Fourth-seeded Scott County Central defeated fifth-seeded Scott City 62-35 in the first round of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament Wednesday night in Chaffee.
Janet Penrod led the Bravettes with 18 points. Jessica Warren paced Scott City with 13 points.
In other first-round action, third-seeded Charleston defeated sixth-seeded Chaffee 65-53. Charleston got 29 points from Missy Whitney and 22 from Shytorya Davis. Kegan Orr scored 15 for Chaffee (5-7).
SCOTT CENTRAL 62, SCOTT CITY 35Scott Central 17 18 19 8 -- 62
Scott City 8 11 5 11 -- 35
Scott Central (62) -- Turner 5, Peete 11, Godwin 13, Hoots 15, Penrod 18. FG 25, FT 9-12, F 13 (3-pointers: Peete, Godwin, Hoots. Fouled out: none)
Scott City (35) -- Newell 2, Obermann 2, C. Laxton 3, A. Laxton 6, Warren 13, Raines 9. FG 11, FT 10-16, F 11 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
CHARLESTON 65, CHAFFEE 53Charleston 13 23 14 15 -- 65
Chaffee 9 10 16 18 -- 53
Charleston (65) -- Quin 6, Clark 2, McCleery 6, Davis 22, Whitney 29. FG 29, FT 7-9, F 16 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
Chaffee (53) -- Orr 15, Fowler 2, Holmes 10, Kiefer 7, S. Hendrix 6, Townsend 4, M. Hendrix 9. FG 18, FT 15-25, F 14 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
SWIMMING
Vianney 108, N. Dame 77
Notre Dame had three first-place finishes in a dual loss to Vianney at Central Pool.
Picking up wins for Notre Dame (3-7) were Joe Graves (200 free), Jordan Voss (500 free) and the 200 freestyle relay team (John Stoverink, Graves, Chad McCormick, Stephen Hine).
Notre Dame results200 medley -- 2. 1:55.18 (Josh Lester, John Stoverink, Stephen Hine, Chad McCormick); 3. 2:22.34 (Drew Boyd, Lance Carroll, Jordan Voss, Art Lindman)
200 free -- 1. Joe Graves 2:14.17
200 Im -- 2. Hine 2:25.53
50 free -- 2. McCormick 26.34
Diving -- 3. Stoverink 231.50
100 butterfly -- 2. Hine 1:03.18; 3. Lester 1:09.81
100 free -- 2. McCormick 59.95; 3. Graves 1:01.17
500 free -- 1. Voss 6:42.18
200 free relay -- 1. 1:43.53 (Stoverink, Graves, McCormick, Hine)
100 back -- 2. Lester 1:07.37; 3. Boyd 1:13.64
100 breast -- 2. Stoverink 1:10.78
400 relay -- 2. 4:23.93 (Voss, Boyd, Graves, Lester)
Lafayette 135, Central 51
Clay Schermann accounted for Central's lone first-place finish (50 free) in a road loss.
Central results
200 medley -- 3. 2:00.09 (Daniel Austin, Mercer, Heemskerk, Kiel)
50 free -- 1. Schermann 23:55; 2. Maguire 23:56
Diving -- 3. Tanner Rust 167.25
500 free -- 3. Kiel 6:07.25
200 free relay -- 2. 1:41:14 (Maguire, Mercer, Heemskerk, Gibens)
100 breast -- 2. Heemskerk 1:14.07
400 free relay -- 2. 3:40.35 (Schermann, Heddle, Gibens, Maguire)
OTHER EVENTS
Central defeated Scott City 57-44 in the semifinals of the Central JV Tournament. Jared Thomas had 22 points for the Tigers (8-4). Andy Stephens had 17 for the Rams. In the other semifinal, Kelly defeated Perryville 53-39.
Matt Hester led Central's freshman with 14 points as the Tigers beat Kelly 46-43 in overtime at the Central Freshman Tournament. Central (7-4) will play Jackson for the championship today.
-- From staff reports
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