HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Young scores 34 in Central's win over West County

Al Young scored a game-high 34 points, powering the Cape Central boys basketball team to a 72-64 win over West County on Wednesday at Cape Central High School.

The Tigers carried a 30-25 lead into halftime before extending their lead to 15 points heading into the final period. Cape Central improved to 15-5 on the season.

Parker Forshee scored 25 points to lead the Bulldogs, while Jacob Meinershagen (14) and Roger Vance (10) also finished in double figures.

West County 11 14 12 27 -- 64

Cape Central 15 15 22 20 -- 72

WEST COUNTY (64) -- Roger Vance 10, Jacob Meinershagen 14, Parker Forshee 25, Matt Momot 4, Jared Barnett 2, Blake Barlow 2, Jared Jones 5, Austin Bradley 2. FG 27, FT 5-12, F 16. (3-pointers: Meinershagen 2, Forshee 1, Momot 1, Jones 1. Fouled out: None.)

CAPE CENTRAL (72) -- Zyshon Mallory 4, Al Young 34, Tevyn Wright-Hunt 6, Jawone Newell 9, Austin Parker 8, Blake Harris 6, Kaleb Ward 3, Garrett Jackson 2. FG 27, FT 14-19, F 8. (3-pointers: Wright-Hunt 2, Newell 1, Ward 1. Fouled out: None.)

Windsor 86, St. Vincent 54

The Owls had four players reach double figures in the home rout of the Indians.

Sam Haight and Devin Michael led the way for Windsor with 18 points apiece. Trey Miller added 16 points for the Owls, and Logan Kelly-Wolff poured in 13 points.

Trevor Leible finished with 15 points to lead St. Vincent (7-11), while Luke Wibbenmeyer contributed 10 points.

St. Vincent 12 18 12 12 -- 54

Windsor 25 22 20 19 -- 86

ST. VINCENT (54) -- Trevor Leible 15, Luke Wibbenmeyer 10, Darren Ernst 6, Riley Riehn 6, Tyler Unterreiner 6, Joe Whistler 4, Blake Hennemann 4, Jordan Rellergert 4. FG 22, FT 8-19, F 17. (3-pointers: Ernst 1, Rellergert 1. Fouled out: None.)

WINDSOR (86) -- Sam Haight 18, Devin Michael 18, Trey Miller 16, Logan Kelly-Wolff 13, Jared Millheiser 9, Bruce England 9, Camden Metteer 3. FG 30, FT 16-24, F 15. (3-pointers: Haight 4, Miller 2, Michael 1, Millheiser 1, England 1, Metteer 1. Fouled out: None.)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Ste. Genevieve 56, St. Vincent 25

Madison Reynolds finished with a game-high 20 points, leading the Dragons past the visiting Indians.

Avery Reed and Deryn Brown each added 10 points for Ste. Genevieve (15-4), which led 34-15 at halftime.

Jackie Verseman scored 11 points to pace St. Vincent (11-9).

St. Vincent 6 9 2 8 -- 25

Ste. Genevieve 21 13 14 12 -- 56

ST. VINCENT (25) -- Samantha Pritchard 2, Jenna Winkler 2, Corrin Carroll 4, Jamie Best 4, Hannah Gotto 2, Jackie Verseman 11. FG 12, FT 1-3, F 6. (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.)

STE. GENEVIEVE (56) -- Madison Reynolds 20, Avery Reed 10, Deryn Brown 10, Emma Meyer 6, Riley Meyer 8, Courtney Donze 2. FG 18, FT 5-5, F 7. (3-pointers: Brown 2, E. Meyer 2, Reynolds 1. Fouled out: None.)

GIRLS SWIMMING

Poplar Bluff 263, Notre Dame 199, Cape Central 198

The Tigers had a relay team qualify for state for the first time in eight years, as their 200 freestyle relay team of Allison McDonald, Olivia Priest, Molly Phegley and Josey finished first with a time of 1:45.83.

McDonald placed first in the 50 freestyle with a state-qualifying time of 25.26 for Central.

The Bulldogs' lone first-place finish came from Carly Pujol, who won the 1-meter diving (189.3).

-- From staff reports