High school roundup: Top seeds move on with ease at Oran Invitational

The top three seeds advanced forcefully through the opening round of the Oran Invitational on Monday night.

Top-seeded Oran cruised to a 94-36 victory over No. 8 Bell City; No. 2 Chaffee rolled to a 90-41 win over No. 7 Richland; and No. 3 Scott County Central posted a 74-29 victory over No. 6 Kelly.

Hunter Schlosser led the way for Oran with 21 points. The Eagles led 61-18 by halftime. Jacob Priggel (19), Seth Ressel (14), Thomas Trankler (11) and Chance Tenkhoff (10) rounded out five players in double-figure scoring for Oran.

Peyton Montgomery paced Chaffee with 24 points in its victory, while Charlie Montgomery (19), Layton Tenkhoff (18) and Trevor Morehead (16) also finished in double figures.

Colbey Gammons scored 16 points for Bell City.

Javonta Daniel led Scott County Central with 14 points. Juwan Owens and Kendall Blissett both netted 12, while Jeffery Porter had 11. The Braves by 20 points after the first quarter and took a 41-14 lead into halftime.

First-round action concludes today, when No. 4 Malden faces No. 5 Advance at 6 p.m. The winner will face Oran in a 6:30 p.m. semifinal Thursday. Chaffee and Scott County Central will follow at 8 p.m.

The championship is scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday.

Chaffee 21 35 24 10 -- 90

Richland 13 16 9 3 -- 41

CHAFFEE (90) -- Blake Gilmore 3, Layton Tenkhoff 18, Peyton Montgomery 24, Dalton Flannigan 3, Storm Estes 6, Charlie Montgomery 19, Trevor Morehead 16. FG 37, FT 11-19, F 13. (3-pointers: Gilmore 1, Montgomery 2, Flanigan 1. Fouled out: none.)

RICHLAND (41) -- Skylar Harper 2, Tristan Wamble 7, Preston Tilley 3, Josh Thorton 10, Marcus Grayson 12, Tristan Montgomery 3, Adam Lane 4. FG 15, FT 7-12, F 14. (3-pointers: Wamble 1, Tilley 1, Grayson 2. Fouled out: none.)

Oran 29 32 25 8 -- 94

Bell City 9 9 7 10 -- 36

ORAN (94) -- Thomas Trankler 11, Jacob Priggel 19, Chance Tenkhoff 10, Seth Ressel 14, Garrison Mangels 8, Hunter Schlosser 21, Eric Westrich 3, Anthony Pobst 3. FG 35, FT 16-26, F 13. (3-pointers: Ressel 1, Schlosser 2. Fouled out: none.)

BELL CITY (36) -- Nolan Schaefer 4, Aaron Smith 11, Colbey Gammons 16, Quinton Herkenhoff 4. FG 14, FT 4-7, F 19. (3-pointers: Smith 1, Gammons 2. Fouled out: none.)

Scott Central 25 16 26 7 -- 74

Kelly 5 9 5 10 -- 29

SCOTT CENTRAL (74) -- Juwan Owens 12, Jeffery Porter 11, Blain Johnson 7, James McClinton 2, Kendall Blissett 12, Javonta Daniel 14, Cameron Blissett 8, Matthew Blissett 5, Jerry Harrington 2. FG 30, FT 13-28, F 19. (3-pointers: Porter 1. Fouled out: none.)

KELLY (29) -- Maurice Davis 2, Anthony Klunk 2, Dalton Huffman 3, Jarrod Lynn 3, Evan Abernathy 2, Riley Stark 4, Josh Roberts 6, Ty Householder 7. FG 10, FT 6-12, F 22. (3-pointers: Huffman 1, Roberts 1, Householder 1. Fouled out: none.)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Scott County Central 65, Perryville 48

The host Bravettes led the Pirates 28-23 at halftime before pulling away in the second half to pick up their first win of the season.

Mikaela Blissett collected a game-high 19 points for Scott County Central (1-1).

Ahnie Hoff and Kylie Belik each netted 18 points to pace Perryville (0-1).

Perryville 11 12 8 17 -- 48

Scott Co. 15 13 17 20 -- 65

PERRYVILLE (48) -- Ahnie Hoff 18, Allison Moldenhauer 8, Kylie Belik 18, Desiree Brown 4. FG 16, FT 7-10, F 18. (3-pointers: Moldenhauer 2, Belik 1. Fouled out: Brown)

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (65) -- Mikaela Blissett 19, Derien Ditto 9, Johniqua Fort 9, Ziaire Davis 11, Abby Ross 5, LaQuisha Strickland 8, Maddison Avance 2, Adira White 2. FG 22, FT 9-16, F 8. (3-pointers: Blissett 1, Ditto 1, Fort 1, Ross 1. Fouled out: None)

Chaffee 42, Scott City 32

Jordan Pruitt scored 12 points to help the visiting Red Devils to their first win of the season.

Lindsey Harrell contributed 10 points for Chaffee (1-1).

Michaela Kiefer tallied 10 points for Scott City (0-1).

Chaffee 9 10 11 12 -- 42

Scott City 4 2 10 16 -- 32

CHAFFEE (42) -- Jordan Pruitt 12, Julia Sutterfield 6, Liz Sexton 3, Courtanie Stoffregen 2, Hannah Seyer 6, Lindsey Harrell 10, Dakota Pepple 2. FG 13, FT 7-17, F 6. (3-pointers: Pruitt 3. Fouled out: None)

SCOTT CITY (32) -- Shea Martin 2, Bella Bowers 4, Morgan Pettit 2, Anna Kern 2, Natalie Woods 4, Carly Howell 6, Liz Hensley 2, Michaela Kiefer 10. FG 13, FT 0-4, F 13. (3-pointers: Howell 2. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Scott City won.

Farmington 60, Jackson 50

The Knightettes avenged a season-opening, 19-point loss to Jackson in the first round of its own Farmington Invitational on Monday.

Fourth-seeded Farmington advanced to Friday's semifinals against top-seeded Dexter, which opened with a 90-21 rout of No. 8 Roosevelt. Fifth-seeded Jackson will play Rososevelt at 6 p.m. Thursday in the consolation semifinals.

Third-seeded Notre Dame will face sixth-seeded Notre Dame (St. Louis) in a first-round game at 6 p.m. today.

-- From staff reports