Meadow Heights, Chaffee girls on a collsion course

The Meadow Heights and Chaffee girls basketball teams set up a semifinal clash by recording comfortable wins in the Class 2 District 3 quarterfinals on Saturday at Bismarck.

No. 2 seed Meadow Heights beat Valley 57-25 behind a 24-point performance by Caitlin Cook. Hayley Thomas also finished in double figures with 11 points.

Third-seeded Chaffee dispatched Ellington 64-27.

Ellie Sigman led the Red Devils with 16 points while Jordi Pruitt added 13.

The teams will meet at 8 p.m. Monday for a spot in the championship game.

No. 4 seed Oran was upset by host and No. 5 seed Bismarck 62-46.

The Eagles were led by Chrissy Sauceda, who scored 17 points. Sauceda made five 3-pointers in the game.

Taylor Nenninger added 11 points and Allie Cummins finished with 10.

Meadow Heights 57, Valley 25

Valley 6 4 5 10 -- 25

Meadow Heights 26 16 12 3 -- 57

VALLEY (CALEDONIA) (25) -- Callee Payne 11, Samantha Morgan 4, Kiana Loughary 4, Jacklyn McClain 2, Tadum Heifner 4. FG 9, FT 6-11, F 11. (3-pointers: Payne 1. Fouled out: none)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (57) -- Caitlin Cook 24, Kiana Hotop 9, Emma Cook 9, Taylor Cureton 3, Hayley Thomas 11. FG 22, FT 10-17, F 12. (3-pointers: Hotop 1, Cook 1. Fouled out: none)

Chaffee 64, Ellington 27

Ellington 2 10 7 8 -- 27

Chaffee 12 33 13 6 -- 64

ELLINGTON (27) -- Ariel Lipe 2, Danika Emery 15, Lindsay Hampton 3, Kelsey Crum 3, Grace Stroup 4. FG 11, FT 5-15, F 25. (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Crum, Stroup, Jodianne Buckner)

CHAFFEE (64) -- Jordi Pruitt 13, Ellie Sigman 16, Adrienne Eichhorn 10, Lauren Whistler 6, Chelsie Whitlow 1, Corliegh Burnett 6, Lindsey Koch 3, Lindsey Harrell 6, Katlin McFerron 3. FG 17, FT 23-30, F 15. (3-pointers: Pruitt 3, Whistler 2, Burnett 2. Fouled out: none)

Bismarck 62, Oran 46

Bismarck 17 17 14 14 -- 62

Oran 11 10 10 15 -- 46

BISMARCK (62) -- Kaitlyn Loughary 3, Jessica Sago 26, Darcy Latham 33. FG 18, FT 21-26, F 12. (3-pointers: Latham 5. Fouled out: none)

ORAN (46) -- Erin Schlitt 1, Addie Kielhofner 3, Ashlyn McIntosh 1, Taylor Nenninger 11, Allie Cummins 10, Tatum May 3, Chrissy Sauceda 17. FG 17, FT 5-9, F 20. (3-pointers: Nenninger 2, Sauceda 5. Fouled out: Kielhofner)

CLASS 1 DISTRICT 2

The Delta girls basketball team kept its season alive with a 44-40 win over the McKinley Classical Leadership Academy on Saturday at Scott County Central.

CLASS 3 DISTRICT 1

NMCC 64, Kelly 33

Third-seeded New Madrid County Central ended No. 6 Kelly's season with a Class 3 District 1 quarterfinal win at Malden.

CLASS 3 DISTRICT 2 Saxony 61, Scott City 22

Top-seeded Saxony Lutheran cruised to a win over Scott City in the opening round of the Class 3 District 2 tournament.

St. Pius 44, Woodland 35

A slow start and a big deficit in free throws made doomed the Cardinals in loss Saturday at West County High School

No. 4 seed St. Pius jumped out to a 16-4 lead in the first quarter and made 19 free throws in the game. Fifth-seeded Woodland compiled just four free-throw attempts and made just two, something coach Robert Stein said was out of character for his team.

Josie Long and Lindsay Shell led Woodland with 10 points.

The Cardinals finished the season with an 18-6 record.

Woodland 4 13 8 10 -- 35

St. Pius 16 9 6 13 -- 44

WOODLAND (35) -- Josie Long 10, Kathlyn Cooper 2, Whitney Lincoln 2, Keighlyn Lincoln 3, Shelby Sawyer 3, Lindsey Craft 5, Lindsay Shell 10. FG 15, FT 2-4, F 23. (3-pointers: Long 2, K. Lincoln 1. Fouled out: none)

ST. PIUS (44) -- Politte 8, Boyer 7, Ottolime 2, Reed 6, Magre 2, Basler 3, Linderer 16. FG 12, FT 19-30, F 12. (3-pointers: Linderer 1. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports