JACKSON WRESTLERS FALL, JUST SHORT AT CONFERENCE TOURNEY

NEW MADRID -- Jackson High's wrestlers lost a shootout with Ste. Genevieve during Saturday's 11-team SEMO Conference Meet hosted by New Madrid County Central.

The Indians had five individual champions, the same as last season when they won the title. But this year that only netted Jackson second place.

Ste. Genevieve used balance up and down the lineup to prevail with 212 1/2 points. Jackson finished right behind with 211 points.

Farmington was third with 170 1/2 while Poplar Bluff was fourth (124) and North County fifth (98 1/2).

Cape Girardeau Central finished sixth (75 1/2), followed by Dexter (67 1/2), Sikeston (55), New Madrid (50), Potosi (30) and Park Hills (14).

"It was an outstanding conference meet," said Jackson coach Steve Wachter. "It was extremely tight. Ste. Genevieve just had so much depth, it was hard to catch up on them. They just had so much balance.

"We won five of the six matches with them head to head. But they just had too big a lead."

Jackson's individual champions were Lance Schlick (103 pounds), Joe Wiseman (130), Kent Glass (160), Kent Langston (189) and Travis Reiminger (215).

Also for the Indians, Kyle Watson (119), Travis Turner (140) and Kyle Glass (171) placed second while Eric Rhodes (112) was third.

"I was real proud of the whole team," Wachter said. "We had five champions, which is exactly what we had last year when we won. But Ste. Genevieve just had a little too much balance."

Cape Central was led by a trio of third-place finishers: Keith Benton (103), Ben Keefe (135) and Dustin Gross (152).

Ste. Genevieve had three tourney champions: Ben Bauman (125), Cory Nugent (135) and Ben Bauman (171).

Both Jackson and Cape Central will be right back in action Tuesday when they square off in a dual match in Jackson. JV competition is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Charleston 45

Paducah Tilghman 43

METROPOLIS, Ill. -- Charleston's Blue Jays rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat Paducah Tilghman 45-43 in the championship game of the Superman Classic Saturday night.

Larico Coleman paced Charleston (16-3) with 21 points while Rashad Oliver scored 16.

Tilghman led 10-5 after one quarter and 24-15 at intermission. Charleston trimmed the deficit to 35-31 by the start of the fourth quarter and overtook the Tornadoes in the final eight minutes.