Stories from Saturday, December 26, 2015

In a game in which it led from wire to wire, Advance boys basketball used its press to disrupt Bell City early on and got a standout performance from Armani Vermillion to win the opener of the evening session, 68-56, in the first round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Saturday at the Show Me Center...

Energy. Desire. Call it what you want, Scott City boys basketball harnessed it better on Saturday evening, erasing a second-quarter deficit and busting out for a 73-45 victory over Kelly in the first round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center...

Today in History Today is Saturday, Dec. 26, the 360th day of 2015. There are five days left in the year. The seven-day African-American holiday Kwanzaa begins today. This is Boxing Day. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 26, 1799, former President George Washington was eulogized by Col. Henry Lee as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen."...

After more than a year of extensive, painstaking work to assure an accurate census count in 1990, city officials still are puzzled at the federal government's preliminary housing and population figures here; the city receives the results of the U.S. Census Bureau's review of its mid-summer preliminary housing count, which shows Cape Girardeau's population decreased over the past decade from 34,361 in 1980 to 34,167 this year...

DELTA (27) -- Quentin Little 10, Triston Perry 8, Charlie Ledbetter 4, Bryan Schoen 3, Brandt Headrick 2. FG 12, FT 0-4, F 6. (3-pointers: Perry 2, Schoen 1. Fouled out: None.) JACKSON (82) -- Jacob Smith 19, Cameron Hester 16, Garrett Walker 8, Desmond Morris 6, Pete Lake 6, Grayson Ward 6, Jonathon Friess 3, Gavin Harris 3, Jacob Friess 3, James Ward 3, Drew King 3, Cooper Callis 2, Stephen Irons 2, Colten Seyer 2. ...

LEOPOLD (23) -- Tristen Graham 9, Grant Koenig 4, Garrett Thele 4, Jack Jones 4, Blake Leazenby 2. FG 7, FT 7-10, F 7. (3-pointers: Graham 1, Jones 1. Fouled out: None.) CAPE CENTRAL (85) -- Al Young 22, Zyshon Mallory 19, Kaleb Ward 11, Tevyn Wright-Hunt 8, Austin Parker 8, Blake Harris 6, Garrett Jackson 6, Jawone Newell 3, Aubrey Carter 2. FG 37, FT 5-10, F 16. (3-pointers: Ward 3, Wright-Hunt 2, Newell 1. Fouled out: None.)...

CHAFFEE (26) -- Jordan Wilburn 8, Landon Tenkhoff 5, Alec Bogenpohl 4, Gabe Henson 4, Ryan Holderfield 2, Austin Copeland 2, Devohn Foulk 1. FG 12, FT 2-6, F 6. (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.) NOTRE DAME (62) -- Blake Bauwens 11, Dawson Dohogne 10, Josh Seabaugh 9, Ross Essner 9, Jake Edwards 8, Carson Ketcher 6, Winston Welter 5, Tanner Robert 2, Garrett Siebert 2. FG 26, FT 5-10, F 14. (3-pointers: Bauwens 3, Seabaugh 1, Welter 1. Fouled out: None.)...

OAK RIDGE (32) -- Nathan Bolin 10, Kyle Keller 8, Trevor Dillard 5, Drew Kranawetter 3, Steven Masterson 2, Jordan Barker 2, Waylyn Myers 2. FG 13, FT 1-3, F 7. (3-pointers: Bolin 2, Kranawetter 1, Keller 1, Dillard 1. Fouled out: None.) CHARLESTON (75) -- Demarcus Sharp 17, Tenerrious Ewing 15, Jaquavis Rodgers 12, Jeremy Tucker 12, Clifford Johnson 6, Latrell Porter 5, Kelvondre Moore 4, Jaqueles Biles 2, Ke'Sean Griffin 2. ...

BELL CITY (56) -- Taylor Jackson 5, Kolten Siebert 5, Logan Yates 6, Brandon Abner 2, Cole Nichols 20, Peyton Maddox 2, Bobby Wright 16. FG 20, FT 8-10, F 14. (3-pointers: Wright 4, Nichols 2, Jackson, Siebert. Fouled out: None.) ADVANCE (68) -- Armani Vermillion 20, Brendan Crader 2, Dakota Welty 2, Preston Wuebker 8, CJ Seger 3, Brian Whitson 11, Austin Ladd 10, Dawson Mayo 12. FG 30, FT6-11, F 13. (3-pointers: Wuebker 2. Fouled out: None.)...

MEADOW HEIGHTS (59) -- Jacob Douglas 16, Trent Liley 7, Brenan Welker 8, Lane Baremore 12, Nick Mayfield 2, Scott Pohlman 6, Devin Wilfong 8. FG 22, FT 11-14, F 18. (3-pointers: Douglas 2, Lilley, Baremore. Fouled out: Mayfield.) SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (74) -- Jacob Brown 5, Deven Blackmon 16, Deantrell Beard 14, Garry Wilkerson 2, Gerald Sanders 21, Jeffery Porter 16. FG 27, FT 18-21, F 14. (3-pointers: Brown, Sanders. Fouled out: None.)...

KELLY (45) -- Kade Proctor 1, Ty Householder 17, Levi Alsup 10, Jake McClain 2, Skylar Lemons 4, Isai Campos 3, Conner Dittlinger 6, Brent Burke 2. FG 17, FT 9-17, F 13. (3-pointers: Householder 2. Fouled out: none.) SCOTT CITY (73) -- Dylan Keller 21, Trent Pobst 16, Ty Wilting 2, David Smith 4, Isiah Berry 5, Jordan Kluesner 11, Matt Groves 2, Braden Cox 8, Jaden Kaiser 4. FG 31, FT 5-10 F 18. (3-pointers: Keller 5, Kluesner. Fouled out: None.)...

ORAN (72) -- Cole Priggel 18, Jacob Shoemaker 20, Max Priggel 10, Preston Hahn 2, Layne Johnson 5, Drew Reischman, Garrison Mangels 15. FG 23, FT 24-31, F 29. (3-pointers: Shoemaker 2. Fouled out: C. Priggel, Shoemaker, M. Priggel, Mangels.) WOODLAND (80) -- Logan Thomsen 10, Cole Schlief 24, Connor Goodwin 2, Tyler Womack 11, Zach Beel 18, Bruester Young 3, Paul Duncan 4, Michael McCormick 8. FG 27, FT 20-35, F 21. (3-pointers: Schlief 2, Womack 2, Beel, Young. Fouled out: None.)...