Jackson downs Central in OT in semis

The Jackson boys basketball team overcame a 13-point, second-half deficit Friday night to defeat Central 58-54 in overtime to reach the championship game of the Farmington tournament.

Jackson, which improved to 2-0, will try to defend its tournament title today at 7:30 p.m. when it faces Salem in the championship game.

Jackson trailed by 10 points at halftime and still trailed 51-46 with about a minute left in regulation. The Indians pulled even, 51-51, on a 3-pointer by Kyle Keith and a pair of free throws by Marcus Harris with 25 seconds left. Both teams missed 3-pointers in the final seconds.

In the opening minute of overtime, Jackson took its first lead since the first quarter, 53-51, when Antonio Garritano scored from close range.

Jajuan Bell, who scored a game-high 29 points, countered with three free throws to give Central its final lead, 54-53, and final points.

Jackson went ahead for good on a pair of free throws from Garritano, who finished with 12 points. Jake Leet led Jackson with 13 points and Spencer Goodman added 11.

Anthony Watts scored 11 points for Central.

Jackson 58, Central 54, OT

Central 13 16 10 12 3 -- 54

Jackson 10 9 14 18 7 -- 58

Central (54) -- Jajuan Bell 29, Anthony Watts 11, Shane Nolen 2, Zach Boerboom 2, Garrett Pannier 8, Derek Walker 2. FG 17, FT 16-24, F 24 (3-pointers: Bell 1, Watts 1, Pannier 2. Fouled out: Nolen)

Jackson (58) -- Marcus Harris 4, Caleb Guilliams 2, Kyle Keith 3, Spencer Goodman 13, Matt Lang 5, Jake Leet 13, Hunter Grantham 6, Antonio Garritano 12. FG 18, FT 16-28, F 22 (3-pointers: Keith 1, Goodman 1, Lang 1. Fouled out: Lang)

Woodland tournament

Top-seeded Saxony Lutheran built a 17-point lead by halftime and rolled past No. 3 Meadow Heights in the championship game.

Zach Bohnert scored a game-high 19 points for Saxony, while Max Wieser netted 16 points, Bret Steffens tallied 13 and Austin Kwikkel had 11.

Tyler Wagner paced Meadow Heights with 10 points.

Leopold won the third-place game behind 29 points from Darren VanGennip. Larry Nussbaum added 13 points and Dustin Thiele and Cody Van De Ven each finished with 11.

Justin Lemons and Jeremy Rogers led Zalma with 12 points apiece, and Colton Bailey and Nick Smith both netted 10 points.

Woodland beat Perryville to grab fifth place.

Kyle Reynolds poured in 15 points and Adam Cureton added 12 points for Woodland.

Brent Roth scored a game-high 17 points for Perryville.

Championship

Saxony Lutheran 76, Meadow Heights 49

Meadow Hts. 9 12 13 15 -- 49

Saxony Luth. 22 16 16 22 -- 76

Meadow Heights (49) -- Dustin Hubler 8, Derek Wilfong 5, Tyler Wagner 10, Adam Welker 2, Tyler Brune 2, Ethan Mayfield 4, Zac Hotop 3, Tyler Welker 8, Luke Nitsch 7. FG 20, FT 4-9, F 27 (3-pointers: Wilfong 1, Hotop 1, T. Welker 2, Nitsch 1. Fouled out: none)

Saxony Lutheran (76) -- Trevor Mabuce 5, Garrett Ruppel 4, Garret Fritsche 1, Chris Rolf 1, Zach Bohnert 19, Bret Steffens 13, Max Wieser 16, Ben Courtois 6, Austin Kwikkel 11. FG 26, FT 24-34, F 11 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

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Third place

Leopold 75, Zalma 54

Zalma 18 16 12 8 -- 54

Leopold 21 20 9 25 -- 75

Zalma (54) -- Travis Mergel 1, Chad Buehler 3, Steven Simmers 1, Colton Bailey 10, Nick Smith 10, Justin Lemons 12, Kevin Walker 9, Jeremy Rogers 12. FG 22, FT 9-17, F 13 (3-pointers: Buehler 1. Fouled out: none)

Leopold (75) -- Dustin Thiele 11, Cody Van De Ven 11, Wade Wiseman 4, Trent Vandeven 2, Darren VanGennip 29, Larry Nussbaum 13, Clayton Stoverink 5. FG 30, FT 12-16, F 14 (3-pointers: VanGennip 3. Fouled out: none)

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Consolation final

Woodland 57, Perryville 43

Woodland 9 10 20 18 -- 57

Perryville 7 9 11 16 -- 43

Woodland -- Josh Hahn 7, Joe Layton 6, Timmy Abner 8, Adam Cureton 12, Kyle Reynolds 15, Devon James 5, Vincent Choate 2, Logan McCarty 2. FG 20, FT 10-15, Fouls 17. (3-pointers -- Hahn 1, Layton 2, Abner 1, Cureton 2, Reynolds 1. Fouled out: none)

Perryville -- Andrew Martin 2, John Hecht 3, Steve Richardson 4, Ben Prevallet 8, Brent Roth 17, Wade Leible 5, Tyson Brown 4. FG 15, FT 13-19, Fouls 12. (3-pointers -- none. Fouled out: none)

New Salem 75, Bethel Christian 70, OT

Dillon Gaines hit four 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 20 points as New Salem won at home in overtime.

Dillon Sutton added 17 points, Brett Jones had 14 and Josh DaVault had 12 for New Salem (7-2).

Bethel 11 15 18 17 9 -- 70

New Salem 17 20 17 13 14 -- 75

Bethel (70) -- Jered Hogan 12, Ethan Guss 18, James Guthrie 16, Kyle Durell 15, Jordan Smith 6, Matthew Scandrett 3. FG 27, FT 13-21, F 17 (3-pointers: Guss 1, Guthrie 1, Scandrett 1. Fouled out: none)

New Salem (75) -- Dillon Gaines 20, Dillon Sutton 17, Brett Jones 14, Trent Jones 7, Josh DaVault 12, Samuel O'Brien 3, Jared Crist 2. FG 29, FT 7-14, F 20 (3-pointers: Gaines 4, B. Jones 3, T. Jones 2, Sutton 1. Fouled out: Sutton)

Eagle Ridge 62, Christian Outreach 32

Ben Douglas dropped in 22 points for Eagle Ridge in its win against Christian Outreach.

Other events

• Central's JV defeated North County 58-53 in the third-place game in the Perryville tournament.

-- From staff reports