Kelly girls improve to 14-1

Kelly Essner erupted for 26 points to lead Kelly's girls basketball team to a 70-48 home victory over St. Vincent on Monday night.

The Hawks (14-1) scored 26 points in the first quarter and built a 43-25 halftime lead.

Mindy Robert added 19 points for Kelly.

Theresa Mattingly and Sierra Paulus led St. Vincent (3-10) with 11 points each.

St. Vincent 17 8 15 8 -- 48

Kelly 26 17 15 12 -- 70

ST. VINCENT (48) -- Theresa Mattingly 11, Sierra Paulus 11, Stacy Brown 9, Alex Lundy 6, Jessica Welker 5, Lauren Schumer 2, Lisa Abbott 2, Hannah Schremp 2. FG 20, FT 7-11, F 16 (3-pointers: Welker 1. Fouled out: none)

KELLY (70) -- Kelly Essner 26, Mindy Robert 19, LeighAnn Buchheit 9, Jessica Burnett 4, Brittany Ponder 4, Stephanie Hency 4, Rachel Kline 4. FG 28, FT 11-15, F 15 (3-pointers: Essner 1, Buchheit 1, Robert 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: St. Vincent 41, Kelly 31

Perryville 56, Ste. Genevieve 35

Perryville outscored Ste. Genevieve 36-17 in the second half on its way to a home win. Amber Hacker led the Pirates (9-6) with 15 points.

Ste. Genevieve 9 9 5 12 -- 35

Perryville 9 11 15 21 -- 56

STE. GENEVIEVE (35) -- Sarah Flieg 10, Lindsay Rhodes 18, Kaley Meyer 3, Stephanie Rector 2, Ashley Armbruster 2. FG 12, FT 8-12, F 19 (3-pointers: Flieg 2, Meyer 1. Fouled out: Flieg)

PERRYVILLE (56) -- Christina Schremp 6, Meghan Roth 7, Krista Miesner 8, Amber Hacker 15, Bethany Steffens 4, Annette Weibrecht 8, Becky Bachmann 8. FG 21, FT 11-20, F 15 (3-pointers: Roth 1, Miesner 1, Hacker 1. Fouled out: Steffens)

JV: Perryville 58, Ste. Gen. 18

Central 45, Twin Rivers 39

Central won its third straight game with a win at Twin Rivers.

Courtney Schuessler and Erica Schabbing led Central (3-13) with 13 points apiece.

Central 10 12 11 12 -- 45

Twin Rivers 14 6 6 13 -- 39

CENTRAL (45) -- Meg Yates 3, Jessica Johnston 2, Courtney Schuessler 13, Erica Schabbing 13, Kristin Shirrell 5, Katie Mothershead 9. FG 13, FT 18-29, F 13 (3-pointers: Yates 1. Fouled out: none)

TWIN RIVERS (39) -- Blue 3, Honey 3, Marshall 6, Fentell 3, Johnson 9, Amerian 6, Morgan 6, Boatner 3. FG 14, FT 3-4, F 20 (3-pointers: Blue 1, Honey 1, Marshall 2, Fentell 1, Johnson 1. Fouled out: Marshall, Fentell)

JV: Central 46, Twin Rivers 11

Delta 79, Puxico 42

Rachel Ware poured in 29 points in a road victory.

Shea Smith added 17 points, Sarah Cook had 12 and Kaci Menz scored 10 for the Bobcats (12-3).

Delta 21 25 16 17 -- 79

Puxico 8 14 14 6 -- 42

DELTA (79) -- Sarah Cook 12, Krystal Burnett 2, Shea Smith 17, Ashley Deprow 4, Rachel Ware 29, Kaci Menz 10, Kacie Seabaugh 5. FG 31, FT 14-19, F 17 (3-pointers: Cook 2, Smith 1. Fouled out: none)

PUXICO (42) -- Jennifer Wollard 2, Sarah Woodgeard 25, Jannelle Wheatley 2, Stephanie Champan 8, Sierra Henson 4, Miranda Cespedes 1. FG 17, FT 5-12, F 14 (3-pointers: Woodgeard 1, Chapman 2. Fouled out: none)

Scott County Central 80, Neelyville 17

Scott County led 42-7 by halftime in a home rout.

Brittney Peet led the Bravettes (13-3) with 22 points, Brittany Godwin had 19, Janet Penrod had 17 and Trice Johnson scored 10.

