St. Vincent girls eliminated

Clopton knocked the St. Vincent girls basketball team out of the Class 2 state tournament with a 60-41 victory against the Squaws at Mineral Area College.

That decision leaves four area teams playing in this weekend's state tournament action:

• The Kelly girls will play a Class 3 quarterfinal game against St. Louis Metro at 7:45 p.m. Saturday at the Farmington Civic Center.
• The Bell City boys will play in the Class 1 quarterfinals against Billings at 1 p.m. at the West Plains Civic Center.
• Also at West Plains, the Scott County Central girls will play Walnut Grove at 2:45 p.m. in a Class 1 quarterfinal.
• The Notre Dame boys go to the Class 4 state tourney Friday and Saturday in Columbia.
• Also, Charleston beat Malden 80-59 in a Class 3 boys sectional on Wednesday.