Notre Dame girls win conference title

Notre Dame's girls basketball team wrapped up the SEMO Conference on Monday with a 60-57 win at district foe Dexter.

The Bulldogs (14-7) finished a perfect 8-0 in the conference. Notre Dame built a 29-21 halftime lead and withstood a second-half comeback for the win.

Kristain Burger led the Bulldogs with 20 points and Meridith Medlin added 17.

Notre Dame 60, Dexter 57

Notre Dame 18 11 8 23 -- 60

Dexter 12 9 13 23 -- 57

NOTRE DAME (60) -- Kristain Burger 20, Meridith Medlin 17, Emily Brumitt 6, Brooke Beussink 4, Paige Schumer 4, Paris Burger 4, Claudia Brauss 3, Alex Fowler 2. FG 19, FT 21-31, F 18 (3-pointers: Medlin 1. Fouled out: none)

DEXTER (57) -- Finch 16, Temples 12, K.Heil 12, Taylor 7, Dooley 5, Burleson 3, C. Heil 2. FG 21, FT 10-17, F 26 (3-pointers: Finch 2, Temples 1. Fouled out: K. Heil, Taylor, Temples)

JV -- Notre Dame won 55-21.

Delta 75, Scott City 22

Delta used a 24-0 second quarter to pull away at home and remain unbeaten.

The Bobcats moved to 19-0. Ashley Deprow netted 16 points for Delta, while Kaci Menz added 13.

Whitney Tapley led Scott City with 10 points.

Scott City 13 0 5 4 -- 22

Delta 14 24 18 19 -- 75

SCOTT CITY (22) -- Whitney Tapley 10, Holli Shemonia 1, Emily Essner 6, Donielle Howell 5. FG 8, FT 3-9, F 12 (3-pointers: Essner 1. Fouled out: none)

DELTA (75) -- Tiffany Amelunke 2, Ashley Deprow 16, Alison Burger 2, Shea Smith 8, Amanda Drew 5, Jodi Menz 8, Sara Blattle 5, Jessica Kidd 5, Rebecca Cox 2, Kaci Menz 13, Sara Keys 5, Kayla Seabaugh 4. FG 24, FT 13-17, F 11 (3-pointers: Drew 1, Kidd 1, Menz 1, Keys 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Delta won 43-34.

Jackson 77, Sikeston 31

Jackson hit 12 3-pointers en route to a home rout.

Ashley Charboneau led the Indians (14-5) with 19 points, including four 3-pointers. Andrea Barnes added 15 points and Lindsay Poole had 12.

Sikeston 6 8 13 4 -- 31

Jackson 28 16 16 17 -- 77

SIKESTON (31) -- LaShawna Turner 4, Latoya Gipson 23, Monika Gray-El 4. FG 15, FT 0-3, F 4 (3-pointers: Gipson 1. Fouled out: none)

JACKSON (77) -- Andrea Barnes 15, Chelsea Bartels 2, Lindsay Poole 12, Allison Smith 2, Gabrielle Garritano 9, Ashley Charboneau 19, Kelci Keith 7, Jenni Tenholder 5, Amanda Peiffer 6. FG 30, FT 5-8, F 4 (3-pointers: Charboneau 4, Barnes 3, Poole 2, Keith 2, Tenholder 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Jackson won 72-1.

Central 53, New Madrid Co. Central 51

Courtney Schuessler hit a shot at the buzzer to push Central past New Madrid on the road.

Wendi Zickfield led the Tigers (8-11) with 14 points, Christina Sexton added 11 points and Sadie Pittman netted nine.

Central 10 6 11 26 -- 53

NMCC 9 9 12 20 -- 51

CENTRAL (53) -- Christina Sexton 11, Kristin Shirrel 2, Sadie Pittman 9, Tierra Walker 2, Courtney Schuessler 8, Lauren Kinsey 3, Taylor Kirn 4, Wendi Zickfield 14. FG 21, FT 8-13, F 14 (3-pointers: Kinsey 1. Fouled out: none)

NEW MADRID (51) -- Carlisle 2, Beasley 2, S. Williams 19, Jimerson 14, Wren 4, Flennoy 10. FG 21, FT 9-16, F 11 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Central won 42-29.

Poplar Bluff 48, Kelly 32

Kelly's offense was stifled in a home loss.

Debra Hall led the Hawks (16-4) with 13 points. No other Kelly player had more than six points.

P. Bluff 11 13 15 9 -- 48

Kelly 6 9 6 11 -- 32

POPLAR BLUFF (48) -- Stephanie Ferguson 16, Jasmine Summrall 14, Natalie Stonecipher 8, Aereill Davis 8, Emilie Thomas 2. FG 16, FT 10-15, F 13 (3-pointers: Ferguson 2. Fouled out: none)

KELLY (32) -- Debra Hall 13, Brittany Ponder 6, Sarah Ruff 5, Nikki Weiny 4, Katee Moore 2, Ashley Vetter 2. FG 11, FT 7-12, F 14 (3-pointers: Ruff 1. Fouled out: none)

St. Vincent 41, Festus 25

St. Vincent used a 24- 9 second half to pull away from Festus and improve to 8-0 in conference play.

Lacey Siegmund led St. Vincent (12-6) with 10 points.

