ND girls claim 1st win in rout

Notre Dame's girls basketball team went on the road and picked up its first victory of the season in a 87-17 rout of New Madrid County Central Monday night.

Defending Class 2 state champion Notre Dame (1-3) held NMCC to four points in the first half, including zero in the first quarter.

Ashley Millham led the Bulldogs with 25 points, including seven 3-pointers.

Sommer McCauley had 16 points, Sierra Ellis added 14 and Amanda Dirnberger had 11. Notre Dame finished with 12 3-pointers.

Notre Dame coach Jerry Grim said it was nice to pick up a win, but knows there won't be many easy ones like Monday's game.

"We don't play an easy schedule," he said.

Grim said the Bulldogs are having to realize they are going to have to step up their play if they want to duplicate last year's success, but he thinks they have a chance to be a strong team.

"I think the team is coming along," he said.

Jackson 77, Twin Rivers 38

Jackson got up big early and cruised past visiting Twin Rivers.

The Indians (3-1) got points from 11 different players, led by Jenna Leet's 16 and Whitney Werner's 13. Maria Oehl added 10.

Jackson showed no ill effects after losing in the final of last weekend's Farmington Tournament. After jumping out to a 21-7 lead after the first quarter, the Indians never looked back.

Chaffee Tournament

Top-seeded Delta routed No. 8 East Prairie 95-10 in the first round of the Chaffee Tournament.

Delta got 42 points from Rebecca Below, a Chaffee Tournament record. Rebecca Cook added 18 points and 13 assists and Sarah M. Cook had 15 points.

In other first-round action, No. 2 Kelly rolled past No. 7 Oran 53-32 and No. 4 Sikeston edged No. 5 Scott County Central 41-38.

Dana Essner led Kelly with 12 points. Cara Scherer and Christy Kluesner had 11 each.

Sikeston got 15 points from Jennifer Medlin and 12 from Joy Daniel. Jennifer Hoots scored 21 points for SCC and Janet Penrod added 11.

The final opening-round game will be Wednesday as No. 3 Scott City plays No. 6 Chaffee at 5:30 p.m.

BOYS' BASKETBALL

Puxico 74, Zalma 56

Zalma got 28 from Chad Wiseman but couldn't overcome a balanced Puxico offense as the Bulldogs lost at home.

Zalma (2-3) trailed by 12 at halftime, and was outscored in each quarter. Kyle Hale led a group of three double-figure Puxico scorers with 20.

JV BOYS BASKETBALL

M. Heights Tournament

Host Meadow Heights was victorious in the opening round of its Tournament, edging Ste. Genevieve 72-61.

Other winners were St. Vincent over Fredericktown 52-18, Woodland over Leopold 45-26 and Central over Saxony Lutheran 47-23.

--From staff reports