High school roundup: Meadow Heights, St. Vincent girls advance to tourney title game

Meadow Heights and St. Vincent will square off for the title at the Delta New Year's girls basketball tournament.

The Panthers and Indians both won their semifinal games Wednesday to advance to Saturday's 4 p.m. championship game. Meadow Heights defeated St. Vincent 67-31 when they met Dec. 13 in Patton, Mo.

Meadow Heights took down host Delta 66-26 behind a balanced scoring attack Wednesday.

Gina Cureton led the Panthers with 14 points, while Hattie Cook added 13 and Erin Bollmann 12.

Meadow Heights took control when it outscored Delta 26-8 in the second quarter.

Jackson's Jacob Colyott wrestles Ste. Genevieve's Dominique Donaby in the 140 pound weight class during a meet on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, in Jackson. (Kristin Eberts)

Machela VanGennip paced the Bobcats (5-4) with 14 points.

The Indians knocked off Oran 61-48 behind 21 points from senior post player Kali Wingerter.

Courtney Heberlie chipped in 11 points for the victors.

Cheyanne King led the Eagles with 22 points.

Saxony Lutheran advanced to the consolation title game with its 63-49 victory over Scott County Central.

A trio of Crusaders posted double-doubles to help earn the win.

Abby Hartman scored a team-high 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, Natalie Mueller finished with 13 points and 14 rebounds and Julia Steffens recorded 14 points and 13 rebounds for Saxony Lutheran (3-5).

"The scoring was so well-rounded," Crusaders coach Rick Chastain said.

Mikaela Blissett paced the Braves with a game-high 21 points, while Johniqua Fort added 12 points.

The Crusaders will face Woodland, which dispatched Chaffee 61-29.

The Cardinals held the Red Devils scoreless in the fourth quarter.

Kendra Pinkley led Woodland with a double-double, pouring in 24 points to go with 17 rebounds. Josie Long added 12 points for the Cardinals (2-5).

Adrienne Eichhorn led the Red Devils with 18 points.

SAXONY LUTHERAN 63, SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL 49

SCC 15 4 11 19 -- 49

Saxony 13 19 17 14 -- 63

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (49) -- Mikaela Blissett 21, Johniqua Fort 12, Derien Ditto 3, Abby Ross 3, Daisy Gillespie 8, Shelly Pritchett 2. FG 16, FT 17-26, F 20. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

SAXONY LUTHERAN (63) -- Regan Obermann 8, Maci Daniel 9, Julia Steffens 14, Abby Hartmann 16, Lauren Hecht 3, Natalie Mueller 13. FG 24, FT 12-22, F 16. (3-pointers: Obermann 1, Hartman 2. Fouled out: none)

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WOODLAND 61, CHAFFEE 29

Woodland 19 13 21 6 -- 61

Chaffee 12 7 10 0 -- 29

WOODLAND (61) -- Ashley Acup 7, Tess Rainey 2, Kendra Pinkley 24, Keighlyn Lincoln 10, Josie Long 12, Kathlyn Cooper 2, Lindsey Craft 4. FG 28, FT 3-5, F 13. (3-pointers: Long 1, Acup 1. Fouled out: none)

CHAFFEE (29) -- Rani Wiley 10, Adrienne Eichhorn 18, Lauren Whistler 1. FG 12, FT 2-4, F 4. (3-pointers: Wiley 2, Eichhorn 1. Fouled out: none)

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MEADOW HEIGHTS 66, DELTA 26

Meadow Hts 10 26 16 14 -- 66

Delta 4 7 8 7 -- 26

MEADOW HEIGHTS (66) -- Hattie Cook 13, Gina Cureton 14, Erin Bollmann 12, Heather Dietiker 10, Whitney Welker 11, Taylor Cureton 2, Jillian Mills 3. FG 26, FT 10-16, F 12. (3-pointers: Cook 1, G. Cureton 1, Dietiker 2. Fouled out: none)

DELTA (26) -- Samantha Bartels 10, Tori Burton 2, Machela Van Gennip 14. FG 9, FT 7-13, F 14. (3-pointers: Bartels 1. Fouled out: none)

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ST. VINCENT 61, ORAN 48

Oran 8 15 7 18 -- 48

St. Vincent 14 15 10 22 -- 61

ORAN (48) -- Haley Glastetter 10, Cheyanne King 22, Halle Woodfin 2, Addie Kielhofner 2, Crissy Sauceda 5, Taylor Nenniger 7. FG 19, FT 8-12, F 10. (3-pointers: Nenniger 1, Sauceda 1. Fouled out: none)

ST. VINCENT (61) -- Courtney Heberlie 11, Dani Hogard 4, Kayla Seabaugh 9, Storm French 10, Kelci Besand 6, Kali Wingerter 21. FG 28, FT 4-9, F 9. (3-pointers: Heberlie 1. Fouled out: none)

WRESTLING

Jackson 44, Ste. Genevieve 21

The host Indians made quick work of the Dragons, who are ranked No. 7 in Class 2 by missouriwrestling.com.

Levi Rayburn (119 pounds), Jacob Colyott (140) and Ben Rushin (215) posted pins to help lead Jackson.

"It was a good dual," Jackson coach Steve Wachter said. "They've got a very good team."

The Indians improved to 6-0 in dual meets this season with the win.

Results

103 -- Kodi Byrd (J) def. Ryan Grieshaber 8-5

112 -- Cole Reynolds (S) won by forfeit

119 -- Levi Rayburn (J) p. Jesse Martinelli in 5:04

125 -- Jordan Reisenbichler (J) def. Travis Jones 4-3

130 -- Aaron Delph (J) def. Wes LeClere 8-3

135 -- Derrick Grieshaber (S) def. Clay Miller 8-6

140 -- Jacob Colyott (J) p. Dominique Donaby in 1:52

145 -- Levi Hobeck def. Josh Pinkley 19-4

152 -- Justin Roth (S) def. Chris Reed 8-3

160 -- Cody Morgan (J) won by forfeit

171 -- Ethan Basler (S) p. Eli Ogan in 2:52

189 -- Michael Riney (J) won by forfeit

215 -- Ben Rushin (J) p. Luke Hemmenla in 32 seconds

HWT -- Nic Wittu (S) def. Lucas Slinkard 5-0

JV -- Jackson won 60-6.

GIRLS SWIMMING

Central 106, Poplar Bluff 63

Maddie Siefert and Lizzie Schmidt both were double individual winners in the Tigers' road win.

Both swimmers also helped two relays post victories.

Central swept the three relays and also took second in the 400 freestyle relay.

"We had some nice swims and it was nice to win a dual meet like this," Central coach Dayna Powell said.

Central results

200 medley relay -- 1. Central (Chleo LeGrand, Lizzie Schmidt, Sydney Ozbun, Molly Kinder), 2:17.27; 2. Central, 2:42.11

200 freestyle -- 1. Mallory Dickson, 2:51.46; 2. Polly Shantz, 2:54.63

200 individual medley -- 1. Maddie Siefert, 2:30.02; 2. LeGrand, 2:53.98

50 freestyle -- 3. Ozbun, 30.25

100 butterfly -- 1. Schmidt, 1:05.89; 3. Shantz, 1:44.85

100 freestyle -- 1. Siefert, 1:01.75

500 freestyle -- 1. Kinder, 7:05.73; 2. Alyssa Coots, 7:22.90

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Central (Siefert, Kinder, Dickson, Ozbun), 2:03.81; 3. Central, 2:30.91

100 backstroke -- 1. Schmidt, 1:13.30; 2. Ozbun, 1:20.14

100 breaststroke -- 1. LeGrand, 1:26.64; 3. Kinder, 1:35.40

400 freestyle relay -- 1. Central (Siefert, Coots, LeGrand, Schmidt), 4:34.98; 3. Central, 5:49.35

-- From staff reports