High school roundup: Hillsboro boys top Perryville for title

Nathan Noland recorded a game-high 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds in Perryville's 74-68 to Hillsboro in a conference championship battle in boys basketball Thursday night in Hillsboro, Missouri.

Conner Stark added 15 points to pace Perryville (16-6, 2-2 JCAA Conference-Large Schools Division), which trailed by eight points at halftime before outscoring the hosts by two points at the end of the second half.

Gaven Pinkley bucketed 22 points to lead Hillsboro (19-5, 4-0), which clinched the regular-season conference championshp title with the victory.

Perryville 10 16 17 25 -- 68

Hillsboro 21 13 20 20 -- 74

PERRYVILLE (68) -- McGwire Bartley 13, Conner Stark 15, Josh Robinson 10, Garrett Johnson 3, Nathan Noland 25, Ryan Noland 2. FG 21, FT 5-7, F 16 (3-pointers: Stark 3, Robinson 2, Bartley, Johnson. Fouled out: None.)

HILLSBORO (74) -- Sam Mock 13, Tyler Schwartz 18, Drew Besand 12, Gaven Pinkley 22, Ricky Farley 1, Michael Brewer 8. FG 23, FT 15-22, F 10 (3-pointers: Besand 2, Schwartz 2. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Hillsboro won 58-39

Freshmen -- Perryville won 47-38

Zalma 79, Risco 64

The Bulldogs had five of their players reach double digits in their victorious regular-season finale over the visiting Tigers.

Jacob Steinberg led the way for Zalma (13-12) with a game-high 21 points. Dallan Stotts tallied 18 points for the Bulldogs, who jumped out to an 18-point lead at halftime. Christopher Lombeida and Luke Robertson added 13 points apiece for the Bulldogs.

Risco 18 14 12 20 -- 64

Zalma 26 24 14 15 -- 79

RISCO (64) -- Tony Greene 6, Nathan Burnett 16, Ethan Pipkin 8, Drew Fortner 9, Morgan Ludwig 17, Ethan Young 6, James Riddell 2. FG 23, FT 3-10, F 22 (3-pointers: Burnett 3, Greene, Ludwig. Fouled out: None.)

ZALMA (79) -- Jacob Steinberg 21, Cole Shelby 12, Luke Robertson 13, Logan Borders 2, Christopher Lombeida 13, Dallan Stotts 18. FG 26, FT 16-26, F 16 (3-pointers: Stotts 3, Robertson. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Risco won.

St. Vincent 59, Meadow Heights 50

Evan Clifton drained a game-high 17 points, all but two of which came from behind the arc, and Trevor Leible also had 17 points as the Indians did not allow the visiting Panthers to spoil Senior Night and finished the regular season on a high note with the win.

Tyler Monier bucketed 11 points for St. Vincent (10-13), which stormed out strong in the first quarter and built a 39-25 lead at halftime.

Devon Wilfong netted 14 points and Lane Baremore contributed 13 points to pace Meadow Heights (15-7).

Both teams open Class 2 District 3 Tournament play on Monday at Bismarck High School. Fourth-seeded St. Vincent will face fifth-seeded Viburnum at 5:15 p.m. and third-seeded Meadow Heights will take on the sixth-seeded host Indians at 7:45 p.m.

Meadow Hts. 16 9 18 7 -- 50

St. Vincent 28 11 5 15 -- 59

MEADOW HEIGHTS (50) -- Devon Wilfong 14, Lane Barmore 13, Jacob Douglas 10, Blake Bollinger 7, Austin Gehrke 3, Trent Liley 2, Spencer Bragg 1. FG 17, FT 10-22, F 21 (3-pointers: Gehrke, Baremore. Fouled out: Bragg.)

ST. VINCENT (59) -- Trevor Leible 17, Evan Clifton 17, Tyler Monier 11, Luke Wibbenmeyer 8, Darren Ernst 3, Joe Whistler 1, Mitchell Dobbelare 1, Trevor Lukefahr 1. FG 11, FT 19-30, F 18 (3-pointers: Clifton 5, Monier. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- St. Vincent won 51-25

Eagle Ridge 61, Life Church School 38

Hunter Jones busted a game-high 26 points, 12 of which came from behind the arc, as the Eagles flew to victory in the opening round of the Missouri Christian Schools Activities Association (MCSAA) State Tournament in Joplin, Mo.

Caleb Friedrich and Anand Patel pitched in 14 points apiece for Eagle Ridge (10-14), which maintained a 26-point lead at halftime.

Joseph Burbee recorded 19 points to pace Life Church School (3-11) of Kirksville, Mo.

Eagle Ridge will take on El Dorado Christian School of El Dorado Springs, Mo., in the second round of tournament play at 6:30 p.m. tonight.

Life Church 5 7 5 21 -- 38

Eagle Ridge 15 23 12 11 -- 61

LIFE CHURCH SCHOOL (38) -- Bryan Garth 5, Zach Corbett 7, Brendan Collinge 7, Joseph Burbee 19. FG 13, FT 3-10, F 12 (3-pointers: Garth, Corbett, Burbee. Fouled out: None.)

EAGLE RIDGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (61) -- Karsten Sowers 2, Caleb Friedrich 14, Anand Patel 14, Hunter Jones 26, Logan Schwieger 2, Michael Roth 3. FG 22, FT 5-14, F 10 (3-pointers: Jones 4. Fouled out: None.)

Woodland 70, Puxico 38

Senior Zach Beel scored 23 points to reach 1,000 points in his two years at Woodland as the Cardinals won at home.

Michael McCormick added 13 points for Woodland, which finished its regular season with a 19-6 record.

Puxico 12 8 12 6 -- 38

Wooland 25 16 15 14 -- 70

PUXICO (38) -- Levi Wood 8, Austin Denny 4, Nathan Dare 8, Chris Siter 9, Brady Chubb 3, Jordan Burch 2, Chris Duncan 4. FG 15, FT 3-5, F 4 (3-pointers: Wood 2, Dare 2, Chubb. Fouled out: none)

WOODLAND (70) -- Logan Thompson 3, Landon Thompson 2, Cole Schlief 16, Connor Goodwin 2, Tyler Womack 5, Zach Beel 23, Bruester Young 3, J.D. Jenkins 3, Michael McCormick 13. FG 30, FT 3-3, F 12 (3-pointers: Thompon, Schlief, Womack, Beel, Young, Jenkins, McCormick. Fouled out: none)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Puxico 54, Chaffee 44

Katie Glueck recorded a double-double with 16 rebounds and 14 points but it was not enough as the Red Devils fell on the road to the Indians in both teams' last game of the regular season.

Julia Sutterfield chipped in 11 points to pace Chaffee (11-14), which trailed by seven points at halftime and was outscored by the hosts by three points at the end of the second half.

Sophia Hancock bucketed a game-high 18 points to lead Puxico (13-10).

Chaffee opens Class 2 District 1 Tournament play at 2:30 p.m. Saturday against third-seeded South Pemiscot at Campbell High School in Campbell, Mo.

Chaffee 17 8 3 16 -- 44

Puxico 15 17 12 10 -- 54

CHAFFEE (44) -- Bailey Wiseman 4, Madeline Hendrix 6, Julia Sutterfield 11, Mary Beth Knutson 6, Mattison Cline 3, Katie Glueck 14. FG 14, FT 7-15, F 10 (3-pointers: Wiseman, Sutterfield, Cline. Fouled out: None.)

PUXICO (54) -- Sophia Hancock 18, Kambryn Collard 7, Katelyn Pierre 14, Faith Oliver 14. FG 17, FT 8-12, F 10 (3-pointers: Oliver 2, Collard, Hancock. Fouled out: None.)

Kelly 51, Delta 32

Anna Hughes drained a game-high 23 points as the Hawks wrapped up the regular season with a conference victory over the visiting Bobcats.

Alyssa Tidwell added 10 points for Kelly (8-13, 3-3 Scott-Mississippi Conference), which flew out to a 16-point lead at halftime. Tori Duenne notched seven rebounds and six points for the Hawks.

Erin Bond and Cooper Simpson finished with eight points apiece to pace Delta (6-14, 2-5).

Kelly, seeded fifth, starts Class 3 District 2 Tournament play at 3 p.m. Saturday against fourth-seeded conference foe Charleston (13-9) at Scott City High School.

Delta ends its regular season tonight in a rescheduled game with Campbell.

Delta 10 6 11 5 -- 32

Kelly 13 19 13 6 -- 51

DELTA (32) -- Jamie Hodge 1, Carrie Waddle 6, Erin Bond 8, Macey Smith 3, Cooper Simpson 8, Kiley Wicker 6. FG 14, FT 1-11, F 18 (3-pointers: Smith. Fouled out: None.)

