HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Cape Central girls basketball can't hold on against Kennett

Up 34-30 heading into the final eight minutes of the game, the Cape Central girls basketball team could not hold on as it dropped a close 45-40 conference road contest to Kennett, 45-40, on Monday night in Kennett, Missouri.

Abbie Reece sank 13 points as the Tigers fell in the high-fouling loss to the Indians.

Sydney Tollison contributed 10 points for Cape Central (5-15, 0-4 SEMO Conference).

Heidi Shetley scored a game-high 16 points to lead Kennett (11-9, 3-2). The Indians made the bulk of their points from the charity stripe in a game that had a total of 40 fouls committed.

Central 16 7 11 8 -- 40

Kennett 4 17 9 15 -- 45

CAPE CENTRAL (40) -- Cassidy Gowan 4, Sydney Tollison 10, Corrie Reece 6, Katelyn May 4, Abbie Dumey 2, Abbie Reece 13, Quetaja Martin 5. FG 14, FT 8-11, F 25 (3-pointers: Tollison 2. Fouled out: A. Reece, C. Reece, Katherine Morton, Kassidy Pannier.)

KENNETT (45) -- Dakayla Duckworth 11, Hadley Hilburn 8, Marquesha Mister 9, Kayton Harris 1, Heidi Shetley 16, Sarah Wheeler 1. FG 11, FT 23-43, F 15 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Cape Central won 44-26

Delta 52, Scott City 13

Carrie Waddle recorded a game-high 19 points to lead the Bobcats in the conference road rout of the Rams.

Erin Bond netted 17 points for Delta (6-12, 2-4 Scott-Mississippi Conference), which held the hosts to single digits in each frame.

Tori Buckner had five points to pace Scott City (1-16, 0-6).

Delta 21 14 10 7 -- 52

Scott City 8 2 2 1 -- 13

DELTA (52) -- Jamie Hodge 6, Lexi Mitchell 2, Carrie Waddle 19, Erin Bond 17, Kiley Wicker 8. FG 15, FT 4-8, F 7 (3-pointers: Bond 3, Wicker 3, Hodge 2. Fouled out: None.)

SCOTT CITY (13) -- Tori Buckner 5, Bella Bowers 1, Morgan Pettit 3, Hannah Shemonia 4. FG 3, FT 1-4, F 10 (3-pointers: Buckner, Pettit. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Delta won.

Chaffee 56, Meadow Heights 29

Senior Julia Sutterfield finished with a game-high 18 points as the Red Devils easily disposed of the winless Panthers at home.

Mattison Cline pitched in 16 points for Chaffee (10-12), which held a 16-point lead at halftime and finished strong in the final quarter.

Janie Cook notched nine points for Meadow Heights (0-20).

Meadow Hts. 2 12 7 8 -- 29

Chaffee 13 17 6 20 -- 56

MEADOW HEIGHTS (29) -- Kassy Henson 2, Abi Bristow 6, Hope Dietiker 4, Dinah Wahlers 2, Janie Cook 9, Sammantha Miles 6. FG 9, FT 5-11, F 20 (3-pointers: Bristow 2. Fouled out: None.)

CHAFFEE (56) -- Bailey Wiseman 4, Bridgette Swinford 4, Julia Sutterfield 18, Taylor Kirn 1, Mary Beth Knutson 4, Mattison Cline 16, Katie Glueck 9. FG 16, FT 8-23, F 13 (3-pointers: Sutterfield. Fouled out: None.)

Oran 63, Woodland 44

Freshman Leah Cauble posted a game-high 28 points and recorded nine assists, seven steals and five rebounds to lead the Eagles to victory over the visiting Cardinals.

Ashlyn McIntosh tallied 14 points and six rebounds for Oran (18-3), which had a 13-point lead at halftime and outscored the Cardinals by six points in the second half to fly away with the win.

Sophomore Krista Rhodes bucketed 13 points and Mara Grindstaff tossed in 12 points to pace Woodland (13-10).

Woodland 12 8 8 16 -- 44

Oran 26 7 16 14 -- 63

WOODLAND (44) -- Whitney Lincoln 4, Cheyenne Wells 3, Krista Rhodes 13, Mara Grindstaff 12, Kelsie Long 2, Hannah Scott 7, Ciara Rainbolt 3. FG 10, FT 6-10, F 17 (3-pointers: Rhodes 3, Grindstaff 2, Wells. Fouled out: None.)

ORAN (63) -- Brianna Stause 9, Tatum May 4, Ashlyn McIntosh 14, Leah Cauble 28, Jessie Long 8. FG 18, FT 18-25, F 10 (3-pointers: Stause 3. Fouled out: None.)

Saxony Lutheran 65, Poplar Bluff 15

The Class 3 state-ranked Crusaders upped their winning streak to 17 games with the lopsided rout over the visiting Mules.

Brianna Mueller recorded a game-high 14 points and tallied five steals and three assists for the victors. Raegan Wieser notched 10 points and four rebounds for Saxony Lutheran (21-2), which stormed out to a 40-9 lead at halftime and kept the Mules to single digits in each quarter.

Ashlynn Collier added nine points and six rebounds for the Crusaders.

Poplar Bluff fell to 7-13 with the loss.

Poplar Bluff 5 4 2 4 -- 15

Saxony Luth. 18 22 15 10 -- 65

POPLAR BLUFF (15) -- No Information Provided.

