Bernie's Jordan McGowan drained a 3-pointer from beyond the arc as time expired for the game-winner in the Mules' 54-51 win over Notre Dame on Friday.
McGowan finished with 25 points and five stelas for Bernie. He also broke the state record for charges in a career, according to Bernie coach Brad Botsch. McGowan took the brunt of two Notre Dame charges in the game.
Jacob Tolbert netted 15 points to lead the Bulldogs (10-11).
Nathan Meystedt added 14 points in the defeat.
Notre Dame 16 11 12 12 -- 51
Bernie 7 14 16 17 -- 54
NOTRE DAME (51) -- Derek Landewee 5, Jordan Reddin 4, Nathan Meystedt 14, Joseph Siebert 5, Alex Beussink 5, Jacob Tolbert 15, Cody Heisserer 3. FG 24, FT 1-7, F 19. (3-pointers: Landewee 1, Siebert 1, Beussink 1, Tolbert 1. Fouled out: Meystedt)
BERNIE (54) -- Cameron Shipman 14, Matt Eaves 7, Seth Walters 4, Sammy Walker 4, Sam Turner 2, Landon Woods 2, Jordan McGowan 25. FG 18, FT 7-11, F 6. (3-pointers: Shipman 4, McGowan 7. Fouled out: none)
The Pirates built an eight-point lead at halftime but had to rally for the home win after the Tigers started hitting from long range.
Jake Dobbelare finished with a double-double, pumping in 11 points to go with 11 rebounds.
Bryce Weibrecht scored a team-high 20 points, while Ross Moldenhauer added 14 for Perryville (16-5, 1-1).
Festus 13 8 18 19 -- 58
Perryville 14 15 18 12 -- 59
FESTUS (58) -- Collin Beffa 1, Reid Karscig 6, Jeremy Moss 21, Austin Schwent 10, Nicholas Palmer 2, Troy Maynard 10, Blaine Eggemeyer 8. FG 22, FT 3-9, F 17. (3-pointers: Moss 7, Karscig 2, Maynard 1. Fouled out: none)
PERRYVILLE (59) -- Jake Dobbelare 11, Colby Brown 3, Ross Moldenhauer 14, Bryce Weibrecht 20, Jared Thieret 11. FG 22, FT 10-17, F 11. (3-pointers: Moldenhauer 4, Weibrecht 1. Fouled out: none)
Gabe Felter poured in 11 points to lead the Hawks to the road win.
Stosh Lovett added 10 points to help Kelly improve to 3-12.
Chase Crowden led the Bobcats with 16 points.
Delta (6-8) entered the fourth quarter trailing by six points.
Kelly 13 16 15 13 -- 57
Delta 13 13 12 18 -- 56
KELLY (57) -- Garrett Alsup 9, Trey Drury 4, Sawyer Elfrink 6, Stosh Lovett 10, Jerret Nicoson 6, Ian Householder 8, Michael Kuykendall 4, Gabe Felter 11. FG 21, FT 13-24, F 15. (3-pointers: Lovett 2. Fouled out: none)
DELTA (56) -- Seth Blattel 2, Chase Crowden 16, Brandon Horman 5, Zach Riegert 4, Collin Schabbing 3, Greg Brawley 15, Austin Lashley 3, Dallas Naramore 8. FG 13, FT 9-20, F 22. (3-pointers: Brawley 2, Schabbing 1, Crowden 3. Fouled out: none)
The Eagles never allowed the Cubs to settle into the game.
Oran (13-6) busted out to a 24-point lead after the first quarter and never looked back.
Jon Morrow netted 29 points, while Nathan Michelsen added 15 for the Eagles.
Jared Yates led Bell City with 10 points.
Bell City 4 13 6 10 -- 33
Oran 28 17 21 9 -- 75
BELL CITY (33) -- Jared Yates 10, Terrance Johnson 6, Alan Michael Hess 6, Shane Hughes 8, Chris Carpenter 2, Vieres 1. FG 11, FT 9-13, F 14. (3-pointers: Yates 2. Fouled out: none)
ORAN (75) -- Nathan Michelsen 15, Preston Scherer 9, Nolan Urhahn 2, Kody Moore 6, Tyler Heuring 6, Reece Mangels 3, Jon Morrow 29, Seth Ressel 2, Chance Tenkhoff 3. FG 30, FT 12-19, F 15. (3-pointers: Michelsen 1, Scherer 1. Fouled out: none)
Gus Klaus recorded 28 points to lead the Crusaders to victory at home.
Gabe Bohnert added 12 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for Saxony Lutheran (9-11).
Aaron Margrabe led the Eagles with 21 points.
Eagle Ridge 15 8 9 9 -- 41
Saxony 27 29 24 14 -- 94
EAGLE RIDGE (41) -- Andrew Hileman 4, Josh Friedrich 2, Aaron Margrabe 21, Josh Carbaugh 14. FG 15, FT 8-15, F 10. (3-pointers: Margrabe 2, Carbaugh 1. Fouled out: none)
SAXONY (94) -- Gus Klaus 28, Kris Cook 5, Clayton Carver 14, Clay Roth 14, Matt Wills 9, Shawn Hadler 4, Gabe Bohnert 12, Ryan Sprandel 2, Nick Johnson 6. FG 40, FT 11-13, F 15. (3-pointers: Klaus 3, Cook 1, Carver 4, Roth 2, Wills 1. Fouled out: none)
Zach Cotner led the Rams with 26 points in a road win.
Justin Modglin collected 14 rebounds and seven steals for Scott City (6-12).
Scott City 14 21 21 6 -- 62
East Prairie 12 10 6 2 -- 30
SCOTT CITY (62) -- Justin Modglin 14, Zach Cotner 26, Hunter Cox 4, Landon Robert 10, Ryan Brock 2, Jesse Sanders 6. FG 23, FT 6-10, F 5. (3-pointers: Robert 2, Sanders 2, Modglin 1, Cotner 2. Fouled out: none)
EAST PRAIRIE (30) -- Shawn King 9, Dalton Golightly 2, Phillip Latamondeer 2, Aaron Miller 4, Andrew Cartwright 2, Connor Scott 7, Ryan Mathis 4. FG 14, FT 1-2, F 15. (3-pointers: King 1. Fouled out: none)
Mark Kutz netted 14 points in a road loss.
Adam Winkler added 13 points for St. Vincent (4-8).
St. Vincent 12 10 3 20 -- 45
St. Pius 2 10 18 22 -- 52
ST. VINCENT (45) -- Adam Winkler 13, Ryan Boxdorfer 2, Tim Schumer 3, Brett Wengert 6, Taylor Sauer 1, Mark Kutz 14, Sean Martin 6. FG 16, FT 9-18, F 16. (3-pointers: Wengert 2, Schumer 1, Winkler 1. Fouled out: none)
ST. PIUS (52) -- Garrett McDowell 25, Josh Kneff 16, Will Basler 5, Chad Otec 2, Sam Wilson 2, Hayden Smith 2. FG 17, FT 12-18, F 17. (3-pointers: McDowell 4, Kneff 1, Basler 1. Fouled out: none)
Katie Hogan scored 17 points to go with nine rebounds while Melanie Lacey added 13 points and eight boards in the Rams' home win.
Scott City (16-3) only made 33 percent (4 of 12) of its free throws but led by 18 points at halftime.
SCC 9 5 7 4 -- 25
Scott City 18 14 17 9 -- 58
SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (25) -- Mikaela Blissett 2, Johniqua Fort 7, Derien Ditto 8, Kayla Guzman 4, Abby Ross 2, Shelly Pritchett 2. FG 9, FT 6-8, F 11. (3-pointers: Fort 1. Fouled out: none)
SCOTT CITY (58) -- Stacey Heisserer 3, Melanie Lacey 13, Courtney Bentley 4, Lindsey Ressel 1, Michaela Cobb 4, Jenna Cummins 4, Katie Rhymer 4, Katie Hogan 17, Brittany Kiefer 6, Andrea Gray 2. FG 27, FT 4-12, F 10. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
Morgan Morris finished first in the 500 freestyle and added a second in the 50 freestyle, while Kate Bohn won the 100 freestyle and was second in the 200 freestyle to lead the Bulldogs.
200 medley relay -- 2. Notre Dame 2:18.39
200 freestyle -- 2. Kate Bohn, 2:29.08; 3. Natalie Brewer, 2:32.89
200 individual medley -- 3. Liz Klueppel, 2:51.88
50 freestyle -- 2. Morgan Morris, 26.77
100 freestyle -- 1. Bohn, 1:04.66; 2. Eva Schafer, 1:05.00
500 freestyle -- 1. Morris, 5:49.66; 2. Shelby Ray, 6:34.96; 3. Keira Soutar, 7:05.95
200 freestyle relay -- 3. Notre Dame 2:05.68
100 backstroke -- 2. Schafer, 1:18.42
100 breaststroke -- 2. Klueppel, 1:24.70
400 freestyle relay 2. Notre Dame 4:25.24
-- From staff reports
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