Oak Ridge advances to tournament unbeaten

The Oak Ridge boys basketball team will enter the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament as the only unbeaten team in the 16-team field.

The Blue Jays improved to 7-0 Thursday night with an 89-46 road victory against East Prairie.

Oak Ridge doubled up on East Prairie in the first quarter, building a 32-16 lead and extending the advantage to 54-25 by halftime.

Garret Light led four Oak Ridge players in double figures with 22 points. Brett Thomas added 19 points, Logan Mangels tallied 11 and Jacob Light had 10.

The Blue Jays will not play again until facing Bell City on Dec. 26 in the first round of the Christmas tournament. Oak Ridge, which already has won the Woodland Tournament, is the seventh seed, while Bell City is seeded 10th.

Oak Ridge 89, East Prairie 46

Oak Ridge 32 22 25 10 -- 89

East Prairie 16 9 14 7 -- 46

OAK RIDGE (89) -- Stephen Bolen 2, Caleb Elam 18, Lucas Rohde 3, Jacob Light 10, Garret Light 22, Brett Thomas 19, Kyle Rohde 4, Logan Mangels 11. FG 32, FT 13-17, F 13. (3-pointers: Elam 2, L. Rohde 1, Thomas 1. Fouled out: none)

EAST PRAIRIE (46) -- C. Scott 17, A. Cartwright 17, K. Williford 6, R. Mathis 4, Ben Hall 2. FG 15, FT 7-8, F 13. (3-pointers: Scott 1, Cartwright 1, Williford 1. Fouled out: none)

Jackson 63, Saxony Lutheran 33

Jackson (3-2) built an 18-point lead by halftime as it cruised to a road victory.

Zach McDowell led nine Indians in the scoring column with 13 points. Henrie Williams added 11 points and Taylor Williams finished with 10.

Brayton Klaus paced Saxony Lutheran (2-5) with 10 points.

Jackson 17 14 29 3 -- 63

Saxony 4 9 10 10 -- 33

JACKSON (63) -- Logan Bartels 3, Taylor Williams 10, Kyle Keith 7, Tyler Rhodes 3, Zach McDowell 13, Eli Gohn 6, Henrie Williams 11, Bobby Clark 8, John Meyer 2. FG 25, FT 6-7, F 11. (3-pointers: Bartles 1, T. Williams 2, Keith 1, Rhodes 1, H.Williams 1. Fouled out: none)

SAXONY (33) -- Brayton Klaus 10, Trevor Mabuce 4, Kris Cook 7, Clayton Carver 2, Clay Roth 8, Matt Wills 2. FG 12, FT 8-8, F 9. (3-pointers: Cook 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Jackson won

Leopold 64, St. Vincent 52

Anthony Seabaugh paced the Wildcats with 22 points for a win at home.

John Bohnsack added 15 points for Leopold and Lance Seiler finished with 12.

Kyle Rollet scored a game-high 23 points for the Indians (0-2) and Tim Schumer added 11.

St. Vincent 14 14 7 17 -- 64

Leopold 15 17 14 18 -- 52

ST. VINCENT (52) -- Kyle Rollet 23, Brock French 9, Justing Eggers 2, Dylan Geringer 5, Tim Schumer 11, Ryan Boxdorfer 2. FG 17, FT 16-26, F 24. (3-pointers: French 1, Schumer 1. Fouled out: Eggers, French)

LEOPOLD (64) -- Kyle Stroder 2, Josh Stoverink 6, David Fluchel 8, John Bohnsack 15, Lance Seiler 12, Anthony Seabaugh 22. FG 23, FT 18-28, F 19. (3-pointers: Stoverink 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Leopold won 37-33

Zalma 61, Lesterville 57

Zalma advanced to the championship game of the Ellington Tournament with a win over Lesterville.

Justin Stotts recorded 23 points for the Bulldogs (4-2) and Stephen Simmers scored 10.

Zalma 20 8 16 18 -- 61

Lesterville 18 11 13 15 -- 57

ZALMA (61) -- Austin Sitze 5, Stephen Simmers 10, Thad McGregor 4, Andrew Tucker 3, Jake Reed 3, Gage Lemons 12, Justin Stotts 23. FG 23, FT 13-22, F 15. (3-pointers: Tucker 1. Fouled out: McGregor)

LESTERVILLE (57) -- Nichols 9, Kelley 22, Stewart 2, Pollard 21, Berryhill 1, Wolff 2, Cunningham 1. FG 22, FT 12-17, F 18. (3-pointers: Nichols 2. Fouled out: none)

New Salem 74, Christian Outreach 57

Dillon Gaines scored 27 points as New Salem improved to 9-1.

Josh Devault added 19 points and collected 18 rebounds.

