Balanced Bulldogs win at Scott City

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- The Notre Dame Bulldogs' boys basketball team got balanced scoring up and down the lineup and posted a wire-to-wire x72-49 victory Friday over Scott City.

Travis Siebert, Scott Wittenborn and Doug Schaefer shared individual scoring honors for Notre Dame (11-4) with 12 points apiece. Seven Bulldogs had seven or more points.

For Scott City (6-8), D.J. Walton had a game-high 21 points, including five 3-pointers.

NEW MADRID 70, CAPE CENTRAL 30

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- New Madrid County Central (11-1), the two-time defending state champion and top-ranked team in Class 3A, got 21 points from Dereke Tipler as it had little trouble with Cape Central.

Cape Central (3-11), which trailed 33-14 at halftime, did not have a double-figure scorer. Sophomore point guard Will Johnson led the Tigers with six points.

HILLSBORO 88, ST. VINCENT 59

HILLSBORO, Mo. -- Hillboro overpowered St. Vincent with 58 first-half points in the Jefferson County Conference game.

Tyler Wengert led St. Vincent (6-4, 0-2), which trailed by 35 points at halftime, with 12 points while Matt Wengert added 11.

OAK RIDGE 65, SHAWNEE 59

OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- Zach Ruesler scored 13 points, Adam Hahs 12 and Clayton Ruesler 10 as the Bluejays (5-8) rallied past Shawnee, Ill. Oak Ridge trailed by nine points before pushing ahead late.

ORAN 82, HOLCOMB 46

HOLCOMB, Mo. -- The Eagles (10-3) led big at halftime and coasted from there. Ryne Wood led the way with 24 points. Patrick Friga had 19, Tyler Cookson 13 and Nathan Seyer 12.

EAST PRAIRIE 79, DELTA 78

DELTA, Mo. -- Despite 28 points from Lance Kinder and 25 from Craig Bock, Delta was unable to pick up its first Scott-Mississippi Conference win.

Joey Keys added 11 points for the Bobcats (5-10, 0-3).

MARQUAND 54, LEOPOLD 51

LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Marquand (6-8) overcame a first-half deficit to slip past Leopold (3-10).

Heath Stephens had 19 points for Marquand, while Kevin Holzum topped Leopold with 18.

ADVANCE 76, RICHLAND 60

ADVANCE, Mo. -- The Hornets (9-4) evened their Stoddard County Conference record at 2-2.

Jared Ritter paced Advance with 21 points, followed by Cain Kelley (15), Andrew Jenkins (13) and Aaron Cantrell (12). Sherome Cole led Richland with 26.

WOODLAND 82, ZALMA 57

ZALMA, Mo. -- Alex VanGennip of Woodland (8-7) knocked down nine 3-pointers on his way to a 31-point night.

The Cardinals' Luke Johnson added 23. Nick Reinhardt led Zalma (0-10) with 19 points.

Boys Swimming

EUREKA 116, CAPE CENTRAL 70

EUREKA, Mo. -- Sam Maguire and Alex Heddle recorded individual wins and both swam legs on the Tigers' other winning entrant, the 400-meter freestyle relay team as Central finished second.

-- From staff reports