SAXONY LUTHERAN (65) -- Grace Mirly 7, Laurel Mueller 2, Ali Galemmo 4, Heather Wills 3, Brianna Mueller 14, Addie Beussink 5, Ashlynn Collier 9, Callie Brown 6, Raegan Wieser 10, Maddie Brune 5. FG 19, FT 15-20, F 7 (3-pointers: B. Mueller 2, Wills, Mirly. Fouled out: None.)

Westwood Baptist 39, Eagle Ridge 36 (OT)

Emily Jackson sank a game-high 21 points but it was not enough as the Eagles fell short in the overtime loss in the opening round of the Metro Athletic Conference (MAC) Tournament.

Madi Brisher scored 15 points to lead Westwood Baptist Academy (10-8).

Eagle Ridge (11-8) will face Community Christian Academy of Barnhart in the next round of tournament play at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at The Fulton School at St. Albans.

Eagle Ridge 8 4 11 9 4 -- 36

Westwood 4 4 16 8 7 -- 39

EAGLE RIDGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (36) -- Sarah Jackson 4, Jessie Gartman 6, Callie Hefner 4, Emily Jackson 21, McKenna Lewison 1. FG 15, FT 8-21, F 18 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Gartman, Hefner.)

WESTWOOD BAPTIST ACADEMY (39) -- Madi Brisher 15, Tori Graham 3, Shyla Brisher 8, Sophie Nowak 13. FG 14, FT 8-17, F 14 (3-pointers: M. Brisher. Fouled out: None.)

BOYS BASKETBALL

Scott City 76, Oak Ridge 32

The Rams rolled in the conference road romp of the Bluejays, charging out to a 40-14 lead at halftime and never allowing the hosts to come close.

Dylan Keller bucketed a game-high 18 points and Braden Cox chipped in 11 points for Scott City (15-8, 6-0 Scott-Mississippi Conference).

Nathan Bolin recorded 16 points, 12 of which came from behind the arc, to pace Oak Ridge (3-16, 1-6).

Scott City 24 16 15 21 -- 76

Oak Ridge 9 5 7 11 -- 32

SCOTT CITY (76) -- Dylan Keller 18, Lance Pruden 3, Trent Pobst 8, Ty Wilthong 2, David Smith 8, Nick Bickings 3, Jordan Kluesner 7, Casey Medlin 4, Matt Groves 5, Braden Cox 11, Jaden Kaiser 7. FG 18, FT 13-21, F 9 (3-pointers: Keller 3, Smith 2, Pruden, Bickings, Groves, Kaiser. Fouled out: None.)

OAK RIDGE (32) -- Steven Masterson 7, Jordan Barker 2, Nathan Bolin 16, Trevor Dillard 2, Jarrett Seabaugh 5. FG 7, FT 3-4, F 16 (3-pointers: Bolin 4, Masterson. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Oak Ridge won 70-60

Advance 74, Zalma 42

Armani Vermillion finished with 13 points to lead the Class 1 state-ranked Hornets in the win at home over the Bulldogs.

Dakota Welty sank 11 points for Advance (17-5). Austin Ladd and Preston Wuebker pitched in 10 points apiece for the Hornets.

Dallan Stotts and Jacob Steinberg scored a game-high 15 points each to pace Zalma (11-10) as he Bulldogs struggled getting started in the first quarter and finishing in the final frame.

Zalma 8 12 15 7 -- 42

Advance 22 14 19 19 -- 74

ZALMA (42) -- Jacob Steinberg 15, Luke Robertson 4, Wyatt Lemons 6, Christopher Lombeida 1, Dallan Stotts 15, Peyton Ford 3. FG 10, FT 4-7, F 8 (3-pointers: Stotts 3, Lemons 2, Ford. Fouled out: None.)

ADVANCE (74) -- Armani Vermillion 13, Brendan Crader 7, Dakota Welty 11, Preston Wuebker 10, C.J. Seger 2, Brian Whitson 9, Austin Ladd 10, Dawson Mayo 6, Michael Hood 6. FG 16, FT 9-12, F 16 (3-pointers: Whitson 3, Wuebker 2, Hood 2, Welty 2, Vermillion, Crader. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Advance won.

Eagle Ridge 43, Comm. Christian 29

Hunter Jones netted 13 points to lead the Eagles to victory over the winless Crusaders in the opening round of the Metro Athletic Conference (MAC) Tournament on the road in the St. Louis area.

Caleb Friedrich added eight points for Eagle Ridge (8-13), which kept the Crusaders to just two points in each quarter of the first half.

Andy McCormick tallied a game-high 14 points to pace Community Christian Academy (0-19).

Eagle Ridge continues tournament play tonight at 6:30 p.m. against Liberty Christian Academy of Wright City at Thomas Jefferson School in St. Louis.

Eagle Ridge 19 9 7 8 -- 43

Community 2 2 13 12 -- 29

EAGLE RIDGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (43) -- Steven Raffety 3, Karsten Sowers 4, Caleb Friedrich 8, Caleb Cobb 1, Anand Patel 4, Bradley Hess 2, Hunter Jones 13, Logan Schwieger 4, Michael Roth 4. FG 15, FT 7-14, F 10 (3-pointers: Raffety, Jones. Fouled out: None.)

COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (29) -- Andy McCormick 14, Bradon Bass 12, Lance Starks 3. FG 10, FT 0-7, F 14 (3-pointers: Bass 2, Starks. Fouled out: Jake Sheppard.)

-- From staff reports