High school roundup: Woodland girls basketball team advances to championship of St. Paul Christmas Tournament

The second-seeded Woodland girls basketball team pulled away in the third quarter and defeated No. 3 St. Pius X 59-48 to advance to the championship of the St. Paul Lutheran Christmas Tournament on Tuesday in Farmington, Missouri.

Krista Rhodes led the way for the Cardinals with 14 points. Heidi Green chipped in 12 points for Woodland (7-1) while Cheyenne Wells finished with 10 points. The Cardinals will face West County in the championship at 7:30 p.m. today.

Machela Cook paced the Lancers with 19 points, and Elle Russell contributed 16 points.

St. Pius X 12 15 6 15 -- 48

Woodland 9 19 14 17 -- 59

WOODLAND (59) -- Krista Rhodes 14, Heidi Green 12, Cheyenne Wells 10, Hannah Scott 9, Mara Grindstaff 6, Whitney Lincoln 4, Ciara Rainbolt 2. FG 21, FT 15-28, F 16. (3-pointers: Rhodes 2. Fouled out: Scott.)

ST. PIUS X (48) -- Machela Cook 19, Elle Russell 16, Jessie Ramano 11, Elisa Mulkey 2. FG 17, FT 14-21, F 19. (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Jordanne Mickley.)

West County 37, Perryville 34

The fifth-seeded Pirates failed to pull off back-to-back upsets and lost to the top-seeded Bulldogs in a championship semifinal in Farmington, Missouri.

Kylie Bilek had 15 points to lead Perryville (4-7). The Pirates will face sixth-seeded St. Pius X in the third-place game at 6 p.m. today.

Courtney Callahan scored 15 points to lead West County while Alyssa Roever chipped in 10 points.

Perryville 2 14 10 8 -- 34

West County 9 11 10 7 -- 37

PERRYVILLE (34) -- Kylie Bilek 15, Reese Nations 5, Sydney Spears 5, Ahnie Hoff 4, Emma Nelson 3, Jasmyn Mahathath 2. FG 13, FT 6-18, F 19. (3-pointers: Bilek 1, Nations 1. Fouled out: Hoff.)

WEST COUNTY (37) -- Courtney Callahan 15, Alyssa Roever 10, Cheyenne Young 7, Taylor Reed 3, Kaylin Sites 2. FG 13, FT 7-21, F 20. (3-pointers: Roever 3, Reed 1. Fouled out: None.)

BOYS BASKETBALL

Bob Sechrest, Jr., Central Christmas Tournament

Perryville 63, North County 62

The third-seeded Pirates had a chance to go ahead late but missed a layup and dropped a decision in the quarterfinals against the sixth-seeded Raiders in Park Hills, Missouri.

Aaron Mueller and McGwire Bartley each had 15 points to lead Perryville (7-2) while Conner Stark finished with 12 points. The Pirates will take on No. 2 Festus in a fifth-place semifinal at 4:30 p.m. today.

Adam McGraw led North County with a game-high 26 points, and Hayden Sprenkel contributed 18 points.

North County 16 19 15 13 -- 63

Perryville 17 16 20 9 -- 62

NORTH COUNTY (63) -- Adam McGraw 26, Hayden Sprenkel 18, Brett Spradling 8, Brett Hubbard 6, Hunter Johnson 3, Kyle Bonney 2. FG 23, FT 6-9, F 13. (3-pointers: Sprenkel 5, McGraw 3, Hubbard 2, Johnson 1. Fouled out: None.)

PERRYVILLE (62) -- Aaron Mueller 15, McGwire Bartley 15, Conner Stark 12, Ryan Noland 6, Wyatt Johnson 4, Garrett Johnson 4, Josh Robinson 3, Austin Mueller 3. FG 25, FT 5-12, F 12. (3-pointers: Bartley 3, Stark 2, Aa. Mueller 1, Jo. Robinson 1. Fouled out: None.)

Warrior Winter Classic

Valle Catholic 56, St. Vincent 51

The top-seeded Warriors went on a run midway through the final period and held on to defeat the No. 4 Indians in a semifinal in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.

Despite the loss, St. Vincent coach Bruce Valleroy was pleased with his team's defensive effort.

"I'm still proud of our kids. ... We did everything we could," Valleroy said. "I felt like we outplayed them for 20-30 minutes, but that's kind of been our thing."

The Indians were led by Trevor Leible, who had 16 points. Tyler Monier added 12 points for St. Vincent (3-6), and Jordan Rellergert contributed 11 points. The Indians will face third-seeded Zalma for third place at 6 p.m. today.

Connor Basler paced Valle with 19 points. Cole Wood had 16 points for the Warriors, and Coleman Keeley contributed 10 points.

St. Vincent 11 13 16 11 -- 51

Valle 15 5 17 19 -- 56

ST. VINCENT (56) -- Trevor Leible 16, Tyler Monier 12, Jordan Rellergert 11, Luke Wibbenmeyer 8, Joe Whistler 2, Darren Ernst 2. FG 19, FT 11-15, F 21. (3-pointers: Monier 1, Rellergert 1. Fouled out: Wibbenmeyer.)

VALLE (56) -- Connor Basler 19, Cole Wood 16, Coleman Keeley 10, Colin Okenfuss 8, Tristan Rollhaus 2, Nick Oberle 1. FG 20, FT 11-27, F 17. (3-pointers: Basler 5. Fouled out: Okenfuss.)

-- From staff reports