High school roundup: Delta, Scott City girls advance to Scott-Miss final

Delta earned another crack at Scott City.

The Bobcats needed overtime to dispatch Oran 63-57 in the semifinals of the Scott-Mississippi Conference girls basketball tournament Wednesday at Delta.

Delta converted 83 percent (29 of 35) of its free throws.

Sophomore Machela Van Gennip scored a game-high 26 points, while Tori Burton added 25 for the Bobcats (8-4).

Crissy Sauceda led the Eagles with 12 points.

Scott City's Katie Hogan tries to get around Kelly's Kayla Hicks during their Scott-Mississippi Conference semifinal Wednesday. (DAVID JENKINS ~ Sikeston Standard Democrat)

The Bobcats will face the Rams in today's 8:30 p.m. championship game. Scott City beat Delta 41-35 in the Chaffee Invitational title game Dec. 11.

The Rams beat Kelly 44-20 in Wednesday's other semifinal.

Katie Hogan scored 18 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Scott City.

Kayla Hicks paced the Hawks with 10 points.

SCOTT CITY 44, KELLY 20

Kelly 0 8 4 8 -- 20

Scott City 7 15 6 16 -- 44

KELLY (20) -- Kaitlin Glastetter 2, Karlie Ashcraft 2, Kayla Hicks 10, Katie Koonce 2, Kristen Powell 4. FG 7, FT 6-8, F 17. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT CITY (44) -- Stacey Heisserer 6, Melanie Lacey 6, Courtney Bentley 2, Lindsey Ressel 2, Michaela Cobb 4, Katie Rhymer 3, Katie Hogan 18, Brittany Kiefer 3. FG 17, FT 6-15, F 6. (3-pointers: Hogan 4. Fouled out: none)

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DELTA 63, ORAN 57

Oran 8 13 15 15 6 -- 57

Delta 9 17 16 9 12 -- 63

ORAN (57) -- Abbey Anderson 7, Haley Glastetter 7, Cheyanne King 11, Halle Woodfin 10, Addie Kielhofner 7, Crissy Sauceda 12, Taylor Nenniger 3. FG 23, FT 7-10, F 23. (3-pointers: Nenniger 1, Kielhofner 1, Sauceda 2. Fouled out: Sauceda, Woodfin)

DELTA (63) -- Samantha Bartels 6, Rachel Bartels 6, Tori Burton 25, Machela Van Gennip 26. FG 16, FT 29-35, F 11. (3-pointers: S. Bartels 1, Burton 1. Fouled out: none)

BOYS BASKETBALL

Central 71, Farmington 44

Three Tigers recorded double-doubles in the road win.

Curtis Branch scored a game-high 21 points, including five 3-pointers, and dished out 11 assists to pace Central (10-3).

T.J. Tisdell added 20 points and 12 rebounds, while James Lane recorded 19 points and 11 boards.

The Tigers outscored the Knights in every quarter.

Central 21 20 17 13 -- 71

Farmington 11 19 10 4 -- 44

CENTRAL (71) -- Blake Ozbun 4, Andrew Williams 7, T.J. Tisdell 20, James Lane 19, Curtis Branch 21. FG 30, FT 5-8, F 9. (3-pointers: Branch 5, Williams 1. Fouled out: none)

FARMINGTON (44) -- Tim Anderson 3, Jonathon Bird 20, Connor Eaton 4, Roper Garrett 6, Pete Grindel 2, Alec Sebastian 2, Doug Warren 7. FG 18, FT 7-11, F 13. (3-pointers: Warren 1. Fouled out: none)

Chester tournament

Perryville reached Saturday's championship game with a 57-47 victory over New Athens, Ill.

Bryce Weibrecht led the Pirates with 21 points, while Ross Moldenhauer added 19.

Perryville (11-4) failed to let a two-point second quarter derail its march to the title game. The Pirates will face the winner of tonight's Saxony Lutheran vs. Chester, Ill., game.

New Athens 9 14 12 12 -- 47

Perryville 18 2 23 14 -- 57

NEW ATHENS (47) -- Adam Ingles 6, Vince Kiefer 14, Brendan Stolte 2, Jeremy Hepp 1, Chris Weber 12, Luc Marlow 2, Blake Ragland 2, Tyler Meyer 8. FG 19, FT 3-7, F 14. (3-pointers: Kiefer 2, Weber 4. Fouled out: none)

PERRYVILLE (57) -- Jake Dobbelare 8, Alex Robinson 2, Cody Call 3, Ross Moldenhauer 19, Bryce Weibrecht 21, Jared Thieret 4. FG 20, FT 14-23, F 12. (3-pointers: Moldenhauer 2, Weibrecht 1. Fouled out: none)

Saxony Lutheran 66, Ste. Genevieve 52

Senior Gus Klaus poured in 26 points, including three 3-pointers, to lead the Crusaders to the road win.

Gabe Bohnert added 17 points and Clayton Carver chipped in 14 for Saxony Lutheran (6-7).

Saxony 18 13 19 16 -- 66

Ste. Genevieve 12 13 16 11 -- 52

SAXONY LUTHERAN (66) -- Gus Klaus 26, Kris Cook 2, Clayton Carver 14, Taylor Johnson 1, Clay Roth 2, Matt Wills 3, Shawn Hadler 1, Gabe Bohnert 17. FG 16, FT 7-12, F 12. (3-pointers: Klaus 3, Carver 3, Wills 1. Fouled out: none)

STE. GENEVIEVE (52) -- Brian Helm 5, Trevor Billings 9, Jacob Kent 14, Jacob Turek 13, Jonathan Brewer 8, Brendan Weiler 3. FG 23, FT 1-4, F 13. (3-pointers: Helm 1, Billings 1, Turek 2, Weiler 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Saxony Lutheran won 45-43

-- From staff reports