The Dexter boys basketball team claimed its first home victory of the season with a 75-69 win over Perryville on Monday night.
Dexter took a 28-21 lead into halftime, but Perryville pulled even at 32-32 on a basket by Trenton Green with 5 minutes, 7 seconds left in the third quarter.
However, the Bearcats restored order, surging ahead 50-39 by the end of the quarter.
Perryville's 6-foot-8 center Colin Schirmer scored a team-high 26 points.
Garrett Martin hit three of Perryville's five 3-pointers and finished with 15 points. D.J Dowdy paced Dexter with 18 points, while Cole Renken and Austin Chester both added 13 points. Chester scored all 13 of his points after halftime.
Dexter 75, Perryville 69
Perryville 8 13 18 30 -- 69
Dexter 13 15 22 25 -- 75
PERRYVILLE (69) -- Grant Dix 5, Trenton Green 8, Luke Schlichting 2, Brett Schnurbusch 4, Garrett Martin 15, Colin Stief 2, Eli Tripp 7, Colin Schirmer 26. FG 24, FT 16/20, F 20. (3-pointers: Green 2, Martin 3. Fouled out: none)
DEXTER (75) -- Noah Kronk 9, D.J. Dowdy 18, Peyton Pollock 10, Austin Chesser 13, Ethan Flowers 12, Cole Renken 13. FG 22, FT 25/33, F 14. (3-pointers: Kronk 1, Pollock 1, Chesser 2, Flowers 2. Fouled out: none)
Trent Probst scored a game-high 26 points as the Rams won at home.
Isiah Berry added 15 points and Braden Cox finished with 12 for Scott City.
Brent Overbey paced Zalma with 12 points.
Zalma 10 7 11 14 -- 42
Scott City 23 22 21 11 -- 77
ZALMA (42) -- Jacob Steinberg 5, Charles Freeman 3, Cole Shelby 6, Luke Robertson 5, Christopher Lombeida 4, Andrew Hovis 7, Brent Overbey 12. FG 33, FT 7-12, F 11. (3-pointers: Overbey 2, Steinberg 1, Freemnan 1, Robertson 1, Hovis 1. Fouled out: none)
SCOTT CITY (77) -- Brennan Job 5, Trent Pobst 26, Jordan Kluesner 5, Drew Short 2, Isiah Berry 15, Brock Uelsmann 9, Braden Cox 12. FG 33, FT 7-12, F 11. (3-pointers: Pobst 1, Job 1, Berry 1, Kluesner 1. Fouled out: none)
Chaffee 67, Meadow Heights 56
Hannah Seyer scored a game-high 23 points as the Red Devils pulled away at home with a 25-point fourth quarter.
Lindsey Harrell added 18 points for Chaffee, while Julia Sutterfield had 12 and Jordan Pruitt had 11.
Kiana Hotop paced Meadow Heights with 14 points, while Emma Cook added 12 and Abi Bristow 10.
Meadow Hts. 19 10 12 12 -- 56
Chaffee 13 13 16 25 -- 67
MEADOW HEIGHTS (56) -- Abi Bristow 10, Kaitlyn Cook 6, Kiana Hotop 14, Emma Cook 12, Hayley Thorne 6. FG 19, FT 11-14, F 13. (3-pointers: Bristow 2, Hotop, E.Cook 2. Fouled out: Hotop, Thorne)
CHAFFEE (67) -- Lindsey Harrell 18, Hannah Seyer 23, Julia Sutterfield 12, Dakota Pepple 5, Jordan Pruitt 11. FG 25, FT 10-13, F 11. (3-pointers: Pruitt 2, Seyer 2, Pepple. Fouled out: none)
Oran built a 14-point halftime lead and held off the Cardinals' comeback attempt.
Allie Cummins paced Oran with 18 points, while Addie Kielhofner and Chrissie Sauceda added 14 and 12 points, respectively.
Josie Long scored a game-high 23 points for Woodland. Kathlyn Cooper and Rachel Poole finished with 11 points apiece.
