Leet, Millham finalists for state basketball award

Jackson's Jenna Leet and Notre Dame's Ashley Millham are among the nominees for Miss Show-Me Basketball, given annually to the top female basketball player in the state.

Millham and Leet both earned all-state honors after they led their teams to berths in the state's final four.

Other Miss Show-Me Basketball nominees are Duchesne's Meghan Blase, Lee's Summit North's Clair Coggins, Concordia's Jenny Schreiman, Salem's Leslie Howard, Gallatin's Roxi Davitt, Parkview's Jayme Sneere and Kickapoo's Laura Granzow.

The winner will be announced today at the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association all-state banquet in Columbia.

GIRLS SWIMMING

Central 10th in meet

Diver Jackie Erlacker's sixth-place finished was the highlight of Central's 10th-place finish Saturday at the Parkway South Invitational.

Erlacker finished with 329.05 points. Teammate Staci Cook finished 11th with a 257.10.

Central's only other top-10 individual performance was Cassie Kipper, who finished eighth in the 100 freestyle.

The Tigers' 200 medley relay team of Kipper, Brett Ford, Hannah Lewis and Katie Maginel was ninth in 2:08.01; the 400 freestyle relay team of Lauren Sulser, Sara Burns, Amanda Dewrock and Lindsey Smith was 11th in 4:34.14; and Kipper, Maginel, Lewis and Sarah Goeke were eighth in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:51.19.

-- From staff reports