Wendi Zickfield made her presence felt on both ends of the floor Wednesday night.
The Central junior scored 26 points and blocked four shots to lead the Tigers girls basketball team to a 65-35 victory against North County.
Taylor Kirn chipped in four points and grabbed a team-high six rebounds.
Point guard Sadie Pittman scored 18 points for Central (5-6).
North County 11 8 5 11 -- 35
Central 18 15 16 16 -- 65
North County (35) -- Bess 9, Kassie Hovis 14, Weible 1, Motley 6, Bullock 2, Parmaley 3. FG 13. FT 4-6, F 9 (3-pointers: Bess 2, Hovis 2, Parmaley 1. Fouled out: None)
Central (65) -- Sadie Pittman 18, Lauren Kinsey 5, Chelsea Pannier 11, Taylor Kirn 4, Sarah Uptmor 1, Wendi Zickfield 26. FG 29, FT 10-15, F 11 (3-pointer: Kinsey. Fouled out: None)
JV -- Central won 51-34.
WRESTLINGCentral 66, NMCC 9
The Tigers won nine matches by pin to dominate the Eagles on Tuesday.
Team score -- Central 66, New Madrid 9
103 -- Caleb Yeargain, C, p. Jonathan Clement, 1:08
112 -- Thomas Fleming C, won by forfeit
119 -- Desmond Howard, C, p. Nathan Bock, 1:02
125 -- Jawaun Howard, C, p. Leston Babb, 1:35
130 -- Derek Summers, C, p. Geona Brown, 1:18
135 -- Garrett Sprenger, C, p. Aaron Waters, 1:53
140 -- Ryan Wachter, C, p. Jarret Allen, 1:21
145 -- Glenn Volkerding, C, p. Alex Gintner, 1:53
152 -- A.G. Sanders, NMCC, def. Raymond Woldtvedt, 7-6
160 -- Patrick Goforth, NMCC, p. Kevin Flesher, 33 seconds
171 -- Zach Wilson, C, p. Jacob Vandever, 48 seconds
189 -- Carl Lathum, C, p. Thorne Smith, 5:39
215 -- Open
285 -- Trey Grovenor, C, won by forfeit
-- From staff reports
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