Woodland 7 14 12 21 -- 54
Oran 16 19 10 14 -- 60
WOODLAND (54) -- Whitney Lincoln 4, Josie Long 23, Kathlyn Cooper 11, Taylor Toombs 2, Rachel Poole 11, Shelby Sawyer 2, Lindsey Craft 1. FG 21, FT 11-15, F 25. (3-pointers: Long 1. Fouled out: Lincoln, Poole)
ORAN (60) -- Addie Kielhofner 14, Ashlyn McIntosh 6, Taylor Nenninger 3, Allie Cummins 18, Tatum May 7, Chrissie Sauceda 12. FG 21, FT 15-31, F 13. (3-pointers: Cummins 1, Sauceda 2. Fouled out: Cummins)
Kelly Morton scored 17 points in the Tigers' three-point road loss.
Central dropped to 4-15 on the season.
Roni Knittig paced Seckman with 14 points.
Central 8 12 6 13 -- 39
Seckman 5 16 9 12 -- 42
CAPE CENTRAL (39) -- Kelly Morton 17, Sarah Boerboom 7, Kassidy Pannier 3, Maddie Daum 6, Bailey Bliss 6. FG 14, FT 10-16, F 14. (3-pointers: Pannier 1,. Fouled out: none)
SECKMAN (42) -- Chelsea Canania 7, Megan Dexter 2, Laken Graves 5, Hannah Husgen 2, Lacey Hutson 10, Roni Knittig 14, Christina Silies 2. FG 16, FT 6-12, F 16. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
Stephanie Worth helped Kelly to a road win with 22 points.
Morgan LeDure and Logan Ivie both added 10 points for the Hawks.
Nikki Richmond scored 17 for Puxico.
Kelly 18 18 15 15 -- 68
Puxico 13 9 24 18 -- 64
KELLY (68) -- Samantha Ratledge 6, Morgan LeDure 10, Kaylee Scherer 5, Tessa Johnson 3, Stephanie Worth 22, Tori Duenne 2, Kristi Brucker 2, Tiffany Gibson 2, Payton Jones 6, Logan Ivie 10. FG 29, FT 9-18, F 17. (3-pointers: LeDure 1. Fouled out: none)
PUXICO (64) -- Brenna Hancock 6, Gabby Clark 4, Nikki Richmond 17, Danielle Roberts 15, Morgyn Nelson 19. FG 26, FT 7-21, F 16. (3-pointers: Richmond 3, Roberts 1, Nelson 1. Fouled out: none)
Central 122, Jackson 63
The Central girls coasted to the victory over Jackson.
Central swept the 100 backstroke.
Results
200 medley relay -- 1. Central (Josey Powell, Maddie Siefert, Josie Young, Maddy McDonald) 2:01.90; 2. Jackson 2:13.03; 3. Central 2:23.88
200 freestyle -- 1. Megan Smith (C) 2:19.37; 2. Sarah Elfrink (C) 2:31.34; 3. Dallas Doughton (J) 2:46.72.
200 individual medley -- 1. Powell (C) 2:20.53; 2. Morgan Maguire (J) 2:25.62; 3. Powers 3:23.01.
50 freestyle -- 1. Caitlyn Palmer (J) 25.50; 2. McDonald (C) 26.34; 3. Siefert (C) 29.02.
100 butterfly -- 1. Young (C) 1:10.02; 2. Maguire (J) 1:10.14; Smith (C) 1:18.10.
100 freestyle -- 1. Palmer (J) 57.26; 2. McDonald (C) 1:00.58; 3. Smith (C) 1:04.71.
500 freestyle -- 1. Molly Brakhane (C) 6:31.97; 2. Elfrink (C) 6:45.18; Madison Moore (C) 7:08.72.
200 freestyle relay -- 1. Central (Siefert, McKenzie Bess, Elfrink, Smith) 2:02.31; 2. Central 2:11.25; 3. Jackson 2:13.55
100 backstroke -- 1. Powell (C) 1:13.38; 2. Polly Shantz (C) 1:20.75; 3. Krystin Ruch (C)1:23.03.
100 breastroke -- 1. Siefert (C) 1:18.28; 2. Doughton (J) 1:26.03; 3. Emily Holman (C) 1:32.26.
400 freestyle relay -- 1. Central (Smith, Young, Powell, McDonald) 4:20.76; 2. Jackson 4:26.70; 3. Central 4:56.28.
-- From staff reports
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