Kelly blasts East Prairie 59-20 in opener of Chaffee Tournament

Top-seeded Kelly jumped out to a 39-3 halftime lead and routed No. 8 East Prairie in the first round of the Chaffee Girls Basketball Tournament on Monday at Chaffee High School.

Leigh Ann Buchheit led the Hawks with 11 points, and Kelly Essner added nine.

Second-seeded Delta had little trouble with Oran, winning 57-35 in another first-round matchup. Rachel Ware led the Bobcats (3-0) with 18 points and Shea Smith had 16.

Fourth-seeded Sikeston edged No. 5 Scott City 59-51 in other tournament action. Third-seeded Scott County Central will face No. 6 Chaffee in the final first-round game on Wednesday.

Kelly and Sikeston will play at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday in one semifinal, while Delta takes on the winner of the Scott Central/Chaffee game on Thursday. The finals are set for 4 p.m. Saturday.

Kelly 59, East Prairie 20

East Prairie 0 3 5 12 -- 20

Kelly 23 16 11 9 -- 59

EAST PRAIRIE (20) -- Michelle Redman 16, Brittney Smith 4. FG 8, FT 1-3, F 16 (3-pointers: Redman 3. Fouled out: none)

KELLY (59) -- Amber Dirnberger 2, Jessica Burnett 6, Brittany Ponder 6, Kelly Essner 9, LeighAnn Buchheit 11, Mindy Robert 7, Stephanie Hency 5, Nikki Weiny 4, Summer Proctor 2, Rachel Kline 7. FG 26, FT 6-17, F 5 (3-pointers: Buchheit 1. Fouled out: none)

Delta 57, Oran 35

Oran 6 11 13 5 -- 35

Delta 14 15 14 14 -- 57

ORAN (35) -- Callie Kielhofner 3, Jodi Urhahn 2, Tori St. Cin 3, Erica Michelsen 16, Wendy Eftink 4, Mandi Wood 2, Amanda Eftink 5. FG 14, FT 7-11, F 16 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

DELTA (57) -- Sarah Cook 9, Shea Smith 16, Ashley Deprow 7, Rachel Ware 18, Kaci Menz 7. FG 23, FT 11-19, F 17 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

Notre Dame 59, NMCC 16

Notre Dame led 20-2 after the first quarter and eased to a road victory.

Kristain Burger and Allison Toole paced the Bulldogs with 12 points apiece, and Merideth Medlin added 11.

Notre Dame 20 11 21 7 -- 59

NMCC 2 10 4 0 -- 16

NOTRE DAME (59) -- Kristain Burger 12, Allison Toole 12, Merideth Medlin 11, Amber Karnes 9, Miranda Schlosser 4, Amanda Essner 4, Rachael Weidenbenner 2, Claudia Brauss 4, Brooke Beussink 1. FG 26, FT 5-9, F 10 (3-pointers: Medlin 1, Karnes 1. Fouled out: none)

NMCC (16) -- Betsy White 6, Laneka Newsom 4, Jessica Green 4, Camara Roberson 2. FG 7, FT 1-7, F 10 (3-pointers: Green. Fouled out: none)

JV: Notre Dame def. NMCC

Farmington 52, Notre Dame 51 (Saturday)

Farmington 13 8 22 9 -- 52

Notre Dame 14 12 11 14 -- 51

FARMINGTON (52) -- Kristina Johnson 10, Kassy Tiefenauer 9, Brandy Wooldridge 9, Megan Betts 6, Nathalie Hooss 11, Erin Parks 4. FG 23, FT 7-12, F 17 (3-pointers: Tiefenauer. Fouled out: none)

NOTRE DAME (51) --Merideth Medlin 13, Kristain Burger 10, Allison Toole 8, Amber Karnes 7, Amanda Toole 7, Rachael Weidenbenner 4, Amanda Essner 2. FG 18, FT 12-14, F 11 (3-pointers: Medlin 3. Fouled out: none)

Greenville 47, Woodland 26

Elisha Glastetter led Woodland with 10 points in a home loss to Greenville.

The Cardinals managed just nine points in the opening half.

BOYS SWIMMING

SLUH 122, Central 64

Hunter Givens provided Central with its only win in the 100 free in a dual at St. Louis University High.

Givens won in 54.46 seconds. Givens also finished second in the 50 free.

Central results

Medley relay -- 3. 1:54.18 (Givens, John Wolpers, Jason Mercer, Kris Metje)

200 free -- 3. Quentin Kelley 2:15.81

200 IM -- 2. Metje 2:18.90, 3. Wolpers 2:22.81

50 free -- Givens 24.12

Diving -- 3. Aaron Zlokovich 159.20

100 butterfly -- 2. Stuart Greaser 1:02.75

100 free -- 1. Givens 54.46

500 free -- 2. Metje 5:32.87, 3. Wolpers 5:47.56

200 free relay -- 2. 1:43.90 (Daniel Austin, Peyton Waggener, Matt Holmes, Mercer)

100 back -- 3. Greaser 1:12.59

100 breast -- 2. Waggener 1:12.18

400 free relay -- 2. 3:48.15 (Givens, Wolpers, Greaser, Metje)

OTHER EVENTS

Jackson's eighth grade boys basketball teams split at home against Farmington. The Indians' A Team won 49-34, and the B team fell 47-33.

-- From staff reports