KELLY (51) -- Emily Bolen 4, Tori Duenne 6, Mallory Urhahn 2, Alyssa Tidwell 10, Marissa Jones 4, Hailey Noon 2, Anna Hughes 23. FG 12, FT 18-26, F 12 (3-pointers: Hughes 3. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Delta won.

Perryville 53, Cape Central 30

Senior Emma Nelson netted 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Pirates to victory on their home floor over the Tigers on Senior Night.

Fellow senior Ahnie Hoff also grabbed 10 rebounds for the Perryville (9-12).

Perryville (9-12) held a 13-point lead at intermission and outscored the Tigers 26-16 in the second half.

Falia Hamilton paced Cape Central (5-19) with seven points.

Cape Central 4 10 9 7 -- 30

Perryville 15 12 17 9 -- 53

CAPE CENTRAL (30) -- Sydney Tollison 6, Corrie Reece 2, Falia Hamilton 7, Kassidy Pannier 3, Abbie Reece 4, Yolanda Johnson 4. FG 12, FT 5-20, F 23 (3-pointers: Pannier. Fouled out: Nonen)

PERRYVILLE (53) -- Kirstin Jannin 6, Kylie Bilek 8, Reese Nations 6, Abby Robinson 4, Ahnie Hoff 4, Jasmyn Mahathath 2, Sydney Spears 6, Brooke Buerck 3, Emma Nelson 14. FG 16, FT 17-28, F 20 (3-pointers: Nations 2, Bilek. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Cape Central won 33-30.

Oran 76, Scott City 20

Freshman Leah Cauble busted a game-high 29 points and recorded five assists and three steals as the Eagles flew high in their last game of the season to clinch the regular-season conference championship with the road rout of the Rams.

Ashlyn McIntosh finished with a double-double with 14 points, 10 rebounds and also had four steals for Oran (21-3, 7-0 Scott-Mississippi Conference), which held a commanding 41-point lead at halftime. Jessie Long finished with 10 points and four rebounds while Hannah Scherer grabbed eight rebounds and Brianna Stause got five steals for the Eagles.

Ginny Mott paced Scott City (1-19, 0-7) with seven points.

Top-seeded Oran opens Class 1 District 2 Tournament play at 6 p.m. Monday against fourth-seeded Fulton (St. Albans) at Richland High School in Essex, Mo.

Eighth-seeded host Scott City faces top-seeded and state-ranked Saxony Lutheran (22-2) at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Class 3 District 2 Tournament.

Oran 29 20 21 6 -- 76

Scott City 6 2 11 1 -- 20

ORAN (76) -- MacKenzie Graviett 2, Katelyn Streeter 2, Brianna Stause 7, Tatum May 7, Ashlyn McIntosh 14, Leah Cauble 29, Jessie Long 10, Hannah Scherer 2, Claire Ramsey 2, Erin Schlitt 2. FG 31, FT 10-18, F 9 (3-pointers: Cauble 3, Stause. Fouled out: None.)

SCOTT CITY (20) -- Bella Bowers 3, Morgan Pettit 2, Ginny Mott 7, Faith Grant 2, Hannah Shemonia 2, Katie Smith 4. FG 8, FT 4-8, F 18 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Shemonia.)

JV -- Oran won.

Eagle Ridge 38, El Dorado Christian 27

Jessie Gartman nailed a game-high 21 points to lead the Eagles to victory over the Buffalo in the opening round of the Missouri Christian School Activities Association (MCSAA) State Tournament in Joplin, Mo.

Sarah Jackson contributed nine points for Eagle Ridge (14-8), which held a six-point lead at halftime.

Anna Buttorff scored eight points to pace El Dorado Christian School (8-12) of El Dorado Springs, Mo.

Eagle Ridge will face Providence Classical Christian Academy of St. Louis at 5 p.m. tonight in the second round of tournament action.

Eagle Ridge 6 14 8 10 -- 38

El Dorado 2 12 10 3 -- 27

EAGLE RIDGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (38) -- Sarah Jackson 9, Noel Friedrich 2, Jessie Gartman 21, Emily Jackson 6. FG 15, FT 5-7, F 11 (3-pointers: S. Jackson. Fouled out: None.)

EL DORADO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (27) -- Abigail Batson 4, Rachel Jones 7, Chaney Housh 6, Anna Buttorff 8, Kraysen Leonard 2. FG 13, FT 1-7, F 12 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.)

— From staff reports