Charleston edges Bulldogs on late basket

Shawn Sherrell fired in a runner down the lane with 1.5 seconds left to lift Charleston to a 73-71 victory in a SEMO Conference battle with Notre Dame.

The loss was the first in conference play for Notre Dame, which fell to 17-4 overall and 4-1 in the league. The Bulldogs are ranked in the top 10 in the state Class 4 poll.

Class 3 power Charleston took a 26-10 lead after one period at home in the makeup game. The Bluejays maintained that 16-point lead at halftime.

Abe Dirnberger scored eight of his 10 points in the third period as Notre Dame whittled away at the lead. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Ryan Willen and Mark Himmelberg pulled the Bulldogs within 57-48 heading to the final period.

Notre Dame completed the comeback by tying the score at 65-65 on John Unterreiner's free throw with 2:52 to play.

The teams were deadlocked again at 71-71 with 22 seconds to play following two free throws by Willen, who led Notre Dame with 25 points. But that set up Charleston for the final possession and Sherrell's winning shot.

Himmelberg finished with 13 points, and Austin Greer also was in double figures for Notre Dame with 12.

Jamarcus Williams led Charleston (16-3, 4-1) with 20 points. Justin Clark added 15 points, all on 3-pointers.

Charleston 73, Notre Dame 71

Notre Dame 10 18 20 23 -- 71

Charleston 26 18 13 16 -- 73

NOTRE DAME (71) -- Ty Williams 4, John Unterreiner 4, Ryan Willen 25, Mark Himmelberg 13, Abe Dirnberger 10, Austin Greer 12, Logan Glueck 3. FG 20, FT 13-17, F16 (3-pointers: Himmelberg 3, Willen 2, Unterreiner 1. Fouled out: none)

CHARLESTON (73) -- Antonio Riggens 9, Shawn Sherrell 13, Jamarcus Williams 20, Jerquawn Sherrell 8, Jerrell Quinn 8, Justin Clark 15. FG 24, FT 7-12, F 16 (3-pointers: Clark 5, Williams 1. Fouled out: none)

Perryville 50, St. Vincent 41

Ricky Dunn and Michael Fritsche combined for half of the Pirates' points in a victory against its crosstown rival at the Perry Park Center.

Pirates coach Joel Roth credited the bench and the defense for turning back the Indians in the Jefferson County Conference game.

Craig Brueckner came in to hit two 3-pointers in the second period "when neither team was scoring," Roth said and Steve Richardson scored all five of his points in the third period to help the Pirates pull away.

Corey Lorenz defended St. Vincent's Gregory Finger in a box-and-one, clamping down after Finger hit three 3-pointers in the second period, Roth said.

The Pirates hit 14 of 16 free throws. They led just 6-4 after one period and 18-15 at halftime.

Dunn scored 14 points, Fritsche had 11 and Tyler Bauwens scored 10 for the Pirates, who improved to 13-8 overall and 5-1 in conference play.

Josh Rollet scored 13 and Finger 12 for St. Vincent.

St. Vincent 4 11 11 15 -- 41

Perryville 6 12 13 19 -- 50

ST. VINCENT (41) -- Josh Rollet 13, Gregory Finger 12, Chris Fischer 8, Chris Wengert 6, Scott Blythe 2. FG 9, FT 11-17, F 15 (3-pointers: Finger 3. Fouled out: none)

PERRYVILLE (50) -- Ricky Dunn 14, Michael Fritsche 11, Tyler Bauwens 10, Steve Richardson 5, Craig Brueckner 6, Jonathan Hecht 2. FG 16, FT 14-16, F 14 (3-pointers: Brueckner 2, Richardson 1, Fritsche 1. Fouled out: none)

GIRLS BASKETBALLNotre Dame 66, MICDS 37

The Bulldogs celebrated Jerry Grim Day by trouncing Mary Institute Country/Day School and improving to 12-6.

The school honored Grim for his 25 years as the coach of the program with a ceremony between the varsity and junior varsity games. He has led the program to 10 district titles, five final fours and one state championship.

Notre Dame celebrated another milestone during the game when Kristain Burger scored her 1,000th career point in the third period. Burger, a 5-foot-10 senior headed to St. Louis University on a softball offer, finished with 13 points, setting her at 1,002 for her career.

"Kristain has been a leading scorer for us for three years," Grim said. "She's very agile for her size, and she gets a lot of her points on the moves she makes."

Meridith Medlin also had 13 points for the Bulldogs (12-6), who had five other players contribute six or more points.

Notre Dame led just 26-23 at halftime but outscored MICDS 40-14 in the second half.

"We've played a little better lately, but we still have a ways to go," Grim said. "The kids are playing hard. The ceremony was a little bit of a distraction but the kids handled it well."

