Tigers fend off Eagles 72-65

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Central's boys basketball team ran into a rejuvinated New Madrid County Central team on Friday night in a SEMO conference matchup.

But while Friday's game was a far cry from Central's blowout victory over the Eagles in Central's season opener, the result was the same in a 72-65 win for the Tigers.

NMCC kept the Tigers within striking distance throughout the game and cut the lead to 66-63 with less than a minute remaining. Central (13-3) made several big free throws down the stretch to secure the win.

"We really executed late in the game and that was so crucial for us," Central coach Derek McCord said.

Ryan Delph led the Tigers with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Scott Chestnutt added 19 points, including his first career 3-pointer, for the Tigers, Jake Knepp had a season-high 13 off the bench and Mitch Craft had 10. Will Johnson had nine points and seven assists.

The Tigers shot 7-for-12 from 3-point range in the game.

"We had so many guys step up," McCord said. "Jake Knepp's probably my player of the game. Boy did he respond."

Central's junior varsity team won 49-48. Tyrone Reece scored 12 points for Central and Anthony Hempstead and Xavier Delph had 10 apiece. Central will play for the Central JV tournament title today against Kelly.

Central 72, New Madrid County Central 65

Central 14 17 22 19 -- 72

NMCC 17 13 14 21 -- 65

CENTRAL (72) -- Jake Knepp 13, Will Johnson 9, Ryan Delph 21, Mitch Craft 10, Scott Chestnutt 19. FG 21, FT 9-16, F 7 (3-pointers: Knepp 2, Johnson 1, Delph 3, Chestnutt 1. Fouled out: none)

NMCC (65) -- Edgar Givens 8, Ramone Willis 3, Malcolm Long 18, Terrance Wilson 2, Laterrance Newsome 9, Jordan Kimbel 8, Vaughn Sheppard 14, Brandon Waters 3. FG 23, FT 4-6, F 18 (3-pointers: Newsome 3, Kimbel 2. Fouled out: Long)

JV: Central 49, NMCC 48

St. Vincent 55, St. Pius 39

St. Vincent won its seventh straight game at home.

The Indians (8-3) trailed at halftime 28-26 before holding St. Pius to 11 second-half points. Alex Armbruster had a big game for St. Vincent with 12 points, eight steals and eight assists. Jacob DeWilde added 10 points for St. Vincent.

St. Pius 16 12 7 4 -- 39

St. Vincent 13 13 14 15 -- 55

ST. PIUS (39) -- Cory Prindville 14, Andy Kennedy 9, Carlos Bisch 6, Jeff Wingdermuelhle 5, Drew Horn 4, Gabe Gardiner 1. FG 16, FT 6-16, F 20 (3-pointers: Kennedy 1. Fouled out: Yager)

ST. VINCENT (55) -- Alex Armbruster 12, Jacob DeWilde 10, Danny Rellergert 9, Pat Siegmund 9, Zach Moll 8, Luke Guyot 5, Justin Balsman 2. FG 17, FT 19-30, F 19 (3-pointers: Rellergert 1, Guyot 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: St. Vincent 39, St. Pius 31

Advance 80, Richland 48

Advance had five scorers in double figures in a home win.

James Masters led the Hornets (9-4) with 19 points. Tyler Bowman and Drew Sherman had 14 apiece for Advance and Jeremy Limbaugh and Daryl Wade had 12 apiece.

Richland 11 18 9 10 -- 48

Advance 23 26 12 19 -- 80

RICHLAND (48) -- Griffin 4, Moore 18, Smith 4, Waters 2, Herrion 8, Booker 10. FG 19, FT 8-12, F 20 (3-pointers: Herrion 1, Booker 1. Fouled out: Smith)

ADVANCE (80) -- Jeremy Limbaugh 12, Tyle Bowman 14, Daryl Wade 12, Drew Sherman 14, Rylan Dunivan 2, Ace Cloninger 3, James Masters 19, Gabe Hazel 4. FG 32, FT 11-23, F 14 (3-pointers: Bowman 2, Sherman 2, Cloninger 1. Fouled out: none)

Leopold 56, Marquand 48

Brandon Beuter scored 24 points and helped Leopold win its first conference game at home.

Kelly Stause added 12 for Leopold (5-7), who has won three in a row. Josh King had 19 points and Jay Francis had 16 to lead Marquand.

