Perryville girls advance to district semifinal

The Perryville girls basketball team played tenacious defense to advance in the Class 4 District 1 tournament Tuesday.

Alicia Kueker scored 16 points and Alyssa Bauwens added 15 as the Pirates downed Ste. Genevieve 45-30.

The Pirates advance to face top-seeded Dexter on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Perry Park Center.

Perryville limited the Dragons to less than 10 points in every quarter, and opened a nine-point lead at halftime.

Perryville 12 11 13 9 -- 45

Ste. Genevieve 6 8 8 8 -- 30

Perryville (45) -- Alicia Kueker 16, Ava Johnson 5, Nicole Gremaud 3, Kendra Schilli 4, Alyssa Bauwens 15, Makenzie Schirmer 2. FG 16, FT 10-15, F 13. (3-pointers: Kueker 2, Gremaud. Fouled out: None)

Ste. Genevieve (30) -- Megan Schenck 9, Stephanie Rector 7, Holly Cox 12, Ashley Armbruster 2. FG 12, FT 3-10, F 11. (3-pointers: Schenck 2, Fox. Fouled out: None)

Delta 46, Campbell 29

The Bobcats opened a commanding 26-9 lead at halftime as they earned the road win.

Taylor Smith led Delta (20-2) with 15 points, while Sarah Keys added nine.

Delta 12 14 12 8 -- 46

Campbell 3 6 13 7 -- 29

Delta (46) -- Taylor Smith 15, Amanda Drew 4, Alison Burger 2, Amanda Seabaugh 2, Jodi Menz 8, Sara Blattel 6, Sarah Keys 9. FG 15, FT 12-13, F 14. (3-pointers: Smith 2, Keys 2. Fouled out: none.)

Campbell (29) -- Courtney Vaughn 4, Shanna Bader 11, Chelsea Bledsoe 10, Paige Telker 3, Chelsea Bader 1. FG 9, FT 11-15, F 11. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none.)

JV -- Delta won 30-28.

St. Vincent 47, St. Pius 33

The Indians jumped ahead by 13 points at halftime to cruise to the home victory Monday.

Courtney Besand led St. Vincent (16-7) with 16 points.

St. Pius 5 5 9 14 -- 33

St. Vincent 15 8 14 10 -- 47

St. Pius (33) -- Jenn Brotherton 2, Amanda Held 3, Alex Mooney 3, Collins 9, Gabby Moser 2, Tori Aubuchon 15. FG 11, FT 10-16, F 14 (3-pointers: Aubuchon. Fouled out: none)

St. Vincent (47) -- Lacey Siegmund 8, Kelsey Cissell 2, Courtney Besand 16, Lindsey Wehmeyer 3, Brooke Brown 5, Elizabeth Rozier 4, Jessica Welker 9. FG 19, FT 7-10, F 16 (3-pointers: Wehmeyer, Welker. Fouled out: none)

JV -- St. Vincent won in overtime.

BOYS BASKETBALLOran 82, Woodland 72

Cody Campbell scored 33 points to lead the Eagles.

Kurt Rendleman added 12 points in the win.

Caleb Lee, Adam Cureton and Kyle Reynolds all scored 16 points to pace the Cardinals.

Oran 21 22 16 23 -- 82

Woodland 15 11 22 24 -- 72

Woodland (72) -- Caleb Lee 16, Tim Abner 11, Adam Cureton 16, Kyle Reynolds 16, Devon James 7, Jordan King 6. FG 29, FT 10-17, F 26. (3-pointers: Lee 2, Abner, Cureton. Fouled out: Cureton, Abner)

Oran (82) -- Clayton Kyle 5, Cody Dirnberger 2, Kurt Rendleman 12, Cody Romas 16, Tyler Beardsly 6, Cody Campbell 33, Jay Kluesner 6, Lance Dannenmueller 2. FG 24, FT 19, F 19. (3-pointers: Kyle, Romas, Campbell. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Woodland 60, Oran 51

Oak Ridge 69, Leopold 59

Brett Thomas poured in 19 points, while Garrett Light added 16 for the Blue Jays.

Darren VanGennip led Leopold with 24 points as it dropped to 11-11 on the year.

Leopold 15 19 8 17 -- 59

Oak Ridge 12 16 18 23 -- 69

Leopold (59) -- Cody Van De Ven 6, Dustin Thiele 5, Wade Wiseman 8, Darren VanGennip 24, Clayton Stoverink 2, Jordan Jansen 2, Lance Seiler 2. FG 24, FT 7-11, F 27. (3-pointers: Wiseman 2, Vangennip 2. Fouled out: None)

Oak Ridge (69) -- Kaz Lange 2, Dillon Abbott 15, Dustin Meyr 11, Garrett Light 16, Brett Thomas 19, Logan Mangles 6. FG 22, FT 21-34, F 14. (3-pointers: Abbott 3, Meyer. Fouled out: None)

Zalma 85, Greenville 64

The Bulldogs trailed 36-29 at halftime before erupting for 37 points in the third quarter to roll past Greenville. Colton Bailey netted 28 points to lead the Bulldogs (9-12).

Justin Lemons drained seven 3-pointers and added 25 points to aid Zalma. Travis Mergel added 12 points, all on 3-pointers.

Greenville 14 22 20 9 -- 64

Zalma 11 18 37 19 -- 85

Greenville (63) -- Eric Meyer 13, Cody Payne 9, Kieth Payne 2, Daniel McCarty 8, Cory Keele 6, Tim Hill 17, Skylar Abbott 9. FG 23, FT 11-28, F 20. (3-pointers: Meyer. Fouled out: Jacob Wood.)

Zalma (85) -- Travis Mergel 14, Steven Simmers 8, Colton Bailey 28, Nick Smith 5, Justin Lemons 25, Kevin Walker 2, Josh Freeman 2. FG 28, FT 16-28, F 20. (3-pointers: Mergel 4, Smith, Lemons 7. Fouled out: Walker, Mergel)

Bell City 84, Delta 42

Ethan Watkins hit nine of the Cubs' 14 3-pointers and totaled 27 points to help Bell City double up the Bobcats.

Nick Niemczyk and Phillip Gross each added 13 points for Bell City.

Chase Rhodes led Delta (3-15) with 22 points.

Bell City 34 15 24 11 -- 84

Delta 8 8 11 15 -- 42

Bell City (84) -- Ethan Watkins 27, Nick Niemczyk 13, Phillip Gross 13, Micheal Meador 2, Melvin Johnson 3, Alan Long 2, Ronnie Gross 8, Marty Dames 5, Austin Bush 5, Brandon Bell 6. FG 29, FT 10-14, F 6. (3-pointers: Watkins 9, Nim, Gross 1, R. Gross 2, Bush 1. Fouled out: None)

Delta (42) -- Tyler Martin 9, Alex Parks 2, Chase Rhodes 22, Shelby Kight 2, Robert Gramlisch 2, Cody Helderman 3. FG 16, FT 4-5, F 10. (3-pointers: Rhodes 4, Martin, Helderman. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Bell City won.

Chaffee 51, Meadow Heights 45

The Red Devils narrowly defeated a short-handed Meadow Heights team.

Andy Hendrix led Chaffee with 20 points, while Jerrod Steger added 14.

Dustin Hubler led Meadow Heights with 15 points.

Chaffee 13 14 10 14 -- 51

Meadow Heights 6 14 10 15 -- 45

Chaffee (51) -- Andy Hendrix 20, Jerrod Steger 14, Taimen Taylor 10, Gabe Seabaugh 4, Adam Horton 3. FG 16, FT 17-30, F 9. (3-pointers: Steger, Taylor. Fouled out: none.)

Meadow Heights (45) -- Dustin Hubler 15, Ethan Mayfield 10, Luke Nitsch 7, Adam Welker 3, Zach Hotop 3, Tyler Welker 3, Derrick Bess 2, Tyler Brune 2. FG 20, FT 2-5, F 24. (3-pointers: Welker, Nitsch, Hotop. Fouled out: T. Welker.)

JV -- Chaffee won 54-47.

Scott City 72, Portageville 48

Alex King enjoyed a monster night, scoring 27 points and bringing down 13 rebounds to help the Rams make easy work of visiting Portageville.

Jay Simmons added 22 points, seven assists and six rebounds to aid Scott City (16-7).

Portageville 8 9 17 14 -- 48

Scott City 16 20 9 27 -- 72

Portageville (48) -- Byron Wright 22, Jacob Estes 4, T.J. Smith 12, Rayden Booker 2, Bruce Mathis 4, Terrale Jones 4. FG 20, FT 8-10, F 15. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none.)

Scott City (72) -- John Pinkston 5, Jay Simmons 22, Shae Simmons 4, Derrick Gooden 5, Caleb Estes 8, Cody Paige 1, Alex King 27. FG 29, FT 9-14, F 13. (3-pointers: J. Simmons 4, Gooden. Fouled out: none.)

JV -- Scott City won 61-55.

Saxony Lutheran 88, Marquand 39

All five Crusaders starters scored in double figures in the road contest.

Bret Steffens led the way with 18 points, while Austin Kwikkel added a double-double, dumping in 14 points and snagging 10 rebounds.

The Crusaders (17-5) return to action today when they travel to Zalma

Saxony 27 27 20 14 -- 88

Marquand 8 9 15 7 -- 39

Saxony (88) -- Zach Bohnert 13, Ben Courtois 14, Austin Kwikkel 14, Max Wieser 16, Garrett Fritsche 2, Chris Roth 6, Bret Steffens 18, Bryant Steffens 4, Ross Gage 1. FG 34, FT 18-30, F 18 (3-pointers: Courtois 2. Fouled out: Bohnert)

Marquand (39) -- Mayberry 8, Brotherton 11, Carey 2, Vick 13, Garner 1, Leming 4. FG 15, FT 9-16, F 21 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Mayberry, Boyer, Carey)

JV -- Saxony won 48-4.

Leopold 80, Zalma 68

Darren VanGennip exploded for 43 points as Leopold completed the second-half comeback Monday.

"He was aggressive taking it to the basket," Leopold coach Shawn Dugger said. "His teammates did a really good job looking for him and getting him the ball."

Larry Nussbaum aided the Wildcats (11-10) with 20 points.

Colton Bailey paced Zalma with 22 points.

Travis Mergel added 12 for the Bulldogs.

Zalma 18 14 19 17 -- 68

Leopold 11 22 25 22 -- 80

Zalma (68) -- Travis Mergel 12, Colton Bailey 22, Nick Smith 11, Justin Lemons 9, Kevin Walker 10, Nick Montgomery 2, Justin Stotts 2. FG 24, FT 5-9, F 18 (3-pointers: Mergel 4, Lemons. Fouled out: Walker.)

Leopold (80) -- Cody Van De Ven 4, Wade Wiseman 8, Darren VanGennip 43, Larry Nussbaum 20, Clayton Stoverink 3, Jordan Jansen 2. FG 34, FT 6-12, F 13 (3-pointers: VanGennip, Wiseman none. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Zalma won 69-67.

-- From staff reports