High School roundup: Central, Perryville face off for fifth place

Central and Perryville posted consolation semifinal wins Tuesday in the Saint Francis Medical Center Holiday Classic girls basketball tournament at the Show Me Center.

Central, seeded fourth for the eight-team event, blew past eighth-seeded Saxony Lutheran 56-35.

Sixth-seeded Perryville knocked off No. 7 Woodland 42-31.

Central and Perryville will square off at 4:30 p.m. today for fifth place, following the 3 p.m. seventh-place game between Saxony and Woodland.

Central 56, Saxony Lutheran 35

Senior Sadie Pittman and junior Chelsea Pannier powered Central (5-3) with 19 and 14 points, respectively.

Junior Abby Hartmann paced Saxony (1-4) with 11 points.

The Tigers trailed 11-8 after one quarter before grabbing a 21-17 halftime lead. Central blew things open in the third period with a 23-6 advantage to go ahead 44-23.

Central 8 13 23 12 -- 56

Saxony 11 6 6 12 -- 35

CENTRAL (56) -- Allie Hardesty 3, Sadie Pittman 19, Farrah Malik 2, Amy Kinnison 6, Chelsea Pannier 14, Paige Smith 8, Starr Harris 2, Machaela Durham 2. FG 23, FT 7-9, F 13. (3-pointers: Hardesty 1, Pannier 2. Fouled out: none)

SAXONY LUTHERAN (35) -- Brooke Valleroy 2, Kristen Dippold 2, Julia Steffens 9, Angel Stone 2, Abby Hartmann 11, Natalie Mueller 2, Lauren Hecht 7. FG 13, FT 8-14, F 9. (3-pointers: Hecht 1. Fouled out: none)

Perryville 42, Woodland 31

Perryville recorded its first win of the season as the Pirates pulled away down the stretch in a game that was close throughout.

The Pirates led just 19-17 at halftime and 25-24 after three quarters, then outscored the Cardinals 17-7 in the final period.

Senior Emily Hanquist paced Perryville (1-3) with 19 points. Junior Natalie Bauwens added 13.

Woodland (3-5) got 14 points from senior Taylor Steckman and 10 from senior Becky Brannon.

Woodland 9 8 7 7 -- 31

Perryville 11 8 6 17 -- 42

WOODLAND (31) -- Kaitlin McCormick 4, Taylor Steckman 14, Sarah Lincoln 3, Becky Brannon 10. FG 9, FT 10-13, F 14. (3-pointers: Brannon 3. Fouled out: McCormick)

PERRYVILLE (42) -- Abbie Schilli 4, Catie Oberndorfer 3, Natalie Hagan 2, Kelsey Schremp 1, Emily Hanquist 19, Natalie Bauwens 13. FG 18, FT 5-10, F 17. (3-pointers: Oberndorfer a. Fouled out: Megan Moldenhauer, Lilly Johnson)

St. Louis 39, New Salem 36, OT

New Salem (4-1) suffered its first loss despite 23 points from Kelsey Barlow. Marti Poole added 10 points.

New Salem 2 6 8 14 6 -- 36

Patriots 7 13 5 5 9 -- 39

New Salem (36) -- Kelsey Barlow 23, Marti Poole 10, Leah Jones 3. FG 9, FT 9-21, F 14. (3-pointers: Barlow 3. Fouled out: Barlow)

Patriots (39) -- Chambers 4, Braye 4, Marshall 2, Ruschte 15, Altio 4, Bland 7, Herget 3. FG 14, FT 8-12, F 20. (3-pointers: Herget 1. Fouled out: none)

BOYS BASKETBALL Notre Dame 60, St. Vincent 38

Notre Dame had little trouble in knocking off host St. Vincent.

Thirteen players scored for the Bulldogs, led by Taylor Essner with 13 points.

The Indians got 11 points from both Kyle Rollet and Brock French.

