High school roundup: Notre Dame boys pull away from Advance

Quinn Poythress scored 17 points and dished out eight assists to lead the Notre Dame boys basketball team to an 84-55 win over Advance at home Thursday night.

The Bulldogs led 42-31 at halftime.

Chase Urhahn sank 15 points, while Derek Hulshof tallied 12 points and 12 rebounds. Grant Ressel and Jordan Barber added 11 points apiece for Notre Dame (8-6).

Advance standout Lane Below notched a game-high 22 points, and Austin Miller added 11 points for the Hornets (11-6).

Advance 14 17 10 14 -- 55

Notre Dame 18 24 24 18 -- 84

ADVANCE (55) -- Austin Miller 11, Lane Below 22, Eli Seger 8, Alex Morse 2, Richie Nixon 2, Ben Trout 2, Dawson Mayo 8. FG 13, FT 26-36, F 18. (3-pointers: Below 3. Fouled out: None)

NOTRE DAME (84) -- Chase Urhahn 15, Hunter Eftink 8, Tanner Shively 3, Quinn Poythress 17, Trenton Schumer 4, Grant Ressel 11, Jordan Barber 11, Thomas Himmelberg 3, Derek Hulshof 12, Dean Crippen 1, Bobby Jansen 2. FG 30, FT 19-29, F 28. (3-pointers: Ressel 2, Urhahn 1, Poythress 1, Himmelberg 1. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Notre Dame 68, Advance 44

Bell City 76, Zalma 43

Bobby Wright scored 13 points as the Cubs picked up the road win.

The Cubs held a five-point lead at halftime before outscoring the Bulldogs by 28 points in the second half.

Nate Finney recorded 12 points and Aaron Smith chipped in 11 points for Bell City (4-10).

Zalma's Brent Overbey notched a game-high 18 points to pace the Bulldogs (1-12).

Zalma 12 16 9 6 -- 43

Bell City 12 21 22 21 -- 76

ZALMA (43) -- Peyton Ford 2, Alex Steinberg 5, Brent Overbey 18, Andrew Hovis 6, Christopher Lombeida 2, Caleb Hankins 2, D.J. Hankins 8. FG 16, FT 10-17, F 20. (3-pointers: Overbey 1. Fouled out: Ford)

BELL CITY (76) -- Taylor Ogden 2, Nate Finney 12, Tyler Evans 4, Nolan Schaefer 8, Aaron Smith 11, Cole Nichols 2, Austin Hicks 6, Bobby Wright 13, Cameron Polley 1, Royce Liggins 6, Peyton Maddox 9, Quinton Herkenhoff 2. FG 28, FT 16-24, F 21. (3-pointers: Finney 2, Wright 2. Fouled out: None)

Leopold 105, Richland 35

Wesley Stoverink scored a game-high 34 points and recorded 15 rebounds and eight steals as the Wildcats routed the winless Rebels on the road.

The Wildcats led the Rebels (0-11) by 46 points at halftime.

Zach Beel tallied 19 points and 12 rebounds, while Cameron Davis added 16 points for Leopold (12-2). Austin Bucher dished out six assists for the Wildcats.

Leopold 32 29 27 17 -- 105

Richland 7 8 8 12 -- 35

LEOPOLD (105) -- Parker Brown 9, Austin Bucher 6, Dillan Vandeven 7, Zach Elfrink 9, Cameron Davis 16, Cord Cooper 5, Zach Beel 19, Wesley Stoverink 34. FG 44, FT 5-14, F 9. (3-pointers: Brown 1, Vandeven 1, Davis 1, Cooper 1. Fouled out: None)

RICHLAND (35) -- Skyler Harper 4, Tristan Wamble 6, Jacob Gonzales 4, Preston Tilley 6, Josh Thornton 5, Jerry Craft 8, Tyler Maddox 2. FG 12, FT 5-10, F 9. (3-pointers: Wamble 2. Fouled out: Wamble)

JV -- Richland won.

Oak Ridge 61, Marquand 22

Oak Ridge senior standout Ryan Below finished with 19 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks in the Blue Jays' conference win at home.

Oak Ridge posted a 41-8 lead at halftime and never looked back.

Jake LeGrand netted 15 points and Kolt Metje recorded six steals for Oak Ridge (8-9).

John Tucker had eight points for Marquand (6-6).

Marquand 2 6 7 7 -- 22

Oak Ridge 26 15 11 9 -- 61

MARQUAND (22) -- Jarod Johnson 2, John Tucker 8, Daniel Snider 2, Tyler Dunn 2, Ethan Lord 3, Trenton Beck 1. FG 7, FT 8-14, F 12. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Cody Weekley

OAK RIDGE (61) -- Nathan Bolin 2, Joey Jaster 3, Joe Grieme 2, Kelby Brown 5, Ryan Below 19, Jake LeGrand 15, Kolt Metje 7, Clay Maintz 8. FG 24, FT 10-14, F 17. (3-pointers: Jaster 1, Brown 1, LeGrand 1. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Marquand 35, Oak Ridge 21

Scott-Miss. Tournament

Top-seeded Scott County Central and No. 2 Oran advanced to the championship game of the Scott-Mississippi County Conference Tournament in Delta, Mo.

Javonta Daniel scored 25 points in Scott County's 91-69 win over East Prairie. Jeffery Porter added 21 points, while Larandis Banks had 17 and Juwan Owens 12.

Damion Tipler scored 23 points for East Prairie.

Oran used a balanced attack to hold off Chaffee 73-68. Jacob Priggel paced the Eagles with 18 points, while Seth Ressel and Hunter Schlosser both netted 15 and Chance Tenkhoff added 14.

Trevor Morehead scored a game-high 21 points for Chaffee, while Charlie Montgomery finished with 19. Layton Tenkhoff added 12 points and Storm Ested had 10.

Scott County and Oran will meet for the title at 8:30 p.m. today.

Scott Central 29 16 21 25 -- 91

East Prairie 21 16 14 18 -- 69

SCOTT CENTRAL (91) -- Juwan Owens 12, Larandis Banks 17, Jeffery Porter 21, Kendall Blissett 8, Javonta Daniel 25, Cameron Blissett 2, Matthew Blissett 6. FG 40, FT 8-13, F 17. (3-pointers: Owens 1, Banks 1, Porter 1. Fouled out: none.)

EAST PRAIRIE (69) -- Seth Johnson 13, Seth Bays 17, Dustin Bryars 7, Brett Ellis 3, Mack Marcum 3, Damion Tipler 23, Cade Douglas 1, Brandon Evans 2. FG 28, FT 6-13, F 13. (3-pointers: Johnson 3, Bays 2, Bryars 1, Marcum 1. Fouled out: none.)

Oran 25 12 20 16 -- 73

Chaffee 20 16 16 16 -- 68

ORAN (73) -- Thomas Trankler 6, Jacob Priggel 18, Chance Tenkhoff 14, Seth Ressel 15, Garrison Mangels 3, Hunter Schlosser 15, Cash Kinney 2. FG 27, FT 14-21, F 15. (3-pointers: Priggel 1, Tenkhoff 2, Ressel 1, Schlosser 1. Fouled out: none.)

CHAFFEE (68) -- Layton Tenkhoff 11, Storm Estes 10, Jimmy Golden 7, Charlie Montgomery 19, Trevor Morehead 21. FG 26, FT 9-16, F 18. (3-pointers: Tenkhoff 1, Estes 2, Golden 1, Montgomery 3. Fouled out: Tenkhoff, Montgomery.)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Saxony Lutheran 68, Central 21

Grace Mirly sank a game-high 20 points as the Crusaders cruised to victory at home.

The Crusaders held a 29-point lead at halftime.

