The St. James High School softball team is seeded fourth for this week’s Missouri Class 3 District 2 Tournament, to be held at Sullivan High School.

Host Sullivan (13-10 entering this week) is the top-seeded squad while Owensville (12-16) is seeded No. 2, Lutheran South (6-13) No. 3, St. James (7-17) No. 4, St. Louis Notre Dame (4-8) No. 5, St. Clair (4-14) No. 6 and Cuba (0-17) No. 7.

In first-round games Wednesday, Oct. 14, St. James plays St. Louis Notre Dame at 4 p.m.; Owensville meets Cuba at 5:30 p.m. and Lutheran South takes on St. Clair at 7 p.m.

In the semifinals Oct. 15, Sullivan plays the St. James/Notre Dame winner at 4:30 p.m. while the Owensville/Cuba winner plays the Lutheran South/St. Clair winner at 6 p.m.

The district championship game is set for 5:30 p.m. Oct. 19.

St. James ended the regular season last week by winning at Newburg 14-4 Monday, Oct. 5; falling to Stoutland 11-4 on St. James Senior Day Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Nelson Hart Park, and losing at Crocker 19-9 Thursday, Oct. 8.

Oct. 8 - Crocker 19, STJ 9: The Lady Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning and that stood until the Lady Lions got eight runs in the bottom of the third. St. James added two runs in the fourth, one in the fifth and four in the sixth. Crocker added four in the fourth, one in the fifth and ended things with six in the sixth. Crocker outhit STJ 16-11.

Raegan Witt had a double, single, RBI and two runs for the Lady Tigers while Kirrah Drennan had two hits and two RBI; Emma Meurer two hits and a run; Anna Hughes a double, RBI and run; Millicent Hartley and Paige Nesbitt a hit, RBI and run each; Macy McCurdy a hit and run, and Lillian Snelson a hit and RBI.

Hartley and Lela Teague pitched.

Oct. 7 - Stoutland 11, STJ 4: On St. James Senior Day, the Lady Tigers got off to a fast start, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning. However, Stoutland got a run in the top of the second, six in the fourth, one in each of the fifth and sixth and two in the seventh. The Lady Tigers got another run in the second. St. James was limited to just two hits, as Drennan had a two-run single and McCurdy a single. Teague pitched for the Lady Tigers, fanning six.

Oct. 5 - STJ 14, Newburg 4: The Lady Tigers led throughout, plating three runs in the top of the first inning, one in the fourth, two in the fifth, five in the sixth and three in the seventh. Newburg got solo runs in the bottom of the second, third, sixth and seventh. St. James outhit Newburg 12-4.

Nesbitt slugged a triple, a single, three RBI and two runs while Drennan had three hits and two RBI; Snelson two hits, an RBI and two runs; Hughes two hits; Witt a double, RBI and three runs; Hartley a triple and run, and McCurdy a single and run. Teague went the distance in the pitching circle, allowing three earned runs on four hits, five walks and fanning 12.