Notre Dame boys claim 20th victim

The Notre Dame boys basketball team notched its 20th victory of the season Tuesday night, routing visiting Kennett 85-47.

Ryan Willen poured in 30 points for the Bulldogs, who improved to 20-4 overall and 6-1 in SEMO Conference play.

Ty Williams added 12 points for the Bulldogs, followed by John Unterreiner with 11 and Austin Greer with 10.

Notre Dame 85, Kennett 47

Kennett 8 10 12 17 -- 47

Notre Dame 31 16 25 13 -- 85

KENNETT (47) -- Finley 11, Washington 4, Howard 4, Hampton 5, Hughes 12, Parr 9, McGraw 2. FG 21, FT 3-4, F 17 (3-pointers: Finley 1, Hampton 1. Fouled out: none)

NOTRE DAME (85) -- Mark Himmelberg 5, Abe Dirnberger 4, Ty Williams 12, Blake Gaddis 2, John Unterreiner 11, Austin Greer 10, Ryan Willen 30, Joseph Tolbert 2, Logan Glueck 9. FG 30, FT 16-21, F 10 (3-pointers: Himmelberg 1, Williams 4, Unterreiner 2, Willen 2. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Notre Dame won 77-24.

Scott City 71, Kelly 70

Scott City's Rynn Eskew scored four late points to help the Rams slip past visiting Kelly.

With the game tied and about a minute left, Eskew got a layup after an offensive rebound. He followed with a steal and layup with about 20 seconds left for a four-point lead.

Kelly hit a 3-pointer with 3 seconds left, but time ran out.

Jay Simmons led the Rams (14-7) with 17 points. Alex King had 15 and Caleb Estes 13.

Spencer Ayers paced the Hawks with 17 points. Tyler Thurman followed with 15 and Chris Cooper added 13.

Kelly 15 15 18 22 -- 70

Scott City 21 20 10 20 -- 71

KELLY (70) -- Tyler Thurman 15, Chris Cooper 13, Josh DeBrock 6, Kyle Chipman 2, Dallas Tew 7, James Miller 2, Zach Hamm 8, Spencer Ayers 17. FG 28, FT 7-15, F 21 (3-pointers: Thurman 3, Cooper 1, DeBrock 2, Tew 1. Fouled out: Chipman)

SCOTT CITY (71) -- John Pinkston 5, Jay Simmons 17, Rynn Eskew 6, Jamie Pinkston 7, Caleb Estes 13, Derek Laxton 2, Travis Scherer 6, Alex King 15. FG 24, FT 17-25, F 16 (3-pointers: Simmons 3, Estes 1, Scherer 2. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Scott City won 63-48.

Perryville 58,Crystal City 36

Perryville finished Jefferson County Conference play in third place as it closed league play with a home victory.

Tyler Bauwens led the Pirates (15-9 overall, 7-2 conference) with 16 points, while Rick Dunn added 11 points.

Crystal City 7 10 4 15 -- 36

Perryville 15 8 13 22 -- 58

CRYSTAL CITY (36) -- Lance Cannon 15. Jake Buehler 7, Michael Schembre 6, Devin Riney 5, Jerico Shanklin 2, Stewart Mason 1. FG 15, FT 5-9, F 16 (3-pointers: Riney 1. Fouled out: none)

PERRYVILLE (58) -- Tyler Bauwens 16, Rick Dunn 11, Corey Lorenz 7, Mike Fritsche 7, Darren Sherrill 5, Steve Richardson 5, Michael Bockman 2, Brent Roth 2, Craig Brueckner 2, Jon Hecht 1. FG 20, FT 15-18, F 12 (3-pointers: Richardson 1, Fritsche 1, Dunn 1. Fouled out: none)

St. Pius 68, St. Vincent 64

St. Vincent's comeback fell short as the Indians were forced to share the Jefferson County Conference small schools division title with host St. Pius.

Both squads finished 3-1 in the small schools division. The Indians are 10-9 overall and 4-5 in all conference games.

Gregory Finger scored 16 points for the Indians, who outscored St. Pius 32-23 in the fourth quarter. Chris Fischer had 14 points, followed by Josh Rollet with 11.

St. Vincent 9 12 11 32 -- 64

St. Pius 15 16 14 23 -- 68

ST. VINCENT (64) -- Gregory Finger 16, Chris Fischer 14, Josh Rollet 11, Justin L'Hote 10, Chris Wengert 9, Zach Richardet 4. FG 23, FT 12-21, F 23 (3-pointers: Finger 3, Rollet 3. Fouled out: Rollet)

ST. PIUS (68) -- Burke 22, Modde 13, Otec 12, Klahs 8, Serafin 6, Vallo 5, Zinser 2. FG 24, FT 14-28, F 17 (3-pointers: Burke 3, Otec 2, Vallo 1. Fouled out: Burke)

JV -- St. Pius won 70-31.

