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Day: March 28, 2023

BOYS GOLF: Nevada tops Lamar in home match

Posted on by Jason Peake

NEVADA, Mo. — Nevada’s boys golf team began the 2023 season on a positive note by defeating Lamar 197-223 in a dual on Monday at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course.

Nevada sophomore Preston Drake shot a 45 to earn medalist honors. Nevada freshman Peyton Wyant took second with a 46 and sophomore Wyatt Jenkins shot a 48 to finish third.

Rounding out Nevada’s team score was sophomore Hunter Gruenhagen with a 58. Also competing for Nevada was freshman Jethro Solidum (70).

“I was very pleased with how the boys got around the course,” Nevada coach Brian Leonard said. “This was the first outing for everyone on the team except Preston, so I’m sure there were several first contest butterflies going around. I wasn’t sure how the boys would score today, but I was very happy to see several of the scores in the upper 40s. I know with continued work on the short game, those scores can get down to the lower 40s if not in the upper 30s before the season is over. We really haven’t had too much time to work on the short game due to the unfavorable weather we’ve had over the last two weeks. It has really put a damper on some of the practice time on the actual course.  

“We will work on several of the swing flaws on Tuesday at practice, then we will continue to work and improve on the short game…chipping and putting on Wednesday,” Leonard added. “We need to reduce the number of putts and get the ball closer to the hole when we miss the green.”

Competing for Lamar were Koen Littlejohn (49), Rein Stephen (53), Cade Moore (59), Connor Kennedy (62) and Trey Shaw (65).

Nevada will host McDonald County and Butler for a triangular on Thursday.

BOYS TENNIS: Neosho begins ’23 season with two victories

Posted on by Jason Peake

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Neosho High School boys tennis team earned a pair of victories on Monday at the Perry Courts.

Neosho defeated Parkview 6-3 and Hillcrest 5-0.

In the match with Parkview, the Wildcats won five singles matches and one doubles contest.

At No. 1 singles, Parkview’s Iosif Musiyenko defeated Christian Williams 8-6.

Neosho’s Willis Jarvis defeated Ralph Johnson 8-2, Reid Snyder beat Joseph Woods 8-6, Peyton Williams topped Gavin Stevenson-Compton 8-2, Breckin McAffrey edged Christopher Rubio 8-6 and Noah Schade defeated Kirven Moon 9-7.

In doubles, Parkview’s Musieynko-Rubio edged Williams-Williams 9-7, while Johnson-Moon defeated Jarvis-Snyder 8-3.

At No. 3 doubles, Neosho’s McAffrey-Schade defeated Woods-Stevenson-Compton 9-7.

The dual with Hillcrest ended after the Wildcats reached five wins due to the fact the Hornets forfeited at No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles.

In doubles, Neosho’s Christian Williams-Willis Jarvis defeated Ting Juan and Luke Collier 8-1, while Snyder and Peyton Williams beat Eli Birman and Parker Elkin 8-1.

In singles, Neosho’s McAffrey defeated Chris Meyer 8-0.

Neosho (2-0) is at Monett on Tuesday.

TRACK & FIELD: College Heights Christian squads gain experience at Republic

Posted on by Jason Peake

REPUBLIC, Mo. — The College Heights Christian School track and field squads competed at the Republic Classic on Monday.

The College Heights girls finished fifth in the team standings, while the CHC boys were sixth. 

Host Republic won both team championships, with Fair Grove taking second in both divisions.

College Heights scored 63 points in the girls meet.

CHC’s Jesalin Bever was the runner-up in the 100 hurdles (18.19 seconds), Maddy Colin took second in the high jump (4-9.75), Jayli Johnson finished third in the 400 (1:06) and Lauren Ukena placed fourth in the 300 hurdles (54.7).

Marla Anderegg was fifth in the 800 (2:46) and seventh in the 1600 (6:17), while Bailey Peoples took fifth in the triple jump (28-11.75) and Colin was sixth in the discus (78-10).

The CHC girls finished second in the 4×200, second in the 4×400 and third in the 4×800. The 4×200 and 4×400 relays featured Bever, Amelia Hagale, Johnson and Ukena. The 4×800 consisted of Johnson, Anderegg, Hagale and Ukena.

Stockton’s Kylie Hunter won the 100 in 14 seconds flat and took first in the 400 in 1:04. She was the runner-up in the 200 (28.49).

Aurora’s Maisie Phillips won both hurdle races and teammate Makena Hall won the pole vault.

On the boys side, the Cougars compiled 46 points.

College Heights’ Caleb Quade took second in the high jump (6-0), Ethan Ukena was fourth in the triple jump (39-0) and Colsen Dickens finished fourth in the 400 (54.91).

Jace Edwards finished seventh in the 300 hurdles and eighth in the 3200, while Ian Edwards was eighth in both the 110 hurdles and the 300 hurdles.

