Puxico upends Crusaders in district

Second-seeded Saxony Lutheran had its boys basketball season come to halt at the hands of No. 3 Puxico 66-53 in semifinal action Tuesday at the Class 2 District 3 tournament in Chaffee.

Saxony Lutheran committed 32 fouls, which in turn led to a 38 for 51 shooting performance from the free throw line by Puxico. Alex Jauch led the Crusaders with 23 points, and Clay Obergoenner netted 10.

Puxico will face No. 1 Advance Thursday night for the championship.

Alex Steil led No. 1 Advance with 28 points in a 62-36 rout over No. 5 St. Vincent. The Hornets jumped out to a 37-14 haltime lead and never looked back. David VanGennip and Rusty Hendricks added nine points apiece.

Chris Wengert led St. Vincent with 16 points.

Puxico 66 , Saxony Lutheran 53

Puxico 12 11 13 30 -- 66

Saxony Lutheran 14 8 7 24 -- 53

PUXICO (66) -- Hon 6, Adams 10, Smith 11, Aliison 13, Clark 2, Crain 17, McClure 6, Stuart 1. FG 8, FT 38-51, F 19 (3-pointers: Hon 2, Smith 1, McClure 1. Fouled out: Clark.)

SAXONY LUTHERAN (53) -- Bret Steffens 5, Max Wieser 9, Alex Jauch 23, Ben Courtois 6, Clay Obergoenner 10. FG 19, FT 14-21, F 32 (3-pointers: Wieser 1. Fouled out: Garrett Ruppel, Steffens, Wieser, Obergoenner)

Advance 62, St. Vincent 36

St. Vincent 6 8 11 11 -- 36

Advance 12 25 10 15 -- 62

ST. VINCENT (36) -- Chris Wengert 16, Gregory Finger 5, Matt Abbot 5, Zach Richardet 4, Chris Fischer 4, Zach Fischer 2. FG 13, FT 4-9, F 14 (3-pointers: Wengert 2. Fouled out: Finger, Chris Fischer)

ADVANCE (62) -- Alex Steil 28, Rusty Hendricks 9, David VanGennip 9, Cody Mitchell 6, Trenton Moses 5, Adam Baker 2, Chris Welch 2. FG 15, FT 11-15, F 11 (3-pointers: Steil 4, VanGennip 2, Hendricks 1. Fouled out: none)

Class 1 District 1

Oran pulled off an upset in the Class 1 District 1 semifinals, upsetting No. 2 and state-ranked Clarkton 83-74.

The host Eagles got 22 points from Kody Campbell and 16 apiece from Robert Lange and Chase Seyer.

The Eagles will face No. 1 Scott County Central in the finals. Scott County routed Cooter 89-60.

Drew Thomas led the state-ranked Braves with 31 points. Caleb Johnson had 25 points, and DD Gillespie had 16.

Scott County Cental 89, Cooter 60

Cooter 14 19 15 11 -- 60

SCC 30 28 23 8 -- 89

COOTER (60) -- Copeland 2, Reid 3, Evem 7, Rindes 7, Hutten 1, McCody 13, Borarr 7, Poe 16, Brear 4. FG 25, FT 4-9, F 14 (3-pointers: Reid 1, Rindes 1, Evem 1, McCody 2, Borarr 1. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (89) -- DD Gillespie 16, Toby Heeb 5, Mark Freed 4, Bobby Hatchett 6, Drew Thomas 31, Caleb Johnson 25. FG 37, FT 12-17, F 12 (3-pointers: Thomas 1, Heeb 1, Gillespie 1. Fouled out: none)

Oran 83, Clarkton 74

Oran 24 13 18 18 -- 83

Clarkton 22 14 15 13 -- 74

ORAN (83) -- Steven Mock 7, Kody Campbell 22, Nick Anderson 1, Robert Lange 16, Chase Seyer 16, Hunter Glastetter 4, Cody Romas 7, Chris Asmus 10. FG 16, FT 25-41, F 18 (3-pointers: Mock 1, Campbell 1. Fouled out: none)

CLARKTON (74) -- Tyler Criglar 14, Justin Brown 10, Casey Redden 9, Matt Tridell 6, Parker 2, Dustin Ferguson 33. FG 26, FT 15-22, F 18 (3-pointers: Ferguson 5, Redden 1, Brown 1. Fouled out: Tridell, Parker)

Class 1 District 2

Seventh-seeded Oak Ridge bowed out of district play with a 76-36 loss to No. 2 Eminence.

The Eagles made just 14 field goals compared to Eminence's 31. Garret Light led Oak Ridge with 12 points.

Second-seeded Eminence will take on No. 3 Lesterville, who beat No. 6 Bunker 58-46, in the semifinals on Thursday night.

Eminence 76, Oak Ridge 36

Oak Ridge 12 8 10 6 -- 36

Eminence 25 20 17 14 -- 76

OAK RIDGE (36) -- Dustin Meyr 6, Dustin Owens 5, Dylan Abbott 5, Garret Light 12, Sachs 2, Barks 2, Adam Seabuagh 2. FG 13, FT 5-10, F 15 (3-pointers: Abbott 1. Fouled out: none)

EMINENCE (76) -- Radosovich 4, Williams 16, Art Brewer 15, Stevens 5, Fulk 6, Austin Brewer 12, McQuery 6, Nichols 12. FG 28, FT 9-11, F 14 (3-pointers: Williams 1, Art Brewer 1, Stevens 1. Fouled out: none)

GIRLS BASKETBALLClass 3 District

Top-seeded Kelly advanced to the district championship with a 70-63 victory over No. 4 Caruthersville.

Debra Hall led the Hawks with 20 points. Kelly was down 38-34 at halftime but used a 20-11 third-quarter advantage to take over.

Brittany ponder netted 15, Sarah Ruff added 13 and Kayla Cissell scored 10 points.

KELLY 70, CARUTHERSVILLE 63

Caruthersville 16 22 11 14 -- 63

Kelly 16 18 20 16 -- 70

CARUTHERSVILLE (63) -- Taper 8, Ricks 20, Hubbard 18, R. Ricks 8, Perry 9. FG 25, FT 10-14, F 22 (3-pointers: Hubbard 1. Fouled out: none)

KELLY (70) -- Sarah Ruff 13, Brittany Ponder 15, Kayla Cissell 10, Katie Moore 6, Nikkie Weiny 6, Debra Hall 20. FG 26, FT 18-29, F 15 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

Class 1 District 1Oran 64, Risco 21

Second-seeded Oran routed Risco to advance to the district finals.

Callie Kielhofner led Oran with 20 points, Tiffany Glastetter had 16 and Erica Michelsen added 15.

-- From staff reports

Risco 2 7 4 8 -- 21

Oran 27 20 13 4 -- 64

ORAN (64) -- Kristtin Roberts 2, Ellen Sikes 4, Callie Kielhofner 20, Kirstie Mangles 3, Erica Michelsen 15, Natalee Glastetter 2, Jodi Urhahn 2, Tiffany Glastetter 16. FG 28, FT 4-5, F 12 (3-pointers: Kielhofner 2, Mangles 1, Michelsen 1. Fouled out: none)

CLARKTON (21) -- Jordan Passley 2, Chelsea Carlisle 9, Grace Powell 1, Brittany Burnett 9. FG 8, FT 3-9, F 8 (3-pointers: Carlisle 1, Burnett 1. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports