Central swimmers launch season with dual victory

Central enjoyed a successful start to its girls swimming season, defeating St. Vincent 108-69 on Wednesday.

Central's Mary-Catherine Ford snagged two first-place finishes, winning the 50-meter freestyle (31.16 seconds) and 100 butterfly (1:25.28). Jesse Baker also earned two first-place finishes -- the 200 individual medley (2:54.50) and the 100 breaststroke (1:33.18).

The Tigers will be back in action Friday and Saturday at the Marquette relays.

200 medley relay -- 1. Cape Central, 2:30.90 (Annie Wolpers, Jesse Baker, Kelly Ennis, Mary-Catherine Ford); 2. St. Vincent, 2:46.16 (Olivia Schemel, Sarah DeWilde, Maria Esswein, Anna Esswein); 3. Cape Central, 2:58.76 (Tara Pickens, Abby Perdue, Melissa Smith, Cat Goeke)

200 freestyle -- 1. Hannah DeWilde, St. Vincent, 3:13.40; 2. Rita Walter, Cape Central, 3:27.38; 3. Kristen Rice, St. Vincent, 3:30.49

200 individual medley -- 1. Jesse Baker, Cape Central, 2:54.50; 2. Maria Esswein, St. Vincent, 3:08.81; 3. Lillie Robinson, Cape Central, 3:30.87

50 freestyle -- 1. Mary-Catherine Ford, Cape Central, 31.16; 2. Anna Esswein, St. Vincent, 34.62; 3. Cat Goeke, Cape Central, 38.34

Diving -- 1. Britney Thomas, Cape Central, 193.30; 2. Tara Volkerding, Cape Central, 185.95

100 butterfly -- 1. Mary-Catherine Ford, Cape Central, 1:25.28; 2. Maria Esswein, St. Vincent, 1:28.34; 3. Melissa Smith, Cape Central, 2:07.28

100 freestyle -- 1. Sarah DeWilde, St. Vincent, 1:18.35; 2. Maria Lundy, St. Vincent, 1:21.63; 3. Tara Pickens, Cape Central, 1:24.07

400 freestyle -- 1. Annie Wolpers, Cape Central, 5:45.97; 2. Lillie Robinson, Cape Central, 7:00.37; 3. Alex Nardulli, St. Vincent, 7:27.40

200 freestyle relay -- 1. St. Vincent, 2:20.40 (Maria Lundy, Anna Esswein, Sarah DeWilde, Maria Esswein); 2. Cape Central, 2:31.03 (Jesse Baker, Kelly Ennis, Rita Walter, Lillie Robinson); 3. Cape Central, 2:46.84 (Abby Perdue, Melissa Smith, Emily Gerlach, Betty Buhs)

100 backstroke -- 1. Annie Wolpers, Cape Central, 1:26.93; 2. Tara Pickens, Cape Central, 1:39.91; 3. Maria Lundy, St. Vincent, 1:43.59

100 breaststroke -- 1. Jesse Baker, Cape Central, 1:33.18; 2. Sarah DeWilde, St. Vincent, 1:38.06; 3. Kristen Rice, St. Vincent, 1:45.66

400 freestyle relay -- 1. Cape Central, 5:21.94 (Mary-Catherine Ford, Cat Goeke, Lillie Robinson, Annie Wolpers); 2. St. Vincent, 6:36.81 (Maria Lundy, Hannah DeWilde, Jennifer Teeter, Kristen Rice); 3. Cape Central, 6:37.47 (Rita Walter, Jill Bess, Emily Gerlach, Tara Pickens)

BOYS BASKETBALLPoplar Bluff 51, Central 46

Central fell behind 36-15 by halftime and never recovered as it fell to Poplar Bluff in the consolation bracket of the SEMO Conference tournament.

Garrett Pannier led the Tigers with 13 points, including three 3-pointers.

Poplar Bluff 21 15 6 9 -- 51

Central 9 6 12 19 -- 46

Poplar Bluff (51) -- Mitchell 2, Knuckles 1, Cobley 2, Poteet 3, Sutton 2, J. Raulston 19, Chaligoj 11, R. Raulston 5, Johnson 6. FG 16, FT 7-13, F 15 (3-pointers: J. Raulston 1, Chaligoj 2, R. Raulston 1. Fouled out: none)

Central (46) -- Cantrell Andrews 4, Anthony Watts 9, Chase Johnson 7, Shane Nolen 4, Zach Boerboom 4, Garrett Pannier 13, Derek Walker 3, Landon Ewers 2. FG 13, FT 5-13, F 12 (3-pointers: Watts 2, Pannier 3. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports