High school roundup: Central swim team hosts Splash Out Cancer Meet

Poplar Bluff Mules finished first in five events and set state-qualifying times in four events to win the Splash Out Cancer Meet at the Central Municipal Pool.

Eight teams participated in the fourth annual meet to help raise funds for the Pink Up Cape/Dig for Life. While Pink Up Month is in October, Central swim coach Dayna Powell said that the swimming teams still wanted to participate.

"The girls wanted to do something for others, so we decided to sell T-shirts and give a portion of that to Dig for Life," Powell said. "The girls did a great job. This year we sold 172 [shirts] and Poplar Bluff sold 113, so it was a good year."

Powell said this year's meet helped raise approximately $2,100, one-third of which will be given to the Dig for Life foundation and two-thirds to two families who have been affected by cancer to help cover medical bills.

"It's really nice, especially this time of year, to see these athletes getting involved to help others," Powell said. "It's just a really positive impact that they can have. ... I have a lot of respect for kids who help out like that."

Poplar Bluff finished 26 points ahead of last year's champion Notre Dame. The Bulldogs placed first in three events, two of which were won by junior Madison Heisserer in state-qualifying times in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke.

Jackson junior Caitlyn Palmer also posted state-qualifying times in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly. The Indians finished three points behind Saxony Lutheran to take fifth place.

Host Central finished third.

Team Scores -- 1. Poplar Bluff 487; 2. Notre Dame 461; 3. Central 454; 4. Saxony Lutheran 243; 5. Jackson 240; 6. Poplar Bluff JV 105; 7. Perryville 83; 8. Cape Tigers 22

Top three finishers

200 medley relay -- 1. Poplar Bluff (Taylor Norwood, Morgan McAtee, Cassidy Harris, Haylee Dragon) 1:58.15; 2. Central (Krystin Ruch, Maddy McDonald, Josey Powell, Sierra Smith) 2:10.63; 3. Saxony Lutheran (Emily Cates, Elizabeth Kiefner, Katie Richmond, Isabelle Singh) 2:14.57

200 freestyle -- 1. Madison Heisserer (ND) 2:01.30; 2. Jacie Pujol (ND) 2:18.32; 3. Sierra Smith (C) 2:20.42

200 individual medley -- 1. Josey Powell (C) 2:22.14; 2. Elizabeth Kiefner (SL) 2:25.24; 3. Morgan McAtee (PB) 2:27.82

50 freestyle -- 1. Caitlyn Palmer (J) 25.76; 2. Cassidy Harris (PB) 25.95; 3. Maddy McDonald (C) 27.45

Diving -- 1. Sydney Deneke (J) 203.25; 2. Mallory Dye (PB) 156.15; 3. Jada Robards (PB) 91.10

100 butterfly -- 1. Taylor Norwood (PB) 59.68; 2. Caitlyn Palmer (J) 1:01.35; 3. Katie Richmond (SL) 1:10.74

100 freestyle -- 1. Cassidy Harris (PB) 55.96; 2. Maddy McDonald (C) 1:00.19; 3. Caroline Schott (ND) 1:00.89

500 freestyle -- 1. Jacie Pujol (ND) 5:55.65; 2. Katie Richmond (SL) 5:56.08; 3. Sierra Smith (C) 6:18.91

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Central (Josey Powell, Sierra Smith, Sarah Elfrink, Maddy McDonald) 1:56.38; 2. Notre Dame (Amelia Coello, Katie Emmendorfer, Sam Feeney, Jacie Pujol) 2:00.46; 3. Jackson (Jacey Harris, Jericka Helton, Kali Norrick) 2:00.65

100 backstroke -- 1. Madison Heisserer (ND) 1:00.50; 2. Taylor Norwood (PB) 1:02.19; 3. Emily King (P) 1:09.99

100 breaststroke -- 1. Morgan McAtee (PB) 1:13.39; 2. Josey Powell (C) 1:16.93; 3. Elizabeth Kiefner (SL) 1:17.49

400 freestyle relay -- 1. Poplar Bluff (Cassidy Harris, Haylee Dragon, Morgan McAtee, Taylor Norwood) 3:55.52; 2. Saxony Lutheran (Emily Cates, Katie Richmond, Isabelle Singh, Elizabeth Kiefner) 4:27.61; 3. Notre Dame (Jacie Pujol, Kylie Swain, Susan Anderson, Allie Pujol) 4:45.16

BOYS BASKETBALL

Oak Ridge 51, Delta 26

Clay Maintz scored a game-high 14 points to help lead the Blue Jays to their first victory of the season on the road against the winless Bobcats.

After a 15-15 stalemate at halftime, the Blue Jays outscored the Bobcats 39-11 in the second half for the win.

Joe Grieme scored 13 points and Jordan Gilliland added 12 points for Oak Ridge (1-3). Steven Masterson tossed in 10 points for the Blue Jays.

Triston Perry and Garrett Seabaugh-Miller each had seven points for Delta (0-4).

Oak Ridge 9 6 13 23 -- 51

Delta 4 11 5 6 -- 26

OAK RIDGE (51) -- Steven Masterson 10, Nathan Bolin 6, Kyle Keller 2, Jacob Seabaugh 4, Joe Grieme 13, Jordan Gilliland 12, Clay Maintz 14. FG 17, FT 17-21, F 13 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.)

DELTA (26) -- Charlie Ledbetter 5, Jesse Perry 3, Destin Carroll 4, Garrett Seabaugh-Miller 7, Triston Perry 7. FG 8, FT 7-13, F 16 (3-pointers: Seabaugh-Miller. Fouled out: T. Perry.)

Valle Catholic 64, Perryville 58

Daniel Bergtholdt had a game-high 25 points as the Warriors debuted their season with a win over the Pirates on the road.

Conner Stark led the Pirates with 16 points, all from behind the 3-point line, and Nathan Noland added 13 points for Perryville (2-2).

Valle 15 19 13 8 -- 64

Perryville 10 16 15 16 -- 58

VALLE CATHOLIC (64) -- Nick Oberle 4, Connor Basler 14, Andrew Basler 9, Daniel Bergtholdt 25, Tyler Shuh 11, Jacob Trautman 3. FG 18, FT 9-16, F 17 (3-pointers: C. Basler 2, Shuh 2, Bergtholdt. Fouled out: None.)

PERRYVILLE (58) -- McGwire Bartley 6, Conner Stark 16, Luke Schlichting 7, Garrett Johnson 2, Nathan Noland 13, Collin Stief 4, Eli Tripp 8, Wyatt Johnson 2. FG 19, FT 8-14, F 20 (3-pointers: Stark 4. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Perryville won 47-41

Bloomfield 81, Kelly 49

Bloomfield's Noah Vandiver netted a game-high 21 points to help lead the Wildcats to the road win.

Nathan Newell added 17 points for Bloomfield (3-1).

Maurice Davis recorded 18 points and Jake McClain had 10 points for Kelly (1-3).

Bloomfield 6 19 13 11 -- 49

Kelly 15 20 23 23 -- 81

BLOOMFIELD (81) -- Cameron Pulley 2, Tim Hector 8, Caleb Pulley 7, Peyton Bell 7, Nathan Newell 17, Austin Bond 6, Tyler Battles 8, Noah Vandiver 21, Alex Gibbs 5. FG 27, FT 15-18, F 19 (3-pointers: Caleb Pulley, Bell, Newell, Battles. Fouled out: Gibbs.)

KELLY (49) -- Maurice Davis 18, Ty Householder 5, Dalton Huffman 9, Jake McClain 10, Jacob Riley 2, Conner Dittlinger 7. FG 19, FT 7-12, F 15 (3-pointers: Householder, Huffman. Fouled out: None.)

Ste. Genevieve 48, Saxony Lutheran 46

Ryan Palmer scored 14 points as the Crusaders lost a heartbreaker on the road.

Elwood Voss recorded nine points and six rebounds for Saxony Lutheran (2-2). Chase Steffens had seven assists.

Saxony Lutheran 12 13 6 15 -- 46

Ste. Genevieve 17 13 6 12 -- 48

SAXONY LUTHERAN (46) -- Austin Bock 3, Ryan Palmer 14, Graesen Meystedt 8, Dusty Lorenz 3, Nathan Ruark 7, Elwood Voss 9, Corie Williams 2. FG 14, FT 6-13, F 14 (3-pointers: Palmer 2, Meystedt, Lorenz. Fouled out: None.)

STE. GENEVIEVE (48) -- Drew Schmelzle 10, Clayton Mueller 9, Tate Meyer 8, Nate McKlin 4, Tyler Billings 15, Zach Rhodes 2. FG 15, FT 9-19, F 16 (3-pointers: Billings 3. Fouled out: None.)

Oran 61, Risco 44

Hunter Schlosser scored 19 points and snagged five rebounds to help lead the Eagles in the road win over the Tigers (0-5).

Max Priggel recorded 14 points, five rebounds, three steals and two assists, while Jacob Priggel tallied 11 points, 14 rebounds and two blocks for Oran (2-2).

Oran 9 14 22 16 -- 61

Risco 7 11 12 14 -- 44

ORAN (61) -- Layne Johnson 4, Max Priggel 14, Jacob Priggel 11, Preston Hahn 2, Eric Westrich 2, Hunter Schlosser 19, Garrison Mangels 9. FG 19, FT 11-16, F 13 (3-pointers: M. Priggel 2, J. Priggel, Johnson. Fouled out: None.)

RISCO (44) -- No Information Provided.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Jackson 55, Kennett 14

Rachel Crites scored a game-high 11 points in the Indians' (3-2) lopsided win at home.

Madison Eckley added 10 points for Jackson (4-1).

Kennett 0 8 4 2 -- 14

Jackson 12 10 23 10 -- 55

KENNETT (14) -- Dakayla Duckworth 4, Kate Shetley 2, Heidi Shetley 8. FG 5, FT 4-6, F 13 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.)

JACKSON (55) -- Cassidi Tomsu 8, Rachel Crites 11, McKinzie Scott 3, Autumn Reid 5, Mah Massey 5, Rylee Stafford 9, Abby Hermann 2, Madison Eckley 10, Nicole Humphreys 2. FG 15, FT 10-11, F 16 (3-pointers: Crites, Scott, Reid, Massey, Stafford. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Jackson won 57-7

Perryville 54, Meadow Heights 49

Emma Nation scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Pirates picked up their first win of the season on the road.

Ahnie Hoff added 14 points and 18 rebounds while Kylie Bilek had 12 points for Perryville (1-1).

Emma Cook scored a game-high 19 points for Meadow Heights (1-5), while Kiana Hotop finished with 15 points.

Perryville 14 10 20 10 -- 54

Meadow Hts. 9 13 18 9 -- 49

PERRYVILLE (54) -- Allison McGarvey 2, Kylie Bilek 12, Reese Nations 3, Ahnie Hoff 14, Emma Nelson 18, Rachel Fritsche 2. FG 22, FT 7-11, F 14 (3-pointers: Bilek 2, Nations. Fouled out: None.)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (49) -- Abi Bristow 3, Kiana Hotop 15, Emma Cook 19, Sammantha Miles 4, Jacque Starkey 4, Erica Richmond 4. FG 16, FT 12-24, F 13 (3-pointers: Bristow, Hotop 2, Cook 2. Fouled out: Richmond.)

JV -- Perryville won 37-28

Naylor 58, Central 43

Maddie Daum tallied 12 points, four assists, three rebounds and two steals as the Tigers fell at home to the Eagles.

Sydney Tollison netted 12 points for Central (1-4).

Kabrien Rogers scored 27 points for Naylor (2-0).

Naylor 16 14 14 14 -- 58

Central 10 8 13 12 -- 43

NAYLOR (58) -- Gracie Gargac 6, Shayna Tharp 15, Lauren Rich 2, Kabrien Rogers 27, Callie Pickrell 2, Brooklyn Urich 6. FG 20, FT 9-21, F 15 (3-pointers: Tharp 3. Fouled out: None.)

CENTRAL (43) -- Abby Shupert 2, Sydney Tollison 14, Sarah Boerboom 2, Tramonee Stewart 9, Maddie Daum 12, Katherine Morton 2, Moriah Terry 3. FG 11, FT 5-13, F 20 (3-pointers: Tollison 4, Terry. Fouled out: Boerboom.)

Eagle Ridge 39, Westwood Baptist 26

Aubree Westerfield scored 17 points to lead the Eagles in the win at home.

Jessie Gartman added 12 points for Eagle Ridge (5-2).

Westwood 7 7 2 10 -- 26

Eagle Ridge 9 8 6 16 -- 39

WESTWOOD BAPTIST ACADEMY (26) -- No Information Provided.

EAGLE RIDGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (39) -- Sarah Jackson 2, Jessie Gartman 12, Aubree Westerfield 17, Emily Jackson 8. FG 17, FT 5-8, F 14 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.)

WRESTLING

The Jackson wrestling team won two duals on the road in Farmington, Missouri, to improve to 8-0. The Indians only dropped three matches to Washington to defeat the Blue Jays 63-10 in the first dual, then fell in only two matches in a 62-7 win over Westminster Christian Academy.

Jackson 63, Washington 10

106 -- Cody Hey (W) dec. Riley Mansker (J) 5-0

113 -- Isaac Baker (J) p. Cody Pilgram (W) 5-0

120 -- Parker Neptune (W) dec. Shawn Bareiter (J) 9-2

126 -- Colt Jackson (J) p. Joe Omer (W) 1:05

132 -- Cody Byrd (J) p. Cole Fretalette (W) :43

138 -- Payne Guilliams (J) p. Jonathan Kelpe (W) 1:11

145 -- Micah Collier (J) dec. Josh Luck (W) 3-0

152 -- Clayton Collier (J) p. Gunnar Lode (W) :42

160 -- Zack Norrick (J) won by forfeit

170 -- Carson McCord (J) won by forfeit

182 -- Bryce Dickerson (J) won by forfeit

195 -- Jared Rennick (W) maj. dec. Josh Stone (J) 14-5

220 -- Jamieson McCullough (J) p. Ken Kugel (W) 2:42

HWT -- Preston Hobeck (J) won by forfeit

JV -- Jackson won 78-0

Jackson 62, Westminster Christian 7

106 -- Riley Mansker (J) tech. fall over George Meyer (WCA) 20-5

113 -- Isaac Baker (J) maj. dec. J.T. Fuller (WCA) 10-0

120 -- Shawn Bareiter (J) won by forfeit

126 -- Aaron Gion (WCA) maj. dec. Colt Jackson (J) 9-0

132 -- Jake Byrd (J) p. Eli Parham (WCA) 1:31

138 -- Payne Guilliams (J) p. Caleb Buffa (WCA) :59

145 -- Micah Collier (J) maj. dec. Sam Parham (WCA) 12-0

152 -- Clayton Collier (J) dec. Alex Hopkins (WCA) 5-4

160 -- Zack Norrick (J) p. Caleb Mundorf (WCA) :45

170 -- Carson McCord (J) p. Michael Weston (WCA) 1:22

182 -- Bryce Dickerson (J) won by forfeit

195 -- Josh Stone (J) maj. dec. Sam Thomas (WCA) 14-0

220 -- Tom Graham (WCA) dec. Jamieson McCullough (J) 10-6

HWT -- Preston Hobeck (J) p. Robert Davis (WCA) :45

JV -- Jackson won 66-6

-- From staff reports