ND GETS IN HOLIDAY FRAME OF MIND, BEATS LADY CATS

Notre Dame High's girls basketball team tuned up for this week's big HealthSouth Holiday Classic by rolling past visiting Fredericktown 59-32 Monday night.

The Lady Bulldogs, who improved to 7-1, got 15 points from Randi Senciboy and 11 from Melissa Maurer.

Fredericktown was led by Erin Kinder with 11 points.

Notre Dame jumped on top 16-8 after one quarter. The Lady Bulldogs still led by eight, 22-14, at halftime before pulling away in the second half.

"We played well at times," said Notre Dame coach Jerry Grim. "We're still not where we want to be, but we played better than we have the last couple of games."

The Lady Bulldogs will play Scott County Central at 8:30 tonight at the Show Me Center in the first round of the HealthSouth Holiday Classic.

Perryville 71, Crystal City 13

CRYSTAL CITY -- Perryville rolled over host Crystal City Monday night with a 58-point rout of the Lady Hornets.

Renee Kaempfe led the Lady Pirates (5-1) way with 26 points while teammate Laura Ernst sank four 3-pointers and finished with 15 points.

Perryville will face Cape Central at 5:30 p.m. today in the first round of the HealthSouth Holiday Classic at the Show Me Center.

Delta 62, Chaffee 35

DELTA -- Delta improved to 5-2 by easing past visiting Chaffee Monday night.

Amanda McDaniel scored 12 points while Amanda Cook added 10 to lead the Lady Bobcats.

Jamie Duncan of Chaffee led all scorers with 17 points.

The Lady Bobcats jumped ahead 31-10 at halftime and cruised to victory.

Kelly 77, East Prairie 11

EAST PRAIRIE -- Kelly continued a rough start for East Prairie Monday night by handing another lopsided loss to the Lady Eagles

Kelly (6-1) outscored East Prairie 20-2 in the first quarter and led 38-6 at halftime.

Audrey Burford scored a game-high 19 points for Kelly while Tiffany Glastetter tallied 15.

Kelly returns to action today with a 4 p.m. first-round game against Poplar Bluff in the HealthSouth Holiday Classic at the Show Me Center.

St. Vincent 38, Hillsboro 31

HILLSBORO -- The St. Vincent Squaws opened their Jefferson County Conference schedule with a low-scoring win on the road Monday night.

St. Vincent's Fara Galati scored over half of her teams points with 20. No other Squaw scored in double figures as they improved to 2-5.

Scott County 101, Oran 50

ORAN -- Scott County Central hit the century mark in routing host Oran Monday night.

The Bravettes (4-2) placed five players in double figures, led by Tashika Raby with 23 points. Danika Kidd and Ashley Whitson both had 18, Katie Griffin 17 and LaKeya Turner 14.

Oran (0-4) got 17 points from Sara Heisserer.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Perryville 60, Fredericktown 44

FREDERICKTOWN -- In one of the stranger games this season, Fredericktown could muster just two first-half points in a loss to visiting Perryville Monday night.

Perryville built a 13-0 lead in the first quarter and led 25-2 at the break. The Blackcats shook the funk in the second half, outscoring Perryville 42-35.

"They had some pretty good shots and none of them fell," said Perryville coach Dean Lewis. "That was pretty strange in their own gym."

It marked the second time this season Perryville (2-4) held an opponent scoreless in the first quarter.

"They're a pretty decent team," said Lewis. "They have some good players. I don't know what it was all about. They got 23 points in the third quarter, so they're capable of scoring."

Paul Weinkein led Perryville with 18 points while Andy Clark scored 11 for Fredericktown.

M. Heights 81, Oak Ridge 76

PATTON -- Kevin Weaver poured in 33 points Monday night to spark a comeback win for Meadow Heights.

The Panthers (2-3) outscored the Blue Jays 25-14 in the fourth quarter.

Also scoring in double figures for the Panthers were Michael Jeter (12), Brandon Boyd (10) and Ronnie Laurentius.

Oak Ridge got 18 points from Eric Hobeck and Nick Friese, 15 from Tom Frentzel and 10 from Brent Schreiner.

