Notre Dame fends off Dexter

The short-handed Notre Dame boys basketball team survived an upset bid as the Bulldogs opened their season Tuesday night in the SEMO Conference tournament at Sikeston.

Top-seeded Notre Dame, playing without 6-foot-8 all-stater Ryan Willen and fellow returning starter Austin Greer -- both are injured -- slipped past No. 8 Dexter 65-59.

Ty Williams and Mark Himmelberg each scored 18 points for the Bulldogs, who trailed by two points entering the final quarter.

Dexter 14 19 17 9 -- 59

Notre Dame 7 22 19 17 -- 65

Dexter (59) -- Hefling 5, Windom 5, Rawson 7, Kelly 11, Carwyle 19, Hart 12. FG 25, FT 7-11, F 15 (3-pointers: Kelly 1, Carwyle 1. Fouled out: none)

Notre Dame (65) -- Ty Williams 18, Blake Gaddis 6, Mark Himmelberg 18, John Unterreiner 11, Joseph Tolbert 6, Logan Glueck 6. FG 25, FT 7-14, F 12 (3-pointers: Williams 4, Himmelberg 4. Fouled out: none)

Bell City 83, Advance 41

Bell City led by just seven at halftime, but used a 32-4 third-quarter edge to remain perfect.

Nick Niemczyk poured in 37 points for the Cubs (6-0), who got 28 points from Phillip Gross.

Advance 16 17 4 41 -- 41

Bell City 20 20 32 11 -- 83

Advance (41) -- Nate Middleton 10, Bryant Hawkins 1, Blake Seabaugh 7, Jacob Bond 16, Brandon Coleman 2, Chris Welch 1, Ware 2, Steil 2. FG 15, FT 6-10, F 18 (3-pointers: Middleton 2, Seabaugh 1, Bond 2. Fouled out: none)

Bell City (83) -- Nick Niemczyk 37, Melvin Johnson 3, Phillip Gross 28, Marty Dames 2, Austin Bush 2, John Arnold 3, Jeff Long 2, Skylear Blacklear 2, Michael Meador 2, Alan Long 2. FG 29, FT 20-26, F 14 (3-pointers: Niemczyk 4, Johnson 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Bell City won 52-33.

Chaffee 66, East Prairie 54

Andy Hendrix led the Red Devils (2-0) with 22 points.

East Prairie 15 13 13 13 -- 54

Chaffee 24 17 10 15 -- 66

East Prairie (54) -- M.C. Williams 10, Ryan Jones 15, Derek Atwood 4, Josh Williams 4, Trenton Martin 4, Jacob Garrett 2, Conner Scott 3, Tony Jones 12. FG 21, FT 9-14, F 17 (3-pointers: M.C. Williams 2, Jones 1. Fouled out: none)

Chaffee (66) -- Josh Steger 6, Taimen Taylor 14, Jerrod Steger 16, Gabe Seabaugh 2, Adam Horton 6, Andy Hendrix 22. FG 26, FT 11-17, F 17 (3-pointers: Taylor 1, Je. Steger 1, Horton 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Chaffee won 65-49.

Oran 84, Risco 66

Oran overcame a one-point halftime deficit to win at home.

Cody Romas led the Eagles (2-2) with 26 points.

Risco 17 22 9 18 -- 66

Oran 20 18 17 29 -- 84

Risco (66) -- Kyle White 17, Chris Williams 5, Kyle Hayes 4, Dillon Hill 9, Michael Davis 6, Justin Brant 2, Zack Williams 16, Derek Fowler 7. FG 26, FT 11-15, F 34 (3-pointers: White, Williams 1, Hill. Fouled out: Hill, Matt Smith)

Oran (84) -- Klayton Kyle 3, Cody W. Dirnberger 14, Kurt Rendleman 8, Cody Romas 26, Tyler Beardslee 8, Kody Campbell 21, Jake Kluesner 2, Lance Dannenmueller 2. FG 25, FT 31-49, F 17 (3-pointers: Romas 2, Campbell 1. Fouled out: none)

Eagle Ridge Christian 55, Trinity 49

Ben Douglass scored 21 points as Eagle Ridge (2-1) won at home.

Trinity 9 12 15 13 -- 49

Eagle Ridge 12 18 17 8 -- 55

Trinity (49) -- Scott Holcomb 24, Don Bryant 5, Andrew Chylewski 6, Daniel Bunselmeyer 3, Adam Wood 6, Keith Kettner 3, Daniel Williams 2. FG 22, FT 4-8, F 19 (3-pointers: Bryant 1. Fouled out: none)

Eagle Ridge (55) -- Ben Douglass 21, Daniel Cohen 10, Scott Edgar 6, Josh Wiseman 10, Sam Davis 7, Stephen Cohen 1. FG 22, FT 9-24, F 12 (3-pointers: Douglass 1, Davis 1. Fouled out: D. Cohen)

JV -- Eagle Ridge won 34-30.

Leopold 66, Woodland 58

Larry Nussbaum scored 23 points in Leopold's victory.

Leopold 15 17 14 20 -- 66

Woodland 15 10 16 17 -- 58

Leopold (66) -- Dustin Thiele 12, Cody Van De Ven 12, Wade Wiseman 3, Trent Van De Ven 2, Darren VanGennip 14, Larry Nussbaum 23. FG 26, FT 13-18, F 14 (3-pointers: Wiseman)

Woodland (58) -- Josh Hahn 11, Joe Layton 11, Timmy Abner 8, Adam Cureton 2, Kyle Reynolds 16, Devon James 5, Logan McCarty 5. FG 20, FT 11-15, F 16 (3-pointers: Hahn 3, Layton 1, Abner 2, McCarty 5)

Oak Ridge 59, Delta 55

Oak Ridge earned the win on its home court behind Garrett Light's 17 points.

