Rams fall to Twin Rivers in Oran final

Scott City senior Mark Dannenmueller scored 30 points Friday night, but it was not enough to lift the Rams to the championship of the Oran Tournament.

Second-seeded Twin Rivers slipped past the top-seeded Rams 71-67 in the title contest, despite Dannenmueller reaching 30 points or more in all three tournament games.

Mark Johnston added 21 points for the Rams.

Michael Lance led Twin Rivers with 20 points.

Sixth-seeded East Prairie concluded a strong tournament by beating fourth-seeded Kelly 65-59 in the third-place game.

Jordan Sanders paced East Prairie with 18 points.

Kelly got 19 points from Kent Deason, 10 from Kendal Deason and 10 from Jordan Felter.

In the fifth-place game, fifth-seeded Scott County Central handed third-seeded and defending Class 1 state champion Bell City its second tournament loss with an 88-73 decision.

Isaac Porter poured in 34 points for Scott County Central, while Andrew Pullen had 12, Ray Rodgers 12 and Josh Boley 11.

Bell City got 28 points from Jeff Liggins and 13 from D.D. Gillespie.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Twin Rivers 71, Scott City 67

SCOTT CITY 10 15 25 17 -- 67

TWIN RIVERS 16 14 25 16 -- 71

SCOTT CITY (67) -- DANIEL JACKSON 7, MARK DANNENMUELLER 30, MARK JOHNSTON 21, JASON SCHENIMANN 3, LANDON HILL 4. FG 22, FT 18-21, F 14 (3-POINTERS: DANNENMUELLER 3, JOHNSTON 1, SCHENIMANN 1. FOULED OUT: NONE)

TWIN RIVERS (71) -- CORNELL 6, MCBROOM 15, STOCKTON 11, LANCE 20, ADAMS 16, MOISE 3. FG 27, FT 13-14, F 18 (3-POINTERS: CORNELL 1, MCBROOM 1, STOCKTON 1, MOISE 1. FOULED OUT: NONE)

Third-place game

East Prairie 65, Kelly 59

KELLY 13 10 9 27 -- 59

EAST PRAIRIE 13 16 12 24 -- 65

KELLY (59) -- KENDAL DEASON 10, DEREK FELTER 8, JORDAN FELTER 10, KENT DEASON 19, TRENT WALTER 2, CLAY MOTHERSHEAD 4, RUSSELL CARROLL 1, MICHAEL GLASTETTER 5. FG 22, FT 14-23 F 19 (3-POINTERS: NONE. FOULED OUT: NONE)

EAST PRAIRIE (65) -- SMITH 4, SANDERS 18, SWANN 5, JOHNSON 4, WINCHESTER 6, CARDEN 3, SHOEMAKER 10, WALTERS 15. FG 21, FT 18-26, F 24 (3-POINTERS: SANDERS 4, WALTERS 1. FOULED OUT: NONE)

Consolation championship

Scott County Central 88, Bell City 73

BELL CITY 16 9 20 28 -- 73

SCOTT COUNTY 21 22 16 29 -- 88

BELL CITY (73) -- A.J. HENRY 5, D.D. GILLESPIE 13, LEROME SEGARS 2, GARY TURNER 5, KERRY LASTERS 9, BLAINE STEWART 7, JEFF LIGGINS 28, GARRETT MCINTYRE 4. FG 30, FT 8-16, F 20 (3-POINTERS: GILLESPIE 1, TURNER 1, STEWART 1, LIGGINS 2. FOULED OUT: NONE)

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (88) -- ANDREW PULLEN 12, AVIS WHITE 2, JOSH BOLEY 11, ISAAC PORTER 34, RAY RODGERS 12, JOSH PORTER 4, JEREMY JOHNSON 7, CHRIS MONROE 6. FG 32, FT 23-30, F 18 (3-POINTERS: BOLEY 1. FOULED OUT: NONE)

FARMINGTON TOURNAMENT

Jackson moved to 2-0 in the round-robin event by beating Ft. Zumwalt West 58-38, while Central fell to 0-2 with a 61-39 loss to host Farmington.

Jackson and Farmington play at 4:30 p.m. as the tournament concludes.

Saxony Lutheran 43, Chaffee 28

Saxony Lutheran used a big second quarter to remain undefeated and spoil host Chaffee's season opener.

Lauren Lueders and Grant Lehmann both scored 11 points for the Crusaders (3-0), who outscored the Red Devils 14-2 in the second period.

Tyler Graham led Chaffee with 12 points.

"We played three very good quarters," Chaffee coach Tyson Moyers said. "But it was that second quarter that killed us."

Saxony 17 14 5 7 -- 43

Chaffee 13 2 11 2 -- 28

SAXONY LUTHERAN (43) -- Lauren Lueders 11, Trey Maevers 3, Casey Petzodt 8, Alex Jauch 3, Grant Lehmann 11, Tim Lorenz 7. FG 12, FT 4-17, F 14 (3-pointers: 5; Lueders 3, Petzoldt, Lehmann. Fouled out: none)

CHAFFEE (28) -- Jeff Daugherty 4, Brad Urhahn 6, Tyler Graham 12, Rick Baylis 5, Gabe Walter 1. FG 8, FT 12-18, F 17 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JV: Chaffee 59, Saxony Lutheran 57 OT

New Salem 59, Aurther 43

Jeremy Rockhill scored 19 points and Valy Wolf added 12 to lead New Salem Baptist Academy (6-5) of Marble Hill won a game in the Christian Outreach Tournament in Hillsboro, Mo.

Aurther 21 22 -- 43

New Salem 29 30 -- 59

AURTHER (43) -- Brier 18, Beachy 5, Ky. Gingerih 10, Ke. Gingerih 10, T. Kawfman 3, N. Kawfman 4. FG 15, FT 8-9, F 16 (3-pointers: 5. Fouled out: Brier)

NEW SALEM (59) -- Valy Wolf 12, Josiah Devault 7, Jeremy Rockhill 19, Boone Gaines, Brett Jones 7. FG 26, FT 6-14, F 13 (3-pointers: 4. Fouled out: Devault)

GIRLS BASKETBALL Farmington Tournament

Top-seeded Poplar Bluff routed fourth-seeded Notre Dame in the semifinals behind 26 points from Tiera Johnson.

Amanda Essner paced Notre Dame with eight points. The Bulldogs play for third place today.

Poplar Bluff 62, Notre Dame 29

Notre Dame 4 11 11 3 -- 29

Poplar Bluff 18 15 15 14 -- 62

NOTRE DAME (29) -- Allison Toole 4, Merideth Medlin 3, Amber Karnes 4, Kristain Burger 6, Miranda Schlosser 2, Amanda Essner 8, Rachel Weidenbenner 2. FG 11, FT 6-9, F 11 (3-pointers: Medlin 1. Fouled out: none)

POPLAR BLUFF (62) -- Tiera Johnson 26, Mac Nelson 8, Lauren Shelton 8, Cassie Stonecipher 6, Jennifer Hillis 4, Sandra Pratt 4, Kristen Ploetze 4, Sarah Holt 2. FG 26, FT 8-13, F 15 (3-pointers: Nelson 2. Fouled out: none)

New Salem splits pair

New Salem Baptist Academy of Marble Hill split a pair of games in the Christian Outreach Tournament in Hillsboro, Mo.

New Salem (5-2) beat Christian 32-26 behind 18 points from Sarah Green, but lost to WOOC 29-23 as Green scored 17 points.

New Salem 32, Christian 26

Christian 10 16 -- 26

New Salem 18 14 -- 32

CHRISTIAN H.S. (26) -- Danadly 9, Hicks 1, Hamilton 4, Nailen 2, McAurther 6, Blackwell 4. FG 11, FT 4-7, F 14 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

NEW SALEM (32) -- Sarah Green 18, Holly Jordan 4, MacKenzie Jones 2, Amber Flanner 2, Martha Poole 2, Celsey Cook 4. FG 15, FT 2-3, F 8 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

WOOC 29, New Salem 23

New Salem 9 14 -- 23

WOOC 15 14 -- 29

NEW SALEM (23) -- MacKenzie Jones 2, Sarah Green 17, Celsey Cook 2, Amber Flanner 2. FG 10, FT 3-10, F 14 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

WOOC (29) -- Robinson 10, Delony 5, Zaye 1, Simmons 10, Day 3. FG 11, FT 6-8, F 15 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports