Jacob Tolbert netted 28 points to lead the Notre Dame boys basketball team to a lopsided victory against host New Madrid County Central on Tuesday.
Cody Heisserer added 14 points for the Bulldogs (2-2), who only allowed six points after halftime.
Notre Dame 14 17 10 16 -- 57
New Madrid 14 9 2 4 -- 29
NOTRE DAME (57) -- Derek Landewee 1, Jordan Reddin 4, Nathan Meystedt 2, Alex Beussink 1, Andrew Lange 2, Matt Patton 2, Jacob Tolbert 28, Cody Heisserer 14, Shawn Easley 3. FG 27, FT 12-16, F 10. (3-pointers: Tolbert 1. Fouled out: none)
NEW MADRID COUNTY CENTRAL (29) -- Lamonte Nelson 11, Jamareia Jones 8, G'Darius Stevenson 6, Earl Grissom 2, CJ Chism 2. FG 14, FT 0-1, F 14. (3-pointers: Nelson 1. Fouled out: none)
JV -- Notre Dame won.
Gus Klaus converted a conventional three-point play to snap a fourth-quarter tie in the Crusaders' home win.
Kris Cook made 1 of 2 free throws to solidify the win.
Klaus finished with 30 points, while Clayton Carver had four 3-pointers for Saxony Lutheran (3-2).
The Crusaders went 23 of 26 (88 percent) from the free-throw line.
Portageville 22 16 16 20 -- 74
Saxony 17 18 17 25 -- 77
PORTAGEVILLE (74) -- Tevin Walker 14, Isaac Ray 6, Denzill Simmons 2, Fred Treadwall 18, Rondraus Booker 13, Steve Buchanan 4, Jake Young 17. FG 29, FT 13-22, F 23. (3-pointers: Walker 1, Treadwall 1. Fouled out: none)
SAXONY LUTHERAN (77) -- Gus Klaus 30, Trent Steffens 8, Kris Cook 12, Clayton Carver 13, Matt Wills 4, Shawn Hadler 2, Gabe Bohnert 8. FG 24, FT 23-26, F 20. (3-pointers: Glaus 1, Cook 1, Carver 4. Fouled out: none)
JV -- Portageville won.
The Pirates hung with the Bulldogs for a quarter, but host Sikeston proved too powerful.
Jared Thieret scored 17 points, while Ross Moldenhauer netted 13 for Perryville (4-2).
Perryville 16 12 9 7 -- 44
Sikeston 16 24 24 13 -- 77
PERRYVILLE (44) -- Jake Dobbelare 6, Cody Call 2, Ross Moldenhauer 13, Bryce Weibrecht 6, Jared Thieret 17. FG 17, FT 7-9, F 12. (3-pointers: Moldenhauer 3. Fouled out: none)
SIKESTON (77) -- Kil'Ron Coleman 6, Eldridge Gibson 10, Janeil Hatchett 10, Darryl Howard 13, Caleb McGee 3, Vashawn Ruffin 9, Terry Jamison 2, Will Holifield 14, Kelson Warfield 4, Corey Porter 6. FG 30, FT 6-15, F 14. (3-pointers: Coleman 2, Howard 1, McGee 1, Ruffin 1, Holifield 4. Fouled out: none)
JV -- Sikeston won.
Bobby Clark hit for 23 points in the Indians' road victory.
Zach McDowell dumped in 15 points and John Meyer added 13 in the win.
The teams played to a 23-23 tie in the first half before Jackson pulled away in the third quarter. The Indians fended off the Bearcats' charge in the fourth.
Jackson 10 13 24 19 -- 66
Dexter 14 9 8 27 -- 58
JACKSON (66) -- Law Duncan 4, Tyler Rhodes 6, Zach McDowell 15, Bobby Clark 23, Brad Clary 3, John Meyer 13. FG 20, FT 20-26. (3-pointers: Rhodes 2, McDowell 1, Duncan 1)
DEXTER (58) -- Jake Cox 17, Jordan Fitts 2, Josh Sifford 3, Alan Flannigan 24, Jake Lee 3, Tyler Miller 7, Taylor Jarrell 2. FG 19, FT 15-21. (3-pointers: Flannigan 2, Cox 2, Sifford 1)
Kyle Rohde's 13 points and nine rebounds helped propel the Blue Jays to the home win.
Brett Thomas scored a game-high 19 points and snared nine rebounds for Oak Ridge (5-1).
Shane Hughes led the Cubs with 14 points in the loss.
Bell City 18 7 9 6 -- 40
Oak Ridge 17 18 12 12 -- 59
BELL CITY (40) -- Terence Liggins 6, Jared Yates 12, Cody Adams 2, Cody Knight 4, Josh Overbey 2, Shane Hughes 14. FG 16, FT 5-13, F 22. (3-pointers: Yates 3. Fouled out: Liggins, Hess)
OAK RIDGE (59) -- Ryan Below 9, Corvin Schoen 3, Kyle Rohde 13, Jacob Light 8, Caleb Elam 3, Brett Thomas 19, Stephen Bolen 2, Lucas Rohde 2. FG 19, FT 19-25, F 13. (3-pointers: Thomas 2. Fouled out: none)
JV -- Oak Ridge won 58-49.
