Saxony Lutheran

This spring, three area high school teams won state championships. With the success came accolades. Numerous local student-athletes earned recognition, including all-state honors. On the baseball diamond, Bell City won its third straight Class 1 state championship. Along the way, five Cubs earned all-state distinctions...

Ten months after the high school sports calendar began, we now know all 148 of our on-field nominees for the 2017 Semoball Awards. On Friday, the spring sport finalists for baseball, softball, girls soccer, boys and girls track and field, golf and boys tennis for the event -- to be held Saturday, July 8, at the Bedell Performance Center at Southeast Missouri State's River Campus -- were announced as part of a live selection show on SEMO ESPN Radio...

Woodland senior Bruester Young claimed a gold medal in the javelin at the MSHSAA Class 2 Track & Field State Championships held Friday and Saturday in Jefferson City, Missouri. Young not only claimed a state title, but also set a Class 2 state record with a throw of 173 feet, 11 inches on his first attempt. ...

As the final seconds wore down, the St. Vincent girls soccer team linked arms on the sideline and anxiously eyed the clock. Who could blame the Indians? They'd been waiting for this moment for years. When the final horn sounded, St. Vincent enjoyed every moment of it, celebrating a 4-0 win over rival Saxony Lutheran in the Class 1 District 1 championship Friday at Notre Dame Regional High School...

Woodland senior Bruester Young claimed a gold medal in the javelin at the MSHSAA Class 2 Track & Field State Championships on Friday in Jefferson City, Missouri. Young not only claimed a state title, but also set a Class 2 state record with a throw of 173 feet, 11 inches...

Notre Dame senior Jonathan Bell carded a 9-over-par 79 in Tuesday's second round of the Class 3 state tournament, finishing in a four-way tie for 26th place with a two-day score of 157 at Sedalia Country Club in Sedalia, Missouri. Nate Hulshof (169), Caleb Schnurbusch (174), DJ Lynch (184) and Nick Powers (192) rounded out the individual scores for the Bulldogs, who finished eighth in the team standings with a score of 684. ...

Jackson sophomores Case Englehart and Tanner Walton are within striking distance of garnering all-state honors after the completion of Monday's first round at the Class 4 state tournament at Twin Hills Country Club in Joplin, Missouri. Englehart carded a 6-over-par 78 to finish in a six-way tie for 27th place, while Walton finished one stroke behind (79) along with six other golfers...

After-graduation plans: Playing golf in college Number of state appearances: 3 Favorite team tradition: Jam-out session in van Favorite club: 8-iron Favorite pre-round meal: Nothing Favorite course to play: Dalhousie Golf Club Favorite golfer: Tiger Woods...

With two sophomores heading to the MSHSAA Class 4 Boys Golf State Championships, visions of the future pop up in Zack Walton's head. But the Jackson coach is focused on the present heading into the two-day tournament, which begins today in Joplin, Missouri...

The Woodland boys had a strong performance at the Class 2 Sectional 1 meet on Saturday at Hillsboro High School, qualifying seven individuals plus two relay teams for the Class 2 State Championship meet. Logan Thomsen grabbed a sectional title in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:40.05, and finished second in the 800 to also qualify for state in that event...

If there are two girls soccer teams that know what it's like to be young and inexperienced this season, it's Perryville and Saxony Lutheran. Both sides have faced challenges associated with new faces and a steady learning curve, but on Tuesday it was the Crusaders who prevailed in a head-to-head matchup, getting an early second-half goal from Laurel Mueller -- one of the few veterans on the field -- to slip by the Pirates 2-1 at Saxony Lutheran High School...

Karsten Short carded a 14-over-par 86 to lead the Saxony Lutheran boys golf team to second place and qualify the Crusaders for the state tournament in a Class 2 sectional on Monday at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau. Ben Daniel shot an 88, as Saxony ended up 10 strokes behind Willow Springs in the team standings, earning both teams a bid to next week's state tournament at the Fremont Hills Country Club in the suburban Springfield area. It will be the Crusaders' first appearance at state...

