Jackson places 4th at Farmington

A long day at the Farmington Invitational brought a pair of losses and a fourth-place finish Saturday for the Jackson girls basketball team.

After two days of postponements and the cancellation of the consolation bracket due to power outages caused by a winter storm that swept through Farmington, Jackson got under way at 10 a.m. on Saturday in the semifinals against No. 1 Belleville (Ill.) East.

The fourth-seeded Indians fell 46-39 to the Lancers.

Jackson played in the third-place game at 4 p.m., and the Indians squandered a late lead for a 65-63 loss to No. 2 Lutheran South.

The Indians trailed 34-31 heading into the fourth quarter in the semifinal game, but could not come back. Amanda Peiffer led Jackson with 16 points.

In the third-place game, Jackson led by five points with less than 2 minutes remaining, but could not hold off Lutheran South. Peiffer led the Indians once again with 17 points. Gabrielle Garritano added 16 points, and Ashley Charboneau had 11 points.

Lutheran South outscored Jackson 16-8 in the final period.

"Right now we're struggling a little bit, but there's a long way to go," Jackson coach Sam Sides said.

Jackson is back in action at home Saturday against Berkeley.

Belleville East 46, Jackson 39

Jackson 10 10 11 7 -- 39

East 16 10 8 11 -- 46

JACKSON (39) -- Cody Goodpasture 8, Chelsea Bartels 3, Lindsay Poole 3, Gabrielle Garritano 6, Ashley Charboneau 3, Amanda Peiffer 16. FG 16, FT 2-8, F 15 (3-pointers: Bartels 1, Charboneau 1. Fouled out: none)

BELLEVILLE EAST (46) -- Adams 2, Gammon 8, Bealmear 2, Santanelo 4, Harrington 13, Woods 13, Harrison 4. FG 19, FT 6-12, F 13 (3-pointers: Harrington 2. Fouled out: none)

Lutheran South 65, Jackson 63

Jackson 14 21 20 8 -- 63

L. South 18 13 18 16 -- 65

JACKSON (63) -- Andrea Barnes 2, Lindsay Poole 9, Gabrielle Garritano 16, Ashley Charboneau 11, Kelci Keith 6, Jenni Tenholder 2, Amanda Peiffer 17. FG 23, FT 7-10, F 12 (3-pointers: Poole 3, Charboneau 3, Garritano 1, Keith 1. Fouled out: none)

LUTHERAN SOUTH (65) -- Shaffer 9, Lauer 25, Heimrich 4, Mack 9, McQueen 4, Frigero 14. FG 24, FT 11-17, F 10 (3-pointers: Lauer 5, McQueen 1. Fouled out: none)

Valle Tournament

St. Vincent outscored Crystal City 34-20 combined in the second and third quarters to pull out a win at the Valle Tournament in Ste. Genevieve, Mo.

The Squaws (2-2) were led by Elizabeth Rozier's 16 points. Jessica Welker added 12 points for St. Vincent, and Lacey Siegmund had 11.

ST. VINCENT 60, CRYSTAL CITY 54

Crystal City 15 8 12 19 -- 54

St. Vincent 12 15 19 14 -- 60

CRYSTAL CITY (54) -- Perry 16, Helwig 13, Stephonsky 7, Russell 6, Garber 4, Selman 4, Vaughn 2, Wuertz 2. FG 20, FT 10-19, F 19 (3-pointers: Perry 2, Russell 2. Fouled out: none)

ST. VINCENT (60) -- Elizabeth Rozier 16, Jessica Welker 12, Lacey Siegmund 11, Kelsey Cissell 8, Courtney Besand 6, Brooke Brown 5, Miranda Holmes 2. FG 24, FT 12-24, F 17 (3-pointers: Rozier 1, Welker 1. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports