Jackson wrestlers drop dual meet

STE. GENEVIEVE -- Ste. Genevieve, the recent Tiger Classic champion, handed Jackson its first dual loss of the season, 43-37, in high school wrestling action Wednesday night.

Besides facing one of the state's top teams, the Indians, who placed second in the Tiger Classic, were hampered by three forfeits -- one due to illness and the others brought on by wrestlers who recently quit the team.

"We have a couple of holes right now and hopefully we'll fill them in time," said Jackson coach Steve Wachter.

Jackson won the JV match 42-33.

Ste. Genevieve 43, Jackson 27

103 - Travis Albertson (SG) dec. Paul Feiner, 8-3

112 - Brock Howard (J) pin Jeremy Herman, :53

119 - Brad Basler (SG) forfeit

125 - Adam Vogt (SG) forfeit

130 - Shane Okenfuss (SG) maj. dec. Ben Wachter, 18-7

135 - Cody Rouse (J) dec. Andy Joggerst, 8-3

140 - Ricky Feiner (J) pin Nathan Pinkley, :58

145 - Derrick Wolk (SG) pin Justin Rice, 2:15

152 - Todd Gegg (SG) pin James Love, 3:04

160 - Nick Bauman (SG) Blake Ulrich, 9-5

171 - Bryan Gegg (SG) forfeit

189 - Tyson Gegg (SG) dec. Matt Kahle, 9-4

215 - Seth Harrell (J) pin Josh Carron, 5:31

HWT - Luke Wade (J) Jordan Naeger, 1:01

Jackson JV winners: Cory Ruch (1190), Jordan Barnhardt (130), Austin Bock (135), Greg Ludwig (145), Garrett Huck (152), Andy Glass (189), Dustin Fluegge (215), Curtis Ackman (HWT)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

NOTRE DAME 59 PERRYVILLE 32

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Notre Dame, the second-ranked team in Class 2A and coming off an impressive win over Poplar Bluff in the championship game of the HealthSouth Holiday Classic, punished Perryville Wednesday night.

Deana McCormick had 12 points and 11 rebounds to lead Notre Dame (9-1). Courtney Vickery was the only other Notre Dame in double figures with 10.

"We didn't play very well after a 10-day layoff," Notre Dame coach Jerry Grim said. "It's hard being off. We practiced, but we didn't practice like we normally would."

April Lorenz scored a game-high 14 points for Perryville (6-7). The Lady Pirates have lost twice to Notre Dame this season.

DELTA TOURNAMENT

DELTA, Mo. -- Twin Rivers will play St. Vincent and Delta will take on Dexter in the semifinals after all four teams posted victories in the first round of the Delta Tournament Wednesday night.

Twin Rivers, the top seed, ripped No. 8 Puxico 71-19; No. 2 Dexter defeated No. 7 Woodland 70-19; No. 3 Delta knocked off No. 6 Chaffee 43-28 and No. 5 St. Vincent defeated No. 4 Oran 50-45 in overtime.

With about 12 seconds left in regulation of St. Vincent's game, Oran's Anilise Lange hit a 3-pointer -- her only basket of the game -- to tie the game and send it into overtime.

St. Vincent (5-3) outscored Oran 6-1 in the overtime period.

Chelsey Brown led St. Vincent with 13 points, followed by Nicole Hadler with 11.

Maria Eftink, who fouled out, scored a game-high 18 points for Oran. Emily Dirnberger added 10.

Delta improved to 6-3 with its victory over Chaffee.

Rebecca Below led the Lady Bobcats with 14 points, followed by Rebecca Cook with 13.

Jennifer Vandeven led Chaffee with 11 points, while Morgan Kiefer added 10.

Woodland couldn't keep up with the second-seeded Lady Bearcats.

Eleven players found the scoring column for Dexter, including Katie Dunlap who scored 18. Dianna McCall led the Lady Cardinals with 8.

Tournament action will resume Friday.

--From staff reports