STE. GENEVIEVE -- The host Dragons displayed their outstanding wrestling talents again this season, claiming the SEMO Conference Meet on Saturday.
Ste.Genevieve scored 254 points as a team to claim the conference. Jackson took second with 210.5 points and Cape Central eighth with 64.5.
Three Jackson wrestlers claimed individual conference titles, as Brett Stroud won at 103-pounds, Eric Rhodes won at 112 and Kyle Watson claimed the 130-pound class. Eleven of Jackson's 14 wrestlers placed, with seven making the finals.
Team Results
1. Ste. Genevieve 254
2. Jackson 210.5
3. Farmington 199
4t. Sikeston 84
4t. Dexter 84
6. Poplar Bluff 76
7. North County 66
8. Cape Central 64.5
9. New Madrid 64
10. Park Hills 27
11. Potosi 13
Individual winners with local qualifiers
103 - 1. Brett Stroud, Jackson
112 - 1. T.J. Hill, Farmington; 4. Jason Streiler, Jackson
119 - 1. Eric Rhodes, Jackson; 2. Ben Allen, Cape Central
125 - 1. Josh Buchanan, Farmington; 2. Lance Schlick, Jackson
130 - 1. Kyle Watson, Jackson
135 - 1. Jason Worley, Ste. Genevieve; 2.Kyle Huck, Jackson
140 - 1. Ben Bauman, Ste, Genevieve; 3. Jason Goben, Jackson
145 - 1. Jason Barber, Dexter; 2.Mark Wade, Jackson
152 - 1. David Womack, Farmington 3. Cory Jaco, Jackson
160 - 1. Andrew Felker, Sikeston
171 - 1. Doug Wiles, Sikeston 4. Dustin Baker, Jackson
189 - 1. Roy Bauman, Ste. Genevieve; 2.Kent Langston, Jackson; 4. Matt Strickland, Cape Central
215 - 1. Jarrod Wolk, Ste. Genevieve
HWT - 1. Jessie Wilson, New Madrid
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