High school roundup: Woodland volleyball team reaches title game of SCAA tourney

Woodland's Krista Rhodes recorded 12 kills and nine digs as the third-seeded Cardinals upset second-seeded Bernie in straight sets (25-13, 25-15) Thursday and booked a spot in tonight's championship volleyball match of the Stoddard County Activities Association (SCAA) Conference Tournament.

Kelsee Long tallied four kills and four blocks for Woodland (18-6-2). Anna Deck served three aces and notched 11 digs, while Madison Cover provided 11 assists, and Chelsea Cureton notched 28 digs for the Cardinals. Emma Rinacke had five blocks, two aces and two assists, while Whitney Lincoln had 10 assists and two blocks.

Woodland will face top-seeded host and two-time defending tournament champion Dexter for the title. The Bearcats (23-4-2) downed fourth-seeded Advance 25-19, 25-15 in Thursday's other semifinal match to advance to the title match. Advance (15-9-2) will face Bernie (16-8-2) for third place tonight.

JV -- Advance def. Woodland 25-15, 25-20 for third place

MVC Tournament

Leopold's Emily Seiler tallied four digs, three kills and two aces as the top-seeded host Wildcats edged fourth-seeded Oak Ridge 25-21, 25-18 in a semifinal of the Mississippi Valley Conference Tournament.

Ashley Nussbaum added three kills and three blocks for Leopold (12-12). Patience VanderMierden recorded eight assists, three digs and two aces, while Brittany Garland notched nine digs for the Wildcats.

Leopold will face second-seeded Meadow Heights for the championship tonight. The Panthers (11-10-2) rolled over third-seeded Zalma 25-18, 25-16 in Thursday's other semifinal. The Bulldogs (7-13-1) will face Oak Ridge (3-18) for third place tonight.

Notre Dame 25 25, Festus 10 17

Senior Abbie McAlister nailed 11 kills to lead the Bulldogs in the win at home over the Tigers on Senior Night.

Senior Sam Feeney dished out 18 assists for Notre Dame (24-2-1) and Briley Bieser notched five digs for the Bulldogs.

Festus fell to 9-13-2.

JV -- Notre Dame won in two sets

Saxony Lutheran 25 25, Park Hills Central 19 8

Jordan Hecht recorded eight digs and four kills as the Crusaders disposed of the visiting Rebels.

Allie Sprink added four kills for Saxony Lutheran (17-11-4). Logan Franke notched 13 digs while Brianna Mueller contributed eight assists and three aces for the Crusaders.

Park Hills Central fell to 3-23-1.

JV -- Saxony Lutheran won 25-15, 20-25, 25-8

St. Vincent 27 25 25, Perryville 29 16 21

Ahnie Hoff hammered 18 kills and notched 18 digs to pace the Pirates in the three-set loss to their crosstown rivals at the Perry Park Center.

Brooke Hogard tallied 15 digs and eight kills for Perryville (21-11-2). Maci Hotop recorded nine digs and four kills, while Kayla Buxton dished out 32 assists for the Pirates. Hannah Layton contributed four kills.

St. Vincent improved to 20-7-3.

JV -- Perryville won 25-23, 24-26, 25-22

BOYS SOCCER

Notre Dame 4, Saxony Lutheran 0

Blake Bauwens scored two goals and had one assist to lead the Bulldogs in the road win over the Crusaders.

Ira Holcomb and Wyn Roberds each netted a goal for Notre Dame (11-8-1). Devin Ross contributed one assist for the Bulldogs.

Saxony Lutheran dropped to 8-11 with the loss.

JV -- Notre Dame won 1-0

Sikeston 1, Cape Central 0

Dakota Ray netted the lone goal on an assist from Connor Merideth to lead the Bulldogs to victory over the visiting Tigers on senior night.

Sikeston improved to 6-14-1 with the win while Cape Central fell to 5-16.

St. Francis Borgia 1, Perryville 0 (OT)

The Knights scored a goal in overtime to deal the Pirates their fourth loss of the season.

St. Francis Borgia upped its record to 13-3-1 with the victory while Perryville fell to 16-4.

No additional information was provided.

BOYS SWIMMING

Chaminade Quad Meet

Cape Central junior Reagan Ragsdale and sophomore Brogan Davis each set two state qualifiers as the Tigers placed first in four events to finish third overall in the team standings in the six-team meet at the Central Municipal Pool.

Ragsdale set his two state qualifiers in the 200 individual medley (2 minutes, 4.98 seconds) and 100 backstroke (53.91 seconds) with first-place finishes in each event. Davis finished first in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1 minute, 4.44 seconds and second in the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.98 seconds for his two state qualifiers. Davis finished 57 seconds behind Chaminade senior Jesse Jo in the 50 freestyle, who placed first in the event with a state qualifiers as well as one in the 100 freestyle as the Red Devils took first place in six events to claim first place in the meet.

Notre Dame's Mitchell Heisserer produced the lone first-place finish in the 100 butterly for the Bulldogs, who managed to squeeze out a second-place team finish.

Jackson's Jack Gard had one first-place time in the 500 freestyle to lead the Indians to a fourth-place team finish.

