High school roundup: Zalma rides upset into Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball tournament semifinals

The Zalma boys basketball team pulled off an upset in overtime during the opening round of the Mississippi Valley Conference tournament Monday.

The Bulldogs led by a point entering the fourth quarter, but Greenville pulled even to force overtime.

Zalma, the No. 5 seed, pulled out the 69-67 win over the No. 4 seed.

Bradley Key led the Bulldogs with 21 points, while Gage Lemons and Jake Reed added 18 points apiece.

Zalma will face top-seeded Leopold at 7 p.m.

Chaffee got 21 points, including three 3-pointers, from Alex Crowe in its 72-26 win over Marquand.

Peyton Montgomery added 11 points, while Jordan Yahn contributed 10 points for the No. 2 seed Red Devils (10-8).

Chaffee will face Oak Ridge in today's 8:30 p.m. semifinal.

The Blue Jays took care of host Meadow Heights 62-26.

Oak Ridge led 37-9 at halftime and never looked back.

Ryan Below led the Blue Jays with 20 points, while Jake LeGrand added 16 points and Kyle Rohde chipped in 12.

Daylan Davis paced the Panthers with 15 points.

Chaffee 72, Marquand 26

Marquand 7 10 9 0 -- 26

Chaffee 30 18 14 10 -- 72

MARQUAND (26) -- Brad Weakley 9, Gene Weakley 8, Tyler Dunn 6, Brian Weakley 3. FG 10, FT 3-7, F 14. (3-pointers: Brad Weakley 1, Brian Weakley 1, G. Weakley 1. Fouled out: Gene Weakley)

CHAFFEE (72) -- Alex Crowe 21, Peyton Montgomery 11, Zach Dannenmueller 4, Cody Johnson 4, Layton Tenkhoff 5, Jordan Yahn 10, Alex Davie 4, Bronson Daniels 6, Charlie Montgomery 7. FG 28, FT 8-11, F 11. (3-pointers: Crowe 3, Daniels 2. Fouled out: none)

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Oak Ridge 62, Meadow Heights 23

Oak Ridge 16 21 18 7 -- 62

Meadow Hts 1 8 10 4 -- 23

OAK RIDGE (62) -- Hunter Seyer 3, Ryan Below 20, Jake LeGrand 16, Dakota Zoellner 2, Kyle Rohde 12, Ben Stewart 2, Lance Rohde 7. FG 26, FT 6-7, F 16. (3-pointers: LeGrand 2, Seyer 1, K. Rohde 1. Fouled out: none)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (23) -- Daylan Davis 15, Justin McGuire 2, Cody Overbey 4, Ryan Foltz 2. FG 9, FT 5-6, F 18. (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: none)

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Zalma 69, Greenville 67

Zalma 15 16 15 15 8 -- 69

Greenville 16 17 12 16 6 -- 67

ZALMA (69) -- Ryan Tucker 1, Jake Reed 18, Austin Sitze 11, Gage Lemons 18, Bradley Key 21. FG 30, FT 7-14, F 16. (3-pointers: Lemons 2. Fouled out: none)

GREENVILLE (67) -- Trevor Bennett 14, Austin Crane 20, Austin Birmingham 20, Michael Morey 13. FG 29, FT 0-5, F 14. (3-pointers: Birmingham 6, Crane 2, Morey 1. Fouled out: none)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Meadow Heights 73, Delta 31

The Panthers led 44-18 at halftime and sailed from their in the road win.

Erin Bollmann netted 31 points, while Whitney Welker added 26 points, including two 3-pointers, for Meadow Heights.

Tori Burton scored 13 points to lead the Bobcats (8-8).

Meadow Hts 27 17 19 10 -- 73

Delta 10 8 7 6 -- 31

MEADOW HEIGHTS (73) -- Caitlin Cook 2, Erin Bollmann 31, Kiana Hotop 8, Jessica Baremore 3, Whitney Welker 26, Taylor Cureton 2, Heather Baremore 2, Makayla McGruder 2. FG 31, FT 6-12, F 12. (3-pointers: Welker 2, J. Baremore 1. Fouled out: none)

DELTA (31) -- Lyndse Hamby 2, Machela VanGennip 12, Chastity Taylor 2, Tori Burton 13, Myra Henson 2. FG 10, FT 9-13, F 8. (3-pointers: VanGennip 2. Fouled out: none)

Jackson 48, Perryville 32

Dru Haertling and Megan Williams scored 12 points apiece in the home win.

Jackson (12-4), which went shot 85 percent from the free-throw line (11 of 13), opened a 14-point lead at the intermission.

Natalie Gremaud scored 13 points and grabbed four rebounds, while Megan Moldenhauer added four steals for the Pirates (8-12).

Perryville 6 4 7 15 -- 32

Jackson 11 13 18 6 -- 48

PERRYVILLE (32) -- Natalie Gremaud 13, Morgan Mueller 2, Courtney Borden 3, Kaycee Erzfeld 1, Allison Moldenhauer 9, Desiree Brown 4. FG 12, FT 8-12, F 12. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JACKSON (48) -- Dru Haertling 12, Rachel Crites 2, Rachel Hodo 3, Emily Davidson 2, Connor King 7, Emily Gartman 2, Megan Williams 12, Allie Halter 8. FG 16, FT 11-13, F 18. (3-pointers: Haertling 2, Hodo 1, Halter 2. Fouled out: Davidson)

Scott City 54, East Prairie 35

The Rams rode a strong second half to victory.

Scott City outscored the Eagles by 23 points after the intermission.

Andrea Gray scored 12 points, including four 3-pointers, while dishing out five assists and grabbing six rebounds for Scott City (11-7).

Katie Hogan added 12 points, 19 rebounds and nine blocks, while Katie Rhymer recorded five assists and seven rebounds in the win.

East Prairie 5 13 4 13 -- 35

Scott City 7 7 15 25 -- 54

EAST PRAIRIE (35) -- Courtney Carden 6, Rebekah Douglas 6, Caitlyn Harwell 10, Kaitlyn Shands 6, Brianna Strayhorn 2, Kailey Turner 5. FG 9, FT 16-27, F 18. (3-pointers: Shands 1. Fouled out: Shands)

SCOTT CITY (54) -- Lyndsie Robert 10, Jessica Boswell 2, Katie Rhymer 5, Katie Hogan 12, Alexis Spriggs 4, Alicia Kern 9, Andrea Gray 12. FG 16, FT 14-26, F 23. (3-pointers: Gray 4, Hogan 2. Fouled out: Boswell)

Kelly 67, Charleston 61

Bridgette Chandler scored 26 points to lead host Kelly.

Tessa Johnson added 15 for the Hawks, who hit an impressive 23 of 26 free throws.

Charleston 17 11 14 19 -- 61

Kelly 12 17 18 20 -- 67

CHARLESTON (61) -- Sierra Frazier 9, Juwanna Walker 9, Kasuela Cooper 11, E'Neikqua Ewing 20, Dazique Gillespie 4, Marshavia Ewing 3, Elaysa Henderson 5. FG 20. FT 21-36. F 30. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Cooper, Gillespie, Hamilton.)

KELLY (67) -- Sam Ratledge 6, Tessa Johnson 15, Bridgette Chandler 26, Stephanie Worth 4, Karlie Ashcraft 4, Logan Ivie 4, Payton Jones 4, Jessica Worth 4. FG 22. FT 23-26. F 27. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: S. Worth.)

Clearwater 43, Woodland 28

Host Woodland, ahead 12-11 at halftime, was outscored 23-9 in the third quarter.

Josie Long paced the Cardinals (11-6) with 10 points. Kendra Pinkley had eight points and 11 rebounds.

Clearwater 4 7 23 9 -- 43

Woodland 5 7 9 7 -- 28

CLEARWATER (43) -- Hannah Rowold 8, Kyra Garrison 9, Haley Alcorn 2, Lexi Morris 22, Allie Holmes 2. FG 12, FT 13-21, F 8. (3-pointers: Morris 5, Garrison 1. Fouled out: none)

WOODLAND (28) -- Kendra Pinkley 8, Josie Long 10, Kathlyn Cooper 2, Keighlyn Lincoln 3, Lindsey Craft 5. FG 12, FT 3-9, F 18. (3-pointers: Long 1. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports