High school roundup: Delta boys basketball team ends losing streak

Damon Bartels scored 17 points as the Delta boys basketball team snapped a 53-game losing streak and picked up their first win in three seasons with a 42-35 victory over Eagle Ridge Christian School on the road on Tuesday.

The Bobcats (1-9) held a one-point lead at halftime and then went on to outscore the Eagles by six points in the second half to get the victory. It was the first victory for the Delta boys basketball team since January 29, 2013 when the Bobcats edged Woodland 49-47.

Hunter Jones sank a game-high 21 points to pace Eagle Ridge (3-8).

Delta 5 12 16 9 -- 42

Eagle Ridge 9 7 8 11 -- 35

DELTA (42) -- Charlie Ledbetter 6, Brandt Headrick 3, Damon Bartels 17, Quentin Little 8, Triston Perry 8. FG 14, FT 11-31, F 20 (3-pointers: Headrick. Fouled out: Headrick.)

EAGLE RIDGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (35) -- Caleb Friedrich 6, Anand Patel 7, Hunter Jones 21, Michael Roth 1. FG 10, FT 9-22, F 20 (3-pointers: Jones 2. Fouled out: Friedrich, Caleb Cobb.)

Bell City 66, Zalma 41

Cole Nichols drained a game-high 20 points to lead the Cubs in the win at home over the Bulldogs.

Peyton Maddox sank 15 points for Bell City (7-5), which held a 40-24 lead at halftime. Logan Yates added 12 points for the Cubs.

Jacob Steinberg had 11 points to pace Zalma (5-5).

Zalma 12 12 7 10 -- 41

Bell City 17 23 14 12 -- 66

ZALMA (41) -- Jacob Steinberg 11, Cole Shelby 6, Luke Robertson 5, Wyatt Lemons 2, Christopher Lombeida 7, Dallan Stotts 3, Peyton Ford 7. FG 14, FT 1-6, F 16 (3-pointers: Robertson, Lombeida, Stotts, Ford. Fouled out: Shelby.)

BELL CITY (66) -- Taylor Jackson 9, Kolten Siebert 6, Logan Yates 12, Cole Nichols 20, Peyton Maddox 15, Bobby Wright 4. FG 19, FT 10-15, F 12 (3-pointers: Jackson 3, Siebert 2, Nichols. Fouled out: None.)

Meadow Heights 74, Leopold 48

Lane Baremore scored 14 points to lead the Panthers in the conference win at home over the Wildcats.

Devon Wilfong added 13 points for Meadow Heights (7-3, 3-0 Mississippi Valley Conference), which held a commanding 29-point lead at halftime. Spencer Bragg tossed in 12 points for the Panthers, while Trent Liley and Scott Pohlmann notched 10 points apiece.

Garrett Thele recorded a game-high 22 points to pace Leopold (0-10, 0-2).

Leopold 6 11 14 17 -- 48

Meadow Hts. 21 25 12 16 -- 74

LEOPOLD (48) -- Garrett Thele 22, Tristan Graham 7, Simon Elfrink 3, Ryan Lewis 6, Blake Leazenby 10. FG 16, FT 7-11, F 14 (3-pointers: Lewis 2, Elfrink. Fouled out: None.)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (74) -- Jacob Douglas 9, Spencer Bragg 12, Trent Liley 10, Lane Baremore 14, Nick Mayfield 6, Scott Pohlman 10, Devon Wilfong 13. FG 26, FT 4-9, F 15 (3-pointers: Baremore 2, Bragg 2, Douglas, Liley. Fouled out: None.)

Bloomfield 73, Chaffee 49

Alex Gibbs scored a game-high 15 points as the Wildcats notched their 10th win of the season in the road victory over the Red Devils.

Nathan Newell added 13 points for Bloomfield (10-1), which led 36-24 at halftime and outscored the hosts by 10 points in the second half.

Alec Bogenpohl had 11 points to pace Chaffee (3-9).

Bloomfield 18 18 21 16 -- 73

Chaffee 11 13 14 11 -- 49

BLOOMFIELD (73) -- Tim Hector 6, Caleb Pulley 3, Peyton Bell 9, Nathan Newell 13, Kyle Anderson 3, Austin Bond 4, Austin Phillips 5, Tyler Battles 6, Noah Vandiver 9, Alex Gibbs 15. FG 20, FT 9-18, F 23 (3-pointers: Hector 2, Newell 2, Bell, Phillips, Battles, Vandiver. Fouled out: None.)

CHAFFEE (49) -- Auggie Knutson 1, Gabe Henson 5, Tanner Chaney 1, Ryan Holderfield 4, Jordan Wilburn 9, Landon Tenkhoff 8, Alec Bogenpohl 11, Austin Copeland 9, Devohn Foulk 1. FG 15, FT 13-24, F 16 (3-pointers: Copeland 2. Fouled out: None.)

