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Day: October 11, 2022

CROSS COUNTRY: TJ’s Atteberry takes first at Diamond; Carl Junction girls claim team title

Posted on by Jason Peake

DIAMOND, Mo. — Thomas Jefferson’s Kip Atteberry was the individual medalist in the boys race and Carl Junction’s girls claimed a team championship at the Diamond Invitational on Tuesday. 

In the boys race, Atteberry took first with a time of 17:46. 

Stockton’s Braden Postlewait was the runner-up in 18:24.

Carl Junction’s Jack Lawson finished fourth in 18:52, while TJ’s duo of London Rodriguez (19:19) and Braden Honeywell-Lynch (19:45) placed sixth and eighth, respectively. 

Carl Junction’s Alexander Allison finished 10th.

Stockton (33) and Carl Junction (55) were the top two boys teams. 

Carl Junction’s girls won the team title, as the Bulldogs had five runners finish in the top 13.

Carl Junction’s Alexis Carpenter took second in 23:13. Other top performers for the CJ girls were Klohe Burk (9th), Audrey Fletcher (11th), Bailey Feken (12th), Marissa Newman (13th) and Sadie Burchett (14th). 

Pierce City’s Emma Hunt was the individual medalist with a time of 22:30. Sarcoxie’s Laney Dorris finished sixth in 24:03. 

Thomas Jefferson’s Sarah Mueller finished 20th.

 

FULL RESULTS: Diamond Invitational 2022 – Meet Results (milesplit.com)

BOYS SOCCER: Reyes leads Joplin past Springfield Catholic

Posted on by Jason Peake

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Luciano Reyes scored a pair of goals in the second half to lead the Joplin High School boys soccer team to a 3-2 win over Springfield Catholic on Monday night.

Joplin’s Adam Montanez scored an unassisted goal in the 16th minute.

Catholic’s Kydon Huttenlocher tied it up with a goal in the 40th minute and teammate Matthew Gerety’s penalty kick in the 60th minute gave the Irish a 2-1 lead.

A senior forward, Reyes converted a penalty kick in the 69th minute.

Reyes scored the game-winning goal in the 76th minute, with Luis Alvarado assisting.

Joplin goalkeeper Andrew Jordan made eight saves, while Catholic’s Braedon Fritz stopped two shots.

Joplin had six corner kicks, while Catholic had two.

The Eagles are at Carl Junction on Tuesday night. Joplin will host College Heights with McAuley Catholic on Thursday night.

 

VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: Webb City and Joplin earn sweeps; TJ falls to Liberal

Posted on by Lucas Davis

WEBB CITY SWEEPS MCDONALD COUNTY

ANDERSON, Mo. — Webb City went on the road and earned a three-set win over McDonald County on Monday to start the week with a win.

The Cardinals improved to 25-4-2 on the season after earning a 25-11, 25-14 and 25-15 win over the Mustangs, who fell to 6-18-1 on the season.

Jaeli Rutledge led Webb City with 10 kills, three blocks and two digs. Brenda Lawrence added seven kills and four digs, while Aubree Lassiter finished with six kills and a dig. Kate Brownfield finished with five kills and four digs. Sophia Crane led the team in digs with 11, while Kyah Sanborn led the Cardinals with 26 assists to go along with five digs and two kills.

McDonald County’s Savannah Leib recorded nine kills and two blocks, while Jayden Forcum had 17 assists and Hay Nay Way had 12 digs.

Webb City’s road trip continues with a matchup at Ozark on Tuesday before returning home for a matchup with Branson on Thursday.

 

JOPLIN SWEEPS PITTSBURG

PITTSBURG, Kan. — Joplin hit the road and traveled to Pittsburg, Kansas, for cross-state volleyball action and came away with a 25-20, 25-16 and 25-15 win over the Pittsburg Purple Dragons on Monday.

The win improves the Eagles’ record to 14-10-1,

Bailey Owens led Joplin with 12 kills and two blocks. Serafina Auberry added five kills and seven digs, while Raelin Calderon contributed four kills. Paisley Parker had three kills and a team-high 22 digs, while Jayla Hunter finished with 17 digs. Adalynn Niorfaise finished with 24 assists and 12 digs. 

Joplin hosts Neosho on Tuesday before hosting Nixa on Thursday for Senior Night.

 

THOMAS JEFFERSON FALLS TO LIBERAL

Thomas Jefferson won the first set before dropping the next three in a 23-25, 25-18, 25-21 and 25-22 loss to Liberal on Monday.

Mary Nguyen had six kills, five digs, five assists and two aces. Nico Carlson had eight digs, four aces, four assists, two blocks and a kill. Gabbi Hiebert had three digs, three kills, an assist and a block, with Lannah Grigg finished with 12 kills, two aces, three digs and two assists. Macie Shifferd had one ace, 13 digs, three kills and two assists. Alexis Stamps had two aces, two digs, three kills and four assists, while Maddie Sutton added five digs and an ace.