Bell City 66, Dexter 46

Bell City used a 26-13 fourth-quarter edge to pull away at home for its 14th straight victory.

The Cubs (18-4), who led just 26-25 at halftime, received 19 points from Will Bogan, 16 from Phillip Gross and 14 from Nick Niemczyk.

Dexter 10 15 8 13 -- 46

Bell City 11 15 14 26 -- 66

DEXTER (46) -- Hessling 2, Windham 9, Rawson 2, Chamberlain 10, Kohlbaker 1, Swindle 2, Scott 1, Carwile 7, Hart 12. FG 16, FT 12-19, F 17 (3-pointers: Windom 2. Fouled out: none)

BELL CITY (66) -- Nick Niemczyk 14, Phillip Gross 16, Will Bogan 19, Melvin Johnson 2, Austin Segers 5, Marty Dames 2, Eddie Green 6, Clay Dover 2. FG 26, FT 6-10, F 18 (3-pointers: Niemczyk 3, Gross 3, Green 2. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Dexter won 54-40.

Advance 88, Woodland 73

Advance withstood a 35-point barrage by Woodland's Seth Gaines as the Hornets posted a home victory.

The Hornets (15-7) were led by Alex Steil with 20 points. Trenton Moses had 17, Rusty Hendricks 15 and Cody Mitchell 13.

Caleb Lee added 15 points for the Cardinals, all coming on five 3-pointers.

Woodland 10 24 21 28 -- 73

Advance 19 25 15 29 -- 88

WOODLAND (73) -- Caleb Lee 15, Seth Gaines 35, Timmy Abner 5, Kyle Reynolds 6, Chad Gaines 7, Jordan King 3, McCarty 2. FG 23, FT 16-23. (3-pointers: Lee 5, S. Gaines 3, Abner 1, Reynolds 1, C. Gaines 1.)

ADVANCE (88) -- Cameron Stevens 1, Rusty Hendricks 15, Adam Baker 5, Tyler Wade 2, David VanGennip 4, Alex Steil 20, Jacob Bond 2, Cody Mitchell 13, Trenton Moses 17, Chris Welch 9. FG 31, FT 23-36. (3-pointers: Hendricks 1, Steil 2.)

Sikeston 72, Oran 38

Sikeston cruised past Oran, outscoring the Eagles 41-12 in the first half.

Chase Seyer was the only player in double figures for Oran, finishing with 17 points.

Oran 10 2 18 8 -- 38

Sikeston 23 18 17 14 -- 72

ORAN (38) -- Chase Seyer 17, Cody Romas 8, Hunter Glastetter 6, Jake Kluesner 3, Chris Asmus 2, Steven Mock 2. FG 13, FT 9-16, F 15. (3-pointers: Romas 1. Fouled out: none).

SIKESTON (72) -- Michael Porter 18, Julian Beard 11, Blake Taylor 11, Ray Rodgers 10, Isaac Porter 9, Brandon Washington 4, Josh Jackson 4, Frazer Stone 3, Joe Moore 2. FG 27, FT 15-19, F 14. (3-pointers: Stone 1. Fouled out: none).

JV -- Sikeston 80, Oran 36

Scott County Central 83,Risco 36

Caleb Johnson scored 28 points and D.D. Gillespie added 25 to lead Scott County Central past Risco.

Bobby Hatchett also had 14 points for the Braves (16-4).

Risco 12 8 9 7 -- 36

SCC 21 22 20 20 -- 83

RISCO (36) -- Ricky Davis 16, Kyle White 4, Daryl Vise 4, Matt Smith 4, Kyle Hayes 3, Ricky McCord 3, Justin Brandt 2. FG 10, FT 4-10, F 13. (3-pointers: White 1, Davis 1, Hayes 1, McCord 1. Fouled out: none).

SCC (83) -- Caleb Johnson 28, D.D. Gillespie 25, Bobby Hatchett 14, Avery Williams 8, Toby Heeb 6, Mark Freed 2. FG 33, FT 5-13, F 12. (3-pointers: Gillespie 2, Heeb 2. Fouled out: none).

Meadow Heights 90,Oak Ridge 71

Tyler Wagner poured in 31 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for host Meadow Heights.

Sam Russell added 19 points for the Panthers (6-13), who also got 14 points from John Long.

Dylan Abbott (21 points), Dustin Meyr (20) and Garret Light (17) all scored in double figures for Oak Ridge.

