Rams collect first victory, top Woodland

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- The Scott City Rams handed first-year head coach Kerry Thompson his first victory Tuesday night with a 71-58 victory over Woodland.

D.J. Walton led Scott City (1-5) with 18 points while Andy Beck came off the bench to tally 17. Chad Weatherspoon added 12 points.

"It was huge win for us," said Thompson. "We had a lot of guys come off the bench and provide big minutes."

The Rams held a 33-32 lead at halftime and outscored the Cardinals 18-11 in the third quarter for a 51-43 advantage. Scott City pulled away in the final eight minutes.

Thompson said the win was particularly important since the Rams were playing their final game before the University High Christmas Tournament.

"It was big for the coaching staff and the players," said Thompson. "I think practice will be a little different tomorrow."

Michael Owens scored a game-high 20 points for Woodland. Alex VanGennip finished with 19 and Travis Benfield added 10.

Scott City's JV won 54-34.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

KELLY 47, CLEARWATER 44

BROSELEY, Mo. -- Kelly edged Clearwater for the consolation bracket championship of the Twin Rivers Christmas Classic.

The fourth-seed Lady Hawks, led by Bridgett Riley's 25 points, improved to 8-2.

The Lady Hawks led 27-24 at halftime and played Twin Rivers to a 20-20 stalemate in the second half.

"It was a tough tournament, but our girls came out and played hard against some very good competition," said Kelly coach Rod McQuerter.

BOYS SWIMMING

PARKWAY NORTH 118, CAPE CENTRAL 65

Cape Central entered the Christmas break with a dual-meet loss to Parkway North.

The Tigers had first-place finishes turned in by Andrew Moreton in the 50 freestyle, Chad Proffer in the 100 breakstroke and Sam Maguire in the 100 freestyle.

The Tigers fell to 2-4 in duals on the season.

CAPE CENTRAL RESULTS

Medley relay - 2:02.93 (Sam Maguire, Chad Proffer, Andrew Moreton, Clay Schermann)

200 freestyle - 3. Quinten Kelley 2:24.74

50 freestyle - 1. Andrew Moreton 24.91

Diving - 2. Cecil Quinn 180.91; 3. Gabe Keys 139.05

100 butterfly - 3. Eric Grable 1:17.35

100 freestyle - 1. Maguire 52.73

500 freestyle - 3. Moreton 6:13.04

200 freestyle relay - 2. 1:51.46 (Mike Mercer, Schermann, Sean Kinney, Chris Daniel)

100 backstroke - 2. Maguire 1:06.77

100 breaststroke - 1. Proffer 1:19.36; 3. Schermann 1:20.47

400 freestyle relay - 3. 4:03.77 (Mercer, Proffer, Maguire, Moreton)

-- From staff reports