The Notre Dame girls basketball team remained perfect in SEMO Conference play Monday night, rolling past visiting Poplar Bluff 67-49.
Notre Dame improved to 9-5 overall and 4-0 in the league.
Kristain Burger scored 26 points for the Bulldogs, while Meridith Medlin added 18.
The Bulldogs broke away from a 12-12 first-quarter tie by outscoring the Mules 13-2 in the second period.
Leading 25-14 at halftime, an 18-11 third-quarter advantage for Notre Dame broke the contest wide open.
Notre Dame 67, Poplar Bluff 49
Poplar Bluff 12 2 11 24 -- 49
Notre Dame 12 13 18 24 -- 67
POPLAR BLUFF (49) -- Stephanie Ferguson 13, Caroline Fister 11, Arial Davis 10, Kelly Kelm 4, Emily Thomas 7, Jasmund Sumerall 2, Natalie Stoncecipher 2. FG 19, FT 6-11, F 13 (3-pointers: Ferguson 3, Davis 2. Fouled out: none)
NOTRE DAME (67) -- Kristain Burger 26, Meridith Medlin 18, Brooke Beussink 7, Emily Brumitt 4, Paige Schumer 4, Alex Fowler 3, Paris Burger 2, Amanda Pleimann 2, Claudia Brauss 1. FG 24, FT 15-19, F 12 (3-pointers: Medlin 2, Beussink 1, Fowler 1. Fouled out: none)
JV -- Notre Dame 48, Poplar Bluff 25.
Katee Moore poured in 27 points during Kelly's blowout victory at home.
Debra Hall added 14 points for the Hawks (11-3).
Becky Holder netted 10 points for Scott City.
Scott City 7 12 11 5 -- 35
Kelly 20 18 18 9 -- 65
SCOTT CITY (35) -- Stephanie Essner 5, Becky Holder 10, Whitney Tapley 2, Nora Glasser 8, Emily Essner 1, Donielle Howell 5, Holli Shemonia 2, Caitlyn Cotner 2. FG 13, FT 9-15, F 19 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Glasser.)
KELLY (65) -- Sarah Ruff 8, Brittany Ponder 2, Kayla Cissell 4, Lauren Gean 5, Katee Moore 27, Nikki Weiny 3, Debra Hall 14, Tara Johnson 2. FG 26, FT 13-24, F 15 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
JV -- Kelly 38, Scott City 28.
Chaffee outscored Sikeston 13-2 in the fourth quarter to pull out a home victory.
Amber Kirk led the Red Devils (3-7) with 10 points.
Sikeston 12 8 10 2 -- 32
Chaffee 7 10 3 13 -- 33
SIKESTON (32) -- Gibson 16, Gray 10, Turner 4, Blissett 2. FG 16, FT 0-2, F 16 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Turner)
CHAFFEE (33) -- Amber Kirk 10, Torie Keys 8, Rachel Hendrix 8, Whitney Schlosser 4, Sarah Benton 2, Tracy Martin 1. FG 14, FT 4-10, F 5 (3-pointers: Kirk 1. Fouled out: none)
JV -- Sikeston def. Chaffee.
Perryville used a balanced attack to take down visiting Festus and improve to 4-0 in Jefferson County Conference play.
The Pirates (10-5) were led by Ava Johnson and Nicole Gremaud with 15 points apiece, while Kendra Schilli added 13.
Festus 11 15 10 12 -- 48
Perryville 18 14 12 12 -- 56
FESTUS (48) -- Brown 4, Hahn 10, Schmitz 10, Borman 20, Abrams 4. FG 16, FT 10-13, F 19 (3-pointers: Hahn 2. Fouled out: Schmitz.)
PERRYVILLE (56) -- Alicia Kueker 5, Ava Johnson 15, Nicole Gremaud 15, Kendra Schilli 13, Alyssa Bauwens 5, Makenzie Schirmer 1, Kim Miesner 2. FG 15, FT 8-19, F 17 (3-pointers: Johnson 4, Gremaud 1, Schilli 1. Fouled out: none)
JV -- Perryville 29, Festus 24.
St. Vincent jumped out to a 30-1 halftime lead and rolled to an easy home victory.
The Squaws (8-4) improved to 4-0 in Jefferson County Conference play behind Jessica Welker's 10 points.
Herculanem 0 1 5 5 -- 11
St. Vincent 16 14 16 2 -- 48
HERCULANEUM (11) -- Store 5, Wing 2, Austin 2, Gauld 2. FG 4, FT 3-13, F 11 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
ST. VINCENT (48) -- Jessica Welker 10, Brooke Brown 9, Elizabeth Rozier 7, Kelsey Cissell 6, Courtney Besand 4, Lindsay Prost 4, Lacey Siegmund 2. FG 21, FT 5-11, F 10 (3-pointers: Brown 1. Fouled out: none)
JV -- St. Vincent won.
Woodland climbed above the .500 mark by beating visiting Oran.
Lauren Johnson paced the Cardinals (8-7) with 22 points. Francee VanGennip scored 14 points and Cortney Glastetter added 13.
Oran was led by Wendy Eftink with 13 points. Callie Kielhofner and Erica Michelsen both had 12.
Oran 15 8 13 17 -- 53
Woodland 21 17 14 12 -- 64
ORAN (53) -- Alyson Seyer 5, Ellen Sikes 3, Wendy Eftink 13, Callie Kielhofner 12, Erica Michelsen 12, Jodi Urhahn 4, Tiffany Glastetter 4. FG 17, FT 17-30, F 24 (3-pointers: Eftink 2. Fouled out: Eftink)
WOODLAND (64) -- Kayla Choate 4, Rheanna Greer 4, Casey McCraw 1, Tasha Lincoln 6, Francee VanGennip 14, Lauren Johnson 22, Cortney Glastetter 13. FG 23, FT 16-31, F 25 (3-pointers: Johnson 2. Fouled out: Lincoln, VanGennip)
JV -- Woodland 43, Oran 28.
Tonight's SEMO Conference game between area powers Notre Dame and host Charleston has been postponed due to a collapsed sewer line leading to Charleston High School.
The contest will be rescheduled at a later date.
Notre Dame placed first in 10 events en route to a dominating victory over host Poplar Bluff.
~Notre Dame results
200 medley relay -- 1. 2:13.88, (Ashley Nenninger, Audrey Glover, Rachel Henson, Brittany Menz)
200 freestyle -- 1. Lauren Castleman, 2:08.00; 2. Jackie Bader, 2:28.91
200 IM -- 1. Jenny Brant, 2:46.37; 2. Abigail Messmer, 2:47.62
50 freestyle -- 1. Menz, 26.69
100 butterfly -- 1.Henson, 1:21.91
100 freestyle -- 1.Castleman, 58.72; 2. Nenninger, 59.02
500 freestyle -- 1. Bader, 6:32.25
200 freestyle relay -- 1. 1:54.00 (Glover, Nenninger, Menz, Castleman); 2. 2:05.59, (Brant, Messmer, Tori Pfau, Ava Andersson)
100 backstroke -- 2. Henson, 1:18.87
100 breaststroke -- 1.Glover, 1:20.71
400 free relay -- 1. 4:24.75, (Menz, Castleman, Bader, Henson); 2. 4:42.90, (Ashley Nenninger, Brigette Nenninger, Abigail Messmer, Emily Messmer)
-- From staff reports
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