BRIEFLY: NOTRE DAME SOCCERFEST KICKS OFF TODAY

Host Notre Dame, Cape Girardeau Central and Jackson will be the local squads participating in the eight-team Notre Dame Soccerfest that will be played today through Saturday.

Four first-round games will be played today, at both Shawnee Park and the field at the old Notre Dame High School.

At Shawnee, Cape Central plays Poplar Bluff at 3:30 p.m. and Carbondale (Ill.) faces Farmington at 5. At Notre Dame, Jackson plays Sikeston at 3:30 and the host squad meets Hillsboro at 5.

There will be four more games Friday, with consolation semifinals at Shawnee Park at 3:30 and 5, and championship semifinals at Notre Dame at 3:30 and 5.

Saturday's four finals games will all be played at Notre Dame, starting with the seventh-place match at 9 a.m. The fifth-place game will be at 10:30, followed by the third-place contest at noon and the championship at 1:30.