VOLLEYBALL: McAuley Catholic drops third straight match at home

Posted on by Lucas Davis

The McAuley Catholic Warriors dropped their third straight match in straight sets with a 3-0 loss (25-11, 25-20, 25-18) on Monday against the visiting Providence Academy Patriots.

All three losses were at home with 18-win Golden City and 18-win College Heights preceding the Patriots from Rogers, Arkansas.

“It definitely wasn’t pretty,” McAuley Catholic coach Sarah Nangle said. “I just don’t think we did our best. We’re still struggling right now with new positions and maybe a little bit of a lack of confidence where we’re playing at on the court. We’ve been struggling with passing lately and we’ve been working on it in practice but it’s not transferring over to games the last couple times. We’re a little frustrated.

“Hopefully, tomorrow night we play on the road at Exeter, maybe we can get some more confidence and play them competitively. We still know our season’s not over with, but we definitely want to end on a more positive note and a fighting chance. We don’t like having three-set games. We’re not giving our competitors much and we’re not fighting for it as much as we could.”

McAuley Catholic enters Tuesday’s match against one-win Exeter at 18-13-2 overall and the Warriors have a great shot at reaching 20 wins before the district tournament starts Oct. 20 against Sheldon.

The Warriors play consecutive matches against Exeter and fellow one-win Southwest.

Senior setter Lily Black led McAuley Catholic with four kills and eight assists Monday, junior Kloee Williamson added three kills, senior libero JoJo Wheeler made 11 digs, and sophomore Jadyn LaFerla finished with two blocks.

McAuley Catholic led early on in the first set Monday, but Providence Academy turned a 10-7 score into a commanding 21-7 advantage late in the set. The Patriots had multiple kills and three aces during that decisive 11-0 run.

McAuley Catholic fought hardest in the second set and trailed 22-20 before Providence Academy closed out the set with the last three points.

Providence Academy went ahead 14-6 in the third set and McAuley Catholic scored four straight points to cut it to 21-16 but the Patriots scored four of the final six points to end it.

Providence Academy defeated McAuley Catholic in two sets in tournament play earlier this season.

GIRLS TENNIS: Thomas Jefferson falls in quarterfinal round of state tourney

Posted on by Jason Peake

BOLIVAR, Mo. — Thomas Jefferson’s lone dual loss of the season came in the quarterfinal round of the MSHSAA Class 1 state tournament.

With a berth in the state semifinals on the line, Notre Dame de Sion defeated Thomas Jefferson 5-3 on Monday in a girls tennis matchup at Bolivar High School. 

The Storm won two of the three doubles matches to begin the quarterfinal matchup.

At No. 1 doubles, Thomas Jefferson’s Allison Ding and Jeanna Jeyaraj defeated Anna McGeeney and Katherine Spenceri 8-5.

But Notre Dame de Sion’s Lauryn Murphy and Elizabeth Vance edged TJ’s Kyla Yang and Mayson Solum 8-6 at No. 2 doubles, while Caroline Weber and Abigail Duethman defeated TJ’s Warda Morsy and Jessica Joseph 8-3 at No. 3 doubles.

The Storm reached the needed five wins with three singles victories. 

At No. 1 singles, McGeeney defeated Ding 6-2, 6-4. 

The Cavaliers won the No. 2 and No. 3 singles matches, as Jeyaraj beat Spenceri 4-6, 6-0, 10-7 and Yang topped Murphy 6-4, 6-4.

At No. 4 singles, Vance defeated TJ’s Morsy 6-3, 6-0, and Duethman beat Thomas Jefferson’s Solum 7-5, 6-1 at No. 6 singles. The No. 5 singles match was not completed.

Notre Dame de Sion advanced to the semifinals of the state team tournament on Oct. 21, where the Storm will meet Clayton. The other semifinal features Kennett/Holcomb vs. Chillicothe. 

Thomas Jefferson advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Bolivar 5-4 in the sectional round on Monday morning.

The Liberators won two of the three doubles matches. All three doubles matches were extremely close. 

At No. 1 doubles, Bolivar’s Sophia Vestal and Reagan Hunt edged Ding and Jeyaraj 9-7.

Thomas Jefferson’s Yang and Solum defeated Brynley Waters-Kami Bryan 8-6 at No. 2 doubles, but Bolivar’s Abby Welch-Elizabeth Thomas nipped Morsy-Joseph 8-6 at No. 3 doubles.

The Cavaliers won four of the six singles matches to secure the dual victory. 

Ding defeated Vestal 6-2, 6-0, Jeyaraj beat Waters 4-6, 6-1, 10-6, Yang topped Hunt 6-3, 7-5 and Morsy defeated Sofia Smoshey 6-1, 6-2.

In other singles results, Bolivar’s Bryan beat Joseph 6-2, 6-2 and Welch defeated Solum 6-1, 6-2.

The Liberators defeated Thomas Jefferson in this round last year.

In the other sectional match, Notre Dame de Sion defeated Rogersville 5-1.

Tom Brumfield’s Cavaliers went 14-1 in dual matches this fall.

 

INDIVIDUAL STATE TOURNEY

Although the team portion of the season has concluded for the Cavaliers, Thomas Jefferson singles players Ding and Jeyaraj have qualified for the individual state tournament.

The individual state tournament for single and doubles begins on Friday in Springfield.

FOOTBALL: Latest Missouri Media rankings released

Posted on by Jason Peake

Listed below are this week’s Missouri Media high school football rankings, as compiled by a 10-member panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. 

Joplin is ranked fifth in Class 6, while Carthage is ranked first in Class 5. Webb City is ranked sixth in Class 5.

Nevada is ranked 10th in Class 4. 

Seneca and Lamar are ranked third and fourth, respectively, in Class 2.

 

MISSOURI MEDIA FOOTBALL RANKINGS
First-place votes in parenthesis.

CLASS 6
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Liberty North (9), 7-0, 99, 1
2. CBC (1), 6-1, 89, 2
3. Lee’s Summit North, 6-1, 77, 3
4. Nixa, 7-0, 75, 4
5. Joplin, 6-1, 57, 6
6. Troy, 5-2, 48, 7
7. Marquette, 6-1, 32, 8
8. DeSmet, 3-4, 22, 5
9. Raymore-Peculiar, 5-2, 18, 10
10. Rockhurst, 3-4, 11, NR
Dropped out: No. 9 Blue Springs South
Also receiving votes: Rock Bridge (6-1), 8; Blue Springs South (4-3), 7 Seckman (6-1), 4; Staley (5-2), 3

CLASS 5
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Carthage (9), 6-1, 99, 1
2. Francis Howell (1), 7-0, 91, 2
3. Lebanon, 7-0, 79, 3
4. Camdenton, 7-0, 63, 5
5. Holt, 6-1, 57, 6
6. Webb City, 4-3, 54, 4
7. MICDS, 6-1, 42, 7
8. Oak Park, 6-1, 29, 10
9. Eureka, 6-1, 17, 8
10. Jefferson City Helias, 5-2, 8, NR
Dropped out: No. 9 Timberland
Also receiving votes: Fort Osage (5-2), 4; Grain Valley (5-2), 3; North Kansas City (5-2), 3; Jackson (5-2), 1

CLASS 4
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. St. Mary’s (10), 6-1, 100, 1
2. Kearney, 7-0, 90, 2
3. Smithville, 6-1, 78, 3
4. Center, 7-0, 69, 4
5. Union, 7-0, 59, 5
6. Hillsboro, 7-0, 52, 6
7. Hannibal, 5-2, 41, 7
8. Rockwood Summit, 6-1, 31, 9
9. Vashon, 4-2, 12, NR
10. Nevada, 5-2, 11, 8
Dropped out: No. 10 West Plains
Also receiving votes: West Plains (4-3), 7

CLASS 3
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Cardinal Ritter (10), 7-0, 100, 1
2. Pleasant Hill, 7-0, 87, 2
3. Valle Catholic, 7-0, 83, 3
4. Lutheran North, 5-2, 69, 4
5. Lutheran St. Charles, 4-3, 53, 5
6. St. Pius X, 5-2, 44, T6
7. Savannah, 7-0, 37, 8
8. Maryville, 4-3, 29, T6
9. Kennett, 6-1, 23, 9
10. Park Hills Central, 6-1, 20, 10
Also receiving votes: Reeds Spring (5-2), 5

CLASS 2
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Blair Oaks (10), 7-0, 100, 1
2. Lafayette County, 7-0, 86, 2
3. Seneca, 7-0, 80, 3
4. Lamar, 6-1, 72, 4
5. Richmond, 6-1, 57, 5
6. Bowling Green, 7-0, 48, 6
7. MV-Liberty, 7-0, 34, 8
8. Macon, 7-0, 32, 7
9. Centralia, 6-1, 28, 9
10. Trenton, 7-0, 5, NR
Dropped out: No. 10 Lift for Life
Also receiving votes: New Madrid County Central (6-1), 4; Lift for Life (5-2), 3; Houston (7-0), 1

CLASS 1
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Monroe City (7), 7-0, 97, 1
2. East Buchanan (3), 6-1, 92, 2
3. Mid Buchanan, 7-0, 74, 3
4. Marionville, 7-0, 70, 4
5. Gallatin, 7-0, 63, 5
6. Lincoln, 6-1, 46, 6
7. Scott City, 6-1, 33, 7
8. Adrian, 6-1, 32, T8
9. St. Vincent, 6-1, 20, 10
10. Cole Camp, 6-1, 15, T8
Also receiving votes: Portageville (6-1), 8

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