Notre Dame pulls away from Sikeston for 4th win

Bulldogs clamp down on Sikeston's 3-point attack in Superman Classic.

Notre Dame's boys basketball team put in one of its most complete performances of the season in a 73-52 victory against Sikeston on Thursday at the Superman Classic in Metropolis, Ill.

Notre Dame (4-12) has now won two of three games after losing five straight.

"The last three games I've been pleased with our effort and we've played better," Notre Dame coach Darrin Scott said. "Tonight we got the fruits of that."

Notre Dame led 17-16 after the first quarter and led 33-30 at halftime. Sikeston had eight 3-pointers in the first half.

Sikeston hung with Notre Dame in the third quarter, with the score 49-46 heading into the fourth quarter. Notre Dame got the breathing room it needed in the final period, outscoring Sikeston 22-8.

"We did a better job of guarding the 3-point shot in the second half," Scott said.

Sikeston was limited to to four 3-pointers in the second half.

Bryce Willen led Notre Dame with 25 points, John Eric Klein had 19 and Alex Ressell had 11.

Notre Dame 73, Sikeston 52

Notre Dame 17 16 16 22 -- 73

Sikeston 16 14 16 8 -- 52

NOTRE DAME (73) -- Frankie Ellis 4, John Eric Klein 19, Jeremy Brinkmeyer 6, Mark Unterreiner 5, Alex Ressell 11, Bryce Willen 25, Steven Eftink 3. FG 29, FT 12-18, F 5 (3-pointers: Klein 3. Fouled out: none)

SIKESTON (52) -- McCaster 15, Lincoln 6, Spence 10, Wiggins 4, Bratcher 15, Limbaugh 2. FG 20, FT 0-1, F 15 (3-pointers: McCaster 5, Bradshirt 5, Lincoln 2. Fouled out: none)

Scott-Miss. Tournament

Tyler Ward hit a shot with 3 seconds left to send the game into overtime and Scott City wrapped it up in the extra session to advance to the Scott-Mississippi Conference finals.

After beating Delta by 40 points at home last week, the Rams (11-3) had their hands full against the Bobcats at Kelly. Mark Dannenmueller led Scott City with 20 points, Tyler Ward had 16 and Jeremy Schlosser had 13. Ward added 11 rebounds and Schlosser had seven assists.

Kevin Bartels led Delta with 17 points, Cody Crowden had 16, Brent Menz had 14 and Zack Kelly had 12.

Scott City will face Scott County Central at 8 p.m. in the finals of the tournament tonight. Scott County beat host Kelly on a last-second shot 62-60.

In the JV tournament Scott City beat Oran 48-42 to advance to the finals.

Scott City 68, Delta 64 (OT)

Delta 17 9 16 16 6 -- 64

Scott City 17 14 10 17 10 -- 68

DELTA (64) -- Derek Helderman 1, Cody Crowden 16, Brent Menz 14, Daniel Cook 4, Kevin Bartels 17, Zack Kelley 12. FG 24, FT 10-20, F 16 (3-pointers: Crowden 4, Menz 1, Bartels 1. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT CITY (68) -- Darren Willey 1, Jeremy Schlosser 13, Mark Dannenmueller 20, Mark Johnston 8, Jason Schenimann 3, Andy Beck 7, Tyler Ward 16. FG 24, FT 14-19, F 17 (3-pointers: Schlosser 3, Dannenmueller 2, Schenimann 1. Fouled out: Dannenmueller)

Leopold 52, Saxony Lutheran 41

Leopold won its fifth consecutive game and climbed back to the .500 mark while handing Saxony Lutheran its first loss of the season.

Brandon Bueter led Leopold (7-7) with 24 points. Lucas Horrell had 13 and A.J. Seiler added 11.

Tim Lorenz led Saxony Lutheran (10-1) with 15 points. Casey Petzoldt added 14 for the Crusaders.

