SIKESTON - The Sikeston Bulldogs tennis team fell to 8-7 on the season as they lost a home match to Carbondale (Ill.) 7-2 on Wednesday.
"Carbondale has a solid team, probably the best team we've seen all year, top to bottom," said Sikeston coach Brian James. "Matches like this will only help us going into the districts. I thought Marc (Leible) played about as well as he has all year against a very good player. He was focused the whole match and when he's on like that, he's an awfully tough player. He's had to really step up his game the past couple of weeks with the competition he's faced and he's been up to the challenge most days."
Here are the results from Wednesday's match with Sikeston players listed first.
Singles
1. Marc Leible def. Josh Porter, 8-3
2. Chris Matthews lost to Bryce Bosler, 1-8
3. Grant Ingram lost to Suntae Kim, 1-8
4. Logan Hampton lost to Kashya Tadisina, 1-8
5. Craig Millington lost to Eric Kidd, 3-8
6. Andrew Powell def. Nathan Lee, 8-6
Doubles
Leible/Matthews lost to Kim/Tadisina, 4-8
Ingram/Millington lost to Porter/Bosler, 0-8
Hampton/Powell lost to Kidd/Lee, 5-8
JV winners: Justin Deere, Charlie Jones/Clayton Matthews in doubles.
CHARLESTON - The Oran Eagles improved to 10-5 on the season as they defeated Charleston 10-2 on Wednesday at Hillhouse Park.
Charleston's Brink Naile was the losing pitcher in seven innings of work. He allowed four earned runs off seven hits with six walks and four strikeouts.
Dustin McCann had two hits for Charleston and Billy Butler had one hit.
Austin Dumey was the winning pitcher for Oran in four innings pitched. He allowed both runs but they were unearned. He walked two, allowed two hits and struck out one.
Paul Bucher threw two scoreless innings, allowing two walks with three strikeouts. Alex Chasteen threw one inning and allowed one hit with two strikeouts.
Joey Williams led Oran at the plate, going 3-3 with three RBIs. Trevor Irwin, Dumey, Bucher and Kody Campbell each had one hit for Oran.
Oran will host New Madrid County Central today at 4 p.m. Charleston (7-13) will play at Hayti today at 4 p.m.
Tyrone Reece pitched a shutout and the Tigers pounded out 10 hits in a road victory.
Reece hurled five innings for Central (11-10), giving up no runs and four hits while striking out four.
Leading the offense were Brandon Cooper, who was 3-for-4 with a double; and Scott Brueckner, who was 2-for-5 with a double. Ty Craft and Brad LaBruyere chipped in with doubles.
Pitcher Andy Stevens drove in three runs, and Kyle Curry drove in three runs for the Rams in a home victory.
The Rams (5-7) scored six runs in the first two frames. Scott City added five more in the fifth and sixth innings to gain some comfort room. Curry and Stevens each went 3-for-3. Stevens also had two doubles.
The Portageville softball team defeated Caruthersville in nine innings on Tuesday, 1-0.
Deanna Deere threw all nine innings for her eighth win of the year. She struck out a whopping 20 batters in the game.
Morgan Lechenette had the game-winning RBI as she singled in Kaitlyn Underwood.
The win by Portageville gave them the conference championship with a 5-0 mark in the Bootheel Conference. The Lady Bulldogs are 9-2 on the season and will play Twin Rivers today.
Delta fell to Shawnee, Ill. in a tight game on the road.
"We were hitting the ball hard, just right at them," Delta coach Laura Brown said. "They really knew how to get to the ball. We had to steal bases just to get in position to score and then steal home to get on the board. It was just a tough night."
The Bobcats are now 11-2 on the season and will face Leopold on Saturday on the road.
Sophomore pitcher Kayla Seabaugh suffered her first loss in three decisions this spring.
Scott City won at home, pounding out 14 hits in three innings.
The Rams (17-3) had just one extra-base hit -- a triple by Ashton Phillips. Scott City scored 14 runs in the first inning.
Pitcher Emily Essner led the way offensively, going 3-for-3. Alana Newell and Lindsey Amick chipped in with two hits apiece. Essner picked up her 16th pitching victory in 18 decisions this season.
Saxony Lutheran finished second to Hayti in the boys division, Scott City was second to Caruthersville in the girls meet.
Brandon Etzold won the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs for Saxony, which also won the 3,200 and 1,600 relay events. Grant Lehmann also won the 200 and 400 for Saxony, and Chaffee's Volkerding won the long jump and the 300 hurdles.
Scott City girls track had a double-winner in Braun on the 100 and 300 hurdles.
Boys
Team scores -- Hayti 96, Saxony Lutheran 77, Scott City 73, Oran 69, Chaffee 52, Kelly 52
Individual winners
3,200 relay -- Saxony, 9:08
110 hurdles -- Borders, Caruthersville, 18.37
100 -- Stewart, Hayti, 12.21
800 relay -- Scott City, 1:41.58
1,600 -- Brandon Etzold, Saxony, 5:04
Shot put -- Pullen, Scott City, 42-10 1/2
400 relay -- Scott City, 48.83
400 -- Grant Lehmann, Saxony, 54.17
Discus -- Matt Sanders, Chaffee, 119-3
Long Jump -- Volkerding, Chaffee, 16-10
Triple jump -- Monceriel, Malden, 36-1
300 hurdles -- Volkerding, Chaffee, 44.91
800 -- Matt Glastetter, Saxony
200 -- Lehmann, Saxony, 25.25
High jump -- Mothershead, Kelly, 5-10
3,200 -- Etzold, Saxony 1:17
1,600 relay -- Saxony 3:48
Girls
Team scores -- Caruthersville 130, Scott City 113,
Chaffee 93, Malden 81, Kelly 65
Individual winners
3,200 relay -- Scott City, 11:26
100 hurdles -- Braun, Scott City, 18.35
Long jump -- Hill, Malden, 14-8
100 -- Wiley, Caruthersville, 12.96
800 relay -- Caruthersville, 1:48.89
High jump -- Kline, Kelly, 4-10
1,600 -- Kittleson, Scott City, 5:47
Shot put -- Lee, Malden, 34-5 1/2
400 relay -- Malden, 52.63
Discus -- Lee, Malden, 86-7
400 -- Razer, Scott City, 1:08.85
Triple jump -- Smith, Caruthersville
300 hurdles -- Braun, Scott City, 54.59
800 -- Kristie Laxton, Scott City, 2:38
200 -- Ricks, Caruthersville, 28.87
3,200 -- Kittleson, Scott City, 12:23
1,600 relay -- Scott City, 4:38