High school roundup: Indians, Tigers have strong showing at Jackson Invitational

The Jackson girls and Central boys finished second during Saturday's annual Jackson Invitational track and field meet.

Kirkwood's girls rolled to the title in the 16-team field, scoring 152.5 points. Jackson had 77 while Central was sixth with 59.

A much closer boys division saw Fox prevail with 119 points. Central scored 105 and Jackson was fourth with 84.

"We had a very good meet. Kirkwood's girls were really strong and so were the Fox boys," Jackson coach Steve Wachter said. "Central and us had a real good meet, a lot of very good individual performances."

Central's Asia Thomas tied for the outstanding runner award after breaking the meet record in the 400 meters with a time of 56.87 seconds.

Thomas, who set a state-meet record in winning the 400 title last year, also captured the 200 on Saturday while placing second in the 100.

Other local first-place finishers on the girls side were Central's Carlee Reeves (shot put), Jackson's Paden Wachter (discus) and Jackson's Tori Parry (3,200).

Central's Thomas McElmurry received the outstanding runner award for the boys after collecting gold in the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles.

Jackson's Blake Smith had a big meet, breaking his own school record in the long jump with a distance of 22 feet, 8 1/2 inches.

Smith also won the 100 with a sizzling time of 10.44 seconds that ranks among the state's best of this year.

"That was a great time," Wachter said.

Central had four other boys champions: Billy Leighton (1,600), Zach Horrell (discus), Chris Martin (triple jump) and Matt Deisher (pole vault).

Jackson collected two other school records, including Brandon Wright's second-place 400 time of 49.37.

The Indians' 400 relay team of Smith, Trent Sizemore, Logan Wren and Wright was second with a school-record 43.25.

Notre Dame's Duncan Ross tied the school record in the pole vault with a second-place height of 14-6, which actually matched Deisher's winning mark.

GIRLS

Team results -- 1. Kirkwood 152.5, 2. Jackson 77, 3. Sikeston 74, 4. Murphysboro 70, 5. Hillsboro 61, 6. Central 59, 7. Poplar Bluff 49, 8. Farmington 49, 9. Fox 33, 10. Dexter 29, 11. Valle 21, 12. Notre Dame 18, 13. Arcadia Valley 12, 14. Saxony 6, 15. Fredericktown 1, 16. Kelly 0

3200 relay -- 3. Jackson, 10:31.68; 5. Notre Dame, 11:05.09

1600 -- 5. Elizabeth Kiblinger (ND), 5:45.23

800 dash -- 5. Kristen Richardet (J), 2:35.19

100 hurdles -- 2. Lauren Anderson (J), 16.87

100 dash -- 1. Asia Thomas (C), 12.19

400 dash -- 1. Thomas (C) 56.87

200 dash -- 2. Thomas (C) 25.73

3200 -- 1. Tori Parry (J), 11:51.42; 2. Mary Dohogne (C), 12:20.95; 5. Laura Chavez (C), 12:41.58

Pole vault -- 3. Sierra Maddux (J), 9-0; 5. Sadie Schaefer (ND), 8-0

Shot put -- 1. Carlee Reaves (C), 36-9; 3. Paden Wachter (J), 35-0

Long jump -- 3. Anderson (J), 15-2

Discus -- 1. Wachter (J), 123-5; 3. Reaves (C), 109-9; 5. Taylor McMahon (J), 98-10 1/2

BOYS

Team results -- 1. Fox 119, 2. Central 105, 3. Kirkwood 98, 4. Jackson 84, 5. Farmington 72.5, 6. Murphysboro 60.5, 7. Poplar Bluff 51.5, 8. Valle 44, 9. Notre Dame 24.5, 10. Hillsboro 16, 11. Fredericktown 14, 12. Saxony 9, 13. Dexter 2, 14. Arcadia Valley 2, 15. Kelly 0

3200 relay -- 6. Notre Dame, 8:41.70

110 hurdles -- 1. Thomas McElmurry (C), 15.30; 3. Jeremy Engelhart (S), 15.87

100 dash -- 1. Blake Smith (J), 10.44; 4. Chris Martin (C), 10.82

800 relay -- 5. Central, 1:35.76

1600 -- 1. Billy Leighton (C), 4:35.15; 5. Adam Brown (J), 4:50.80

400 relay -- 2. Jackson, 43.25

400 dash -- 2. Brandon Wright (J), 49.37

300 hurdles -- 1. McElmurry (C), 40.86

800 -- 2. Collin Summers (C), 2:03.07

200 dash -- 3. Wright (J), 23.10

3200 -- 2. Eric Schott (C), 10:08

1600 relay -- 2. Central, 3:31.65; 4. Jackson, 3:35.10

Discus -- 1. Zach Horrell (C), 141-6 1/2; 3. Ben Rushin (J), 133-4; 5. Luke Stevens (J), 126-10

Long jump -- 1. Smith (J), 22-8 1/2; 6. Chris Martin (C), 19-7 1/2

Triple jump -- 1. Martin (C), 44-3 1/2

Shot put -- 2. Rushin (J), 47-9 1/4; 3. Horrell (C), 46-2

Pole vault -- 1. Matt Deisher (C), 14-6; 2. Duncan Ross (ND), 14-6; 4. Blake Stone (J) 12-6; 5. Chris Reed (J), 12-6

BASEBALL

Scott City 13, NMCC 2

Brett Dirnberger hit a home run and went 3 for 4 as the Rams picked up a five-inning road victory.

Chris Limbaugh and Austin Atchley both added two hits while Ryan Fortner homered for Scott City (3-5-1).

Cody Ashcraft was the winning pitcher.

Scott City 144 40 -- 13 11 1

New Madrid 020 00 -- 2 5 7

WP -- Cody Ashcraft, 1-0. LP -- McDaniel. HR -- Ryan Fortner (SC), Brett Dirnberger (SC). 2B -- Chris Limbaugh (SC), Smith (NM). Multiple hits -- Scott City: Limbaugh 2-5, Dirnberger 3-4, Austin Atchley 2-4. Records -- Scott City 3-5-1.

-- From staff reports