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SportsFebruary 23, 2014

Ryan Below sank a game-high 30 points and snagged 22 rebounds to lead the third-seeded Oak Ridge boys basketball team in a 83-40 rout of sixth-seeded The Fulton School at St. Albans in the first round of the Class 1 District 2 tournament at Delta. Jake LeGrand recorded 27 points and seven steals for Oak Ridge (17-9)...

Ryan Below sank a game-high 30 points and snagged 22 rebounds to lead the third-seeded Oak Ridge boys basketball team in a 83-40 rout of sixth-seeded The Fulton School at St. Albans in the first round of the Class 1 District 2 tournament at Delta.

Jake LeGrand recorded 27 points and seven steals for Oak Ridge (17-9).

For The Fulton School at St. Albans, Skyler Savoy netted a team-high 19 points and Alex Shine tossed in 15 points.

The Fulton 12 10 12 6 -- 40

Oak Ridge 24 24 26 9 -- 83

THE FULTON SCHOOL AT ST. ALBANS (40) -- Alec Loyd 2, Jack Rawlins 2, Skyler Savoy 19, Alex Shine 15, Joshua Dunne 1. FG 6, FT 10-12, F 14. (3-pointers: Savoy 5, Shine 1. Fouled out: None.)

OAK RIDGE (83) -- Andrew Puchbauer 7, Jacob Seabaugh 2, Joe Grieme 2, Kelby Brown 6, Ryan Below 30, Jake LeGrand 27, Kolt Metje 4, Clay Maintz 2, Jacob Hengl 3. FG 22, FT 12-19, F 15. (3-pointers: LeGrand 4, Brown 2, Puchbauer 2, Hengl 1. Fouled out: None.)

Scott County Central 102, McKinley Classical Leadership Academy 31

LaRandis Banks reigned in a game-high 18 points as the top-seeded Braves squashed the eighth-seeded Goldbugs.

Juwan Owens and Jeffery Porter bucketed 17 points apiece for Scott County Central (21-5).

SCC will face Bell City at 6 p.m. Monday in a semifinal matchup.

Jordan Brown had 17 points to pace McKinley Classical Leadership Academy.

McKinley 9 10 4 8 -- 31

Scott CC 27 34 31 10 -- 102

MCKINLEY CLASSICAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (31) -- Malik Barnett 8, Tyron Ball 1, Jordan Brown 17, Josiah Stovall 1, Quintyn Lawson 4. FG 5, FT 3-10, F 14. (3-pointers: Brown 5, Barnett 1. Fouled out: None.)

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (102) -- Drake Kesler 7, Juwan Owens 17, LaRandis Banks 18, Jeffery Porter 17, Kendall Blissett 8, Javonta Daniel 8, Cameron Blissett 8, Matthew Blissett 9, Jerry Harrington 6, Tyreek Williams 2. FG 39, FT 7-12, F 15. (3-pointers: Owens 3, Banks 2. Fouled out: None.)

Leopold 87, Delta 22

Zach Beel scored 14 points as the second-seeded Wildcats routed the host seventh seed Delta.

Cameron Davis added 13 points for Leopold (20-3) while Austin Bucher, Dillan Vandeven, Zach Elfrink, Andrew McWilliams and Wesley Stoverink all tossed in 11 points apiece for the Wildcats.

Leopold will face Oak Ridge at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the semifinal round.

Austin White had 10 points as Delta ended its difficult season with a winless record of 0-21.

Delta 2 6 4 10 -- 22

Leopold 29 24 23 11 -- 87

DELTA (22) -- Alex Clark 1, Trever Glaus 3, Jesse Nance 4, Alex Lashley 4, Austin White 10. FG 8, FT 3-6, F 6. (3-pointers: Glaus 1. Fouled out: None.)

LEOPOLD (87) -- Austin Bucher 11, Dillan Vandeven 11, Zach Elfrink 11, Andrew McWilliams 11, Cameron Davis 13, Cord Cooper 2, Blake Eeftink 3, Zach Beel 14, Wesley Stoverink 11. FG 36, FT 5-10, F 8. (3-pointers: Bucher 1, McWilliams 1, Eeftink 1. Fouled out: None. )

Bell City 65, Richland (Essex) 32

Nate Finney sank a game-high 18 points as the fourth-seeded Cubs prevailed over conference foe and fifth-seeded Richland.

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Austin Hicks recorded 15 points and Aaron Smith chipped in 11 points for Bell City (5-16).

Adam Lane had 10 points to pace the Rebels.

Richland 10 12 2 8 -- 32

Bell City 15 12 17 11 -- 65

RICHLAND (ESSEX) (32) -- Skyler Harper 2, Zachary Carmack 3, Devin Stoker 2, Garet Phillips 1, Caleb Clark 1, Preston Tilley 4, Josh Thornton 6, Adam Lane 10. FG 11, FT 4-6, F 17. (3-pointers: Carmack 1. Fouled out: Harper.)

BELL CITY (65) -- Nate Finney 18, Brandon Abner 4, Aaron Smith 11, Austin Hicks 15, Bobby Wright 7, Royce Liggins 4, Peyton Maddox 6. FG 17, FT 19-24, F 17. (3-pointers: Hicks 2, Finney 1, Wright 1. Fouled out: None.)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Scott County Central 62, McKinley Classical Leadership Academy 46

Mikaela Blissett busted a game-high 30 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead the top-seeded Bravettes to a semifinal victory over fourth-seeded McKinley Classical Leadership Academy of St. Louis.

Johniqua Fort recorded 14 points and 14 rebounds for Scott County Central (15-9) while Derien Ditto notched 10 points, seven assists and six steals for the Bravettes.

India Smith posted 15 points and Khalidah Reece netted 13 points for the Goldbugs.

McKinley 12 8 12 14 -- 46

Scott CC 10 15 13 24 -- 62

MCKINLEY CLASSICAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (46) -- India Abernathy 15, Zoe Griffin 2, Sabrina Pastard 2, Mykal Dean 8, Kemara Smith 6, Khalidah Reece 13. FG 15, FT 4-12, F 19. (3-pointers: Abernathy 2, Smith 2. Fouled out: Griffin, Reece.)

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (62) -- Mikaela Blissett 30, Johniqua Fort 14, Derien Ditto 10, Maddison Avance 3, Abby Ross 5. FG 22, FT 17-33, F 15. (3-pointers: Fort 1. Fouled out: None.)

Delta 42, The Fulton School at St. Albans 31

Jaime Hodge finished with a game-high 15 points as the second-seeded Bobcats booked a spot in the championship game with a win over third-seeded The Fulton School at St. Albans.

Carrie Waddle added seven points for Delta (4-17).

"The big thing was in the fourth quarter we were able to get ourselves to the line," Delta coach Gary Poynor said of his team's 20-9 scoring advanctage in the fourth quarter.

The Bobcats made 11 free throws in the final quarter.

Jessica Dunne had 13 points to pace the Eagles (20-4).

Delta will face Scott County Central for the district championship at 6 p.m. Thursday night.

Fulton 4 8 10 9 -- 31

Delta 9 4 9 20 -- 42

THE FULTON SCHOOL AT ST. ALBANS (31) -- Jessica Dunne 13, Grace Huber 8, Hope Smalley 2, Jincy Dunne 6. FG 12, FT 3-10, F 15. (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Ji. Dunne)

DELTA (42) -- Alysha Vessells 1, Tia May 4, Carrie Waddle 7, Erin Bond 2, Chasity Taylor 7, Jaime Hodge 15, Rachel Birkman 2, Kiley Wicker 4. FG 8, FT 14-25, F 13. (3-pointers: Waddle 2, Hodge 2. Fouled out: None.)

-- From staff reports

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