High school roundup: Saxony Lutheran boys upset host Bloomfield

Gus Klaus scored 19 points and pulled down seven rebounds to lead the Saxony Lutheran boys basketball team to an upset victory at the Bloomfield Christmas tournament Monday.

Clayton Carver added 11 points to help the No. 12 seed Crusaders beat host Bloomfield, the No. 5 seed, 55-53.

Saxony Lutheran will face Portageville today in the second round. The Crusaders beat the Bulldogs last week.

Carver, Matt Wills and Gabe Bohnert all recorded four rebounds for Saxony Lutheran (4-3), which hit 79 percent (19 of 24) of its free throws.

Saxony 11 12 15 17 -- 55

Bloomfield 12 9 19 13 -- 53

SAXONY LUTHERAN (55) -- Gus Klaus 19, Kris Cook 6, Clayton Carver 11, Taylor Johnson 3, Matt Wills 6, Gabe Bohnert 10. FG 17, FT 19-24, F 25. (3-pointers: Carver 1, Johnson 1. Fouled out: none)

BLOOMFIELD (53) -- Logan Cowart 2, Seth Hill 19, Aron Henson 8, Matt Merick 2, Dylan Bader 13, Adam Vandiver 8, Mitchell Skaggs 1. FG 15, FT 19-29, F 23. (3-pointers: Hill 1, Bader 2. Fouled out: Bader, Skaggs)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Perryville 64, Lesterville 61

The Pirates held on to advance at the North County tournament.

Perryville enjoyed a 12-point lead entering the fourth quarter so coach Vicki Lohmann gave some of her bench players some quality minutes. But Lesterville cut the lead to 10 points with about three minutes left, so the Pirates starters reentered.

It got so close that Lesterville got off a potential game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer that hit the rim but bounced away.

Abbie Schilli scored 13 points and snared eight rebounds, while Natalie Bauwens grabbed a team-high nine rebounds for Perryville (4-4).

Natalie Gremaud paced the Pirates with 17 points.

Lesterville 7 15 16 23 -- 61

Perryville 15 20 21 8 -- 64

LESTERVILLE (61) -- Cook 19, Woods 8, Nichols 7, Dowler 8, Watts 9, Meyers 6, Thomas 4. FG 22, FT 12-18, F 8. (3-pointers: Cook 3, Woods 1, Nichols 1. Fouled out: none)

PERRYVILLE (64) -- Natalie Bauwens 6, Abbie Schilli 13, Kelsey Shremp 2, Courtney Borden 3, Katlyn Lukefahr 5, Morgan Mueller 6, Natalie Gremaud 17, Allison Moldenhauer 12. FG 27, FT 3-5, F 16. (3-pointers: Borden 1. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports