ND girls deal Saxony first loss

The Notre Dame girls basketball team used a big third quarter Saturday to hand visiting Saxony Lutheran its first loss of the season 60-47.

Notre Dame, ahead just 24-22 at the break, outscored the Crusaders 22-9 in the third quarter to open up a commanding 46-31 lead.

Both squads are now 4-1.

"We started taking the ball to the basket, driving a lot more," Notre Dame coach Renee Peters said. "Once that happens you get more confidence. We shot the ball much better than we have the last couple of games, so that's good.

"The girls really wanted to win this one and they played really hard."

Miranda Fowler and Karsen Powers led a balanced offensive attack for the Bulldogs with 15 points. Annie Siebert added 14 points.

Powers dished out nine assists and Fowler grabbed seven rebounds.

Grace Mirly paced the Crusaders with nine points.

Saxony lead 13-7 after the first quarter before Notre Dame rallied for a 24-22 halftime advantage. The Bulldogs then pulled away in the third quarter.

Saxony 13 9 9 16 --47

Notre Dame 7 17 22 14 --60

SAXONY LUTHERAN (47) -- Grace Mirly 9, Ali Galemmo 7, Brianna Mueller 7, Natlie Mueller 1, Lauren Hecht 6, Tess Daniel 7, Ashlynn Collier 5, Maddie Brune 5. FG: 17. FT: 16-25. F: 17. (3-pointers: Mirly 1, B. Mueller 1, Hecht 1. Fouled out: none.)

NOTRE DAME (60) -- Miranda Fowler 15, Karsen Powers 15, Annie Siebert 14, Shelby Beussink 3, Kaitlin Welter 6, Halle Lynch 7. FG: 21. FT: 21-25. F: 22. (3-pointers: Powers 2, Fowler 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Saxony Lutheran won.

GIRLS SWIMMING

Ladue Invitational

Freshman Caitlin Palmer had two first-place finishes -- setting new meet records in both -- to help Jackson to a fourth-place finish at the Ladue Invitational in St. Louis.

Palmer placed first in the 25-yard freestyle, swimming the sprint event in 12.05 seconds, and won the 50-yard freestyle.

Notre Dame's Madison Heisserer won the 500 freestyle and was second in the 100 backstroke.

Team scores: Westminster 434.5, Ladue 418, Rosati Kain 263, Clayton 237, Jackson 220, Hazelwood West 168, Notre Dame 130, Hannibal 116, JFK 106, Poplar Bluff 102, Melville 68, Barat Academy 62.5

Jackson results

200 medley relay -- 4. (Caitlin Palmer, Molly Brakhane, Kyleigh Troxel, Conner McKinney) 2:08.77; 100 individual medley -- 2. Troxel 1:05.84; 50 freestyle -- 3. Palmer 25.77 (state qualifying time); 25 freestyle -- 1. Palmer 12.05 (new meet record); 100 butterfly -- 1. Palmer 59.90 (state qualifying time, new meet record); 100 freestyle -- 2. Troxel 57.48; 200 freestyle relay -- 4. (Palmer, McKinney, Shelby Lambert, Troxel) 1:54.05.

Notre Dame results

500 freestyle -- 1. Madison Heisserer 5:31.23; 100 backstroke -- 2. Heisserer 1:03.26.

Marquette Relays

Central placed ninth out of 10 teams during the Marquette Relays in St. Louis.

The Tigers had several ninth-place finishers but nobody was in the top eight.

WRESTLING

Jackson won its second major tournament of the young season, hosted by Ritenour in St. Louis.

The Indians had 472 points to finish ahead of McCluer North with 413.5.

Jared Reisenbichler (106), Kodi Byrd (113), Jake Byrd (120), Clayton Collier (152) and Clay Darnell (220) all finished first for Jackson.

Tyler Rush (138), Jackson Rushin (160) and Preston Hobeck all finished second.

Placing third were Micah Collier (126), Stone Selsor (132), Dylan Rush (145) and Chris Reed (170).

Team scores: Jackson 472, McCluer North 413.5, SLUH 309, Marquette 301, Ritenour 265, Westminster 248, Hazelwood East 219.5, MICDS 208, Herculaneum 146, University City 95, Riverview Gardens 82, O'Fallon Christian 46.

-- From staff reports