Top-ranked Charleston cruises past Central

Central's boys basketball team could not keep up with the top-ranked team in Class 3 and fell 84-62 at Charleston on Tuesday night.

Central (17-7) stayed with the Blue Jays for the opening quarter, trailing only 19-13. In the second quarter Charleston flexed its muscles and outscored the Tigers by 10 to open up a 44-28 halftime lead.

Jake Knepp led Central with 19 points and Ryan Delph had 18.

Charleston (20-2) got 19 points from Joshua Strayhorn, 18 from Ashton Farmer, 15 from Marcus Biles and 10 from Trentez Lane.

Central 13 15 15 19 -- 62

Charleston 19 25 20 20 -- 84

CENTRAL (62) -- Jake Knepp 19, Tyrone Reece 7, Ryan Delph 18, Garrett Ozbun 6, Gabe Edwards 6, Jared Thomas 4, Karl Bratcher 2. FG 19, FG 18-25, F 14. (3-pointers: Knepp 2. Fouled out: none).

CHARLESTON (84) -- Marcus Biles 15, Trentez Lane 10, Joshua Strayhorn 19, Ashton Farmer 18, Jamaracus Williams 9, George Rigney 9, A. H. Marshall 2, Jeremiah Jones 2. FG 27, FT 9-17, F 14. (3-pointers: Strayhorn 3, Lane 2, Rigney 2. Fouled out: none).

Scott City 83, Malden 53

Junior guard Mark Dannenmueller led four players into double figures as Scott City improved to 18-4 with a home victory.

Dannenmueller scored 19 points, including three 3-pointers. Andy Beck added 14, Tyler Ward had 13 and Jeremy Schlosser scored 10.

Ward had 10 rebounds while Beck and Mark Johnston each had eight. Schlosser doled out five assists and Steve Sanford had four.

Scott City led 55-24 at halftime.

Malden 10 14 20 9 -- 53

Scott City 28 27 20 8 -- 83

MALDEN (53) -- Lewis 5, Gordon 5, Pringer 1, Crislair 5, Mosley 4, Beaird 13, Simmons 8, Johns 8, Franks 4. FG 21, FT 8-13, F 21 (3-pointers: Simmons 2, Beaird 1. Fouled out: Johns)

SCOTT CITY (83) -- Darren Willey 4, Jeremy Schlosser 10, Dane Gibson 4, Mark Dannenmueller 19, Mark Johnston 9, Jason Schenimann 5, Andy Beck 14, Tyler Ward 13, David Dees 2, Andy Stephens 2. FG 30, FT 19-29, F 12 (3-pointers: Dannenmueller 3, Beck 1. Fouled out: none)

Advance 71, Oran 26

Advance built a 24-point lead by halftime and won easily over visiting Oran.

Ace Cloninger led the Hornets (15-8) with 14 points. Daryl Wade added 12.

Ryan Bouge paced Oran (4-13) with 10 points.

Oran 5 9 8 4 -- 26

Advance 19 19 22 11 -- 71

ORAN (26) -- Garrett Roslen 3, Craig Friga 2, Ryan Bouge 10, Clayton Scherer 3, Matt Seyer 7, Josh Glueck 1. FG 6, FT 8-12, F 16 (3-pointers: Seyer 1, Scherer 1. Fouled out: none)

ADVANCE (71) -- Jeremy Limbaugh 8, Tyler Bowman 7, Daryl Wade 12, Drew Sherman 8, Jacob Daniel 5, Ace Cloninger 14, Dustin Kallinski 8, James Masters 9. FG 15, FT 8-16, F 13 (3-pointers: Kloninger 4, Sherman 2, Wade 2, Limbaugh 2, Bowman 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Advance 49, Oran 42

Leopold 55, Zalma 49

Leopold set up a showdown in the Mississippi Valley Conference by turning back visiting Zalma.

The Wildcats (11-10, 5-0) play second-place Delta, which is 5-1, on Friday night.

Lucas Horrell and Kelly Stause paced Leopold with 19 and 17 points, respectively. Each had a pair of 3-pointers.

For Zalma, David Hovis scored 21 points before fouling out in the final minute.

Leopold led 45-30 heading into the final period.

Zalma 13 8 9 19 -- 49

Leopold 17 15 13 10 -- 55

ZALMA (49) -- David Hovis 21, Tim Landing 8, Daniel Goolsby 7, Curt Wiseman 5, Kyle Conley 4, Daniel Schrader 4. FG 18, FT 11-22, F 17 (3-pointers: Hovis, Goolsby. Fouled out: Hovis)

LEOPOLD (55) -- Lucas Horrell 19, Kelly Stause 17, Brandon Bueter 9, Nathan Thiele 7, A.J. Seiler 2, Mike Vandeven 1. FG 17, FT 15-22, F 17 (3-pointers: Horrell 2, Stause 2, Theile 2. Fouled out: Seiler)

Meadow Heights 70, Valle 67

A pair of Meadow Heights sophomores combined for 49 points, but it was senior Brian Thompson who hit the game-winner, connecting on a 3-point shot with 1.8 seconds left to break a deadlock and give the Panthers a road victory.

