Young scores 25 as Central boys topple Northwest Academy

Freshman guard Al Young scored a game-high 25 points as host Central defeated St. Louis Northwest Academy of Law 67-51.

Central trailed 15-11 after one period, but outscored their opponents 36-24 over the next two quarters to take control of the game.

Garan Evans added 15 points while Jamal Cox had 14 points for Central (12-7). Andre Statam recorded nine rebounds.

Barrion Jones paced Northwest with 19 points while Damarkis Gary contributed 12 points.

Northwest 15 13 11 12 -- 51

Central 11 18 18 20 -- 67

CENTRAL (67) -- Al Young 25, Khane Booker 3, Garan Evans 15, Jamal Cox 14, Mikey Jones 6, Andre Statam 2, Marcus Dixon 2. FG 27, FT 7-18, F 14. (3-pointers: Young, Evans. Fouled out: None)

NORTHWEST ACADEMY OF LAW (51) -- Barrion Jones 19, Rashiad Warren 5, Damarkis Gary 12, Kardarius Berry 2, Terrance Lambert 4, Willie Berry 1, Kendall Gill 9. FG 14, FT 8-13, F 16. (3-pointers: Jones 4, Warren. Fouled out: None)

Scott City 61, Egyptian (Ill.) 59

Ryan Brock scored a game-high 33 points and snagged 14 rebounds to lead the Rams to victory on Homecoming Night.

Ryan Fortner netted 15 points while Jonathan McFall added 10 points for Scott City (13-9). Trent Pobst dished out seven assists.

Davantae Price led with 27 points for the Pharoahs (12-5) while Justin Prewitt added 22 points.

Egyptian 13 16 10 20 -- 59

Scott City 12 13 18 18 -- 61

SCOTT CITY (61) -- Trent Pobst 3, Jonathan McFall 10, Ryan Fortner 15, Ryan Brock 33. FG 25, FT 11-14, F 13. (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None)

EGYPTIAN (59) -- Alex McCrife 2, Jeromy Turner 8, Devantae Price 27, Justin Prewitt 22. FG 23, FT 4-12, F 16. (3-pointers: Prewitt 2. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Scott City won 58-26.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Central 50, Rosati-Kain 40

Bailey Kratochvil netted 18 points and dished out five assists to help lead the Tigers to victory at home.

Alayah Cooper-Johnson had 14 points, grabed 17 rebounds and recorded three steals for Central (8-12) while Kelly Morton added 12 points.

Katie Williams tallied 11 rebounds and three blocks to assist the Tigers in the win.

Emily Secrist scored a game-high 20 points -- including six 3-pointers -- for the Kougars (4-13).

Rosati-Kain 14 9 9 8 -- 40

Central 8 14 9 19 -- 50

CENTRAL (50) -- Alayah Cooper-Johnson 14, Kelly Morton 12, Bailey Kratochvil 18, Bailey Bliss 3, Katie Williams 3. FG 15, FT 14-23, F 14. (3-pointers: Kratochvil 2. Fouled out: None)

ROSATI-KAIN (40) -- Emily Secrist 20, Brittany Shollar 4, Rosie Sandt 3, Brittany Williams 2, Oluwashayo Oginni 10. FG 9, FT 4-12, F 17. (3-pointers: Secrist 6. Fouled out: Shollar)

JV -- Central won 39-27.

-- From staff reports