Festus 7 9 2 7 -- 25

St. Vincent 6 11 14 10 -- 41

FESTUS (25) -- Schmitz 12, Hahn 5, Abrams 3, Brown 3, Culton 2. FG 8, FT 6-12, F 13 (3-pointers: Hahn 1. Fouled out: none)

ST. VINCENT (41) -- Lacey Siegmund 10, Kelsey Cissell 9, Brooke Brown 7, Jessica Welker 6, Lindsay Prost 5, Miranda Holmes 2, Lynne Zoellner 2. FG 18, FT 4-9, F 13 (3-pointers: Brown 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- St. Vincent won.

Oran 53, Woodland 52

Callie Kielhofner led Oran with 19 points in a home win.

Erica Michelsen added 14 points for Oran (10-8) and Wendy Eftink had nine.

Francee VanGennip led Woodland with 13 points, Cortney Glastetter had 12 and Tasha Lincoln and Lauren Johnson had 10 apiece.

Woodland 11 15 12 12 -- 52

Oran 7 19 9 18 -- 53

WOODLAND (52) -- Kyla Choate 3, Rheanna Greer 4, Tasha Lincoln 10, Francee VanGennip 13, Lauren Johnson 10, Cortney Glastetter 12. FG 22, FT 6-12, F 15 (3-pointers: Johnson 2. Fouled out: none)

ORAN (53) -- Wendy Eftink 9, Callie Kielhofner 19, Erica Michelsen 14, Jodi Urhahn 5, Tiffany Glastetter 6. FG 21, FT 6-15, F 16 (3-pointers: Eftink 2, Kielhofner 1, Michelsen 1, Urhahn 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Wooodland won.

Perryville 51, St. Pius 40

Alyssa Bauwens led Perryville with 16 points in a road win over St. Pius.

Perryville improved to 6-2 in conference play and 14-7 overall. Alicia Keuker netted 13 points.

Perryville 20 12 15 4 -- 51

St. Pius 13 13 7 7 -- 40

PERRYVILLE (51) -- Alicia Kueker 13, Ava Johnson 5, Kendra Schilli 9, Alyssa Bauwens 16, Makenzie Schirmer 4, Kim Miesner 4. FG 21, FT 9-17, F 14 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

ST. PIUS (40) -- King 4, Malan 4, Auer 6, Scauzzo 12, Eldrige 14. FG 14, FT 6-12, F 13 (3-pointers: Eldrige 2. Fouled out: none)

JV -- St. Pius won 53-40.

Saxony Lutheran 69, East Prairie 67 OT

Kara Versemann led the Crusaders with 32 points in an overtime win at East Prairie.

Tori Ourth added 15 points for Saxony Lutheran.

Saxony Lutheran 9 16 16 20 8 -- 69

East Prairie 18 16 14 13 7 -- 67

SAXONY (69) -- Nicole McLard 2, Cassie Simpher 4, Nicole Ottersburg 4, Tori Ourth 15, Tiffany Haertling 3, Deanna Dipold 5, Lauren Hunt 4, Kara Versemann 32. FG 19, FT 16-24, F 22 (3-pointers: Ourth 2, Versemann 3. Fouled out: Versemann)

EAST PRAIRIRE (67) -- Cook 6, Cartwright 6, Daves 2, Branum 6, Swann 9, Thresher 23, Rundler 8, Britt 7. FG 24, FT 16-29, F 22 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

BOYS BASKETBALL

New Salem 64, St. Louis Christian 48

Fifth-seeded New Salem Baptist pulled off the first-round upset in its conference tournament by crushing fourth-seeded St. Louis Christian.

The Eagles were led by Brett Jones, who had 29 points. Trent Jones added 19 points and Josh Davault netted 11 points.

New Salem 17 11 16 20 -- 64

Christian 12 9 14 13 -- 48

NEW SALEM (64) -- Trent Jones 19, Josh Davault 11, Axel Malmros 1, Jared Crist 4, Brett Jones 29. FG 15, FT 10-28, F 19 (3-pointers: T. Jones 3, B. Jones 4, Devault 1. Fouled out: none)

CHRISTIAN (48) -- Coats 3, Mitchel 12, Barringer 2, Green 2, Shutherland 4, Gray 6, Llewell 3, Catching 8, Holt 2, Pullen 6. FG 21, FT 6-22, F 24 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

GIRLS SWIMMING

Poplar Bluff 93, St. Vincent 69

Maria Esswein and Lizz Brueckner won two events apiece for St. Vincent in a dual loss.

Kristin Mattingly and Kate Guyot also won individual events, and the team of Guyot, Olivia Schemel, Brueckner and Esswein won the 400 freestyle relay.

St. Vincent results

200 medley relay -- 3. St. Vincent 2:50.44 (Olivia Schemel, Kristin Mattingly, Jennifer Teeter, Michaela Steele)

200 freestyle -- 1. Maria Esswein 2:24.72

200 IM -- 1. Lizz Brueckner 3:00.07

50 freestyle -- 3. Mattingly 35.91

100 butterfly -- 1. Brueckner 1:21.50

100 freestyle -- 1. Kate Guyot 1:13.75

500 freestyle -- 1. Esswein 6:41.47, 3. Teeter 8:45.46

200 free relay -- 2. St. Vincent 2:14.63 (Guyot, Schemel, Brueckner, Esswein), 3. St. Vincent 2:48.57 (Steele, Kristen Rice, Kaitlyn Pruett, Teeter)

100 backstroke -- 3. Guyot 1:29.84

100 breaststroke -- 1. Mattingly 1:30.12, 3. Rice 1:37.75

400 free relay -- 1. St. VIncent 5:23.09 (Guyot, Schemel, Brueckner, Esswein)

-- From staff reports