High school roundup: Kelly boys upend East Prairie at conference tournament

There was only one minor upset in the opening round of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament as fifth-seeded Kelly squeezed out a 70-66 win over fourth-seeded East Prairie to advance to Thursday's semifinals at Oran High School.

Ty Householder led Kelly with 29 points. Maurice Davis added 12 points for the Hawks.

Seth Bays drained a game-high 33 points and Brandon Evans tossed in 20 points to pace East Prairie (9-7).

Kelly (6-10) will face top-seeded and defending tournament champion Scott County Central at 7 p.m. Thursday

Expectations were met in the bottom half of the bracket as second-seeded Scott City crushed seventh-seeded Delta 87-10 and third-seeded host Oran trampled sixth-seeded Chaffee 74-28.

Braden Cox recorded a game-high 17 points for Scott City (11-4).

Hunter Schlosser tallied a game-high 22 points and had five steals and four rebounds to lead Oran. Max Priggel netted 18 points and Jacob Priggel notched 12 points and five rebounds for the Eagles. Thomas Trankler dished out seven assists, grabbed five rebounds and had four steals for Oran (12-5).

Scott City and Oran will meet an 8:30 p.m. semifinal Thursday.

Chaffee dropped to 0-14 and Delta fell to 0-15 with the losses.

Scott City 87, Delta 10

Delta 7 1 0 2 -- 10

Scott City 26 29 16 16 -- 87

DELTA (10) -- Charlie Ledbetter 5, Jeremy Perry 4, Triston Perry 1. FG 4, FT 1-4, F 8 (3-pointers: Ledbetter. Fouled out: None.)

SCOTT CITY (87) -- Dylan Keller 10, Brennan Jobe 2, Trent Pobst 10, Drew Short 6, Austin Spriggs 8, Nick Bickings 2, Isiah Berry 4, Jordan Kluesner 8, Brock Uelsmann 10, Braden Cox 17, Tyler Rogers 10. FG 37, FT 7-8, F 5 (3-pointers: Keller 2. Fouled out: None.)

Oran 74, Chaffee 28

Chaffee 3 8 7 11 -- 28

Oran 18 25 20 11 -- 74

CHAFFEE (28) -- Brandon Ivester 4, Ryan Jobe 3, Auggie Knutson 5, Dalton Flanigan 3, Gage McMullin 5, Aaron Finney 9. FG 3, FT 2-7, F 9 (3-pointers: Finney 3, McMullin, Flanigan, Jobe, Ivester. Fouled out: None.)

ORAN (74) -- Thomas Trankler 2, Max Priggel 18, Jacob Priggel 12, Preston Hahn 2, Hunter Schlosser 22, Jason Bennett 9, Garrison Mangels 5, Anthony Pobst 4. FG 30, FT 5-10, F 11 (3-pointers: M. Priggel 2, Schlosser. Fouled out: None.)

Kelly 70, East Prairie 66

East P. 17 17 11 21 -- 66

Kelly 14 14 21 21 -- 70

EAST PRAIRIE (66) -- Seth Bays 33, Mack Marcum 7, Brett Ellis 2, Cade Douglas 4, Brandon Evans 20. FG 20, FT 11-19, F 16 (3-pointers: Bays 4, Marcum. Fouled out: None.)

KELLY (70) -- Maurice Davis 12, Kade Proctor 7, Ty Householder 29, Dalton Huffman 4, Cayden Williams 3, Levi Alsup 4, Jacob McClain 2, Conner Dittlinger 4. FG 18, FT 10-14, F 18 (3-pointers: Householder 5, Proctor 2, Williams. Fouled out: None.)

Meadow Heights 62, Bismarck 46

Jacob Hunt scored a game-high 18 points to lead the Panthers in the win over the Indians at home.

Tyler Cook netted 12 points and Jacob Douglas added 10 points for Meadow Heights (11-5).

Grant Latham sank 17 points to pace Bismarck (3-10).

Bismarck 13 13 9 11 -- 46

Meadow Hts. 14 12 19 17 -- 62

BISMARCK (46) -- Preston Watson 3, Austin Jarvis 3, Tanner Smith 9, Cody Schafluetzel 5, Hunter Drake 9, Grant Latham 17. FG 11, FT 6-14, F 18 (3-pointers: Drake 3, Smith, Jarvis, Latham. Fouled out: None.)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (62) -- Jacob Douglas 10, Spencer Bragg 9, Justin McGuire 4, Jacob Hunt 18, Brendan Welker 8, Tyler Cook 12, Devon Wilfong 1. FG 22, FT 9-18, F 20 (3-pointers: Hunt 2, Douglas. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Meadow Heights won.

Advance 62, Zalma 53

Dawson Mayo recorded a game-high 18 points as the Hornets picked up the win on the road over the Bulldogs.

Dalton Wilson added 16 points for Advance (9-6).

Cole Shelby and Brent Overbey bucketed 15 points apiece for Zalma (7-7).

Advance 14 20 13 15 -- 62

Zalma 21 9 17 6 -- 53

ADVANCE (62) -- Armani Vermillion 5, Preston Wuebker 3, Brian Whitson 12, Austin Ladd 8, Dalton Wilson 16, Dawson Mayo 18. FG 19, FT 9-13, F 13 (3-pointers: Whitson 4, Vermillion. Fouled out: None.)

ZALMA (53) -- Cole Shelby 15, Alex Steinberg 11, Christopher Lombeida 12, Brent Overbey 15. FG 18, FT 5-9, F 16 (3-pointers: Overbey 3, Shelby. Fouled out: Steinberg.)

JV -- Advance won 59-45

Central 76, Saxony Lutheran 35

Andre Statam scored a game-high 25 points to lead the Tigers in the road rout of the Crusaders.

The Tigers led 55-16 at halftime and never allowed the Crusaders to come close.

Al Young sank 15 points and Kway'Chon Chisom chipped in 14 points for Central (14-4).

Freshman Nathan Ruark recorded 11 points and seven rebounds to pace Saxony Lutheran (8-9). Chase Steffens added 11 points and Corie Williams also grabbed seven rebounds for the Crusaders.

Central 24 21 12 19 -- 76

Saxony 4 12 14 5 -- 35

CENTRAL (76) -- Nikylus Thompson 2, Al Young 15, Peyton Montgomery 9, Zyshon Mallory 2, Blake Harris 4, Kway'Chon Chisom 14, Kaleb Ward 3, Andre Statam 25, Garrett Jackson 2. FG 28, FT 4-15, F 16 (3-pointers: Statam 3, Ward, Montgomery. Fouled out: None.)

SAXONY LUTHERAN (35) -- Chase Steffens 11, Ryan Palmer 8, Nathan Ruark 11, Paris Johnson 5. FG 12, FT 5-12, F 14 (3-pointers: Johnson, Palmer. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Saxony Lutheran won

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Meadow Heights 55, Puxico 50

Kiana Hotop busted a game-high 27 points as the Panthers picked up a vengeful win at home.

Emma Cook added 18 points for Meadow Heights (6-11). The Panthers lost to Puxico 57-50 in the semifinals of the Delta New Year's Tournament earlier this month.

Katelyn Pierre netted 18 points and Faith Oliver tossed in 16 points to pace the Indians (7-5).

Puxico 12 9 14 15 -- 50

Meadow Hts. 7 12 13 23 -- 55

PUXICO (50) -- Kaytlynn Haynes 7, Brenna Hancock 3, Gabby Clark 6, Katelyn Pierre 18, Faith Oliver 16. FG 18, FT 8-17, F 19 (3-pointers: Hancock, Haynes. Fouled out: Haynes.)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (55) -- Abi Bristow 8, Kiana Hotop 27, Emma Cook 18, Sammantha Miles 2. FG 7, FT 17-23, F 13 (3-pointers: Hotop 3, Cook 3, Bristow 2. Fouled out: None.)

Central 67, Chaffee 44

Tramonee Stewart scored a game-high 13 points to help lead the host Tigers to their second victory in two nights.

Sydney Tollison tossed in 11 points for Central (5-8).

Jordan Pruitt, Julia Sutterfield and Kylie Wilhite scored eight points each to pace Chaffee (11-5), which lost for second straight night. The Red Devils fell to Bismarck 76-56 on Monday.

Chaffee 7 12 15 10 -- 44

Central 25 16 14 12 -- 67

CHAFFEE (44) -- Jordan Pruitt 8, Julia Sutterfield 8, Kylie Wilhite 8, Carleigh Burnett 6, Mary Beth Knutson 2, Hannah Seyer 2, Lindsey Harrell 6, Mattison Cline 2. FG 11, FT 9-12, F 11 (3-pointers: Pruitt 2, Burnett 2, Wilhite. Fouled out: None.)

CENTRAL (67) -- Abby Shupert 7, Sydney Tollison 11, Sarah Boerboom 2, Katelyn May 3, Tramonee Stewart 13, Bailey Manley 6, Kassidy Pannier 6, Maddie Daum 9, Katherine Morton 4, Moriah Terry 4, Quetaja Martin 2. FG 20, FT 6-14, F 15 (3-pointers: Tollison 3, Pannier 2, May, Daum. Fouled out: Boerboom.)

JV -- Central won.

Chester (Ill.) 62, Woodland 53

Freshman Krista Rhodes netted a game-high 29 points, but it was not enough as the Cardinals fell at home.

Shelby Sawyer chipped in eight points to pace Woodland (5-8).

McKenzi Rucker sank 16 points and Morgan Atchison tossed in 13 points for Chester (7-10).

Chester 13 6 17 24 -- 62

Woodland 11 13 20 9 -- 53

CHESTER (ILL.) (62) -- Morgan Atchison 13, McKenzi Rucker 16, Sarah Liefer 7, Jaclyn Colvis 2, Logan Colvis 10, Kaitlyn Dillow 10, Maddie Hoffman 4. FG 19, FT 18-29, F 12 (3-pointers: Rucker 2. Fouled out: None.)

WOODLAND (53) -- Rebekah Page 2, Whitney Lincoln 4, Heidi Green 4, Krista Rhodes 29, Shelby Sawyer 8, Hannah Scott 4, Audrey Wilkinson 4. FG 18, FT 11-15, F 22 (3-pointers: Rhodes 2. Fouled out: Lincoln, Wilkinson.)

Sikeston 61, Perryville 22

Sikeston's Zayteanna Williams scored 11 points as the Bulldogs thumped the Pirates at home.

Larysa McClellon and Erica Peet added 10 points apiece for Sikeston (9-4).

Ahnie Hoff netted 11 points to pace Perryville (6-8).

Perryville 5 6 2 9 -- 22

Sikeston 16 10 25 10 -- 61

PERRYVILLE (22) -- Kylie Bilek 3, Reese Nations 3, Abby Robinson 2, Ahnie Hoff 11, Catrina More 2, Emma Nelson 1. FG 6, FT 4-11, F 15 (3-pointers: Bilek, Nations. Fouled out: None.)

SIKESTON (61) -- Kiera Steward 4, Tyra Bonner 4, Larysa McClellon 10, Jachira Sims 5, Erica Peet 10, Alexis Boyd 3, Ariana Beard 4, Miranda Harrison 2, Tyeshia Mitchell 11, Antravia Green 2, Zayteanna Williams 6. FG 26, FT 9-20, F 15 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Sikeston won 38-25

-- From staff reports