Delta 11 17 11 16 -- 55

Oak Ridge 18 11 14 16 -- 59

Delta (55) -- Teddy May 10, Robert Gramlisch 2, Tyler Martin 7, Cody Naramore 6, Chase Rhodes 18, Shelby Kight 2, Cage Bowers 10. FG 23, FT 5-6, F 17

Oak Ridge (59) -- Kaz Lang 4, Dillon Abbott 7, Dustin Meyr 12, Garrett Light 17, Brent Thomas 5, Logan Mangles 14. FG 22, FT 12-20, F 4

New Salem 60, Westwood 52

Brett Jones led New Salem (8-2) with 18 points while Dillon Sutton added 12.

Westwood 14 11 14 13 -- 52

New Salem 18 12 18 12 -- 60

Westwood (52) -- Matt Osbourne 24, Adam Griffith 10, Josh West 9, Matt Phillips 7, Neil Tipton 2. FG 22, FT 8-10, F 15.

New Salem (60) -- Brett Jones 18, Dillon Sutton 12, Trent Jones 11, Dillon Gaines 9, Josh Davault 8, Jared Crist 2. FG 21, FT 13-23, F 9 (3-pointers: B. Jones 4, T. Jones.)

WRESTLINGCarbondale 50, Central 18

Central got wins on the mat from Thomas Fleming, Zach Wilson and Trey Grovenor during a loss to Carbondale, Ill.

103 -- P. Thomas (Ca.) maj. dec. Caleb Yeargain

112 -- Thomas Fleming (Ce.) pin. C. Stein

119 -- Desmond Howard (Ce.) forfeit

125 -- A. Ragan (Ca.) pin. Jawaun Howard

130 -- David Le (Ca.) pin. Lars Monia

135 -- J. Ragan (Ca.) pin. Derek Summers

140 -- N. Qualls (Ca.) dec. Garret Sprenger

145 -- M. McCann (Ca.) dec. Ryan Wachter

152 -- Adam Hawk (Ca.) maj. dec. Raymond Woldtvedt

160 -- N. Bleyer (Ca.) pin. Kevin Flesher

171 -- Zach Wilson (Ce.) dec. Patrick Bleyer

189 -- Tyler Banz (Ca.) pin. Carl Lathum

215 -- Adam Stearns (Ca.) forfeit

HWT -- Trey Grovenor (Ce.) dec. Ayo Oyetunji

Jackson 52, De Soto 22

The Indians earned victories at four out of the five lightest weights on their way to victory.

103 -- Levi Rayburn (J) dec. Jerald Fields, 2-1

112 -- Jordan Risenbichler (J) pin. John Watkins, 2:34

119 -- Shawn Sheucraft (D) pin. Clay Rouse, 1:08

125 -- Josh Scott (J) pin. Aaron Zohner, 1:00

130 -- Doug Froemsdorf (J) forfeit

135 -- Aaron Mayberry (D) pin. Chris Hearst, 1:35

140 -- Josh Newberry (D) dec. Perry Hazelwood, 16-5

145 -- Blake Hoe (J) dec. Josh Carver, 13-12

152 -- Justin Miller (J) pin. Kevin Williams, 3:13

160 -- Ryan Marble (J) pin. Jacob Bolder, 3:36

171 -- Mike Faulkner (D) pin. Mitchell Montgomery, 1:47

189 -- Michael Riney (J) dec. Zach McClanahan 17-8

215 -- Blake Peiffer (J) pin. Jeremy Ellis, 1:47

HWT -- Jacob Bullinger (J) pin Andrew Ervin, :40

JV -- Jackson 53, De Soto 18

GIRLS BASKETBALLSt. Vincent 54, Kingston 23

Courtney Besand scored 18 points as the Indians won.

St. Vincent 17 8 23 6 -- 54

Kingston 2 13 6 2 -- 23

St. Vincent (54) -- Courtney Besand 18, Jessica Welker 11, Brook Brown 7, Lacey Sigmund 6, Lindsey Wehmeyer 6, Kelsey Cissell 2, Emily Rozier 2, Valerie Finger 2. FG 27, FT 3-5, F 14)

Kingston (23) -- Brown 6, Dicus 6, Govera 5, Politte 2, Hopson 2. FG 11, FT 1-8, F 8

Delta 54, Sikeston 45

Taylor Smith and Jodi Menz scored 15 points apiece as the Bobcats advanced in the first round of the Chaffee Invitational on Monday.

Delta 16 15 14 9 -- 54

Sikeston 10 7 12 16 -- 45

Delta (54) -- Taylor Smith 15, Amanda Drew 1, Allison Burger 3, Jodi Menz 15, Sara Blattel 11, Sarah Keys 9. FG 21, FT 9-21, F 8 (3-pointers: Smith 2, Menz.)

Sikeston (45) -- Lashawna Turner 6, Amber Miner 8, Ayiona Jones 1, Keyarra Blisset 14, Shakwanta Johnson 2, Monica Gray-ell 14. FG 19, FT 7-12, F 17

-- From staff reports