ROGERSVILLE, Mo. — Joplin went on the road for a Saturday twinbill and lost 10-0 to Rogersville in the opener and fell 13-6 against Marshfield in the second game.
ROGERSVILLE 10, JOPLIN 0 (6 INNINGS)
Rogersville scored in every inning, including two in the first, three in the third and two in the sixth inning, while limiting Joplin to one hit on the way to the six-inning win.
Brody McNeil earned the win after allowing one hit and three walks along with 12 strikeouts in five innings.
Alex Isbell took the loss after allowing six runs, four earned, on two hits, six walks and four strikeouts in two innings.
Brady Buckman had three hits, while Zach Higdon tripled on the way to two hits and four RBI for Rogersville.
MARSHFIELD 13, JOPLIN 6
Marshfield scored four in the first inning to build a cushion and used a sixth-run seventh inning to seal the win against the Eagles in the second half of the doubleheader.
Marshfield used five walks and an RBI single from Henry Berkstresser in the top of the first inning and added an unearned run on an error in the second for 5-0 lead after two innings.
Marshfield eventually stretched the lead to 6-0 before Joplin scored a run on an error in the fifth, with Landon Maples picking up an RBI single in the sixth inning, which saw another run come home in the frame on a balk.
Marshfield had two singles, two walks to score the first run in the seventh before Jackson Rovig hit a three-run triple to right field. Wyatt Brockman had an RBI single later in the inning before the final run came home on a groundout.
Carson Adams earned the win after allowing three runs, two earned on six hits, two walks and five strikeouts in six innings.
Brady Mails took the loss after allowing six runs on five hits, two walks and a strikeout in two innings.
Maples had three hits at the plate to go along with an RBI and a run scored to lead Joplin. Jackson Queen had two hits and an RBI, while Byler Reither had a hit, scored twice and drove in a run. Mails had a hit and scored twice.
Rovig doubled and tripled, while finishing with three RBI and three runs scored for Marshfield.
CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — The Nevada Tigers scored early and often during their 11-1 run-rule win in five innings against the host Carl Junction Bulldogs on Saturday morning.
Nevada scored one run in the first, three in the third, five in the fourth, and two in the fifth to close out the scoring and set up the run-rule scenario after the Bulldogs scored their lone run in the fourth.
University of Nebraska baseball commit and Nevada senior Case Sanderson pitched three shutout innings and collected three hits, including an RBI double, and three runs scored.
The Tigers received contributions from every player in their lineup Saturday.
“I think all nine guys made a lot of contributions today,” Nevada coach Danny Penn said. “Case Sanderson, our three hole, had a couple real loud swings, but everyone contributed whether it was a hit bringing in runs or getting on base with a walk. Just a balanced performance offensively today.”
Offensive highlights for the Tigers included Barrett Nadurata’s double in the second, Graham Walker’s two-run single in the third, Caden Klumpp’s two-run single in the fourth and Kennedy D’Elia’s RBI single in the fifth.
The Tigers collected a dozen hits, worked seven walks against four different Carl Junction pitchers, reached twice on errors and once on a hit batter, and left seven runners behind.
“Yeah, it was a tight (strike) zone,” Penn said. “It was tight both ways so that was something that we talked with our guys about and they did a nice job early in the count laying off those pitches and either getting into a more favorable count or a walk.
“On the flip side, it did hurt Case a little bit because those pitches that are right there on the black, he was not getting those calls today so that elevated his pitch count a little bit, but I thought he did a nice job of adjusting to the strike zone and pitching to contact.”
Two days earlier, Nevada jumped out to a 6-0 lead at home against Central Ozark Conference school Carthage.
Carthage scored four runs in the fourth and two in the sixth for a tie score, but Nevada walked it off with a 7-6 win.
On Saturday, though, Nevada scored at least one run in four of the five innings and responded much sooner after Carl Junction broke on through for that first run.
“That’s something I talked with the guys about after the game,” Penn said. “Our showing today was much more representative of the team that I think we can be. We scored runs early and we kept adding. We got out to a 4-0 lead and where Thursday we stopped scoring runs and our approach changed, today we kept the same approach and put up a five-spot there in the fourth inning for a 9-0 lead. We just kept going from there.”
