PERRYVILLE GIRLS FALL IN DISTRICT SOCCER FINAL 1-0

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville High School saw its third and most successful girls soccer season end with a 1-0 loss to St. Louis Notre Dame in the Class 1A-3A, District 1 soccer championship game Friday at Perryville High School.

Notre Dame broke a scoreless deadlock with 13 minutes remaining on a free kick just outside the penalty box. The redirected kick eluded goaltender Amanda Nuyt, who had been impenetrable to that point.

"She had several outstanding saves," said Perryville coach Heidi Knaak.

Perryville, which closed its season at 18-6-4, had several great scoring chances of its own.

"We had a few shots that hit the bar that bounced out," said Knaak. "It could of happened at any time, it just didn't."

The district championship appearance was the second in three seasons for the Lady Pirates, who are still looking for their first district title.

Perryville will undoubtedly be a top contender for the district crown next season with the graduation of just one player.

TRACK

1A., 2A state meet

JEFFERSON CITY -- Andy Obermann of Chaffee and Adam Daughhetee of Kelly turned in all-state performances Friday as the two-day Missouri Class 1A, 2A Track and Field Championships got under way.

Obermann, a senior making his second appearance at the 2A state meet, finished third in the shot put with a toss of 49-10. Josh Barker of Lawson won the event by over six feet with a monstrous throw of 57-2.

Daughhetee continued a spectacular sophomore season by taking fifth in the 3200 with a time of 10 minutes, 5.62 seconds. He trimmed over 13 seconds off his time from last week's 2A district meet in which he finished second to Grandview's Alan Heincker. On Friday, Heincker won the state title in a time of 9:26.55.

Both Obermann and Daughhetee will be competing in events again today. Obermann will throw the discus while Daughhetee will run in the 1600, the stronger of his two events.

Oran fared well in qualifying events for today's finals. Senior Andy Gadberry (:52.49) and junior Russ Hatfield (:52.54) were among the top eight qualifiers for today's 400-meter final. South Holt sophomore Kyle Bradley turned in the lowest qualifying time, posting :51.49.

Oran's 4x200 relay team also qualified for the finals with a a six-place finish. The quartet of Gadberry, Hatfield, Eric Spies and Chad Prindle clocked 1:35.87 in the event. Milan had the top time of 1:34.36.

On another front, Kelly's Jenny Riley placed 13th in the 1600 with a time of 5:45.41. Chaffee's Jennifer Vandeven (27.70) did not qualify for today's 200 final.

Riley will compete again today in the 3200. Other area athletes competing today: Chad Johnson of Advance (1A, 1600), Travis Braun of Kelly (2A, pole vault), Logan Kirk of Chaffee (2A, discus) and Dana Essner of Scott City (2A, pole vault).

SWIMMING

State meet

ST. PETERS -- Cape Central's Mary Beth Owen qualified third for today's 500-meter freestyle final at the Missouri Swimming and Diving Championships.

Owen qualified with a time of 5:05.41. The time was six seconds off the top qualifying time of Jamie Saxe of Lafayette.

Owen also qualified ninth in the 100 butterfly in 1:00.89.

Jean Maguire was 24th in the 200 freestyle (2:06.51) and 31st in the 100 freestyle (:58.15).