HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Jackson boys basketball edges New Madrid County Central in conference play

Garrett Walker sank 19 points, and the Jackson boys basketball team averted a scare from visiting New Madrid County Central to come away with a 69-61 victory in SEMO Conference action Friday in Jackson.

Desmond Morris recorded 17 points and Jacob Smith pitched in 15 points for Jackson (13-11, 2-4 SEMO Conference). The Indians built a 10-point lead at halftime before the Eagles outscored the hosts by two points in the second half.

Chris Farr tallied a game-high 24 points and Javarcus Word added 21 points to pace NMCC (8-14, 1-6).

NMCC 14 9 16 22 -- 61

Jackson 14 19 12 24 -- 69

NEW MADRID COUNTY CENTRAL (61) -- Tyler Sprouse 3, Javarcus Word 21, Chris Farr 24, Garrison Keene 7, Deon Jenkins 4, J. Haynes 2. FG 21, FT 9-13, F 19 (3-pointers: Word 3, Keene. Fouled out: Jenkins.)

JACKSON (69) -- Desmond Morris 17, Jacob Friess 2, Garrett Walker 19, Jacob Smith 15, Stephen Irons 9, Cameron Hester 5, Brett Varner 2. FG 14, FT 20-25, F 19 (3-pointers: Morris 5, Walker, Irons. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Jackson won 65-53

Advance 92, Leopold 50

The state-ranked Hornets had seven of their players reach double digits in the road win over the Wildcats.

Armani Vermillion led with 17 points, and Michael Hood added 16 points for Advance (19-5), which jumped out to a 24-point lead at halftime and went on to outscore the hosts by 18 points in the second half to get the victory. Dakota Welty pitched in 14 points for the Hornets.

Blake Leazenby finished with 17 points to pace Leopold (1-20).

Advance 21 26 30 15 -- 92

Leopold 11 12 13 14 -- 50

ADVANCE (92) -- Armani Vermillion 17, Dakota Welty 14, Preston Wuebker 12, Brian Whitson 10, Austin Ladd 10, Dawson Mayo 12, Michael Hood 16, Braden Brown 1. FG 28, FT 9-14, F 10 (3-pointers: Whitson 3, Welty 2, Wuebker 2, Hood 2. Fouled out: None.)

LEOPOLD (50) -- Dalton Forrester 6, Garrett Thele 6, Tristan Graham 8, Simon Elfrink 3, Ryan Lewis 3, Blake Leazenby 17, Jack Jones 5, John Gray 2. FG 14, FT 7-8, F 14 (3-pointers: Graham 2, Elfrink, Lewis, Jones. Fouled out: None.)

Perryville 91, Windsor 70

Nathan Noland busted a game-high 24 points to lead the Pirates in the conference victory over the visiting Owls.

Conner Stark sank 17 points, 15 of which came from behind the arc, for Perryville (16-5, 2-1 JCAA Conference-Large Schools Division), which tallied 24 assists as a team. The Pirates sailed out to a 26-point lead at halftime before the Owls regrouped and staged a second-half rally, during which the guests outscored the hosts by five points.

Trey Miller scored 22 points, and Logan Kelley-Wolff bucketed 18 points to pace Windsor (15-7, 1-3).

Windsor 12 7 28 23 -- 70

Perryville 19 26 19 27 -- 91

WINDSOR (IMPERIAL) (70) -- Trey Miller 22, Connor Hartman 7, Jared Millheiser 4, Sam Haight 9, Devin Michael 10, Logan Kelley-Wolff 18. FG 12, FT 13-18, F 12 (3-pointers: Miller 6, Michael 2, Hartman, Millheiser, Haight. Fouled out: None.)

PERRYVILLE (91) -- Jacob Robinson 2, Aaron Mueller 11, McGwire Bartley 16, Conner Stark 17, Josh Robinson 15, Nathan Noland 24, Ryan Noland 6. FG 26, FT 9-12, F 13 (3-pointers: Stark 5, Jo. Robison 3, Bartley, N. Noland. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Windsor (Imperial) won 48-45

Freshmen -- Perryville won.

Festus 70, Scott City 59

Dylan Keller netted 21 points to pace the Rams in the loss at home to the Tigers.

Braden Cox contributed 12 points for Scott City (15-9), which maintained a 34-23 lead at halftime before the guests orchestrated a second-half comeback. The Tigers outscored the Rams by 22 points and scored 47 of their total 70 points in the second half to savor the victory.

Kamau Kinder nailed a game-high 24 points to lead Festus (16-6).

Festus 16 7 24 23 -- 70

Scott City 21 13 11 14 -- 59

FESTUS (70) -- Kamau Kinder 24, Elijah Richeson 3, Daniel Portell 3, Jarret Johnson 11, Preston Purchase 8, Joseph Woods 12. FG 19, FT 20-26, F 18 (3-pointers: Kinder 3, Purchase. Fouled out: None.)

SCOTT CITY (59) -- Dylan Keller 21, Trent Pobst 10, Isiah Berry 6, Jordan Kluesner 8, Braden Cox 12, Jaden Kaiser 2. FG 20, FT 7-14, F 21 (3-pointers: Keller 2, Berry, Kluesner. Fouled out: Cox.)

JV -- Festus won 54-42

Grandview 68, St. Vincent 55

Trevor Leible finished with a game-high 15 points, but it wasn't enough as the Indians fell to the Eagles in the conference loss on the road in Hillsboro, Missouri.

Luke Wibbenmeyer chipped in 11 points to pace St. Vincent (8-13, 2-3 JCAA Conference-Small Schools Division), which trailed by nine points at halftime.

Sam Huskey scored 14 points to lead Grandview (11-11, 3-2).

St. Vincent 16 12 11 16 -- 55

Grandview 15 22 13 18 -- 68

ST. VINCENT (55) -- Trevor Leible 15, Luke Wibbenmeyer 11, Mitchell Dobbelare 7, Trevor Lukefahr 6, Tyler Monier 6, Blake Hellman 4, Joe Whistler 2, Darren Ernst 2, Riley Riehn 2. FG 20, FT 9-16, F 21 (3-pointers: Dobbelare, Monier. Fouled out: Wibbenmeyer.)

GRANDVIEW (HILLSBORO) (68) -- Sam Huskey 14, Josh Clarke 13, Koby Klaus 13, Jeremy Quinn 11, Eli Brooks 11, Owen Johnson 5, Noah Richardson 1. FG 19, FT 18-27, F 15 (3-pointers: Clarke, Quinn, Brooks, Johnson. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- St. Vincent won 63-25

Eagle Ridge 35, Fulton (St. Albans) 27

Anand Patel scored 13 points as Eagle Ridge beat the host Eagles for seventh place in the Metro Athletic Conference (MAC) Tournament in St. Albans, Missouri.

Caleb Friedrich added 10 points for Eagle Ridge (9-14), which was held to single digits in each frame but managed to get the win.

Bowen Liu notched a game-high 14 points before fouling out to pace The Fulton School at St. Albans (4-18).

Eagle Ridge 9 9 9 8 -- 35

Fulton School 12 2 7 6 -- 27

EAGLE RIDGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (35) -- Caleb Friedrich 10, Anand Patel 13, Hunter Jones 9, Michael Roth 3. FG 10, FT 9-20, F 8 (3-pointers: Jones, Roth. Fouled out: Caleb Cobb.)

THE FULTON SCHOOL AT ST. ALBANS (27) -- Alex Xue 6, Bowen Liu 14, Jason Chan 2, Vincent Lo 2, Joe Alt 3. FG 12, FT 3-6, F 16 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Liu.)

-- From staff reports