Rams win tournament crown

Scott City senior Tyler Ward posted a triple-double to lead the Rams in a 64-55 victory against Scott County Central in the championship game of the Scott-Mississippi Conference tournament on Friday night at Kelly High School.

Ward, a 6-foot-9 center, scored 17 points, grabbed 18 rebounds and blocked 12 shots.

He helped the Rams (12-3) control the boards, pacing the way for a team total 43 rebounds. Mark Dannenmueller grabbed 10 rebounds to go with 12 points and Mark Johnston also had 10 rebounds to go with eight points.

Jeremy Schlosser led Scott City in scoring with 18 points, including three 3-pointers. He had five assists.

Daniel Holman led Scott County Central with 18 points. Chris Pullen and Jeremy Johnson also were in double figures for the Braves with 10 points each.

Kelly won the JV tournament 53-36 over Scott City.

Scott City 64, Scott County Central 55Scott City 15 21 13 15 -- 64

Scott Co. Central 6 15 16 18 -- 55

SCOTT CITY (64) -- Darren Willey 1, Jeremy Schlosser 18, Mark Dannenmueller 12, Steve Sanford 3, Mark Johnston 8, Andy Beck 5, Tyler Ward 17. FG 18, FT 10-18, F 15 (3-pointers: Schlosser 3, Sanford 1, Dannenmueller 1, Beck 1. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT COUNTY (55) -- Jeremy Johnson 10, Andrew Pullen 9, Chris Pullen 10, Chris Monroe 3, Daniel Holman 18, Isaac Porter 2, Josh Boley 3. FG 15, FT 7-10, F 20 (3-pointers: Holman 3, A. Pullen 1, Boley 1, Johnson 1. Fouled out: none)

Hillsboro 72, St. Vincent 66 OT

Hillsboro won in overtime and handed St. Vincent its first conference loss.

Alex Armbruster led St. Vincent (8-4) with 20 points, Danny Rellergert had 16 and Jacob DeWilde added 14.

St. Vincent 16 11 19 10 10 -- 66

Hillsboro 19 12 9 16 16 -- 72

ST. VINCENT (66) -- Alex Armbruster 20, Danny Rellergert 16, Jacob DeWilde 14, Zack Moll 8, Pat Siegmund 8. FG 27, FT 8-15, F 24 (3-pointers: Moll 2, Rellergert 2. Fouled out: Moll, Sigmund)

HILLSBORO (72) -- Jake Dallas 26, Elmer Cothern 18, Teddy McGrath 14, Dexter Wallace 6, Nathan Chiles 4, Billy Crow 4, Kyle Proemsey 3. FG 27, FT 15-27, F 20 (3-pointers: Cothern 2, McGrath 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: St. Vincent 63, Hillsboro 44

South Iron 77, Meadow Heights 70 OT

South Iron defeated Meadow Heights on the road in overtime.

Sophomore Terry Wagner led Meadow Heights (8-6) with 27 points and Brad Adams added 24.

South Iron 13 14 11 24 15 -- 77

Meadow Heights 17 16 12 17 8 -- 70

SOUTH IRON (77) -- Mullery 20, T. Davis 16, C. Kaempfe 11 , Savage 10, L. Kempfle 7, JH Elcorn 5, B. Reed 3, D. Bond 3, T. Polk 2. FG 28, FT 12-21, F 20 (3-pointers: C. Kaempfe 1, L. Kaempfe 1, Reed 1. Fouled out: none)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (70) -- Terry Wagner 27, Brad Adams 24, Heath Fulton 6, Anthony Bollinger 5, Brian Thompson 4, Evan Kamp 2, Matt Kite 2. FG 22, FT 8-17, F 19 (3-pointers: Adams 3, Wagner 3. Fouled out: Fulton)

JV: South Iron 57, Meadow Heights 55

Bell City 81, Bloomfield 77

Dominitrix Johnson's 42 points carried Bell City to a home win. Also in double figures for the Cubs (14-2) was Randy Conn with 10 points.

Bloomfield 18 16 20 23 -- 77

Bell City 14 22 18 27 -- 81

BLOOMFIELD (77) -- Bridges 6, Stewart 2, Haley 1, Perry 32, Eric Jones 9, Grant Jones 17, Sandage 6, Alsup 4. FG 26, FT 20-28, F 28 (3-pointers: Perry 4, E. Jones 1. Fouled out: none)

BELL CITY (81) -- Johnson 42, Pobst 3, Stewart 7, Liggins 7, McIntyre 7, Conn 10, Victor 5. FG 25, FT 27-41, F 19 (3-pointers: Johnson 1, Stewart 1, McIntyre 1, Conn 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Bloomfield 56, Bell City 54

Perryville 48, St. Pius 44

Perryville won a road battle to pick up its third win. Scott Ozark scored 19 points and Chad Stelling had 11 for the Pirates (3-12).

