Bell City, Scott City charge into Oran tournament final

ORAN, Mo. -- Bell City's boys basketball team won a thrilling overtime game over second-seeded Twin Rivers 72-69 on Thursday to advance to the finals of the Oran Tournament.

The Cubs led by seven points heading into the fourth quarter, but free-throw problems aided No. 2 Twin Rivers' rally. Dominitrix Johnson led Bell City with 37 points. Jeff Liggens added 10 for Bell City.

In the other semifinal, Scott City outscored Scott County Central by 12 in the fourth to win 82-67. Jeremy Schlosser led the Rams with 22 points. Avis White led Scott County Central with 16.

Kelly routed the Oran JV to advance to the consolation final. Chris Romas led Kelly with 16.

BELL CITY 72, TWIN RIVERS 69 (OT)Bell City 12 19 20 13 8 -- 72

Twin Rivers 12 17 15 20 5 -- 69

BELL CITY (72) -- Dominitrix Johnson 37, Derek Pobst 1, Blaine Stewart 7, Jeff Liggens 10, Zac McIntyre 2, Randy Conn 6, Tyler Victor 9. FG 25, FT 19-35, F 20 (3-pointers: Johnson 2, Victor 1. Fouled out: McIntyre)

TWIN RIVERS (69) -- Jimmy Cornell 2, John Thrasher 7, Kade McBroom 3, Jarrod Stockton 3, Brandon Lowe 11, Michael Lance 21, Jason Baucom 10, Matt Stanford 12. FG 27, FT 11-25, F 26 (3-pointers: McBroom 1, Lowe 3. Fouled out: Lowe, Baucom)

SCOTT CITY 82, SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL 67Scott County Central 15 13 22 17 -- 67

Scott City 13 21 19 29 -- 82

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (67) -- Josh Boley 5, Jeremy Johnson 11, Daniel Holman 14, Chris Pullen 11, Chris Monroe 8, Andrew Pullen 2, Avis White 16. FG 28, FT 6-12, F 17 (3-pointers: Boley 1, White 4. Fouled out: White)

SCOTT CITY (82) -- Jeremy Schlosser 22, Ryan Glastetter 4, Steve Sanford 2, Mark Dannenmueller 11, Mark Johnston 15, Andy Beck 12, Tyler Ward 16. FG 31, FT 12-19, F 14 (3-pointers: Schlosser 4, Dannenmueller 2, Beck 2. Fouled out: none)

KELLY 67, ORAN JV 21

Oran JV 0 8 4 9 -- 21

Kelly 9 22 22 14 -- 67

ORAN JV (21) -- Nick Anderson 2, Chase Seyer 8, Paul Bucher 2, Joey Williams 4, Jordan Mason 5. FG 9, FT 3-5, F 8 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

KELLY (67) -- Brook Edmonds 4, Kendall Deason 2, Trent Walter 10, Trey Simmons 2, Kent Deason 13, Chris Romas 16, Derek Felter 4, Michael Glastetter 6, Nick Lanpher 2, Josh Jones 8. FG 33, FT 1-5, F 11 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

Woodland Tournament

Top-seeded Advance and No. 2 Bloomfield won to advance to the Woodland Tournament finals.

Advance knocked off Leopold 56-29 and Bloomfield beat Delta 77-65. In the consolation bracket, Meadow Heights beat Oak Ridge 86-56. Brad Adams led five double-figure scorers for Meadow Heights with 17.

MEADOW HEIGHTS 86, OAK RIDGE 56Oak Ridge 14 19 15 8 -- 56

Meadow Heights 27 19 23 17 -- 86

OAK RIDGE (56) -- Austin Haas 27; J. Schon 7; B. Russel 6; Austin Moorison 6; Terry Boganpohl 6; Kody Engler 4. FG 23, FT 10-15, F 16 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (86) -- Brad Adams 17; Joel Haas 15; Anthony Bollinger 13; Brian Thompson 10; Terry Wagner 10; Heath Fulton 8; Marshall Trawick 5; Evan Camp 3; Lucas Collier 3; Dustin Lewis 2. FG 30, FT 15-20, F 19 (3-pointers: Adams 2; Haas 2; Bollinger 2; Camp 1; Trawick 1; Collier 1; Fulton 1; Wagner 1. Fouled out: none)

Jackson 46, Eureka 29

Jackson rebounded from a loss in its Farmington Tournament opener to pick up its first win. Jackson will play in the consolation final at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Perryville 45, N. County 43

Perryville defeated North County 45-43 in the first round of pool play in the Potosi Tournament. Jared Oberndorfer led Perryville (1-0) with 18 points.

GIRLS' BASKETBALL

Notre Dame 50, Central 37

Notre Dame beat its Cape Girardeau rival in the losers bracket of the Farmington Tournament.

Sommer McCauley led Notre Dame (1-1) with 20 points. Katie Palmer and Laura Weissmueller each scored 10. Megan McDonald led Central with 24.

Notre Dame will play Lutheran South at noon on Saturday in the consolation finals.

Central 10 9 8 10 -- 37

Notre Dame 15 7 19 9 -- 50

CENTRAL (37) -- Megan McDonald 24, Erika Schabbing 7, Dani Gross 4, Sonja Williams 2. FG 11, FT 6-12, F 16 (3-pointers: McDonald 3. Fouled out: none)

NOTRE DAME (50) -- Sommer McCauley 20, Katie Palmer 10, Laura Weissmueller 10, Sierra Ellis 5, Amanda Essner 2, Allie Martin 2, Elana Weissmueller 1. FG 19, FT 6-12, F 12 (3-pointers: McCauley 1, Ellis 1. Fouled out: none)

Perryville 81, Scott City 45

April Lorenz led all scorers with 25 to lead Perryville to a home win.

The Pirates (2-0) jumped to a 22-9 first-quarter lead and cruised.

Jessica Warren led Scott City with 15 points.

Scott City 9 15 10 11 -- 45

Perryville 22 25 12 20 -- 81

SCOTT CITY (45) -- Alicia Obermann 3, Valerie Gibbons 4, Angie Laxton 4, Christy Laxton 3, Jessica Warren 15, Nora Glasser 3, Amanda Raines 13. FG 16, FT 10-27, F 14 (3-pointers: Givens 1, Raines 2. Fouled out: C. Laxton)

PERRYVILLE (81) -- Christina Schremp 7, Krista Miesner 9, Amber Hacker 5, Bethany Steffens 2, Annette Weibrecht 13, April Lorenz 25, Becky Bachman 4, Kate Lowry 4, Samantha Lankford 12. FG 33, FT 8-13, F 21 (3-pointers: Hacker 1, Weibrecht 2, Lorenz 2. Fouled out: none)

JV: Perryville 46, Scott City 17

Kelly 59, Chaffee 36

The Hawks outscored Chaffee in all four quarters in improving to 2-0. Kelly Essner led Kelly with 18 points, and Mindy Robert added 16.

Chaffee 4 14 11 7 -- 36

Kelly 7 20 21 11 -- 59

CHAFFEE (36) -- Orr 9, Fowler 6, Holmes 5, Kiefer 3, Hendrix 9, Dooley 4. FG 12, FT 12-27, F 18 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

KELLY (59) -- Senciboy 9, Burnett 2, Bucheit 4, Robert 16, Hency 3, Kern 3, Essner 18, Kline 4. FG 20, FT 17-27, F 22 (3-pointers: Hency 1, Senciboy 1. Fouled out: Burnett, Essner)

Delta 77, East Prairie 29

Delta outscored East Prairie 22-3 in the second quarter on its way to a 77-29 victory.

Kaci Menz led Delta (2-0) with 17 points and eight assists.

East Prairie 10 3 8 8 -- 29

Delta 20 22 21 14 -- 77

EAST PRAIRIE (29) -- Redman 1, Thomure 2, Brown 5, Wood 4, Tatum 6, Asia Tipler 11. FG 11, FT 4-7, F 20 (3-pointers: Tipler (1). Fouled out: Redman)

DELTA (77) -- Jessica Livingston 3, Sarah Cook 15, Ashley Elliot 8, Shea Smith 15, Kaci Menz 17, Kayla Seabaugh 2, Jenny Dannenmueller 3, Becky Rozmirsky 14. FG 30, FT 14-22, F 7 (3-pointers: Smith. Fouled out: none)

JV score: Delta 81, East Prairie 6

St. Pius 43, St. Vincent 23

St. Pius kept St. Vincent winless after the final round of the Valle tournament.

Rachel Hadler led St. Vincent (0-4) with seven points.

St. Pius 13 13 8 9 -- 43

St. Vincent 6 6 7 4 -- 23

St. Vincent (23) -- Rachel Hadler 7; Sierra Paulus 5; Whitney Guth 5; Joy Donze 3; Ashley Richardet. FG 7, FT 3-28, F 24 (3-pointers: Donze (1). Fouled out: Paulus, Richardet, Guth)

St. Pius (43) -- Ftrecher 18; Jerarnovia 9; Kopac 8; Gilizien 6; Null 4; Wagner 2; Kattenkuler 2; Koettger 2. FG 15, FT 10-28, F 27 (3-pointers: Kopac. Fouled out: Wagner, Valloo, Jerarnovia)

BOYS' SWIMMING

SLUH 171, Notre Dame 107, Clayton 54

Notre Dame started its season at the SLUH Triangular.

The Bulldogs got second-place finishes from Stephen Hine in the 200 free, John Fisher in the 50 free and John Stoverink in diving and the 100 breast. Fisher qualified for the state meet in the 100 fly and won in 57.57 seconds.Notre Dame results

200 medley -- 3. Notre Dame 1:59.01 (Chad McCormick, John Fisher, John Stoverink, Josh Lester); 200 free -- 2. Stephen Hine 2:09.09; 200 IM -- 3. Joe Graves 2:38.67; 50 free -- 2. Fisher 24.0; Diving -- 2. Stoverink 161.55; 100 fly -- 1. Fisher 57.57, 3. Hine 1:03.78; 100 free -- 3. Lester 1:00.65; 500 free -- 3. Adam Reinagel 6:34.32; 200 free relay -- 3. Notre Dame 1:50.32 (Hine, Lance Carroll, Drew Boyd, Reinagel); 100 back -- 3. Lester 1:08.72; 100 breast -- 2. Stoverink 1:12.72; 400 free relay -- 3. Notre Dame 4:01.22 (Fisher, Stoverink, Lester, Hine)

Other event

Central's boys freshman basketball team defeated Perryville at home 48-30. Blake Slattery led the Tigers (2-0) with 12 points and Matt Hester had 10.

-- From staff reports