Nevada improved to 5-2 overall this season, including 3-1 for the week with three straight wins headed into the Smith-Cotton Tournament starting Wednesday with games against Warrensburg and Battle, and the Tigers won consecutive games against COC schools Carthage and Carl Junction.
“Early in the season, we’re playing some bigger schools,” Penn said. “We’re playing those schools that are in tough conferences to see how we stack up. We’ve had some success and got off to a good start to the season, but we’ve got to be able to make sure that we recognize those areas where we can still improve and continue growing as players so that we don’t peak too early in the season, and we keep getting better as the season progresses.”
Carl Junction received two hits from Lucas Vanlanduit and one each from Arlen Wakefield, Cody Hollingsworth, and Logan Eck, the first three hitters in the Carl Junction order.
Bentley Rowden led off the Carl Junction fourth with a walk and courtesy runner Grady Goddard scored the Bulldogs’ lone run on Vanlanduit’s RBI triple.
Wakefield beat out a covering Sanderson to the bag for an infield single in the first, but Sanderson picked off Wakefield at first.
Eck then hit a two-out single in the first, but Sanderson induced a Rowden groundout to first baseman D’Elia to retire the side.
Vanlanduit singled to left in the second, following Nevada left fielder Riddick Shook’s diving catch on a Drew Massey ball roped near the line.
Hollingsworth singled in the fifth.
Nevada scored eight runs (six earned) against starter Eck, one against Jacob Ford who struggled to find the zone and walked all four batters during his relief appearance in the fourth, and two against Massey. Only third pitcher of the day Mekhi McGarry avoided a dent to his ERA.
Carl Junction dropped to 2-5 overall entering Thursday’s conference opener on the road against Joplin.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Webb City earned a pair of wins on Saturday at the Springfield Red and Blue Tournament.
Webb City defeated Republic 13-7 and the Cardinals followed that up with a 13-2 win over Benton.
The Cardinals are now 6-4 on the season.
In Saturday’s opener, the Cardinals scored eight unanswered runs en route to the win over the Tigers.
Down 6-5 after the top of the third, the Cardinals scored three runs in the third, one run in both the fourth and fifth and three more in the sixth.
Republic got a run back in the seventh for the final margin.
Five Cardinals recorded two hits in the game—Cy Darnell, Shaun Hunt, Drew Vonder Haar, Kenley Hood and Gage Chapman.
Hunt doubled and homered. Hunt, Sam Weller and Chapman drove in two runs apiece.
Landon Fletcher earned the pitching victory after going five innings. He allowed four earned runs, walked none and struck out five.
Brett Korth tossed two innings, striking out four and allowing one run.
Webb City used a pair of big innings to earn the win over Benton—a seven-run third and a four-run sixth. The game ended after the sixth inning due to the run-rule.
Kaylor Darnell went 2-for-4 with two home runs, three RBI and two runs scored. Chapman and Hunt also homered in the win.
William Hayes went 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBI, while Chapman went 2-for-4 with three RBI.
Cy Darnell drove in two runs on two hits, including a double. Hood had two hits and scored twice.
Vonder Haar was the winning pitcher. He went four innings, allowing no runs on two hits and a walk while striking out three.
Hunter Shull pitched two innings, striking out two and giving up two runs on six hits.
Webb City hosts McDonald County at 4:30 on Tuesday.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Liberty scored five runs in the first two innings and defeated Webb City 5-1 on the opening day of the Springfield Red and Blue Tournament at Central High School on Friday.
The Bluejays used an RBI single from Dane Moberly and a two-run single from Jack Questchenbach to take a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Liberty added a run on a single from Nathan Spengler and an RBI on a groundout by Moberly in the second to a 5-0 advantage.
Kenley Hood drove in Webb City’s only run of the game with the Cardinals’ only hit, an RBI single to center to score Sam Weller in the top of the fourth.
Somon Linde earned the win after allowing one run on one hit, a walk and five strikeouts in a complete-game effort.
Walker Sweet took the loss after allowing five runs, four earned, on four hits, four walks and three strikeouts in three innings.
