JOHN BURROUGHS DROPS PERRYVILLE TO 2-5

ST. LOUIS -- Perryville dropped to 2-5 on the season Saturday after suffering a 20-7 loss to John Burroughs.

"We played really poorly," Perryville coach Jerry Tucker said.

Trailing 14-0 at halftime, the Pirates took the ball down the field and scored on its first possession of the third quarter on an 8-yard pass from Tyler Abernathy to Shawn Statler.

Josh Hudson led Perryville with 60 yards on 17 carries.

Perryville had a touchdown called back in the second quarter.

And to add injury to insult, the Pirates had to play most of the game without one of their best linebackers.

"They ran the ball very effectively against us," Tucker said. "But Ryan Thieret got hurt in the second quarter and that really affected us."

John Burroughs, a Class 2A school that plays a rugged schedule, improved to 3-4.

Volleyball

Perryville 17-15

Cape Central 15-13

Perryville's Natalie Bohnert enjoyed a strong afternoon as the Lady Pirates' swept Cape Central Saturday.

Bohnert recorded eight kills, eight digs and seven service points. Teammates Robyn Mueller (eight service points); Andrea Buerck (12 assists, seven service points); Crystal Thieret (eight assists, seven service points); and Jennifer Triller (eight kills) helped Perryville (9-15-1) edge out the Lady Tigers.

The Perryville JV team (7-13) prevailed 15-3, 15-8.

Meadow Heights Tournament

PATTON -- Leopold lived up to its advance billing as the top-seeded Lady Wildcats defeated second-seeded Meadow Heights in two sets Saturday, 15-11, 15-6.

"We started off kind of slow," said Leopold coach Leanne Huffman, "but they pulled it together."

Lady Wildcats Holly Jansen had seven kills for Leopold, which improved to 17-5. Emily Broshuis added six kills while Sarah Gowen finished with four kills and 11 assists. Defensively, Amy Stroder had 15 digs.

Third-seeded St. Vincent defeated fourth-seeded Zalma to claim the third-place match, 15-4, 15-12.

North County Invitational

ST. LOUIS -- Perryville's cross country teams had a strong outing with a second-place boys and a fifth-place girls finish at the 5K North County Invitational Saturday at Meramec Community College.

St. Genevieve won the 10-team boys' race with 79 points, 20 ahead of Perryville.

Pirate Nathan Moore placed highest out of all area individuals with a seventh-place time of 18:00. James Boice (18:33) placed 11th and Jacob Schneider (18:37) finished 14th to medal for Perryville. The top 25 finishers received medals.

Adam Lofton (15th, 18:40) and Ashley Hahn (17th, 18:45) medaled for Kelly's boys, who placed sixth.

Notre Dame's boys placed ninth out of 20 teams.

Hillsboro won the girls' race with 66 points.

Perryville, which netted 150 points, saw Gina Buerck (22:36) place 14th and Katrina Bockhorn (23:30) finish 20th.

Notre Dame's Susan Judd (22:00) was the top finisher among area girls, finishing eighth. Teammate Susan Unterreiner (23rd, 23:39) medaled as well.

Kelly's girls finished with 165 points and were led by Laura Ruff (16th, 22:50).

Varsity Boys

1. St. Genevieve 79, 2. Perryville 99, 3. MICDS (Mary Institute Country Day School) 103, 4. Farmington 121, 5. North County 152, 6. Kelly 166, 7. Festus 183, 8. Viburnum 196, 9. Notre Dame 212, 10. Hillsboro 249.

Perryville: 7. Nathan Moore 18:00, 11. James Boice 18:33, 14. Jacob Schneider 18:37, 33. Jess Koenig 19:24, 34. Tim Winningham 19:36; Notre Dame: 24. Rick Smith 19:00, David Unterreiner 31. 19:19, 48. Adam Eftink 19:59, Matt Frey 46. 19:52, Marcus LeGrand 62. 20:51; Kelly: 15. Adam Lofton 18:40, 17. Ashley Hahn 18:45, 35. Lance Scheffer 19:29, 44. Richard Reeves 19:50, 55. Adam Daughhetee 20:14.

Varsity Girls

1. Hillsboro 66, 2. Herculaneum 79, 3. Farmington 120, 4. St. Pius 146, 5. Perryville 150, 6. Festus 161, 7. Kelly 165, 8. Viburnum 270

Perryville: 14. Gina Buerck 22:36, 20. Katrina Bockhorn 23:30, 26. Renee Schlicting 24:17, 38. Jen Brotherton 25:40, 52. Melissa Hahn 27:47; Notre Dame: Susan Judd 8. 22:00, Sarah Untereiner 23. 23:39; Kelly: 16. Laura Ruff 22:50, 28. Melissa Garner 24:25, 33. Shannon Lawson 25:03, 40. Megan Nelson 25:49, 48. Nancy Lewer 27:14.

JV Boys

1. Kelly 80, 2. Cape-Notre Dame 177

Kelly: 8. Tyler Schlosser 20:29, 15. Michael Proctor 21:58, 17. Chris Weber 22:09, 18. Jason Schiwitz 22:10, 22. Adam Duncan 22:30; Perryville: 3. Curt Brewer 19:22, 6. Tim Chitwood 20:04, 24. Daniel Winningham 22:39