Saxony 11 9 9 12 -- 41

Leopold 14 11 14 13 -- 52

SAXONY LUTHERAN (41) -- Tim Lorenz 15, Casey Petzoldt 14, Loren Lueders 6, Peter Winningham 6. FG 13, FT 9-11, F 13 (3-pointers: Winningham 2. Fouled out: none)

LEOPOLD (52) -- Brandon Bueter 24, Lucas Horrell 13, A.J. Seiler 11, Michael Vandeven 4. FG 8, FT 9-16, F 10 (3-pointers: Bueter 4, Seiler 3, Horrell 1, Vandeven 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Leopold 33, Saxony Lutheran 24

New Salem Baptist 72, Eagle Ridge Christian 70

New Salem defeated rival Eagle Ridge on the road.

Boone Gaines led New Salem (13-6) with 23 points. Andrew Conway had 20 and John Davault added 11.

Daniel Ellinghouse led Eagle Ridge with 19 and TJ Crowden added 17.

New Salem 17 21 18 16 -- 72

Eagle Ridge 19 16 11 24 -- 70

New Salem (72) -- John Davault 11, David Green 9, Andrew Conway 20, Josiah Davault 9, Boone Gaines 23. FG 26, FT 14-23, F 16 (3-pointers: Davault 2, Gaines 4. Fouled out: DeVault)

Eagle Ridge (70) -- Joel Powell 9, TJ Crowden 17, Daniel Ellinghouse 19, Sandy Holmes 2, Phillip Brock 21, AJ Coonce 2. FG 29, FT 7-14, F 24 (3-pointers: Crowden 3. Fouled out: Powell, Crowden, Ellinghouse)

JV: New Salem 38, Eagle Ridge 36

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Delta 45, Oran 31

Delta used a strong first quarter to win on the road.

The Bobcats (11-2) outscored Oran 19-6 in the first quarter. Sarah Cook led Delta with 17 points and eight rebounds. Freshman Shea Smith added 10 for Delta. Oran's leading scorer was Hanna Seyer with seven.

Delta 19 4 14 8 -- 45

Oran 6 10 8 7 -- 31

DELTA (45) -- Sarah Cook 17, Shea Smith 10, Rachel Ware 5, Kaci Menz 7, Becky Rozmirsky 6. FG 20, FT 3-8, F 8 (3-pointers: Cook 1, Smith 1. Fouled out: none)

ORAN (31) -- Hanna Seyer 7, Tori St. Cin 2, Lexie Todt 2, Wendy Eftink 4, Courtney Nenninger 6, Tiffany Glastetter 2, Amanda Eftink 6. FG 13, FT 4-6, F 12 (3-pointers: Seyer 1. Fouled out: none)

Chaffee 63, East Prairie 29

Chaffee allowed East Prairie just 10 points in the second half and defeated East Prairie at home.

Kegan Orr led Chaffee (6-8) with 19 points.

East Prairie 10 9 6 4 -- 29

Chaffee 16 15 11 21 -- 63

EAST PRAIRIE (29) -- Thomure 6, Brown 11, Nunn 1, Woods 4, Dobbs 5, Tipler 2. FG 9, FT 8-12, F 19 (3-pointers: Thomure 1. Fouled out: none)

CHAFFEE (63) -- Lindsey Everett 2, Kegan Orr 19, Molly Fowler 2, Amy Holmes 2, Mallory Kiefer 6, Samantha Hendrix 6, Natalie Townsend 6, Casey Guzman 7, Mindy Hendrix 4, Sarah Dooley 5, R. Hendrix 4. FG 24, FT 6-17, F 13 (3-pointers: Orr 2, Guzman 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Chaffee 59, East Prairie 16

Perryville 68, Hillsboro 38

April Lorenz scored 23 points to help lead the Pirates to a road win.

Perryville improved to 3-1 in conference play and 9-5 overall. Amber Hacker added 15 points for the Pirates and Kate Lowry had 11.

Perryville 17 16 22 13 -- 68

Hillsboro 10 6 12 10 -- 38

PERRYVILLE (68) -- Christina Schremp 4, Krista Miesner 2, Amber Hacker 15, Annette Weibrecht 3, April Lorenz 23, Danielle Hagan 2, Kate Lowry 11, Samantha Lankford 8. FG 27, FT 8-17, F 11 (3-pointers: Hacker 2, Lowry 3, Weibrecht 1. Fouled out: none)

HILLSBORO (38) -- Flo 7, Harmon 2, Hern 4, Buttner 2, Martinson 6, Wulff 7, Hargrove 4, Epple 2, Anderson 4. FG 18, FT 2-10, F 16 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JV: Hillsboro def. Perryville

New Salem Baptist 42, Eagle Ridge Christian 38

New Salem outscored Eagle Ridge 10-2 in the first quarter and defeated its rival on the road.

