High school roundup: Oak Ridge, Chaffee to play for Miss. Valley boys hoops tourney title

Oak Ridge knocked off the top seed to advance to the Mississippi Valley Conference title game.

The Blue Jays jumped on Leopold early and held on for the 75-57 victory Monday at Greenville.

Brett Thomas recorded a double-double, finishing with 20 points and 11 rebounds to pace Oak Ridge (15-4).

Caleb Elam finished with 17 points and six assists.

The Blue Jays went 22 of 35 (63 percent) from the free-throw line.

Sophomore Kyle Stroder led Leopold with 18 points, while senior John Bohnsack added 11 points, including a pair of 3-pointers.

Oak Ridge, which has won six straight, will face Chaffee in Friday's 8:30 p.m. title game. The Red Devils dispatched Zalma 81-70 behind 28 points from Alex Crowe.

Crowe drained four 3-pointers.

Alex Davie chipped in 21 points for Chaffee (11-8).

Stephen Simmer led the Bulldogs with 24 points, while Justin Stotts added 17.

Chaffee and Oak Ridge played in the Southeast Missourian Christmas tournament consolation championship game. The Red Devils beat the Blue Jays 55-49.

Oak Ridge 75, Leopold 57

Oak Ridge 14 20 22 19 -- 75

Leopold 8 13 14 22 -- 57

OAK RIDGE (75) -- Ryan Below 10, Kyle Rohde 18, Jacob Light 4, Caleb Elam 17, Brett Thomas 20, Stephen Bolen 6. FG 22, FT 22-35, F 14. (3-pointers: Elam 2, Thomas 1. Fouled out: none)

LEOPOLD (57) -- Greg Davis 2, Kyle Stroder 18, Robert Brown 3, Joe Elfrink 7, Seth Landewee 2, John Bohnsack 11, Lance Seiler 8, Brandon Jansen 2, Matt Brotherton 4. FG 18, FT 9-11, F 27. (3-pointers: Brown 1, Elfrink 1, Bohnsack 2. Fouled out: Davis, Seiler)

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Chaffee 81, Zalma 70

Zalma 10 25 15 20 -- 70

Chaffee 17 28 17 19 -- 81

ZALMA (70) -- Austin Sitze 2, Stephen Simmers 24, Floris De Jongh 5, Andrew Tucker 6, Gage Lemons 14, Justin Stotts 17, Brad Key 2. FG 21, FT 10-16, F 24. (3-pointers: Simmers 2. Fouled out: Tucker)

CHAFFEE (81) -- Michael Rutherford 9, Jason Cicardi 1, Blake Senciboy 10, Alex Crowe 28, Jordan Yahn 12, Alex Davie 21. FG 21, FT 22-29, F 19. (3-pointers: Crowe 4, Senciboy 2, Rutherford 1. Fouled out: none)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Sikeston 55, Oran 45

Senior Cheyanne King netted 17 points but it wasn't enough in the Eagles' home loss.

The teams entered halftime deadlocked at 28-28.

Sikeston 14 14 11 16 -- 55

Oran 16 12 8 9 -- 45

SIKESTON (55) -- Tyangela Gibson 8, Keyonna Blissett 9, Darqueshionna Howard 6, Vonteria Applewhite 6, Asia Liggins 15, Janai Ivory 2, Taneshia Pulley 5, Aleah Little 5. FG 23, FT 7-14, F 17. (3-pointers: Blissett 1, Howard 1. Fouled out: none)

ORAN (45) -- Cheyanne King 17, Haley Glastetter 8, Halle Woodfin 4, Chrissy Sauceda 3, Taylor Nenninger 9, Addie Kielhofner 4. FG 14, FT 16-25, F 19. (3-pointers: Nenninger 1. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports