High school roundup (Sat.): Jackson cross country teams advance to sectional

The Jackson girls and boys cross country teams earned a spot in the state sectional round after their finishes at the Class 4 District 1 meet.

The Jackson boys finished second in the team standings while the girls finished fourth. The top four teams advance to the sectional race Saturday at Parkway Central High School.

Gabe Underwood led Jackson with a third-place finish in the boys race with a time of 16 minutes, 46.19 seconds. Four other Jackson runners qualified for the sectional race with a top-30 individual finish. Jack Jeffers finished sixth, Calvin Lysell finish 10th, Matt Gibson finished 28th and Alex Phillips came in 30th.

Underwood, Jeffers and Lysell all earned all-district honors with their top 10 finishes.

Chelsea Drum finished fourth in the girls race with a time of 19:44.69. Tayler Winick and Carli Knott also had top 30 individual finishes with ninth and 24th place finishes, respectively.

"Some ran as expected, some were sick," Jackson coach Andrea Talley said. "If we run they way we can run, then we should be fine for the next rounds."

Central's Wright Logan and Riley Duncan qualified for the sectional meet with 18th and 22nd place finishes, respectively.

"Both of those guys had those goals before the season started," Central coach Mark Hahn said. "It's nice to achieve those goals."

Class 4 is the only class to use a sectional round between the district meet and the state meet. Class 1, 2 and 3 districts will be held Saturday to determine state qualifiers.

Boys

Team Scores -- 1. Oakville 54, 2. Jackson 75, 3. Lindbergh 105, 4. Mehlville 125, 7. Central 185

Central -- 18. Logan Wright 17:43.48, 22. Riley Duncan 17:47.48, 45. Clayton Monia 18:36.27, 51. Buchanan Dalton 19:03.33, 57. Matthew Stearns 19:29.22, 58. Josh Morrison 19:29.67, 68. Kent Bernhardt 20:02.64

Jackson -- 3. Gabe Underwood 16:46.19, 6. Jack Jeffers 16:55.81, 10. Calvin Lysell 17:24.77, 28. Matt Gibson 17:51.66, 30. Alex Phillips 17:56.21, 31. Caleb Bess 17:58.68, 34. Charlie Townsend 18:00.41

Girls

Team Scores -- 1. Cor Jesu Academy 51, 2. Lindbergh 84, 3. Rockwood Summit 99, 4. Jackson 104, 11. Central 291

Central -- 46. Maddy Mcdonald 21:49.08, 48. Bridget Trepasso 21:58.73, 51. Haley White 22.12.32, 74. Zionna Mehalopoulis 24:18.76, 77. Aleksand Aleksandrova 24:30.18, 79. Tiana Bowman 25:34.68, Elizabeth Utinov 26:19.35

Jackson -- 4. Chealsea Drum 19:44.69, 9. Taylor Winick 20:29.37, 24. Carli Knott 20:48.20, 33. Carlee Williamson 21:06.58, 34. Courtney Hahs 21:07.88, 36. Leah Hecht 21:12.10, 40. Molly Cunningham 21:28.54

SOCCER

The Eagle Ridge boys soccer soccer team claimed the Missouri Christian High School Athletic Association state championship with a 4-3 victory over Crosspoint Cristian of Washington, Mo., on Saturday.

Josh King and Jordan Cliff both had two goals for Eagle Ridge, which scored all of its goals in the first half and led 4-0 at halftime.

King and Mike Perez each had one assist.

VOLLEYBALL

Eagle Ridge finished sixth in state on the road in Joplin.

In the three matches the girls played, they lost to Heartland Bethal in three sets, beat Heatland Belton in two sets, and lost to Westwood in two.

Callie Hefner was named to the first team all-state team while teammate Emily Jackson was named to the second team all-state team.

SWIMMING

Central competed in the Springfield Invitational over the weekend.

Christian Retter had the best individual finish. He placed 15th in the 100 free in 55:69.

John Young, Jamonte Rush, Retter and Raleigh Davis combined to finish 10th in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:45.37.

-- From staff reports