Crusaders collect 7th win with 65-45 victory

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Saxony Lutheran's boys basketball team improved to 7-0 with a 65-45 win over Christ Our Savior Lutheran on Saturday at St. Vincent High School.

The game, which was scheduled to be played at Christ Our Savior in Evansville, Ill., was moved to St. Vincent due to problems with Christ Our Savior's facilities.

The Crusaders jumped out to a 31-12 halftime lead and cruised from there. Casey Petzoldt led Saxony Lutheran with 26 points and Lauren Lueders added 11.

Saxony 16 15 18 16 -- 65

COSL 4 8 22 11 -- 45

SAXONY LUTHERAN (65) -- Peter Winningham 8, Lauren Lueders 11, Alex Jauch 2, Trey Maevers 5, Casey Petzoldt 26, Zack Meraz 2, Jesse Essner 4, Tim Lorenz 7. FG 28, FT 5-10, F 11 (3-pointers: Winninham 2, Lueders 1, Maevers 1. Fouled out: none)

CHRIST OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN (45) -- Dan Zobel 13, Tim Schrader 7, Ed Bergfeld 5, Mehring 4, Jacob Mayer 11, Tyler Schaffer 5. FG 17, FT 4-5, F 12 (3-pointers: Zobel 3, Schrader 1, Bergfeld 1, Mayer 2. Fouled out: Mehring)

Midwest Sports Christmas Classic

New Salem Baptist's boys finished second and the girls placed third at the Midwest Sports Christmas Classic hosted by New Salem Baptist.

The tournament, which ended on Saturday, featured five boys teams and five girls teams. In the boys bracket, Heartland High School defeated New Salem in the finals 68-58.

Boone Gaines led New Salem with 23 points in the championship game. Gaines scored 46 points on the day, adding another 23 against Southern Missouri in New Salem's 67-65 semifinal win. Jon Davault added 43 points on the day. Davault and Gaines made the all-tournament team.

In the girls bracket, Life Christian defeated Heartland in the finals. New Salem finished third after losing to Heartland 61-31 in the semifinals. Holly Jordan led New Salem with 19 points in the loss to Heartland and scored 19 against Southern Missouri earlier Saturday. Sarah Green scored 12 against Heartland and added 24 against Southern Missouri. Green and Jordan made the all-tournament team.

Girls

NEW SALEM BAPTIST 60, SOUTHERN MISSOURI 30Southern Mo. 4 11 6 9 -- 30

New Salem 10 8 21 21 -- 60

SOUTHERN MISSOURI (30) -- Rachel Whelan 10, Jessica Meadows 8, Shylah Brooks 2, Rusti Kurnutt 2, Misty Fleming 2, Megan Wolfe 3, Rachel Morrison 3. FG 11, FT 8-22, F 17 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

NEW SALEM (60) -- Sarah Green 24, Holly Jordan 19, Mary Poole 9, MacKenzie Jones 6, Whitney Nanney 2. FG 22, FT 16-32, F 25 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

HEARTLAND 61, NEW SALEM BAPTIST 31New Salem 10 11 4 6 -- 31

Heartland 15 17 11 18 -- 61

NEW SALEM (31) -- Sarah Green 12, Holly Jordan 19, Mary Poole 4, Laura Poole 11, Whitney Nanney 4. FG 12, FT 7-10, F 14 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Jordan)

HEARTLAND (61) -- Kayla Berry 2, Priscilla Davis 14, Lauren Burkhead 2, Sarah Malone 12, Charity Davis 5, Megan Tidmore 6, Katlyn Kralik 20. FG 26, FT 5-12, F 15 (3-pointers: P. Davis 1, Malone 2, C. Davis 1. Fouled out: none)

Boys

NEW SALEM BAPTIST 67, SOUTHERN MISSOURI 65Southern Mo. 21 14 17 13 -- 65

New Salem 13 18 13 23 -- 67

SOUTHERN MISSOURI (65) -- Chad Joehrs 32, Jon Miller 14, Ben Miller 8, Paul Herbst 6, Adam Epps 5. FG 26, FT 7-11, F 20 (3-pointers: Joehrs 2, B.Miller 2, Epps 1. Fouled out: none)

NEW SALEM (67) -- Jon Davault 25, David Green 6, Andrew Conway 8, Joe Davault 4, Boone Gaines 23, Brett Jones 1. FG 25, FT 14-26, F 13 (3-pointers: Gaines 1. Fouled out: none)

HEARTLAND 68, NEW SALEM BAPTIST 58New Salem 19 15 8 16 -- 58

Heartland 20 18 10 20 -- 68

NEW SALEM (58) -- Boone Gaines 23, Jon Davault 18, Brett Jones 6, Andrew Conway 5, Joe Davault 3, David Green 3. FG 23, FT 9-25, F 19 (3-pointers: Gaines 3. Fouled out: Conway and Joe Davault)

HEARTLAND (68) -- Jon Odom 32, Chris Guhl 8, Mark Church 8, Brad Creason 7, Justin Unruh 6, Daniel Dahmer 4, Josh Rivers 3. FG 32, FT 12-19, F 22 (3-pointers: Guhl 2, Church 1, Unruh 1. Fouled out: Rivers and Guhl)

-- From staff reports