Girls basketball

Lady Trojans' defense shines in 39-8 win at New Franklin

The junior varsity Lady Trojans weren’t allowing anything past their defenses on Monday, Jan. 2.

Community R-6 defeated New Franklin 39-8, shutting out the Lady Bulldogs in two quarters.

The Lady Trojans had a 25-3 halftime lead and then had a 32-3 advantage after three quarters

Kat Meyer led the team with 13 points, Peyton Beamer followed with 11 points, Jocelyn Curtis had six points, and Adrianna Woodson finished with five points.

“Kat Meyer and Peyton Beamer had a great scoring game from around the perimeter,” coach Stacie Carroz said. “We got after it defensively, only allowing our opponent eight points the entire night. The girls are building chemistry and playing well together.”

The junior varsity Lady Trojans play at Mexico on Jan. 19 and at Cairo on Jan. 31 before returning home for a Feb. 2 game with Mark Twain.

Boys wrestling

Centralia has two at top of podium in Eldon

The Centralia junior varsity boys had a good showing during the holiday break in Eldon.

The Panthers wrestled at the Eldon JV Tournament on Friday, Dec. 30, finishing with two first-place finishers. Blake Bodine at 106 pounds and Zane Dubes at the 138B class each earned first place while Drayden Conde was second at 157. Drew Korb at 150B, Nathan Timpe at 175, and Coulten Baker at 175B each finished third.

Bodine had to wrestle two matches but pinned both of his opponents, and Dubes had three pins and a major decision victory precede a 4-0 decision over Jefferson City’s Lucas Waite.

Conde pinned his four opponents before running into a 6-1 decision loss against Marshfield’s Peyton Woolman in the first-place match. 

Korb, Timpe and Baker each finished with three pinfall victories as Timpe earned the fall in his last match against Marshfield’s Carter Pruitt and Baker did the same against Moberly’s Gannon White.

Marshall Kable was fourth at 215B, and Dominick Lansche and Cade Smith each finished fourth at 190 and 215, respectively.

Mexico’s Hodge, Koons earn third at Eldon JV tournament

The Mexico junior varsity boys wrestled to several third-place matches Friday, Dec. 30.

Jayden Hodge won third place in the 165-pound bracket after pinning Marshfield’s Lucas Hougardy, Casey Minter advanced to the 138 class third-place match before losing, and Dominick Watson settled for fourth at 215 after being pinned by Moberly’s Brady Riley. Keegan Koons earned third place after wrestling to a 3-2 record at 120 pounds.

Hodge had two pins and a 12-6 decision loss to Waynesville’s Braylin Scott prior to his final bout. Minter earned three pinfalls prior to two disqualifications ending his day. Koons won by pin twice and a technical fall before losing his final match to Jefferson City’s Makoa Castillo by a 9-5 decision.

Earning fifth-place for the Bulldogs were Isai Hernandez at 175 pounds following his pin of Moberly’s Landon Smith and Evan Ford at 144 pounds with a pinfall over Smith-Cotton’s Timur Askerov.