BRIEFLY: CENTRAL NETTERS BOW OUT OF DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

ST. LOUIS -- Cape Girardeau Central High's boys tennis team found the going rough here Wednesday during the Class 4A, District 1 Tournament.

The Tigers scored only four points to finish toward the bottom of the nine-team meet as they ended their season.

Wade Russell accounted for all of Central's points. He won his first two singles matches -- 6-1, 6-0 and 6-1, 6-2 -- before falling in the semifinals 6-4, 6-2 to the top-seeded player from Oakville.

Drew Seib lost 6-0, 6-1. In doubles, Jeremy Driskell-Aaron Moore lost 6-4, 6-1 and Vijay Dahiya-Ben Roeger lost 6-2, 6-3.