Braden Cox had an all-around stellar day on the field, blasting a three-run home run and throwing all but the last three pitches on the mound, to lead the Scott City baseball team to a 9-2 victory over East Prairie on Monday and clinch the regular-season Scott-Mississippi Conference championship in Scott City, Missouri...

Emma Brune scored a pair of goals to lead the Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Cape Central in SEMO Conference action Wednesday at Central High School. Makayla Mueller and Laurel Mueller each had an assist for the Crusaders. Ashley Fritsche earned the shutout in the net for Saxony (7-11, 3-3 SEMO Conference)...

Jonathan Bell and D.J. Lynch each carded a 10-over-par 81 as the Notre Dame boys golf team won the Class 3 District 1 tournament championship for the second year in a row on Tuesday at the Fox Haven Country Club in Sikeston, Mo. The Bulldogs all finished below 90 as the defending district champions edged Farmington by five strokes in the team standings to come away with the district championship. Nicholas Westrich shot a one-over-par 82 to earn the medalist honors for the Knights...

The Notre Dame boys tennis team won all but one singles match, defeating host Sikeston 8-1 in its regular-season finale on Monday. The win improved Notre Dame's record to 10-1, while Sikeston dropped to 0-8. Notre Dame will now turn its attention to the Class 1 District 1 tournament, which is scheduled for next week in Sikeston...

The St. Vincent girls soccer team will be pretty happy with the way the past week has gone. First a decisive victory over district thorn-in-the-side Saxony Lutheran, then a competitive game against Class 4 Jackson before the Indians wrapped things up with a 2-2 draw Saturday against Class 2 No. 2-ranked Springfield Catholic in the Notre Dame Showcase at Houck Stadium...

Layne Johnson held the Bulldogs to six hits on the mound, as the Oran baseball team knocked off Sikeston 10-2 on Thursday in Sikeston, Missouri. Johnson threw 6 2/3 innings and allowed two earned runs, striking out seven batters and walking two. Drew Reischman secured the final out for the Eagles...

Ben Womack hit two doubles and batted in two runs but it was ultimately not enough as the Notre Dame baseball team was unable to erase a five-run deficit and fell just one run short in a 5-4 loss to host Sikeston on Tuesday, dropping a crucial conference game that awarded the regular-season SEMO Conference championship to Poplar Bluff...

Notre Dame's Jonathan Bell carded a six-over-par 77 to tie for second individually, as the Bulldogs finished 16 strokes behind champion Poplar Bluff to receive second place Monday in the SEMO Conference Boys Golf Tournament at Fox Haven Country Club in Sikeston, Missouri...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- As the two teams huddled up just before kickoff, one sentence seemed to rise out of the St. Vincent girls soccer huddle -- "They've had their time." Then the Indians went out and proved it. Scoring twice in the game's first six minutes, St. Vincent definitively defeated Saxony Lutheran 4-0 on Monday evening at the Bank of Missouri Soccer Park, gaining some revenge while making a statement of intent...

Jersey number: 10 Height: 6-foot-3 Position: Point guard AAU/travel team: Perryville Plans after graduation: Attend Lindenwood University and major in sports management Favorite team tradition: Team meal before big games Favorite memory from this season: Putting in 40 points against Park Hills...

Jersey number: 30 Height: 5-foot-9 Position: Guard Favorite team tradition: Praying before every game Favorite memory from this season: Winning third in conference Favorite spot on the floor to shoot from: 3-point line Favorite gym to play in: Chaffee...

ORAN, Mo. -- In baseball, pretty and exciting are not always synonymous. Oran and Saxony Lutheran combined for three errors, 14 walks, eight wild pitches, a bevy of missed opportunities and multiple base-running blunders before the host Eagles walked off with a bases-loaded free pass in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 7-6 victory on Tuesday at Oran High School...