Sarah Green led New Salem (10-9) with 23 points. Autumn Crowden led Eagle Ridge with 21.

New Salem 10 8 10 14 -- 42

Eagle Ridge 2 10 12 14 -- 38

New Salem (42) -- Sarah Green 23, Mary Poole 8, MacKenzie Jones 6, Laura Poole 5. FG 19, FT 4-13, F 15 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

Eagle Ridge (38) -- Autumn Crowden 21, Ashley Hughes 8, Rachel Carbaugh 6, Kristin Margrabe 3. FG 16, FT 6-14, F 14 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

Central 48, Egyptian (Ill.) 24

Erica Schabbing scored 14 points to lead Central to a home win.

Central (3-12) led 26-14 at halftime and held Egyptian to four fourth-quarter points. Megan McDonald added 13 points and Jessica Johnston had 10.

WRESTLING

Jackson 58, Sikeston 7

Jackson improved to 7-0 in dual meets with a win at home.

Jackson received five pins and a major decision.

103 -- Luke Rayburn (J) pinned Ben Powers 3:06

112 -- Brian Sladek (J) forfeit

119 -- Jason Scheper (J) forfeit

125 -- Russell Brown (J) pinned Cody Ryan 1:52

130 -- Josh Schumacher pinned Sean Cooper 3:14

135 -- Ben Wachter (J) dec. Kyle Weeks 6-2

140 -- Brock Howard (J) pinned Cody Weeks 2:48

145 -- Cody Rouse (J) maj. dec. Tony Reynolds 16-5

152 -- Greg Ludwig (J) pinned Callen Looney 5:31

160 -- Kremer Rampley (J) dec. Lance Berry 14-7

171 -- Scotty Keenan (S) dec. Blake Ulrich 12-5

189 -- Kamden Rampley (J) dec. Malcolm Williams 5-1

215 --Andy Glass (J) dec. Andy Crawford 9-5

HVY -- Joe Johnson (S) maj. dec. Cole Jansen 12-4

JV winners

Bobby Trowbridge, Kevin Wallace, Sean Gant, Chris Kamp, Drew Perry, Anthony Werner, Jordan Barnhart, Garrett Huck, Joel Penrod, Drew Lowes, Jeremy Loenneke

BOYS SWIMMING

Notre Dame 102, Poplar Bluff 64

Notre Dame took home first place in all but two events in a road meet.

Stephen Hine and Josh Lester each won two individual events and were both a part of two relay wins. Chad McCormick and Drew Boyd also won individual events.

200 medley relay -- 1. Notre Dame, 1:56.07 (John Fisher, John Stoverink, Josh Lester, Stephen Hine).

200 freestyle -- 2. Drew Boyd, 2:29.9.

200 IM -- 2. Stoverink, 2:22.36. 3. Chad McCormick, 2:32.41.

50 freestyle -- 1. Hine, 25.49, 3. Adam Reinagel, ND, 28.38.

100 butterfly -- 1. Lester, 1:09.50.

100 freestyle -- 1. Chad McCormick, 59.29. 2. Joe Graves, ND, 1:04.71.

500 freestyle -- 1. Hine, 5:58.02. 3. Stoverink, 6:05.28.

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Notre Dame, 1:47.7 (Boyd, Graves, Fisher, McCormick)

100 backstroke -- 1. Lester, 1:06.84.

100 breaststroke -- 1. Boyd, ND, 1:19.73, 3. Lance Carroll, 1:22.08.

400 freestyle relay -- 1. Notre Dame, 4:19.11(Stoverink, Hine, McCormick, Lester)

OTHER EVENTS

Central's freshmen boys basketball team defeated Dexter 62-56 at home.

Matt Hester, Blake Slattery and Anwar Glenn each led the Tigers (9-6) with 14 points.

Central defeated Jackson 40-37 to win the Junior High Tournament.

Garrett Stevens led Central (11-1) with 17 points and Jacob Leet led Jackson (11-1) with 14.

Poplar Bluff defeated Sikeston 39-36 in the third-place game.

From staff reports