Oran jumped out to a 27-6 first-quarter lead and never looked back.
Nathan Michelsen scored 17 points, while Reece Mangels netted 16 for Oran (5-1).
East Prairie 6 10 6 13 -- 35
Oran 27 18 14 8 -- 67
EAST PRAIRIE (35) -- King 2, Golightly 4, Latamonelear 10, Miller 2, Scott 14, Staggs 3. FG 10, FT 15-21, F 14. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
ORAN (67) -- Caleb Priggel 9, Nathan Michelsen 17, Preston Scherer 10, Kody Moore 2, Tyler Heuring 5, Reece Mangels 16, Jon Morrow 8. FG 32, FT 8-15, F 17. (3-pointers: Michelsen 3, Scherer 2. Fouled out: none)
JV -- Oran won 64-43.
Nick Deck netted 13 points in a home loss for the Cardinals.
Neil Johnson had 11 points, while David Gray added 10 for Woodland (0-5).
Bernie 29 22 13 14 -- 78
Woodland 14 18 8 6 -- 46
BERNIE (78) -- Cameron Shipman 10, Matt Eaves 8, Jesse Shelton 11, Sammy Walker 14, Jordan McGowan 33. FG 35, FT 20-33, F 17. (3-pointers: Shipman 2, Shelton 1, McGowan 9. Fouled out: none)
WOODLAND (46) -- Nick Deck 13, Carson Gemeinhardt 3, David Gray 10, Neil Johnson 11, Lance Yount 5, Brandon Champman 1, Dylan Miller 3. FG 17, FT 12-19, F 23. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Gemeinhardt, Martin Williams, Miller)
JV -- Bernie won.
Josh Davault had a game-high 32 points in the Eagles' road loss.
Paulie Barber added nine points for New Salem (2-5).
New Salem 9 16 13 17 -- 55
Cape Community 16 21 11 12 -- 60
CAPE COMMUNITY (60) -- Ben Rockhill 14, Keith Dawson 18, Kevin Casasola 20, Pettie Houston 8. FG 26, FT 3-10, F 12. (3-pointers: Rockhill 4, Casasola 1. Fouled out: none)
NEW SALEM (55) -- John Bucholtz 6, Michael Buchholtz 2, Josh Davault 32, Bradley Long 4, Paulie Barber 9, Christopher Douglass 2. FG 20, FT 11-16, F 9. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
Mark Kutz netted 14 points in the Indians' road loss.
Adam Winkler added 12 points for St. Vincent (1-3).
St. Vincent 15 8 14 18 -- 55
North County 11 18 19 17 -- 65
ST. VINCENT (55) -- Adam Winkler 12, Ryan Boxdorfer 2, Stephen Graf 3, Tim Schumer 4, Brett Wengert 9, Taylor Sauer 2, Mark Kutz 14, Sean Martin 9. FG 18, FT 17-19, F 18. (3-pointers: Winkler 1, Graf 1. Fouled out: Martin)
NORTH COUNTY (65) -- Holland 20, Tedder 15, McGraw 11, Stabenow 7, Vasquez 6, Piefenauer 6. FG 25, FT 10-14, F 15. (3-pointers: McGraw 1, Stabenow 1. Fouled out: none)
JV -- St. Vincent won 45-24.
The Bulldogs picked up their first dual victory in their first home match.
Trenton Gross (119 pounds), Austin Kight (135), Jacob Murphy (140), Tyler Hulshof (152) and Ryan Harter (189) posted pins for Notre Dame (1-3).
103 -- Richard House (PH) pin Caleb Heisserer, 6:44
112 -- Austin Harter (ND) forfeit
119 -- Trenton Gross (ND) pin Matthew Moss, 2:52
125 -- Michael Clark (PH) Matt Lathem, 2:45
130 -- Devin Hardin (PH) pin Nick Pfau, 1:47
135 -- Austin Kight (ND) pin Keith Cassidy, :32
140 -- Jacob Murphy (ND) pin Arthur Brackelmeyer, :27
145 -- Kyle Jackson (PH) dec. Joe Yuede, 9-6
152 -- Tyler Hulshof (ND) pin Bryan Roush, 2:44
160 -- Alex Elsey (ND) dec. Garrett Hagbrey, 13-7
171 -- Trevor Foltz (ND) forfeit
189 -- Ryan Harter (ND) pin Matt Strecksuss, 3:59
215 -- Tyler Messer (PH) forfeit
275 -- Kurt Richardson (PH) pin Bill Ayieko, 1:35
The Cardinals fell on the road.
-- From staff reports
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