CHARLESTON ELIMINATES CAPE CENTRAL FROM SIKESTON TOURNAMENT

SIKESTON -- Cape Central kept it close in the first half, but Charleston exerted its dominance in the second half and pulled away with a 70-43 win over the winless Tigers in the consolation semifinals of the Sikeston Tournament Thursday night.

Seventh-seeded Cape Central, which fell to 0-4, only trailed 26-21 at halftime, but third-seeded Charleston's man-to-man defense wreaked havoc in the second half.

"When they picked up that pressure we got scared, tired, impatient, and we put the ball on the floor," said Cape Central coach Brett Reutzel. "They pushed us away from the basket with pressure. We were creating some openings early on. Our ball movement was poor in the second half. We couldn't get it inside to (Ross) Conner."

Conner scored 15 points to pace Cape Central while Jonathan Ayers netted 10 points.

Lezcano Dean, of Charleston, was the high scorer of the contest, scoring 19 points. Howard Biles recorded 13 while teammate Terrance Gillespie added 12.

In other Sikeston Tournament action, New Madrid knocked off No. 2 Blytheville 62-48 in a semifinal game to set a championship game between the sixth-seeded Eagles and No. 5 Kennett, while No. 1 seed Sikeston and No. 3 Charleston will play in the consolation game at 5:30 tonight.. The third-place game between No. 8 Notre Dame and No. 2 Blytheville will take place at 7 and the championship game will follow at approximately 8:30.

GIRLS

Scott Co. Central 79, E. Carter 26

MORLEY -- Scott County Central's Brandy Miller outscored East Prairie all by herself. And so did Vontrice Blackmon.

Miller scored 31 and Blackmon had 30 as the Bravettes (3-1) rolled to an easy victory.

Scott Central led 36-18 in at halftime, then outscored East Carter 26-6 in the third quarter.

"They both came out shooting well in the second half," Scott Central coach Semona Penrod said. "They worked well together inside and outside tonight. We had a rough time in the first half. We couldn't hit anything, but we came out in the second half and took off with it."

Lekeya Turner scored 10 points for Scott County, which improved to 3-1 on the season. No player scored in double figures for East Carter.

Chaffee Tournament

CHAFFEE -- Second-seeded Scott City edged sixth-seeded Chaffee 36-30 to advance to Saturday's championship game against top-seed Kelly.

Chaffee led after three quarters 24-23, but faltered down the stretch. Scott City held Chaffee to one field goal in the final quarter, and that defensive effort combined with poor free throw shooting by Chaffee the Lady Red Devils made only seven of 28 attempts from the line doomed the Lady Red Devils.

Lisa Sanders was the leading scorer for Scott City, with 14 points.

Scott City will face Kelly at 5 p.m. Saturday for the title.

In Thursday's only other game, Sikeston defeated Portageville 49-26 in the consolation semifinals. Sikeston will face Delta in Saturday's 2 p.m. consolation final.

JV BASKETBALL

Notre Dame 70, St. Vincent 49

David Unterreiner and Scott Wittenborn knocked down 15 points each to lead Notre Dame to a first-place finish in the Meadow Heights JV Tournament.

Notre Dame (6-2), the top seed in the tournament, defeated Marquand and Scott City to advance to the championship match.

Other top scorers for Notre Dame were Wayne Essner with 11 points and Doug Schaeffer, who added eight points and 12 rebounds. Cory Beussink pitched in by grabbing 13 rebounds.

For third-seeded St. Vincent's, Tyler Wengert had 22 points and Adam Bockman added 11.

Wrestling

Ste. Genevieve 65, Cape Central 12

Ste. Genevieve easily handled the Cape Central grapplers, winning all but two of the 14 matches.

The Tigers' only varsity winners were Josh Goodrich (152) and O.J. Turner (171).

"The score doesn't indicate how our kids wrestled," said Cape Central coach Josh Crowell. "One thing I'm proud of about our kids is they never gave up and you can't ask any more than that from them."

The Tigers' next meet is against Dexter at home, 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Cape Central's JV squad tied Ste. Genevieve 36-36.

Ste. Genevieve 65, Cape Central 12

103 - Todd Webry (SG) forfeit

112 - Adam Vogt (SG) forfeit

119 - Nick Vogt (SG) pin Dustin Ingram, 3:46

125 - Shane Okenfuss (SG) pin Paul York,1:34

130 - Clint Wolk (SG) forfeit

135 - Derrick Wolk (SG) tech. fall Trevor Duncan, 1:54

140 - Todd Gegg (SG) tech.fall Jeff Dunaway, 3:24

145 - Todd Thomure (SG) dec.Leland Woelk, 8-5

152 - Josh Goodrich (CC) pin Nathan Wolk, 1:55

160 - Tyson Gegg (SG) major dec. Nick Harder, 17-5

171 - O.J. Turner (CC) pin, 3:02

189 - Clint Figge (SG) pin Tay Moore, 1:42

HWT - Derrik Stewart (SG) forfeit

JV winners for Cape Central were: Joey Carr, Brandon Hinkle, Clay Blattner, Kenneth Lowe, Monroe Hicks and Justin Cain.

Jackson 54, Windsor 12

PERRYVILLE -- Jackson improved to 3-0 in dual matches with a lopsided victory over Windsor.

Jackson's boys won all but two of their matches, with one of the losses due to forfeit.

"The score was misleading," said Jackson coach Steve Wachter. "Windsor wrestled us really well."

Jackson's next meet is in Missouri Duals in Jefferson City today at 6 p.m.

Jackson's JV squad won 54-23.

Jackson 54, Windsor 12

103 - J.P. Sides (J) dec. Jake Fitts, 8-5

112 - Ricky Feiner (J) major dec. Joe Asinger, 16-7

119 - Chase Girard (W) forfeit

125 - Brett Stroud (J) pin Jason Waltenberger, :45

130 - Chris Brown (J) pin Jason Dierker, 1:28

135 - Kyle Huck (J) tech fall Tim Pilla, 19-4

140 - Adam Wachter (J ) dec. Ben Nickless, 9-2

145 - Josh Deneke (J) forfeit

152 - James Love (J ) dec. Dan Stoffey, 13-8

160 - Mark Wade (J) pin Jake Presley, :36

171 - Willie Sutherland (J) forfeit

189 - Seth Harrell (J) forfeit

215 - Spencer Hobeck (J) dec. Pat Duke, 5-2

HWT - Chris Gist (W) pin Luke Wade, 2:20

JV winners: Mike Taylor, Ryan McClard, Chad Reiminger, Stuart McIntosh, Matt Kahle, Brad Biri, Andy Herndon, Pat Miccoms, Peter Ressler.