Perryville 58, Dexter 40

Conner Stark sank a game-high 14 points to lead the Pirates in the road win over the Bearcats.

McGwire Bartley and Josh Robinson added 10 points apiece for Perryville (8-3).

Jacob Pedigo recorded 11 points to pace Dexter (4-7).

Perryville 17 8 13 20 -- 58

Dexter 7 8 13 12 -- 40

PERRYVILLE (58) -- Jacob Robinson 2, Aaron Mueller 2, McGwire Bartley 10, Conner Stark 14, Josh Robinson 10, Nathan Noland 8, Austin Mueller 2, Wyatt Johnson 2, Ryan Noland 8. FG 20, FT 9-9, F 14 (3-pointers: Jo. Robinson 2, Stark. Fouled out: None.)

DEXTER (40) -- Jason Jarrell 7, Jacob Pedigo 11, Ethan Flowers 9, Tyler Heil 4, Gabe Jackson 9. FG 15, FT 3-5, F 14 (3-pointers: Pedigo, Flowers. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- Dexter won 77-44

Freshmen -- Dexter won 37-31

St. Vincent 57, Jefferson 48

Trevor Leible tallied 14 points and six rebounds as the Indians downed the Blue Jays at home in the teams' third encounter this season.

Tyler Monier recorded 12 points and six assists for St. Vincent (6-6, 1-0 JCAA Conference-Small Schools Division). Jordan Rellergert notched 11 points and seven rebounds and Luke Wibbenmeyer tossed in 10 points for the Indians.

Mike Reed scored 14 points and Tyler Gosnell added 13 points for Jefferson (5-7, 0-1).

Jefferson 11 12 13 12 -- 48

St. Vincent 9 15 19 14 -- 57

JEFFERSON (FESTUS) (48) -- Mike Reed 14, Tyler Gosnell 13, Easton Null 8, Josh Mobley 8, Brendan Hammock 5. FG 12, FT 6-7, F 26 (3-pointers: Reed 2, Null 2, Gosnell, Hammock. Fouled out: Hammock, Mobley.)

ST. VINCENT (57) -- Trevor Leible 14, Tyler Monier 12, Jordan Rellergert 11, Luke Wibbenmeyer 10, Darren Ernst 6, Joe Whistler 3, Blake Hennemann 1. FG 16, FT 19-38, F 10 (3-pointers: Leible 2. Fouled out: None.)

JV -- St. Vincent won 54-24

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Delta New Year's Tournament

St. Vincent sophomore Jackie Verseman netted a game-high 12 points to help the fifth-seeded Indians to a 40-21 victory keep the eighth-seeded Panthers winless in a consolation semifinal of the Delta New Year's Invitational Tournament.

Hannah Gotto and Jenna Winkler added five points apiece for St. Vincent (7-4), which posted a 15-point lead at halftime on its way to the win.

Sammatha Miles had six points to pace Meadow Heights (0-11).

St. Vincent will face sixth-seeded Puxico for the consolation title on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Puxico disposed of seventh-seeded host Delta 48-37 in Tuesday's other consolation semifinal. Sophia Hancock scored 24 points to account to lead Puxico (5-4), while Katelyn Pierre tossed in 11 for the Indians.

Freshman Macey Smith notched 10 points for the Bobcats (3-8).

St. Vincent 40, Meadow Heights 21

Meadow Hts. 4 6 0 11 -- 21

St. Vincent 17 8 8 7 -- 40

MEADOW HEIGHTS (21) -- Abi Bristow 5, Hope Dietiker 4, Mollie Welker 2, Sarah Bristow 2, Janie Cook 2, Sammantha Miles 6. FG 5, FT 5-9, F 16 (3-pointers: A. Bristow, Dietiker. Fouled out: None.)

ST. VINCENT (40) -- Emily Welker 3, Alayna Layton 2, Sammie Pritchard 3, Corin Carroll 3, Faith Kapp 1, Hannah Gotto 5, Madison Mingione 3, Jenna Winkler 5, Abby Buchheit 3, Jackie Verseman 12. FG 13, FT 8-16, F 11 (3-pointers: Carroll, Buchheit. Fouled out: None.)

Puxico 48, Delta 37

Delta 8 9 8 12 -- 37

Puxico 11 13 9 15 -- 48

DELTA (37) -- Jamie Hodge 5, Tamera Crowden 4, Lexi Berry 3, Carrie Waddle 5, Erin Bond 4, Macey Smith 10, Cooper Simpson 2, Kiley Wicker 4. FG 11, FT 6-10, F 23 (3-pointers: Hodge, Berry, Waddle. Fouled out: Crowden, Simpson.)

