High school roundup: Notre Dame girls basketball team ousts Sikeston to reach district title game

Notre Dame senior Allyson Bradshaw wasn't ready for her high school career to end.

The 5-foot-7 guard scored a game-high 29 points, including four 3-pointers, in Notre Dame's 64-46 victory over Sikeston in a Class 4 District 1 girls basketball semifinal Wednesday.

Notre Dame only led by six points at halftime.

"It was a little bit closer than we thought at half," Notre Dame coach Renee Peters said. "We had good shots the first half, they just weren't falling like we hoped. The second half, we shot the ball a lot better from the outside, and we ran the ball in the fourth quarter. We pushed the ball in transition."

Notre Dame advanced to face Dexter in Friday's 6 p.m. title game. It will be the third consecutive year that the teams play in the district title game. Dexter won the 2009 battle and Notre Dame won last year. The teams split their two games this season.

Notre Dame (16-9) drained seven 3-pointers against Sikeston.

"We're little this year and we'll have to take what we can get at this point," Peters said. "We've got 3-point shooters on the team, and if that's what they're going to give us, that's what we're going to take. It was working for us tonight."

Summer Burger pulled down nine rebounds and Nicole Blattel added seven for Notre Dame.

Miranda Fowler, a 5-10 sophomore guard, added 15 points, including three treys, in the win.

Sikeston 6 16 10 14 -- 46

Notre Dame 12 16 16 20 -- 64

SIKESTON (46) -- Tyangela Gibson 5, Keyonna Blissett 8, Darqueshionna Howard 12, Asia Liggins, Taneshia Pulley 10. FG 18, FT 8-20, F 12. (3-pointers: Howard 2. Fouled out: none)

NOTRE DAME (64) -- Allyson Bradshaw 29, Summer Burger 11, Brooke Bohnert 4, Miranda Fowler 15, Nicole Blattel 5. FG 25, FT 7-11, F 15. (3-pointers: Bradshaw 4, Fowler 3. Fouled out: Blattel)

St. Vincent 59, Scott City 31

Kayla Seabaugh scored 14 points and pulled down nine rebounds to help lead the visiting Indians to victory in their regular-season finale.

Courtney Heberlie hit for 19 points, including four 3-pointers, for St. Vincent (18-5).

"We played well at times and shot the ball well in the first half," St. Vincent coach Terry Wengert said.

Katie Hogan led the Rams with 11 points.

St. Vincent 18 13 11 17 -- 59

Scott City 11 10 10 0 -- 31

ST. VINCENT (59) -- Chelsie Boxdorfer 7, Courtney Heberlie 19, Kayla Seabaugh 14, Storm French 11, Kelci Besand 4, Kali Wingerter 4. FG 20, FT 10-13, F 12. (3-pointers: Boxdorfer 1, Heberlie 4, French 3. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT CITY (31) -- Stacey Heisserer 4, Melanie Lacey 6, Lindsey Ressel 3, Michaela Cobb 2, Katie Rhymer 2, Katie Hogan 11, Andrea Gray 3. FG 12, FT 6-12, F 12. (3-pointers: Lacey 1. Fouled out: none)

BOYS BASKETBALL

St. Vincent 63, Herculaneum 51

Adam Winkler scored 14 points and dished out eight assists in the home win.

Ryan Boxdorfer led St. Vincent (7-14) with 16 points.

Sean Martin grabbed eight rebounds for the Indians, who play at Oak Ridge tonight.

Herculaneum 18 10 8 15 -- 51

St. Vincent 11 13 18 21 -- 63

HERCULANEUM (51) -- Aaron Fuller 16, Zach Hellmer 13, Dylan LaBrayere 13, Rex Bittick 3, Clayton Southern 2, Blake Womacks 2, Cody Petero 2. FG 21, FT 8-15, F 22. (3-pointers: Bittick 1. Fouled out: none)

ST. VINCENT (63) -- Adam Winkler 14, Jonathan Petzoldt 2, Ryan Boxdorfer 16, Stephen Graf 1, Tim Schumer 11, Taylor Sauer 4, Mark Kutz 3, Sean Martin 12. FG 21, FT 17-27, F 16. (3-pointers: Boxdorfer 1, Schumer 3. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports