JACKSON BOYS REVERSE TREND, POST ONE-POINT WIN OVER CHARLESTON

CHARLESTON -- After suffering two straight one-point losses, Jackson High boys basketball coach Steve Burk figured it was about time some good fortune struck the Indians.

Burk got his wish Tuesday night as Jackson squeezed out a one-point victory by slipping past host Charleston 62-61.

Tory Meyr hit one of two free throws with six seconds left to break a 61-all tie. Charleston's Howard Biles then missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

"It was a good win," said Burk, whose squad evened its record at 10-10. "We'd lost two in a row by one point, and to win one that way was nice."

Meyr paced the Indians with 19 points. Also in double figures were Brad Hilbert with 16, John Oehl with 14 and Seth McDowell with 11. Hilbert also had five assists while Levi Bollinger dished out six assists.

"I thought Hilbert really played well off the bench," Burk said. "And Oehl and McDowell did a good job inside."

Charleston, which fell to 11-8, got 19 points from Biles, 12 from both Jordy Mixon and Terrance Gillespie, and 11 from Lezcano Dean.

The Indians led 18-12 after one quarter and 33-25 at halftime, but the Blue Jays rallied to go ahead 43-41 entering the final period.

Advance 69, Bloomfield 19

ADVANCE -- The Hornets held Bloomfield to one point in the third quarter -- eight in the entire second half -- as Advance used an impenetrable defense to earn an easy win and improve to 16-2.

"We played really good defense all night," said Advance coach Jim Hall. "We pressured them all night and that seemed to stymie them."

Advance, ranked No. 2 in Class 1A, saw Garrett Broshuis net 15 of his game-high 25 points in the first quarter as the Hornets broke out to a 17-7 lead.

Advance continued to dominate in the second period and took a 33-11 lead into halftime.

Adam Rainey and Cain Kelly added 10 points apiece for Advance.

Woodland 76, Delta 51

MARBLE HILL -- Woodland connected on nine 3-pointers in an easy victory.

Woodland (9-7) built a 20-9 lead in the first quarter and held a comfortable 37-18 advantage at haftime.

Jason Greer sank five of the Cardinal 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 19 points. C.W. Stacy added 18 and Ryan Bandermann netted 13.

Josh Altenthal scored 16 points for Delta and Troy Nussbaum finished with 15.

Kelly 66, Chaffee 43

KELLY -- A belated homecoming came with a victory for the Kelly Hawks.

Kelly (9-7) had its originally scheduled homecoming game against East Carter County canceled Saturday due to snow.

Daniel Seyer led Kelly with 16 points while Michel Romas netted 12 and Quinton Schaefer added 10.

The Hawks took the suspense out early with a 22-5 scoring advantage in the first quarter. Kelly took a 38-18 lead into halftime.

Chase Eskew scored 16 points for Chaffee.

Festus 57, Perryville 53

FESTUS -- Perryville found a poor second quarter too much to overcome as the Pirates dropped a Jefferson County Conference game.

Tied 12-12 after one quarter, Perryville (5-13, 1-4) was outscored 23-11 in the second period and trailed 35-23 at the break. The Pirates, who trimmed the lead to 46-40 by the close of the third quarter, could only make up two points down the stretch.

Michael Downen led Perryville with 14 points and Ryan Wichern added 12.

Zac Vaughn scored a game-high 16 points for Festus.

Scott County Central 77, Oran 63

ORAN -- Four Scott County Central players recorded double-figure scores to push the Braves to victory over Oran.

Todd Blissett sank a game-high 24 points, Jreece Johnson netted 22, Nick Wheeler had 14 and Terrance Williams added 10 to help the Braves improve to 13-6.

Scott County built a 38-31 first-half lead and outscored Oran 18-14 in the third quarter en route to the win.

"We didn't block out very well," said Oran Larry Boshell. "We had some defensive breakdowns, but they used a lot of offensive picks to score on us. They did a nice job."

Phillip Seyer scored 17 points, Travis Friga had 15 and Eric Spies added 14 for Oran, which fell to 9-7.

St. Vincent 59, Crystal City 54

CRYSTAL CITY -- The Indians built a 26-17 lead in the first half and held off a second-half Crystal City rally to improve to 10-5.

St. Vincent, 4-2 in Jefferson County Conference play and 3-0 in the small division, was outscored 20-19 in the third quarter and 17-14 in the fourth quarter.

"We had a good first half defensively," said St.Vincent coach Bruce Valleroy. "In the second half they shot the ball well, but our kids battled back and we pulled one out in a tough place to play."

St. Vincent's Ryan Prost led the way with 17 points and eight rebounds. Gabe Hotop notched 12 points and Justin Amschler added 10.

Darrick Whipple scored 11 points for Crystal City.

ZALMA TOURNAMENT

ZALMA -- The Zalma Bulldogs picked up their third win of the year Tuesday night with a 57-56 victory over Meadow Heights in the round-robin Zalma Tournament.

In the other tournament game, Leopold knocked off Marquand 64-45.

For Zalma (3-11), Jason Means nailed five threes and led the Bulldogs with 17 points followed by Chris Canoy with 12.

Meadow Heights, which hit a layup at the buzzer to account for the final margin, had four players in double figures. Tyler Thompson led the way with 15, followed by Troy Hays with 14, Joe Jones with 12 and John Smith with 11.

In the other game, Leopold got a game-high 24 points from Adam Horrell. The Wildcats also got 14 from Danny Nenninger and 12 from Lee Vandermierden.

Marquand, which was outscored 19-5 in the third quarter, was led in scoring by Doug Rehkop's 15 points. Scott Emmett added 11 and Ryan Stephens posted 10.

SWIMMING

Park. Central 128, Cape Central 55

ST. LOUIS -- The Cape Central swim team fell to 2-7 in dual meets despite several strong individual Tiger performances.

Stratton Tingle took the lone first-place finish of the meet for Cape Central in the 200 freestyle (1:56:38).

100 freestyle - 2. Andrew Moreton 1:57.37; 3. Warren Williams 1:00.48

200 freestyle - 1. Stratton Tingle 1:56.38

100 backstroke - 3. Moreton 1:10.68

200 IM - 2. Gabe Austin 2:39.43

100 backstroke - 2. Austin 1:14.41

50 freestyle - 2. Dwyre :25.52; 3. Williams :26.76

200 freestyle relay - 2. 2:04.47 (Moreton, Williams, Austin and Dwyre)

100 butterfly - 3. Dwyre 1:23.76

8th grade basketball

Cape Central places third

Cape Central placed third in the Jackson Tournament with a 61-51 victory over the host school Indians.

Micah Reutzel led Central (8-5) with 15 points while Jake Knepp scored 13 and Mitch Craft had 12.

Jackson's Taylor McNeely scored a game-high 17 points.