JACKSON WRESTLERS RALLY PAST FARMINGTON TO EXTEND STREAK

FARMINGTON -- Jackson High's heavier weights extended a heavy streak.

Jackson's wrestling team overcame an early deficit and beat Farmington on the road 42-27 Tuesday night.

The win completed Jackson's regular season at 8-0 in dual meets. It was the Indians' fourth straight undefeated season.

Jackson has won 46 straight duals. The school record is 52 straight wins.

"I'm really proud of the team; we've had a really good season," said Jackson coach Steve Wachter, who is 26-0 as a head coach at Jackson. "We wrestled well against some outstanding competition."

Jackson lost six of the first nine matches to Farmington's tough lighter weights. The Indians won the last five matches to secure the victory.

"It was a tough dual meet," said Wachter. "Farmington has an outstanding team and their 112- and 119-pounders could both win state championships."

Farmington's 112-pounder T.J Hill, a junior who has never lost a high school match and is a two-time state champion, is ranked No. 4 in the world in freestyle wrestling. Josh Buchanan is the 119-pounder.

Jackson won the matches at 103, 130 and 135. The Indians then won at 160, 171, 189, 215 and heavyweight in succession.

The Indians will compete in the Class 4A district meet Saturday at Lindbergh High in St. Louis.

Jackson 42, Farmington 27

103 -- Lance Schlick (J) forfeit win

112 -- T.J. Hill (F) pin. Nick Hilt, 1:36

119 -- Josh Buchanan (F) def. Kyle Watson, 20-8

125 -- Andy Holden (F) def. Scott Mangels, 10-7

130 -- Joe Wiseman (J) pin. Dustin Sales, 4:26

135 -- David Schaaf (J) def. Josh Hoehn, 11-5

140 -- Hunter Cortez (F) def. Travis Turner, 16-8

145 -- Michael Vaugh (F) def. James Hitt, 17-1

152 -- David Womack (F) def. Kyle Ward, 23-8

160 -- Kent Glass (J) pin. Jeff Bowling, 1:01

171 -- Kyle Glass (J) def. Sean McDowell, 10-7

189 -- Kent Langston (J) pin. Shane Littlejohn, 1:34

215 -- Travis Reiminger (J) forfeit win

HWT -- Aaron Ross (J) forfeit win

Cape Central 64

New Madrid 9

NEW MADRID -- Cape Girardeau Central's wrestlers team completed their regular season by routing New Madrid County Central on the road Tuesday night.

Central will enter Saturday's district meet at Lindbergh High in St. Louis 4-5-1 in dual meets.

Central lost only two matches Tuesday.

Central 64, New Madrid 9

103 -- Jonah Woods (CC) forfeit win

112 -- Keith Benton (CC) forfeit win

119 -- Jason Townsend (N) def. Eric Henry, 16-14

125 -- Travis Kaufman (CC) def. Jarrel Fountain, 13-5

130 -- Josh Goodrich (CC) pin. Jyttone Foutain, 3:27

135 -- Greg Chenoweth (CC) pin. Jason Warwield, 5:40

140 -- Ben Keefe (CC) pin. Fred Hartman, 2:30

145 -- Troy Sikes (CC) def. Anthony Parker, 15-14

152 -- Ben Swoboda (CC) forfeit win

160 -- Dustin Gross (CC) pin. Chris Kolwyck, :50

171 -- Kyle Todt (CC) pin. Rhyllin Price, 5:45

189 -- Matt Strickland (CC) pin. John Wilson, 5:45

215 -- Craig Knoth (CC) def. Leigh Spear, 11-8

HWT -- Jessie Wilson (N) forfeit win

BOYS BASKETBALL

Charleston 64

Jackson 40

JACKSON -- Jackson's bid for a huge upset fell short Tuesday night when visiting Charleston went on an amazing 29-0 second-half run to break open a close game.

The Indians, who fell to 12-8, actually led 39-35 late in the third quarter. The Blue Jays, now 18-3, scored the final six points of the period, then scored the first 23 points of the fourth quarter. Jackson had only one points in the last period.

"We played very well for three quarters," said Jackson coach Steve Burk. "They changed presses and rattled us, and they got really hot. They started making everything they threw up."

Larico Coleman hit five 3-point shots and scored 23 points. Rashad Oliver added 17 and Howard Biles had 13.

Jackson got 14 points from Justin Keen.

"Coleman got really hot and they were able to get the ball into Oliver. He had a big fourth quarter," Burk said.

Jackson will be back in action Thursday night at Farmington.

Bernie 61

Notre Dame 58

BERNIE -- Brandon Stone poured in 34 points as Bernie rallied in the late going to hand visiting Notre Dame its sixth straight loss Tuesday night.

The Mules improved to 14-4 while the Bulldogs fell to 5-11.

Notre Dame visits Woodland Friday night.

Malden 79

Scott City 71

MALDEN -- Scott City suffered its second straight loss as the Rams lost to Malden on the road Tuesday night.

Scott City led 58-57 entering the fourth quarter before being outscored 22-13 in the final period. The Rams were without two starters, Dustin Cauble and Tim Lowery, in the fourth quarter. Both had fouled out.

"We just broke down in the fourth quarter with the two starters out," said Scott City coach Derek McCord.

Scott City (17-3) committed a season-high 21 turnovers, but outrebounded Malden 39-27.

Malden's Mayo Shaw had a team-high 20 points. Derick Parker added 18, Jimmy Williams 13 and Josh Blaylock 11.

"Shaw is the quickest point guard I've seen since (Portageville's) Antonio Sykes," said McCord. "He penetrated well."

For Scott City, Cauble had 23 points, Chris Sisk had 17 points and 17 rebounds and Jon Beck added 16 points.

The Rams will visit East Prairie Friday night.

Perryville 87

Crystal City 64

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville remained red hot as the Pirates rolled to a home-court victory Tuesday night.

The Pirates are now 20-1 after their 16th straight victory. They also have moved up to No. 3 in this week's Missouri Class 3A state poll.

"We're playing well and the good thing is I can see us getting even better with every game," said Perryville coach Rick Francis, whose squad is 5-0 in Jefferson County Conference play.

Scott Kassel scored 24 points to lead the Pirates while Matt Meyr had 20, Bruce Weinkein 15 and Paul Weinkein 10.

Nathan Riney poured in 28 points for Crystal City.

Perryville visits city rival St. Vincent Friday night.

St. Vincent 55

St. Pius 36

FESTUS -- St. Vincent improved to 5-10 by beating St. Pius on the road Tuesday night.

A 14-3 second quarter was the difference for the Indians. The score was tied at 15 after one quarter.

St. Vincent's Jonathan Wengert led all scorers with 21 points and went 11 of 11 from the free-throw line. Jason Cissell added 11 points.

Woodland 56

Delta 52

DELTA -- Woodland dropped Delta to 12-8 with a win on the road Tuesday night.

The Cardinals improved to 11-5.

Woodland had balanced scoring as Shawn Massa had 14 points, his brother David Massa added 13 points and Jason Bandermann and Travis Whitener both had 11.

For Delta, Garrett DeBrock and Sammy Below both had 11 points.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Kelly 81

Woodland 35

BENTON -- Kelly breezed to a win against visiting Woodland Tuesday night in a game that was rescheduled from late January.

Kelly lead 39-14 at halftime.

The Lady Hawks (11-6) had five players in double figures. Jennifer McNeill led all scorers with 26 points, Tiffany Glastetter added 16 and Suzanne Urhahn, Audrey Burford and Pam Essner each had 11.

Woodland (4-7) got 16 points from Jada Trentham.

Woodland's JV won its first game of the season 21-17.

JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL

Central freshmen win

Cape Central's freshmen boys squad completed its season Tuesday night at home by beating Sikeston 59-54.

Donnie McClinton scored 10 points as Central finished the season 14-4.

In eighth grade action, Central wound up at 5-8 by beating Sikeston 39-36 in double overtime. Ryan Sides led nine points.

Eighth grade `B' action saw Sikeston prevail 38-37 in overtime.