Girls tennis

Mexico earns five all-conference players

Mexico girls tennis had several standout performances on Tuesday.

Some were even considered all-conference worthy as five earned honors at the North Central Missouri Conference tournament in Fulton.

"I was pleased with the effort from our girls throughout the tournament," head coach Kim Costley said. "It is sometimes hard to stay locked in for an entire day, but we knew the assignment."

Claire Hudson was first place at No. 3 singles after wins of 8-0 and 8-1 over Hannibal's Addison Sutton and Moberly's Lauryn Snodgrass, and Jyllian Whitworth continued her return from injury with a third place at No. 1 singles following an 8-2 win over Fulton's Marwa Sherzad, a 8-4 loss to Hannibal's  Abrielle Krigbaum and a tight 7-6 (7-1) loss to Moberly's Hadley Clevinger.

"Jyllian Whitworth continues to defeat all odds with a broken wrist, finishing third in the conference at No. 1 and earning all-conference honors," Costley said. "Claire Hudson dominated her bracket and is a four-time all-conference winner."

Lucy Gleeson was fourth place at No. 2 singles after beating Fulton's Ina Dawson 8-6 and losing 8-2 to Hannibal's Kasey DeStefane and 6-2 to Moberly's  Snodgrass. Marali Herrera and Bailey Christianson were first place at No. 1 doubles after an 8-3 win over Marshall's Rubio and Dickson and an 8-2 victory over Moberly's Gibbs and Owens.

"Lucy Gleeson earned all-conference for the third time and Marali Herrera and Bailey Christianson finished first in their doubles bracket and earned all-conference honors," Costley said. "They recently became doubles partners. These two young ladies continue to get better and focus on key skills in practice."

Mexico was fourth in the team standings at 29 points, and Hannibal won with 46 points.

Softball

Community  R-6 doubles up Louisiana 10-5 in home finale

In the last time Community R-6 took its home field this regular season, the Lady Trojans won.

Community (18-10) defeated Louisiana (12-8) 10-5 thanks largely to a six-run fourth inning. Myla Carroll and Aaliay Welch each led with two RBI, Peyton Schafer finished 2-for-4 with one RBI and Chloe Johnson had one RBI.

A day after pitching seven innings against state-ranked Montgomery County, Jocelyn Curtis went seven and allowed two earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four.

Community plays at Marion County (5-10) at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Centralia one-hits Monroe City in 12-0 conference win

Centralia showed appreciation for its fans through Fan Appreciation Night on Tuesday but also through a dominant win.

The Class 3 No. 1 Lady Panthers (22-3) defeated Clarence Cannon Conference foe Monroe City (14-6, 3-3 CCC) 12-0 in five innings. Jaylynn Brown struck out nine and allowed one walk in five innings.

Madi Johnson hit her third home run in two games, finishing 2-for-2 with two RBI and two runs. Cora King went 2-for-3 with two doubles and one RBI, Bailey Schuering had a double and one RBI, and four other Lady Panthers finished with one RBI.

The Lady Panthers stay undefeated in the conference at 5-0 and have outscored those opponents 50-4.

Centralia hosts conference foe Palmyra (3-22, 1-4 CCC) at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Paris shuts out Canton 5-0 in home finale

In the final home regular season game this season, Paris defeated another district opponent.

The Lady Coyotes (18-6) improved their record against district opponents to 7-2 after winning 5-0 against Canton (10-13). Senior Kennedy Ashenfelter allowed two hits while striking out five in seven innings.

Emma Ashenfelter went 2-for-3 with two doubles and one RBI, senior Wendi Sutherland had two RBI, and Knightlee Mitten and Gretchen Crusha each had one RBI.

Paris plays its regular season finale at 5 p.m. Thurday at Sturgeon (2-13).

Van-Far one-hit by Wright City in 10-0 loss

Van-Far didn't have much going offensively on Tuesday night.

The Lady Indians (3-17, 1-8 EMO) lost 10-0 to Eastern Missouri Conference foe Wright City (9-16, 2-6 EMO) at home after finishing with only one hit. Elliott Utterback had their only hit on a two-out single in the fourth inning.

Van-Far struck out 10 times. Taelyn Ward allowed three earned runs on 12 hits and struck out five in six innings for the Lady Indians.

Van-Far hosts Hermann (11-9) at 5 p.m. tonight in the third game of four in four days and second of three home games in three days.

Cross country

Wright earns first medal for Community R-6 in Hermann

Layton Wright earned a career first at the Hermann Invitational on Tuesday.

Wright finished 12th out of 60 runners with a time of 21:18.11 to earn the first medal of his career. For the girls, Gabby Knipfel ran a personal-best time of 29:50.21.

Boys soccer

Missouri Military Academy loses 3-1 at Sunnydale

Missouri Militaty Academy contiinued its struggles against Sunnydale Adventist Academy (2-1) on Tuesday.

The Class 1 No. 2 Colonels (8-4) lost 3-1 at the Centralia school, losing for the third straight time. Alex McBride scored a goal, and Gihana Favour Nziza had to make 14 saves. McBride and Emilio Perez each finished with four steals.

MMA hosts district foe Canton (0-8) at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Volleyball

Centralia earns second straight sweep

For the second straight match, Centralia didn't lose a set.

The Lady Panthers (8-15) won in three sets (25-23, 25-23, 25-14) against Montgomery County (2-15) on Tuesday at home following a straight-set victory over Mexico the previous day at home. 

Centralia hosts Bowling Green (6-11-1) at 6:30 p.m.  Monday.

North Callaway loses match at home following sweep

After the team's third three-set sweep of the season, North Callaway had a harder time at home Tuesday against Linn.

The Ladybirds (7-10-2) lost in four sets (26-24, 18-25, 20-25 and 15-25) to Linn (12-6-2). The previous night, they defeated Brookfield 25-6, 25-12 and 25-9 for North Callaway's first three-set sweep since its second match this season on Sept. 5.

North Callaway plays at Wright City (3-17-1) at 6:30 p.m. tonight.