"It was one of our better games," said Meadow Heights coach Jeff Gravon. "Weaver hit some big threes at the end and also some big free throws."

Both teams are right back in action at home tonight, Oak Ridge against Scott City and Meadow Heights against Delta.

Ste. Genevieve 62, St. Vincent 43

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent got Dustin Moll back for the first time but still fell to 0-5 at home Monday night.

Moll, who had been out with an ankle injury suffered during football, scored 18 points in his basketball debut. Josh Wheeler added 14.

Tolby Meyer led Ste. Genevieve with 18 points. The Dragons led 30-18 at halftime.

"We're just not very good right now," said St. Vincent coach Bruce Valleroy. "But it was good to get Dustin back."

St. Vincent's JV improved to 5-0 with a 50-45 win.

The Indians host Marquand tonight.

WRESTLING

Central 48, Dexter 25

Cape Central won its first dual match of the season Monday night by beating visiting Dexter.

Keith Benton (112 pounds), Jon Lowrance (125), Ben Allen (130), Josh Goodrich (145), Troy Sikes (160), Otis Turner (171), Matt Strickland (189), Alex Elfrink (215) and Andy Roussel (275) all prevailed for the Tigers (1-3).

"We had a couple freshmen that went out and got the job done in front of the home crowd," said Central coach Drew Lilledahl. "Otis Turner and Jon Lowrance both got their first varsity wins. We all wrestled pretty solid as a team."

Central will host the annual Tiger Classic Friday and Saturday.

Central 48, Dexter 25

103 - Brian Pounds (D) dec. Paul Miller, 14-6

112 - Keith Benton (C) pinned Brian Besf, 1:03

119 - Brad Cooper (D) forfeit win

125 - John Lowrance (C) pinned Jason Huey, 2:41

130 - Ben Allen (C) forfeit win

135 - Cory Stevens (D) pinned Nick Harter, 1:44

140 - Jason Barbour (D) dec. Travis Kaufman, 4-1

145 - Josh Goodrich (C) pinned Wes Blankenship, 1:57

153 - Shadrick Shafer (D) pinned Brandon Benanati, 1:36

160 - Troy Sikes (C) dec. John Jarell, 12-7

171 - Otis Turner (C) pinned Joe Bennett, 4:45

189 - Matt Strickland (C) pinned Phillip Cumpton, 4:31

215 - Alex Elfrink (C) pinned Justin Kelley, 3:47

275 - Andy Roussel (C) dec. Brad Garrell, 14-8

Jackson places fourth

In action from over the weekend, Jackson placed fourth out of five teams in its division of the rugged Jefferson Helias Tournament.

The Indians had 141 points. Blue Springs won the division with 249 points.

Individual champions for Jackson were Brett Stroud (103 pounds), Eric Rhodes (119), Lance Schlick (125) and Kyle Huck (135).

"There was some of the best competition in the state," said Jackson coach Steve Wachter. "I thought our guys wrestled hard."

Jackson will host North County in a dual match Wednesday night.

BOYS SWIMMING

Central wins tri-meet

CLAYTON -- Cape Central won eight off 11 events and won a triangular meet against CBC and host Clayton Monday.

The Lady Tigers (3-1) had 135 points. Clayton had 109 and CBC 66.

Eric Yount won the 200 freestyle (1:56.68) and 50 freestyle (23.66) while Jason Owen won the 100 butterfly (57.08) and 200 IM (2:03.92).

Ben Roeger won the 100 freestyle (53.82) and was second in the 100 backstroke but still made a state cut time (59.56). Zach Roberts captured the 100 breaststroke (1:13.09).

Also winning were the 200 freestyle relay team (1:43.01; Rob Tygett, Matt Hawkins, Nathan Skinner, Yount) and the 400 free relay team (3:47.57; Yount, Roeger, Stratton Tingle, Owen).

Finishing second were Roberts in the 100 butterfly, David Stahr in the 500 freestyle and the medley relay squad of Roeger, Stahr, Owen and Skinner).

JR. HIGH BASKETBALL

Central freshmen lose

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Cape Central's freshmen boys dropped a 37-27 decision at Meridian Monday night.

Chris Cole scored 11 points for Central (3-5).

Central's eighth grade prevailed in overtime.