Knightettes home opener gains them two wins

By DONN ADAMSON\Daily Journal Sports Editor

FARMINGTON - On Farmington's schedule it was to be a dual meet between the Knightettes and Fox Lady Warriors, but also showing up to play at the St. Francois Country Club on Wednesday was the Seckman Lady Jaguars.

"I didn't even know they were coming," said Farmington coach Craig Gibbs about the scheduling mix-up.

The three teams then played a tri-dual match and Farmington came ahead on both ends. The Knightettes scored a 221, just one stroke better than the Lady Jaguars at 222, and Fox finished with a 252.

The Knightettes, restricted to four players because that's all they have, had to wait and see how things turned out as the other teams were able to take the best four scores from six players.

Macy Williams and Ashley Rhodes each shot 50 for their opening round of the season. Chrissy Lype shot a 60, and Becka Shaner came in at 61. It was Shaner's first varsity golf match. Alicia Burgert of Seckman was medalist with a 46.

"For the first match, to get a couple of wins, the girls were really excited," said Gibbs.

Farmington will travel to Kirkwood for their next match on September 8, and their next and only home match left will be with Mehlville which is now scheduled on September 27.

VOLLEYBALL

Herculaneum 25-20, 25-15, Potosi

POTOSI - The Potosi Lady Trojans took one on the chin again on Wednesday as they lost to the Herculaneum Lady Blackcats 25-20, 25-15. But Coach Gary Mims is not displeased with his girls' efforts.

"They played hard and they were having fun and I felt we did pretty good against a much stronger team," said Mims.

Stephanie McGirl led the attacks for the Lady Trojans with seven kills. Abby Adams and had three kills and two blocks. Kelsey Allen led in serving with five service points and Megan Yarbrough had 12 assists in the two games. Libero player, Lauren Aubuchon made 10 digs for Potosi.

The Lady Trojans, 0-2, will be back at it this evening when they host St. Clair.

SOFTBALL

De Soto 6, Fredericktown 1

FREDERICKTOWN - The Fredericktown Lady Cats have had trouble scoring the past two days. Coming off of a 11-0 shut-out by Potosi on Tuesday, the Lady Cats only managed one run on Wednesday, this time they lost to De Soto 6-1.

Jenni Kemp pitched all seven innings for the Lady Cats and gave up six hits and only three earned runs. Amy Hendrix was 2-3 at the plate with a double, Lindsay Wagganer was also 2-3, both triples, and Kemp was 2-3. Tasha Moore was 1-3 in the game.

Fredericktown will play next in the North County tournament this Saturday.