Delta reaches Red Devils' final

Top-seeded Delta advanced to the championship game of Chaffee's Red Devils Invitational on Wednesday night with a 42-32 victory over fourth seeded Scott County Central.

The Bobcats were led in scoring by Kaci Menz's 19 points. Sara Keys added seven points and had seven assists, and Jodi Menz chipped in six points and 13 rebounds.

The Bravettes were led by Brittany Peet's 11 points.

Delta will take on the winner of tonight's Kelly-Sikeston game on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in the finals.

Third-seeded Sikeston pulled out a 39-33 victory over sixth-seeded Chaffee.

Chaffee was led by Amber Kirk's nine points.

Fourth-seeded Oran dominated eighth-seeded East Praire 65-39 in the consolation semifinals.

The Eagles were led by Tiffany Glastetter's 18 points, while Kali Kielhofner added 16 points.

Oran will play at 1:30 on Saturday in the consolation finals.

Delta 42, Scott County 32

Delta 15 8 6 13 -- 42

Scott County 6 7 6 13 -- 32

Delta (42) -- Kaci Menz 19, Sara Keys 7, Jodi Menz 6, Ashley Deprow 5, Tiffany Amelunke 3, Sara Blattel 2. FG 14, FT 11-21, F 15 (3-pointers: K. Menz 1. Fouled out: Deprow).

Scott County (32) -- B. Peet 11, S. Jones 8, A. Lawless 6, B. Johnson 5, J. Williams 2. FG 12, FT 5-13, F 22 (3-pointers:Johnson 1. Fouled out: Peet).

Sikeston 39, Chaffee 33

Sikeston 6 8 5 20 -- 39

Chaffee 6 6 8 13 -- 33

Sikeston (39) -- L.Gipson 14, K.Blissett 10, L.Turner 1, A.Minner 4, B.Jones 4, A.Coleman 2, M.Grayel 2, L.Johnson 2. FG 17, FT 5-11, F 12 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none).

Chaffee (33) -- Amber Kirk 9, Whitney Schlosser 8, Rachel Hendrix 7, Sarah Benton 6, Sara Pettit 3. FG 12, FT 9-16, F 14 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none).

Oran 65, East Prairie 39

Oran 18 12 16 19 -- 65

East Prairie 9 12 9 9 -- 39

Oran (65) -- Tiffany Glastetter 18, Kali Kielhofner 16, Erica Michelson 7, Jodi Urhan 7, Alison Seyer 6, Ellen Sikes 6, Wendy Eftink 3, Mandi Wood 2. FG 25, FT 12-31, F 16 (3-pointers: Urhan 1. Fouled out: none)

East Prairie (39) -- G. Swann 20, R. Thesher 10, W. Rundalls 2, M. Britt 2, M. Branam 2, A. Davis 1, Peters 2. FG 14 , FT 8-14, F 20 (3-pointers:Swann 1. Fouled out: Peters)

Boys BasketballSEMO Conf. tourney

Sixth-seeded Central bounced back from a lopsided loss Tuesday night to defeat New Madrid County Central 61-51.

"I was impressed with the way they bounced back from last night," Central coach Drew Church said. "They could have easily folded and not came out ready to play, but a lot of guys contributed, even with the little stuff, the stuff that doesn't show up in papers.

"Our guards played well and the main thing is we have to get better and better every game."

Central was led in scoring by Jajuan Bell with 18 points, while Kerry Walker had 17.

Central 61, New Madrid COUNTY CENT. 51

Central 14 13 18 16 -- 61

New Madrid 15 13 14 9 -- 51

Central (61) -- Kerry Walker 17, George Hamilton 6, Jajuan Bell 18, Shane Nolan 6, Tyler Terry 4, Derrick Walker 5, Garret Pinere 2, Landon Everest 3. FG 16, FT 17-21, F 14 (3-pointers:K.Walker 2, Bell 2. Fouled out:K. Walker)

New Madrid (51) -- Williams 6, Gates 18, Washington 4, Price 6, Rowe 3, Guest 2, Perkins 8, Waters 4. FG 22, FT 4-12, F 19 (3-pointers:Rowe 1. Fouled out: none)

Girl swimmingCentral 120, St. Vincent 56

Central had seven different individuals win events in a victory over second-year program St. Vincent to open the season for both teams.

Results

50 freestyle -- 1. Annie Wolpers (C), 27.78; 2. Goeke (C), 33.90; 3. Julia Schemel (S), 38.00.

100 free -- 1. Betsy Schroeder (C), 1:08.03; 2.Olivia Schemel (S), 1:25.03; 3. Rita Walter (C), 1:25.25.

200 free -- 1. Erin Gerlach (C), 2:50.60; 2. Julia Langenfeld (C), 3:04.03; 3. Michaela Steele (S), 3:11.30.

500 free -- 1. Jessie Baker (C), 6:03.30; 2. Lily Robinson (C),7:27.00; 3. Kate Goeke (C), 7:40.00.

100 backstroke -- 1. Kate Guyot (S), 1:26.00; 2. Maria Lundy (S), 1:34.69; 3. Amber Holcomb (C), 1:35.82.

100 breaststroke -- 1. Kelly Ennis (C), 1:27.03; 2. Abby Perdue (C), 1:35.88; 3. Kate Guyot (S), 1:35.82.

100 butterfly -- 1. Maria Esswein (S), 1:11.43; 2. Emily Spriggs (C), 1:23.08; 3. Lizz Brueckner (S), 1:25.97.

200 individual medley -- 1. Mary Ford (C), 2:34.56;2. Maria Esswein (S), 2:38.53;3.Abby Perdue (C), 3:09.53.

1-meter diving -- 1. Brittany Thomas (C), 141.20; 2. Tara Volkersang (C), 131.35.

200 free relay -- 1. Central, 2:07.07; 2. St. Vincent, 2:18.25

400 Free Relay -- 1. Central, 4:31.34; 2. Central, 5:19.40; 3. St. Vincent, 5:48.94.

200 medley relay -- 1. Central, 2:12.87; 2. St. Vincent, 2:25.19.

Other events

• Central's junior varsity boys basketball team captured two road wins against Jackson. In the A game, Central won by a final score of 47-44 and in the B game, Central escaped with a 22-20 victory.

Both of Central's teams improved to 4-1 on the season.

• Jackson boys freshman basketball team swept a pair of home games against Central.

In the A game Jackson won 72-58 with Matt Ware leading the way for the Indians with 16 points.

Central was led in the A game by Dylan Thomas with 23.

In the B game Jackson handled Central 75-40. Chase Silvers had 30 points for the Indians, while Tommy Selsor added 13 points.

--From staff reports