Jackson girls capture Farmington tournament championship

The top-seeded Jackson's girls basketball team flexed its muscles with a 50-29 victory against No. 2 Farmington in the championship game of the Farmington tournament Saturday at the Farmington Civic Center.

Jackson (3-0) jumped to a 12-3 lead after the first quarter and led 29-14 at the half. The Indians outscored Farmington in every quarter.

Bobbie Jones led Jackson with 19 points, and Amanda Peiffer added 11.

* In the third-place game, Notre Dame was plagued by a poor second quarter and fell to fourth-seeded Lutheran South 63-60.

The No. 3 Bulldogs (1-2) were outscored 17-7 in the second quarter and trailed 31-25 at halftime.

Lutheran South shot twice as many free throws as the Bulldogs, hitting 11-of-14 compared to a two-for-seven performance for Notre Dame.

Meridith Medlin led Notre Dame with 13 points, Miranda Schlosser had 12, Kristain Burger had 11 and Allison Toole added 10.

* In the fifth-place game, Central fell behind 35-15 by halftime and was routed 71-34 by Fort Zumwalt South.

Courtney Schuessler led the Tigers (1-2) with 12 points, and Wendi Zickfield added 10.

LUTHERAN SOUTH 63, NOTRE DAME 60

Notre Dame 18 7 15 20 -- 60

Lutheran South 14 17 13 19 -- 63

NOTRE DAME (60) -- Meridith Medlin 13, Miranda Schlosser 12, Kristain Burger 11, Allison Toole 10, Amanda Toole 6, Claudia Brauss 4, Brooke Beussink 2, Emily Blattel 2. FG 28, FT 2-7, F 17 (3-pointers: Medlin 1, Al. Toole 1. Fouled out: none)

LUTHERAN SOUTH (63) -- Figerio 21, Lauer 17, O'Leary 7, McQueen 6, O'Hara 6, Shaffer 4. FG 22, FT 11-14, F 9 (3-pointers: Figerio 1, Lauer 1. Fouled out: none)

FORT ZUMWALT SOUTH 71, CENTRAL 34

Central 7 8 14 5 -- 34

Ft. Zumwalt 20 15 23 13 -- 71

CENTRAL (34) -- Dani Gross 4, Wendi Zickfield 10, Courtney Schuessler 12, Katie Mothershead 4, Christina Sexton 4. FG 9, FT 13-23, F 13 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

FORT ZUMWALT (71) -- Bagby 4, Booth 15, Bagin 3, Jezik 3, Collier 16, Funkhouser 8, Bush 7, Runion 15. FG 27, FT 9-13, F 17 (3-pointers: Booth 2, Collier 2, Funkhouser 2, Bagin 1, Jezik 1. Fouled out: none)

BOYS BASKETBALL Farmington tournament

Central picked up its first win of the season thanks to a big second half in a 78-64 win over Salem in the consolation championship of the Farmington Tournament.

The Tigers (1-2) survived a sluggish second quarter -- Salem outscored Central 18-9 in the period -- and used a balanced scoring attack to knock off the Class 4 quarterfinalist from a year ago.

David Deisher led the Tigers with 21 points, as Central had five players score in double figures. Darnell Wilks added 15 points, Jared Thomas and Garrett Ozbun had 11 apiece and Jeremy Kimball had 10.

Central outscored Salem 46-25 in the second half to secure the win. The Tigers also had just nine turnovers after turning the ball over more than 20 times their first two games playing without starting point guard Jajuan Bell.

"The difference today was we took care of the ball," Central coach Derek McCord said.

* Jackson lost 49-35 to Doniphan in the championship game. Details were not available at press time.

CENTRAL 78, SALEM 64

Central 24 9 22 24 -- 78

Salem 19 18 11 14 -- 64

CENTRAL (78) -- Adrian Cox 7, Jared Thomas 11, Darnell Wilks 15, Jeremy Kimball 10, Garrett Ozbun 11, David Deisher 21, William Zickfield 3. FG 27, FT 24-32, F 19 (3-pointers: Thomas 1, Zickfield 1. Fouled out: Ozbun)

SALEM (64) -- McNeil 2, Whittaker 13, Hampton 5, Tobey 2, Sirois 5, Huitt 1, Gott 8, White 16. FG 23, FT 12-18, F 25 (3-pointers: White 2, Hampton 1, Sirois 1. Fouled out: Huitt, Gott, White)

OTHER EVENTS

• The Jackson boys junior varsity basketball team defeated North County 56-19 in the championship game of the Perryville Shootout.

* The Central boys freshman team won 35-33 over Kelly. Cantrell Andrews led the Tigers (2-1) with 14 points. The Central eighth grade boys team beat Kelly 31-19. Tanner Hiett scored 12 points for the Tigers (2-2).

-- From staff reports