Tigers drop regular-season finale to Bearcats, 71-43

The Central boys basketball team hoped for a solid performance to warm up for Monday's Class 5 District 1 basketball tournament.

The Tigers were forced to settle for a lopsided defeat, falling at Dexter 71-43.

Central trailed by 10 at halftime, then the Bearcats pushed the lead to 25 entering the fourth quarter.

Anthony Watts led the Tigers with 10 points, including a pair of 3-pointers.

Central, which faces Fox in the first round of districts Monday, fell to 10-14.

Central 14 7 9 13 -- 43

Dexter 19 12 24 16 -- 71

Central (43) -- Jajuan Bell 2, Anthony Watts 10, Chase Johnson 8, Shane Nolen 9, Zach Boerboom 4, Garrett Pannier 6, Derek Walker 4. FG: 16, FT 6-11. (3-pointers: Watts 2, Pannier 2, Nolen 1.)

Dexter (71) -- David Hessling 17, Clayton Shell 3, Eric Windham 2, Bobby Rawson 9, Jered Stephens 2, Drew Kelly 7, Nick Murphy 2, Logan Carwile 9, Kevin Hart 20. FG 30, FT 7-9. (3-pointers: Hessling 1, Shell 1, Kelley 1, Hart 1).

JV -- Dexter won 70-50.

Notre Dame 77, De Soto 42

Ryan Willen scored 16 points, while John Unterreiner added 14 as the Bulldogs routed the Dragons.

Notre Dame opened a 43-17 lead at halftime.

The Bulldogs' pesky defense limited the Dragons to one point in the first quarter.

Notre Dame 13 30 16 16 -- 77

De Soto 1 16 14 10 -- 42

Notre Dame (77) -- Nick Koeppel 7, Ty Williams 4, Alex Bader 6, Blake Gaddis 2, Mark Himmelberg 3, John Unterreiner 14, Austin Greer 12, Ryan Willen 16, Joe Tolbert 5, Logan Glueck 8. FG 27, FT 16-18, F 15. (3-pointers: Koeppel, Bader 2, Himmelberg, Unterreiner 2, Tolbert.)

De Soto (42) -- Taylor Carron 10, Tyler Reando 12, John Krodiger 8, Harrison Evola 2, John Bruemmer 5, Cory Declue 2, Brandon O'Day 3. FG 15, FT 9-13, F 17. (3-pointers: Carron, Krodiger 2.)

JV -- Notre Dame won.

St. Vincent 57, Valle Catholic 37

Josh Rollet scored 22 points, including three 3-pointers, to go along with his 16 rebounds as the Indians rolled.

St. Vincent (9-11) took command by outscoring the Warriors by 15 points in the second quarter.

Valle Catholic 8 10 9 10 -- 37

St. Vincent 6 25 8 18 -- 57

Valle Catholic (37) -- Nolan Weiler 7, Ryan Roth 6, Casey Koller 6, Bryan Kertz 6, Adam Oberle 5, Michael Rozier 4, Stephan Bauman 3. FG 14, FT 7-13, F 8. (3-pointers: Oberle 1, Weiler 1)

St. Vincent (57) -- Josh Rollet 22, Justin L'Hote 8, Matt Hotop 8, Matt Abbott 6, Aaron Dzik 5, Shawn Renner 4. FG 21, FT 10-12, F 11. (3-pointers: Rollet 3, L'Hote 1, Dzik 1)

JV -- St. Vincent won 32-25

GIRLS BASKETBALLPerryville 51, Fredericktown 50

The Pirates nipped host Fredericktown in a battle between two of the top four contenders for next week's Class 4 District 1 tournament.

Perryville (19-5), seeded fourth in the district, got 17 points from Ava Johnson and 12 from Nicole Gremaud.

Fredericktown is the district's third seed.

Perryville 15 11 12 13 -- 51

Fredericktown 12 11 14 13 -- 50

Perryville (51) -- Alicia Kueker 5, Ava Johnson 17, Nicole Gremaud 12, Ashley Reid 2, Kendra Schilli 4, Alyssa Bauwens 6, Makenzie Schirmer 2, Emily Hanquist 3. FG 17, FT 11-15, F 12. (3-pointers: Kueker 1, Johnson 1, Gremaud 4. Fouled out: none)

Fredericktown (50) -- Courtney Kemp 6, Lauren Henderson 10, Johnna Tinnon 15, Trisha Ward 9, Kyle Ortell 8, Megan Mosier 2. FG 21, FT 5-9, F 14. (3-pointers: Ward 3. Fouled out: none)

Columbia Hickman 57, Jackson 30

The Indians lost at home to drop to 12-10.

Cassandra Bollinger dumped in 13 points to lead Jackson.

Hickman 15 17 6 19 -- 57

Jackson 10 5 4 11 -- 30

Hickman (57) -- Yvanne Anderson 9, Nicole Shulz 6, Taylor Ford 4, Miriam Tesfamikal 8, Firda Sheppard 2, Aqua Carpening 4, Chassidy Prince 22. FG 23, FT 5-7, F 8. (3-pointers: Shulz 2, Prince 4.)

Jackson (30) -- Cody Goodpasture 4, Cassandra Bollinger 13, Ashten Howard 7, Kelci Keith 2, Kylie Seyer 4. FG 13, FT 4-6, F 5.

-- From staff reports