Webb City (4-4) continues action in the Red and Blue Tournament, playing Republic and Benton on Saturday.
The Diamond Wildcats pieced together eight runs with a little timely hitting and lots of aggressive baserunning and received an absolute gem from senior pitcher Jacob Atkinson during an 8-1 win over the McAuley Catholic Warriors on Friday at Wendell Redden Stadium within the Joplin Athletic Complex.
McAuley Catholic opened the scoring with one run in the first, then Diamond scored eight unanswered with one in the second, four in the third, one in the fifth and two in the sixth.
Atkinson surrendered a RBI single to Noah Black in the first, then he allowed no more hits the final six innings and in fact retired the Warriors in order five of the final six innings.
“We were really aggressive today,” Diamond coach Dayton Shaw said. “We’ve been wanting to run and today was the first day that we’ve been really aggressive. We hit and run probably 10 times. That helps keep us out of double plays and gets guys in scoring position. “Yeah, it all started with him (Atkinson) today. He kinda struggled this year. We talked today about just going right at people and not being so cute with off-speed pitches. Pound the zone with fastballs and you get ahead and you can try off-speed. With that different approach, he had his best outing of the year so far today by far.”
McAuley Catholic’s Rocco Bazzano-Joseph worked a walk in the first, stole second, and scored on Black’s two-out hit to left. Atkinson cut off left fielder Peyton Marbough’s throw and threw out Black at second to retire the side.
Grady Bentley led off the Diamond second with a walk, stole second, and scored on an Austin Girdner RBI double. The Warriors kept a tie score by throwing out Girdner at home on a grounder to third baseman Chase Gardner, who delivered a strike to catcher Bradley Wagner.
Atkinson led off the four-run Diamond third with an infield single, the Wildcats’ only hit of an inning during which the Warriors committed all three of their errors. The Wildcats arguably showed their most aggressiveness on the bases in the third with three stolen bases, extra bases taken from errors, and one run scored on a wild pitch.
Brayden Clement and Girdner each finished with two RBI for the Wildcats and Bentley scored two runs on a day when the Wildcats racked up 13 stolen bases against the Warriors. Bentley had three steals, Clement, Matt Navarro and Thomas Gow two each, and Girdner, Marbough, Ty Stokes, and Daniel Weiss one each.
Atkinson allowed one run (earned) on one hit with seven strikeouts and two walks over seven innings. Atkinson finished with 87 pitches, 57 of them for strikes, while three McAuley Catholic pitchers combined to walk six Diamond batters.
Black had McAuley Catholic’s lone hit and lone RBI, while Bazzano-Joseph and Gardner worked the walks against Atkinson.
Diamond improved to 2-7 overall and the Wildcats’ 8-1 win Friday ended a four-game losing streak. The Wildcats are back in action Monday with their Southwest Conference opener against Pierce City.
McAuley Catholic dropped to 2-3 overall, meanwhile, and the Warriors have a home Ozark 7 Conference game Monday against Wheaton.
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Joplin’s boys and Carthage’s girls captured the team championships at the 39th Carthage Track and Field Invitational on Friday at David Haffner Stadium.
Joplin’s boys won six events and finished with 177 points. Webb City (98), Willard (79) and Carthage (72.5) finished second, third and fourth. There were 14 teams in attendance.
Carthage’s girls compiled 100 points to take the team crown. Riverton (91), Joplin (89) and Webb City (85.27) were the second, third and fourth place teams. There were 15 girls teams competing.
The meet began on Thursday, was postponed due to the weather and was finished up on Friday.
JOPLIN HIGHLIGHTS
Joplin’s Tayshaun Palmer is pictured at the start of the 4×200 relay. The Eagles won the team championship at the meet. Photo by Darris Strickland.
In addition to winning six events, the Eagles were second in five events, third in five events and fourth in four others. With that, the Eagles had 20 top-four finishes.
Joplin senior standout Hobbs Campbell won two events. A future Kansas Jayhawk, Campbell won the 800 in 1:58 and the 1600 in 4:29.
Joplin sophomore sprinter Noah Soriano won two events, the 100-meter dash in 11.47 seconds and the 200 in 23.1 seconds. Soriano also finished fifth in two other events, the long jump and pole vault.
JHS senior Orion Norris crossed the line first in the 400 in 54.23 seconds and took third in the 200, while sophomore Avarus Kuhn-Wofford won the 300 hurdles in 43.2 seconds.
Joplin’s boys were second in all four relays.
The team of Tayshaun Palmer, Fredy Cerrato-Martinez, Norris and Davin Thomas took second in the 4×100, while the team of Palmer, Norris, Aidan Sampson and Thomas finished second in the 4×200.
The Eagles were also second in the 4×800 relay, with Ian Horton, Grey Edwards, Chance Tindall and Parker Durham competing. The 4×400 featuring Cerrato-Martinez, Jamohn Smith, Kuhn-Wofford and Campbell also took second.
In the field events, Dontrell Holt placed third in the shot put, while Drew and Draven VanGilder finished third and fourth, respectively, in the javelin, while Cordell Washington was third in the high jump and Neil Barstow placed third in the discus.
The Eagles showed off their depth on the track, as Horton was the runner-up in the 3200, Thomas took fourth in the 100 and sixth in the 200, Aiden Scourten took fourth in the 400, Tindall was fourth in the 3200, Edwards finished sixth in the 800 and Washington was seventh in the 300 hurdles.
Joplin’s girls won the 4×200 relay in 1:48, with Phia Vogel, Abigail Eckert, Abigayle Lowery and Brylee Strickland competing.
A freshman, Strickland won the 400 with a time of 1:02. She was also the runner-up in both the 100 and 200.
Also for the JHS girls, Allie Keizer finished third in the 800 and fourth in the 1600, Annabelle Rutledge took third in the 3200 and Kirsten Thom was fourth in the 300 hurdles.
Joplin’s Maria Loum placed fourth in the pole vault, Aubrey Strickland took fifth in the 100 hurdles and seventh in the 300 hurdles, Lowery finished fifth in the 200, Mairi Beranek took fifth in the 3200 and Claire Jasper finished seventh in the shot put.
The JHS girls finished third in the 4×400 and were sixth in the 4×100.
CARTHAGE HIGHLIGHTS
Carthage’s Katy Witherspoon hands off the baton to Maggie Boyd during the 4×800 relay. The Tigers took first place in the event and also won the meet. Photo by Jason Peake.
Carthage’s girls won three events, including two relays. The Tigers were second in three events and took fourth in five other events for 11 top-four finishes.
The invite hosts won the 4×800 relay in 11:12, with Lauren Choate, Grace Brown, Katy Witherspoon and Maggie Boyd competing.
Carthage’s 4×400 relay team of Aven Willis, Evelyn Carrol, Boyd and Lexa Youngblood took first in 4:25.
The team of Ashlyn Brust, Youngblood, Willis and Joey Hettinger finished fourth in the 4×100 relay, while the Tigers were fifth in the 4×200, with Willis, Ashleigh Rowden, Brust and Ada Roughton competing.
Carthage’s Karlie Nichols won the discus and took fourth in the shot put, while Hettinger took second in the high jump and Lilly Holmes was the runner-up in the shot put.
Youngblood took second in the 400 and also placed fourth in the 100, Witherspoon was fourth in the 3200, Boyd finished fourth in the 800, Roughton was fourth in the triple jump, Jaidyn Brunnert was seventh in the 100 hurdles, Willis was seventh in the 200 and Hettinger was seventh in the long jump.
Carthage’s boys won the 4×400 relay in 3:35, with Braxton McBride, Miguel Solano, Daryl Martin and Joseph Childs competing.
Martin and Trenton Yates placed second and third in the 110 hurdles. Martin was also the runner-up in the 300 hurdles. Solano took second in the 800 and was fourth in the 1600.
Micah Lindsey finished fourth in the shot put and the discus, with Neil Barstow seventh in the same event. Caleb Fewin placed sixth in the 3200 and Yates tied for seventh in the high jump.
The CHS boys finished fifth in the 4×100 relay.