Brianna Mueller recorded 14 points and seven steals, while Maddie Brune added 14 points and five steals for Saxony Lutheran (12-3). Ashlynn Collier grabbed eight rebounds for the Crusaders.

Central's Kelly Morton had six points to pace the Tigers (2-11).

Central 2 3 9 7 -- 21

Saxony 13 21 25 9 -- 68

CENTRAL (21) -- Kelly Morton 6, Sarah Boerboom 2, Kassidy Pannier 5, Maddie Daum 1, Deja Stewart 2, Moriah Terry 5. FG 7, FT 1-2, F 12. (3-pointers: Pannier 1, Terry 1. Fouled out: None)

SAXONY LUTHERAN (68) -- Grace Mirly 20, Ali Galemmo 4, Brianna Mueller 14, Ashlynn Collier 4, Raegan Wieser 8, Maci Daniel 2, Tess Daniel 2, Maddie Brune 14. FG 27, FT 8-13, F 6. (3-pointers: Mirly 1, Mueller 1. Fouled out: None)

Oran 67, Delta 19

Chrissy Sauceda scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead the Eagles to an easy win at home.

Oran held a 41-2 lead at halftime.

Allie Cummins added 13 points and Tatum May tallied 10 points for Oran (9-5).

Delta's Krista Valentine paced the Bobcats (2-9) with six points.

Delta 0 2 11 6 -- 19

Oran 23 18 20 6 -- 67

DELTA (19) -- Lydia Borneman 4, Alysha Vessells 2, Krista Valentine 6, Shiann Clayborn 5, Kiley Wicker 2. FG 6, FT 1-2, F 9. (3-pointers: Valentine 1, Clayborn 1. Fouled out: None)

ORAN (67) -- Aubrianna Jones 6, Addie Kielhofner 8, Ashlyn McIntosh 6, Taylor Nenninger 8, Allie Cummins 13, Tatum May 10, Chrissy Sauceda 14, Toni Hency 2. FG 22, FT 5-10, F 6. (3-pointers: Sauceda 4, Jones 2. Fouled out: None)

Hillsboro 56, Perryville 51

Ahnie Hoff recorded a team-high 16 points and 10 rebounds as the Pirates fell at home.

Allison Moldenhauer tallied 15 points, nine assists and five steals, while Kylie Belik added 10 points for Perryville (5-7). Amiee More had seven rebounds.

Victoria Price sank a game-high 19 points for the Hawks (2-10).

Hillsboro 17 20 13 6 -- 56

Perryville 15 13 15 8 -- 51

HILLSBORO (56) -- Cassidy Frank 6, Savannah Gerullis 1, Kayla Christian 2, Amber Peterson 11, Christen Hopfer 7, Victoria Price 19, Lexi Close 10. FG 19, FT 3-12, F 10. (3-pointers: Price 2, Close 1, Hopfer 1, Peterson 1. Fouled out: None)

PERRYVILLE (51) -- Ahnie Hoff 16, Allison Moldenhauer 15, Amiee More 6, Kylie Belik 10, Desiree Brown 4. FG 18, FT 0-5, F 17. (3-pointers: Moldenhauer 3, Belik 2. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Perryville 36, Hillsboro 16

Woodland 54, Meadow Heights 30

Woodland senior standout Josie Long scored 28 points to lead the Cardinals to a road victory.

Rachel Poole added 11 points for Woodland (12-3).

Meadow Heights' Emma Cook recorded 16 points to pace the Panthers (3-13).

Woodland 13 13 16 12 -- 54

Meadow Hts. 6 16 2 6 -- 30

WOODLAND (54) -- Whitney Lincoln 7, Josie Long 28, Kathlyn Cooper 2, Rachel Poole 11, Shelby Sawyer 5, Lindsey Craft 1. FG 19, FT 14-23, F 18. (3-pointers: Long 2. Fouled out: None)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (30) -- Kassy Henson 1, Kylee Whitener 2, Abi Bristow 2, Emma Cook 16, Hayley Thorne 9. FG 7, FT 14-24, F 13. (3-pointers: Cook 2. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Woodland 46, Meadow Heights 15

GIRLS SWIMMING

Central 94, Poplar Bluff 76

The Tigers placed first in six events and tied with the host Mules in one event to come away with the victory at the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Central's Josey Powell finished first in two events for the Tigers. The sophomore posted a first-place time of 1 minute, 1.98 seconds in the 100 freestyle and 1:10.94 in the 100 backstroke to help propel the Tigers.

Top three finishers

200 medley relay -- 1. Poplar Bluff (Haylee Dragon, Morgan McAtee, Lexi Vaughn, Kaelyn Moore) 2:07.42; 2. Central 2:09.86; 3. Central 2:26.70

200 freestyle -- 1. Sierra Smith (C) 2:22.53; 2. Sarah Elfrink (C) 2:33.69; 3. Katie Huskey (PB) 2:35.03

200 individual medley -- 1. Morgan McAtee (PB) 2:33.24; 2. Maddie Siefert (C) 2:40.18; 3. Shelby Powers (C) 2:59.75

50 freestyle -- 1. Maddy McDonald (C) 27.94; 2. Kaelyn Moore (PB) 28.81; 3. Ashley Stonecipher (PB) 29.95

100 butterfly -- 1. Josie Young (C) 1:15.03; 2. Megan Smith (C) 1:19.36; 3. Katie Huskey (PB) 1:23.10 100 freestyle -- 1. Josey Powell (C) 1:01.98; 2. Haylee Dragon (PB) 1:02.00; 3. Sierra Smith (C) 1:07.26

500 freestyle -- 1. Lexi Vaughn (PB) 5:48.07; 2. Sarah Elfrink (C) 6:58.41; 3. Polly Shantz (C) 7:22.58

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Central (Maddie Siefert, Sarah Elfrink, Josie Young, Sierra Smith) 2:03.63; 2. Poplar Bluff 2:03.80; 3. Central 2:13.24

100 backstroke -- 1. Josey Powell (C) 1:10.94; 2. Haylee Dragon (PB) 1:14.69; 3. Lexi Vaughn (PB) 1:17.52

100 breaststroke -- 1. Morgan McAtee (PB) 1:15.49; 2. Maddie Siefert (C) 1:21.80; 3. Maddy McDonald (C) 1:26.52

400 freestyle relay -- 1. (tie) Poplar Bluff (Haylee Dragon, Lexi Vaughn, Kaelyn Moore, Morgan McAtee), Central (Sierra Smith, Sarah Elfrink, Josey Powell, Maddy McDonald) 4:17.91; 3. Poplar Bluff 4:49.03

MICDS 111, Notre Dame 59

The Notre Dame swimming team took first place in four events in a dual loss to Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS) in suburban St. Louis.

Notre Dame's Madison Heisserer posted a state-qualifying time of 2:17.87 in the 200 individual medley. The sophomore standout also touched the wall in 1:05.52 in the 100 butterfly.

Top three finishers

200 medley relay -- 3. Notre Dame (Angelica Rubi, Emily Todt, Addie McGill, Becky Earley) 1:18.51

200 freestyle -- 2. Megan Peters (ND) 2:08.91

200 individual medley -- 1. Madison Heisserer (ND) 2:17.87

50 freestyle -- 3. Mary-Liz Klueppel (ND) 28.79

100 butterfly -- 1. Madison Heisserer (ND) 1:05.52

100 freestyle -- 1. Megan Peters (ND) 57.76 500 freestyle -- 2. Jacie Pujol (ND) 5:57.46

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Notre Dame (Madison Heisserer, Megan Peters, Mary-Liz Klueppel, Caroline Schott) 1:51.58

100 breaststroke -- 2. Emily Todt (ND) 1:18.51

400 freestyle relay -- 2. Notre Dame (Madison Heisserer, Megan Peters, Mary-Liz Klueppel, Caroline Schott) 4:08.14

-- From staff reports