Bruins, Kewpies take first step at districts

By the Tribune’s staff

Published Saturday, February 9, 2008

Rock Bridge advanced three wrestlers into today’s semifinals and Hickman advanced two during the first day of competition in the Class 4 District 3 Tournament at Jefferson City’s Fleming Fieldhouse.

Will Evans, Taylor Crane and Kyle Lewis lived up to their seeds for the Bruins. Evans, seeded first in the 103-pound division, won his only match to advance to the semis. Crane, seeded second at 140, won two matches, and Lewis, the second seed at 145, won his only match of the evening.

Rock Bridge’s five remaining wrestlers are still in contention to advance to next week’s state tournament but losses dropped them into wrestlebacks. Senior Charlie Lay, a state qualifier last year, did not wrestle because of a concussion he suffered last week.

Hickman’s Vince Pescaglia and Drae Cox remained undefeated with comfortable victories. Pescaglia (21-0) won his only 112-pound match by fall, and Cox (41-0) won his lone match at 152 by technical fall. Pescaglia is seeded first and Cox second.

Richard Kennedy picked up Hickman’s only other win but dropped his 189-pound quarterfinal to fall into wrestlebacks.

Action resumes at 10 a.m. today, with first- and third-place matches scheduled to start at 3:45 p.m.

Boys basketball

● Rock Bridge 76, Quincy Notre Dame 54: Jordan Dressler had 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead a well-balanced Bruins attack in Quincy, Ill. The Bruins had three players in double figures and three more that scored eight or more, as they shot 50 percent from the field.

Through a hard-fought first half, the seventh-ranked Bruins (21-2) built a 44-30 lead. In the third quarter, they put Notre Dame (14-8) away, outscoring the Quincy school 20-13. Ricky Kreklow had 13 points for Rock Bridge, and Skylar Tolson had 12 points and six assists.

James Bearden had 22 points to lead Notre Dame.

● Boonville 70, Carrollton 27: The Pirates (8-10, 2-3 Missouri River Valley Conference) led 39-14 at halftime. Xavier Grant led Boonville with 19 points, and Randal Luscombe scored 12.

● Westran 61, Slater 46: Roscoe Robinson totaled 31 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Hornets to a Lewis and Clark Conference victory in Hunstville. Tycie Linneman added 13 points for Westran (8-10, 4-1).

Slater (6-15, 0-7) trailed 35-21 at halftime. Aric Falls led the Wildcats with 25 points.

● Southern Boone 75, North Callaway 65: The Eagles (8-12, 5-1 Mid-Missouri Conference) outscored the Thunderbirds 18-3 to end the first half and take a 37-25 lead.

Tyler Thompson had 25 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Southern Boone. Tyler Knierim added 11. North Callaway (1-18, 0-6) was led by Jacob Lasley’s 20 points and 10 rebounds. Brendan Borman added 14 points.

● Fulton 51, Mexico 39: The Hornets (12-10, 6-2 North Central Missouri Conference) outscored Mexico 17-6 in a decisive third quarter. Kaharri Ray’s 16 points led Fulton and Jon Sidney added 10.

Michael Howard had 15 points to lead Mexico (9-12, 2-9).

● Pilot Grove 83, Prairie Home 21: The Tigers led 22-5 after one quarter and were never threatened. Tyler Ellerbracht had 22 points to lead the Tigers, and Trey Schibi had 18. Zach Glenn and Eric Kirschman each had six points to lead Prairie Home.

Girls basketball

● Rock Bridge 44, St. Teresa’s Academy 37: Katherine Harry scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Bruins (17-6), who used a big second quarter to take control of the game.

After trailing 11-9 after one period Rock Bridge outscored St. Teresa’s 12-3 in the second quarter. The Bruins controlled the game from then on, but St. Teresa’s was able to stay reasonably close by knocking down six 3-pointers.

● North Callaway 60, Southern Boone 41: The Thunderbirds (18-3, 5-1) outscored the Eagles 15-4 in the fourth quarter.

Samantha Heck led the Thunderbirds with 20 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists. Jennifer Lubbers also had a big night with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Tillie Bill’s 14 points led Southern Boone (9-12, 3-3) and Naomi Starr added 11.

● Harrisburg 44, Moberly 25: Despite their depleted roster, the Bulldogs (8-12) rolled to a win over Moberly (0-20) behind Ashley Fisher’s 20 points.

On Thursday, Harrisburg point guard Courtney Jorgenson tore the meniscus in her right knee and the Bulldogs’ first player off the bench, Kaitlynn Guile, injured her left knee and is likely out for the season.

Women’s softball

● FIU Invitational: Missouri opened the season with a split yesterday in Miami.

The 21st-ranked Tigers lost 2-0 to 15th-ranked Virginia Tech and then beat Florida International 6-4.

Against Virginia Tech, the Tigers managed only two hits against two-time All-American Angela Tincher, who struck out 15. Freshman center fielder Rhea Taylor had both hits and stole two bases. MU starter Stacy Delaney took the loss.

Against FIU, Missouri shortstop Lindsey Ubrun had a three-run home run. Taylor added two more hits, making her 4 for 6 on the day. MU pitcher Jana Hainey struck out three in a complete game.

College swimming

● Tigers sweep Drury: The 20th-ranked Missouri men’s team beat Drury 155-143 and the 21st-ranked MU women topped Drury 196-100 yesterday in Springfield.

On the men’s side, Hickman graduate Dante Jones won the 1-meter diving competition with a score of 335.18. Greg DeStephen won the 3-meter with a score of 321.15. Other MU winners included Joe Wiedemeier, 50-yard freestyle, 21.61 seconds; Ted Harris, 100 breaststroke, 58.28; Cameron Sellers, 200 free, 1:40.96; and the 200 free relay team of Jordan Hawley, Wiedemeier, Sellers and Gilad Kaufman.

On the women’s side, the winners included Coralie Baumann, 1,000 free, 10:23.72; Morgan McCleery, 100 breaststroke, 1:06.93; McCleery, 200 breaststroke, 2:23.88; Arica Jacinto, 200 butterfly, 2:08.40; Taye Patterson, 50 free, 24.43; Francie Szostak, 100 free, 53.02; Lauren Lavigna, 200 individual medley, 2:11.65; Colleen Gordon, 200 free, 1:50.92; Lori Halvorson, 500 free, 5:04.37; Kendra Melnychuk, in 1-meter and 3-meter diving, with scores of 319.73 and 328.43; and the 200 free relay team of Patterson, Halvorson, Szostak and Gordon in 1:37.80.