High school roundup: Saxony girls run away with Delta tournament title

Brianna Mueller reigned in 19 points as top-seeded Saxony Lutheran made quick work of second-seeded Woodland and handed the Cardinals with their first loss of the season in a 68-22 rout for the championship of the Delta New Year's Tournament on Saturday.

The Crusaders posted a 33-6 lead at halftime and never allowed the Cardinals to get close.

Raegan Wieser scored 12 points while Grace Mirly and Ali Galemmo added 10 points apiece for Saxony Lutheran (9-2).

Josie Long had nine points to pace Woodland (8-1). The Cardinals advanced to the championship game with a 55-44 win over No. 3 Oran on Friday.

The Eagles avoided an upset from fourth-seeded conference foe Scott County Central and squeezed out a 48-46 victory over the Bravettes for third place.

Addie Kielhofner and Taylor Nenninger poured in 12 points apiece while Ashlyn McIntosh added 11 points for Oran (6-3).

Mikaela Blissett calculated a game-high 26 points to pace Scott County Central (3-4).

Woodland 3 3 11 5 -- 22

Saxony 15 18 26 9 -- 68

WOODLAND (22) -- Josie Long 9, Kathlyn Cooper 3, Taylor Toombs 7, Rachel Poole 3. FG 3, FT 4-8, F 16. (3-pointers: Toombs 2, Cooper 1, Long 1. Fouled out: Long)

SAXONY LUTHERAN (68) -- Grace Mirly 10, Maci Daniel 5, Ali Galemmo 10, Brianna Mueller 19, Tess Daniel 3, Ashlynn Collier 5, Raegan Wieser 12, Maddie Brune 4. FG 24, FT 11-19, F 14. (3-pointers: Wieser 2, Mueller 1. Fouled out: None)

SCC 16 4 13 13 -- 46

Oran 6 15 17 10 -- 48

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (46) -- Mikaela Blissett 26, LaQuisha Strickland 2, Johniqua Fort 4, Derien Ditto 5, Ziaire Davis 3, Abby Ross 6. FG 17, FT 3-9, F 13. (3-pointers: Blissett 1, Ditto 1, Ross 1. Fouled out: Ditto)

ORAN (48) -- Addie Kielhofner 12, Ashlyn McIntosh 11, Taylor Nenninger 12, Allie Cummins 6, Tatum May 2, Chrissy Sauceda 5. FG 18, FT 6-12, F 9. (3-pointers: Nenninger 1, Sauceda 1. Fouled out: None)

Notre Dame 66, Nerinx Hall 52

Annie Siebert netted a game-high 22 points and recorded six rebounds and four steals to allow the Bulldogs to remain undefeated with a win on the road in the suburban St. Louis area.

The Bulldogs trailed by one point at halftime but bounced back in the second half and outscored the Markers (5-8) by 15 points to come away with the victory.

Karsen Powers tallied 13 points and six assists while Kaitlin Welter added 10 points for Notre Dame (7-0). Shelby Beussink notched nine points and four assists while Taylor Feeney grabbed six rebounds and Halle Lynch dished out four assists for the Bulldogs.

Notre Dame 21 11 23 11 -- 66

Nerinx Hall 15 18 8 11 -- 52

NOTRE DAME (66) -- Karsen Powers 13, Annie Siebert 22, Shelby Beussink 9, Kaitlin Welter 10, Halle Lynch 2, Taylor Feeney 4, Madeline Rosenquist 4, Kayce Landewee 2. FG 13, FT 7-10, F 16. (3-pointers: Siebert 4, Powers 3, Welter 2, Beussink 1, Rosenquist 1. Fouled out: None)

NERINX HALL (52) -- Mary Niehaus 8, Shelby Lukasek 2, Hannah Ossola 9, Kelly Krupp 2, Susie Mathias 13, Kenzie Yess 15, CeCe LaMarche 3. FG 18, FT 4-9, F 10. (3-pointers: Ossola 3, Yess 1. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Notre Dame won.

Jackson 50, Webster Groves 46

Cassidi Tomsu netted 14 points to help the Indians come away with the win on the road in the suburban St. Louis area.

Webster Groves held a 27-12 lead at halftime before a determined Jackson squad bounced back in the second half and outscored the Statesmen (7-4) by 19 points to prevail.

Autumn Reid added nine points for Jackson (5-3).

Jackson 3 9 17 21 -- 50

Webster 15 12 6 13 -- 46

JACKSON (50) -- Cassidi Tomsu 14, Rachel Crites 6, McKinzie Scott 7, Autumn Reid 9, Emily Gartman 5, Mallorie Maintz 1, Kayla Keith 8. FG 8, FT 13-15, F 18. (3-pointers: Tomsu 2, Keith 2, Reid 1, Scott 1, Crites 1. Fouled out: Keith)

WEBSTER GROVES (46) -- Rachael Sondag 17, Claire Conners 3, Brittany Morris 6, Leah Brand 6, Mal Moran 14. FG 13, FT 11-18, F 14. (3-pointers: Sondag 2, Conners 1. Fouled out: Brand)

JV -- Jackson 50, Webster Groves 36

BOYS BASKETBALL

Bismarck 57, St. Vincent 44

Alex Winkler totaled a team-high 14 points as St. Vincent lost on the road in a battle of the Indians.

