Indians take third in Missouri Duals

Jackson's wrestling team finished 6-1 in dual meets over the weekend and took third place in the Missouri Duals which finished up Saturday in Jefferson City.

The Indians only loss came to Raymore Peculiar 44-20. Granite City (Ill.) won the tournament with a 34-31 win over Peculiar.

In pool play Jackson won duals over Ste. Genevieve (53-21), Neosho (51-24), Helias (51-22), Raytown South (73-3) and Oakville (65-7). Jackson tied Jefferson City 36-36 in the third-place match, but won on criteria.

Cody Rouse at 152 pounds and Sean Gant at 135 pounds each finished 7-0. Kamden Rampley finished 6-1 at 189 pounds, with his only loss coming on a disqualification for a slam. Josh Schumacher finished 5-1 at 125, Andy Glass was 4-0 at 215, Jamie Schumacher was 5-2 at 112 and Justin Miller was 5-2 at 119.

Jackson is in action at home Thursday against Windsor, and then will compete in the Tiger Classic on Friday and Saturday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Jackson 55, Berkeley 22

Jackson remained undefeated with an easy home victory.

Kylie Werner led the Indians (7-0) with 14 points and Bobbie Jones added 10. Jackson jumped out to a 30-7 halftime lead.

Berkeley 2 5 11 4 -- 22

Jackson 16 14 18 7 -- 55

BERKELEY (22) -- Talimalo Apella 3, Sierra Aldridge 8, Andrea Reed 2, Sherrell Washington 2, Karyn Shanks 2, Ramonica Keely 4, Ashley Colquitt 1. FG 8, FT 6-11, F 10 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JACKSON (55) -- Andrea Puisis 3, Lindsay Poole 8, Kylie Werner 14, Gabrielle Garritano 3, Loni Littlepage 4, Kelly Loos 6, Bobbie Jones 10, Amanda Peiffer 7. FG 19, FT 6-13, F 14 (3-pointers: Puisis 1, Poole 2, Werner 3, Loos 2. Fouled out: none)

JV: Jackson 38, Berkeley

Mount Vernon 57, Central 35

Central netted just two points in the opening quarter as it fell to 0-6 on the season with a home loss to a team from Illinois.

Courtney Schuessler led the Tigers with eight points.

Mount Vernon 14 14 15 14 -- 57

Central 2 8 15 10 -- 35

MOUNT VERNON (57) -- Murphy 1, Wagner 15, Bruce 4, Young 4, Berry 22, Gant 3, Wiegal 8. FG 20, FT 9-14, F 9 (3-pointers: Berry 3, Wagner 1. Fouled out: none)

CENTRAL (35) -- Dani Gross 7, Meg Yates 6, Courtney Schuessler 8, Erica Schabbing 6, Sonja Williams 2, Kristin Shirrel 4, Christina Sexton 2,. FG 15, FT 2-4, F 16 (3-pointers: Yates 2, Gross 1. Fouled out: none)

BOYS SWIMMING

Central finished 10th at the Marquette Relays.

The Tigers finished with 150 points. SLUH won with 338, Lafayette had 302 and Chaminade had 300.

Central's best finish was fifth in the diving relay. Rob Thomas, Aaron Zlokovich and Hank Hurt scored 297.65 points. The 300 butterfly team of John Wolpers, Stuart Greaser and Hunter Givens was sixth in 3:04.40.