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CHAFFEE -- Jumping out of the gate with an eight-run rally, the Chaffee Red Devils took down Oak Ridge 10-0 in five innings on Wednesday via the mercy-rule.
The Red Devils' eight run first was followed by three innings of silence. They put together one final two-run rally in the bottom of the fifth to end the game early.
Cody Payne and Storm Estes combined to hold Oak Ridge to just three hits. Estes picked up the win in throwing four of those innings, where he gave up all three hits, but held the Bluejays scoreless and struck out two. Payne was flawless in his inning, striking out four and neither pitcher walked a batter.
Chaffee collected 12 hits in the outing with Devon Yahn, Jordan Kinder, Payne, Layton Tenkhoff and Estes each contributing two hits. Yahn's two hits came in the form of a double and a triple as he drove in three runs and collected a walk.
Estes had the team's only other extra-base hit, a double.
Next up, the Red Devils play at Saxony Lutheran today at 4 p.m.
Oak Ridge 000 000 0 -- 0 3 2
Chaffee 800 020 0 -- 10 12 1
WP -- Storm Estes. LP -- Below. Multiple hitters: (C) Devon Yahn 2-2, Jordan Kinder 2-4, Cody Payne 2-3, Layton Tenkhoff 2-4, Storm Estes 2-2. 2B -- (C) Yahn, Estes. 3B -- (C) Yahn.
__Notre Dame 11, NMCC 1__
CAPE GIRARDEAU (SMNS) -- Josh Haggerty had four hits including two doubles in the Bulldogs (16-2) win over the Eagles at home.
Graham Ruopp picked up the win for Notre Dame, striking out four batters in six innings.
Roupp did not give up an earned run and held New Madrid to four hits.
NMCC 000 010 0 -- 1 4 3
N. Dame 050 051 x -- 11 15 0
WP -- Graham Ruopp (5-0) 6ip 4 hits 6ks 0bbs. LP -- Godwin. 2B -- Josh Haggerty (2). Multiple hits -- Team: Josh Haggerty (ND) 4-5, Chase Urhan (ND) 2-4, Luke Haines (ND) 2-3, Tom Siebert (ND) 2-4, Adam Pope (ND) 2-3, Logan Heisserer 2-3.
__Charleston 13, Saxony Lutheran 12__
JACKSON (SMNS) -- Bruce Simmons picked up the win for the Bluejays (7-7) on the road.
Simmons struck out 12 and gave up five runs in five innings. Simmons also had a double and went 2 for 5.
For the Crusaders, Jack Lake and Tyler Dowdy each had a double. Dowdy and Paris Johnson led all Saxony hitters with two hits.
Down 12-5 after four innings, the Crusaders scored five runs in the seventh but came up one run short of tying the game.
Charleston 641 101 0 -- 13 13 2
Saxony 320 002 5 -- 12 12 6
WP -- Bruce Simmons. LP -- Chase Steffens. 2B -- Bruce Simmons (C), Corey Adams (C), Jack Lake (S), Tyler Dowdy (S). Multiple hits -- Luke Harris (C) 3-4, Casey Tatum (C) 2-5, Andrew Thompson (C) 2-4, Bruce Simmons (C) 2-5, Nathan Hurst (S) 2-3, Paris Johnson (S) 2-5, Tyler Dowdy (S) 2-4, Luke LeGrand (S) 2-4. Luke Harris 3-4, Casey Tatum 2-5, Andrew Thompson 2-4, Bruce Simmons 2-5. Records -- Charleston 3-11, Saxony 7-7.
__GOLF__
__Bent Creek Invitational__
JACKSON (SMNS) -- Notre Dame's Jack Litzelfelner was the medalist with a 35. The Bulldogs also beat the rest of the field in team play by 11 strokes. Sikeston finished second with a 161. Central, which was without conference champion Travis Simmons, rounded out the scoring with a 177.
__Kelly 182, Saxony 216__
CAPE GIRARDEAU (SMNS) -- Kelly's Derrick Garner earned medalist honors with a 39 through nine holes at Cape Jaycee Golf Course.
Kelly -- Derrick Garner 39, Dylan Rucker 51, Josh Roberts 48, Jacob Riley 44, Jerrod Lynn 59.
__TENNIS__
__Dexter 8, Sikeston 1__
DEXTER -- The Sikeston boys tennis team lost 8-1 to Dexter on the road Wednesday.
Layton Jones gave Sikeston it's only win of the day taking down Noah Kronk 8-3.
VARSITY SINGLES
No. 1 -- Layton Jones (S) def. Noah Kronk (D) 8-3
No. 2 -- Ethan Flowers (D) def. Mark Anthony Jones Jr. (S) 8-1
No. 3 -- Drew Mason (D) def. Caleb Dannenmueller (S) 8-4
No. 4 -- Brooks Propst (D) def. Kentrez Pope (S) 8-2
No. 5 -- Zach Potts (D) def. Coby McMikle (S) 8-1
No. 6 -- Josh Kohlbaker (D) def. Edward McClain (S) 8-2
VARSITY DOUBLES
No. 1 -- Kronk-Flowers (D) def. Jones-McClain (S) 8-5
No. 2 -- Mason-Propst (D) def. Jones Jr.-Dannenmueller (S) 8-4
No. 3 -- Potts-Kohlbaker (D) def. Pope-McMikle (S) 8-4