College Heights’ 4×200 relay team of Dickens, Quade, Ukena and Logan Decker finished second in 1:37. 

The team of Ukena, Quade, Derrick McMillan and Dickens placed fourth in the 4×400, while Quade, Ian Edwards, Zach Beaty and Jace Edwards took fourth in the 4×800. 

The Cougars were fifth in the 4×100, with Dickens, Derek Bowman, Ukena and Decker competing.

Stockton’s Braden Postlewait won two events, the 800 in 2:07 and the 1600 with a time of 4:43.

Aurora’s Daunte Floyd won the 110 hurdles.

GIRLS SOCCER: Carl Junction rolls past McAuley Catholic

Posted on by Jason Peake

The Carl Junction Bulldogs scored three goals in the first half and six in the second to earn a commanding 9-1 win over the McAuley Catholic Warriors on Monday at the Hershewe Soccer Complex within the Joplin Athletic Complex.

The Bulldogs controlled possession for the vast majority of the match and consistently attacked the Warriors from the opening whistle until senior forward Hannah Franks’ second goal of the match closed it out with the eight-goal mercy rule in effect.

“We talked about finding some composure and figuring out if it’s a one-touch or two-touch in the box and checking our shoulder to see how much time we had,” Carl Junction coach Ed Miller said. “Truthfully, the other thing was their goalie in the first half wasn’t the same as the second half, and she did a really good job coming out and cutting down angles and stopping a lot of shots in the first half. We put the pressure on and wore them down. This was their first game, our second game early here in the season, and I think we’re deeper than they are and that helped us out.

“Our girls did a good job. They came out and played. It’s a mud pit so you never know what you’re going to get when you’ve got a wet, sloppy field. We played on grass for the first time, so it slowed things down a little bit. Proud of the girls’ effort as far as working hard and pressuring the ball, and we had a lot of opportunities. We did a good job passing the ball, so we’ve got to work on finishing when we get a chance in the box because we’re not going to get that many opportunities every game we play.”

Carl Junction freshman forward Ella Anderson, assisted by senior midfielder Allie Wrestler, opened the scoring with the first goal after the Bulldogs had several goal-scoring opportunities, including a goal by Anderson negated by an offside penalty.

The Warriors tied it up at 1 on one of their rare possessions in Carl Junction territory with senior forward Ava Masena’s penalty kick.

The Bulldogs led 3-1 at halftime following a goal by senior midfielder Jocelyn Brown (assisted by Franks) and a header by Franks off a corner kick by senior Constance Graham.

Taking advantage of the Warriors’ switch in goal for the second half, senior forward Sammie Sims netted back-to-back goals to put the Bulldogs ahead 5-1.

Wrestler, junior midfielder Hailey Merwin, Brown (penalty kick), and Franks then closed out the goal scoring.

Carl Junction improved to 2-0 on the season and the Bulldogs return home Tuesday for a match against Cassville.

McAuley Catholic dropped to 0-1 overall and the Warriors start a four-game road stretch of their schedule with Greenwood on Thursday.

BOYS GOLF: Templeman leads Carthage to victory in ’23 opener

Posted on by Jason Peake

Max Templeman earned medalist honors and led Carthage to a team victory in a boys golf quadrangular on Monday at Twin Hills Golf and Country Club.

In the opener of the 2023 season, Carthage had a four-person team score of 166, while Carl Junction had a 171, Joplin recorded a 172 and Webb City finished with a 177.

A senior, Templeman carded a 1-over-par 37 to take first place individually.  

Joplin junior Harry Satterlee and Carl Junction sophomore Jack Spencer both turned in identical scores of 38 and tied for second place honors. 

Carthage’s Britt Coy shot a 40, good for fourth place individually after Templeman, Satterlee and Spencer.

Carl Junction’s Tommy Walker carded 41 and finished in fifth place.

Joplin’s Hobbs Campbell, Webb City’s Braxten Cahoon and Carl Junction’s Jacob Teeter tied for sixth place with identical scores of 42.

All five of Carthage’s golfers shot 45 or under. Also competing for the Tigers were Owen Derryberry (44), Colson Brust (45) and Ben Nicholas (45). 

Also competing for the Bulldogs were Logan Lowry (50) and Zach Merwin (51).

Joplin’s Ian Surbrugg shot 45 and Dylan Bozarth turned in a 47. Also competing for the Eagles was Taylor McMillian (55).

Also competing for Webb City were Jackson Lucas (44), Cooper Forth (45), Carson Judd (46) and Levi Lassiter (46).

The same four teams will compete again on Tuesday at the Carthage Golf Course and again on Wednesday at Briarbrook.

BASEBALL ROUNDUP: McAuley defeats Verona; College Heights, McDonald County, Seneca suffer losses

Posted on by Lucas Davis

MCAULEY CATHOLIC 5, VERONA 4

McAuley Catholic broke a 3-all tie with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and held off Verona to earn a win on Monday.