WEBB CITY HIGHLIGHTS
Webb City’s boys won four events.
Webb City senior Abi Street won two events at the Carthage Invitational, the 1600 and the 3200. Photo by Darris Strickland.
Justin Allen and Grayson Smith finished first and second in the pole vault, with Jadon Brisco fourth in the same event.
Trey Roets won the javelin, while Evan Stevens took first in the 3200 and was also third in the 1600.
Webb City’s 4×100 relay featuring Jordan Thornburg, William Headrick, Joseph DeGraffenreid and Breckin Galardo took first in 44.44 seconds.
Also for the Cardinals, Mason Hedger placed third in the 3200, Noah Moss finished fourth in the 110 hurdles and fifth in the 300 hurdles, while DeGraffenreid took fourth in the high jump, Gabe Johnson was fifth in the 100 and Joshua White was seventh in the 200.
The Cardinals were fourth in the 4×400.
For the Webb City girls, senior standout distance runner Abi Street won a pair of events, the 1600 with a time of 5:36 and the 3200 in 11:53.
Dawsyn Decker won the javelin and was fifth in the shot put, while Brooke Hedger took second in the 800 and was sixth in the 1600 and Emily Countryman was the runner-up in the 3200.
Also, Essence Robinson took second in the long jump and finished third in the 400, Chase Stilley placed fourth in the 200 and Bryleigh Webb was sixth in the javelin.
Carl Junction’s Sydney Ward wins the 100-meter dash on Thursday at the Carthage Invitational. Also pictured is Joplin’s Brylee Strickland, who took second. Photo by Darris Strickland.
CARL JUNCTION HIGHLIGHTS
Carl Junction sophomore sprinter Sydney Ward won two events, the 100-meter dash in 12.64 seconds and the 200 in 26.35.
Madilyn Olds was the runner-up in the javelin, Brooke Jasperson and Acadia Badgley were second and third in the pole vault and Sloan Uebinger placed third in the 100 hurdles.
Carl Junction’s 4×100 relay took third and featured Olivia Battagler, Mya Thomure, Hannah Cantrell and Ward. The team of Battagler, Zoie Weibel, Mya Thomure and Ward finished fourth in the 4×200.
Carl Junction’s boys were seventh in the 4×100, with Colton Talken, Ryder Pyles, Dexter Merrell and Jaxton Wobken competing.
NEOSHO HIGHLIGHTS
Neosho senior Jared Siler won the high jump and the long jump. In fact, Siler and teammate Isaiah Green finished first and second in the long jump, and Siler and Green were also second and third in the triple jump.
Tyrese Hill was the runner-up in the 100. Carter Baslee finished fifth in the discus and Cade Camerer tied for seventh in the high jump.
For the Neosho girls, Riley Kemna and Chloe Wood finished third and fifth, respectively, in the 1600, Jazmyn Washington was third in the high jump, Kaylee Schibi finished fourth in the discus and Kailyn Daniels placed sixth in the pole vault.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Monett’s Konner Poynter won the 110 hurdles and Lamar’s Tyson Williams won the discus.
East Newton’s Chase Sorrell was the runner-up in the 1600.
McDonald County’s Joshua Pacheco took third in the 100, while Andrew Moritz finished sixth in the javelin.
The Mustangs were fifth in both the 4×800 (Hunter Leach, Dalton McClain, Devon Hickman and Tyler Rothrock) and the 4×200 (Dominic Cervantes, Aidrian Short, McClain, Esteban Martinez-Olvera).
McDonald County’s girls finished third in the 4×800 relay, with Clara Horton, Madison Burton, Kate Cheney and Anna Price running. Mac County’s Anissa Ramirez took fifth in the girls javelin.
RECOGNITION
Carthage took a moment at the meet to recognize Roger Kirby on 40 years of officiating track meets in Carthage.
Carthage Invitational
Boys team scores: Joplin 177, Webb City 98, Willard 79, Carthage 72.5, Lamar 68, Neosho 62.5, Marshfield 47, Nevada 25, Grove 25, Riverton 20, McDonald County 19, East Newton 16, Monett 13, Carl Junction 8.
Girls team scores: Carthage 100, Riverton 91, Joplin 89, Webb City 85.27, Marshfield 80.53, Carl Junction 64, Willard 49, Grove 46, Lamar 31, Neosho 29, Nevada 14.54, McDonald County 11.54, Pittsburg 11.27, Monett 8.81, East Newton 1.
Above and below, runners compete in the 4×800 relay on Thursday at the Carthage Invitational. Photo by Jason Peake.
The Carthage Invitational track meet was held Thursday and Friday at David Haffner Stadium. Pictured above is the girls 100-meter dash, which was won by Carl Junction’s Sydney Ward. Carthage’s Lexa Youngblood (far left) finished fifth, while Joplin’s Brylee Strickland (second from left) took second and Joplin’s Abigayle Lowery (far right) took eighth. Photo by Jason Peake.
Carl Junction’s Sloan Uebinger finished third in the 100 hurdles. Photo by Darris Strickland.
Joplin’s boys track team won the Carthage Invitational. The Eagles are pictured above competing in the 4×800 relay.
GALENA, Kan. — Athletes from College Heights Christian, McAuley Catholic, Thomas Jefferson and Seneca competed at the Galena Bulldog Relays on Thursday.
The meet was cut short due to Thursday night’s weather. There were nine events that were not completed.
College Heights’ boys won the team crown with 47 points, while Miami was second with 46 and Thomas Jefferson took third with 39 points.
The College Heights girls finished third in the standings with 42.2 points. The top two girls teams were Neodesha (58.5) and Frontenac (43).
COLLEGE HEIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS
College Heights Christian’s boys 4×800 relay team of Zach Beaty, Steven Calandro, Ian Edwards and Jace Edwards took second.
CHC’s Caleb Quade was the runner-up in the high jump, while Logan Decker took second in the long jump, Ethan Ukena placed second in the triple jump, Derek Bowman was fourth in the triple jump and fifth in the long jump, Colton McMillan finished fifth in the 3200 and Calandro was fifth in the 110 hurdles.
The CHC boys were fifth in the 4×100 relay.
For the College Heights girls, Jesi Bever won the 100 hurdles in 18.69 seconds, while Jayli Johnson was the runner-up in both the 100-meter dash and the 400, Maddy Colin placed third in the high jump and Marla Anderegg took third in the 1600.
The CHC girls finished fourth in the 4×100, with Bever, Colin, Amelia Hagale and Johnson competing.
THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGHLIGHTS
Thomas Jefferson senior Kip Atteberry won two events, the 3200 in 10:42 and the 1600 in 4:54.
Also for the Cavaliers, Tyler Brouhard finished second in the 100-meter dash, Sheraz Anis took third in the 110 hurdles, Braden Honeywell-Lynch was fifth in the 1600 and Jay Ball placed fifth in the discus.
For the TJ girls, Avery Hocker was the runner-up in the triple jump, Macie Shifferd finished third in the 3200, Nico Carlson finished fourth in the high jump, and Lannah Grigg placed fifth in the discus.
MCAULEY CATHOLIC HIGHLIGHTS
McAuley’s boys finished fourth in the 4×800, with Michael Parrigon, Connor Taffner, Alex Bohachick and Joe Staton competing.
Also for the Warriors, Parrigon was fourth in the 1600, Trae Veer finished fourth in the 3200 and took fifth in the triple jump, Joe Staton was fifth in the pole vault and Jack Jones was fifth in the high jump.
For the McAuley girls, Kendall Ramsey finished second in two events, the 1600 and the 3200.
SENECA HIGHLIGHTS
Seneca’s boys 4×100 relay team of Morgan Vaughn, Brodie Probert, Jackson Marrs and Blake Hurn finished second. Grant Landers was third in the triple jump and Hurn was fifth in the 100.
For the Seneca girls, Cambry Long won the triple jump (31-2.25) and Isabella Renfro took fourth in the shot put.
DIAMOND HIGHLIGHTS
Diamond’s Zachary Roughton won the 110 hurdles in 16.86 seconds.
For the Diamond girls, Aspen Daniel took fourth in the 100 hurdles.
