Braves, Cubs win in Oran tourney

Drew Thomas poured in 27 points and D.D. Gillespie hit for 22 as the Scott County Central boys basketball team rolled to a 94-62 victory over Oran on Monday.

Caleb Johnson scored 11 and Toby Heeb had 10 as the Braves won their first game in the Oran tournament.

Kody Campbell led the Eagles with 19 points.

Bell City rode 27 points from Nick Niemczyk to win its opening-round game, 65-59, against Kelly.

Marty Dames added 18 in the victory.

Chris Cooper led the Hawks with 11 points in the loss.

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL 94, ORAN 62

Oran 12 17 15 18 -- 62

SCC 19 20 33 22 -- 94

Oran (62) -- Klayton Kyle 7, Kurt Rendleman 4, Cody Romas 14, Tyler Beardslee 14, Kody Campbell 19, Jake Kluesner 1, Lance Dannenmueller 3. FG 23, FT 13-19, F 9 (3-pointers: Kyle 1, Campbell 2. Fouled out: none)

Scott County Central (94) -- D.D. Gillespie 22, Toby Heeb 10, Bobby Hatchett 9, Mark Freed 2, Robert Jones 1, Desmond Williams 2, Drew Thomas 27, Caleb Johnson 11, Randy Timmons 4, Alan Timmons 4. FG 41, FT 6-13, F 17 (3-pointers: Gillespie 2, Heeb 2. Fouled out: none)

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BELL CITY 65, KELLY 59

Kelly 9 16 15 19 -- 59

Bell City 13 25 13 14 -- 65

Kelly (59) -- Ryan Essner 7, Chris Cooper 11, Josh DeBrock 4, Levi Felter 8, Zach Hicks 2, Chase Smith 1, Omar Campos 8, Zach Essner 7. FG 19, FT 7-10, F 20 (3-pointers: R. Essner 1, Campos 2. Fouled out: none)

Bell City (65) -- Nick Niemczyk 27, Melvin Johnson 7, Phillip Gross 4, Ronnie Gross 4, Marty Dames 18, Austin Bush 8. FG 26, FT 12-19, F 14 (3-pointers: Niemczyk 2, Bush 2. Fouled out: none)

Woodland tournament

Leopold got 30 points from Darren VanGennip to lead the Wildcats to a 70-60 victory over Woodland.

Saxony Lutheran also was a first-round winner, defeating Oak Ridge 77-28. Garrett Ruppel led the Crusaders with 21 points.

Cody Van De Ven scored 13 in Leopold's win. Kyle Reynolds led the Cardinals with 21.

Zach Bohnert finished with 14 in Saxony Lutheran's win, while Dustin Meyr had 10 to lead Oak Ridge.

LEOPOLD 70, WOODLAND 60

Leopold 8 14 19 29 -- 70

Woodland 10 14 13 23 -- 60

Leopold -- Dustin Thiele 4, Cody Van De Ven 13, Wade Wiseman 5, Darren VanGennip 30, Larry Nussbaum 11, Clayton Stoverink 7. FG 28, FT 11-24, Fouls 16 (3-pointers: 3, Fouled out: Nussbaum)

Woodland -- Josh Hahn 11, Joe Layton 2, Timmy Abner 9, Adam Cureton 12, Kyle Reynolds 21, Devon James 4, Logan McCarty 1. FG 27 (2), FT 4-13, Fouls 20 (3-points: 2, Fouled out: Abner)

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SAXONY LUTHERAN 77, OAK RIDGE 28

Oak Ridge 6 7 10 5 -- 28

Saxony Lutheran 27 28 13 9 -- 77

Oak Ridge (28) -- Kaz Lange 2, Dustin Meyr 10, Garrett Light 7, Brett Thomas 4, Logan Mangels 5. FG 12, FT 3-11, F 14 (3-pointers: Mangels 1. Fouled out: none)

Saxony Lutheran (77) -- Garrett Ruppel 21, Garrett Fritsche 2, Zach Bohnert 14, Bret Steffens 12, Bryant Steffens 3, Max Wieser 8, Ben Courtois 6, Austin Kwikkel 11. FG 27, FT 14-16, F 15 (3-pointers: Ruppel 7, Bohnert 1, B. Steffens 1. Fouled out: none)

Westwood 32, Eagle Ridge 30, OT

Ben Douglass scored 15 points and Daniel Cohen had eight rebounds and four steals as the Eagles lost a heartbreaker in overtime.

Steven Cohen and Josh Wiseman each finished with nine rebounds in the loss.

GIRLS BASKETBALLChaffee 58, Scott City 56

The Red Devils edged the Rams as Scott City missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Amber Kirk scored a game-high 26 points for Chaffee.

Stephanie Essner scored 21 points for Scott City (1-2) and and Whitney Tapley added 19 points.

Chaffee, playing its season opener, improved to 1-0 while Scott City dropped to 1-2.

Farmington tournament

Wendi Zickfield scored 19 points but it wasn't enough as Central fell to Belleville East 59-46 in the opening round.

Taylor Kirn added 12 in the Tigers' loss.

Jackson also suffered a first-round loss, 48-42 to Poplar Bluff.

Chelsea Bartels and Cassandra Bollinger each grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Indians. Kelci Keith scored a team-high 12 points for Jackson in its season opener.

Belleville East 59, Cape Central 46

Belleville East 9 13 17 20 -- 59

Cape Central 9 15 8 14 -- 46

Belleville (59) -- Woodhouse 2, Bealmear 3, Tschudin 2, Bontempus 3, Santenello 6, Harrington 20, Grossnickle 19, Roche 4. FG 16, FT 15-24, Fouls 15 (3-pointers: 4)

Central (46) -- Sadie Pittman 5, Chelsea Pannier 4, Taylor Kirn 12, Sarah Uptmor 6, Wendi Zickfield 19. FG 18, FT 10-15, Fouls 20

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POPLAR BLUFF 48, JACKSON 42

Jackson 15 5 12 10 -- 42

Poplar Bluff 10 10 13 15 -- 48

Jackson (42) -- Chelsea Bartels 5, Kaylen Knepp 7, Cody Goodpasture 6, Cassandra Bollinger 1, Ashten Howard 4, Whitney McNeely 5, Kelci Keith 12, Landon Wachter 2. FG 16, FT 7-12, F 17 (3-pointers: Keith 2, McNelly 1. Fouled out: none)

Poplar Bluff (48) -- Johnson 2, Summerall 17, Ferguson 5, Thomas 3, Davids 13, Stonecipher 4, Kelm 2, Williams 2. FG 18, FT 10-15, F 15 (3-pointers: Summerall, Ferguson. Fouled out: none)

Valle tournament

Courtney Besand scored 17 points to lead St. Vincent, but it wasn't enough as the Indians fell to Ste. Genevieve 47-33 in the opening round.

Lacey Siegmund added seven in the loss.

STE. GENEVIEVE 47, ST. VINCENT 33

Ste. Genevieve 11 16 8 12 -- 47

St. Vincent 4 10 12 7 -- 33

Ste. Genevieve (47) -- Fox 19, Schenck 12, Armbruster 6, Burgert 4, Meyer 3, Inman 1. FG 17, FT 9-21, Fouls 19 (3-pointers: 4)

St. Vincent (33) -- Courtney Besand 17, Lacey Siegmund 7, Kelsey Cissell 2, Brooke Brown 2, Elizabeth Rozier 1, Jessica Welker 4. FG 12, FT 2-20, Fouls 19 (Fouled out: Jessica Welker)

Cairo (Ill.) 53, Saxony Lutheran 39

Kara Versemann and Julia Steffens both scored nine points to lead the Crusaders.

Cairo (Ill.) 15 14 8 16 -- 53

Saxony Lutheran 8 12 8 11 -- 39

Cairo (53) -- Houston 30, Pierce 6, McCwister 8, C. Woods 4, S. Woods 2, Wright 1, Corwelius 2. FG 23, FT 7-12, Fouls 17

Saxony (39) -- Brooke Valleroy 5, Angel Stone 2, Julia Steffans 9, River King 5, Tiffany Haertling 5, Kara Versemann 9, Abby Hartmann 4. FG 12, FT 9-18, Fouls 15 (3-pointers: 2, Fouled out: Valleroy)

-- From staff reports