Knights win own tourney, MAC splits a pair
By DONN ADAMSON\Daily Journal Sports Editor
Apr 04, 2006 - 11:41:48 CDT
FARMINGTON - The Farmington Knights tennis team had a successful day on Saturday with a first-place finish in their own six-team tournament. The Knights outdistanced the field scoring 29 points as a team with Poplar Bluff coming in second at 16.
There was a greater battle for second-place with Dexter placing third at 14 points and Sikeston finishing fourth at 13. Potosi placed fifth with four points, and St. Pius was unable to score any points as a team.
The players from each team were placed in six different rankings for singles play. The Knights placed first in four of the six ranks.
Malay Bhatt of Poplar Bluff defeated Justin Arnold of Farmington, 6-0, 6-3 for first place in Rank 1. John Haguewood of Potosi took third and Chris Matthews came in fourth.
Farmington's Brad Green beat Ben Nunnery of Poplar Bluff 6-4, 6-0 in the Rank 2 title game, and Logan Hampton of Sikeston beat Wil Norveil of Potosi for third place.
Rank 3 saw Simon Hildebrandt of Farmington win 6-2, 6-1 over Paul Mahan of Dexter for first place with Nathan Payne of Potosi downing Clayton Matthews of Sikeston for third place.
Rank 4 was won by Jordan Villmer of Farmington, 7-5, 0-6, 6-2 over Sam Zhao of Sikeston, and Eric Fuemmeler of Farmington placed first in Rank 5 with a pair of 6-0 sets over Dustin Potter of Dexter. Dexter's Stewart Barney was the winner of Rank 6 with Farmington's Colton Reynolds coming in third.
BASEBALL
Mineral Area 6, Three Rivers 2
Three Rivers 5, Mineral Area 4 (8 inn.)
POPLAR BLUFF - The Mineral Area Cardinals split a doubleheader with the Three Rivers Raiders on Saturday, winning the first 6-2 and dropping the second in overtime 5-4.
Michael Hardin picked up the win for the Cardinals, throwing all seven innings and giving up only two runs on six hits and three walks.
Tony Spencer had a big game at the plate and was involved in every inning of scoring by the Cardinals. Spencer scored MAC's first run with a lead-off single that was rewarded with an RBI single by Sean Bard in the first inning. Spencer drove in Seth Kimrey in the second inning with a double.
The Cardinals exploded in the fifth inning to virtually put the game away. Spencer was hit by a pitch to start things rolling. Mineral Area had RBI singles by Brandon Crook, Kimrey and Aaron Miller in the inning.
The Cardinals had to fight back in the second game to get a chance at sweeping the doubleheader. Going into the seventh inning down 4-2, the Cardinals rallied to tie up the score and held on until Three Rivers scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth.
Mineral Area didn't get on the board until the third inning when Anthony Patton led off with a walk. Spencer doubled and after Crook walked to load the bases Stahl lifted a fly ball to the outfield to bring Patton home and give Mineral Area the early lead.
Cardinal pitcher Luke Holland kept the Raiders from scoring with three scoreless innings to start the game.
Mineral Area received a gift in the fourth inning. Joaby Sikes singled, stole second and was able to score after two wild pitches advanced him 90 feet each time. After Three Rivers took the lead in the bottom of the sixth, both Bard and Stahl came through in the seventh with RBI singles to accomplish the tie.
The Cardinals played two more games on Sunday against Maple Woods in Kansas City, losing the first 6-5 and winning the second 8-5. The 6-5 loss was the eighth one-run loss by the Cardinals, who are 7-19 on the year.
Mineral Area will host St. Charles this afternoon at 1 p.m. in a doubleheader.
GAME 1
Mineral Area 110 040 0 - 6 10
Three Rivers 101 000 0 - 2 6
Hitting: Spencer 2, Kimrey 2, Stahl, Crook, Bard, Sikes, Miller, Blankenship.
Pitching: WP- Hardin 7i 2r 6h 3k 3bb
GAME 2
Mineral Area 001 100 20 - 4 7
Three Rivers 000 202 01 - 5 6
Hitting: Bard 2, Spencer, Crook, Stahl, Sikes, Kimrey.
Pitching: LP- Holland 5 1/3i 4r 4h 4bb, Grewe 2i 1r 2h 3k 1bb.
De Soto 10, Potosi 0
DE SOTO - The Potosi Trojans, after winning on Friday, were humbled by the De Soto Dragons 10-0 in five innings on Saturday. The Trojans could only muster three hits against De Soto's Chris Friedrich and De Soto's solid defense. Friedrich struck out only four batters.