Notre Dame 15 16 15 14 -- 60

St. Vincent 8 9 15 6 -- 38

Notre Dame (60) -- Liam Maher 3, Ke-Ke Kellum 7, Taylor Essner 13, Alex Carroll 2, Chris McCoy 1, Derek Landewee 7, Alex Beussink 4, Luciano Starling 4, Tanner Hiett 2, Jacob Tolbert 2, Matt Helle 3, Dylan Essner 9, Andrew Lange 3. FG 24, FT 5-7, F 13. (3-pointers: Maher 1, Kellum 1, Essner 3, Landewee 1, Lange 1. Fouled out: none)

St. Vincent (38) -- Kyle Rollet 11, Brock French 11, Justin Eggers 7, Tim Schumer 5, Ryan Boxdorfer 2, Josh Walker 2. FG 15, FT 6-12, F 10. (3-pointers: Schumer 1, Eggers 1. Fouled out: none)

Leopold 48, Meadow Heights 44

Kyle Stroder scored 18 points to lead visiting Leopold. Anthony Seabaugh added 10 points.

Dustin Hubler and Daylan Davis paced Meadow Heights with 13 and 10 points, respectively.

Leopold 8 13 13 14 -- 48

Meadow Heights 7 11 14 12 -- 44

Leopold (48) -- Kyle Stroder 18, David Fluchel 9, Ryan Davis 2, John Bohnsack 2, Lance Seiler 7, Anthony Seabaugh 10. FG 16, FT 11-22, F 12. (3-pointers: Stroder 3, Seiler 2. Fouled out: none)

Meadow Heights (44) -- Adam Walker 5, Dustin Hubler 13, Daylan Davis 10, Trent Kiefer 2, Calen Buerck 4, Nick Webb 7, Trevor Hotop 3. FG 20, FT 2-7, F 21. (3-pointers: Walker 1, Hotop 1. Fouled out: Hubler)

JV -- 59-32 Leopold

Puxico 72, Kelly 69

Dustin Crowden's 17 points could not prevent a Kelly loss at home.

Garrett Alsap added 12 points for the Hawks, followed by Shawn Heuring with 11 and Trent Felter with 10.

Puxico 18 16 19 19 -- 72

Kelly 15 16 13 25 -- 69

PUXICO (72) -- Clay Harty 11, Skylar Moore 2, Darreck Duvall 3, John Smith 28, Tyler Woodard 11, Rory Moore 4, Corey Davis 13. FG 27 FT 13-26 F 14. (3-pointers: Harty 3, Smith, Woodard. Fouled out: none.)

KELLY (69) -- Trent Felter 10, Dustin Crowden 17, Garrett Alsap 12, Michael Fisher 5, Blake Wadlington 2, Shawn Heuring 11, Ethan Lee 6, Branden Dambach 6. FG 29 FT 7-9 F 25. (3-pointers: Alsap, Heuring 3. Fouled out: Felter, Alsap, Lee.)

Perryville 76, Ste. Genevieve 60

Bryce Weibrecht scored 22 points to lead host Perryville.

Also in double figures for the Pirates were Andrew Martin with 12 points and Ryan Kassinger with 10.

St. Genevieve 7 10 20 23 -- 60

Perryville 17 20 25 14 -- 76

St. Genevieve (60) -- Pfaff 2, Meyer 18, Kent 8, Turek 27, Brewer 2, Weiler 3. FG 20, FT 12-16, F 16. (3-pointers: Meyer 4, Turek 3, Weiler 1. Fouled out: Pfaff, Meyer.)

Perryville (76) -- Andrew Martin 12, Jake Dobblelare 4, Ryan Kassinger 10, Justin Hotop 5, Ross Moldenhauer 9, Wade Lawrence 4, Bryce Weibrecht 22, Jason Thieret 2, Jared Thieret 8. FG 17, FT 11-16, F 16. (3-pointers: Hotop 1, Moldenhauer 1, Weibrecht 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- 55-34 Perryville

St. Louis 61, New Salem 58

Josh Davault scored 25 points but New Salem (10-2) dropped a close decision.

New Salem 10 16 17 15 -- 58

Patriots 19 10 14 16 -- 61

New Salem (58) -- Bucholtz 15, Davault 25, Jone 3, Gaines 13, Woods 2. FG 20, FT 15-30, F 16. (3-pointers: Bucholtz 1, Jone 1, Gaines 1. Fouled out: Gaines)

Pariots (61) -- McCann 2, Vandegrift 14, R. Rosenburg 5, S. Rosenburg 13, Zinc 7. FG 27, FT 3-8, F 24. (3-pointers: Vandegrift 2, R. Rosenburg 5, Zinc 1. Fouled out: S. Rosenburg)

-- From staff reports