The Leopold boys basketball team took a four-point lead over Perryville into halftime at the weather-delayed Woodland Tournament on Wednesday.
The Wildcats made a couple changes at halftime before running away with a 56-34 win.
"We changed our defense up a little bit," Leopold coach Andy Beck said. "We threw in some man-to-man, which most teams don't see us do very often. That kind of flustered them a little bit. We got after their guards. They put on a press there late in the third, and we got easy layups out of it. We ran two different press breaks and just got wide-open layups where nobody was inside the 3-point line. That kind of got us some easy buckets and got us a bit of a lead there."
It was the second consecutive title for Leopold at the tournament.
"Well, the defense showed up finally," Beck said. "They weren't there the other night I don't think against Oak Ridge very well. But tonight we really talked about it in the shootaround today. We really talked about it beforehand, just getting in the passing lane and getting after loose balls and things like that. Our defense was great tonight. That was the big difference."
Beck said his team, which lost seven seniors last season, wanted to make a point at the tournament.
"It really means a lot. ... They got the third seed, and we really think we were better than the third seed," Beck said. "They had that to prove all week. They've been talking about it. You never know with the weather the way it is how they're going to come out, but they were ready. They had something to prove. They had a chip on their shoulder to prove that they weren't the three seed, and to prove that they're still a good team without those seniors we had last year."
Senior Cameron Davis led Leopold, which missed 14 free throws in the game, with 21 points. Sophomore Zach Beel had 16 points and 14 rebounds, 10 of which came on the defensive side.
Leopold 12 9 20 15 -- 56
Perryville 5 12 9 8 -- 34
LEOPOLD (56) -- Austin Bucher 7, Dillan Vandeven 6, Zach Elfrink 1, Andrew McWilliams 5, Cameron Davis 21, Zach Beel 16. FG 22, FT 11-25, F 10. (3-pointers: Bucher 1. Fouled out: none)
PERRYVILLE (34) -- Matthew Moran 1, Grant Dix 2, Trenton Green 7, Luke Schlichting 4, Brett Schnurbusch 2, Garrett Martin 5, Collin Stief 2, Colin Schirmer 11. FG 13, FT 6-9, F 20. (3-pointers: Schlichting 1, Martin 1. Fouled out: none)
The Woodland boys basketball team watched its eight-point lead disappear in the fourth quarter of the third-place game at the Woodland Invitational.
The Cardinals trailed by three points with .7 seconds left on the clock when Devon Gramlisch sank a 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the game to overtime and eventually allow Woodland to win 51-48.
"He's got the capabilities of shooting," Woodland coach Scot Davis said of Gramlisch. "He's got a good 15-foot range, but at the same time he was the safety option. I told him, I said, 'Listen. You pop out there, no one's going to guard you.' He hasn't shot a 3 all year, so I just said, 'Hey, just cut out there. If you catch it, just turn around and shoot it. He did, and it rattled in."
It was the second game in a row Oak Ridge saw a win disappear with a last-second shot. Leopold's Parker Brown hit a 3 with less than 10 seconds to go to give his team a victory over the Blue Jays in the semifinals.
For Woodland, it was ultimately a successful attempt to close out a game after a chance to defeat Perryville in the semifinals was lost late.
"It means that that we have the capability to win games when it comes down to the end," Davis said. "I think that's one of the biggest things. Being able to play well for three quarters is good and everything, but being about to close those things out -- we didn't close it out in the third quarter. We really didn't. We were outscored at one time by 11 in the fourth quarter. We just got that .7 seconds 3-pointer up, and we grew up in overtime it seemed like."
Woodland 9 14 12 10 6 -- 51
Oak Ridge 12 5 10 18 3 -- 48
WOODLAND (51) -- Evan Grindstaff 8, Tyler Yount 3, Garret Reynolds 16, Devon Ritter 8, Cole Schlief 2, Devon Gramlisch 14. FG 19, FT 9-17, F 15. (3-pointers: Grindstaff 1, Reynolds 1, Ritter 1, Gramlisch 1. Fouled out: none)
OAK RIDGE (48) -- Andrew Puchbauer 4, Kelby Brown 14, Ryan Below 13, Jake LeGrand 10, Kolt Metje 2, Clay Maintz 2. FG 17, FT 7-15, F 19. (3-pointers: Puchbauer 2, Brown 4, LeGrand 1. Fouled out: Below, LeGrand)
The Rams claimed the consolation title with a last-secon win.