Marquand 7 11 12 18 -- 48

Leopold 9 13 17 17 -- 56

MARQUAND (48) -- Josh King 19, Jay Francis 16, Adam Statler 8, Chris Voman 5. FG 8, FT 5-8, F 19 (3-pointers: King 5, Francis 4. Fouled out: none)

LEOPOLD (56) -- Brandon Beuter 24, Kelly Stause 12, Michael Vandeven 6, Nathan Thiehl 5, Lucas Horell 5, AJ Seiler 4. FG 19, FT 12-21, F 10 (3-pointers: Horrell 1, Thiele. Fouled out: none)

JV: Leopold 41, Marquand 24

Meadow Heights 69, Woodland 64

Meadow Heights had 10 3-pointers and scored 45 points in the second and third quarters to erase a first quarter deficit and edge Woodland at home.

Heath Fulton led Meadow Heights (8-4) with 20 points, Terry Wagner had 19 and Brad Adams had 17. Cody McCraw led Woodland (9-5) with 28, Chad Hulvey had 21.

Woodland 17 12 14 21 -- 69

Meadow Hgts 5 21 24 19 -- 64

WOODLAND (64) -- C. McCraw 28, Chad Hulvey 21, Seth Gaines 8, Travis Benfield 6, B. Martin 1. FG 18, FT 13-19, F 18 (3-pointers: McCraw 4, Gaines 1. Fouled out: B. Cowell)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (69) -- Heath Fulton 20, Terry Wagner 19, Brad Adams 17, Anthony Bollinger 9, Brian Thompson 4. FG 11, FT 11-12, F 14 (3-pointers: Fulton 4, Adams 3, Wagner 3, Bollinger 2. Fouled out: none)

JV: Meadow Heights 53, Woodland 46

Kelly 70, Chaffee 28

Kelly cruised past Chaffee at home.

Chris Romas scored 24 points to lead Kelly (6-7), Trent Walter had 12 and Kent Deason added 10.

Chaffee 6 7 11 4 -- 28

Kelly 19 29 16 5 -- 70

CHAFFEE (28) -- Brad Urhahn 2, Brandon Davis 19, Tyler Graham 2, Matt Sanders 2, Bret Whitaker 1, Jeff Daughtery 2. FG 8, FT 6-11, F 13 (3-pointers: Davis 2. Fouled out: none)

KELLY (70) -- Trent Walter 12, Trey Simmons 4, Kent Deason 10, Chris Romas 24, Derek Felter 7, Josh Felter 2, Michael Glastetter 9, Clay Mothershead 4. FG 22, FT 10-14, F 9 (3-pointers: Wlater 2, Romas 4. Fouled out: none)

JV: Kelly 55, Chaffee 25

Delta 80, East Prairie 64

Delta had five players in double figures and never trailed after the first quarter to win handily at home.

Brent Menz had 23 points to lead Delta (10-5). Zack Kelley had 14, Kevin Bartels and Daniel Cook had 12 apiece and Cody Crowden added 10.

East Prairie 12 13 11 23 -- 64

Delta 11 28 16 24 -- 80

EAST PRAIRIE (64) -- Rodger Swann 8, Jordan Sanders 21, Anthony Smith 8, Jared Cardin 6, Preston Shoemaker 7, James Wilson 7, Dez Johnson 6. FG 12, FT 11-19, F 24 (3-pointers: Sanders 6, Cardin 1, Shoemaker 1. Fouled out: Cardin)

DELTA (80) -- Derek Helderman 8, Cody Crowden 10, Brent Menz 23, Daniel Cook 12, Zack Kelley 14, Kevin Bartels 12. FG 20, FT 22-35, F 19 (3-pointers: Menz 3, Crowden 1, Heldermann 1, Bartels 1. Fouled out: Menz, Kelley)

JV: East Prairie 53, Delta 49

Charleston 73, Scott Central 66

Scott County Central jumped out to a 22-6 first-quarter lead but could not hold on and lost on the road.

Charleston scored 49 points combined in the second and third quarter to grab the lead. Andrew Pullen led the Braves with 20 points, Chris Pullen had 16, Daniel Holmand had 14 and Chris Porter had 13.

Scott Central 22 14 11 19 -- 66

Charleston 6 23 26 18 -- 73

SCOTT CENTRAL (66)-- Chris Pullen 16, Daniel Holman 14, Jeremy Porter 13, Chris Monroe 1, Andrew Pullen 20, Isaac Porter 2. FG 30, FT 6-7, F 11 (3-pointers: 0. Fouled out: none).

CHARLESTON (73)-- Trentez Lane 21, Joshua Strayhorn 20, Ashton Farmer 9, George Rigney 3, Jamarcus Williams 8, Shawn Sherrell 5, Justin Clark 3, Matt Jackson 4. FG 15, FT 7-8, F 15. (3-pointers: Lane 5, Strayhorn 4, Rigney 1, Sherrell 1, Clark 1).

