Scott County advanced to the Scott-Mississippi Conference tournament championship game with an 83-46 win against Delta on Thursday.
Otto Porter led the Braves with a game-high 30 points. Bobby Hatchett followed with 16 points, including a pair of 3-pointers.
The Braves will face Oran, a 58-36 winner against East Prairie in the other semifinal.
Jon Morrow led the Eagles with 14 points, while Nathan Mickelsen added 13 points.
The Braves and Eagles will play for the title at 8:30 p.m. today at Scott City High School.
Scott County 83, Delta 46
Delta 10 16 11 9 -- 46
Scott County 22 20 22 19 -- 83
DELTA (46) -- Teddy May 5, Cody Helderman 2, Cody Naramore 7, Shelby Kight 4, Zach Reigert 5, Chase Crowden 23. FG 17, FT 4-7, F 12. (3-pointers: May 1, Reigert 1, Crowden 5, Naramore 1. Fouled out: no one.)
SCOTT COUNTY (83) -- Dominque Porter 13, Trey Johnson 12, Otto Porter 30, Bryan Freed 2, Charles McClinton 8, Calvin Porter 1, John Rhoden 1, Bobby Hatchett 16. FG 33, FT 15-20, F 9. (3-pointers: Hatchett 2. Fouled out: no one.)
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Oran 58, East Prairie 36
East Prairie 11 4 6 15 -- 36
Oran 13 23 13 9 -- 58
EAST PRAIRIE (36) -- Dalton Golightly 2, Caleb Williford 2, Andrew Cartwright 2, Connor Scott 15, Duston Caldwell 15. FG 15, FT 5-20, F 16. (3-pointers: Scott 1. Fouled out: no one.)
ORAN (58) -- Dylan Adam 1, Caleb Priggel 9, Preston Scherer 2, Nolan Urhahn 2, Gabe Kielhofner 10, Nathan Mickelsen 13, Zac Chasteen 1, Reece Mangels 6, Jon Morrow 14. FG 23, FT 9-14, F 14. (3-pointers: Priggel 1, Kielhofner 1, Mickelsen 1. Fouled out: no one.)
The Indians got 16 points and eight rebounds from Bobby Clark in their opening-round win at the Lindbergh tournament.
Henrie Williams added 12 points and eight boards as Jackson moved on to face Lafayette in today's 8:30 p.m. game.
Zach McDowell added 10 points for the Indians (10-6).
Lindbergh 7 9 7 8 -- 31
Jackson 16 13 12 17 -- 58
LINDBERGH (31) -- Will Spitzfaden 12, Travis Brown 2, Parker 3, Blake Welch 6, Dominic Tillman 1, Jared Haenni 7. FG 12, FT 3-5, F 9. (3-pointers: Welch 1, Parker 1, Spitzfaden 2. Fouled out: none)
JACKSON (58) -- Caleb Newcomer 2, Taylor Williams 8, Kyle Keith 2, Tyler Rhodes 6, Zach McDowell 10, Eli Gohn 2, Henrie Williams 12, Bobby Clark 16. FG 25, FT 7-9, F 8. (3-pointers: T. Williams 2, Rhodes 2, Clark 1. Fouled out: none)
The Wildcats, ranked No. 5 in the state Class 1 poll, fell on the road to the No. 6 ranked team in Class 1.
Leopold trailed 29-12 after the first quarter and 46-35 at halftime. No other statistics were provided.
The Crusaders junior varsity knocked off the host Eagles.
Chelsea Pannier led the Tigers with a double-double, scoring 14 points and snaring 13 rebounds in the road win.
Sadie Pittman scored a game-high 21 points and added six steals as Central improved to 10-4.
Central 10 19 15 16 -- 60
Seckman 9 12 17 9 -- 47
CENTRAL (60) -- Machaela Durham 12, Chelsea Pannier 14, Sadie Pittman 21, Paige Smith 2, Chelsea Vinson 11. FG 22, FT 13-31, F 19. (3-pointers: Pannier 3. Fouled out: no one.)
