Pete Lake poured in a game-high 21 points to lead the Jackson boys basketball team to a 62-41 victory over Rockwood Summit in the Indians' second round-robin game at the Dave Sinclair Memorial Invitational on Friday at Lindbergh High School in the suburban St. Louis area.
Jacob Smith added 16 points, and Jonathan Friess chipped in 14 points for Jackson (8-6). The Indians held a two-point lead at halftime before rallying in the second half to outscore the Falcons by 19 points.
Jackson Rutledge tallied 12 points for Rockwood Summit (2-11).
The Indians downed Lift for Life Academy 56-41 in their first game of the tournament on Thursday.
Jackson 17 12 19 14 -- 62
Summit 12 15 3 11 -- 41
JACKSON (62) -- Jonathan Friess 14, Jacob Smith 16, Pete Lake 21, Stephen Irons 5, Cameron Hester 6. FG 17, FT 10-18, F 24 (3-pointers: Friess 3, Smith, Lake, Irons. Fouled out: None.)
ROCKWOOD SUMMIT (41) -- Rayvon Allen 5, Ben Coughlin 6, Alex Banta 3, Ken Webb 4, Matt Moore 3, Alec Strickland 2, Connor Eigelberger 6, Jackson Rutledge 12. FG 11, FT 13-22, F 24 (3-pointers: Coughlin, Rutledge. Fouled out: Allen.)
The winning streak didn't last long for the Bobcats in the lopsided conference road loss to the Bulldogs.
Cole Shelby bucketed a game-high 16 points to lead Zalma (6-5, 2-0 Mississippi Valley Conference), which held the Bobcats to single digits in each quarter. Peyton Ford had 12 points, and Luke Robertson tossed in 11 points for the Bulldogs, who posted a 38-point lead at halftime.
Quentin Little had eight points to pace Delta (1-10, 0-3), which snapped a 53-game losing streak three days prior to Friday's loss.
Delta 7 4 6 4 -- 21
Zalma 28 21 17 7 -- 73
DELTA (21) -- Bryan Schoen 2, Damon Bartels 4, Quentin Little 8, Triston Perry 6. FG 8, FT 2-6, F 6 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.)
ZALMA (73) -- Jacob Steinberg 6, Cole Shelby 16, Charles Freeman 3, Luke Robertson 11, Wyatt Lemons 6, Logan Borders 6, Brendan Cato 4, Christopher Lombeida 2, Dallan Stotts 8, Peyton Ford 12. FG 26, FT 1-2, F 11 (3-pointers: Shelby 2, Stotts 2, Freeman, Robertson, Borders. Fouled out: None.)
Dawson Dohogne recorded 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Bulldogs managed to squeeze out a narrow win in overtime over the Yellowjackets to advance to the consolation title game of the Houlihan's Fightin' Irish Invitational at Springfield Catholic in Springfield, Missouri.
Blake Bauwens tallied 14 points, five steals and four rebounds for Notre Dame (6-7), which trailed by three points at halftime before tying the game up at 50-all at the end of the second half to force overtime. Winston Welter had nine points, five assists and three steals, and Ross Essner dished out six assists for the Bulldogs.
Jack Ehrhardt sank a game-high 22 points, and Connor Hicks tossed in 11 points to pace Lebanon (2-8).
Notre Dame 15 12 12 11 (8) -- 58
Lebanon 14 16 6 14 (6) -- 56
NOTRE DAME (58) -- Andrew LeGrand 3, Blake Bauwens 14, Josh Seabaugh 2, Ross Essner 4, Tanner Robert 4, Winston Welter 9, Dawson Dohogne 16, Carson Ketcher 6. FG 23, FT 3-10, F 19 (3-pointers: Bauwens 2, LeGrand. Fouled out: Ketcher.)
LEBANON (56) -- Jack Ehrhardt 22, Trent Millsap 7, Cooper Lowe 6, Connor Hicks 11, Anthony Taylor 4, Will Richardson 6. FG 16, FT 9-20, F 16 (3-pointers: Hicks 2, Millsap, Lowe, Taylor. Fouled out: Ehrhardt.)
McGwire Bartley scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Pirates in their first regular-season conference win over the visiting Dragons.
Wyatt Johnson recorded 11 points for Perryville (9-3, 1-0 JCAA Conference-Large Schools Division), which maintained a commanding 23-point lead at halftime.
Austin West tallied 12 points, and Jordan Anderson added 11 points to pace DeSoto (4-10, 0-1).
DeSoto 0 11 24 19 -- 54
Perryville 14 20 23 15 -- 72
DESOTO (54) -- Jordan Anderson 11, Brendan Kirby 3, Grant Fauth 4, Austin West 12, Robbie Nickelson 7, Craig Theiss 7, Aaron Perren 3, Caleb Keim 7. FG 13, FT 16-26, F 20 (3-pointers: Anderson 2, Kirby, West. Fouled out: Anderson, Fauth.)
PERRYVILLE (72) -- Jacob Robinson 2, Aaron Mueller 10, McGwire Bartley 17, Conner Stark 8, Josh Robinson 1, Garrett Johnson 5, Nathan Noland 4, Austin Mueller 6, Wyatt Johnson 11, Ryan Noland 8. FG 29, FT 14-22, F 20 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Noland.)
JV -- DeSoto won 47-42
Trevor Leible netted 13 points as the host Indians fell to the Hornets in overtime.
Tyler Monier had 11 points for St. Vincent (6-7, 1-1 JCAA Conference-Small Schools Division), which trailed by three points at halftime before staging a second-half rally to reverse the deficit.
Brady DeGeare busted a game-high 30 points to lead Crystal City (9-7, 1-0).
Crystal City 17 8 10 17 (13) -- 65
St. Vincent 16 6 14 16 (8) -- 60
CRYSTAL CITY (65) -- Brady DeGeare 30, A.J. Bassin 12, Matt Eisenbeis 10, Braden Cox 7, Logan Grove 3, Kyle French 3. FG 17, FT 22-30, F 16 (3-pointers: Eisenbeis 2, Grove. Fouled out: None.)
ST. VINCENT (60) -- Trevor Leible 13, Tyler Monier 11, Joe Whistler 10, Darren Ernst 8, Jordan Rellergert 7, Luke Wibbenmeyer 7, Mitchell Dobbelare 2, Riley Riehn 2. FG 19, FT 7-18, F 22 (3-pointers: Monier 3, Leible, Rellergert. Fouled out: Ernst, Wibbenmeyer.)
JV -- St. Vincent won 57-17
Dylan Keller nailed a game-high 22 points and tallied four assists and four steals to lead the Rams in the conference road win.
Trent Pobst added 14 points and four assists, and Braden Cox had 13 points and five rebounds for Scott City (6-6, 2-0 Scott-Mississippi Conference), which posted a 15-point lead at halftime and kept the hosts to single digits in the second half. Jordan Kluesner also had five rebounds, and Isiah Berry dished out six assists for the Rams.
Landon Tenkhoff sank 16 points, and Jordan Wilburn tossed in 12 points to pace Chaffee (3-10, 0-2).
Scott City 15 27 28 9 -- 79
Chaffee 8 19 6 6 -- 39
SCOTT CITY (79) -- Dylan Keller 22, Lance Pruden 3, Trent Pobst 14, David Smith 9, Nick Bickings 6, Isiah Berry 7, Jordan Kluesner 5, Braden Cox 13. FG 21, FT 16-19, F 16 (3-pointers: Smith 2, Bickings 2, Keller, Pruden, Kluesner. Fouled out: None.)
CHAFFEE (39) -- Ryan Holderfield 2, Jordan Wilburn 12, Landon Tenkhoff 16, Alec Bogenpohl 6, Austin Copeland 3. FG 8, FT 15-22, F 16 (3-pointers: Wilburn, Copeland. Fouled out: None.)
JV -- Scott City won 67-35
Peyton Maddox nailed a game-high 32 points to lead the Cubs in the high-fouling conference victory at home over the winless Rebels.
Cole Nichols added 15 points for Bell City (8-5, 2-1 SCAA Conference), which led 40-14 at halftime. The Cubs got 30 of their total 73 points at the charity stripe, as both times combined for a total of 49 fouls.
Garet Phillips, Preston Tilley and Hunter Walker all had 10 points apiece to pace Richland (0-10, 0-4).
Richland 6 8 16 14 -- 44
Bell City 28 12 15 18 -- 73
RICHLAND (44) -- Devin Stoker 7, Garet Phillips 10, Preston Tilley 10, Josh Thornton 1, Hunter Walker 10, Clayton Harriel 6. FG 8, FT 6-14, F 31 (3-pointers: Tilley 3, Phillips 2, Stoker, Walker. Fouled out: Tilley, Thornton.)
BELL CITY (73) -- Kolten Siebert 4, Logan Yates 10, Cole Nichols 15, Peyton Maddox 32, Bobby Wright 12. FG 14, FT 30-45, F 18 (3-pointers: Nichols 3, Wright 2. Fouled out: Yates.)
Garry Wilkerson scored 20 points as the Braves easily disposed of the visiting Blue Jays in the conference romp.
Jeffery Porter netted 17 points for Scott County Central (8-6, 2-0 Scott-Mississippi Conference), which posted a slim one-point lead after the first quarter but held the Blue Jays to single digits in the subsequent three quarters.
Nathan Bolin recorded 12 points to pace Oak Ridge (2-8, 1-2).
Oak Ridge 17 8 6 6 -- 3
SCC 18 22 23 13 -- 7
OAK RIDGE (37) -- Steven Masterson 7, Drew Kranawetter 1, Jordan Barker 6, Nathan Bolin 12, Tyee Curry 4, Jarrett Seabaugh 6, Scott Palmer 1. FG 13, FT 6-11, F 6 (3-pointers: Barker 2, Bolin 2, Masterson. Fouled out: None.
SCC (76) -- Jacob Brown 3, Deven Blackmon 15, Deantrell Beard 15, Jaden Lane 6, Garry Wilkerson 20, Jeffery Porter 17. FG 32, FT 5-11, F 9 (3-pointers: Porter 4, Wilkerson 2, Brown. Fouled out: None.)
Caleb Friedrich scored a game-high 29 points as the Eagles edged out the win at home.
Hunter Jones added 13 points for Eagle Ridge (4-8).
Zach Crank had 16 points to pace Bethel Christian Academy (4-8).
Bethel 18 18 10 13 -- 59
Eagle Ridge 23 12 14 11 -- 60
BETHEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (SOUTH ROXANA, ILL.) (59) -- Roman Jones 9, Jesse Boyer 2, John Thompson 13, Zach Crank 16, Kaleb Kindle 9, Braden Pirtle 5, Jordan Wiles 4, Chris Thompson 1. FG 24, FT 8-16, F 13 (3-pointers: Kindle. Fouled out: None.)
EAGLE RIDGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (60) -- Caleb Friedrich 29, Anand Patel 12, Hunter Jones 13, Michael Roth 6. FG 18, FT 9-11, F 13 (3-pointers: Jones 3, Roth 2. Fouled out: None.)
Emily Jackson had 14 points to pace the Eagles (6-5) in the loss at home.
Natalia Benthel recorded a game-high 25 points to lead Bethel Christian Academy of South Roxana, Illinois.
Bethel 12 9 18 10 -- 49
Eagle Ridge 7 10 8 6 -- 31
BETHEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (SOUTH ROXANA, ILL.) (49) -- Natalia Benthel 25, Emma Guthrie 13, Anara Guss 7, Charis Jones 4. FG 13, FT 11-19, F 11 (3-pointers: Guthrie 2, Benthel, Guss. Fouled out: None.)
EAGLE RIDGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (31) -- Sarah Jackson 6, Noel Friedrich 4, Jesse Gartman 5, Callie Hefner 2, Emily Jackson 14. FG 12, FT 7-10, F 10 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.)
The Poplar Bluff girls swimming team won four of out the 10 events to win the Student Recreation Center (SRC) Relays at the Southeast Aquatics Center.
The Mules, which finished 12 points ahead of Notre Dame in the team standings, set a state cut in the 200 freestyle relay (Raegan McAtee, Morgan McAtee, Kaylee Harris and Taylor Norwood).
The Bulldogs won the 900 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay to finish in second place and 10 points ahead of Cape Central, which won three events. The Tigers broke the meet record in two of those events -- the 300 backstroke and 300 breaststroke. Molly Phegley, Allison McDonald and Josey Powell set a first-place time of 3 minutes, 26.75 seconds in the 300 backstroke to break the meet record of 3:27.81 that Notre Dame set at last year's meet. Phegley, McDonald and Powell also broke the meet record in the 300 breaststroke relay with a time of 3:51.70, breaking the record of 3:59.55 that Cape Central set in 2011.
Jackson won the 400 freestyle relay and finished fourth with 58 points, 30 points ahead of Farmington in fifth place, and the Perryville/St. Vincent cooperative team rounded out sixth place with 10 points.
Team Scores -- 1. Poplar Bluff 110; 2. Notre Dame 98; 3. Cape Central 88; 4. Jackson 58; 5. Farmington 28; 6. Perryville/St. Vincent 10
Top three finishers
200 freestyle relay -- 1. Poplar Bluff (Raegan McAtee, Morgan McAtee, Kaylee Harris, Taylor Norwood) 1:45.60; 2. Cape Central (Amanda Mabry, Maggie Boxdorfer, Olivia Priest, Anne Wilferth) 2:00.34; 3. Notre Dame (Isabelle Singh, Claudia Kern, Susan Anderson, Kylie Swain) 2:03.22
600 medley relay -- 1. Cape Central (Josey Powell, Allison McDonald, Molly Phegley) 7:38.34; 2. Notre Dame (Angelica Rubi, Allie Pujol, Caroline Heckemeyer) 8:22.06; 3. Jackson (Riley Wyatt, Faith Littleton, Caitlyn Palmer) 8:22.48
900 freestyle relay -- 1. Notre Dame (Madison Heisserer, Caroline Schott, Jacie Pujol) 10:40.29; 2. Poplar Bluff (Haylee Dragon, Lily Soeter, Lexi Vaughn) 10:50.71; 3. Jackson (Kali Norrick, Becca LaPlant, Faith Littleton) 11:07.13
400 medley relay -- 1. Poplar Bluff (Lily Soeter, Catherine Norwood, Katie Huskey, Kaylee Harris) 4:54.84; 2. Cape Central (Amanda Mabry, Maggie Boxdorfer, Shelby Powers, Olivia Priest) 5:07.13; 3. Notre Dame (Gracie Kern, Claire Conaway, Carly Pujol, Claudia Kern) 5:34.85
400 freestyle relay -- 1. Jackson (Hannah Summers, Kali Norrick, Jacqueline Winder, Caitlyn Palmer) 4:29.29; 2. Notre Dame (Isabelle Singh, Jacie Pujol, Susan Anderson, Kylie Swain) 4:35.43; 3. Poplar Bluff (Samara Kilgore, Megan Adams, Emily Greer, Kaylee Harris) 4:36.73
100 freestyle relay -- 1. Poplar Bluff (Raegan McAtee, Morgan McAtee, Haylee Dragon, Taylor Norwood) 52.95; 2. Notre Dame (Caroline Heckemeyer, Carly Pujol, Caroline Schott, Isabelle Singh) 56.10; 3. Cape Central (Anne Wilferth, Valery De Barba, Ally Vaughn, Katie Keele) 1:00.10
300 backstroke relay -- 1. Cape Central (Molly Phegley, Allison McDonald, Josey Powell) 3:26.75; 2. Poplar Bluff (Lily Soeter, Haylee Dragon, Lexi Vaughn) 3:30.54; 3. Notre Dame (Madison Heisserer, Jacie Pujol, Angelica Rubi) 3:35.73
300 butterfly relay -- 1. Poplar Bluff (Raegan McAtee, Lexi Vaughn, Taylor Norwood) 3:22.65; 2. Jackson (Jacqueline Winder, Faith Littleton, Caitlyn Palmer) 3:45.79; 3. Notre Dame (Gracie Kern, Carly Pujol, Kylie Swain) 4:08.24
300 breaststroke relay -- 1. Cape Central (Josey Powell, Molly Phegley, Allison McDonald) 3:51.70; 2. Poplar Bluff (Morgan McAtee, Katie Huskey, Catherine Norwood) 4:03.03; 3. Notre Dame (Allie Pujol, Caroline Heckemeyer, Claire Conaway) 4:30.02
200 medley relay -- 1. Notre Dame (Madison Heisserer, Allie Pujol, Caroline Schott, Angelica Rubi) 2:09.58; 2. Poplar Bluff (Hannah Earley, Emily Greer, Megan Adams, Dani Comer) 2:30.35; 3. Farmington (Emily Pulliam, Hannah Norman, Chloe Majeske, Maddy Courtney) 3:05.57
-- From staff reports
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