PUXICO (48) -- Kylie Moore 2, Sophia Hancock 24, Kambryn Collard 4, Katelyn Pierre 11, Faith Oliver 7. FG 16, FT 13-28, F 9 (3-pointers: Collard. Fouled out: None.)

GIRLS SWIMMING

Poplar Bluff 152, Notre Dame 113, Farmington 20

The Mules captured first place in eight events to win a tri-meet with the Bulldogs and Knightettes at the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

Poplar Bluff sophomore Taylor Norwood won the 100 butterfly (1:00.78) and 100 breaststroke (1:12.27) to lead the Mules.

Notre Dame senior Madison Heisserer posted a first-place time of 59.52 seconds in the 100 freestyle and won the 100 backstroke with a time of 1 minute, 7.15 seconds.

Top three finishers

200 medley relay -- 1. Poplar Bluff (Taylor Norwood, Morgan McAtee, Raegan McAtee, Kaylee Harris) 2:00.76; 2. Poplar Bluff (Lily Soeter, Catherine Norwood, Lexi Vaughn, Samara Kilgore) 2:12.16; 3. Notre Dame (Madison Heisserer, Allie Pujol, Angelica Rubi, Caroline Schott) 2:16.15

200 freestyle -- 1. Lily Soeter (PB) 2:17.79; 2. Isabelle Singh (ND) 2:25.89; 3. Jacie Pujol (ND) 2:27.59

200 individual medley -- 1. Raegan McAtee (PB) 2:31.51; 2. Allie Pujol (ND) 2:46.43; 3. Angelica Rubi (ND) 2:46.77

50 freestyle -- 1. Kaylee Harris (PB) 26.93; 2. Haylee Dragon (PB) 27.73; 3. Caroline Schott (ND) 27.87

100 butterfly -- 1. Taylor Norwood (PB) 1:00.78; 2. Raegan McAtee (PB) 1:09.26; 3. Gracie Kern (ND) 1:26.92

100 freestyle -- 1. Madison Heisserer (ND) 59.52; 2. Morgan McAtee (PB) 59.80; 3. Haylee Dragon (PB) 1:01.28

500 freestyle -- 1. Caroline Schott (ND) 6:09.84; 2. Lexi Vaughn (PB) 6:20.32; 3. Jacie Pujol (ND) 6:33.21

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Poplar Bluff (Raegan McAtee, Haylee Dragon, Kaylee Harris, Taylor Norwood) 1:50.64 ; 2. Poplar Bluff (Megan Adams, Samara Kilgore, Catherine Norwood, Lexi Vaughn) 2:02.93; 3. Notre Dame (Isabelle Singh, Carly Pujol, Susan Anderson, Jacie Pujol) 2:07.46

100 backstroke -- 1. Madison Heisserer (ND) 1:07.15; 2. Lily Soeter (PB) 1:07.87; 3. Lexi Vaughn (PB) 1:16.01

100 breaststroke -- 1. Taylor Norwood (PB) 1:12.27; 2. Morgan McAtee (PB) 1:12.69; 3. Caroline Heckemeyer (ND) 1:29.62

400 freestyle relay -- 1. Poplar Bluff (Lily Soeter, Haylee Dragon, Kaylee Harris, Morgan McAtee) 4:10.30; 2. Notre Dame (Caroline Schott, Isabelle Singh, Angelica Rubi, Madison Heisserer) 4:28.86; 3. Poplar Bluff (Macy Johnson, Katie Huskey, Anna Early, Catherine Norwood) 4:51.95

Perryville/St. Vincent 52, Saxony Lutheran 24

The Piranhas and the Crusaders each won four events, but the Perryville/St. Vincent cooperative team came out on top in a dual at the Perry Park Center in Perryville.

Shayna Snell won two events to lead Perryville/St. Vincent. Elizabeth Kiefner and Emily Cates also won two events each for Saxony Lutheran.

Top two finishers

200 medley relay -- 1. Perryville/St. Vincent (Katelyn Birkner, Shayna Snell, Aeryal Davis, Mollie Kluender) 3:02.66

200 freestyle -- 1. Emily Cates (SL) 2:45.37

200 individual medley -- 1. Elizabeth Kiefner (SL) 2:40.95; 2. Aeryal Davis (PSV) 3:39.99

50 freestyle -- 1. Shayna Snell (PSV) 38.10; 2. Katelyn Birkner (PSV) 44.71

100 freestyle -- 1. Abbey Hotop (PSV) 1:42.12; 2. Katelyn Birkner (PSV) 1:48.72

400 freestyle -- 1. Emily Cates (SL) 5:54.48; 2. Mollie Kluender (PSV) 7:03.39

100 backstroke -- 1. Elizabeth Kiefner (SL) 1:16.77

100 breaststroke -- 1. Shayna Snell (PSV) 1:54.70; 2. Abbey Hotop (PSV) 2:01.99

-- From staff reports