MICDS 11 12 8 6 -- 37

Notre Dame 14 12 17 23 -- 66

MICDS (37) -- Cusworth 12, Foote 13, DesPain 6, Kelly 2, Gollup 1. FG 15, FT 7-15, F 19 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

NOTRE DAME (66) -- Meridith Medlin 13, Kristain Burger 13, Alex Fowler 9, Paige Schumer 7, Brooke Beussink 7, Paris Burger 7, Claudia Brauss 6, Emily Brummitt 2, Amanda Pleimann 2. FG 24, FT 15-21, F 14 (3-pointers: P. Burger 2, Fowler 1. Fouled out: none)

Central 46, Kennett 16

Central continued to creep toward the .500 mark with a home win.

The Tigers improved to 7-9.

Wendi Zickfield led Central with 15 points.

Kennett 2 4 8 2 -- 16

Central 18 9 17 2 -- 46

KENNETT (16) -- Waddel 8, Greenway 4, Sherrill 2, Parker 2. FG 7, FT 2-4, F 12 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

CENTRAL (46) -- Kristin Shirrell 5, Tierra Walker 2, Courtney Schuessler 8, Pernille Hoj 4, Mary Pearson 1, Taylor Kirn 7, Sarah Uptmor 4, Wendi Zickfield 15. FG 19, FT 7-13, F 12 (3-pointers: Shirrell 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Central won 58-24.

St. Vincent 55, Perryville 49

St. Vincent improved to 10-5 with a win over rival Perryville at the Perry Park Center.

Jessica Welker led the Squaws with 12 points and Courtney Besand had 11.

Alyssa Bauwens led Perryville with 15 points and Ava Johnson had 12.

St. Vincent 14 11 12 18 -- 55

Perryville 13 15 7 14 -- 49

ST. VINCENT (55) -- Elizabeth Rozier 3, Jessica Welker 12, Courtney Besand 11, Kelsey Cissell 5, Miranda Holmes 5, Lacey Siegmund 4, Lynn Zoellner 4, Lindsay Prost 4. FG 20, FT 13-26, F 20 (3-pointers: Welker 1, Rosier 1. Fouled out: none)

PERRYVILLE (49) -- Alyssa Bauwens 15, Ava Johnson 12, Alicia Kueker 6, Nicole Gremaud 4, Kendra Schilli 4, Makenzie Schirmer 4, Kim Miesner 4. FG 19, FT 8-18, F 24 (3-pointers: Johnson 2, Gremaud 1. Fouled out: Kueker)

JV -- St. Vincent won 50-46 in triple overtime.

WRESTLINGLiberty Invitational

Central finished ninth in a 12-team in the meet in Liberty, near Kansas City.

The Tigers scored 128 points. Belton won with 305, Nixa had 303 and Lincoln (Neb.) East scored 297.

Central senior Tyler Yeargain finished second at 130 pounds, posting a 6-1 record with his only loss by decision to a Belton wrestler in the championship of his weight division.

"Tyler made a couple of mistakes, but he's wrestling really tough right now," Central coach Josh Crowell said. "The big thing is to fine-tune and get ready for districts, same as it is with all of the guys."

Trey Grovener was fourth at heavyweight for Central, and Zach Wilson placed fifth at 140.

Caleb Sullivan (103) and Raymond Woldtvedt (145) had seventh-place finishes, while Desmond Howard (112) and James Coonce (189) had eighth-place showings.

GIRLS SWIMMINGSpringfield Invitational

Central senior Hannah Kinder won one event and placed second in another to lead Central to a seventh-place tie in the 20-team Springfield Invitational.

Kinder, who was crowned Central's homecoming queen the night before, won the 50 freestyle in 24.72 seconds, and she finished second in the 100 backstroke in 1:00.72.

Central had a fourth in the 200 free relay for its only other top-10 finish.

The Tigers scored 117 points to tie Joplin, while Parkway South won the meet with 438 points and Springfield Glendale was second with 379.

Central results

200 medley relay -- 11, Central (Susan Beth Scott, Jessie Baker, Kelly Ennis, Emily Spriggs), 2:17.39.

200 freestyle -- 14, Scott, 2:10.92.

50 free -- 1, Kinder, 24.72.

Diving -- 15, Tara Volkerding, 245.35.

100 free -- 13, Annie Wolpers, 1:01.59.

500 free -- 15, Baker, 5:58.22.

200 free relay -- 4, CHS (Kinder, Mary Catherine Ford, Baker, Wolpers), 1:50.75.

100 backstroke -- 2, Kinder, 1:00.72; 15, Ford, 1:12.09.

100 breaststroke -- 16, Baker, 1:19.50.

400 free relay -- 11, CHS (Ford, Scott, Wolpers, Kinder), 4:04.51.

OTHER EVENTS

• The Jackson junior varsity wrestling team's eight-year reign as SEMO Conference tournament champion ended Saturday. Farmington finished first with 318 points, just ahead of the Indians' 313.5. Central finished 10th with 23 points.

Winners for Jackson were Andrew Burghoff (112), Chris Hurst (130), Devin Trowbridge (145) and Jacob Bullinger (heavyweight). Mitchell Hazelwood (103), Josh Scott (119), David Martin (125), Adam Kirchdorfer (140) and Justin Darnell (171) finished second. Perry Hazelwood (135), Ethan Revelle (152) and Edward Engelhard (215) finished third.

-- From staff reports