Kyle Marler had a double and D.J. Politte and Derek Chazelle each had singles for Potosi's three hits. Travis McComack was a Potosi wrecking crew by himself, going 4-4 at the plate with a home run a double, two RBI and scoring three runs. De Soto had 17 hits in the game.
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There was a greater battle for second-place with Dexter placing third at 14 points and Sikeston finishing fourth at 13. Potosi placed fifth with four points, and St. Pius was unable to score any points as a team.
The players from each team were placed in six different rankings for singles play. The Knights placed first in four of the six ranks.
Malay Bhatt of Poplar Bluff defeated Justin Arnold of Farmington, 6-0, 6-3 for first place in Rank 1. John Haguewood of Potosi took third and Chris Matthews came in fourth.
Farmington's Brad Green beat Ben Nunnery of Poplar Bluff 6-4, 6-0 in the Rank 2 title game, and Logan Hampton of Sikeston beat Wil Norveil of Potosi for third place.
Rank 3 saw Simon Hildebrandt of Farmington win 6-2, 6-1 over Paul Mahan of Dexter for first place with Nathan Payne of Potosi downing Clayton Matthews of Sikeston for third place.
Rank 4 was won by Jordan Villmer of Farmington, 7-5, 0-6, 6-2 over Sam Zhao of Sikeston, and Eric Fuemmeler of Farmington placed first in Rank 5 with a pair of 6-0 sets over Dustin Potter of Dexter. Dexter's Stewart Barney was the winner of Rank 6 with Farmington's Colton Reynolds coming in third.
BASEBALL
Mineral Area 6, Three Rivers 2
Three Rivers 5, Mineral Area 4 (8 inn.)
POPLAR BLUFF - The Mineral Area Cardinals split a doubleheader with the Three Rivers Raiders on Saturday, winning the first 6-2 and dropping the second in overtime 5-4.
Michael Hardin picked up the win for the Cardinals, throwing all seven innings and giving up only two runs on six hits and three walks.
Tony Spencer had a big game at the plate and was involved in every inning of scoring by the Cardinals. Spencer scored MAC's first run with a lead-off single that was rewarded with an RBI single by Sean Bard in the first inning. Spencer drove in Seth Kimrey in the second inning with a double.
The Cardinals exploded in the fifth inning to virtually put the game away. Spencer was hit by a pitch to start things rolling. Mineral Area had RBI singles by Brandon Crook, Kimrey and Aaron Miller in the inning.
The Cardinals had to fight back in the second game to get a chance at sweeping the doubleheader. Going into the seventh inning down 4-2, the Cardinals rallied to tie up the score and held on until Three Rivers scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth.
Mineral Area didn't get on the board until the third inning when Anthony Patton led off with a walk. Spencer doubled and after Crook walked to load the bases Stahl lifted a fly ball to the outfield to bring Patton home and give Mineral Area the early lead.
Cardinal pitcher Luke Holland kept the Raiders from scoring with three scoreless innings to start the game.
Mineral Area received a gift in the fourth inning. Joaby Sikes singled, stole second and was able to score after two wild pitches advanced him 90 feet each time. After Three Rivers took the lead in the bottom of the sixth, both Bard and Stahl came through in the seventh with RBI singles to accomplish the tie.
The Cardinals played two more games on Sunday against Maple Woods in Kansas City, losing the first 6-5 and winning the second 8-5. The 6-5 loss was the eighth one-run loss by the Cardinals, who are 7-19 on the year.
Mineral Area will host St. Charles this afternoon at 1 p.m. in a doubleheader.
GAME 1
Mineral Area 110 040 0 - 6 10
Three Rivers 101 000 0 - 2 6
Hitting: Spencer 2, Kimrey 2, Stahl, Crook, Bard, Sikes, Miller, Blankenship.
Pitching: WP- Hardin 7i 2r 6h 3k 3bb
GAME 2
Mineral Area 001 100 20 - 4 7
Three Rivers 000 202 01 - 5 6
Hitting: Bard 2, Spencer, Crook, Stahl, Sikes, Kimrey.
Pitching: LP- Holland 5 1/3i 4r 4h 4bb, Grewe 2i 1r 2h 3k 1bb.
De Soto 10, Potosi 0
DE SOTO - The Potosi Trojans, after winning on Friday, were humbled by the De Soto Dragons 10-0 in five innings on Saturday. The Trojans could only muster three hits against De Soto's Chris Friedrich and De Soto's solid defense. Friedrich struck out only four batters.
Kyle Marler had a double and D.J. Politte and Derek Chazelle each had singles for Potosi's three hits. Travis McComack was a Potosi wrecking crew by himself, going 4-4 at the plate with a home run a double, two RBI and scoring three runs. De Soto had 17 hits in the game.