High school roundup: Central girls place third at Northwest Invitational

Chelsea Pannier recorded a double-double to help lead the Central girls basketball team to a third-place finish Saturday at the Northwest Invitational.

Pannier scored 14 points, including two 3-pointers, and snared 10 rebounds in the win. She also dished out four assists. Sadie Pittman led Central with 19 points.

Paige Smith scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds for Central (2-1), which returns to action Monday when it hosts Ste. Genevieve.

Union 7 5 16 11 -- 39

Central 14 24 10 20 -- 68

UNION (39) -- Abby Brack 3, Taylor Timmons 3, Alyssa Coons 3, Erin Neier 3, Kris Stevens 5, Rachel Bassett 13, Whitney Vitt 4, Sarah Juengel 5. FG 16, FT 3-13, F 10. (3-pointers: Brack 1, Coons 1, Neier 1, Stevens 1. Fouled out: None)

CENTRAL (68) -- Machaela Durham 4, Starr Harris 1, Farrah Malik 9, Chelsea Pannier 14, Sadie Pittman 19, Paige Smith 10, Chelsea Vinson 10, Crystal Vinson 1. FG 29, FT 8-13, F 12. (3-pointers: Pannier 2. Fouled out: None)

Potosi tournament

Meadow Heights clung to a one-point lead at halftime, but fell to the hosts 52-45 in the third-place game.

Hattie Cook scored 22 points and Jillian Mills pulled down 10 rebounds in the loss.

Erin Bollmann and Gina Cureton both scored seven points for the Panthers (1-2).

Meadow Hts 16 14 6 9 -- 45

Potosi 14 15 12 11 -- 52

MEADOW HEIGHTS (45) -- Hattie Cook 22, Erin Bollmann 7, Gina Cureton 7, Heather Dietiker 1, Jillian Mills 8. FG 16, FT 7-14, F 16. (3-pointers; Cook 5, Cureton 1. Fouled out: Bollmann)

POTOSI (52) -- Sarah Jacobson 2, Ashley Duncan 20, Emily Dicus 8, Kelsey Fitzwater 12, Ashley Thompson 10. FG 20, FT 8-12, F 17. (3-pointers: Duncan 4. Fouled out: None)

WRESTLING

Parkway South Invitational

Jackson finished second with 369 points, while Lafayette won the title with 380.5 points.

Levi Rayburn (119) and Ryan Marble (171) emerged as champions for the Indians.

Top Jackson finishers

Second place -- Kodi Byrd (103); Jordan Reisenbichler (112); Josh Scott (130); Levi Hobeck (145); Adam Kirchdorfer (160); Michael Riney (189)

Third place -- Mitchel Hazelwood (135); Blake Hooe (152); Mitchell Montgomery (215)

Fourth place -- Clay Rouse (125)

Sixth place -- Justin Sievers (140)

JV -- Jackson took first place with 469 points.

Ft. Zumwalt North tournament

Central finished fourth with 144 points.

Jawaun Howard (145) and Kevin Flesher (171) remained undefeated on the season with first-place finishes for the Tigers.

Top Central finishers

Second place -- Caleb Yeargain (125); Trey Grovenor (HWT)

Third place -- Desmond Howard (130); Raymond Woldtvedt (160)

-- From staff reports