Stroder hits seven 3s in win over Bell City

Kyle Stroder hit seven 3-pointers and scored 29 points to go along with five assists as Leopold remained undefeated with Friday night's 97-41 win over visiting Bell City.

Cameron Davis added 13 points and seven steals for the Wildcats (4-0).

Joe Elfrink scored 13 points and had seven rebounds for Leopold.

Brandon Jansen scored 12 points and snagged seven rebounds while D.J. Keim netted 10 points and dished out five assists.

Jerad Yates paced Bell City with 19 points, including five 3-pointers.

Bell City 7 13 13 8 -- 41

Leopold 32 15 38 12 -- 97

LEOPOLD (97) -- D.J. Keim 10, Kyle Stroder 29, Joe Elfrink 13, Andrew McWilliams 4, Cameron Davis 13, Ethan Broshuis 8, Brandon Jansen 12, James Jansen 8. FG 25, FT 12-14, F 14. (3-pointers: Keim 2, Stroder 7, J. Elfrink 1, Broshuis 2. Fouled out: None)

BELL CITY (41) -- Nate Finney 3, McKenzie Vires 4, Jerad Yates 19, Nolan Schaefer 2, Aaron Smith 9, Trey Geiger 2, Hunter McPherson 2. FG 8, FT 4-6, F 14. (3-pointers: Finney 1, Yates 5, Smith 1. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Leopold won.

Oak Ridge 63, Saxony Lutheran 51

Ryan Below led with 24 points and seven rebounds in the Blue Jays' win at home.

Hunter Seyer added 11 points and Lance Rohde tallied seven rebounds for Oak Ridge (4-1).

Gabe Bohnert paced Saxony Lutheran (1-4) with 19 points. Brandon Fritsche added 18 points and Jack Lake had 10.

Saxony Lutheran 15 12 16 8 -- 51

Oak Ridge 16 13 20 14 -- 63

OAK RIDGE (63) -- Andrew Puchbauer 9, Ethan Seyer 3, Hunter Seyer 11, Kelby Brown 3, Ryan Below 24, Lance Rohde 7, Corvin Schoen 6. FG 24, FT 13-21, F 11. (3-pointers: Puchbauer 1, H. Seyer 1, Brown 1. Fouled out: None)

SAXONY LUTHERAN (51) -- Zach Beal 4, Brandon Fritsche 18, Gabe Bohnert 19, Jack Lake 10. FG 21, FT 6-8, F 19. (3-pointers: Fritsche 1, Bohnert 1. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Saxony Lutheran won 47-31.

Eagle Ridge 68, Edgemont Bible (Ill.) 52

Aaron Margrabe led with 32 points in the Eagles' win at home.

Josh Friedrich added 15 points and Jared Powell scored 10 points and had 15 rebounds for Eagle Ridge (3-4).

Edgemont Bible 10 17 15 10 -- 52

Eagle Ridge 17 22 8 11 -- 68

EAGLE RIDGE CHRISTIAN (68) -- Michael Perez 2, Caleb Cerney 4, Josh Friedrich 15, Jared Powell 10, Nathan Davis 3, Aaron Margrabe 32, Jordan Cliff 3. FG 21, FT 11-16, F 13. (3-pointers: Davis 1, Margrabe 2, Cliff 1. Fouled out: None)

EDGEMONT BIBLE (52) -- Ryan Washington 3, Caleb Little 9, Alec Martin 8, David Beck 15, John Lidley 13, Luke Phillips 4. FG 18, FT 4-11, F 13. (3-pointers: Little 2, Martin 2. Fouled out: None)

Oran 88, Scott City 63

Kody Moore hit four 3-pointers and scored 27 points to lead Oran.

Seth Ressel added 17 points for the Eagles, followed by Chance Tenkhoff with 16. Jacob Priggel and Alex Heuring added 14 each.

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N. St. Francois Co. 40, Meadow Heights 38

Kiana Hotop nailed four three-pointers to pace the Panthers in a close loss at home.

Taylor Cureton added 12 points for Meadow Heights (1-3).

North County 8 11 12 9 -- 40

Meadow Heights 9 10 8 11 -- 38

NORTH ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY (40) -- Eaton 7, Kekec 4, McGraw 11, Blum 6, Hartrup 8, Hancock 2, Scharboneau 2. FG 15, FT 4-6, F 22. (3-pointers: McGraw 1, Hartrup 1. Fouled out: McGraw)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (38) -- Caitlin Cook 6, Kiana Hotop 12, Emma Cook 5, Taylor Cureton 1, Hailey Thorne 3. FG 5, FT 13-24, F 15. (3-pointers: Hotop 4, Cureton 1. Fouled out: None)

-- From staff reports