Maddy Colin tossed a five-inning perfect game as the College Heights Christian softball team blanked Lockwood 14-0 on Monday.
A freshman, Colin struck out 13 of the 15 batters she faced and did not allow a hit or a walk in five innings.
The Cougars scored five runs in the second, three in the third, five more in the fourth and one in the fifth. The game ended after the bottom of the fifth due to the run-rule.
Kloee Williamson went 3-for-4 and drove in six runs to lead the Cougars’ offense, while Sarah Painter and Addie Lawrence also recorded three hits apiece.
Jayli Johnson and Layne Jackson added two hits apiece in CHC’s 15-hit attack. Colin drove in two runs with a double, while Lawrence also had two RBI. Kaitlyn Bates, Emi Kuhns and Lauren Ukena all had one RBI apiece in the lopsided win.
College Heights is now 11-2. The Cougars are at Liberal on Thursday.
NEOSHO, Mo. — Carl Junction erased a 2-1 deficit with 13 runs in the final four innings on the way to a 14-3 Central Ozark Conference win over Neosho on Monday.
After the Bulldogs (11-4, 2-1 COC) pushed across the run in the top of the first, the Wildcats (2-15, 0-4 COC) answered back with a two spot in the bottom half to take the lead. Carl Junction’s offense exploded for five runs in the third inning, four runs in the fourth and two each in the fifth and sixth to end the game via run rule.
Drew Beyer earned the win for Carl Junction after allowing three unearned runs on one hit, seven walks and four strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. Carson Johnson and Kyler Perry combined for 1 2/3 scoreless relief innings. Each had one strikeout.
Lane Yost took the loss after allowing seven runs, six earned, on six hits, six walks and two strikeouts in three innings.
Johnson doubled twice, scored twice and drove in a run for Carl Junction. Alex Baker had two hits, including a double, and finished with a team-high three RBI and scored a run. Perry tripled and had two hits to go along with an RBI and a run scored. Dylan Eck had two hits and scored a run.
CARTHAGE, Mo. — For the first time this season, the Joplin boys golf team did not walk away as tournament team champions.
In a 19-team field at the Sonic Invitational, Glendale took first place as a team with a score of 299. The Eagles, who won all seven team events prior to Monday, took second place with a score of 309, while Ozark placed third after totaling 318.
Other local team finishes include Neosho (348) in seventh, Nevada (349) eighth, Webb City (349) in ninth, Carthage (353) in 10th and McAuley Catholic (400) in 13th.
In individual results, Glendale’s Max Bowman took first place after winning in a playoff over Nevada’s Owen Swearingen. Each player carded a 68.
Joplin’s Harry Satterlee tied for third with a 73, while Fielding Campbell placed fifth with a 74. Kaden Parker finished in a tie for ninth with a 77.
Neosho’s Landon Werneke tied for 11th with a 78 and Joplin’s Wyatt Satterlee tied for 13th with an 80 to wrap up local top 15 scoring.
Fueled by a six-run second inning, Nixa handed Joplin it’s first Central Ozark Conference loss with a 7-1 victory on Monday.
Joplin (11-6, 3-1 COC) took a 1-0 lead into the top of the second inning when Nixa (13-2, 3-0 COC) used four walks and a hit-by-pitch as a catalyst for six runs crossing the plate. Nixa added an unearned run in the sixth inning en route to the win.
“When you give a team of their caliber some extra opportunities, they’re probably going to take advantage of it,” Joplin coach Kyle Wolf said of Nixa’s six-run second inning. “It’s hard to overcome. At the plate, I thought we had some good at-bats against a pretty good lefty. We just couldn’t get them at the right time and couldn’t string any of them together. … We have to shake some things up, figure some things out and start playing a little better.”
Joplin took the initial lead after David Fiscus brought home a run with the bases-loaded single through the left side to score Bodee Carlson in the bottom of the first inning.
“David has had a lot better approach at the plate here the last three or four games,” Wolf said. “He came up in a big spot and got a hit for us.”
Fiscus’ single was the last of four straight base hits with one out for Joplin, which managed to score just the one tally in the first innings after consecutive strikeouts following the RBI ended the threat with the bags full.
“That was a huge inning to start off the game,” Wolf said. “You feel good getting one, but if you come up with another hit right there, you can push two or three across. That is just confidence in the situation.”
Nixa started the second inning with a hit-by-pitch before a walk allowed the first two batters to reach. Nixa tied the game two batters later when Alex Johnson singled up the middle with one out to score John Gholson. Back-to-back walks loaded the bases and forced a run home to give NHS the lead. Ryan Retone followed with a double to center field to score two runs and push the Nixa lead to 4-1. A sac fly and a Joplin error allowed two more runs to score.
Nixa added an unearned run in the sixth after Jaret Nelson doubled off the top of the concrete wall in right-center with two outs to score Retone, who reached on a dropped third strike that at-bat before.
Joplin’s offense had no problem getting runners on base, but did have shortcomings with RISP. JHS stranded the bases loaded in the first and third innings, while leaving five runners on base from the fourth inning on.
“We just have to do a better job of chipping away and putting a run up here or there and giving us a chance,” Wolf said. “I think, to some degree, we are pressing a little bit. Our guys are not making outs on purpose. They are trying to make plays, and sometimes it doesn’t work out. We may have to shake things up and do things a little differently to provide a little spark in the lineup.”
ON THE MOUND
Isaac Mitchell earned the win for Nixa after allowing one run on eight hits, five walks and five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Parker Bridges pitched 1 1/3 scoreless relief innings, allowing one hit and striking out two.
Ethan Guilford (6-1) suffered his first loss of the season after surrendering six runs, five earned, in two innings of work. He allowed two hits, walked four and struck out three.
“Ethan has been good for us all year and he will continue to be good for us,” Wolf said. “He had a bad inning in the second and that happens throughout the course of the season. There is no confidence lost in him on the mound.”
Fielding Campbell allowed one unearned run in five relief innings. He scattered three hits, struck out four and didn’t walk a batter.
“Fielding came in and did a tremendous job on the mound for us,” Wolf said. “He gave us every opportunity to come back in that game and to win it. … Him being able to go out and do what he did gave us an opportunity to save some guys for Carthage later this week. … That was a super job by him.”
IN THE BOX
Retone and Nelson each doubled and drove in two to lead Nixa. Retone also scored twice.
Carson Wampler tripled and had two hits in three at-bats to lead Joplin. Kirk Chandler went 2-for-4 with a walk.
Thomas Jefferson’s No. 1 singles player Ian Ding is pictured during Monday’s dual at Joplin High School. Photo by Israel Perez.
Nine duals. Nine wins.
That’s how the Thomas Jefferson boys tennis team has started the 2021 season.
Thomas Jefferson kept its record perfect with a 9-0 win over Joplin on Monday at the JSH athletic complex.
At No. 1 singles, Thomas Jefferson’s Ian Ding beat Logan Merkley 8-0.
“Logan complimented Ian, saying that he is the best player he’s faced this season,” Joplin coach Aaron Stump commented.
Noah Hamlett defeated Jeffrey Evenson 8-1 at No. 2, while Tyler Brouhard beat Ben Wardlow 8-1 and Christoper Wheelen edged Josh Yarnall 9-7 in the night’s closest match.
“Josh had a lot of long rallies against Chris and was up 7-6, but he struggled to close out the match,” Stump said.
Also for Tom Brumfield’s Cavaliers, Hari Nagarajan beat Michael Mancipe 8-1 and Prithvi Nagarajan topped Colin Vermillion 8-1.
In doubles action, Hamlett-Brouhard defeated Merkley-Evenson 8-2, while Ding-H. Nagarajan beat Wardlow-Vermillion 8-1 and Wheelen-P. Nagarajan topped Yarnall-Mancipe 8-3.
