Notre Dame slips past Cape Central in extra innings

The Notre Dame High School softball team continued its sensational season with a thrilling 4-3, extra-inning victory over visiting Cape Girardeau Central Friday afternoon.

After the contest was tied 3-3 following seven regulation innings, the Lady Bulldogs pushed across a run in the bottom of the eighth to raise their record to 20-2 and drop the Lady Tigers to 12-12.

"To get to 20 wins is really exciting and today was just an excellent game," said Notre Dame coach Chris Janet. "Central has really turned its season around. They have a good team and they were ready to play."

In the bottom of the eighth, Stacy Schwartz singled with one out and Sara Berkbigler sacrificed her to second. Laura Weissmueller then delivered a two-out single that scored Schwartz and ended the contest.

Lindsay Reinagel was the winning pitcher, in relief of starter Mika Williamson. Reinagel allowed two hits and no runs over the final three innings, with two strikeouts and one walk. Williamson gave up three runs and 11 hits in five innings, with six strikeouts and two walks.

"Central hit the ball well, but they spread them out," Janet said. "Mika allowed 11 hits, but she pitched around them well. She worked out of a lot of jams. And Lindsay did a good job."

Holly Schnurbusch went all the way for Central and suffered the loss. She gave up nine hits while fanning five and walking one.

Megan McDonald and Megan Kistner each had three of Central's 13 hits while Trisha Klipfel and Alex Wieser added two each.

Schwartz had two of Notre Dame's nine hits. Seven other players had one hit apiece.

Notre Dame broke on top with two runs in the opening inning. Central got one in the second, but the Lady Bulldogs answered in the fourth to go up 3-1. The Lady Tigers tied things with a two-run fifth and that's the way things stood until the eighth.

Both squads will be right back in action today on the road, Notre Dame at St. Louis Notre Dame and Central at Seckman.

KELLY 2, DONGOLA 0

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Kelly pushed across two unearned runs in the top of the seventh inning to win a pitcher's duel from Dongola and improve to 16-4.

Natalie Lewer hurled a masterful four-hitter for the Lady Hawks. She fanned four.

Kelly also had just four hits, two by Sara Essner.

FOOTBALL

HERCULANEUM 28

FREDERICKTOWN 7

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- A powerful Herculaneum squad scored seven points in every quarter to upend Fredericktown.

Herculaneum is 4-1 while Fredericktown fell to 2-3.

Fredericktown was led by Kyle Stevens with 112 yards rushing on 20 carries. He scored the Black Cats' lone touchdown.

VOLLEYBALL

WOODLAND 15-15

RICHLAND 6-9

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Woodland improved to 7-11 by knocking off Richland.

Emily Davis paced the Lady Cardinals in kills with seven while Kelly Reed added four. Jeni Jackson had five digs and Stacie Greer recorded eight assists.

Richland won the JV match 15-10, 15-7.

ADVANCE 16-14-15

BLOOMFIELD 14-16-13

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Advance raised its record to 7-11-1 with a tight victory over Bloomfield.

Abby Winchester had 23 digs and 15 assists to lead the Lady Hornets, who got 11 kills from Alicia Broshuis and four service aces from Nicole Tropf.

EAGLE RIDGE 15-15

TWIN CITIES 12-5

Eagle Ridge Christian School moved to 4-3 with a sweep of Twin Cities Christian Academy from Festus.

Ashley Hughes had 13 assists and 10 service points for the winners. Amber Karnes added nine service points, four kills and three blocks while Cara Ervin had seven service points.

-- From staff reports