Sophomores Anthony Bollinger and Terry Wagner scored 28 and 21 points, respectively. Meadow Heights (12-9), which tied a state record with 24 3-pointers on Monday, trailed 37-31 at halftime. The Panthers took a 54-53 lead into the fourth quarter.

Meadow Heights 14 17 23 17 -- 70

Valle 16 21 16 14 -- 67

MEADOW HEIGHTS (70) -- Anthony Bollinger 28, Terry Wagner 21, Joel Hahs 8, Brian Thompson 9, Heath Fulton 5. FG 29, FT 7-9, F 13 (3-pointers: Wagner 2,Thompson 1, Hahs 1, Bollinger 1, Fulton 1. Fouled out: none)

VALLE (67) -- Basler 18, Stoll 15, Wipfler 11, Palmer 6, Gregg 4, Odneal 13. FG 26, FT 8-12, F 12 (3-pointers: Stoll 2, Odneal 1, Wipfler 1, Gregg 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Meadow Heights 62, Valle 38

Woodland 71, Puxico 40

Travis Benfield poured in 30 points as Woodland posted an easy home victory.

Also in double figures for the Cardinals (12-9) were Cody McCraw with 17 points and Chad Hulvey with 15.

Puxico 10 12 10 8 -- 40

Woodland 22 8 17 24 -- 71

PUXICO (40) -- Townsend 2, Creasy 2, Tettleton 4, Ramsey 17, Clark 5, Helm 10. FG 16, FT 5-7, F 15 (3-pointers: Ramsey 2, Clark 1. Fouled out: none)

WOODLAND (71) -- Anthony Grojean 2, Scotty Crader 2, Seth Gaines 5, Cody McCraw 17, Chad Hulvey 15, Travis Benfield 30. FG 27, FT 12-16, F 16 (3-pointers: Gaines 1, McCraw 2. Fouled out: none)

JV: Puxico 44, Woodland 39

Delta 72, Chaffee 40

Delta took the lead early and cruised to a home win.

Zack Kelley led Delta (16-7) with 20 points. Derek Helderman added 19, and Cody Crowden and Daniel Cook each had 13.

Richard Hinkebein led Chaffee (1-17) with 11 points.

Chaffee 9 12 9 10 -- 40

Delta 15 17 17 23 -- 72

CHAFFEE (40) -- Brad Urhahn 8, Brandon Davis 11, Richard Hinkebein 7, Cory Slinkard 2, Tyler Graham 7, Bret Whitaker 5. FG 14, FT 6-10, F 6 (3-pointers: Davis 1, Hinkebein 1. Fouled out: none)

DELTA (72) -- Derek Helderman 19, Cody Crowden 13, Brent Menz 7, Daniel Cook 13, Zack Kelley 20. FG 26, FT 5-6, F 11 (3-pointers: Crowden 3, Helderman 1, Menz 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Delta 55, Chaffee 32

St. Vincent 54, Oak Ridge 45

St. Vincent built a 35-25 halftime lead and coasted to a road victory.

Alex Armbruster led the Indians (10-9) with 22 points and Danny Rellergert had 13.

Oak Ridge (3-17) got 18 points from Austin Morrison and 12 from Terry Bogenpohl.

St. Vincent 15 20 9 10 -- 54

Oak Ridge 11 14 7 13 -- 45

ST. VINCENT (54) -- Alex Armbruster 22, Chris Herzog 1, Justin Balsman 2, Danny Rellergert 13, Jacob DeWilde 7, Pat Siegmund 8, Scott Prost 1. FG 19, FT 16-26, F 17 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: DeWilde)

OAK RIDGE (45) -- Tyler Myers 1, Brian Ruesler 2, Terry Bogenpohl 12, Ben Hahs 4, Austin Hahs 8, Austin Morrison 18. FG 18, FT 5-13, F 18 (3-pointers: Morrison 2. Fouled out: none)

JV: St. Vincent 57, Oak Ridge 43GIRLS BASKETBALL

St. Vincent 47, Oran 25

St. Vincent pulled away from a 6-6 tie after the first quarter to roll past host Oran.

Sierra Paulus led the Squaws (8-13) with 14 points and was the game's only double-figure scorer.

St. Vincent 6 14 14 13 -- 47

Oran 6 8 5 6 -- 25

ST. VINCENT (47) -- Sierra Paulus 14, Allison Prost 9, Rachel Hadler 8, Amanda Carron 4, Joy Donze 4, Whitney Guth 4, Lauren Schumer 4. FG 17, FT 10-14, F 18 (3-pointers: Hadler 2, Guth 1. Fouled out: Hadler)

ORAN (25) -- Mandi Wood 7, Tiffany Glastetter 4, Amanda Eftink 4, Tori St. Cin 2, Wendy Eftink 2, Courtney Nenninger 2, Lexi Todt 2, Hanna Seyer 1, Brandy Hicks 1. FG 8, FT 9-22, F 14 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)--From staff reports