Trevor Leible contributed 10 points for St. Vincent (3-7).

J.D. Land recorded a game-high 21 for Bismarck (7-4).

St. Vincent 4 13 11 16 -- 44

Bismarck 16 12 14 15 -- 57

ST. VINCENT (44) -- Trevor Leible 10, Nathan Carroll 8, Kevin Mattingly 9, Alex Winkler 14, Riley Riehn 2, Jordan Rellergert 1. FG 15, FT 13-21, F 20. (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Mattingly)

BISMARCK (57) -- Seth Wood 5, Joe Knowles 7, Preston Watson 4, Grant Latham 6, Jordan Copeland 14, J.D. Land 21. FG 19, FT 13-22, F 15. (3-pointers: Watson 1, Wood 1. Fouled out: None)

JV -- St. Vincent 47, Bismarck 17

Parkway South 60, Notre Dame 59

Chase Urhahn made four 3-pointers to pace the Bulldogs in a narrow loss to the Patriots (4-5) in the second game of the Tiger Shootout on Saturday at Cape Central High School.

The Bulldogs had 28 turnovers in the loss.

Quinn Poythress recorded 12 points for Notre Dame (6-5) while Dean Crippen tallied eight points and nine rebounds.

Parkway So. 18 16 7 19 -- 60

Notre Dame 15 16 20 8 -- 59

PARKWAY SOUTH (60) -- Connor McArthy 17, Chris Dandridge, Jr. 7, Blake Ferrell 6, Matt Highsmith 11, Jeremy Verges 10, Luke Bakula 9. FG 14, FT 5-10, F 15. (3-pointers: McArthy 5, Bakula 2, Verges 1. Fouled out: None)

NOTRE DAME (59) -- Chase Urhahn 4, Tanner Shively 3, Quinn Poythress 12, Grant Ressel 7, Jordan Barber 8, Thomas Himmelberg 6, Derek Hulshof 1, Dean Crippen 8. FG 18, FT 7-12, F 15. (3-pointers: Urhahn 4. Fouled out: None)

Carbondale (Ill.) 53, Central 50

Jamal Cox notched a game-high 28 points and recorded 13 rebounds as the host Tigers fell to the Terriers (8-3) in the final game of the Tiger Shootout.

Andre Statam added 15 points for Central (4-7).

Earlier in the day, New Madrid County Central (4-4) defeated Maplewood-Richmond Heights (6-4) 69-46 in the shootout opener and Sikeston (8-1) thumped Miller Career Academy (8-6) 71-34 in the third game.

Carbondale 13 16 13 11 -- 53

Cape Central 11 9 13 17 -- 50

CARBONDALE (ILL.) (53) -- Allen Billinger 7, Justin Robinson 5, Devontavious Payne 10, Shemarc Bursey 7, Denzel McCauley 8, Lavonte Sutton 8, Jordan Kelly 8. FG 17, FT 7-10, F 17. (3-pointers: Payne 2, Billinger 1, Sutton 1. Fouled out: None)

CAPE CENTRAL (50) -- Al Young 3, Jalen Reddin 4, Jamal Cox 28, Andre Statam 15. FG 12, FT 17-22, F 15. (3-pointers: Young 1, Reddin 1, Statam 1. Fouled out: None)

Jackson 68, O'Fallon (Ill.) 63

Josh Daume scored a game-high 22 points to lead the top-seeded Indians to victory over No. 3 O'Fallon (Ill.) in the championship game of the Flyer Invitational Tournament at Lindbergh High School on Saturday.

Karson King recorded 21 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists for Jackson (12-1). Blake Reynolds bucketed all of his 10 points in the first quarter. Calvin Lysell made two free throws in the final 30 seconds that made it a five-point game.

Chance Armstrong scored a team-high 17 points for the Panthers while Darien McClain and Donovan Franklin each tallied 16 points for O'Fallon (9-7).

The Indians advanced to the championship match after a 64-58 victory over fifth-seeded Glendale (Springfield) in one of Friday's semifinals. King led with 20 points and Reynolds added 16 points in the Indians' win over the Falcons.

O'Fallon 10 7 16 26 -- 63

Jackson 18 11 17 22 -- 68

O'FALLON (ILL.) (63) -- Darien McClain 16, Donovan Franklin 16, Chance Armstrong 17, Isaiah Armstrong 8, Parker Roustio 6. FG 17, FT 11-19, F 14. (3-pointers: McClain 4, Roustio 2. Fouled out: C. Armstrong)

JACKSON (68) -- Josh Daume 22, Braden Wendel 8, Calvin Lysell 3, Karson King 21, Blake Reynolds 10, Brandon Lueders 6. FG 18, FT 14-15, F 21. (3-pointers: Daume 3, Wendel 2, King 1. Fouled out: None)

-- From staff reports