FARMINGTON BEATS JACKSON AT BUZZER

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Jackson led by as many as seven points but made some mistakes down the stretch as the Farmington Knights rallied then hit a six-foot jump shot at the buzzer to claim a 68-66 victory over the Indians in high school boys basketball action.

"We're getting better," said Jackson coach Mike Kiehne, obviously frustrated by some recent close losses. "In the Charleston game and tonight we played better, but we just need a win to get us over the hump."

Brad Hilbert led Jackson with 20 points, followed by Lance Bollinger with 13 and Nathan Brown with 12.

Ronnie Lashley led Farmington with 18 points.

Jackson (9-12) trailed 39-36 at halftime, but outscored the Knights 18-13 in the third quarter to take a 54-52 lead into the final eight minutes of play.

Notre Dame 67, Woodland 39

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Notre Dame used its size to wear down Woodland (9-9), outscoring the Cardinals 33-14 in the second half.

"They just wore us down with their size," said Woodland coach Jennings Wilkinson. "We played well in the first half and we played hard. Notre Dame has good size and good athletes. We got sloppy from the mid-point in third quarter on."

"We played pretty well," Notre Dame coach Darrin Scott said. "We came out and played solid defense and didn't let them penetrate. We played more of an up-and-down game and that helped us. In our last couple of games we didn't have as many possessions and it was a slower pace and we didn't play as well."

Jonathan Ressel led Notre Dame with 22 points, followed by Mark Rubel and Doug Schaefer with 10 apiece.

Chris Masters and Luke Johnson scored 11 each to lead Woodland.

Dexter 51, Advance 40

DEXTER, Mo. -- The No. 1-ranked 3A Dexter Bobcats fought off the pesky Advance Hornets.

Dexter improved to 18-2, while Advance fell to 14-6.

Running out to a 13-2 lead at the start of the first quarter, the Bearcats took a 30-23 lead into the locker room at the half.

Up 46-34 after the third period, Dexter took the air out of the ball and forced a low-scoring final quarter. Advance, on limited chances, outscored Dexter 6-5 in the final eight minutes.

All-stater Brett Hale led the Bearcats with 20 points.

Aaron Cantrell and Cain Kelley scored eight apiece to lead Advance, who had two starters, Adam Rainey and Andrew Jenkins, returning to action after being out with injuries.

Oran 66, Bell City 65

ORAN, Mo. -- In a contest befitting two teams fighting for high district seeds, Oran (12-6) prevailed by the slightest of margins over Bell City (11-9).

Trailing by three with 10 seconds left, Bell City's Gabe Scherer inexplicably went coast-to-coast for a layin which left the Cubs one point short of tying as time ran out.

The Eagles led the Cubs 18-13 at the end of the first period, but Bell City rallied to take a 33-29 advantage at the half.

A big Oran third quarter, in which the Eagles outscored Bell City 25-18, was keyed by Nathan Seyer scoring 11 of his game-high 25 points.

Adam Friga followed Seyer with 17 points for the Eagles.

Jason Rampley led Bell City with 19 points, while Eric Henry and Scherer added 18 and 13, respectively.

Kelly 47, Puxico 41

BENTON, Mo. -- After scoring only 23 points through the first three quarters, Kelly broke loose for 24 points in the fourth quarter to rally past Puxico.

Puxico led by as many as 13 points in the third quarter and took a 31-23 lead into the fourth quarter.

"We were very, very flat the first three quarters," said Kelly coach Nick Lanpher.

The Hawks changed their press in the fourth quarter and outscored Puxico 24-10.

"We got after them a little more," said Lanpher. "We finally got them in our flow of the game and started taking advantage of them."

Barry Ziegler led Kelly (11-10) with 13 points while Josh Glastetter netted 11, nine which came in the fourth quarter.

Derek Binford scored a game-high 20 points for Puxico.

Scott City 77, East Prairie 42

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Scott City continued its hot streak to seven wins in a row with a romp over East Prairie.

With Michael O'Brien netting 18 points and snatching 13 rebounds, the Rams improved to 15-5, 5-0 in the Scott-Mississippi Conference.

Scott City broke open a tight game after the first quarter when they led only 16-12.

The Rams exploded to outscore East Prairie 61-30 the rest of the way.

Ben Sample added 16 points and 10 boards, while Craig Jungers scored 15 points on five 3-pointers including four in the fourth quarter. D. J. Walton chipped in with 10 points.

Ryan Poyner led East Prairie with 16 points.

De Soto 71, St. Vincent 40

DE SOTO, Mo. -- De Soto went on a huge run at the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half as St. Vincent dropped to 11-6 overall and 4-3 in the Jefferson County Conference.

Mark Gotto led St. Vincent with nine points.

Billy Davis scored 22 for De Soto, while Rodney Kelly added 16.

St. Vincent trailed just 27-25 with 1:40 to go in the second quarter, but De Soto finished the half on a 9-0 run.

"Then they scored about eight points at the beginning of the first half and it was pretty much over after that," St. Vincent coach Bruce Valleroy said.

Eagle Ridge Christian 69So. Missouri Christian 56

The Eagles kept their Ozark Christian Conference record unblemished with a victory over Southern Missouri Christian.

Eagle Ridge (6-8, 5-0) forged a 38-22 lead going into the intermission and played even the final two quarters to capture the win.

Featuring a balanced scoring attack, the Eagles were led by Mike Probst with 22, Daniel Ellinghouse with 21 and Toby Shreve with 18.

Bobby Brown led Southern Missouri Christian with 22 points.

New Salem 61, Solid Rock 32

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- John Davault scored 19 points as New Salem evened its record on the season.

Jason Conway added 12 points and 11 rebounds for New Salem (5-5) and Andrew Green had 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Todd Gasling netted 13 points for Solid Rock.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Kelly 56, Dexter 53

BENTON, Mo. -- Bridgett Riley scored 16 points and Shannon Deshaney added 15 as the Lady Hawks improved to 18-2 with a homecoming win.

Kelly led 11-4 after the first quarter and 21-14 going into halftime, but Dexter outscored Kelly 39-35 in the second half.

Eagle Ridge Christian 49So. Missouri Christian 37

The Lady Eagles continued their winning ways with a conference win over So. Missouri Christian.

Eagle Ridge improved to 10-3 overall and 5-0 in the Ozark Christian Conference.

Eagle Ridge jumped to a 16-6 lead in the first quarter and rode that cushion to victory. The last three quarters were close as the Lady Eagles outscored So. Missouri by only two points.

Amber Karnes led Eagle Ridge with 28 points, with Carrie Margrabe adding 11.

Melody Murphy paced Southern Missouri Christian with 15 points.

New Salem 60, Solid Rock 25

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Leah Poole scored 35 points as New Salem improved to 5-3.

Jennifer Meek added 11 points.

BOYS SWIMMING

MICDS 90, Cape Central 85

In their last chance of the season, the Tigers posted their first individual state cut time as Jon Lowrance placed first in the 100 breaststroke Friday in a dual meet with Mary Institute/Country Day.

Lowrance qualified with a time of 1:05.50.

Cape Central also qualified its third relay team for next weekend's state meet as the team of Lowrance, Stratton Tingle, Andrew Moreton and Sam Maguire recorded a time of 1:48.88.

Results

Medley relay - 3. 2:34.25 (Tony Kiel, Calvin Maginel, Salman Khan, Stephen Stahr)

200 freestyle - 2. Stratton Tingle 1:54.93; Tyler Thompson 2:25.55

200 IM - 3. Dustin Nelson 2:40.28

50 freestyle - 2. Sam Maguire 23.46

Diving - 1. Andy Yoffie 178.15; 2. Travis Jones 163.90

100 butterfly - 3. Moreton 1:08.62

100 freestyle - 2. Maguire 52.44; 3. Tingle 52.81

500 freestyle - 2. Thompson 6:48.54; 3. Adam Moore 6:59.52

200 freestyle relay - 2. 1:43.31 (Gabe Austin, Tingle, Moreton, John Higgins)

100 backstroke - 2. Kiel 1:25.74; 3. Stahr 1:29.59

100 breaststroke - 1. Lowrance 1:05.50; 3. Higgins 1:18.64

400 freestyle relay - 3. 4:31.62 (Nelson, Thompson, Moore, Kiel)