High school roundup: Sikeston girls slip past Central 51-49

The Central girls basketball team rallied to tie Sikeston in the final minute but the Bulldogs emerged with a 51-49 home victory Wednesday night.

The Tigers' Kadie Orenstein scored her only points of the game when she hit a 3-pointer with about 30 seconds remaining to tie the game at 49-49, but Sikeston moved ahead for good with a pair of free throws down the stretch.

"We had a couple opportunities to tie it up and didn't get it done," Central coach Sherri Shirrell said.

Chelsea Pannier led Central (9-12) with 12 points and added eight rebounds, three assists and three blocks. Alayah Cooper-Johnson pulled down 16 rebounds and Chelsea Vinson had six.

Asia Liggins scored a game-high 15 points for Sikeston.

Central 49, Sikeston 51

Sikeston 15 12 11 13 -- 51

Central 9 10 10 20 -- 49

SIKESTON (51) -- Keyonna Blissett 10, Vonteria Applewhite 2, Asia Liggins 15, Darqueisha Howard 12, J. Ivory 2, A. Little 2, T. Gibson 8. FG 17, FT 15-28, F 13. (3-pointers: Gibson 1, Howard 1. Fouled out: none)

CENTRAL (49) -- Allie Hardesty 2, Alayah Cooper-Johnson 8, Bailey Kratochvil 9, Tori Scheller 2, Kadie Orenstein 3, Chelsea Pannier 12, Chelsea Vinson 13. FG 18, FT 9-16, F 17. (3-pointers: Kratochvil 1, Orenstein 1, Pannier 2. Fouled out: none)

Hillsboro 39, Perryville 31

The Pirates were outscored 10-0 from the free-throw line in an eight-point road loss.

Natalie Bauwens had 10 points for Perryville (9-12), which did not shoot a free throw in the game.

Perryville 13 2 6 10 -- 39

Hillsboro 10 10 5 14 -- 31

PERRYVILLE (39) -- Natalie Gremaud 7, Abbie Schilli 4, Allison Moldenhauer 8, Katlyn Lukefahr 2, Natalie Bauwens 10. FG 15, FT 0-0, F 17. (3-pointers: Gremaud 1. Fouled out: none)

HILLSBORO (31) -- Brook Meyer 14, Kayla Becktol 5, Pochon 2. Young 4, Patterson 1, Litviak 4, Bringer. FG 12, FT 10-22, F 8. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Hillsboro won.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Ste. Genevieve 56, St. Vincent 55

St. Vincent missed on 10 of its 18 free-throw attempts in a one-point home loss.

Tim Schumer hit five 3-pointers to finish with a game-high 21 points for the Indians (5-11). Mark Kutz and Sean Martin both finished with 12 points.

Ste. Genevieve 14 11 14 17 -- 56

St. Vincent 14 14 14 13 -- 55

STE. GENEVIEVE (56) -- Brian Helm 13, Trevor Billings 11, Jacob Roe 2, Jonathan Brewer 4, Brendan Weiler 12, Matt Drury 2, Clayton Gielow 8, Wayne Carron 4. FG 19, FT 11-15, F 21. (3-pointers: Weiler 3, Helm 3, Billings 1. Fouled out: none)

ST. VINCENT (55) -- Adam Winkler 5, Stephen Graf 2, Tim Schumer 21, Eric Winkler 3, Mark Kutz 12, Sean Martin 12. FG 21, FT 8-18, F 16. (3-pointers: Schumer 5. Fouled out: E. Winkler)

JV -- St. Vincent 48, Hillsboro 38

Perryville 74, Hillsboro 54

The Pirates gained a share of the Jefferson County Conference title with a 20-point win at home.

Perryville and De Soto are co-champions with 3-1 records in league play.

Bryce Weibrecht paced Perryville (18-6) with 19 points, while Jared Thieret added 18 points and Jake Dobbelare had 11.

Hillsboro 11 14 7 22 -- 54

Perryville 19 19 16 20 -- 74

HILLSBORO (54) -- Drew Hern 18, Tyler Ludwig 12, Cody Russell 8, Edwards 6, Brooks 3, Maynard 3, McKee 4. FG 17, FT 13-21, F 22. (3-pointers: Edwards 2, Russell 1, Hern 1, Brooks 1, Ludwig 1, Maynard 1. Fouled out: none)

PERRYVILLE (54) -- Jake Dobbelare 11, Alex Robinson 3, Cody Call 2, Colby Brown 3, Justin Hotop 2, Jared Hotop 7, Ross Moldenhauer 9, Bryce Weibrecht 19, Jared Thieret 18. FG 28, FT 15-29, F 20. (3-pointers: Ja. Hotop 1, Moldenhauer 1, Weibrecht 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Perryville won in OT

-- From staff reports