PREP ROUNDUP: Third quarter dooms Jays, NMCC falls to Notre Dame

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MERIDIAN, Ill. -- After playing neck-and-neck with Meridian, Ill., the first half of play the Charleston Bluejays saw a rough third quarter result in a 75-69 loss.

Tied at 41-41 entering second half the Bluejays were outscored 20-11 in the third to trail by nine points entering the fourth. Charleston outpaced Meridian 17-14 in the final period, but couldn't bridge the gap by the final buzzer.

Leading the way was Delfincko Bogan with a game-high 34 pointswhile Marquavion McCauley and Shandor Webster added 12 and 11 points respectively.

CHARLESTON (69) -- Christian Allen 4, Robert Bogan 2, Delfincko Bogan 34, Demontrail Clark 1, Shandor Webster 11, Timontrail Horton 5, Marquavion McCauley 12. FG 22 FT 23-39 F 22. (3-pointers: D. Bogan 1, Webster 1. Fouled out: R. Bogan, Horton.)

MERIDIAN (75) -- Weldon 2, Drewitt 19, Schossner 5, Schaal 19, Powell 13, Edmonds 8, Davis 9. FG 27 FT 16-24 F 23. (3-pointers: Schaal 5. Fouled out: none.)

Notre Dame 58, NMCC 52

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Despite a hot start the New Madrid County Central Eagles saw a dominant third quarter by Notre Dame relegate them to a 58-52 loss on the road.

NMCC led 31-25 at the half, but were outscored 18-7 in the third quarter to enter the fourth trailing by five points. The Bulldogs outpaced the Eagles 15-14 in the final period to hold on for the win.

Willie Jimerson had 21 points to lead the way for NMCC with Mikeal Walker contributing seven points.

For Notre Dame, Jordan Barber had a game-high 27 points and Dean Crippen had 10 points.

NMCC (52) -- Willie Jimerson 21, Mikeal Walker 7, T.J. Clark 5, Vontre Jones 2, Drew Palmer 5, Asten Newsom 6, Gage Silman 3, Kiel Causey 3. FG 10, FT 17-24, F 19. (3-pointers: 5. Fouled out: T.J. Clark)

NOTRE DAME (58) -- Chase Urhahn 4, Tanner Shively 3, Quinn Poythress 9, Grant Ressel 8, Jordan Barber 27, Dean Crippen 10. FG 20, FT 18-26, F 18. (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None)

Jackson 61, Dexter 26

JACKSON (SMNS) -- The Dexter Bearcats varsity boys basketball team suffered a 61-26 loss to state-ranked Jackson Tuesday night.

Cole Renken recorded a team-high 12 points for the Bearcats before fouling out with 55 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

Dexter (0-3) returns to action Friday when it visits arch rival Richland in its SCAA Conference opener.

Jackson beat Dexter 44-43 in the junior varsity contest.

DEXTER (26) -- D.J. Dowdy 4, Peyton Pollock 5, Ethan Flowers 2, Chandler Young 3, Cole Renken 12. FG 11, FT 3-6, F 14. (3-pointers: Pollock 1. Fouled out: Renken)

JACKSON (61) -- Braden Wendel 1, Garrett Walker 8, Calvin Lysell 5, Karson King 14, Connor Shepard 8, Blake Reynolds 12, Brandon Lueders 13. FG 22, FT 14-19, F 9. (3-pointers: Wendel 1, King 2. Fouled out: none.)

Bernie 66, Woodland 30

BERNIE (SMNS) -- The Bernie Mules varsity boys basketball team opened SCAA Conference play with a 66-30 home victory against the Woodland Cardinals Tuesday night.

Caleb Ellenburg scored a team-high 25 points. B.J. Jennings finished with 20 points. Justin Stanfield tallied all of nine of his points for Bernie on three 3-pointers.

WOODLAND (30) - Evan Grindstaff 6, Garrett Reynolds 14, Cole Schlief 4, Landon Johnson 2, Devon Gramlish 4. FG 9, FT 10/12, F 9. (3-pointers: Reynolds, 1, Schlief 1. Fouled out: none)

BERNIE (66) - Jake Wagner 5, B.J. Jennings 20, Justin Stanfield 9, Bubby Schwent 3, Joey Walker 4, Caleb Ellenburg 25. FG 27, FT 4/7, F 14. (3-pointers: Wagner 1, Jennings 4, Stanfield 3. Fouled out: none)

Junior High Basketball

Eighth Grade

CHARLESTON -- One week after rallying from 25 points down to defeat Charleston, Sikeston's eighth grade pulled off another miraculous comeback on Tuesday at Charleston Junior High School.

This time the Bulldog eighth graders found themselves down 14 points in the fourth quarter and still down by nine points with two minutes left, but Sikeston rallied to send the game into overtime.

In overtime, Charleston scored the first four points, but Sikeston took control and held on to defeat the Bluejays 85-76.

"This was just an amazing game," Sikeston coach Derek James said. "It looked like there was no way we could come back but this team has such resilience. They just refuse to lose."

Sikeston got a game-high 44 points from Fred Thatch, including 22 in the fourth quarter and overtime. He made his final 13 free throws in the game to finish 16 of 21 on the night.

"That's one of the most dominating performances I've seen in junior high," James said. "Fred seemed to get every single rebound when we had to have it and his will to win just took over. But it wasn't just one player. We had several guys step up and make some huge plays in this game. Austin Branch had a monster 3-pointer in overtime, Bryce Bays had a big, big steal. Keyth Blissett had numerous big plays late in the game. Everybody contributed in this one."

Blissett scored 12 points and Branch added 11.

Charleston was led by Jumonta Moore's 23 points, including seven 3-pointers. Kavarri Lee had 20 and James Crane added 18.

"That No. 15 (Moore) was amazing," James said. "We had no answer for him."

Sikeston improves to 6-0 on the season. They will play host to Cape Central tonight at 6 p.m.

SIKESTON (85) -- Fred Thatch 44, Keyth Blissett 12, Austin Branch 11, Bryce Bays 7, Dylon Mills 6, Kalen Bland 4, Matthew Perry 1. FG 26, FT 21-39, F 23. (3-pointers: Thatch 2, Blissett 1, Branch 1. Fouled out: none).

CHARLESTON (76) -- Jumonta Moore 23, Kavarri Lee 20, James Crane 18, Mardareyon Clark 11, Jacari Williams 2, Ke'Sean Chillers-Griffin 2. FG 23, FT 6-17, F 21. (3-pointers: Moore 7, Lee 1. Fouled out: Moore, Clark, Williams, Chillers-Griffin).

Seventh Grade

CHARLESTON -- With a dominant second and third quarters the Sikeston seventh grade basketball team took down Charleston 53-35.

"I thought we did an outstanding job distributing the ball tonight as we had eight different scorers," Seventh grade coach Eric Voorhees said. "Charleston has a lot of size which gave us problems and they are well coached."

The Bulldogs (8-0) trailed 8-7 entering the second quarter before outscoring the Bluejays 18-6 to take a 11-point lead into the break. They'd add to their leads with a 18-13 third quarter effort before holding on for the win.

In the second and third quarters alone the Bulldogs outscored Charleston 36-19.

Kevin Jones had a game-high 22 points, including 13 points after halftime.

Sikeston will play their final game today against Cape Central at 5:30 p.m. at the Sikeston Junior High School.

CHARLESTON (35) -- L. Porter 1, A. Suger 3, J. Wiley 2, C. Johnson 19, T. Ray 1. FG 8, FT 1025, F 16. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Spencer.)

SIKESTON (53) -- Nathan Pullen 2, Kevin Jones 22, Elijah Faulkner 4, Ja'Shawn Sherrell 4, Nate Self 4, Drayton Pobst 2, Noah Hicks 3, Trey Jenkins 12. FG 22, FT 9-23, F 23. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none.)

Wrestling

Sikeston 63, NMCC 15

NEW MADRID -- The Sikeston Bulldogs wrestling team stayede undefeated on the season with a 63-15 win over the New Madrid County Central Eagles on Tuesday.

Sikeston won their first three matches of the night with Ty Fowler (106) and Javeon Bonner (120) pinning their opponents before Luis Valdez picked up a 3-0 decision in the 132-pound division.

After back-to-back losses in the 138 and 135 pound divisions the Bulldogs once again got on a roll and closed out the meet with seven straight win by pin or forfeit. These pins came from Robert Rodgers (152), John Rowland (160), Clay Porter (170), Gage Barber (220) and Brenden Morgan (285).

The win improves the Bulldogs to 3-0 on the year.

"We wrestled well against a much improved New Madrid Central team," Sikeston head coach Chris Lowe said. "Some of the key wins were Ty Fowler, Luiz Valdez, Javeon Bonner, John Paul Rowland (pin in ot), Clay Porter, Gage Barber, Chase Rodgers, and Brenden Morgan."

Sikeston's next bout will be as part of the Tiger Classic in Cape Girardeau this Friday and Saturday.

Girls Basketball

NMCC 81, Hayti 73

HAYTI -- Rashaunda Summers scored 40 points as the New Madrid County Central Girls basketball team defeated Hayti Tuesday 81-73.

Summers went 19 for 22 at the free throw line during her monster night. Whitney Williams added 15 points in the win.