St. Vincent records ninth straight win

St. Vincent ran its winning streak to nine games on Friday night by beating St. Pius 76-63 in a Jefferson County Conference game at Festus, Mo.

Alex Armbruster poured in 34 points and Jacob DeWilde added 22 to lead the Indians (11-4, 4-1).

Waylon Richardet pulled down 16 rebounds for St. Vincent, which has won 11 of its past 12 games.

St. Vincent 18 17 23 18 -- 76

St. Pius 17 16 17 13 -- 63

ST. VINCENT (76) -- Alex Armbruster 34, Jacob DeWilde 22, Danny Rellergert 6, Waylon Richardet 6, Luke Guyot 3, Ben Buchheit 3, Pat Siegmund 2. FG 26, FT 20-28, F 17 (3-pointers: Armbruster 2, DeWilde 1, Guyot 1. Fouled out: none)

ST. PIUS (63) -- Bisch 17, Horn 13, Kennedy 12, Prindiville 8, Wensler 7, Burke 3, Scauzed 3. FG 23, FT 11-21, F 21 (3-pointers: Bisch 1, Horn 1, Kennedy 1. Fouled out: Horn)

JV -- St. Vincent def. St. Pius 54-42.

Oakville 80, Central 55

Oakville had no trouble with visiting Central in posting a 25-point victory.

Oakville (13-4) was led by Matt McKiernan with 24 points. Drew Martin and Casey Noll, a pair of 6-foot-7 players, added 16 and 14 points, respectively.

Central (8-9), which trailed 40-19 at halftime and 65-33 after three quarters, got 12 points from Garrett Ozbun and 10 from freshman Jajuan Bell.

Richland 75, Zalma 61

Zalma trailed by only three points after three quarters, but Richland took advantage of Zalma's poor free-throw shooting and defeated the visiting Bulldogs.

Zalma managed to convert only 16 of 33 free throws, while Richland was nearly perfect at 18 of 20.

Zalma's Adam Pixley led all scorers with 31 points, including six 3-pointers. Daniel Schrader added 10 for Zalma (2-11).

"We couldn't execute the way we needed to inside," Zalma coach Dwyght Ford said. "And it would've been a different ballgame if we had hit free throws, too."

Zalma 20 9 18 14 -- 61

Richland 22 14 13 25 -- 75

ZALMA (61) -- Adam Pixley 31, Trevin Taylor 9, Noah Barr 3, Kyle Conley 1, Tim Landing 4, Josh Barrett 2, Daniel Schrader 10, Garrett Garner 2. FG 20, FT 16-33 (3-pointers: Pixley 6.)

RICHLAND (75) -- Cameron Whitaker 18, John Griffin 9, Jackie Smitch 14, Gentry Herrion 11, Blake Waters 10, Matt Maloney 1, Matt Ritch 12. FG 26, FT 18-20, F 22 (3-pointers: Ritch 2, Herrion 1, Griffin 1, Whitaker 1. Fouled out: Whitaker)

JV -- Richland 68-28

Saxony Lutheran 51, Leopold 38

Junior forward Casey Petzoldt scored 25 points to lead Saxony Lutheran to lead the Crusaders (11-2) to victory at home. Tim Lorenz added nine points.

Victor Vandeven scored 14 for Leopold.

Leopold 9 7 14 8 -- 38

Saxony Lutheran 13 14 10 14 -- 51

LEOPOLD (38) -- Victor Vandeven 14, David Thiele 8, Eric Seiler 5, Kelly Stause 9, Alfred VanGennip 2. FG 12, FT 11-18, F 15 (3-pointers: Vandeven 2, Seiler 1. Fouled out: Thiele)

SAXONY (51) -- Lauren Lueders 3, Tyson Valleroy 2, Trey Maevers 3, Casey Petzoldt 25, Alex Jauch 2, Grant Lehmann 5, Tim Lorenz 9, Austin Kwikkel 2. FG 16, FT 13-25, F 12 (3-pointers: Petzoldt 4, Maevers 1, Lueders 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Saxony Lutheran 37, Leopold 25

Perryville 55, Crystal City 53

Andrew Norman poured in 15 points to help Perryville hold off Crystal City on Friday night in Jefferson County Conference play.

The Pirates (7-10, 3-2 JCC) made all seven of their 3-pointers in the first half while claiming a 43-27 lead.

Ricky Dunn added 13 points for Perryville, while Scott Ozark added 12.

Crystal City 11 16 11 15 -- 53

Perryville 20 23 4 8 -- 55

CRYSTAL CITY (53) -- Wayde Townsend 23, Scott Johnson 9, Brent Vaughn 9, Backy 4, Strohkirch 8. FG 14, FT 13-21, F 14 (3-pointers: Townsend 1, Johnson 2, Vaughn 1. Fouled out: John Drury, Strohkirch)

PERRYVILLE (55) -- Phillip Buerck 2, Jacob Hayden 5, Cory Buerck 3, Andrew Norman 15, Ricky Dunn 13, Milan Klaus 5, Scott Ozark 12. FG 14, FT 6-12, F 18 (3-pointers: Hayden 1, Buerck 1, Norman 3, Dunn 2. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Crystal City 55, Perryville 49

Oak Ridge 52, Greenville 44

Austin Hahs scored 27 points to lead Oak Ridge to its fourth win in its last five outings.

Austin Morrison added 13 points for the Bluejays (5-10).

Greenville 6 16 8 14 -- 44

Oak Ridge 14 9 18 11 -- 52

GREENVILLE (44) -- Derek Allen 6, Moon 1, Birmingham 6, Meyer 7, Jason Allen 7, McCoy 13, Becker 2, Burchard 2. FG 16, FT 6-13, F 18 (3-pointers: Allen 2. Fouled out: Burchard)

OAK RIDGE (52) -- Austin Morrison 13, Johnny Price 2, Jon McMillan 6, Lance Felter 4, Austin Hahs 27. FG 21, FT 7-16, F 15 (3-pointers: Hahs 1. Fouled out: none)

New Salem Baptist 73, Heartland Christian 47

New Salem Baptist Academy of Marble Hill exploded for 26 points in the first quarter and held on for a win at home against Heartland Christian of Poplar Bluff.

Jeremy Rockhill had 20 points and 16 rebounds for New Salem (16-7). Boone Gaines added 16 points, and Josiah Davault added 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Heartland 19 7 10 11 -- 47

New Salem 26 20 14 13 -- 73

HEARTLAND (47) -- Adem Epps 19, Justin Braden 6, Mike Biri 3, Dillan Avery 4, Paul Herbst 15. FG 18, FT 9-18, F 14 (3-pointers: Epps 2. Fouled out: none)

NEW SALEM (73) -- Valy Wolf 7, Josiah Davault 11, Jeremy Rockhill 20, Boone Gaines 16, Brett Jones 8, Josh Freeman 5, Chewy Eickhoff 4, Trent Jones 2. FG 29, FT 8-17, F 17 (3-pointers: Wolf 1, Gaines 1, B. Jones 2, Freeman 1. Fouled out: Wolf)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

New Salem Baptist 47, Heartland Christian 23

New Salem Baptist Academy of Marble Hill held Heartland Christian of Poplar Bluff to six first-half points and cruised to a home victory. Sarah Green scored 21 points for New Salem (14-5).

Heartland 2 4 8 9 -- 23

New Salem 8 14 11 14 -- 47

HEARTLAND (23) -- R. Whelhn 10, J. Meadows 3, M. Flemings 4, L. Allen 4, R. Morrison 2. FG 10, FT 1-7, F 12 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

NEW SALEM (47) -- MacKenzie Jones 5, Holly Jordan 3, Sarah Green 21, Laura Poole 8, Celsey Cook 6, Kelsey Barlow 2, Stacey Cheney 2. FG 19, FT 4-7, F 11 (3-pointers: Jones 1. Fouled out: none)

BOYS SWIMMING

MICDS 97, Central 88

Central nearly pulled off the victory at Mary Institute-Country Day School in St. Louis County.

"We were hoping to beat this team," Central coach Dayna Powell said. "But they had a really standout senior, David Zinc. Without him, we would have won."

Central (4-6) took first place in three events. Stuart Greaser had a first-place time of 2 minutes, 21.90 seconds in the 200-meter individual medley. John Wolpers also took first in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:35.16, and Peyton Waggener won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.65.

Kris Metje missed the state cup by six-tenths of a second in the 200 freestyle.

Central results

200 medley relay -- 2, Central (Daniel Austin, Peyton Waggener, Jason Mercer, Hunter Givens), 1:50.08; 3, Central, (Quentin Kelley, Daniel Berry, Stuart Greaser, Matt Holmes), 2:01.67.

200 free -- 2, Kris Metje, 1:54.84; 3 John Wolpers 2:01.98.

200 IM -- 1 Greaser, 2:21.90; 3 Berry 2:33.62.

50 free -- 2, Mercer, 23.57.

100 butterfly -- 3, Mercer, 59.75.

100 free -- 3, Givens, 51.84

500 free -- 1, Wolpers, 5:35.16; 2, Jake Meyer, 5:39.95.

200 free relay -- 2, Central (Austin, Waggener, Metje, Wolpers), 1:40.80; 3, Central (Holmes, Berry, Micah Wright, Jake Meyer) 1:48.66.

100 backstroke -- 2, Givens, 1:02.00; 3, Austin, 1:06.02.

100 breaststroke --1, Waggener, 1:08.65.

400 free relay -- 2, Central (Metje, Wolpers, Mercer, Givens), 3:50.03.

1-meter diving -- 2 Aaron Zlokovich, 1:56.55, 3 Rob Thomas 13:01.65

OTHER EVENTS

* St. Vincent's freshmen boys basketball team defeated St. Pius 49-42, as Josh Rollet poured in 39 points.

* The Central junior varsity defeated Oakville 48-42 on Friday night. The Tigers (13-2) got 20 points from Adrian Cox and 12 from Blake Slattery.