Christian Outreach's Ryan Carter scored a game-high 35 points.

New Salem 18 24 20 12 -- 74

Christian Outreach 10 16 23 8 -- 57

NEW SALEM (76) -- Bubba Bucholtz 2, Josh Devault 19, Trent Jones 12, Dillon Gaines 27, Mitchell Woods 14. FG 34, FT 4-6, F 11. (3-pointers: Devault 1, Jones1, Woods 2. Fouled out: none)

CHRISTIAN OUTREACH (57) -- Ryan Carter 35, Brian Moss 3, Daniel Buelges 6, Peter Deckloux 6, Alex Hammone 7. FG 21 FT 5-7, F 14. (3-pointers: Carter 6, Moss 1, Buelges 1, Deckloux 1. Fouled out: none)

Girls Basketball Malden 34, Scott City 47

Scott City sophomore Katie Hogan had a triple-double as Scott City won on the road.

Hogan scored 18 points, grabbed 19 rebounds and blocked 10 shots.

Stephanie Essner added 10 points for the Rams (5-2).

Scott City 9 13 13 12 -- 47

Malden 6 7 8 13 -- 34

SCOTT CITY (47) -- Stephanie Essner 10, Macy Heisserer 2, Holli Shemonia 4, Katie Hogan 18, Melanie Lacey 8, Ashley Brant 5. FG 16, FT 11-16, F 9. (3-pointers: Essner 2, Hogan 2. Fouled out: none)

MALDEN (34) -- Latrilla McCoy 12, Lori Allen 2, Brittney Terrell 2, Kyeon Stone 4, Jen Miller 6, Khadijah Barnes 1, Kearis Rodgers 2, Adriana Reed 5. FG 14, FT 5-12, F 11. (3-pointers: McCoy. Fouled out: Barnes)

JV -- Scott City 34, Malden 18

St. Vincent 48, Chaffee 27

St. Vincent kept a steady scoring pace with 11 points in the second, third and fourth quarters in a road win.

Courtney Heberlie led the Indians (6-1) with 18 points.

Anna Ayers paced Chaffee (0-6) with 11 points and five steals. Adrienne Eichhorn added seven rebounds for the Red Devils.

St. Vincent 15 11 11 11 -- 48

Chaffee 3 13 1 10 -- 27

ST. VINCENT (4) -- Courtney Heberlie 18, Nikki Julian 2, Liz Martin 4, Kayla Seabaugh 5, Storm French 8, Ashley L'Hote 4, Kali Wingerter 5, Courtney Gremaud 2. FG 20, FT 7-13, F 12. (3-pointers: Heberlie 1. Fouled out: none)

CHAFFEE (27) -- Anna Ayers 11, Taylor Kirchdoerfer 5, Randi Wiley 3, Sierra Miller 3, Adrienne Eichhorn 1, Hailey Enderle 2, Ellie Sigman 2. FG 10, FT 6-14, F 15. (3-pointers: Ayers 1. Fouled out: none)

Charleston 72, Delta 70

Taylor Smith led the Bobcats with 33 points, but it was not enough as Delta (4-3) fell two points short.

Machela VanGennip added 21 points for the Bobcats.

Charleston's Kasuela Cooper recorded 35 points as the Bluejays remained unbeaten.

Charleston 13 14 21 24 -- 72

Delta 14 26 9 21 -- 70

CHARLESTON (72) -- Jerquawnda Sherrell 15, Chelsie Lane 10, Kasuela Cooper 35, Taylor Duenne 6, Jasmine Spence 3, Eneikqua Ewing 5. FG 29, FT 9-22, F 17. (3-pointers: Sherrell 3, Duenne 2. Fouled out: Lane, Ewing)

DELTA (70) -- Taylor Smith 33, Katie Brucker 6, Kendra Burnett 6, Machela VanGennip 21, Tori Burton 1, Courtney Burton 3. FG 26, FT 12-17, F 21. (3-pointers: Smith 5, VanGennip 1. Fouled out: Burnett)

New Salem 48, Christian Outreach 8

New Salem shut out Christian Outreach in the first and fourth quarters in a road rout.

Martha Poole led New Salem (4-0) with 20 points and Kelsey Barlow added 18.

New Salem 6 10 20 12 -- 48

Christian Outreach 0 4 4 0 -- 8

NEW SALEM (48) -- Kelsey Barlow 18, Martha Poole 20, Leah Jones 4, Rachael Poole 2, Rana Douglas 4. FG 20, FT 2-2, F 5. (3-pointers: Barlow 2. Fouled out: none)

CHRISTIAN OUTREACH (8) -- Amy Kreuter 4, Leah Roth 4. FG 3, FT 2-2, F 2. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports