Kelly girls still perfect after tourney win

The Kelly girls basketball won its opening game at the Twin Rivers Christmas Tournament and remained unbeaten on the season.

Kelly defeated New Madrid County Central 67-50 on Saturday. The Hawks (6-0) next play at 5 p.m. Tuesday against Charleston in the quarterfinal round.

Jessica Burnett scored 18 points and Kelly Essner added 12 for the Hawks. Mindy Robert scored nine points for Kelly, which built a 41-19 lead by halftime.

KELLY 67, NEW MADRID COUNTY 50

Kelly 17 24 16 10 -- 67

New Madrid 8 11 12 14 -- 50

KELLY (67) -- Jessica Burnett 18, Kelly Essner 12, LeighAnn Buchheit 5, Mindy Robert 9, Stephanie Hency 6, Nikki Weiny 3, Summer Proctor 8, Rachel Kline 6. FG 23, FT 17-22, F 10 (3-pointers: Proctor 2, Essner 1, Buchheit 1. Fouled out: none)

NEW MADRID (50) -- Beasley 6, White 8, Nesselrodt 6, Williamson 2, Newsome 12, Green 9, Matthews 5, Roberson 2. FG 21, FT 8-12, F17 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

Lafayette 67, Perryville 41

Perryville fell to Lafayette at the Visitation tournament.

The Pirates (3-4) were led by Bethany Steffans, who scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Annette Weibrecht also scored in double figures with 10. Amber Hacker led the team defensively with four steals in the game.

Perryville 17 8 7 9 -- 41

Lafayette 20 11 23 13 -- 67

PERRYVILLE (41) -- Meaghan Roth 8, Krista Miesner 3, Amber Hacker 6, Bethany Steffans 14, Annette Weibrecht 10. FG 15, FT 8-11, F 14 (3-pointers: Roth. Fouled out: none)

LAFAYETTE (67) -- Melissa Lampz 1, Michelle Moody 7, Chelea Carmody 8, Sarah Johnson 2, Kelsey Park 20, Torri Harton 3, Sheena Carton 4, Coleen Dailey 5, Casey Conklin 2, Danielle Borez 4, Amy Vikroy 11. FG 17, FT 12-18 F 16 (3-pointers: Park 6, Moody, Daily. Fouled out: none)

Notre Dame postponed

Due to a scheduling snafu, Notre Dame's game at St. Louis Notre Dame was postponed.

The game has been rescheduled for Feb. 12.

BOYS SWIMMING Chaminade Quad

Central finished third in the Chaminade Quad meet in the St. Louis County suburb of Creve Coeur. Central had one first-place finisher.

Hunter Givens captured the 100-meter freestyle in 53.91 seconds.

Central also had four second-place showings.

Notre Dame finished fourth in the meet.

Top three teams

DeSmet 460; Chaminade 419; Central 321 1/2.

Central results

200 medley relay -- 2, (Hunter Givens, Payton Wagner, Chris Metje, Jason Mercer) 1:49.86.

200 individual medley -- 2, John Wolpers, 2:18.81.

100 butterfly -- 2, Metje, 1:00.29.

100 freestyle -- 1, Givens, 0:53.91

200 free relay -- 2, (Givens, Wagner, Metje, Mercer) 1:38.16.

100 breaststroke -- 3, Wagner, 1:10.80 .