High school roundup: Jackson junior wins third conference wrestling title

Jackson junior Levi Rayburn captured his third consecutive SEMO Conference wrestling title Saturday.

Despite Rayburn's victory at 119 pounds, the Indians couldn't overcome Farmington. Jackson finished second at the weekend event in Dexter, Mo., with 357 points. Farmington won the title with 434.5 points.

"Overall we wrestled pretty good. We had a really good finals," Jackson coach Steve Wachter said. "We just lost a couple kids during the year and don't have the depth that we had earlier in the year. Boy, Farmington has a lot of depth and they have some outstanding wrestlers. They just kind of dominated the tournament."

Rayburn was one of four Jackson wrestlers to win conference titles. Other Indians winners were Levi Hobeck (140), Adam Kirchdorfer (160) and Ryan Marble (171).

Jordan Reiscenbichler (112), Mitchell Hazelwood (135) and Michael Riney all finished second in their weight classes for the Indians.

Jackson's Josh Scott wrestles Poplar Bluff's Ethan Swingle during their 125-pound match Friday at the SEMO Conference meet in Dexter, Mo. Scott finished third at the meet. (JERRY JARRELL ~ Dexter Daily Statesman)

Central, which finished fifth with 184 points, had a pair of second-place finishers in Desmond Howard (130) and Jawaun Howard (145).

Codi Byrd (103), Josh Scott (125) and Cody Morgan (152) placed third for the Indians, while Kevin Flesher (171) and Trey Grovenor (285) finished third for the Tigers.

Caleb Yeargain (125) and Clint Sargent (152) took fourth for Central, while Aaron Delph (130), Jacob Colyott (145) and Mitchell Montgomery (215) placed fifth for Jackson.

Austin Harter (103) and Ryan Harter (189) paced Notre Dame with fifth-place finishes, while Trevor Foltz (171) and Tyler Hulshof (145) took sixth. The Bulldogs took 11th with 99 points.

Team standings -- 1. Farmington 434.5; 2. Jackson 357; 3. Ste. Genevieve 311.5; 4. Poplar Bluff 193; 5. Central 184; 6. Windsor 163; 7. Sikeston 157; 8. Dexter 149; 9. North County 134; 10. Park Hills Central 111.5; 11. Notre Dame 99; 12. New Madrid Central 68.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Jackson 68, Notre Dame-St. L 43

Nine players scored for the Indians as they posted a victory at the Notre Dame Shootout.

Kaylen Knepp paced Jackson with 21 points, while Whitney McNeely added 13, including three 3-pointers.

The Indians (9-5) return to action Monday when they host Fredericktown.

ND-St. L 10 14 9 10 -- 43

Jackson 13 20 11 24 -- 68

NOTRE DAME-ST. LOUIS (43) -- Michelle Auer 19, Christina Rohde 8, Gabby Reppell 3, Sarah Meyer 3, Sam Goodman 10. FG 14, FT 9-14, F 14. (3-pointers: Auer 4, Rohde 1, Goodman 1. Fouled out: none)

JACKSON (68) -- Dru Haertling 9, Brooke Sanders 8, Kaylen Knepp 21, Connor King 4, Kylie Seyer 4, Cassandra Bollinger 3, Makenzie Quade 5, Laurie Clippard 2, Whitney McNeely 13. FG 26, FT 10-14, F 18. (3-pointers: Haertling 1, Knepp 1, Quade 1, McNeely 3. Fouled out: none)

BOYS BASKETBALL

Jackson 54, Hillcrest 36

Bobby Clark poured in 17 points and Henrie Williams scored 16 as the Indians improved to 11-7.

Jackson converted 71 percent (24 of 34) of its free throws and returns to action Tuesday when it hosts Sikeston.

Hillcrest 12 4 9 11 -- 36

Jackson 8 7 20 19 -- 54

HILLCREST (36) -- Taylor Sade 14, Morgan Ruiz 4, Mitchell Jenkins 4, Dorial Green 4, Austin Petry 2, Thomas Shepard 5, Alex Venegas 3. FG 13, FT 6-12, F 25. (3-pointers: Sade 2, Venegas 1, Shepard 1. Fouled out: none)

JACKSON (54) -- Taylor Williams 2, Kyle Keith 2, Zach McDowell 8, Henrie Williams 16, Bobby Clark 17. FG 14, FT 24-34, F 14. (3-pointers: Keith 1, McDowell 1. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports