Crusaders capture season opener

The Saxony Lutheran boys basketball team had no trouble winning its season opener Friday night.

Leading host Chaffee 35-23 at halftime, the Crusaders outscored the Red Devils 37-4 in the second half to run away with a 72-27 victory.

Max Wieser paced the Crusaders with 17 points. Ben Courtios had 12 points, followed by Clay Obergoenner and Austin Krwikkel with 10 apiece.

Andy Hendrix led Chaffee with eight points.

SAXONY LUTHERAN 72, CHAFFEE 27

Saxony 14 21 24 13 -- 72

Chaffee 6 17 2 2 -- 27

SAXONY LUTHERAN (72) -- Chris Roth 2, Zach Bohnert 5, Bret Steffens 9, Max Wieser 17, Alex Jauch 7, Ben Courtois 12, Clay Obergoenner 10, Austin Kwikkel 10. FG 24, FT 22-30, F 14 (3-pointers: Wieser 1, Curtois 1. Fouled out: Jauch)

CHAFFEE (27) -- Aaron Hopkins 6, Zach McDaniel 2, Adam Horton 6, Andy Hendrix 8, Michael Lee 3, Josh Steger 2. FG 10, FT 5-9, F 21 (3-pointers: Horton 2. Fouled out: Horton)

JV -- Saxony Lutheran 54, Chaffee 50

Oran tournament

Fourth-seeded Advance finished third by upsetting second-seeded Bell City 69-63.

Alex Steil scored 22 points to lead Advance (2-1), and Rusty Hendricks added 11.

Nick Niemczyk scored 24 for Bell City, while Will Bogan added 23.

Host Oran, the sixth seed, captured fifth place by beating fifth-seeded Kelly 55-38 in the consolation final.

The Eagles, who lost a close game to Scott County Central in the first round, were led by Chase Seyer with 21 points and Hunter Glastetter with 11.

Spencer Ayers had 12 points for the Hawks, who trailed 20-18 at halftime but were outscored 19-6 in the third quarter.

Steil made the all-tournament team from Advance, as did Bogan from Bell City.

Other first-teamers were Robbie Ison of Malden, Caleb Johnson of Scott County Central and Alonzo Louis of Malden.

Second-team selections were Seyer of Oran, Trenton Moses of Advance, Niemczyk of Bell City, Quentin Franks of Malden and D.D. Gillespie of Scott County Central.

(Championship)

MALDEN 91, SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL 83

Scott County 20 23 22 18 -- 83

Malden 21 25 25 20 -- 91

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (83) -- D.D. Gillespie 21, Richard Brownlee 20, Bobby Hatchett 4, Caleb Johnson 22, Drew Thomas 12. FG 34, FT 14-21, F 10 (3-pointers: Gillespie 1. Fouled out: none)

MALDEN (91) -- Kaleum Reid 2, Ryan Criglar 10, Nick Perkins 12, Elyjain Perkins 8, Alonzo Louis 15, Quentin Franks 17, Trey Porter 4, Robbie Ison 17, Antonio Eddings 6. FG 40, FT 5-12, F 17 (3-pointers: Criglar 1, N. Perkins 2, Louis 3. Fouled out: none)

(Third place)

ADVANCE 69, BELL CITY 63

Bell City 12 10 22 19 -- 63

Advance 17 15 15 22 -- 69

ADVANCE (69) -- Rusty Hendricks 11, Adam Baker 7, Tyler Wade 6, David VanGennip 5, Alex Steil 22, Jacob Bond 9, Trent Moses 7. FG 18, FT 21-25, F 17 (3-pointers: Baker 1, Wade 2, Van Gennip 1, Stiehl 1, Bond 1. Fouled out: none)

BELL CITY (63) -- Nick Niemczyk 24, Melvin Johnson 3, Phillip Gross 2, Austin Segers 2, Marty Dames 1, Austin Bush 8, Will Bogan 23. FG 26, FT 9-18, F 16 (3-pointers: Niemczyk 1, Johnson 1, Bush 2. Fouled out: Segers, Bogan)

(Fifth place)

ORAN 55, KELLY 38

Kelly 8 10 6 14 -- 38

Oran 13 7 19 16 -- 55

KELLY (38) -- Tyler Thurman 3, Josh DeBrock 5, Kyle Chipman 1, Zach Hicks 3, Dustin LeGrand 2, Dallas Tew 3, James Miller 8, Zach Hamm 1, Spencer Ayers 12. FG 13, FT 11-18, F 15 (3-pointers: Thurman 1. Fouled out: Tew)

ORAN (55) -- Kody Campbell 5, Nick Anderson 2, Robert Lange 8, Chase Seyer 21, Hunter Glastetter 11, Skyler Trankler 2, Chris Asmus 6. FG 23, FT 9-16, F 15 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

Farmington tournament

After having all games postponed the last two days because of weather conditions and power outages, the Farmington tournament will resume at 9 a.m. today and conclude tonight, with the girls championship at 7 p.m. and the boys championship at 8:30 p.m.

Since Farmington High School is the only venue available, all consolation games have been canceled.

Jackson's girls will play in the semifinals against Belleville (Ill.) East at 10 a.m., while Jackson's boys will play in the semifinals against Normandy at 2:30 p.m.

GIRLS BASKETBALLNaylor tournament

Scott County Central won the championship of the Naylor tournament by beating the host team 40-39.

Brittney Peet scored 18 points to lead the Bravettes (2-0).

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL 40, NAYLOR 39

SCC 14 6 8 12 -- 40

Naylor 9 8 12 10 -- 39

SCC (40) -- Brittney Peet 18, Amanda Lawless 8, Brianna Johnson 6, Samantha Jones 3, Jamisha Williams 3, Jovonne Banks 2. FG 16, FT 5-11, F 19 (3-pointers: Peet 1; Fouled out: none)

NAYLOR (39) -- Deckard 15, Baccos 14, Dragon 3, Goodrum 3, Ragsdale 2, Bridges 2. FG 12, FT 22, F 13 (3-pointers: Baccos 4; Fouled out: none).

-- From staff reports