Softball

North Callaway 9 Clopton 2 in Clarksville

Megan Schmidt struck out 14 and allowed two hits and two unearned runs in five innings in North Callaway's win at Eastern Missouri Conference foe Clopton (4-4, 0-2 EMO). Schmidt's first 13 outs recorded were via strikeout, and she has two straight games with 14 strikeouts in at least five innings after that hadn't happened before in North Callaway history. The Ladybirds (8-5, 4-0 EMO) had 11 hits and were led by Sophie Olsson, who finished 4-for-4 with one RBI. Addison Bedsworth went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Kymorie Myers went 2-for-4 to extend her hitting streak to 13 games.

North Callaway hosts conference foe Elsberry (8-2, 4-0 EMO) at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Slater 4 Community R-6 2 in eight innings in Laddonia

Community R-6 (5-10, 1-3 CAC) lost its second straight game and second consecutive within the Central Activities Conference on Tuesday against Slater (2-5, 1-3 CAC). The Lady Trojans equaled Slater with seven hits and went to extra innings tied at 2. Jocelyn Curtis hit the game-tying double in the seventh inning, which also included an extra Lady Trojan runner trying to score. Slater benefitted from an error and wild pitch to take the lead in the eighth.

Peyton Schafer went 2-for-4 with one RBI and one double, Kaytlynn Arens went 2-for-4, and Curtis pitched eight innings with nine strikeouts, seven hits and two earned runs.

Community plays at Westran (6-6) at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Elsberry 10 Van-Far 2 in Vandalia

After losing a 3-2 game at Monroe City the night before, Van-Far (2-9, 1-2 EMO) lost 10-2 to Eastern Missouri Conference foe Elsberry (8-2, 4-0 EMO). Elsberry took a 4-0 lead after the first inning, which began with a triple and contained four hit by pitches and walks. 

Elliott Utterback had one RBI, Kylee Gibson had a hit, and Ashlynn Grammer had one hit and pitched five innings with four earned runs (six total), five hits, two strikeouts and one walk.

Van-Far plays at conference foe Mark Twain (3-8, 0-3 EMO) at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Paris 2 Salisbury 1 in Paris

Paris (10-0, 3-0 L&C) is still undefeated after beating Lewis and Clark Conference foe Salisbury (3-5, 0-1 L&C) in a pitcher's duel where Ava Crain was the victor. Crain went seven innings with six strikeouts, five hits and one unearned run. Reese Sutton finished 2-for-3, and Emma Ashenfelter and Raygen Crum each had one RBI.

Quynn Fischer struck out six and allowed two runs on nine hits in six innings for Salisbury.

Paris plays in the North Shelby Tournament on Saturday.

Boys soccer

Kirksville 7 Mexico 0 in Mexico

Mexico (3-3, 0-3 NCMC) trailed Kirksville (5-2, 3-1 NCMC) 2-0 at halftime and then lost to its third North Central Missouri Conference opponent and second district opponent this season.

Mexico plays at conference and district foe Moberly (3-4, 0-1 NCMC).

Volleyball

Centralia 3 Wright City 1 (12-25, 25-19, 25-12, 25-23) in Wright City

Centralia (1-6) picked up its first win of the season against previously undefeated Wright City (5-1)

Girls golf

Centralia 6th out of 20 teams at Westran Tournament at Heritage Hills in Moberly

Centralia had a team score of 446, and Emerson Eckler and Kyla Spickert shot a 91 and 95, respectively, to make the all-tournament team in third and fourth (tie) place.