High school roundup: Kelly girls finally solve East Prairie in Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament

After having fallen to East Prairie already twice this season, the third time proved to be the charm for the Kelly girls basketball team.

The fifth-seeded Hawks booked a spot in the semifinals of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament with a 49-43 upset over the No. 4 Eagles on Monday in Morley, Mo.

Tessa Johnson recorded 16 points to lead Kelly (6-6). Stephanie Worth grabbed 11 rebounds while Samantha Ratledge had three steals for the Hawks.

Rebekah Douglas led East Prairie (4-4) with 13 points.

Kelly will play top-seeded Oran in a semifinal at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Eagles (7-3) routed eighth-seeded Delta (2-8) 69-16 in Monday's other quarterfinal game.

Kelly 15 11 9 14 -- 49

East P. 11 12 8 12 -- 43

KELLY (49) -- Samantha Ratledge 8, Morgan LeDure 8, Kaylee Scherer 4, Tessa Johnson 16, Stephanie Worth 8, Kristi Brucker 7, Payton Jones 1. FG 15, FT 8-13, F 15. (3-pointers: Johnson 2, LeDure 1. Fouled out: None)

EAST PRAIRIE (43) -- Rebekah Douglas 13, Dakota Arnold 5, Caitlyn Harwell 7, Kaitlyn Shands 12, Montana Watson 1, Summer Maxwell 2, Alexa Nordwald 1, Kali Thurman 2. FG 13, FT 8-16, F 16. (3-pointers: Douglas 1, Arnold 1, Harwell 1. Fouled out: Douglas)

Clearwater 69, Woodland 54

Clearwater's Lexi Morris busted loose for 46 points, including six 3-pointers, to lead the Tigers to victory on the road.

Morris scored all but 23 of her team's 69 points. Haley Alcorn added 13 points for Clearwater (8-2) as the Tigers dealt the Cardinals their second loss of the season.

Josie Long scored a team-high 30 points to pace Woodland (8-2).

Clearwater 5 22 18 24 -- 69

Woodland 9 8 13 24 -- 59

CLEARWATER (69) -- Hannah Rowold 1, Darrien Gayle 3, Haley Alcorn 13, Lexi Morris 46, Allie Holmes 6. FG 12, FT 15-21, F 9. (3-pointers: Morris 6, Holmes 2, Alcorn 2. Fouled out: None)

WOODLAND (54) -- Whitney Lincoln 5, Josie Long 30, Kathlyn Cooper 8, Taylor Toombs 4, Rachel Poole 5, Shelby Sawyer 2. FG 14, FT 5-9, F 15. (3-pointers: Long 4, Cooper 1, Poole 1. Fouled out: Lindsey Craft)

JV -- Woodland 30, Clearwater 16

Lesterville 62, Meadow Heights 52

Kiana Hotop netted a team-high 19 points as the Panthers fell at home to the Bearcats.

Meadow Heights held a slim lead throughout the first three quarters, but Lesterville outscored the Panthers by 11 points in the fourth quarter for the win.

Abi Bristow added 13 points and Emma Cook had 12 points for Meadow Heights (3-9).

Maggie Vert recorded a game-high 21 points for the Bearcats (3-7).

Lesterville 12 12 12 26 -- 62

Meadow Hts. 15 10 12 15 -- 52

LESTERVILLE (62) -- Katy Robbs 7, Immerah Bethume 16, Maggie Vert 21, Drew Myers 18. FG 21, FT 8-18, F 12. (3-pointers: Myers 4. Fouled out: None)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (52) -- Abi Bristow 13, Kiana Hotop 19, Emma Cook 12, Hayley Thorne 8. FG 13, FT 5-8, F 16. (3-pointers: Cook 3, Bristow 2, Hotop 2. Fouled out: Bristow)

North County 67, Central 38

Sydney Tollison scored 12 points in the Tigers' loss at home to the Raiders.

The Raiders only led 31-26 at halftime but outscored Central 36-12 in the second half.

Kassidy Pannier notched 11 points for Central (1-7). Maddie Daum recorded six assists and three steals, while Sarah Boerboom grabbed six rebounds for the Tigers.

Holly Forbes netted a game-high 28 points and Marianna Falls tallied 17 points for North County (5-4).

North County 19 12 13 23 -- 67

Central 11 15 4 8 -- 38

NORTH COUNTY (67) -- Martha Peacock 2, Sydney Parker 2, Madison Binkard 5, Emily Eaton 4, Marianna Falls 17, Kourtney Kekec 4, Allie Hammack 5, Holly Forbes 28. FG 27, FT 10-21, F 12. (3-pointers: Binkard 1. Fouled out: None)

CENTRAL (38) -- Morgan Duschell 2, Sydney Tollison 12, Kelly Morton 4, Sarah Boerboom 4, Kassidy Pannier 11, Maddie Daum 5. FG 14, FT 1-5, F 15. (3-pointers: Pannier 3. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Cape Central 41, North County 32

BOYS BASKETBALL

Chester (Ill.) 57, Perryville 54 (OT)

It took an extra quarter, but the fifth-seeded host Yellowjackets eked out the upset over No. 4 Perryville in the opening round of the Chester Invitational Tournament in Chester, Ill.

Cody Mileur recorded 15 points and Hunter Howie notched 14 points to help propel Chester (5-8) into the semifinals.

Grant Dix paced the Pirates (7-5) with a game-high 16 points, while Garrett Martin added 11 points and Colin Schirmer had 10.

Perryville will face the loser of tonight's game between top-seeded Saxony Lutheran and No. 8 Marissa-Coulterville (Ill.) in a consolation semifinal Thursday.

Perryville 18 10 12 11 3 -- 54

Chester 14 16 9 12 6 -- 57

PERRYVILLE (54) -- Grant Dix 16, Trenton Green 6, Luke Schlichting 6, Brett Schnurbusch 3, Garrett Martin 11, Eli Tripp 2, Colin Schirmer 10. FG 15, FT 6-9, F 17. (3-pointers: Dix 2, Green 2, Schnurbusch 1, Martin 1. Fouled out: None)

CHESTER (ILL.) (57) -- Garret Alms 2, Hunter Howie 14, Cody Mileur 15, Jake Lochhead 13, Jason Schwartz 5, Jordan Berner 8. FG 12, FT 8-14, F 10. (3-pointers: Mileur 4, Howie 3, Lochhead 1. Fouled out: None)

Oak Ridge 59, St. Vincent 46

Ryan Below scored 22 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and blocked five shots to lead the Blue Jays to a road win.

The Blue Jays led 33-25 at halftime before outscoring the Indians by five points in the second half.

Jake LeGrand added 22 points and four steals for Oak Ridge (6-5).

Trevor Leible netted 13 points and Nathan Carroll had 12 points to pace St. Vincent (3-8).

Oak Ridge 17 16 13 13 -- 59

St. Vincent 12 13 9 12 -- 46

OAK RIDGE (59) -- Joe Grieme 2, Kelby Brown 9, Ryan Below 22, Jake LeGrand 22, Kolt Metje 1, Clay Maintz 3. FG 21, FT 17-25, F 16. (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Grieme)

ST. VINCENT (46) -- Trevor Leible 13, Nathan Carroll 12, Kaleb Schnurbusch 2, Kevin Mattingly 6, Alex Winkler 3, Tyler Unterreiner 4, Riley Riehn 4, Luke Wibbenmeyer 1. FG 20, FT 6-10, F 22. (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None)

JV -- St. Vincent 50, Oak Ridge 25

Portageville 59, Scott City 32

A.V. Banks netted a game-high 24 points as the Bulldogs picked up their second win of the season on the road against the Rams.

The Bulldogs led every quarter, including a 26-18 advantage at halftime. Portageville outscored the Rams 23-14 in the second half.

Derrick Priggel added 20 points for Portageville (2-6).

Trent Pobst led Scott City (5-8) with eight points.

Portageville 17 19 9 14 -- 59

Scott City 7 11 4 10 -- 32

PORTAGEVILLE (59) -- Kynan Mosby 5, Chris Garmon 5, Derrick Priggel 20, A.V. Banks 24, Caleb Gooch 5. FG 19, FT 6-13, F 16. (3-pointers: Banks 4, Mosby 1. Fouled out: None)

SCOTT CITY (32) -- Dylan Keller 4, Trent Pobst 8, Caden Hillemann 3, Jordan Kluesner 5, Isiah Berry 6, Braden Cox 4, Tyler Rogers 2. FG 9, FT 8-12, F 16. (3-pointers: Kluesner 1, Pobst 1. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Portageville won.

Puxico 85, Zalma 43

Brent Overbey scored 14 points to pace the Bulldogs (1-8) in a road loss.

The Indians held a commanding 60-24 lead at halftime.

Zach Tucker notched a game-high 24 points and Austin Teichman added 20 points for Puxico (8-3). Garrett Payne recorded 12 points, Tim Hancock tallied 11 points and Seth Luttrell contributed 10 points for the Indians.

Zalma 18 6 16 3 -- 43

Puxico 34 26 16 9 -- 85

ZALMA (43) -- Cole Shelby 6, D.J. Hankins 7, Christopher Lombeida 8, Andrew Hovis 8, Brent Overbey 14. FG 11, FT 9-15, F 10. (3-pointers: Overbey 2, Lombeida 1, Hankins 1. Fouled out: None)

PUXICO (85) -- Garrett Payne 12, Ronnie Wegener 2, Austin Teichman 20, Tim Hancock 11, Marcus Lauder 3, Seth Luttrell 10, Zach Tucker 24, Corey Pratt 3. FG 28, FT 8-9, F 13. (3-pointers: Luttrell 2, Payne 2, Tucker 1, Teichman 1, Pratt 1. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Puxico 45, Zalma 44

-- From staff reports