and an assist. Gus Klaus, Ryan Sprandel and Matt Wills added assists.

BOYS SWIMMING

Central tri-meet

Central's Jordan Gramling recorded new state qualifying times in the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.96 and in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:03.18.

The Tigers' Caleb Coots also collected a new state cut in the 200 IM with a time of 2:05.33.

Notre Dame collected two first places to finish second behind Chaminade.

Team results -- 1. Chaminade 663, 2. Notre Dame 642, Central 397

200 medley relay -- 2. Central 1:54.40

200 freestyle -- 2. Alex Domjan (ND) 2:00.10

200 IM -- 1. Caleb Coots (C) 2:05.33 stse qual 2. Dustin Parsons (ND) 2:15.49

50 freestyle -- 1. Jordan Gramling (C) 22.96 state cut

100 butterfly -- 1. Ben Rockett (ND) 1:00.83

100 freestyle -- 3. Daniel Neff (ND) 55.58

500 freestyle -- 2. Gramling (C) 5:03.18 state cut

200 free relay -- 2. Notre Dame 1:44.35; 3. Notre Dame 1:47.33

100 backstroke -- 1. Coots (C) 59.22; 3. Parsons (ND) 1:02.11

100 breaststroke -- 1. Collin Andersson (ND) 1:11.14; 3. Zach Smith (ND) 1:18.94

400 freestyle relay -- 3. Central 3:47.21

-- From staff reports