Perryville 15 11 7 15 -- 48

St. Pius 7 15 15 7 -- 44

PERRYVILLE (48) -- Obendorfer 7, Buerck 2, Ozark 19, Norman 7, Stelling 11, Bachman 2. FG 18, FT 8-10, F 11 (3-pointers: Stelling 3, Obendorfer 1. Fouled out: none)

ST. PIUS (44) -- Andy Kennedy 13, Winsler 4, Drew Horn 6, Carlos Bisch 14, Cory Prindiville 7. FG 18, FT 4-11, F 14 (3-pointers: Kennedy 1, Horn 2, Bisch 1. Fouled out: Kennedy, Prindiville.)

New Salem 69, Unity Christian 57

New Salem jumped out to an 11-point lead and defeated Unity Christian on the road.

Jonathan Davault led New Salem (16-6) with 16 points, Andrew Conway had 14 and Josiah Davault had 11.

New Salem 21 15 15 18 -- 69

Unity 10 20 15 12 -- 57

NEW SALEM (69) -- Jonathan Davault 16, David Green 7, Andrew Conway 14, Josiah Davault 11, Boone Gaines 18, Brett Jones 3. FG 27, FT 12-23, F 16 (3-pointers: Jones 1. Fouled out: Conway)

UNITY (57) -- Gossett 7, Mausey 22, Edmonds 14, Bonat 2, Cobbs 5, Brandon 2, Jones 5 . FG 20, FT 6-13, F 24 (3-pointers: Gossett 1. Fouled out: Gossett, Edmonds)

Central 62, Mehlville 46Mehlville 5 17 15 9 -- 46

Central 16 19 13 14 -- 62

MEHLVILLE (46) -- Jeff Crouch 15, Rodney Heard 12, Scott Jahn 4, Nick Dubuque 5, Ryan Carter 6, Jeff Shipp 2, Grant Williams 2. FG 21, FT 0-6, F 14 (3-pointers: Carter 2, Crouch 1, Dubuque 1. Fouled out: none)

CENTRAL (62) -- Ryan Delph 15, Mitch Craft 11, Scott Chestnutt 10, Will Johnson 10, Jake Knepp 8, Eli Harris 4, Garrett Ozbun 2, Todd Obergoenner 2, Jared Thomas 2. FG 26, FT 4-11, F 8 (3-pointers: Knepp 2, Johnson 1, Delph 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Central 60, Mehlville 33

BOYS SWIMMING

MICDS 93, Central 92

Clay Shermann became Central's first individual state qualifier of the season with a second-place finish in the 50 free as the Tigers fell at home.

Central picked up first-place finishes in the medley relay, 200 free relay and 100 breast (Anton Heemskerk).

Central resultsMedley relay -- 1. 1:50.34 (Maguire, Shermann, Mercer, Heddle); 3. 1:54.93 (Daniel Austin, Heemskerk, Stuart, Clay Tummins)

200 IM -- 2. Givens 2:24.84; 3. Heemskerk 2:34.71

50 free -- 1. Maguire 23:39; 2. Shermann 23:04

Diving -- 2. Tanner Rust 193.05; 3. Nick Uptain 147.85

100 fly -- 3. Mercer 1:05.16

100 free -- 2. Maguire 52.95; 3. Heddle 53.91

200 free relay -- 1. 1:39.65 (Shermann, Stuart, Mercer, Givens); 3. 1:59.00 (Daniel Berry, Blake Kiefner, T.J. Bishop, Jake Meyer)

100 backstroke -- 3. Austin 1:06.09

100 breast -- 1. Heemskerk 1.09.21; 2. John Kippper 1:14.32; 3. Tummins 1:16.18

400 free relay -- 2. 3.35.76 (Shermann, Givens, Heddle, Maguire)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

New Salem 46, Unity Christian 21

New Salem allowed just four points in the second half and defeated Unity Christian on the road. Holly Jordan led New Salem (11-9) with 14 points and Sarah Green scored 12.

New Salem 14 5 17 10 -- 46

Unity 4 11 2 2 -- 21

NEW SALEM (46) -- Sarah Green 12, Holly Jordan 14, Mary Poole 6, MacKenzie Jones 6, Laura Poole 8. FG 21, FT 4-8, F 8 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

UNITY (21) -- Sanders 7, Cobbs 6, McCree 4, Lopez 4. FG 8, FT 0-2, F 8 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports