DELTA -- Scott County Central and Kelly will meet in the Scott-Mississippi Conference girls tournament championship after winning their semifinal games Thursday night.
Scott County, the No. 1 seed, outscored No. 5 Delta 29-13 in the second half to down the Lady Bobcats 51-32. Kelly advanced with a 52-38 victory over Scott City.
The championship game is at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
The Bravettes (4-5) had three scorers in double figures. Lekeya Turner paved the way with 15 points, followed by Ashley Whitson with 13 and Brandy Miller with 12.
Delta, which trailed 22-19 at halftime, scored just two points in the third quarter.
Amanda Cook led Delta with 11 points.
Despite trailing 29-26 at halftime, No. 2 Kelly rallied in the second half to defeat No. 3 Scott City.
The Lady Hawks outscored the Lady Rams 17-5 in the fourth quarter.
Marissa Essner scored a game-high 23 points for Kelly, while teammate Nicole Kern provided 10.
Scott City was led in scoring by Alaina Smith, who scored 13.
Greenville 68, Woodland 25
GREENVILLE -- Greenville jumped out to a 40-12 lead by halftime and cruised to victory.
Amber Beckett scored a game-high 21 points for Greenville.
Sarah Booth netted nine points to lead Woodland (1-4).
Crystal City 41, St. Vincent 38
CRYSTAL CITY -- Jessica Lakenan scored a game-high 17 points, but it was not enough to prevent St. Vincent from suffering its first Jefferson County Conference loss.
No other Squaw netted more than six points as St. Vincent fell to 3-7 overall (1-1 large conference, 0-1 small conference).
The teams were tied 10-10 after one quarter and Crystal City moved ahead 24-20 by halftime. The Lady Hornets opened a 33-24 lead by the start of the fourth quarter.
Boys Basketball
Perryville 66, Ste. Genevieve 40
CHESTER, Ill. -- Perryville advanced to the consolation championship game of the Chester Invitational Thursday with a victory over Ste. Genevieve.
Michael Downen paced Perryville with 16 points while freshman Chad Ozark netted 13 and Ryan Wischern scored 11.
Perryville (4-6) took an 18-9 lead into the second quarter and a 34-20 advantage into halftime.
The Pirates will play the winner of Trico-Marissa in Saturday's 5 p.m. consolation final.
Wrestling
Jackson 60, Dexter 13
DEXTER -- The Jackson wrestling team dominated a dual meet against Dexter Thursday night, pounding the Bearcats.
The Indians recorded nine pins. That pleased coach Steve Wachter especially since they haven't wrestled in a meet since the Tiger Classic on Dec. 19.
None of Jackson's losses came by pin.
Here are the results of the meet:
103 -- Ricky Feiner (J) pinned Kyle Mouton, 5:08.
112 -- Brett Stroud (J) forfeit.
119 -- Chris Brown (J) pinned Jason Huey, 1:29.
125 -- Adam Wachter (J) pinned Brad Cooper, 3:58.
130 -- Cyle Huck (J) pinned Brian Bess, 1:17.
135 -- Lance Schlick (J) pinned Mike Huffman, 1:37.
140 -- Kyle Watson (J) pinned Cody Jones, 2:12.
145 -- Cory Stevens (D) dec. Kyle Heck, 11-10.
152 -- Mark Wade (152) pinned brad Clark, :34.
160 -- Pewee Bartles (J) pinned Shadrick Shafer, 1:44.
171 -- Jason Barbour (D) dec. Brad Bairi, 11-3.
189 -- Joe Bennett (D) dec. Andy Herndon, 10-3.
215 -- Justin Kelly (D) dec. Spencer Hobeck, 9-6.
Hwt -- Tim Spradlin (J) pinned Phillip Wilmert, 3:14.
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