SCOTT CITY BOUNCES BACK FROM CLOSE LOSSES IN U-HIGH

MORLEY, Mo. -- Scott City broke a two-game losing streak as it mounted a strong second-half charge to overtake Scott County Central 68-61 Tuesday night.

Ben Sample paced Scott City (6-4) with 19 points while Nick Steimle had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Craig Jungers added 10 points.

"It was good to bounce back after those two tough losses in the U-High Tournament," said Scott City coach Derek McCord, who saw his team improve to 2-0 in conference play.

The teams battled to a 33-33 halftime tie, but Scott County reeled off the first nine points of the third quarter for a 42-33 advantage. Scott City then outscored the Braves 18-5 for the remainder of the period to take a 51-47 lead into the final period. The Rams held a 17-14 scoring advantage over the final eight minutes.

"We scored the first nine points of the third quarter and then we kind of stagnated after that," said Scott County coach Steve Wells. "Scott City was able to be more consistent than we were."

Terrance Williams scored 22 points to lead Scott Central (6-4) while Todd Blissett scored 18 before fouling out.

Sikeston 86, Kelly 78

BENTON, Mo. -- The Hawks couldn't contain a hot-shooting Sikeston squad.

The Bulldogs made 11 of their 22 three-pointers in a game that was close throughout.

"They were so hot it was unbelievable," said Kelly coach Nick Lanpher. "They hit four or five that were NBA shots and a couple of them were off the backboard. It was the best game we've played all year. We did everything real well, we just lost."

Kelly (4-6) had four players in double figures. Josh Glastetter led the way with 20 points, followed by Mike Romas with 18, Jon Heuring with 18 and Brett Burger with 11.

Tony Jones scored 31 points for Sikeston, while Lavar Morgan had 23 and Lontes McClinton had 14. Jones and Morgan each hit five threes.

Delta 64, Leopold 39

LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Delta used a 39-15 scoring advantage second half to break open a close game and defeat Leopold.

The Bobcats clung to a 25-24 halftime lead before the second-half assault. Delta built a 45-33 lead by the end of the third quarter.

Lance Kinder scored 21 points to lead four Bobcats in double figures. Craig Bock had 16, Joey Key 14 and Troy Nussbaum 11.

Ashton James scored 14 to pace Leopold (3-6).

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Cape Central 55

Farmington 40

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Sophomore Alex Wieser netted a career-high 24 points to help lead the Lady Tigers to their second win of the season over the Knightettes.

Katie Dougherty also had 14 points as Cape Central improved to 6-3 on the season.

"We came up here and just played a great ballgame," said Cape Central coach Mark Ruark. "We played probably our best game of the year."

Wieser was a perfect 11 of 11 at the free-throw line, including 10 of 10 in the fourth quarter.

"It was a great breakout game for her as a sophomore," said Ruark.

Cape Central took an 11-3 lead into the second quarter, but saw the Knightettes cut the deficit to 21-17 by halftime. Cape Central opened up a double-figure lead, 36-24, by the start of the fourth quarter.

Delta Tournament

Chaffee, Dexter and Delta all picked up easy victories in the first round of the Delta Tournament Tuesday night.

No. 2 Chaffee cruised to a 67-19 victory over No. 7 Woodland behind 23 points from Jennifer Vandeven; No. 3 Delta defeated No. 6 Oran 46-29 as Rebecca Cook scored 25 points; and No. 4 Dexter beat No. 5 St. Vincent 55-29 as Katie Dunlap scored a game-high 17 points.

Chaffee built an 18-4 first-quarter lead over Woodland and led 32-13 at halftime. Morgan Kiefer added 15 points for Chaffee while April Stafford (14) and Brooke McFerron (10) were also in double figures.

Delta pulled steadily away from Oran. The Lady Bobcats took a 6-3 advantage into the second quarter and led 20-10 at halftime. The lead grew to 34-17 by the start of the fourth quarter. Maria Eftink led Oran with 14 points.

Dexter seized a commanding 18-5 first-quarter advantage on St. Vincent and never let up. Mindy Cattoor finished with 12 points for St. Vincent.

In tonight's semifinals, top-seeded Twin Rivers will face Dexter at 5:30 and Chaffee and Delta will square off at 7.

WRESTLING

Farmington 61

Cape Central 18

Cape Central fell to 0-4 in dual meets with a decisive loss to defending Missouri Class 3A state champion Farmington.

"Farmington was the state champ last year and probably will win again this year," said Cape Central coach Josh Crowell. "Quite honestly they're where we want to get our program and that's why we wrestle them."

Farmington won the JV match 76-6.

Cape Central will hold its final home Thursday against Sikeston.

Results

103 - Travis Krause (F) pin Alex Schneider 1:15

112 - Cory Husher (F) pin Jonathan Poston 1:51

119 - Marcus Hoehn (F) maj. dec. Dustin Ingram 23-10

125 - James Faulkner (F) pin Clay Tummins 1:39

130 - Derek Wiles (F) forfeit

135 - Jake Hendrix (F) pin David Allen 2:39

140 - Calob Smith (F) pin Brandon Hinkle 4:30

145 - Leland Woelk (CC) pin Josh Krause 1:02

152 - Trever Duncan (CC) pin Travis Thurston 4:29

160 - Dustin Wiles (F) pin Jamelle Austin 3:52

171 - Micheal Hahn (F) pin Nick Harter 1:36

189 - David Miller (F) dec. O.J. Turner 5-1

215 - Tay Moore (CC) pin Jimmy Nicholsen 2:15

Hwt. - Jarod Bonnell (F) pin Shannon Mungle :53

JV winner: Monroe Hicks (171)