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SportsFebruary 17, 2008

Matt Lang scored 17 points, while Marcus Harris, Jake Leet and Hunter Grantham added 15 apiece as the Jackson boys basketball team won its tuneup for district play Saturday. Jackson earned the 80-57 victory over Kelly. The Hawks stuck with Jackson through the first quarter, but the Indians (18-7) managed to shake Kelly in the second quarter, opening a 10-point lead at halftime...

Matt Lang scored 17 points, while Marcus Harris, Jake Leet and Hunter Grantham added 15 apiece as the Jackson boys basketball team won its tuneup for district play Saturday.

Jackson earned the 80-57 victory over Kelly.

The Hawks stuck with Jackson through the first quarter, but the Indians (18-7) managed to shake Kelly in the second quarter, opening a 10-point lead at halftime.

Kelly 17 12 15 13 -- 57

Jackson 18 21 21 20 -- 80

Kelly (57) -- Josh DeBrock 18, Zach Essner 5, Levi Felter 22, Zach Hicks 2, Josh Rodgers 6, Eric Turley 2. FG 22, FT 8-23, F 12 (3-pointers: DeBrock 3, Felter 2. Fouled out: None)

Jackson (80) -- Marcus Harris 15, Kyle Keith 6, Spencer Goodman 7, Matt Lang 17, Jake Leet 15, Aaron Floyd 5, Hunter Grantham 15. FG 33, FT 7-9, F 19 (3-pointers: Harris 1, Keith 2, Lang 1, Leet 1, Floyd 1. Fouled out: Lang)

Ste. Genevieve 58, St. Vincent 50

Josh Rollett finished with a double-double, but it wasn't enough as the Indians dropped the makeup road contest.

Rollett scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Kyle Rollett also snagged 10 boards.

Justin L'Hote led St. Vincent (9-12) with 19 points and added five assists.

St. Vincent 20 11 8 11 -- 50

Ste. Genevieve 15 15 15 13 -- 58

St. Vincent (50) -- Justin L'Hote 19, Aaron Dzik 9, Josh Rollet 15, Matt Abbott 2, Matt Hotop 2, Kyle Rollet 3. FG 20, FT 4-10, F 13 (3-pointers: Dzik 3, L'Hote 1, J. Rollet 1. Fouled out: None)

Ste. Genevieve (58) -- Eric Schrader 23, Kory Faulkner 18, Josh Meyer 8, Curt Roth 7, Brock Meyer 2. FG 22, FT 8-13, F 15 (3-pointers: Faulkner 3, Schrader 2, Meyer 1. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Ste. Genevieve won 49-38.

Leopold 70, Delta 39

Darren VanGennip netted 29 points, including three 3-pointers, to help the Wildcats past the Bobcats.

Leopold (10-10) played a strong press defense to hold Delta to just nine points in the first quarter and eight points in the second period.

Dustin Thiele and Clayton Stoverink each had eight rebounds in the win.

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Delta 9 8 12 10 -- 39

Leopold 19 21 19 11 -- 70

Delta (39) -- Teddy May, 3, Cody Helderman 3, Tyler Martin 9, Alex Parks 3, Chase Rhodes 15, Shelby Kight 2, Cody Schremp 4. FG 13, FT 7-15, F 10 (3-pointers: Helderman 1, Martin 1, Parks 1. Fouled out: none)

Leopold (70) -- Dustin Thiele 2, Cody Van De Ven 6, Wade Wiseman 12, Darren VanGennip 29, Larry Nussbaum 15, Clayton Stoverink 4, John Bohnsack 2. FG 25, FT 10-11, F 15 (3-pointers: Wiseman 2, VanGennip 3. Fouled out: none)

GIRLS BASKETBALLCentral 53, Sikeston 41.

Chelsea Pannier, Wendi Zickfield and Sarah Uptmor each chipped in 11 points to help the Tigers get past Sikeston.

Central's defense limited the Bulldogs to two points in the first quarter.

Central 8 12 17 16 -- 53

Sikeston 2 11 11 17 -- 41

Central (53) -- Sadie Pittman 4, Tierra Walker 2, Lauren Kinsey 2, Chelsea Pannier 11, Breia Twiggs 4, Taylor Kirn 8, Sarah Uptmor 11, Wendi Zickfield 11. FG 24, FT 4-9, F 16 (3-pointers: Uptmor 1. Fouled out: none)

Sikeston (41) -- L. Turner 2, A. Minner 18, J. Coleman 2, M. Deason 2, K. Henson 1, M. Gray-El 16. FG 13, FT 14-21, F 11 (3-pointers: Minner. Fouled out: none)

Kelly 61, Scott County Central 33

Debra Hall poured in 16 points, while Londyn Backfisch added 10 as the Hawks cruised.

Kelly's defense limited the Braves to two points in the fourth quarter as the Hawks improved to 17-5.

Brianna Johnson led Scott County Central with 10 points.

Scott County 12 10 9 2 -- 33

Kelly 16 18 17 10 -- 61

Kelly (61) -- Kayla Cissell 5, Lela Deason 4, Debra Hall 16, Tara Johnson 7, Londyn Backfisch 10, Samantha Fisher 6, Neely Tetley 5, Kristen Powell 8. FG 24, FT 10-15, F 9 (3-pointers: Johnson. Fouled out: None)

Scott County Central (33) -- Jovonne Banks 2, Brianna Johnson 10, Brittney Jones 6, Kisha Ross 4, Iesha Turner 4, Markita Mosley 4. FG 16, FT 1-3, F 14 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Johnson)

-- From staff reports

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