Top seeds cruise to semis

The top two seeds for the Show Me Center Holiday Classic both crushed their first-round opponents Monday.

No. 1 Farmington beat No. 8 Saxony Lutheran 75-25 and No. 2 Jackson downed No. 7 Perryville 74-31 on the opening day of the 15th annual eight-team girls basketball tournament.

Farmington and Jackson advanced to tonight's semifinals, while Saxony Lutheran and Perryville fell into today's consolation semifinals.

Farmington 75, Saxony Lutheran 25

Farmington scored the first eight points and coasted. It was 43-12 at halftime and the entire fourth quarter was played with a running clock, used when a team leads by at least 30 points.

Senior guard Tayhlor Milfeld paced the Knightettes (5-1) with 22 points.

Senior guard Julia Steffens led the Crusaders (2-1) with 12 points.

Saxony 6 6 9 4 -- 25

Farmington 26 17 16 16 -- 75

SAXONY LUTHERAN (25) -- Brooke Valleroy 4, Regan Obermann 2, Julia Steffens 12, Abby Hartmann 5, Natalie Mueller 2. FG 12, FT 1-6, F 14. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

FARMINGTON (75) -- Brittany Gladbach 4, Erin Littrell 3, Tayhlor Milfeld 22, Jessica Hicks 7, Brittany Fink 4, Morgan Ankrom 13, Kelly Petersen 8, Rachel Williams 12, Rachel Porter 2. FG 28, FT 16-21, F 12. (3-pointers: Milfeld 3. Fouled out: none)

Jackson 74, Perryville 31

Jackson broke a 2-2 tie with nine straight points and the Indians romped. They led 42-17 at the half and the entire final period was played with a running clock.

Junior center Connor King had a double-double of 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Indians (5-2).

Senior guards Makenzie Quade and Brooke Sanders followed with 16 and 15 points, respectively. Sanders had 13 first-quarter points.

Senior forward Natalie Bauwens had 14 points for the Pirates (2-3).

Perryville 7 10 8 6 -- 31

Jackson 22 20 22 10 -- 74

PERRYVILLE (31) -- Natalie Gremaud 4, Courtney Borden 2, Abbie Schilli 2, Allison Moldenhauer 7, Kelsey Schremp 2, Natalie Bauwens 14. FG 12, FT 7-8, F 12. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JACKSON (74) -- Paden Wachter 1, Brooke Sanders 15, Connor King 22, Kylie Seyer 6, Danielle Daume 7, Makenzie Quade 16, Allie Halter 7. FG 30, FT 9-15, F 12. (3-pointers: Sanders 1, Daume 1, Quade 2, Halter 1. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports