Connor Shepard netted a game-high 20 points as the Jackson boys basketball team picked up its first home win of the season, a 78-50 victory over state-ranked Park Hills Central on Thursday..
Blake Reynolds sank 18 points and Jacob Smith added 11 points for Jackson (12-5).
Colin Bess tallied 12 points to pace the Class 3 Rebels (14-2), who sustained just their second loss of the season.
Central 6 12 13 19 -- 50
Jackson 22 22 21 13 -- 78
CENTRAL (PARK HILLS) (50) -- Conner Proffer 6, Jake Bridges 8, Brandon Wagner 6, Brandon Caldwell 3, Brayden Manion 3, Pierce Daniels 3, Hunter Strange 9, Colin Bess 12. FG 16, FT 6-6, F 17 (3-pointers: Bridges, Caldwell, Daniels, Proffer. Fouled out: Bess.)
JACKSON (78) -- Jacob Friess 5, Garrett Walker 6, Braden Wendel 9, Jacob Smith 11, Stephan Irons 2, Blake Reynolds 18, Connor Shepard 20, Cameron Hester 7. FG 25, FT 13-16, F 12 (3-pointers: Wendel 2, Sheppard 2, Smith. Fouled out: None.)
JV -- Central (Park Hills) won 61-47
Quinn Poythress netted a game-high 28 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and tallied five steals to lead the Bulldogs in the road win.
Dean Crippen recorded nine points and five rebounds for Notre Dame (13-3). Thomas Himmelberg notched six rebounds, four assists and four steals for the Bulldogs.
Preston Wuebker and Dalton Wilson bucketed 16 points apiece to pace Advance (9-7).
Notre Dame 21 16 19 12 -- 68
Advance 8 17 14 6 -- 45
NOTRE DAME (68) -- Brendan Boswell 8, Grant Ressel 5, Tanner Shively 3, Quinn Poythress 28, Trent Schumer 6, Bobby Jansen 2, Thomas Himmelberg 5, Dean Crippen 9, Nick Bradshaw 2. FG 23, FT 4-7, F 16 (3-pointers: Boswell 2, Ressel, Shively, Poythress, Himmelberg. Fouled out: None.)
ADVANCE (45) -- Preston Wuebker 16, Brian Whitson 9, Austin Ladd 4, Dalton Wilson 16. FG 8, FT 8-12, F 6 (3-pointers: Wuebker 4, Whitson 3. Fouled out: None.)
JV -- Notre Dame won
Richland's Skyler Harper scored a game-high 23 points as the Rebels routed the Wildcats on the road.
Marcus Grayson netted 19 points and Dewey Thornton tossed in 13 points for Richland (3-10).
Blake Eeftink had 11 points to pace Leopold (1-12).
Richland 13 19 22 13 -- 67
Leopold 5 9 10 7 -- 33
RICHLAND (ESSEX) (67) -- Skyler Harper 23, Marcus Grayson 19, Preston Tilley 10, Dewey Thornton 13, Nick Azure 2. FG 28, FT 5-7, F 11 (3-pointers: Tilley 2. Fouled out: None.)
LEOPOLD (33) -- Tristan Graham 8, Blake Eeftink 11, Cord Cooper 7, Blake Leazenby 5, John Gray 2. FG 7, FT 4-11, F 9 (3-pointers: Eeftink 3, Graham 2. Fouled out: None.)
JV -- Richland won 37-33
Brianna Mueller netted 16 points as the state-ranked Crusaders staved off a scare from Central to remain undefeated with the road win.
The Tigers managed to outscore the Crusaders in every quarter but the second, which proved key to Saxony Lutheran's victory.
"We played well the entire game," Central coach Sherri Shirrell said. "We switched up our offense and defense. We knew we had to slow down their offense."
Sydney Tollison led Central with 16 points, three steals and three assists while Kassidy Pannier recorded 13 points, four rebounds and three assists. Bailey Manley grabbed seven rebounds for the Tigers (5-9).
Raegan Wieser tallied 12 points and Grace Mirly added 10 points for Saxony Lutheran (18-0).
Saxony 16 21 12 10 -- 59
Central 20 6 14 12 -- 52
SAXONY LUTHERAN (59) -- Grace Mirly 10, Ali Galemmo 8, Brianna Mueller 16, Tess Daniel 9, Raegan Wieser 12, Maddie Brune 4. FG 19, FT 12-21, F 11 (3-pointers: Mueller 2, Wieser. Fouled out: None.)
CAPE CENTRAL (52) -- Sydney Tollison 16, Sarah Boerboom 9, Tramonee Stewart 5, Kassidy Pannier 13, Maddie Daum 9. FG 15, FT 10-15, F 18 (3-pointers: Pannier 4. Fouled out: Stewart.)
JV -- Saxony Lutheran won 45-36
Johneisha Daniel scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Bravettes to the conference road victory and keep the Rams winless.
Maddison Avance recorded 12 points and Ziaire Davis tossed in 10 points for Scott County Central (5-12).
Michaela Kiefer netted seven points for Scott City (0-12).
Scott County 21 15 13 9 -- 58
Scott City 8 8 9 12 -- 37
SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (58) -- Hailey Kesler 9, Johneisha Daniel 17, Maddison Avance 12, Shanice Gipson 4, Ziaire Davis 10, Chelsea Phillips 4, Nastassia Williams 2. FG 20, FT 12-21, F 15 (3-pointers: Kesler 2. Fouled out: None.)
SCOTT CITY (37) -- Bella Bowers 2, Morgan Pettit 3, Anna Kern 4, Natalie Woods 6, Hannah Shemonia 4, Skyler Rhymer 4, Carly Howell 5, Michaela Kiefer 7, Katie Smith 2. FG 12, FT 5-10, F 15 (3-pointers: Pettit, Kern, Howell. Fouled out: None.)
Ashlyn McIntosh recorded a game-high 17 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead the Eagles in the conference road win.
Tatum May tallied 14 points, six rebounds and three steals for Oran (9-5). Hannah Scherer grabbed 11 rebounds and tossed in nine points for the Eagles, while Kaylen Glastetter had five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
Selina Smith paced Delta (3-9) with 10 points.
Oran 18 14 16 7 -- 55
Delta 11 4 7 10 -- 32
ORAN (55) -- Gabby Krapf 2, Allie Cummins 4, Brianna Stause 6, Tatum May 14, Ashlyn McIntosh 17, Kaylen Glastetter 2, Autumn Westrich 1, Hannah Scherer 9. FG 21, FT 7-16, F 10 (3-pointers: Stause 2. Fouled out: None.)
DELTA (32) -- Jamie Hodge 7, Carrie Waddle 7, Erin Bond 2, Selina Smith 10, Meagan Parke 3, Cooper Simpson 3. FG 5, FT 5-8, F 17 (3-pointers: Hodge 2, Smith 2, Parker, Waddle. Fouled out: None.)
Kristi Brucker had a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds as a strong second half helped propel the Hawks to victory on the road.
Tessa Johnson netted 11 points and Logan Ivie chipped in 10 points for Kelly (11-5).
Katelyn Pierre recorded a game-high 19 points and Kaytlynn Haynes added 13 points for Puxico (7-6).
Kelly 8 13 15 21 -- 58
Puxico 12 9 11 18 -- 50
KELLY (58) -- Tori Duenne 3, Morgan LeDure 5, Kaylee Scherer 7, Tessa Johnson 11, Stephanie Worth 8, Logan Ivie 10, Kristi Brucker 14. FG 19, FT 20-28, F 17 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Ivie.)
PUXICO (50) -- Kaytlynn Haynes 13, Brenna Hancock 3, Gabby Clark 3, Katelyn Pierre 19, Victoria Burch 2, Faith Oliver 10. FG 21, FT 8-21, F 21 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Haynes, Oliver.)
Freshman Krista Rhodes had a double-double with a game-high 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Cardinals to victory over their Bollinger County rival.
Shelby Sawyer also recorded a double-double with 14 rebounds and 13 points for Woodland (6-8). Cheyenne Wells tossed in 10 points for the Cardinals.
Kiana Hotop had 13 points to pace Meadow Heights (6-12).
Meadow Hts. 6 12 9 14 -- 41
Woodland 11 19 13 21 -- 64
MEADOW HEIGHTS (41) -- Kassy Henson 3, Abbi Davis 1, Kylee Whitener 2, Kiana Hotop 13, Emma Cook 7, Janie Cook 2, Skylar Whitener 5, Jaycee Whitener 6, Mayzie Thompson 2. FG 15, FT 5-19, F 25 (3-pointers: Hotop 2. Fouled out: Hotop, E. Cook.)
WOODLAND (64) -- Rebekah Page 3, Whitney Lincoln 3, Cheyenne Wells 10, Heidi Green 2, Krista Rhodes 27, Shelby Sawyer 13, Hannah Scott 2, Audrey Wilkinson 2, Ciara Rainbolt 2. FG 17, FT 15-32, F 21 (3-pointers: Rhodes 4, Wells. Fouled out: None.)
Jordan Pruitt sank a game-high 22 points, dished out five assists and had four steals as the Red Devils snapped a three-game losing streak with the road rout.
Kaitlin McFerron recorded eight points and six rebounds, and Lindsey Harrell snagged eight rebounds for Chaffee (12-5).
Taylor Osborn netted 15 points for Campbell.
Chaffee 13 10 26 7 -- 56
Campbell 7 9 5 2 -- 23
CHAFFEE (56) -- Dakota Pepple 2, Jordan Pruitt 22, Carleigh Burnett 2, Mary Beth Knutson 2, Hannah Seyer 5, Lindsey Harrell 4, Kaitlin McFerron 8, Hallie Bollinger 3, Hannah Glueck 2, Katie Glueck 5. FG 11, FT 22-34, F 18 (3-pointers: Pruitt 3, Bollinger. Fouled out: None.)
CAMPBELL (23) -- Ashley West 2, Anna Bader 4, Taylor Osborn 15, Johanna Nelson 2. FG 6, FT 9-24, F 22 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Nelson.)
JV -- Chaffee won
Hillsboro's Amber Peterson scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Hawks in the conference win at home.
Cassidy Frank netted 12 points and Izze Ringling tossed in 10 points for Hillsboro (8-7).
Kylie Bilek recorded 17 points and five steals to pace Perryville (6-9, 0-2). Emma Nelson had a double-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals, and Ahnie Hoff tallied 10 rebounds and nine points for the Pirates.
Perryville 6 11 15 11 -- 43
Hillsboro 15 9 24 9 -- 57
PERRYVILLE (43) -- Kylie Bilek 17, Ahnie Hoff 9, Anna Huskey 2, Emma Nelson 15. FG 14, FT 9-21, F 13 (3-pointers: Bilek 2. Fouled out: None.)
HILLSBORO (57) -- Amber Peterson 23, Izze Ringling 10, Christen Hopfer 6, Lexi Close 6, Cassidy Frank 12. FG 14, FT 11-16, F 19 (3-pointers: Peterson 2, Hopfer 2, Frank 2. Fouled out: Ringling.)
JV -- Hillsboro won 27-23
The Bulldogs placed first in two events in a dual-meet loss to Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day School in the suburban St. Louis area.
Megan Peters won the 100 butterfly with a time of 1 minute, 3.42 seconds, and Madison Heisserer posted a first-place time of 1:03.07 in the 100 backstroke for Notre Dame.
Local top three finishers
200 medley relay -- 2. Notre Dame (Madison Heisserer, Amelia Coello, Megan Peters, Caroline Schott) 2:06.20
200 freestyle -- 2. Madison Heisserer (ND) 2:04.30; 3. Jacie Pujol (ND) 2:23.83
200 individual medley -- 3. Angelica Rubi (ND) 2:42.14
50 freestyle -- 2. Megan Peters (ND) 26.91
100 butterfly -- 1. Megan Peters (ND) 1:03.42
100 freestyle -- 3. Caroline Schott (ND) 1:02.43
500 freestyle -- 3. Jacie Pujol (ND) 6:13.69
200 freestyle relay -- 3. Notre Dame (Angelica Rubi, Susan Anderson, Katie Emmendorfer, Jacie Pujol) 2:06.04
100 backstroke -- 1. Madison Heisserer (ND) 1:03.07
100 breaststroke -- 2. Amelia Coello (ND) 1:26.71
400 freestyle relay -- 2. Notre Dame (Madison Heisserer, Caroline Schott, Megan Peters, Amelia Coello) 4:12.71
Central won four of its matches in the loss at home to Festus.
106 -- OPEN
113 -- Kyle Bennett (F) won by forfeit
120 -- OPEN
126 -- Hugh Scheller (C) won by forfeit
132 -- Josh Zaitz (F) wbf. over Darius Harris (F) 1:24
138 -- Davion Clark (C) dec. Seth Perkins (F) 16-15
145 -- Tyler Henson (F) wbf. over Dennis Jordan (C) :31
152 -- Nathan Miller (F) wbf. over Bailey Sheehan (C) :58
160 -- Dalan Thompson (C) dec. Mattea Calafatti (F) 5-4
170 -- Ethan Keller (F) won by forfeit
182 -- Tyler Sexton (F) won by forfeit
195 -- Dustin Politte (F) wbf. over T.J. Marquis (C) :45
220 -- Geoffrey Bardley (F) wbf. over Mitchell Humphrey (C) 1:01
HWT -- Patrick Buck (C) wbf. over Dason Boyer (F) 3:45
-- From staff reports
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