Saxony Lutheran improves to 18-5 with win

Thursday, February 21, 2008
Zach Bohnert scored 16 points while Garrett Ruppel added 14 to lead the Saxony Lutheran boys basketball team to an 83-50 victory over Zalma on Wednesday.

Colton Bailey struck for 23 points for the Bulldogs (9-13).

Saxony Lutheran (18-5) used a 31-point second quarter to pull away.

Saxony (83) -- Zach Bohnert 16, Ben Courtois 8, Austin Kwikkel 10, Garrett Ruppel 14, Max Wieser 14, Garrett Fritsche 6, Chris Roth 2, Bret Steffens 5, Bryant Steffens 8. FG 32, FT 12-17, F 15 (3-pointers: Ruppel 3, Bre. Steffens 1, Bry. Steffens 2. Fouled out: None)

Zalma (50) -- Travis Mergel 4, Colton Bailey 23, Nick Smith 4, Justin Lemons 6, Kevin Walker 8, Nick Montgomery 3, Josh Freeman 2. FG 20, FT 9-17, F 15 (3-pointer: Montgomery. Fouled out: Montgomery)

St. Vincent 63, Meadow Heights 51

Josh Rollet scored 18 and Justin L'Hote added 16 as the Indians earned the road victory.

St. Vincent (10-12) outscored the Panthers 15-6 in the decisive third quarter.

Luke Nitsch dumped in 10 points to lead Meadow Heights, which played without its starting point guard and center, who average a combined 30 points.

St. Vincent (63) -- Justin L'Hote 16, Aaron Dzik 10, Josh Rollet 18, Matt Abbott 8, Matt Hotop 1, Kyle Rollet 6, Shawn Renner 4. FG 16, FT 25-39, F 15 (3-pointers: Dzik 2, J. Rollet 2, Renner 1, L'Hote 1. Fouled out: None)

Meadow Heights (51) -- Dustin Hubler 8, Ethan Mayfield 4, Zac Hotop 9, Derek Bess 15, Tyler Welker 5, Luke Nitsch 10. FG 21, FT 5-13, F 21 (3-pointers: Bess 3, Hotop 1. Fouled out: None)

JV -- Meadow Heights won 53-44.

GIRLS BASKETBALLSt. Vincent 56, Scott City 23

The Indians, in their final regular-season game, put the defensive clamps on the Rams.

After a close first quarter, St. Vincent (17-7) pushed its lead to 19 points at halftime. The Indians held Scott City under 10 points in every quarter.

Courtney Besand led St. Vincent with 18 points, while Lindsey Wehmeyer grabbed five rebounds. Lacey Siegmund and Kelsey Cissell each finished with four rebounds.

Becky Holder led the Rams with 15 points.

Scott City (23) -- Stephanie Essner 1, Becky Holder 15, Donielle Howell 2, Emily Essner 3, Holli Shemonia 2. FG 9, FT 4-9, F 11 (3-pointer: Holder. Fouled out: E. Essner)

St. Vincent (56) -- Lacey Siegmund 6, Kelsey Cissell 6, Courtney Besand 18, Lindsey Wehmeyer 4, Brooke Brown 4, Elizabeth Rozier 2, Alyse Wheeler 2, Jessica Welker 14. FG 24, FT 3-8, F 14 (3-pointers: Welker 4, Brown 1. Fouled out: None)

Valle 35, Chaffee 34

The Red Devils' furious rally on the road fell just short.

Chaffee (11-11) outscored the Warriors by 13 points in the second half, but dug itself too deep a hole in the first half.

Amber Kirk led the way for Chaffee with 14 points.

Chaffee (34) -- Nicole Johnson 4, Madelyn Kiefer 4, Jessica Seabaugh 2, Amber Kirk 14, Whitney Schlosser 7, Anna Ayers 3. FG 12, FT 8-17, F 19 (3-pointers: Kirk 2, Fouled out: Schlosser)

Valle (35) -- Megan Ritter 8, Morgan Schweigert 2, Marisa Koller 4, Natalie Fallert 4, Rachael Naegar 5, Hannah Kuenzel 2, Kelsey Abt 4, Kelly Hermann 6. FG 15, FT 4-15, F 18 (3-pointers: Naegar 1. Fouled out: None)

-- From staff reports