Thomas Jefferson hosts Greenwood at 4:30 on Thursday. Joplin (1-6) is at Republic on Thursday. The Eagles will also host a tournament on Friday.
Pictured is Joplin’s Jeffrey Evenson. All photos by Israel Perez.Pictured is Joplin’s Josh Yarnall. All photos by Israel Perez.
WEBB CITY, Mo. — Webb City stranded the tying run at third base and the go-ahead run at second in the bottom of the seventh inning, as Willard held on late to earn a 5-4 victory over the Cardinals on Monday in a Central Ozark Conference clash between the top-ranked teams in Class 5 at Chuck Barnes Field.
The Cardinals made things interesting in the final frame, but in the end, Willard’s five-run fifth inning proved to be the difference.
“Some things didn’t go our way and the ball didn’t bounce the way we wanted it to and that’s unfortunate,” Webb City coach Flave Darnell said. “They’re a good team and we’re right there with them. We hope we get to play them again down the road. But there’s a lot of baseball to play. We have to find a way to get better.”
Willard and Webb City are ranked first and second, respectively, in Class 5 by the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association.
Webb City fell to 13-3 overall and 2-2 in the COC, while Willard improved to 14-6 and 3-1 in conference play.
The Cardinals wasted little time in taking the lead, as the hosts pushed across two runs in the first inning.
Devrin Weathers singled on the first pitch of the game, stole second, went to third on Treghan Parker’s flyout and then sprinted home on a wild pitch.
Shane Noel walked and later scored on Matt Woodmansee’s RBI single into left.
The Cardinals turned double plays in three straight innings to keep their early advantage.
Webb City senior Cole Gayman delivers a pitch during Monday’s game with Willard.
“We played great defense in those first four innings,” Darnell said.
But the Tigers rallied for five runs on four hits and an error in the fifth against Webb City starting pitcher Cole Gayman.
Cooper Hampton was hit by a pitch to start the inning, while Klayton Kiser followed with a single. After an out, Elliott Friend singled to center and the Cardinals committed a miscue in the outfield, allowing Willard to tie the game.
Later in the inning, Kyle Beeman lifted a sac fly to right, giving the Tigers the lead. Another run scored from third on a wild pitch.
A walk and another hit by pitch made it 5-2.
“We’re having a hard time right now overcoming mistakes,” Darnell said. “We’re having a hard time with big innings…an error here, a hit batter there and a walk here and there. We just couldn’t overcome it today.”
Down three runs and down to their final three outs, the Cardinals rallied in the bottom of the seventh.
With two outs, Weathers singled to right and then Parker was hit by a pitch before Noel walked.
Woodmansee then drew a bases-loaded walk, trimming Webb City’s deficit to 5-3.
Parker scored from third on a wild pitch, cutting the hosts’ deficit to a single tally.
With runners at second and third, Willard relief pitcher Jared Miles struck out Gayman to end the game.
Willard left-hander Dalen Stewart was the winning pitcher. A Jefferson College recruit, Stewart allowed two runs on five hits and three walks while striking out seven in six innings.
“We battled and stayed in it,” Darnell said. “But you have to tip your hat to their pitcher. For us to come out and get two in the first and get his pitch count up, we thought we could maybe chase him earlier. But he’s a good pitcher and we weren’t able to do that. He beared down. He’s got a good breaking ball and a good fastball. He was aggressive in the zone and kept us off-balance. We didn’t really threaten much until that seventh inning.”
Kiser took over in the seventh and got the first two outs before getting into trouble. Jared Miles recorded the final out to earn the save.
A senior right-hander, Gayman was charged with the loss. He surrendered five runs on seven hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings.
Eli Goddard went the final 2 1/3 innings, striking out three while keeping the Tigers off the scoreboard.
Weathers had three of Webb City’s six hits. Friend and Kiser had two hits apiece for Willard.
