Tennis

Notre Dame senior Grace Powderly was victorious in her singles match at Tuesday's Class 1 sectional at Notre Dame Regional High School, advancing to the state tournament. Powderly defeated Sina Gutermann of St. Pius X 6-1, 6-1 to return to the state tournament, which will be held Oct. 13-14 in at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Missouri...

The host Notre Dame cross country teams captured the team championships in both the girls and boys division of the Notre Dame Invitational. Blake Morris was the first runner to cross the finish line with a time of 16 minutes, 25.41 seconds to lead the Bulldogs to victory. On the girls' side, Alaina Baumgart placed first with a time of 20 minutes, 12.53 seconds...

Alex Lovell had her day at the plate. With the bases loaded and the score tied at 8-all in the top of the seventh inning, the Notre Dame softball senior blasted a grand slam to drive in four runs and the Bulldogs held Kelly scoreless in the final inning to come away with a 12-8 victory over the Hawks on the road in Benton, Missouri...

The Notre Dame girls golf team inched one step closer to defending its state title as the Bulldogs won the Class 1 District 1 Tournament at The Quarry at Crystal Springs on Monday in the suburban St. Louis area. Sarah Bell carded a two-over-par 72 to earn the medalist honors for Notre Dame...

Hannah Landewe nailed seven kills as the Notre Dame volleyball team avoided a scare from Leopold in the second set to get the 25-17, 25-23 win at home. Shelby Bauwens hammered six kills for the Bulldogs (14-6-3) and Brooke Blankenship provided 17 assists. Megan Heisserer tallied 14 digs to pace Notre Dame defensively...