Sophomore guard Isiah Berry rebounded a missed jumper and made a layup just before the buzzer to seal the win for Scott City (2-1). Berry finished the game with seven points to go along with 10 assists.
Scott City sophomore Trent Pobst led all scorers with 21 points while teammate Brock Uelsmann had nine rebounds and four points.
Kyle Baremore led Meadow Heights with 14 points, and Tyler Cook added 12.
Meadow Heights 18 10 14 8 -- 50
Scott City 17 13 10 11 -- 51
MEADOW HEIGHTS (50) -- Jacob Douglas 11, Justin McGuire 10, Kody Overbey 2, Tyler Cook 12, Kyle Baremore 14, Kyle Overbey 1. FG 19, FT 4-8, F 13. (3-pointers: Douglas 3, McGuire 2. Fouled out: Douglas)
SCOTT CITY (51) -- Trent Pobst 21, Dylan Keller 5, Drew Short 2, Isiah Berry 7, Brock Uelsmann 4, Braden Cox 8, Dominic Hooper 2, Tyler Rogers 2. FG 20, FT 4-5, F 10. (3-pointers: Pobst 5, Keller 1, Berry 1. Fouled out: none)
Saxony Lutheran claimed the Rolla "Duke" Herbert Classic title at Crystal City by defeating Ste. Genevieve, who beat the Crusaders on a last-second shot during a regular-season game Tuesday night.
Jack Lake led Saxony with 28 points and 20 rebounds while Hunter Coe had 10 assists to go with seven points.
Ste. Genevieve 8 11 14 24 -- 57
Saxony Lutheran 12 24 15 13 -- 64
STE. GENEVIEVE (57) -- Mueller 10, Drury 13, Schmelzle 4, Womack 5, Lipp 6, Baber 2, Billings 8, Dallas 7. FG 16, FT 16-19, F 22. (3-pointers: Drury 1, Womack 1, Lipp 2, Billings 2, Dallas 2. Fouled out: none)
SAXONY LUTHERAN (64) -- Zach Beal 7, Chase Steffens 4, Taylor Richmond 14, Elwood Voss 4, Hunter Coe 7, Jack Lake 28. FG 23, FT 14-22, F 18. (3-pointers: Steffens 1, Richmond 1, Coe 2. Fouled out: Steffens)
St. Vincent dropped to 0-3 with a loss to Herculaneum at the Herbert Classic. Nathan Carroll finished the night with 15 points while Alex Winkler had 10.
St. Vincent 14 15 7 8 -- 44
Herculaneum 22 11 23 20 -- 76
ST. VINCENT (44) -- Nathan Carroll 15, Alex Winkler 10, Kevin Mattingly 9, Trevor Leible 7, Kaleb Schnurbusch 3, Jordan Rellergert 3. FG 17, FT 8-18, F 14. (3-pointers: Carroll 1, Schnurbusch 3. Fouled out:)
HERCULANEUM (76) -- Fisher 33, Stamps 11, Cox 9, Hartman 9, Barnett 6, Jackson 4, O'Brien 2, Coffman 2. FG 32, FT 7-15, F 17. (3-pointers: Cox 2, Stamps 1, Barnett 1, Fisher 1. Fouled out:)
Perryville earned the victory against Meadow Heights at home. Ahnie Hoff ended the night with 25 points.
Meadow Heights 13 8 8 13 -- 49
Perryville 13 8 17 15 -- 51
MEADOW HEIGHTS (49) -- Kylee Whitener 6, Abi Bristow 4, Kiana Hotop 10, Emma Cook 17, Hayley Thorne 12. FG 17, FT 11-15, F 16. (3-pointers: Bristow 1, Hotop 2, Cook 2, Thorne 1. Fouled out:)
Perryville (51) -- Ahnie Hoff 24, Allison Moldenhauer 5, Catrina More 2, Allison McGarvey 2, Kyle Belick 2, Desiree Brown 6. FG 23, FT 4-9, F 14. (3-pointers: Belick 1. Fouled out: none)
JV -- Perryville won 15-12
St. Vincent got the win on the road.
Katie Mattingly led the team with 20 points while Kayla Winkler had nine and Casey Unterreiner finished the night with eight.