With two outs and the bases loaded, Bradley Wagner singled to shortstop to score a pair of runs, giving McAuley (2-2) a 5-3 advantage.

Verona added a run in the fifth but would get no closer before the final out was made.

Rocco Bazzano-Joseph earned the win on the mound for McAuley after allowing four runs, three earned, on seven hits, a walk and 12 strikeouts in a complete-game effort of seven innings.

Westin Shrum took the loss after allowing five runs, one earned, on seven hits, three walks and six strikeouts in six innings.

Noah Black had a double and a triple, while scoring twice and driving in a run. Wagner finished with a game-high four RBI. Michael Parrigon scored twice, while Bazzano-Joseph and Joe Staton each had hits.

McAuley is Diamond on Friday.

 

CLEVER 3, COLLEGE HEIGHTS 2

CLEVER, Mo. — Clever took an early lead and held College Heights down for the remainder of the contest in a win over the Cougars on Monday.

College Heights (1-1) took the initial lead with a run scoring on an RBI groundout by Smoke Ezell in the top of the second before Clever (5-0) took control with a two-spot scoring in the bottom half of the inning. Clever added to the lead with a run in the top of the third inning. 

The Cougars struck again in the fourth with a run scoring when Austin Miller singled to center to plate Caleb Evans but that would be the last runner to touch the plate in the CHC loss.

Lane Mendenhall earned the win in relief after allowing one run on one hit, a walk and three strikeouts in two innings.

Ezell took the loss after allowing three runs, one earned, on seven hits and five strikeouts in six innings.

Miller had three hits and an RBI for CHC, while Kelton Welch had a hit in the loss.

College Heights hosts Exeter on Tuesday.

 

SHILOH CHRISTIAN 3, MCDONALD COUNTY 2

ANDERSON, Mo. — McDonald County had the tying run at third base in the bottom of the seventh, but the visiting Saints from Arkansas recorded the final out to secure the win.

McDonald County fell to 4-4 on the season.

The Mustangs scored a run in the first inning after singles from Cross Dowd and Tucker Walters and an error on the visitors.

Shiloh Christian pushed across two runs in the second on a solo home run from Jonas Nantze and an RBI double from Chandler Kemp.

McDonald County stranded the bases loaded in the fourth.

The Saints added an insurance run in the top of the sixth on Bowen Gillison’s RBI single.

Down 3-1, the Mustangs rallied in the bottom of the seventh.

With one out, Isaac Behm tripled and scored on Walters’ RBI double. Walters, the tying run, went to third on a wild pitch before Jack Parnell walked.

Shiloh Christian was able to induce a game-ending pop up to end the game.

The Mustangs out-hit the Saints 10-7.

Walters went 3-for-3, while Behm had two hits. 

Destyn Dowd started on the mound for the Mustangs. He allowed two runs on five hits and struck out three in five innings. Angel Ruiz tossed two scoreless innings. 

Shiloh Christian’s Maddox Welborn tossed four scoreless innings, striking out four and scattering six hits. Holden Wofford allowed one run on four hits in three innings for the Saints (7-5).

McDonald County hosts Joplin on Tuesday.

 

GRAVETTE 5, SENECA 3

SENECA, Mo. — Gravette rallied from an early deficit with a four-run second inning to beat Seneca on Monday.

The Indians scored three runs in the first inning highlighted by a two-run double from Kade Johnson that scored Lincoln Renfro and Conner Ackerson.

Gravette scored four runs in the top of the second with only one hit in the frame, which led things off, to take a 5-3 lead. Both teams traded zeros for the remaining five innings.

Renfro took the loss after allowing five runs, two earned, on three hits, three walks and three strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.

Johnson had three hits, including a double, two RBI and scored a run. Renfro doubled and scored a run, while Hagen Ginger also recorded a hit for Seneca.

Seneca hosts Reed Springs on Tuesday.

SOFTBALL: Middle innings kind to Diamond in win

Posted on by Lucas Davis

FORSYTH, Mo. — Diamond hung crooked numbers on the scoreboard in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings on the way to a 10-5 win over Forsyth on Monday.

The Wildcats took control with two runs in the second and three more in the third before Forsyth got on the scoreboard with two runs in the third. Diamond answered with a three-run fourth and two more runs scoring in the fifth to secure the momentum in the win.

Lauren Turner earned the win after allowing two unearned runs on two hits, three walks and seven strikeouts in three innings. Caitlin Suhrie allowed three unearned runs on two hits, four walks and six strikeouts in four innings.

Lindsey Essary took the loss after allowing 10 runs, seven earned, on 10 hits, three walks and two strikeouts in five innings.

Grace Frazier had three hits and scored a run for Diamond, while Talyn Daniels had three hits, four RBI and scored two runs. Turner had two hits, including a double, drove in one and scored one. Suhrie had two hits and scored two runs.

Diamond hosts Ash Grove on Tuesday.

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