Leopold made its boys basketball season's debut a dandy with a lopsided victory over Zalma at the Woodland Tournament.
Senior Kyle Stroder made eight 3-pointers and scored 26 points to help lead the Wildcats, the tournament's top seed, to an 86-19 win.
Senior Joe Elfrink added 16 points and junior Cameron Davis contributed 15.
Brad Key paced No. 8 Zalma (0-1) with nine points.
Second-seeded Scott City (1-0) followed with a 96-40 win over No. 7 Meadow Heights. Senior Jesse Sanders led the Rams with 25 points, while senior Ryan Brock added 21.
Senior Josh Douglas led Meadow Heights with 15 points.
No. 4 Perryville held off No. 5 Woodland 53-45 in the nightcap. Nate Kinnison led the Pirates (1-0) with 19 points, including a perfect 8 of 8 from the free-throw line.
Garret Reynolds led Woodland (0-1) with 16 points.
No. 3 seed Oak Ridge will face No. 6 Delta in a quarterfinal at 6 p.m. tonight followed by Zalma facing off against Woodland in the loser's brackets.
Semifinals will be played Thursday beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Zalma 4 8 3 4 -- 19
Leopold 32 24 23 7 -- 86
ZALMA (19) -- Cole Shelby 4, Austin Sittz 2, Brent Overbey 4, Brad Key 9. FG 6, FT 7-17, F 15. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
LEOPOLD (86) -- Parker Brown 3, Austin Bucher 3, DJ Keim 2, Kyle Stroder 26, Joe Elfrink 16, Andrew McWilliams 10, Cameron Davis 15, Ethan Broshuis 4, Brandon Jansen 2, James Jansen 1, Dillon Vandeven 4. FG 25, FT 6-14, F 17. (3-pointers: Brown 1, Bucher 1, Stroder 8. Fouled out: none.)
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Meadow Hts 10 6 16 8 -- 40
Scott City 21 33 30 12 -- 96
MEADOW HEIGHTS (40) -- Chris Bollinger 2, Kody Overbey 4, Josh Douglas 15, Ryan Flotz 5, Tyler Cook 4, Kyle Baremore 4, Kyle Overbey 6. FG 15, FT 9-13, F 15. (3-pointers: Douglas 1. Fouled out: none)
SCOTT CITY (96) -- Drew Short 2, Trent Pobst 4, Jesse Sanders 25, Nick Bollinger 9, Jonathan McFall 20, Dillon Brown 11, Dominic Hooper 5, Ryan Brock 21. FG 42, FT 8-13, F 15. (3-pointers: Sanders 2, Brown 2. Fouled out: none)
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Woodland 11 6 10 18 -- 45
Perryville 12 8 15 18 -- 53
WOODLAND (45) -- Aaron Yount 9, Garret Reynolds 16, Ben McCormick 6, Skyler Liley 4, Devon Ritter 7, Codey Miles 3. FG 12, FG 19-29, F 18. (3-pointers: Reynolds 1, Ritter 1. Fouled out: none)
PERRYVILLE (53) -- Nate Kinnison 19, Garrett Martin 12, Grant Dix 7, Dane Weibrecht 2, Colin Schirmer 12, Jacob Lawrence 1. FG 17, FT 16-21, F 22. (3-pointers: Kinnison 1, Maftin 1, Dix 1. Fouled out: none)
Advance 67, Kelly 56
Ethan Barr scored 31 points to lead third-seeded Advance to a 67-56 victory over No. 6 Kelly in the first round of the Oran Invitational.
Lane Below added 21 points for Advance (1-0).
Gaven Ray paced Kelly (0-1) with 14 points.
Top-seeded Scott County Central, the four-time defending Class 1 state champions, posted a 71-41 victory over No. 8 Bell City.
Tyler Masters led the Braves with 20 points, while Larandis Banks had 19.
Second-seeded Oran also cruised to a 106-29 victory against No. 7 Richland.
Kody Moore and Alex Heuring both scored 25 points for the Eagles.
Semifinal action will be held Thursday night.
Bell City 9 12 17 7 -- 45
Scott Central 23 19 25 4 -- 71
BELL CITY (45) -- McKenzie Vires 8, Jared Yates 20, Nolan Schaefer 6, Aaron Smith 1, Trey Geiger 3, Colbey Gammons 5, Jeremy Green 2. FG 16, FT 9-17, F 11. (3-pointers: Yates 3, Geiger 1. Fouled out: none.)
SCOTT CENTRAL (71) -- Chris Brown 6, Larandis Banks 19, Alex Johnson 8, Tyler Masters 20, Jayden Porter 8, Kendall Blissett 4, Cameron Blissett 6. FG 31, FT 7-11, F 20. (3-pointers: Banks 2. Fouled out: none.)
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Richland 10 4 7 8 -- 29
Oran 29 29 29 19 -- 106
RICHLAND (29) -- Skylar Harper 1, Tristan Wamble 2, Jesse Barnes 16, Nick Daniels 4, Tyler Jacobs 5, Adam Lane 1. FG 9, FT 9-17, F 16. (3-pointers: Barnes 2. Fouled out: none.)
ORAN (106) -- Kody Moore 25, Seth Ressel 8, Jacob Priggel 12, Chance Tenkhoff 16, Hunter Schlosser 14, Alex Heuring 25, Bear Hicks 1, Cash Kinney 5. FG 41, FT 9-18, F 13. (3-pointers: Moore 7, Priggel 2, Tenkhoff 2, Schlosser 2. Fouled out: none.)
