ND girls edge St. Joseph's Academy

ST. LOUIS -- Lisa Millham scored a school-record 29 points as Notre Dame's girls basketball team overcame St. Joseph's Academy and its towering freshman center 60-57 Saturday.

Millham, a senior forward, sank seven 3-pointers for the second straight game, including five in the first half on just seven attempts.

"It was nice to see our seniors step up," said Notre Dame coach Jerry Grim.

Notre Dame (4-1) faced quite an obstacle in 6-foot-5 freshman Erin McCarthy.

"I've never seen a girl that big," said Grim. "And she was athletic."

McCarthy finished with 21 points, but was the only St. Joseph's player to finish in double figures.

Grim said his Lady Bulldogs held their own on the boards, although McCarthy got her fair share.

"Our kids kept their composure today," he added. "This is a very good St. Joe's team."

Ashley Millham, a junior guard, added 12 points for the Lady Bulldogs.

Notre Dame broke out to a 20-13 lead in the first quarter and took a 37-32 lead into halftime. St. Joseph's tied the game at 48 by the start of the fourth quarter. The Lady Bulldogs outscored the Angels 12-9 down the stretch.

Chaffee Tournament

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Second-seeded Delta pounded No. 4 Sikeston 41-25 to claim the championship of the Chaffee Tournament.

Rebecca Below scored a game-high 18 points for the Lady Bobcats.

Delta (4-2) never allowed Sikeston to score more than seven points in any quarter. It led 18-14 at halftime and 27-18 going into the fourth quarter.

"I thought our players played very good team defense," said Delta coach Randy White. "Sikeston's got some big kids. We got good pressure on the basketball which made it tough for them to get it inside and our inside kids, Rebecca Below and Sarah Jo Cook, really did a good job."

Jen Medlin scored nine points to lead Sikeston.

In the third-place game, top-seeded Kelly knocked off third-seeded Scott City 49-44.

Kelly, which trailed most of the game, was led by Christy Kluesner's 15 points. Dana Essner scored 11.

Loren Groves poured in 29 points to lead Scott City. The next-highest total from a Scott City player was six.

No. 6 Oran defeated No. 5 Chaffee 55-44.

The Lady Eagles' Maria Eftink scored 22 points to lead Oran, while Ashley Dirnberger added 17. Dirnberger made 14 of her 17 free throws.

Jennifer Vandeven paced Chaffee with 14 points.

EAGLE RIDGE 29 CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL 20

HILLSBORO, Ill. -- Eagle Ridge won the consolation title of the Christian Outreach Invitational Saturday at Jefferson College.

Amber Karnes led Eagle Ridge with 17 points as the Lady Eagles improved to 4-2.

BOYS BASKETBALL

EAGLE RIDGE LOSES CONSOLATION TITLE

HILLSBORO, Mo. -- Eagle Ridge split a pair of games in the Christian Invitational Saturday, falling in the consolation title game 66-38 to the Word of Outreach school from Little Rock, Ark.

Andrew Mellies led the Eagles with 17 points, followed by Mike Probst with 10.

Earlier in the day, Eagle Ridge (4-3) defeated Christian Outreach 48-23.

Daniel Ellinghouse scored 15 points to lead the way. Mellies added 14.

JUNIOR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL

CAPE CENTRAL NINTH 67 SCOTT CITY 59

Larenzo Braxto scored 20 points and Anthony Mead added 11 as the Tigers improved to 6-1.

Mark Dannenmueller scored a game-high 28 points for Scott City.

Wrestling

MISSOURI DUALS

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Jackson wrestlers captured third-place at the highly competitive Missouri Duals meet Saturday.

Seth Harrell, in the 215-pound class, and heavyweight Luke Wade medaled for the Indians. Harrell went undefeated in five matches, while Wade was 4-1. Medals were awarded only for first-place performances, based on highest point totals.

Brock Howard, 112-pounder, was undefeated at 5-0 but missed a medal on the point system.

Several other Indians performed well in the competition: 135-Cody Rouse (4-1), 140-Ricky Feiner (4-1), 145-Justin Rice (4-1) and 189-Matt Kahle (4-1).

Complete team results.

Gold Division: 1. Blue Springs 248, 2. Raymore Peculiar 234, 3. Jackson 174, 4. Francis Howell 152, 5. Raytown South 121

Blue Division: 1. Jefferson City Helias 192, 2. Jefferson City High 174, 3. Columbia Hickman 157, 4. McCluer North 129, 5. Oakville 87

SIKESTON JV TOURNAMENT

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Cape Central had eight medalists -- including three first places -- in the five-team Sikeston junior varsity tournament.

Brandon Seabaugh (119), David Allen (140) and Brian Vogel (145) took first, while Steven Hobbs (125), Andy Matthews (145), Jonathon Cunningham (152), Brandon Pender (160) and Alex Schroeder (171) took second place.

-- From wire reports