SportsApril 17, 2014
Oran's Jacob Priggel marked the one-week anniversary of his walk-off hit against Scott City with another against Cooter on Wednesday afternoon. Priggel drove home Preston Hahn and Seth Ressell following Ben Heuring's sacrifice in the bottom of the seventh to lead the Eagles to a 4-3 victory at home...
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Oran's Jacob Priggel marked the one-week anniversary of his walk-off hit against Scott City with another against Cooter on Wednesday afternoon.

Priggel drove home Preston Hahn and Seth Ressell following Ben Heuring's sacrifice in the bottom of the seventh to lead the Eagles to a 4-3 victory at home.

The teams turned an opening in their schedules into earlier-than-usual meeting after facing each other in the state playoffs the last three seasons. Oran (7-3) won each of those meetings on its way to advancing to three consecutive Class 1 final fours.

Ressell, who was the winning pitcher in Oran's sectional win over the Wildcats last season, was the winner on Wednesday afternoon as well. He allowed nine hits and three earned runs while striking out one and walking none. He was also 2 for 3 at the plate with two runs scored.

Cooter outhit Oran 9-7 in the contest but committed four errors to the Eagles' none.

Cooter 201 000 0 -- 3 9 4

Oran 200 000 2 -- 4 7 0

WP -- Seth Ressell. LP -- McLevain. HR -- Thorton (C). 2B -- Evans (C). Multiple hits -- Cooter: Thorton 3-4, Crowder 2-3, Maddoy 2-3; Oran: Ressell 2-3, Preston Hahn 2-3.

Notre Dame 10, Jackson 2

The Bulldogs picked up the SEMO Conference win on the road to improve to 11-1 and 2-0 in conference play.

Ross James improved to 4-1 on the mound. He pitched five innings, allowing five hits while striking out five and walking six.

Chase Urhahn was 2 for 2 for Notre Dame and drove in three runs.

Notre Dame 030 102 4 -- 10 10 0

Jackson 000 020 0 2 6 2

WP -- Ross James, 4-1. LP -- Avery Whiteside. 2B -- Hunter Eftink (ND), Josh Barber (J). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame: Chase Urhahn 2-2, Eftink 2-2, Logan Heisserer 2-3; Jackson: Tyler Slinkard 2-3.

Bloomfield 3, Leopold 1

Sophomore Zach Beel hit a solo homer and a triple while going 2 for 3 at the plate but it wasn't enough for Leopold to win on the road.

Austin Bucher was the losing pitcher after allowing three earned runs on four hits in six innings. He struck out two and walked two for Leopold (3-5).

Leopold 000 010 0 -- 1 6 0

Bloomfield 002 100 X -- 3 4 0

WP -- Hector. LP -- Austin Bucher. HR -- Zach Beel (L). 3B -- Beel (L), Fox (B). Multiple hits -- Bloomfield: Vandiver 2-2; Leopold: Casey Graham 2-3, Beel 2-3.

Greenville 10, Meadow Heights 0

The Panthers (0-11) suffered the five-inning loss at home.

Jacob Douglas struck out six and walked seven in five innings of work to take the loss.

Greenville 360 10 -- 10 7 0

Meadow Hts 000 00 -- 0 2 2

WP -- Tompkins. LP -- Jacob Douglas. 3B -- Duncan (G). 2B -- Tompkins (G). Multiple hits -- Greenville: Tompkins 2-2.

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BOYS GOLF

Central 157, Sikeston 163, Dexter 178

The Tigers won the three-team match at the Cape Girardeau Country Club. Central's Travis Simmons and Luke Kinder shared medalist honors along with Sikeston's Gabe Wheeler.

Central (157) -- Travis Simmons 37, Luke Kinder 37, Kobe Franklin 33, Diana Kanchev 45, Christian Retter 54

Sikeston (163) -- Gabe Wheeler 37, Austin Bowman 45, Blake Below 42, Clark Atchison 39, Luke Blanton 56

Dexter (178) -- Ethan Stevens 39, Drake Mitchell 43, Myles Urhahn 50, Austin Chesser 46, Berry 56

Mideast Tournament

St. Vincent finished fourth at the nine-team tournament, which was held at the Raintree Country Club in Hillsboro, Mo., with a team score of 380.

Levi Gotto finished sixth in the individual competition with an 86 while Zach Heberlie was 14th with a 103.

Alex Lipe and Ethan Holdman combined for a 95 in the best ball category while Zach Baudendstel and Matt Julian carded a 96 in the scramble.

SOFTBALL

Leopold 11, Bloomfield 5

Emily Seiler went 4 for 4 at the plate and blasted a three-RBI triple to help lead the Wildcats to a road win.

Kacie Hampton added a three-RBI double and Leah Landewee was 3 for 5 for Leopold (7-1).

Lexi Vandeven struck out 10 batters while improving to 6-1 in the circle with the complete-game win.

Leopold 500 050 1 -- 11 9 0

Bloomfield 010 220 0 -- 5 6 3

WP -- Lexi Vandeven, 6-1. LP -- A. Whitley. 3B -- Emily Seiler (L). 2B -- Kacie Hampton (L), Doolin (B), Mayo (B). Multiple hits -- Leopold: Seiler 4-4, Leah Landewee 3-5.

BOYS TENNIS

The Central boys tennis team traveled to the Springfield Invitational on Wednesday. No. 1 singles player Alex Mailes advanced to the quarterfinal round before being ousted 8-1 by No. 2 seed Mitchell Worley of Jenks, Okla. Mailes received a bye in the first round before beating Hunter Sadler (Waynesville) 8-0 and David Cavero 9-7.

Vikas Rudrappa played in the No. 2 singles bracket and beat Reno DeBois of Reeds Spring 8-2 before falling to Kickapoo's Brandon Craig 8-4.

Jalen McDowell and Jonah Roop combined to compete in the No. 1 doubles bracket. They defeated Harley Cardell and Mike Jones of Reeds Spring 8-1 and Jared Golden and Sam Shoemaker of Carthage 8-1 before bowing out to Alex Atonides and Carter Files of Jenks, Okla., in an 8-4 decision.

Derek Nunnery and Caleb Strickland lost in the first round of the No. 2 doubles. The duo was beaten 8-5 by Garrett Bacon and Landon O'Steen from Nixa.

GIRLS SOCCER

Perryville 1, Central 0

The Pirates defeated Central in the first game of pool play at the Hillsboro Tournament. Alex Spears scored the only goal with the help of Allison Moldenhauer's assist.

-- From staff reports

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