SECKMAN (47) -- Bruemmer 5, Crowe 2, Montgomery 12, Lehnig 13, Hayden 11, Stucmeyer 2, McCarl 2. FG 15, FT 14-18, F 22. (3-pointers: Bruemmer 1, Hayden 2. Fouled out: no one.)
Hattie Cook netted 16 points as the Panthers won at home.
Gina Cureton added 12 points and Heather Dietiker chipped in 11 for the victors.
Erin Bollmann grabbed eight rebounds and made four steals, while Jillian Mills grabbed eight rebounds for Meadow Heights (10-4).
Taylor Steckman led the Cardinals with 13 points, while Becky Brannon added 11.
Woodland 9 9 8 14 -- 40
Meadow Hts 10 12 17 25 -- 64
WOODLAND (40) -- Kaitlin McCormick 4, Taylor Steckman 13, Sarah Lincoln 5, Kayla Acup 5, Keighlyn Lincoln 2, Becky Brannon 11. FG 13, FT 12-16, F 12. (3-pointers: Steckman 1, Brannon 1. Fouled out: none)
MEADOW HEIGHTS (64) -- Mica Morse 8, Hattie Cook 16, Erin Bollmann 8, Gina Cureton 12, Heather Dietiker 11, Chancey Elfrink 3, Jillian Mills 2, Brooke Sander 4. FG 25, FT 7-11, F 15. (3-pointers: Cook 2, Cureton 1, Dietiker 3, Elfrink 1. Fouled out: none)
Natalie Bauwens recorded her third consecutive double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Pirates to a road win.
Courtney Borden netted 12 points, while Emily Hanquist added 10 points and eight rebounds for the Pirates (6-7).
Perryville 23 17 8 13 -- 61
Herculaneum 12 5 5 8 -- 34
PERRYVILLE (61) -- Emily Hanquist 10, Lilly Johnson 4, Brittany Guebert 2, Abbie Schilli 6, Megan Moldenhauer 4, Kelsey Schremp 2, Hilary Hemman 3, Natalie Bauwens 18, Courtney Borden 12. FG 24, FT 11-19, F 18. (3-pointers: Johnson 1, Hemman 1. Fouled out: none)
HERCULANEUM (34) -- Fisher 2, Uhls 2, Buckner 8, Austin 8, Jerger 10, Vogelsang 4. FG 14, FT 4-14, F 13. (3-pointers: Austin 2. Fouled out: Vogelsang)
JV -- Perryville won 42-34.
Katie Hogan scored 20 points and had 10 rebounds to help the Rams improve to 10-3.
Stephanie Essner followed with 15 points, and Ashley Brant added 10 points and eight rebounds for the winner.
Markita Mosley paced the Braves with 25 points.
Scott City 23 20 20 11 -- 74
Scott County 12 10 9 13 -- 44
SCOTT CITY (74) -- Stacey Heisserer 15, Stephanie Essner 6, Kristen Keesee 3, Macy Heisserer 3, Tiffany Merritt 8, Katie Hogan 20, Melanie Lacey 5, Ashley Brant 10, Michaela Cobb 4. FG 32, FT 8-16, F 12. (3-pointers: Keesee 1, M. Heisserer 1. Fouled out: no one.)
SCOTT COUNTY (44) -- Katie Ruedrich 6, Denise McClinton 1, Daisey Gillespie 12, Markita Mosley 25. FG 17, FT 8-11, F 16. (3-pointers: Gillespie 2. Fouled out: Gillespie)
Cheyanne King hit for 22 points to lead the host Eagles past the Bobcats.
Oran enjoyed a seven-point lead entering the final quarter and held on for the win.
Delta's statistics were not provided.
Delta 10 11 9 20 -- 50
Oran 8 15 14 16 -- 53
ORAN (53) -- Abbey Anderson 5, Claire Seyer 8, Shelby Unger 3, Taylor Irwin 9, Cheyanne King 22, Haley Glastetter 3, Shelbie Seyer 3.
Anna Ayers netted 18 points and added eight steals, but it wasn't enough as the Red Devils lost at home.
Randi Wiley added nine points and Taylor Kirchdoerfer netted eight for Chaffee (1-11).
The loss was a vast improvement from the last time the two teams met when East Prairie won 73-28 at the Chaffee Invitational.
East Prairie 10 18 11 9 -- 48
Chaffee 16 4 9 13 -- 42
EAST PRAIRIE (48) -- Knupp 5, Chance 2, Lindsey 4, Archie 10, Swann 5, Thresher 6, Nicholson 16. FG 18, FT 11-13, F 11. (3-pointers: Swann 1. Fouled out: none)
CHAFFEE (42) -- Anna Ayers 18, Taylor Kirchdoerfer 8, Randi Wiley 9, Adrienne Eichhorn 3, Ellie Sigman 4. FG 17, FT 2-10, F 14. (3-pointers: Wiley 1, Eichhorn 1, Kirchdoerfer 2, Ayers 2. Fouled out: Kirchdoerfer)
Host Central had six first-place finishes to win its home meet.
Mary Ford and Lizzie Schmidt both captured two individual firsts for the Tigers.
The Tigers' medley relay and 400 freestyle relays placed first.
Madison Rau and Taylor Coe both captured individual first-place finishes for Saxony Lutheran, while the Crusaders' 200 freestyle relay team of Katie Winter, Coe, Katie Schweiss and Lucy Gage also took first.
Megan Lundy and Lexie Rollet had third-place finishes for Perryville.
Team scores -- Central 198, Poplar Bluff 149, Perryville 125, Saxony Lutheran 117
Local top finishers
200 medley relay -- 1. Central (Chleo LeGrand, Lilli Robinson, Lizzie Schmidt, Mary Catherine Ford) 2:15.96; 2. Saxony Lutheran, 2:18.27.
200 freestyle -- 1. Lucy Gage (SL) 2:33.50; 3. Breauna Givens (C) 2:53.09.
200 individual medley -- 1. Ford (C) 2:35.25; 2. Madison Rau (SL) 2:53.84.
50 freestyle -- 1. Schmidt (C) 29.10; 2. Katie Winter (SL) 29.50; 3. Lexie Rollet (P) 30.76.
100 butterfly -- 2. Robinson (C) 1:29.15; 3. Megan Lundy (P) 1:29.56.
100 freestyle -- 1. Schmidt (C) 1:02.30; 2. Gage (SL) 1:05.99; 3. Chleo LeGrand (C) 1:08.77.
500 freestyle -- 1. Ford (C) 6:09.92; 3. Molly Kinder (C) 7:21.35.
200 freestyle relay -- 1. Saxony Lutheran (Winter, Taylor Coe, Katie Schweiss, Gage) 2:01.26; 2. Central, 2:05.60.
100 backstroke -- 1. Rau (SL) 1:15.29; 2. Sydney Ozbun (C) 1:19.98.
100 breaststroke -- 1. Coe (SL) 1:21.62; 2. Robinson (C) 1:26.93; 3. Winter (SL) 1:30.66.
400 freestyle relay -- 1. Central (Ford, Ozbun, Robinson, Schmidt) 4:26.84; 2. Saxony Lutheran, 4:39.73.
Lauren Castleman finished second in the 200 and 100 freestyles, while Morgan Morris finished second in the 200 individual medley.
The Bulldogs' 200 and 400 freestyle relays also came in second.
Results
200 medley relay -- 3. Notre Dame (Ava Andersson, Audrey Glover, Jackie Bader, Kate Bohn) 2:22.22
200 freestyle -- 2. Lauren Castleman 2:12.08
200 individual medley -- 2. Morgan Morris 2:35.92
100 butterfly -- 3. Morris 1:15.00
100 freestyle -- 2. Castleman 58.59
500 freestyle -- 3. Andersson 6:28.65
200 freestyle relay -- 2. Notre Dame (Audrey Glover, Castleman, Bohn, Morris) 1:54.44
100 backstroke -- 3. Eva Schaefer 1:16.40
100 breaststroke -- 3. Glover 1:26.07
400 freestyle relay -- 2. Notre Dame (Morris, Shelby Ray, Bohn, Castleman) 4:17.70
-- From staff reports
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