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FARMINGTON -- Sikeston's Gabe Wheeler shot a one-over par 73 to earn top medalist and helped his team to a first-place finish during the 15-team Festus Invitational at Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington Wednesday.
This is Wheeler's fourth tournament win so far this season and Sikeston's first team win overall. The Bulldogs took the team title by 11 strokes over second place Farmington with a total of 334. Wheeler's closest individual competitor was nine strokes away.
Sikeston's Blake Below scored an 83 to finish fourth overall while Clark Atchison carded an 86 for sixth.
Sikeston will host the SEMO Conference Tournament on Monday at Fox Haven Country Club with a tee time of 10 a.m.
Team scores
1. Sikeston 334; 2. Farmington 345; 3. Whitfield 358; 4. North County 382; 5. Festus 395; 6. (tie) Fredericktown, Herculaneum 405; 8. Windsor (Imperial) 414; 9. Perryville 417; 10. Potosi 421; 11. St. Pius X (Festus) 422; 12. DeSoto 424; 13. Hillsboro 431; 14. Crystal City 442; 15. St. Vincent 450
Individuals
SIKESTON (334) -- Gabe Wheeler 73, Blake Below 83, Clark Atchison 86, Luke Blanton 92
FARMINGTON (345) -- Nick Westrich 82, John Burcham 83, Levi Asher 89, Trevor Holloway 91
WHITFIELD (358) -- Chase Kinder 82, Alex Freund 89, Colin Strege 92, Kyle Stemme 95
NORTH COUNTY (382) -- Caje Halbrook 88, Colin Ruble 90, Grant Hill 99, Justin Sohn 105
FESTUS (395) -- Kyle LaRose 95, Ian Nelson 99, Owen Horsley 99, Colter Eggemeyer 102
FREDERICKTOWN (405) -- Rylan Matthews 98, Tye Fisher 99, Austin Stephens 102, Dalton Kemp 106
HERCULANEUM (405) -- Cody Schanz 97, Derek Medley 99, Joshua Brauch 100, Jonathan Cox 109
WINDSOR (414) -- Kyle Cage 101, Joe Rudden 102, Lucas Schild 105, Aaron Marler/Jacob Mueller 106
PERRYVILLE (417) -- Ryan Burfiend 95, Colin Prost 105, Brock Kurre 106, Chris Ponder 111
POTOSI (421) -- Logan Larimore 88, Devin DeClue 108, Dalton Singer 110, Garrett Coleman 115
ST. PIUS X (422) -- Tryson Thornton 101, Zeke Reeves 104, Greg Myles 108, Chris Novosak 109
DESOTO (424) -- Augie Dennis 95, Josie Petsch 106, Nicholas Bourisaw 107, Brenden Politte 116
HILLSBORO (431) -- Blake Hammond 91, Tanner Weberling 104, Clayton Jones 114, Blake Finder 122
CRYSTAL CITY (442) -- Tyler Andrews 90, Logan Grove 113, Andrew Sawdy 117, Drake Beekman 122
ST. VINCENT (150) -- Ethan Holdman 104, Zach Baudendistel 107, Blake Hellman 118, Sam Baer 121
__BASEBALL__
__SCC 12, Delta 3__
SIKESTON -- Gavin Pobst pitched a complete game and struck out seven during Scott County Central's third win of the season.
The Braves (3-4) scored eight runs in the first two innings and led 10-2 after four. They out-hit Delta 10-3.
Scott Central will host Meadow Heights today at 4 p.m.
Delta 100 101 0 -- 3 3 2
SCC 440 202 x -- 12 10 1
WP -- Gavin Pobst. LP -- White. Multiple hitters: (S) Coltin Winter 2-3, Steven Burton 2-4, Drake Kesler 2-4, Brody Ditto 2-2. 2B: (D) Hodge; (S) Winter, Burton 2, Kesler, Ditto, Jordan Griggs.
__Kelly 6, Saxony Lutheran 2__
JACKSON -- Kelly's Ty Householder threw seven complete innings, struck out seven and had two hits during Kelly's road win.
Householder also gave up three hits and walked four for Kelly (6-11), who out-hit Saxony (9-3) 9-3.
Jacob McClain went 3-5 at the plate.
Kelly 202 110 0 -- 6 9 1
Saxony 000 000 2 -- 2 3 3
WP -- Ty Householder. LP -- Paris Johnson. Multiple hits -- Kelly: Ty Householder 2-3, Jacob McClain 3-5.
__Cooter 15, Clarkton 0__
CLARKTON -- The Reindeer gave up six unearned runs on nine errors and were no-hit by state-ranked Cooter.
Cooter, ranked seventh in the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 2 poll, led 7-0 after three innings and poured on six runs in the top of the sixth.
Clarkton pitcher Cody Lott gave up three earned runs and struck out four in six innings of work.