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Kelly 12 12 18 14 -- 56
Advance 18 15 18 16 -- 67
ADVANCE (67) -- Austin Miller 8, Braden Bien 4, Lane Below 21, Ethan Barr 31. FG 20, FT 15-29, F 19. (3-pointers: Miller 2, Below 2. Fouled out: None)
KELLY (56) -- Gaven Ray 14, Austin Waddlington 4, Trey Walker 5, Jarrod Lynn 3, Brent Forck 9, Josh Roberts 5, Derrick Garner 6, Gabe Felter 10. FG 19, FT 11-20, F 20. (3-pointers: Ray 2, Roberts 1. Fouled out: None)
Perryville 65, Scott County 62 (OT)
Perryville senior Natalie Gremaud had a phenomenal night in the Pirates' season-opening win at home.
Gremaud tallied big in the stats sheets with 21 points, 22 rebounds and five assists in the victory.
Desiree Brown scored 14 points and snagged 17 rebounds for Perryville (1-0). Allison Moldenhauer added nine points, eight steals and seven assists in the win.
Anne Dennis led Scott County Central with 29 points. Mikaela Blissett added 18 points for the Bravettes (0-1).
Scott County 21 10 13 15 3 -- 62
Perryville 16 9 11 22 8 -- 65
PERRYVILLE (65) -- Natalie Gremaud 21, Kaycee Erzfeld 4, Allison Moldenhauer 9, Amiee More 2, Libbi Schnurbusch 5, Cheyenne Davis 2, Brooke Moll 8, Desiree Brown 14. FG 21, FT 11-25, F 16. (3-pointers: Moll 2, Schnurbusch, Erzfeld, Gremaud. Fouled out: None)
SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (62) -- Mikaela Blissett 18, Johniqua Fort 5, Derien Ditto 4, Abby Ross 4, Ziaire Davis 2, Anne Dennis 29. FG 25, FT 6-17, F 20. (3-pointers: Dennis 2. Fouled out: Fort, Ditto, Dennis)
Chaffee 64, Scott City 44
Jordan Pruitt sank four 3-pointers to lead the Red Devils in the home victory.
Ellie Sigman and Julia Sutterfield both added 14 points apiece for Chaffee (2-0). Adrienne Eichhorn sank eight points for the Red Devils.
Lindsey Rendleman paced Scott City with 11 points while Shea Martin added eight points for the Rams (0-1).
Scott City 8 10 12 14 -- 44
Chaffee 18 21 16 9 -- 64
CHAFFEE (64) -- Jordan Pruitt 14, Ellie Sigman 14, Adrienne Eichhorn 8, Julia Sutterfield 14, Lindsey Harrell 4. FG 18, FT 18-19, F 18. (3-pointers: Pruitt 4, Lauren Whistler 1. Fouled out: None)
SCOTT CITY (44) -- Shea Martin 8, Jessica Boswell 2, Lindsey Rendleman 11, Brandi Enderle 6, Alexis Spriggs 4, Alicia Kern 4, Abbie McAlister 6. FG 18, FT 4-12, F 17. (3-pointers: Enderle 1. Fouled out: None)
JV -- Scott City won.
Arcadia Valley 64, Meadow Heights 43
Fourth-seeded Meadow Heights trailed 15-6 after one quarter and couldn't close the gap as the Panthers were upset in their season opener by tournament host and No. 5 Arcadia Valley.
Taylor Cureton and Haley Thorne each scored 11 to lead the Panthers (0-1).
Meadow Heights will face No. 8 Festus at 4 p.m. on Wednesday in the consolation bracket.
Arcadia Valley 15 15 21 13 -- 64
Meadow Heights 6 15 19 3 -- 43
ARCADIA VALLEY (64) -- Megan Williams 7, Sami Price 12, Peyton Mounce 8, Kristen Williams 10, Anna Thomas 19, Ana Bardowski 6, Kimmy Clark 2. FG 30, FT 1-4. (3-pointers: Thomas 1, Price 2. Fouled out: None)
MEADOW HEIGHTS (43) -- Caitlin Cook 7, Kiana Hotop 9, Emma Cook 5, Taylor Cureton 11, Haley Thorne 11. FG 15, FT 7-13. (3-pointers: E. Cook 1, Hotop 2, Cureton 3. Fouled out: None)
Valle 43, St. Vincent 29
Katie Mattingly led with 11 points and 10 rebounds as the Indians dropped their season opener in the first round of the Valle Catholic Invitational Tournament to the host Warriors.
Casey Unterreiner added seven rebounds and Holly Blandford had three assists for St. Vincent (0-1).
The Indians will face Ste. Genevieve at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the consolation bracket of the tournament.
St. Vincent 6 8 7 8 -- 29
Valle Catholic 7 7 14 15 -- 43
VALLE CATHOLIC (43) -- Gretchen Koller 12, Briley Bieser 2, Josie Meyer 10, Lacie Lutrell 11, Mackenzie Wipfler 7. FG 16, FT 8-16, F 10. (3-pointers: Lutrell 1. Fouled out: None)
ST. VINCENT (29) -- Dani Hogard 2, Kelly Welker 2, Katie Mattingly 11, Casey Unterreiner 7, Holly Blandford 1, Kelly Welker 2, Rhonda Mudd 4, Makenzie Winkler 2. FG 12, FT 5-16, F 17. (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None)
-- From staff reports
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