Jackson's best score of the season wasn't enough to claim first at the Jackson Invitational on Monday, as district rival Poplar Bluff edged the Indians by two strokes. While it wasn't a team title, it was a satisfying result for Jackson boys golf coach Zack Walton...

Notre Dame girls soccer got a golden-goal winner in extra time from Megan Heisserer to get past Saxony Lutheran 3-2 in a conference matchup on Wednesday in Jackson, Missouri. It was a fourth straight overtime game for the Crusaders and a second extra-time loss in as many days...

Clay Sauceda hit a solo home run, but the Oran baseball team wasn't to fend off a determined Portageville squad, as the Eagles dropped a 7-6 decision to the Bulldogs on Tuesday in Oran, Missouri. Drew Reischman went 2 1/3 innings on the mound to be tagged with the loss for Oran (6-2). He gave up four runs (one earned) on three hits and had one strikeout and one walk. He also added a double at the plate...

BENTON, Mo. -- The Chaffee girls track and field team began and ended Monday with the same result: a first-place finish in a relay. In between there were plenty of solid finishes, including a couple other top-three finishes in relays, as the Red Devils won the Johnny Merrick Invitational at Kelly High School. Chaffee beat 16 other schools, including numerous local teams, to claim the team title with a score of 110...

OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- The Saxony Lutheran baseball team took advantage of mistakes by Leopold, jumped out to a sizable early lead and rolled to a 14-2 win in five innings to capture the Oak Ridge Invitational championship on Saturday afternoon at Oak Ridge High School...

Trent Unterreiner hit a double to record the only extra-base hit of the game, as the Perryville baseball team tallied a run in the final inning to eke out a 2-1 win over the Bearcats on Saturday at Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Garrett Dix went the distance on the mound to earn the win for Perryville. He allowed one earned run and recorded nine strikeouts and four walks...

For a few seconds, Laurel Mueller wasn't certain if she had scored the game-winning goal for the Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team. Moments earlier, the junior had rifled a shot from about 25 yards away that hit the crossbar and bounced down. Off the bounce, Sikeston goalkeeper Madeline Witt gathered the ball in her arms, and for a brief moment, it appeared the referees might rule the entire ball hadn't cross the line and therefore wasn't a goal...

Kelly baseball got a walk-off hit from Nathan Vicenzi as the Hawks edged visiting St. Vincent 5-4 with a rally in the bottom of the seventh inning. Kyle Fitzgerald went the distance on the mound to take the win for Kelly (4-6). He gave up four earned runs, struck out five and walked three...

The Poplar Bluff boys golf team claimed first place at the Notre Dame Invitational on Monday at Bent Creek Golf Course. The Mules carded a team score of 316 to lead the way, while Notre Dame followed in second with a 326 and Jackson came in third with a 334. Saxony Lutheran was sixth with a 378, and Cape Central finished eighth with a 415...

The Kennett softball team finally met its match as undefeated Oran flew out to a 3-0 lead and hung on to win 4-1, dealing the Indians their first loss of the season on Friday at Indian Park in Kennett, Missouri. Oran took a 1-0 lead when Kaylee Payne hit a solo home run in the top of the third inning. The Eagles extended their lead to 3-0 when Leah Cauble hit a two-run homer in the top of the fifth inning...

Britne Parker smacked two doubles and drove in four runs to lead Scott City softball to a 10-3 win over Advance. Jamie Glastetter tossed six innings to take the win for the Rams (5-1). She gave up three unearned runs on two hits and recorded eight strikeouts with two walks...

Not a whole lot changed in four days. Half a week after the Jackson and Saxony Lutheran girls soccer teams met in a semifinal of the Noon Optimist Tournament on Friday, the two teams faced off again, with a similar result. The Indians used their speed, athleticism and experience -- and a Lauren Welker hat trick -- to drop the crosstown rival Crusaders 6-0 on Tuesday at Jackson Junior High School...