Notre Dame pulls away for victory

The Notre Dame High boys basketball team (10-4)had little trouble knocking off visiting Fredericktown 64-46 Tuesday night.

Co-captains Scott Wittenborn and Doug Schaefer led Notre Dame with 16 and 13 points, respectively. Wayne Essner added 12 for the Bulldogs. Nathan Huckaba paced Fredericktown (1-10)with 10 points.

NEW MADRID 65, CHARLESTON 62

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Dereke Tipler scored 23 points to lead New Madrid (10-1), the two-time defending Class 3A state champion. Lezcano Dean scored a team-high 21 points for Charleston (8-5).

SCOTT CITY 84, DELTA 71

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- The Rams (6-7) got 21 points from Chad Weatherspoon, 17 from D.J. Walton, 14 from Tyler Ward and 12 from Craig Jungers. Delta (5-9) was paced by Lance Kinder with 26 points.

KELLY 69, SCOTT COUNTY 59

BENTON, Mo. -- Barry Ziegler paced the Hawks (2-9) with 18 points, followed by Tyler Schlosser with 17, Major Burger with 16 and Chris Glastetter with 12. The Braves (7-5) got 19 points from Chris Johnson.

ST. VINCENT 78, MARQUAND 60

MARQUAND, Mo. -- St. Vincent fell behind 14-2 early but used a 30-5 second-quarter outburst to pull away. The Indians (6-3) got 27 points from Tyler Wengert.

The Tigers (5-8) got 30 points from Heath Stephens

PERRYVILLE 53, NEW ATHENS 45

CHESTER, Ill. -- Perryville (9-3) recorded its second win and remained undefeated in the Chester Tournament. Chad Ozark had 24 points,and Jason Dreyer 11.

ADVANCE 77, CHAFFEE 31

ADVANCE -- Jared Ritter's 18 points led the Hornets (8-4) to a comfortable win over the Red Devils (2-7). Andrew Jenkins and Aaron Cantrell had 12 points.

BELL CITY 77, PUXICO 68

PUXICO, Mo. -- Kenyan Wright popped in 3-pointers to lead Bell City. Wright scored 19 points to lead the Cubs (11-3), who got 14 points from Dominitrix Johnson, 12 from C.J. Hadley and 10 from Jason Rampley.

ORAN 98, ZALMA 52

ZALMA, Mo. -- The Eagles (9-3)scorched winless Zalma. Joey Bickings and Ryne Wood paced Oran with 25 and 24 points, respectively. David Hovis led Zalma with 10.

MEADOW HEIGHTS 72, OAK RIDGE 70

PATTON, Mo. -- Meadow Heights (7-4) withstood a second-half surge by Oak Ridge (4-8). The Panthers got 19 points from Joey Bell. Jeff Cowan (15) led Oak Ridge.

EAGLE RIDGE 66, NEW SALEM 34

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Mike Probst led Eagle Ridge (7-5) with a career-high 31 points. New Salem (5-7) got eight points from Brandon Dodd.

EAGLE RIDGE (GIRLS)50, NEW SALEM 33

MARBLE HILLL, Mo. -- Eagle Ridge (8-2) cruised to victory as Cara Ervin (17) and Amber Karnes (13) led the Lady Eagles.

Notre Dame swimmers second

ST. LOUIS -- Jordan Kuper won the 200 meter IM and John Stoverink won in diving to help Notre Dame finish second in a three-team meet. MICDS won with 157 points to Notre Dame's 104.

-- From staff reports