Tigers, Pirates win consolation games

Central and Perryville posted wins Monday in the consolation bracket of the Saint Francis Medical Center Holiday Classic.

Central, seeded fourth in the eight-team girls basketball tournament, routed No. 8 Saxony Lutheran 68-32.

Perryville, the No. 6 seed, pulled away late to beat No. 7 Woodland 66-51.

The Tigers and Pirates will square off at 5:30 p.m. today at the Show Me Center in the fifth-place game. The Crusaders and Cardinals will meet at 4 p.m. in the seventh-place contest.

Senior center Wendi Zickfield had a dominant game for the Tigers (4-4), pouring in 24 points.

Also scoring in double figures for Central were Sadie Pittman with 15 points and Chelsea Pannier with 12.

Saxony was paced by Kara Versemann with 13 points. She hit three 3-pointers.

Perryville (1-2) notched its first victory of the season behind 18 points from Alicia Kueker, 17 from Makenzie Schirmer, 15 from Emily Hanquist and 10 from Ava Johnson.

Lauren Johnson scored 25 points for Woodland, while Taylor Steckman added 17.

The Cardinals trailed just 40-36 entering the fourth quarter before the Pirates pulled away.

@z_agate_HSbasketball_linescore:Central 68, Saxony Lutheran 32

Saxony141125--32

Central2418179--68

@z_agate_no tab_no indnt_bld ld:SAXONY LUTHERAN (32) -- Brooke Valleroy 6, Kara Versemann 13, Julia Steffens 4, River King 7, Brianna Lueders 2. FG 11, FT 7-16, F 12. (3-pointers: Versemann 3. Fouled out: none)

CENTRAL (68) -- Emily Myers 2, Sadie Pittman 15, Farrah Malik 2, Crystal Vinson 2, Chelsea Pannier 12, Paige Smith 2, Starr Harris 4, Wendi Zickfield 24, Machaela Durham 3, Meg Goodman 2. FG 30, FT 8-16, F 17. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

@z_agate_HSbasketball_linescore:Perryville 66, Woodland 51

Woodland1681215--51

Perryville1791426--66

@z_agate_no tab_no indnt_bld ld:WOODLAND (51) -- Kaitlin McCormick 2, Ashley Acup 2, Taylor Steckman 17, Lacey Moore 3, Lauren Johnson 25, Becky Brannon 2. FG 18, FT 11-17, F 16. (3-pointers: Steckman 2, Johnson 2. Fouled out: none)

PERRYVILLE (66) -- Alicia Kueker 18, Ava Johnson 10, Makenzie Schirmer 17, Emily Hanquist 15, Natalie Bauwens 2, Samantha Amberger 4. FG 25, FT 10-23, F 19. (3-pointers: Kueker 2, Johnson 1. Fouled out: none)

Meadow Heights 56, St. Vincent 48

Freshman Whitney Welker scored 28 points to lead Meadow Heights to a home victory.

Gina Cureton added 13 points for the Panthers (4-1).

Courtney Besand netted a team-high 13 points for St. Vincent (1-7) and Amanda Wengert finished with 10.

@z_agate_HSbasketball_linescore:

St. Vincent1661412--48

Meadow Hts.15151313--56

@z_agate_no tab_no indnt_bld ld:St. Vincent (48) -- Chelsea Boxdorfer 2, Courtney Besand 13, Liz Martin 6, Amanda Wengert 10, Valerie Finger 4, Alyse Wheeler 2, Kali Wingerter 6, Lindsey Wehmeyer 5. FG 19, FT 10-15, F 16. (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None)

Meadow Heights (56) -- Hattie Cook 2, Gina Cureton 13, Heather Dietiker 5, Whitney Welker 28, Jill Mills 2, Chelsey Kight 6. FG 19, FT 15-23, F 15. (3-pointers: Cureton 1, Dietiker 1, Welker 1. Fouled out: None)

JV -- St. Vincent won.

BOYS BASKETBALL Bernie 68, Woodland 36

The Cardinals remained winless with a loss at home to Bernie.

Logan McCarty paced Woodland (0-6) with eight points.

Zach Curry netted 21 points for Bernie (5-1), while Jake Smith had 19.

@z_agate_HSbasketball_linescore:Bernie1914269--68

Woodland610128--36

@z_agate_no tab_no indnt_bld ld:Bernie (68) -- Jake Welch 2, Quinton Stevens 3, Jake Owens 5, Zach Curry 21, Daniel Becking 8, Jake Smith 19, Jordan McGowan 10. FG 29, FT 6-12 F 17. (3 pointers: Stevens 1, Curry 1, McGowan 2. Fouled out none

Woodland (36) -- Mitchell Woods 2, Josh Hahn 3, Devon James 4, Cory Chapman 6, Kyle Reynolds 6, Neil Johnson 2, Logan McCarty 8, Andrew Minson 5. FG 14, FT 8-17, F 12. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Bernie 57, Woodland 45

-- From staff reports