Crystal City 74, Perryville 60

Perryville played Crystal City even for two quarters but could not overcome a seven-point first quarter deficit in a road loss.

Perryville was outscored 20-13 in the first quarter but played Crystal City even in the second and third quarter. Nick Hayden led Perryville (2-11) with 14 points, Jared Obendorfer had 13 and Scott Ozark had 11.

Perryville 13 17 11 19 -- 60

Crystal City 20 18 10 26 -- 74

PERRYVILLE (60) -- Jared Obendorfer 13, Nick Hayden 14, Phillip Buerch 8, Scott Ozark 11, Andrew Norman 9, Chad Stelling 5. FG 23, FT 6-11, F 17 (3-pointers: Obendorfer 4, Buerck 2, Norman 1, Stelling 1. Fouled out: none)

CRYSTAL CITY (74) -- Townsend 2, Link 17, Vaughn 17, Bova 4, Drury 4, Tullup 14, Strohkirch 16. FG 31, FT 5-14, F 15 (3-pointers: Link 2, Vaughn 5. Fouled out: none)

JV: Crystal City 24, Perrvyille 22

New Salem 81, Twin City Christian 41

Jonathan DeVault had 31 points and led New Salem to a win at home.

Boone Gaines scored 20 for New Salem and Josiah DeVault added 11.

New Salem 25 9 22 25 -- 81

Festus 7 10 10 14 -- 41

NEW SALEM (81) -- Jonathan DeVault 31, Boone Gaines 20, Josiah DeVault 11, Brett Jones 5, Seth Deck 6, Andrew Conway 5, Jan Milark 3. FG 34, FT 8-19, F 19 (3-pointers: DeVault 4, Jones 1. Fouled out: Conway, Jos. DeVault)

Festus (41) -- Dan Haberstick 15, John Tiggert 4, Mark Bookout 6, Buddy Hines 14, Shane Bowman 2. FG 15, FT 9-23, F 14 (3-pointers: Haberstick 1, Hines 1. Fouled out: Hines)

JV: New Salem 51, Twin City 14

Jackson 66, Notre Dame 45

Jackson 15 11 20 20 -- 66

Notre Dame 11 6 12 16 -- 45

JACKSON (66) -- Nick Fiehler 13, Jason Schafer 12, Brad Eaton 4, Jack Puisis 6, Marc Lumsden 6, Tyler McNeely 8, Cody Cardwell 3, Dustin Mayfield 3, Eric Poythress 4, Willie Brown 2, Adam Ross 2, Ryan Mirly 2. FG 25, FT 10-17, F 15 (3-pointers: Fiehler 1, Schafer 2, Eaton 1, Cardwell 1. Fouled out: none)

NOTRE DAME (45) -- Jeremy Brinkmeyer 3, Bryce Willen 15, Alex Ressel 12, Mark Unterreiner 4, Frankie Ellis 9, John Eric Klein 1, Steven Eftink 1. FG 17, FT 10-25, F 10 (3-pointers: Willen 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Jackson 58, Notre Dame 38

BOYS SWIMMING Oakville 95, Central 90

Despite one of its best meets of the season, Central fell to Oakville at home.

Central just missed the state cut in two relay events including the medley relay team of Sam Maguire, Clay Schermann, Mercer and Alex Heddle, which missed the state cut by less than a second and a half.

Tanner Rust won his first diving event since early in the season with a career-best 183.80.

Medley relay -- 1. 1:50.03 (Sam Maguire, Clay Schermann, Mercer, Alex Heddle); 3. 1:59.00 (Daniel Austin, Clay Tummins, Quentin Kelley, PD Stuart

200 freestyle -- 2. Hunter Givens 2:00.96; 3. Drew Kiehl 2:08.70

200 IM -- 1. Maguire 2:18.06

50 free --1. Schermann 23.31; 3. Heddle 23.83

Diving -- 1. Tanner Rust 183.80; 3. Rob Thomas 1:25.50

100 butterfly -- 2. Mercer 1:04.30; 3. Schermann 1:05.41

100 free -- 2. Maguire 52.87 ; 3. Heddle 54.35

500 free -- 2. Givens 5:36.67

200 free relay -- 1. 1:42.40 (Mercer, Stuart, Givens, Tummins)

400 free relay -- 1. 3:37.93 (Schermann, Heddle, Givens, Maguire)

--From staff reports