Jackson's rally falls short against Charleston

Charleston held on for its second tight SEMO Conference win in four days, beating host Jackson 60-58 on Tuesday night.

The Bluejays, who handed Notre Dame its first loss Saturday, improved to 17-3 overall and 5-1 in the conference.

Jackson fell behind by seven points at halftime but closed the gap in the second half.

"Charleston played well that first half," Jackson coach Darrin Scott said. "It wasn't the fact that we played bad, but they're a great team and they played well.

"At halftime, I challenged the kids that this was a game of toughness and responding. I was really pleased that we came out the second half and responded with some toughness, battled and put our team in a position to have a chance to win. I'm really proud of that effort by our kids."

Jackson closed to within 59-58 on a long 3-pointer with 16 seconds to go. After Shawn Sherrell hit one free throw to bump the lead to two, Jackson's Antonio Garritano missed two free throws in the final seconds.

"Free throws don't win all the games, but they do win the close ones. They missed some and we missed some," Scott said. "We've just got to learn from it and get better, but I can't be more pleased with our effort in that second half."

Spencer Goodman led Jackson with 21 points, while Jake Leet added 17 and Garritano scored 13.

Charleston 60, Jackson 58

Charleston 16 21 11 12 -- 60

Jackson 15 15 11 17 -- 58

CHARLESTON (60) -- Antonio Riggens 6, Shawn Sherrell 9, Garyion Johnson 2, Jerquawn Sherrell 1, Jamarcus Williams 10, Jerrell Quinn 4, Justin Clark 19, Brian Parham 9. FG 20, FT 11-21, F 17. (3-pointers: Clark 3. Fouled out: Quinn).

JACKSON (58) -- Steven Spradlin 1, Spencer Goodman 21, Jake Leet 17, Hunter Grantham 6, Antonio Garritano 13. FG 19, FT 11-19, F 18. (3-pointers: Leet 2, Goodman 1. Fouled out: none).

Bell City 81, Scott City 46

Will Bogan scored 31 points as the Class 1 state-ranked Cubs pulled away from Scott City in the second half for its 12th straight win.

Bell City (16-4) led by seven points at halftime but outscored the Rams 44-16 in the second half.

Nick Niemczyk added 21 points and Melvin Johnson had 11. Each of them hit three 3-pointers.

For the Rams, who fell to 12-7 with just their second loss in their last 10 games, Jamie Pinkston scored 13 points, Rynn Eskew had 12 and Caleb Estes added 11.

Scott City forced Bell City to commit 26 fouls and was at the line 39 times but converted just 49 percent.

Bell City 16 21 26 18 -- 81

Scott City 16 14 5 11 -- 46

BELL CITY (81) -- Nick Niemczyk 21, Melvin Johnson 11, Chris Blissett 2, Phillip Gross 2, Austin Segars 6, Marty Dames 6, Austin Bush 2, Will Bogan 31. FG 31, FT 13-20, F 26 (3-pointers: Niemczyk 3, Johnson 3; Fouled out: none).

SCOTT CITY (46) -- Jay Simmons 2, Rynn Eskew 12, Jamie Pinkston 13, Caleb Estes 11, Alex King 8. FG 13, FT 19-39, F 16 (3-pointers: Estes 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Bell City won, 46-37.

Perryville 43, Festus 38

Rick Dunn scored more than half of his team's points as Perryville picked up a Jefferson County Conference win at home. Dunn poured in 23 points for the Pirates (13-7, 6-1).

Festus 7 10 5 16 -- 38

Perryville 9 11 7 16 -- 43

FESTUS (38) -- Beckett 15, Boyer 3, DeRousse 7, Wilke 3, Stubbs 6, Riggs 2. FG 12, FT 9-10, F 16 (3-pointers: Beckett 3, Boyer 1, DeRousse 2. Fouled out: none)

PERRYVILLE (43) -- Tyler Bauwens 5, Jonathan Hecht 5, Michael Fritsche 8, Brent Roth 2, Rick Dunn 23. FG 14, FT 12-16, F 19 (3-pointers: Hecht 1, Fritsche 1, Dunn 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Festus won 39-29.

St. Vincent 58,Crystal City 48

The Indians clinched at least a tie for the Jefferson County Conference small schools division with one game remaining in the loop.

Gregory Finger scored 18 points, Chris Fischer added 15 and Josh Rollet had 12 for St. Vincent (9-8 overall, 3-0 in division play).

Justin L'Hote had 11 assists, while Fischer, Rollet and Chris Wengert each had 10 rebounds.

"We missed a lot of easy shots, which is why we had so many offensive rebounds," St. Vincent coach Bruce Valleroy said.

His team had a 32-17 scoring advantage in the middle two periods.

Crystal City 15 12 5 16 -- 48

St. Vincent 12 20 12 14 -- 58

CRYSTAL CITY (48) -- Shanklin 17, Riney 14, Schembre 11, Hall 4, Buehler 2. FG 20, FT 7-10, F 18 (3-pointers: Shanklin. Fouled out: Buehler)

ST. VINCENT (58) -- Gregory Finger 18, Chris Fischer 15, Josh Rollet 12, Justin L'Hote 7, Scott Blythe 3, Chris Wengert 2, Zach Richardet 1. FG 24, FT 9-26, F 9 (3-pointers: Finger. Fouled out: none)

JV -- St. Vincent won, 55-35.

Advance 78, Bloomfield 61

Alex Steil poured in 27 points to lead Advance past host Bloomfield.

Trenton Moses added 14 points.

Advance 21 19 19 19 -- 78

Bloomfield 12 11 21 17 -- 61

ADVANCE (78) -- Cameron Stevens 2, Rusty Hendricks 9, Adam Baker 8, Tyler Wade 4, David VanGennip 2, Alex Steil 27, Jacob Bond 4, Cody Mitchell 6, Trenton Moses 14, Chris Welch 2. FG 27, FT 20-29 (3-pointers: Hendricks 2, Steil 1, Wade 1).

BLOOMFIELD (61) -- Garnett 14, Rogers 2, Harris 7, Hensley 2, Williamson 13, Clary 2, Smith 6, Dumey 15. FG 22, FT 16-21 (3-pointers: Williamson 1).

JV -- Advance won 53-43.

Woodland 67, Delta 53

Woodland drained nine 3-pointers to ease past host Delta.

Seth Gaines had five 3-pointers and led the Cardinals with 23 points. Chad Gaines added 14 points and Timmy Abner had 11.

Nathan Stroder paced the Bobcats (4-13) with 20 points. A.J. Horn added 14.

Woodland 22 9 9 27 -- 67

Delta 10 14 13 16 -- 53

WOODLAND (67) -- Caleb Lee 9, Seth Gaines 23, Philippo Manca 3, Timmy Abner 11, Josh Hahn 2, Chad Gaines 14, Jordan King 5. FG 26, FT 6-8, F 16 (3-pointers: Lee 2, S. Gaines 5, Manca 1, Abner 1. Fouled out: none)

DELTA (53) -- Tyler Martin 6, A.J. Horn 14, Dustin Anglin 8, Alex Parks 1, Robert Gramlisch 1, Nathan Stroder 20. FG 20, FT 13-26, F 11 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Woodland 59-47.

MVC tournament

Sixth-seeded Zalma upset third-seeded Meadow Heights 75-66, and No. 4 Leopold slipped past No. 5 Oak Ridge 63-59 in the first round of the Mississippi Valley Conference tournament at Meadow Heights.

Justin Lemons scored 27 points for Zalma, while Travis Mergel had 15 and Kevin Walker added 12.

Meadow Heights got 18 points from Derrick Wilfong, 14 from Tyler Wagner, 13 from Sam Russell and 11 from Dustin Hubler.

Darren VanGennip paced Leopold with 21 points, Tyler Clubb had 17, Matt Stoverink 13 and Eric Fluchel 10.

Garret Light scored 23 points for Oak Ridge, followed by Dustin Meyr with 17 and Dustin Owens with 12.

In Thursday's semifinals, Leopold plays top-seeded Saxony Lutheran at 7 p.m. and Zalma plays second-seeded Chaffee at 8:30 p.m.

Zalma 75, Meadow Heights 66

Zalma 15 20 19 21 -- 75

M. Heights 13 14 15 24 -- 66

ZALMA (75) -- Travis Mergel 15, Chad Buehler 5, Tim Rodgers 7, Colton Bailey 9, Justin Lemons 27, Kevin Walker 12. FG 22, FT 27-37, F 13 (3-pointers: Mergel 2, Rodgers 1, Lemons 1. Fouled out: none)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (66) -- Dustin Hubler 11, Derrick Wilfong 18, Tyler Wagner 14, John Long 5, Sam Russell 13, Derek Bess 3, Luke Nitsch 2. FG 29, FT 4-11, F 27 (3-pointers: Wilfong 2, Long 1, Bess 1. Fouled out: Wagner)

Leopold 63, Oak Ridge 59

Oak Ridge 12 16 14 17 -- 59

Leopold 18 5 22 18 -- 63

OAK RIDGE (59) -- Garret Light 23, Dustin Meyr 17, Dustin Owens 12, Dylan Abbott 7. FG 22, FT 11-15, F 9 (3-pointers: Meyr 2, Abbott 2. Fouled out: none)

LEOPOLD (63) -- Cody Van De Ven 2, Tyler Clubb 17, Darren VanGennip 21, Eric Fluchel 10, Matt Stoverink 13. FG 27, FT 3-5, F 15 (3-pointers: Clubb 1, VanGennip 2, Stoverink 3. Fouled out: Fluchel)

New Salem Baptist 45, Westwood 43, OT

Jacob Green took a pass from Brett Jones and deposited a layup at the overtime buzzer to give host New Salem Baptist the win.

Jones led the Eagles (10-11) with 15 points and Green added 10.

Westwood 8 5 12 11 7 -- 43

New Salem 9 8 6 13 9 -- 45

WESTWOOD (43) -- Adam Griffith 5, Matt Phillips 4, Josh West 14, Matt Osborne 17, Dustin Whitten 3. FG 18, FT 6-16, F 16 (3-pointers: Griffith 1. Fouled out: Phillips, Whitten)

NEW SALEM (45) -- Trent Jones 5, Josh Davault 4, Jared Crist 3, Axel Malmrof 8, Brett Jones 15, Jacob Green 10. FG 15, FT 12-17, F 17 (3-pointers: T. Jones 1, B. Jones 2. Fouled out: Malmroth)

GIRLS BASKETBALLKelly 61, Neelyville 50

The Hawks used a balanced attack at home with six players scoring seven or more points.

Katee Moore led Kelly with 11 points. Brittany Ponder and Kayla Cissell each added 10.

Neelyville 13 11 15 11 _ 50

Kelly 10 15 23 13 -- 61

NEELYVILLE (50) -- Libby Parish 16, Jennifer Hardin 12, Amanda Freant 11, Ashley Isom 5, Megan Beaird 4, Jessica Prosise 2. FG 18, FT 8-12, F 13. (3-pointers: Isom 1, Parish 1. Fouled out: Freant).

KELLY (61) -- Katee Moore 11, Brittany Ponder 10, Kayla Cissell 10, Debra Hall 9, Nikki Weiny 9, Londyn Backfisch 7, Lauren Gean 4, Ashley Vetter 1. FG 25, FT 11-18, F 15. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none).

New Salem 47,Westwood 11

New Salem held visiting Westwood scoreless in the first and third quarters as the Eagles remained undefeated.

Sarah Green had 23 points, eight assists and seven steals for the Eagles (12-0). Martha Poole scored 12 points, Laura Poole had nine assists and Kelsey Barlow grabbed nine rebounds.

Westwood 0 7 0 4 -- 11

New Salem 16 9 18 4 -- 47

WESTWOOD (11) -- Megan Wolf 2, Misty Fleming 5, Valerie Pearone 2, Melissa Clark 2. FG 5, FT 0-2, F 10 (3-pointers: Fleming 1. Fouled out: none)

NEW SALEM (47) -- Sarah Green 23, Laura Poole 2, Celsey Cook 8, Martha Poole 12, Sarah Long 2. FG 23, FT 0-2, F 7 (3-pointers: Green 1. Fouled out: none)

WRESTLINGFarmington 43,Jackson 30

Jackson forfeited three weight classes and suffered its first dual loss of the season after five straight wins.

Jackson's junior varsity squeezed out a 36-35 win for its 148th consective dual victory. The JV Indians have not lost a dual since 1991.

103 -- Dustin Martin (J) forfeit win

112 -- Josh Kelleher (F) pin. Clay Rouse, 1:45

119 -- Bradley Wisdom (F) pin. Doug Froemsdorf, 3:29

125 -- Luke Rayburn (J) dec. Brandon McDowell, 6-4

130 -- Nicholas Hoehn (F) forfeit win

135 -- Craig Wilson (F) forfeit win

140 -- Max Robinson (F) dec. Brian Sladek, 6-4

145 -- Jamie Schumacher (J) dec. John Gurule, 8-2

152 -- J.W. Parson (F) forfeit win

160 -- Will Perry (J) pin. Derek Smallen, 1:14

171 -- Kevin Pothemthos (F) pin. Justin Darnell, 5:17

189 -- Kendall May (F) maj. dec. Demarcus Huddleston, 17-7

215 -- Blake Peiffer (J) pin. Bobby Ferguson, 3:08

HVY -- Ben Wood (J) pin. David Fischbeck, 1:15

Jackson JV winners -- Mitchell Hazelwood, Andrew Berghoff, David Martin, Chris Hurst, Perry Hazelwood, Adam Kirchdorfer, Jacob Bullinger

Central 53, Sikeston 15

Central took advantage of six forfeit wins to pound visiting Sikeston.

103 -- Caleb Sullivan (C) forfeit win

112 -- Desmond Howard (C) default win over Nick DeLaRosa

119 -- Double forfeit

125 -- Garrett Springer (C) pin. Jordan Mays, 5:42

130 -- Double forfeit

135 -- Tyler Yeargain (C) tech. pin. Darrin Dicus, 22-7

140 -- Zach Wilson (C) forfeit win

145 -- Logan Berry (S) pin. Raymond Woldtvedt, 3:16

152 -- Garrett New (C) forfeit win

160 -- Gavilin Bland (S) pin. Ryan Wachter, 2:36

171 -- Matt Smith (C) forfeit win

189 -- James Coonce (C) forfeit win

215 -- Terry Stanton (C) forfeit win

HVY -- Robert Madison (S) dec. Trey Grovener, 5-2, 2 OT

GIRLS SWIMMINGLafayette 137, Central 48

The Tigers lost their regular-season finale at St. Louis powerhouse Lafayette.

Hannah Kinder won the 200 freestyle for the Tigers in 1 minute, 56.31 seconds.

Central finished second and third in the diving with Tara Volkerding and Brittany Thomas, and Jessie Baker joined Kinder with two top-three finishes.

Central results

200 medley relay -- 3, CHS (Susan Beth Scott, Jessie Baker, Hannah Kinder, Annie Wolpers), 2:13.51.

200 freestyle -- 1, Kinder, 1:56.31.

200 individual medley -- 3, Baker, 2:33.89.

Diving -- 2, Tara Volkerding, 1:53.40; 3, Brittany Thomas, 1:51.65.

500 free -- 2, Scott, 5:49.93.

200 free relay -- 3, CHS (Wolpers, Baker, Mary Catherine Ford, Kinder), 1:50.84.

100 backstroke -- 3, Baker, 1:10.68.

100 breaststroke -- 2, Kinder, 1:11.32.

-- From staff reports