Oak Ridge 11 14 24 22 -- 71

Meadow Heights 25 24 22 19 -- 90

OAK RIDGE (71) -- Dylan Abbott 21, Dustin Meyr 20, Garret Light 17, Dustin Owens 7, Walt Ruesler 4, Adam Seabaugh 2. FG 24, FT 17-29, F 16 (3-pointers: Abbott 4, Myer 2. Fouled out: none)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (90) -- Tyler Wagner 31, Sam Russell 19, John Long 14, Dustin Hubler 7, Derrick Wilfong 7, Luke Nitsch 6, Derek Bess 4, Dustin Davis 2. FG 39, FT 8-11, F 24 (3-pointers: Wagner 1, Long 2, Wilfong 1. Fouled out: Nitsch)

JV -- Meadow Heights won 61-43.

Puxico 85, Leopold 54

Darren VanGennip led the Wildcats (8-10) with 27 points in a home loss. Eric Fluchel added 12.

Puxico 30 29 14 12 -- 85

Leopold 11 14 16 13 -- 54

PUXICO (85) -- Jay Hahn 6, Dillon Adams 12, John Smith 2, Matt Allison 17, Cody Clark 24, David Crane 20, Kerry McClure 4. FG 34, FT 12-20, F 19 (3-pointers: Hahn 2, Allison 5. Fouled out: McClure)

LEOPOLD (54) -- Nathan Nenninger 2, Cody Van De Ven 4, Tyler Clubb 6, Darren VanGennip 27, Corey Yount 2, Eric Fluchel 12, Matt Stoverink 1. FG 21, FT 9-17, F 17 (3-pointers: VanGennip 3. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Leopold won 55-32.

Eagle Ridge 86, People's 63

Eagle Ridge Christian hit 11 3-pointers in the first round of the SLMCAA tournament in St. Louis.

Ben Douglass and Aaron Shell both scored 26 points for the third-seeded Eagles (12-7). Daniel Lies added 13 points and Josh Wiseman had 10.

Douglass made five 3-pointers, while Shell and Lies had three each for the Eagles, who trailed 43-40 at halftime.

Eagle Ridge plays second-seeded Liberty Christian in Thursday's semifinals.

People's Chr. 25 18 8 12 -- 63

Eagle Ridge 22 18 26 20 -- 86

PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN (63) -- Jeremy Martin 30, Steven Womack 15, Jeff Gustasfson 13, Adam Lancaster 5. FG 26, FT 5-10, F 16 (3-pointers: Womack 5, Lancaster 1. Fouled out: Martin)

EAGLE RIDGE CHRISTIAN (86) -- Ben Douglass 26, Aaron Shell 26, Daniel Lies 13, Josh Wiseman 10, Daniel Cohen 9, Scott Edgar 2. FG 31, FT 13-24, F 14 (3-pointers: Douglass 5, Shell 3, Lies 3. Fouled out: none)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Delta 55, NMCC 24

Delta, the state's top-ranked Class 1 team, improved to 20-0 by routing host New Madrid County Central.

Kaci Menz had 19 points, five assists and five steals for the Bobcats. Ashley Deprow scored 14 points, and Jodi Menz grabbed 10 rebounds.

Delta 22 9 22 2 -- 55

NMCC 6 6 6 6 -- 24

DELTA (55) -- Tiffany Amelunke 8, Amanda Drew 2, Ashley Deprow 14, Jodi Menz 6, Kaci Menz 19, Sarah Keys 6. FG 22, FT 7-10, F 12 (3-pointers: Amelunke 1, K. Menz 3. Fouled out: none)

NMCC (24) -- Shemeka Williams 9, Delesal Cole 4, Heavenly Wren 2, Jasmon Flenoy 9. FG 10, FT 3-6, F 12 (3-pointers: Williams 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- NMCC won 34-24.

Oran 62,Meadow Heights 36

Tiffany Glastetter scored 14 points and Erica Michelsen added 10 as Oran (11-8) romped at home.

Amanda Hendrickson led Meadow Heights with 12 points.

Meadow Heights 4 12 10 10 -- 36

Oran 15 15 16 16 -- 62

MEADOW HEIGHTS (36) -- Sarah Hendrickson 5, Mindy Ellis 3, Amanda Hendrickson 12, Riki Lacey 2, Emelia Kamp 2, Sahra Mills 2, Tora Jordan 1, Chelsey Kight 9. FG 12, FT 11-19, F 28 (3-pointers: A. Hendrickson 1. Fouled out: Ashley Doublin)

ORAN (62) -- Kristen Roberts 4, Ellen Sikes 7, Wendy Eftink 7, Callie Kielhofner 9, Erica Michelsen 10, Katie Tilley 4, Jodi Urhahn 7, Tiffany Glastetter 14. FG 19, FT 20-31, F 18 (3-pointers: Roberts 1, Eftink 1, Kielhofner 1, Urhahn 1. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports