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ST. LOUIS -- The Sikeston Bulldogs wrestling team finished with a 3-2 record during the Lindbergh Flyer Holiday Tournament Saturday in St. Louis.
Sikeston defeated Unified 42-30, Hazelwood West 45-26 and Columbia Hickman 63-15.
The lost to Francis Howell Central 54-30 and Parkway South 59-15.
"Very tough matches this weekend for our young team," Sikeston head coach Chris Lowe said. "But, proud of our effort."
Sikeston had three individuals place in the top six. Garrett Middleton (113) finished fourth, Javeon Bonner (12) took fifth and Christian Crumpecker (170) finished sixth.
BLOOMFIELD (SMNS) -- The Dexter Bearcats suffered a 54-42 elimination loss in a fifth-place semifinal of the double-elimination Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Saturday night.
No. 6 seeded Twin Rivers jumped out to an early 14-4 lead with 1:36 left in the first quarter against No. 7 seeded Dexter. The Bearcats took its only lead at 23-21 in the final four minutes of the first half.
Ethan Flowers led Dexter in scoring with 10 points. He had two 3-pointers and two 2-pointers.
No. 3 Bernie and No. 1 Kennett will meet for the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament championship tonight at 8:30 p.m.
Bernie defeated No. 2 Hayti 55-54 while Kennett took down No. 4 South Pemiscot 69-62.
Dexter 8 15 10 9 -- 42
Twin Rivers 14 13 11 16 -- 54
DEXTER (42) -- Noah Kronk 8, D.J. Dowdy 7, Austin Chesser 3, Ethan Flowers 10, Chandler Young 5, Cole Renken 9. FG 18, FT 3/10, F 16. (3-pointers: Flowers 2, Chesser 1. Fouled out: none)
TWIN RIVERS (54) -- Zach Underberg 10, Jase Worley 11, Nathan Watson 5, Chance Wilkerson 5, Andrew Mittlestadt 4, Eric Ray 6, Mason Douglas 5, Seth Snider 8. FG 20, FT 8/15, F 16. (3-pointers: Underberg 2, Worley 2, Wilkerson 1, Douglas 1. Fouled out: none)