Team Scores -- 1. Chaminade College Preparatory 623; 2. Notre Dame 567; 3. Cape Central 470; 4. Jackson 228; 5. Farmington 109; 6. Saxony Lutheran 27

Top three local finishers

200 medley relay -- 1. Cape Central (Brogan Davis, Tim Huey, John Young, Reagan Ragsdale) 1:49.39; 3. Notre Dame (David Carman, Lucas Hurley, Mitchell Heisserer, Mark Shen) 1:56.06; 5. Jackson (Tra Statler, Peyton Strand, Jack Gard, Easton Wyatt) 2:04.21

200 freestyle -- 2. Drew Beussink (ND) 1:59.64; 3. John Young (CC) 1:59.79; 6. Bruce Ha (2:09.73)

200 individual medley -- 1. Reagan Ragsdale (CC) 2:04.98; 3. Mitchell Heisserer (ND) 2:19.26; 4. Lucas Hurley (ND) 2:20.69

50 freestyle -- 2. Brogan Davis (CC) 22.98; 4. Mark Shen (ND) 25.22; 5. Bill Kapp (ND) 25.26

Diving -- 3. Nate Stovall (ND) 146.55; 4. Grant Powderly (ND) 136.95; 5. Cyrus Woollard (CC) 136.40

100 butterfly -- 1. Mitchell Heisserer (ND) 1:00.51; 2. Tra Statler (J) 1:00.64; 5. Hyrum Dickson (CC) 1:02.38

100 freestyle -- 3. Bill Kapp (ND) 54.94; 4. Dylan King (ND) 58.03; 6. Miles Frazier (CC) 58.38

500 freestyle -- 1. Jack Gard (J) 5:11.44; 3. Drew Beussink (ND) 5:28.40; 6. Ian Cameron (SL) 5:43.41

200 freestyle relay -- 2. (tie) Notre Dame (Lucas Hurley, Bill Kapp, Dylan King, Drew Beussink), Cape Central (Brogan Davis, Layton Hamby, Hyrum Dickson, Davis Deimund) 1:40.60; 4. Jackson (Trevor Smith, Easton Wyatt, Tra Statler, Jack Gard) 1:46.80

100 backstroke -- 1. Reagan Ragsdale (CC) 53.91; 4. David Cameron (ND) 1:11.50; 5. Davis Deimund (CC) 1:12.26

100 breaststroke -- 1. Brogan Davis (CC) 1:04.44; 2. Lucas Hurley (ND) 1:08.25; 4. Ashton Hopper (ND) 1:14.31

400 freestyle relay -- 2. Cape Central (Reagan Ragsdale, John Young, Layton Hamby, Reed Dickson) 3:39.57; 3. Notre Dame (Mitchell Heisserer, Bill Kapp, Drew Beussink, Mark Shen) 3:42.93; 5. Jackson (Trevor Smith, Easton Wyatt, Tra Statler, Jack Gard) 4:07.74

CROSS COUNTRY

Chaffee/Saxony Lutheran Invitational

The Woodland boys and Crystal City girls took first place in the Chaffee/Saxony Lutheran Invitational on Thursday at the Jackson City Park.

St. Vincent's Levi Krauss won the boys' race with a time of 17 minutes, 42 seconds, while Scott City's Bella Bowers won with a time of 21:34.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Woodland 34; 2. St. Vincent 45; 3. Zalma 86; 4. Oak Ridge 122; 5. Bloomfield 130; 6. Saxony Lutheran 134; 7. Scott City 134; 8. Dexter 211

Local Top five finishers

ADVANCE -- 19. Gage Bien (19:41); 23. Cade Long (19:53); 56. Creighton Miles (22:50)

DELTA -- 32. Charlie Ledbetter (20:40)

JACKSON -- 28. Braeden Dobbs (20:25)

MEADOW HEIGHTS -- 8. Jacob Hunt (18:17); 46. Spencer Bragg (21:54); 59. Zac Swisher (24:06)

OAK RIDGE -- 12. Nathan Bolin (18:52); 24. Jordan Barker (19:54); 30. Zachery Whitener (20:34); 34. Josh Pratt (20:45); 45. Jarett Seabaugh (21:53)

SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 13. Caleb Cornelius (18:58); 22. Gavin Brown (19:50); 35. Russ Parrish (20:46); 42. Nolan Brown (21:40); 47. Nathan Ruark (21:55)

SCOTT CITY -- 14. Jeremiah Tims (19:02); 16. Joe Parker (19:23); 37. Noah Hahn (20:54); 40. Isaac Pennington (21:35); 51. Tyler Rhyne (22:07)

ST. VINCENT -- 1. Levi Krauss (17:42); 4. Isaac Baer (18:05); 10. Andrew Lipe (18:28); 15. Joseph Baer (19:05); 20. Sam Baer (19:43)

WOODLAND -- 2. Logan Thomsen (17:54); 3. Thomas Grindstaff (17:59); 5. Brandon Sitzes (18:06); 9. Landon Thomsen (18:27); 18. David Ashby (19:35)

ZALMA -- 6. Alex Steinberg (18:10); 7. Peyton Ford (18:12); 11. Jacob Steinberg (18:48); 38. Luke Robertson (20:55); 39. Charles Freeman (21:03)

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Crystal City 20; 2. Woodland 49; 3. Chaffee 51

Local top three finishers

CHAFFEE -- 11. Hannah Glueck (23:38); 18. Sara Burch (24:36); 19. Alyssa Lunsford (24:47)

DELTA -- 10. Jamie Hodge (23:23)

MEADOW HEIGHTS -- 29. Kassy Henson (27:01)

SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 7. Etty Soto (22:53); 9. Courtney Bangert (23:14); 17. Katie Richmond (24:35)

SCOTT CITY -- 1. Bella Bowers (21:34)

ST. VINCENT -- 2. Corin Carroll (21:43); 16. Maddie Lappe (24:10; 20. Emily Welker (24:48)

WOODLAND -- 5. Cheyenne Wells (22:36); 14. Heidi Green (23:48); 15. Rebekah Page (23:57);

ZALMA -- 23. Chelsey Lemons (25:11)

-- From staff reports