High school roundup: Perryville boys basketball team defeats Ste. Genevieve

Seniors McGwire Bartley and Nathan Noland scored 18 and 17 points, respectively, as the Perryville boys basketball team won its final regular-season game, defeating visiting Ste. Genevieve 72-59 Senior Night.

Senior Connor Stark added 11 points for the Perryville, which will enter Class 4 District 1 play with a 17-8 record.

Gabe Greminger paced Ste. Genevieve with 18 points.

Perryville will open district play Monday against host Dexter. The fourth-seeded Pirates defeated the fifth-seeded Bearcats 58-40 during the regular season.

Ste. Gen 13 17 10 19 -- 59

Perryville 20 20 17 15 -- 72

STE. GENEVIEVE (59) -- Gabe Greminger 18, Trevor Drury 2, Dalton Geisler 3, Nathan McKlin 8, Xavier Boyd 2, Anthony Roe 9, Morgan Schneck 17. FG 17, FT 23-42, F 18 (3-pointers: Greminger 2. Fouled out: Scneck)

PERRYVILLLE (72) -- Jacob Robinson 5, Aaron Mueller 4, McGwire Bartley 18, Conner Stark 11, Josh Robinson 6, Nathan Noland 17, Austin Mueller 1, Wyatt Johnson 8, Ryan Noland 2. FG 29, FT 9-15, F 29 (3-pointers: J. Robinson , Bartley 2, Stark, W. Johnson. Fouled out: A. Mueller, R. Noland)

JV -- Perryville won 53-51

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Poplar Bluff 56, Notre Dame 43

Poplar Bluff's Kaitlyn Slaughter scored a game-high 19 points as the host Mules defeated the host Bulldogs.

Faith Essner sank 11 points for Notre Dame, which wrapped up its regular season with the conference loss. Sam Brennan netted 10 points for the Bulldogs (10-15, 3-3 SEMO Conference), which trailed by 13 points at halftime.

Autumn Dodd added 14 points for Poplar Bluff (10-15, 2-4).

Notre Dame opens Class 4 District 1 Tournament play at 7 p.m. Monday in Sikeston, Missouri. The Bulldogs will face Perryville (9-13).

Notre Dame 8 11 11 13 -- 43

Poplar Bluff 15 17 15 10 -- 56

NOTRE DAME (43) -- Sam Brennan 10, Faith Essner 11, Maddie Urhahn 5, Allie Ziegler 4, Hayli Chapman 9, Brooke Blankenship 2, Megan Heisserer 2. FG 11, FT 3-11, F 14 (3-pointers: Brennan 2, Essner 2, Urhahn, Chapman. Fouled out: None.)

POPLAR BLUFF (56) -- Autumn Dodd 14, Shelby Sievers 2, Megan Knuckles 11, Kaitlyn Slaughter 19, Kaitlyn Harris 4, Doni Everts 6. FG 18, FT 8-15, F 12 (3-pointers: Slaughter 3, Knuckles. Fouled out: None.)

-- From staff reports