High school roundup: Jackson soccer routs Central

The Jackson boys soccer team exploded Wednesday night for a huge revenge victory over rival Central.

Jackson routed the visiting Tigers 5-0, less than a month after Central slipped past the Indians 3-2 in double overtime on Sept. 24 in Cape Girardeau.

Kendall Townsend scored three goals for the Indians, who improved to 7-10-1.

Liam Gray had a goal and three assists for Jackson, while Josh Scholl had a goal and an assist. Mikey Depew added an assist.

Goalkeepers Justin Darnell and Braden Emmons shared the shutout as Central fell to 11-11.

"Tonight we just finished and put the ball in the back of net," said Jackson coach Zack Walton, whose young squad has come on strong late in the season.

JV -- Jackson won 1-0.

Saxony Lutheran 6 Fredericktown 3

Hunter Coe and Dustin Lorenz each scored three goals to lead host Saxony.

Ryan Palmer had two assists for the Crusaders (4-13), while Coe and Luke each added one assist.

VOLLEYBALL

Jackson 25-25 Scott City 10-6

Chelsea Fowler had eight kills to lead the Indians (8-16-3) in an easy home over the Rams (2-22-1).

Autumn Reid added six kills while Hailey Mouser notched five kills and nine digs for Jackson.

McKinzie Scott dished out 14 assists and Kayla Thurman and Macey Huff each served three aces.

JV -- Jackson won 25-15, 25-19.

MVC Tournament

Fourth-seeded Meadow Heights downed No. 5 Marquand-Zion 25-21, 25-19 in a quarterfinal on the opening night of the Mississippi Valley Conference Tournament at Zalma High School.

The Panthers (8-13-2) will take on top-seeded Leopold (24-4) today at 7 p.m. in the semifinals.

No. 3 Oak Ridge cruised past sixth-seeded host Zalma (2-19-2) 25-15, 25-8 in another quarterfinal.

The Blue Jays (10-11-2) will face second-seeded Greenville (12-9-1) at 8 p.m. today in the other semifinal.

SCAA Tournament

Four teams will compete in today's semifinals in the Stoddard County Activities Association Tournament at Bernie High School.

Top-seeded Dexter (24-3) will take on No. 4 Advance (14-11-2) at 7 p.m.

Dexter advanced to the semifinals with a 25-1, 25-9 rout of eighth-seeded Richland while Advance squeezed out a 25-21, 25-23 win over No. 5 Puxico.

Second-seeded Woodland (20-6-1) will face No. 3 Bernie (15-9-2) in the second semifinal at 8 p.m.

Woodland posted a 25-13, 25-9 win over No. 7 Bell City and Bernie nipped sixth-seeded Bloomfield 25-17, 25-22 to advance to the semifinals.

BOYS SWIMMING

Notre Dame 143

Westminster Christian Academy 99

Jackson 70

The Bulldogs placed first in nine events to win a tri-meet at the Central Municipal Pool.

Jackson Voss (50 freestyle, 500 freestyle) and Zach Smith (100 freestyle, 200 freestyle) each picked up two individual wins for the Bulldogs.

Local results

200 medley relay -- 1. Notre Dame 1:48.12 (Ethan Pobst, Ben Tlapek, Zach Smith, Jackson Voss); 3. Jackson 2:04.47 (Jack Gard, Alex Snyder, Matthew Snyder, Rex McNeely)

200 freestyle -- 1. Zach Smith (ND) 1:53.73; 2. Alex Snyder (J) 2:04.99

200 individual medley -- 2. Jack Gard (J) 2:23.24; 3. Ben Tlapek (ND) 2:28.40

50 freestyle -- 1. Jackson Voss (ND) 23.20; 2. Ethan Pobst (ND) 24.25

Diving -- 1. Caleb Heisserer (ND) 188.95; 2. Flatch (J) 149.55; 3. Nate Stovall (ND) 120.95

100 butterfly -- 2. Nate Stovall (ND) 1:07.38; 3. Jack Gard (J) 1:07.91

100 freestyle -- 1. Zach Smith (ND) 50.53; 2. Caleb Heisserer (ND) 53.27

500 freestyle -- 1. Jackson Voss (ND) 5:04.05; 2. Matthew Snyder (J) 5:44.59

200 freestyle relay -- 2. Notre Dame 1:43.13 (Caleb Heisserer, Bill Kapp, Ben Tlapek, Mitchell Heisserer); 3. Notre Dame 1:51.00 (Nix Coppock, Bruce Nguyen, Nate Stovall, Sam Shaw)

100 backstroke -- 1. Ethan Pobst (ND) 1:02.77; 2. Joe Matthews (ND) 1:05.82; 3. Alex Snyder (J) 1:07.26

100 breaststroke -- 2. Ben Tlapek (ND) 1:13.46; 3. Matthew Snyder (J) 1:15.83

400 freestyle relay -- 1. Notre Dame 3:39.20 (Jackson Voss, Zach Smith, Caleb Heisserer, Ethan Pobst); 3. Notre Dame 4:04.28 (Mitchell Heisserer, Bruce Nguyen, Bill Kapp, Lucas Hurley)

-- From staff reports