Neelyville 7 0 8 2 -- 17

SCC 24 14 28 14 -- 80

NEELYVILLE (17) -- Jennifer Hardin 2, Tiffany Smith 4, Amanda Frant 2, Ashley Isom 3, McCann 2, Libby Parrish 4. FG 8, FT 1-4, F 15 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT COUNTY (80) -- Janet Penrod 17, Brittany Godwin 19, Brittney Peet 22, Trice Johnson 10, Amanda Lawless 2, Pipi Mitchell 2, Jessica McCray 4, Breanna Johnson 2. FG 31, FT 13-20, F 9 (3-pointers: Penrod 1, Godwin 3, Peet 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Scott County Central 57, Neelyville 20

JACKSON 46, DEXTER 34

Dexter 8 10 9 7 -34

Jackson 11 7 8 20 -46

DEXTER (34) - Haylee Finch 4, Natalie Hayes 6, Rachel Blunt 12, Taylor Nelson 12. Totals: 13 6-6 34. (3-pointers: Nelson 2. Team Fouls 9.)

JACKSON (46) - Adrea Puisis 2, Tara Kelley 5, Kylie Werner 4, Loni Littlepage 6, Kelly Loos 10, Bobbie Jones 9, Amanda Peiffer 10. Totals: 15 13-15 46. (3-pointers: Kelly 1, Loos 2. Team Fouls 8.)

JV: Jackson 47, Dexter 13.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Stoddard County Athletics Association Tournament

Daryl Wade led No. 3 Advance with 25 points in an 87-73 opening round victory over Woodland at Bloomfield High School.

Advance led 41-37 at halftime, but used a 27-18 scoring edge in the third quarter to pull away. Jeremy Limbaugh added 18 points, and Tyler Bowman scored 16.

Sixth-seeded Woodland was led by Seth Gaines' 27 points. Cody McCraw added 17 points, and Zack Winchester had 10 points for the Cardinals (5-10). McCraw added 11 rebounds.

Bell City, the No. 2 seed, defeated No. 7 Richland 72-39 in the other first-round game. D.D. Gillespie led the Cubs with 26 points, Blaine Stewart had 15 and Kerry Lasters scored 10.

Advance 87, Woodland 73

Woodland 15 22 18 18 -- 73

Advance 19 22 27 18 -- 87

WOODLAND (73) -- Kenny Massa 7, Seth Gaines 27, Chantz Barham 4, Lance VanGennip 2, Cody McCraw 17, Zack Winchester 10, Branson Masters 6. FG 29, FT 9-12, F 15 (3-pointers: Gaines 3, Massa 1, McCraw 2. Fouled out: none)

ADVANCE (87) -- Jordan Seabaugh 8, Tyler Bowman 16, Jeremy Limbaugh 18, Daryl Wade 25, Drew Sherman 8, Dustin Kalinski 3, James Masters 8, Bryan Birkman 1. FG 32, FT 12-21, F 12 (3-pointers: Seabaugh 2, Bowman 4, Limbaugh 1, Wade 4. Fouled out: none)

Chaffee 49, Greenville 47

Chaffee withstood a second-half Greenville comeback for a road win.

Korey Chapman led the Red Devils (3-9) with 17 points, including five first-half 3-pointers.

Chaffee 13 15 4 17 -- 49

Greenville 10 8 9 21 -- 47

CHAFFEE (49) -- Jeff Daugherty 3, Brad Uhrhan 2, Jeremy Penrose 7, Tyler Graham 4, T.J. Crowden 9, Korey Chapman 17, Gabe Walter 5, Andrew Hendrix 2. FG 15, FT 11-20, F 22 (3-pointers: Chapman 5, Crowden 2, Daugherty 1. Fouled out: Graham)

GREENVILLE (47) -- Allen 2, Moon 9, Meyer 13, J. Allen 4, McCoy 7, Becker 6, Burchard 7. FG 18, FT 11-20, F 17 (3-pointers: Moon 1. Fouled out: none)

Eagle Ridge 43, Mingo Job Corp 34

Joel Price scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Eagle Ridge edged visiting Mingo Job Corp of Puxico, Mo. Sandy Holmes had 10 points for the Eagles (5-12), and Tom Clemens added 10 rebounds.

Mingo 10 6 10 8 -- 43

Eagle Ridge 13 5 10 15 -- 34

MINGO (34) -- Kyle Reed 8, Jamal Wilea 8, Paul Uster 5, Will Decleu 4, R.J. 2, Toni Poletti 2, Byron Lawrence 3, Jesse Daniels 2. FG 10, FT 2-6, F 19 (3-pointers: Wilea 2, Uster 1, Lawrence 1. Fouled out: none)

EAGLE RIDGE (43) -- Joel Price 21, Sandy Holmes 10, Tom Clemens 9, Ben Douglass 2, Josh Wiseman 1. FG 17, FT 9-22, F 11 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Holmes)