Forfeits costly for Notre Dame wrestlers

Two Notre Dame wrestlers won their matches by pinfall, but the Bulldogs were unable to overcome five forfeits and dropped a 44-33 decision to Herculaneum on Wednesday night.

At 120 pounds, Notre Dame's Mitchell Heisserer pinned Devin Small in 1 minute, 17 seconds, and teammate Austin Harter pinned Daniel Evans in just 14 seconds at 138 pounds.

Herculaneum 44 Notre Dame 33

106 -- Noah Huff, ND, forf. 113 -- Brendan Scholl, ND, forf. 120 -- Mitchell Heisserer, ND, pinned Devin Small 1:17. 126 -- Jesse O`Dell, H, dec. Caleb Heisserer 11-6. 132 -- Jordan Freeman, H, forf. 138 -- Austin Harter, ND, pinned Daniel Evans :14. 145 -- Matthew Lathum, ND, forf. 152 -- Nick Maxwell, H, tech. fall Tyler Hulshof 17-1. 160 -- Alex Elsey, ND, dec. Cole White 6-5. 170 -- Billy Duncan, H, pinned Joseph Yuede 3:09. 182 -- Nicolas Brown, H, forf. 195 -- Kyle Kunz, H, forf. 220 -- Tyler Partney, H, forf. 285 -- Brian Duncan, H, pinned Sam Moses 0:56.

Girls basketball

Sikeston 57, Perryville 42

Sikeston outscored Perryville 20-13 in the fourth quarter to break open a close game.

Freshman Erica Peet topped host Sikeston with 20 points. Mikala Nichols added 16 points and Hayley Chapman 14.

Natalie Gremaud had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Perryville (10-6).

"We struggled the whole night to score," said Perryville coach Vicki Lohmann. "The ball rolled around the rim and just wouldn't fall for us."

Perryville 11 7 11 13 -- 42

Sikeston 12 11 14 20 -- 57

PERRYVILLE (42) -- Natalie Gremaud 21, Allison Moldenhauer 6, Aimee More 2, Brooke Moll 7, Desiree Brown 6. FG: 12. FT: 18-25. F: 16. (3-pointers: none. Fould out: Kaycee Erzfeld).

SIKESTON (57) -- Hayley Chapman 14, Mikala Nichols 16, Erica Peet 20, Trenice Greer 4, Yolanda Johnson 3. FG: 22. FT: 12-25. F: 20. (3-pointers: Chapman. Fouled out: none.)

-- From staff reports