St. Vincent 8 15 13 11 -- 47
Kingston 2 8 7 6 -- 23
ST. VINCENT (49) -- Kylie Baer 4, Paige Yamnitz 2, Courtney Brown 2, Holly Blandford 2, Casey Unterreiner 8, Katie Mattingly 20, Kayla Winkler 9. FG 16, FT 15-29, F 15. (3-pointers: none Fouled out: none )
KINGSTON (23) -- Ekrhoff 2, Jarvis 2, Morrison 9, Jennings 8, Skiles 2. FG 9, FT 5-12, F 21. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Jennings)
Kelly opened the Lady Devils Invitational in Chaffee with a victory.
Chaffee 6 7 12 7 -- 32
Kelly 4 20 6 12 -- 42
CHAFFEE (32) -- Jordan Pruitt 10, Julia Sutterfield 6, Elaine Sexton 2, Hannah Seyer 6, Lindsey Harrell 2, Kaitlin McFerron 2. FG 9, FT 7-25, F 19. (3-pointers: Pruitt 1. Fouled out: none)
KELLY (42) -- Samantha Ratledge 8, Morgan LeDure 2, Kaylee Scherer 1, Tessa Johnson 11, Stephanie Worth 3, Tori Duenne 7, Kristi Brucker 3, Payton Jones 1, Logan Ivie 6. FG 16, FT 8-22, F 21. (3-pointers: Johnson 1. Fouled out: none)
Top-seeded Woodland advanced in the opening round of the Lady Devils Invitational.
Puxico 6 5 13 7 -- 31
Woodland 21 19 23 2 -- 65
PUXICO (31) -- Morgyn Nelson 4, Danielle Roberts 6, Brenna Hancock 3, Gabby Clark 6, Katelyn Pierre 6, Nikki Richmond 6. FG 9, FT 12-21, F 16. (3-pointers: Roberts 1. Fouled out: none.)
WOODLAND (65) -- Whitney Lincoln 1, Josie Long 29, Taylor Toombs 13, Rachel Poole 8, Shelby Sawyer 7, Lindsey Craft 4, Ashley Chapman 3. FG 24, FT 9-17, F 15. (3-pointers: Long 4, Toombs 3, Chapman 1. Fouled out: none.)
Jackson romped in both of its contests during a double dual.
106 -- Gus Guilliams (J) won by forfeit
113 -- Jarrett Reisenbichler (J) p. Bailey Alford (P) in :36
120 -- Matt King (P) dec. Colt Jackson (J) 3-1
126 -- Jake Byrd (J) p. Gavin Wells in :39
132 -- Chance Moore (P) major dec. Brenden Cheneler (J) 10-0
138 -- Micah Collier (J) p. Austin Walker (P)
145 -- Tyler Rush (J) p. Jarone Glass (P) 4:35
152 -- Clayton Collier (J) p. Dakota Coleman (P)
160 -- Trey Proffer (J) p. Colton Jordan
170 -- Zach Norrick (J) Dec. Michael Kerr (P) Kerr 8-5
182 -- Josh Stone (J) p. Steven Haley
195 -- Jameson McCullough (J) p. Jordan Lansford (P) 1:46
220 -- Clay Darnell (J) p. Alec Green (P)
285 -- Preston Hobeck p. Steven Harper (P) 1:29
JV -- Jackson won 78-6
106 -- Gus Guilliams (J) won by forfeit
113 -- Jarrett Reisenbichler (J) p. Aaron Gion (W)
120 -- Colt Jackson (J) won by forfeit (W)
132 -- Brenden Cheneler (J) dec. Eli Parham (W) 13-6
138 -- Micah Collier (J) dec. Alex Hopkins (W)
145 -- Tyler Rush (J) p. Bo Thomas (W) :46
152 -- Clayton Collier (J) maj. dec. Clayton Hubler (W) 8-0
160 -- Tre Proffer (J) dec. Trent Briden (W) 3-2
170 -- Michael Weston (W) dec. Zach Norrick (J) 6-1
182 -- Sam Terrana (W) dec. Josh Stone (J) 6-5
195 -- Tom Graham (W) dec. Jameson McCullough (J) 8-5
220 -- Clay Darnell (J) p. David Becker (W) :54
285 -- Preston Hobeck (J) won by forfeit
JV -- Jackson won 58-12
-- From staff reports
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