Notre Dame, Perryville advance to Woodland final

~ The host team advanced to the consolation final.

Notre Dame and Perryville will meet for the championship of the Woodland Invitational after cruising to semifinal victories Thursday night.

Perryville advanced to tonight's 8 p.m. title game with a 71-46 victory, while Notre Dame blasted Leopold 95-34.

Both teams are 2-0 for the season.

Perryville, which received a game-high 28 points from Rick Dunn, was tied 17-17 at halftime. The Pirates outscored the Panthers 22-11 in the third quarter and added 14 points to its lead in the final period.

Jonathan Hecht added 14 points for Perryville.

Tyler Wagner paced Meadow Heights with 17 points.

Notre Dame built a 20-point lead by close of the first quarter and led 57-23 at halftime.

Ryan Willen led the Bulldogs with 25 points, while Ty Williams had 20 points and Austin Greer had 17. Darren VanGennip, 20 points, was the only Leopold player to reach double figures.

Woodland beat Oak Ridge 63-55 in the consolation semifinals to earn a berth in today's final. The Cardinals will play Delta today at 5 p.m.

Seth Gaines scored 18 points to lead the Cardinals, and Josh Hahn added 15.

"We had great defensive intensity, and we were able to get a lot of fast-break layups off the defense in the first half," Woodland coach David Mirly said. "Then we were able to knock down some free throws down the stretch and showed a lot of composure."

Woodland took a 37-22 lead into the half as Hahn scored 13 or his points in the second quarter to key Woodland's 25-11 advantage in the frame.

"That was our big quarter, and Josh was a big part of that," said Mirly.

Oak Ridge charged back in the second half to tie the game in the second half, but Seth Gaines drained a 3-pointer with about 2 minutes remaining to stretch Woodland's lead from three to six points.

Dylan Abbott scored 18 to lead Oak Ridge. Garret White added 13 and Lance Felter had 11.

PERRYVILLE 71, MEADOW HEIGHTS 46

Perryville 14 13 22 22 -- 71

M. Heights 13 14 11 8 -- 46

PERRYVILLE (71) -- Rick Dunn 28, Jonathan Hecht 14, Corey Lorenz 7, Craig Brueckner 7, Tyler Bauwens 5, Michael Fritsche 5, Dan Sherrill 2, Brent Roth 2, Dave Francis 1. FG 27, FT 20-36, F 14 (3-pointers: Brueckner 1. Fouled out: none)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (46) -- Tyler Wagner 17, T. Mitchell 13, Derrick Wilfong 4, Luke Nitsch 4, E. Mitchell 3, Terry Haffner 2, John Long 2, Sam Ressell 1. FG 18, FT 6-13, F 24 (3-pointers: T. Mitchell 3, E. Mitchell 1. Fouled out: Wagner)

NOTRE DAME 95, LEOPOLD 34

Leopold 12 11 9 2 -- 34

Notre Dame 32 25 33 5 -- 95

LEOPOLD (34) -- Nathan Nenninger 3, Codey Van De Ven 4, Tyler Clubb 2, Darren VanGennip 20, Eric Fluchel 5. FG 11, FT 5-13, F 16 (3-pointers: VanGennip 5, Nenninger 1. Fouled out: none)

NOTRE DAME (95) -- Mark Himmelberg 10, Abe Dirnberger 4, Ty Williams 20, Chad Friend 3, John Unterreiner 7, Austin Greer 17, Ryan Willen 25, Ivan Thomas 2, Joseph Tolbert 7. FG 36, FT 14-23, F 17 (3-pointers: Willen 3, Himmelberg 2, Tolbert 2, Unterreiner 1, Greer 1. Fouled out: none)

WOODLAND 63, OAK RIDGE 55

Oak Ridge 11 11 21 12 -- 55

Woodland 12 25 10 16 -- 63

OAK RIDGE (55) -- Lange 0, Meyr 7, Owens 3, Abbott 18, White 13, Horman 3, Felter 11. FG 18, FT 15-26 (3-pointers: Abbott 2, Horman 1, Meyr 1).

WOODLAND (63) -- S. Gaines 18, Hahn 15, Abner 8, Dowd 2, Hutson 8, Reynolds 0, C. Gaines 8, King 4. FG 28, FT 5-16 (3-pointers: S. Gaines 1, Hahn 1).

GIRLS BASKETBALLKelly 58, Chaffee 24

Debra Hall scored a game-high 21 points as Kelly opened its season with a road victory.

Sarah Ruff added 15 points for the Hawks.

Sarah Benton and Whitney Schlosser eact tallied eight points for Chaffee.

Kelly 14 16 16 12 -- 58

Chaffee 6 5 10 3 -- 24

KELLY (58) -- Sarah Ruff 15, Brittany Ponder 8, Kayla Cissell 2, Katee Moore 4, Nikki Weiny 8, Debra Hall 21. FG 20, FT 17-24, F 18 (3-pointers: Ruff 1. Fouled out: none)

CHAFFEE (24) -- Amber Kirk 4, Nikole Johnson 1, Sarah Benton 8, Whitney Schlosser 8, Torie Keys 1, Rachel Hendrix 2. FG 9, FT 6-12, F 19 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

Delta 78, East Prairie 21

Sarah Keys scored 14 points to lead four players into double figures for the Bobcats, a Class 1 final four team a year ago.

Tiffany Amelunke added 13, Kaci Menz scored 12 and Alison Burger had 11 for Delta (2-0).

Delta 13 25 24 16 -- 78

East Prairie 7 2 9 3 -- 21

DELTA (78) -- Tiffany Amelunke 13, Amanda Drew 4, Alison Burger 11, Ashley Deprow 9, Sarah Blattel 4, Jessica Kidd 3, Rebecca Cox 2, Kaci Menz 12, Sarah Keys 14, Kayla Seabaugh 6. FG 28, FT 15-19, F 12 (3-pointers: Menz, Keys. Fouled out: none)

EAST PRAIRIE (21) -- Cook 2, Swan 7, Thresher 9, Britt 3. FG 8, FT 5-11, F 16 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Delta won 30-27.

OTHER EVENTS

• Central's two eighth-grade boys basketball teams each improved to 2-1 with home victories over Scott City on Thursday.

Keith Dawson scored 16 points to lead the Tigers' "A" team to a 51-21 victory.

Trey Gardner netted 15 points in the "B" team's 41-20 victory.