Indians hold off Bulldogs

The Jackson girls basketball team overcame a second-half scare from host Notre Dame and edged the Bulldogs 52-45 Thursday night.

Jackson (17-1), which converted 16 of 17 free throws, saw a 24-14 halftime lead cut to three in the fourth quarter.

Bobbie Jones led all scorers with 16 points for the Indians. Kylie Werner had 13, and Amanda Peiffer added 10.

Kristain Burger had 11 points for Notre Dame (4-11).

JACKSON 52, NOTRE DAME 45

Jackson 9 15 9 19 -- 52

Notre Dame 8 6 14 17 -- 45

JACKSON (52) -- Bobbie Jones 16, Kylie Werner 13, Amanda Peiffer 10, Loni Littlepage 6, Kelly Loos 4, Lindsay Poole 3. FG 15, FT16-17, F 11 (3-pointers: Poole 1, Werner. Fouled out: none)

NOTRE DAME (45) -- Kristain Burger 11, Amanda Toole 8, Amber Karnes 8, Allison Toole 8, Meridith Medlin 6, Amanda Essner 2, Rachel Weidenbenner 2. FG 21, FT 3-9, F 16 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Medlin)

JV -- Jackson 40, Notre Dame 30

Delta 58, Chaffee 54

Delta edged visiting Chaffee to improve to 13-3.

Ashley Deprow led the Bobcats with 17 points. Kaci Menz had 14, and Rachel Ware and Shea Smith each added 10 each.

For Chaffee, Autumn Crowden scored 15 points, Rachel Hendrix added 13 and Torie Keys had 12.

Chaffee 13 17 13 11 -- 54

Delta 19 14 13 12 -- 58

CHAFFEE (54) -- Suzanne Reischman 2, Kegan Orr 5, Tara Propst 1, Whitney Schlosser 5, Torie Keys 12, Nikole Johnson 1, Rachel Hendrix 13, Autumn Crowden 15. FG 21, FT 12-23, F 16 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

DELTA (58) -- Sarah Cook 7, Shea Smith 10, Ashley Deprow 17, Rachel Ware 10, Kaci Menz 14. FG 22, FT 11-18, F 19 (3-pointers: Cook 1, Smith 1, Menz 1. Fouled out: Deprow)

JV -- Delta 44, Chaffee 12

Perryville 70, Woodland 49

Perryville gained a 38-21 halftime lead and defeated Woodland on the road.

Amber Hacker led the Pirates (10-6) with 18 points. Krista Miesner added 16, Christina Schremp had 12 and Becky Bachmann had 10.

Chelsea Martin had 12 points for Woodland, and Elisha Glastetter added 11.

Perryville 17 21 14 18 -- 70

Woodland 13 8 13 15 -- 49

PERRYVILLE (70) -- Christina Schremp 12, Meghan Roth 5, Krista Miesner 16, Amber Hacker 18, Bethany Steffens 3, Annette Weibrecht 6, Becky Bachmann 10. FG 28, FT 10-16, F 8 (3-pointers: Roth 1, Hacker 3. Fouled out: none)

WOODLAND (49) -- Rheanna Greer 6, Sasha Hutson 6, Amanda Abner 5, Francee VanGennip 9, Elisha Glastetter 11, Chelsea Martin 12. FG 21, FT 6-9, F 14 (3-pointers: Glastetter 1. Fouled out: Abner)

JV -- Perryville 63-30

De Soto 52, Central 41

Central couldn't overcome a shaky second quarter and lost at home.

The Tigers (3-14) were outscored 19-7 in the second period and fell behind by 15 at halftime.

Katie Mothershead was the only Tigers player in double figures with 17 points.

De Soto 14 19 7 12 -- 52

Central 11 7 9 14 -- 41

DE SOTO (52) -- Suzanne Hellen 9, Theresa Crady 10, Marissa Shular 3, Kendra McClanahan 4, Kasie Sides 10, Michelle Loveless 16. FG 17, FT 12-16, F 9 (3-pointers: Loveless 3, Shular 1, Crady 1, Hellen 1. Fouled out: none)

CENTRAL (41) -- Dani Gross 4, Meg Yates 4, Courtney Schuessler 9, Erica Schabbing 5, Kristin Shirrell 2, Katie Mothershead 17. FG 18, FT 5-11, F 15 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Central 41, De Soto 35

Oran 64, Puxico 46

Oran pulled away from visiting Puxico in the fourth period.

The Eagles (4-6) led only 44-38 after three quarters but outscored Puxico 20-8 in the fourth.

Erica Michelsen led Oran with 20 points, Amanda Eftink added 12, Wendy Eftink had 11, and Tiffany Glastetter scored 10.

Puxico 9 15 14 8 -- 46

Oran 17 12 15 20 -- 64

PUXICO (46) -- Sara Woodgeard 34, Janell Wheetley 4, Chastity Harty 2, Stephanie Chapman 6. FG 14, FT 12-14, F 14 (3-pointers: Woodgeard 4, Chapman 2. Fouled out: Wheetley)

ORAN (64) -- Jodi Urhaun 4, Tiffany Glastetter 10, Erica Michelsen 20, Wendy Eftink 11, Mandi Wood 7, Amanda Eftink 12. FG 27, FT 9-20, F 14 (3-pointers: Michelsen 1. Fouled out: none)

BOYS BASKETBALL Stoddard Co. Tournament

Advance defeated Bell City 75-55 in the semifinals of the Stoddard County tournament and will face top-seeded Dexter in tonight's final.

The Hornets outscored Bell City 24-10 in the third period to take control of the game after leading 35-30 at halftime.

Jeremy Limbaugh led Advance (13-4) with 20 points, while Tyler Bowman added 18 and James Masters scored 10.

The Hornets avenged a loss from earlier this season to the Cubs.

For Bell City (10-6), Jeff Liggins scored 14 and D.D. Gillespie scored 11.

Dexter defeated Puxico 74-50 in the other semifinal contest.

The final is set for 8:30 tonight. Bell City will face Puxico in the third-place game at 5:30 p.m.

BOYS SWIMMING Notre Dame 132, Pattonville 93, Principia 76

Notre Dame won all three relay events as well as three individual events in a three-team meet at Principia High School. Jameson Kuper won the 200-yard freestyle and 100 breaststroke, and Josh Buchheit won the 100 backstroke.

Notre Dame results

200 medley relay -- 1, ND (Josh Buchheit, Jameson Kuper, Jordan Voss, Justin Voss), 1:55.09; 3, ND (Nathan Todt, Lance Carroll, Nick McCrate, Edward Doyle), 2:08.32.

200 free -- 1, Kuper 1:50.61; 2, Joe Graves 2:15.23

200 IM -- 3, Jason Hine 2:59.28

50 free -- 3, Justin Voss 26.32

100 fly -- 2, Carroll 1:13.64; 3, McCrate 1:14.49

500 free -- 2, Justin Voss 6:20.22; 3, Todt 6:30.06

200 free relay -- 1, ND (Carroll, Graves, Doyle, Jordan Voss), 1:47.38; 3, ND (McCrate, Hine, John Kiblinger, Todt), 1:59.53.

100 back -- 1, Buchheit 1:05.20

100 breast -- 1, Kuper 1:03.12; 2, Carroll 1:16.87

400 free relay -- 1. ND (Graves, Jordan Voss, Buchheit, Kuper), 3:53.34; 3, ND (McCrate, Doyle, Justin Voss, Todt), 4:18.44.