Panthers, Crusaders, Tigers win tournament openers

Meadow Heights, Saxony Lutheran and Marquand's boys basketball teams all picked up victories on the opening night of the Mississippi Valley Conference Tournament on Monday at Oak Ridge.

Meadow Heights got 24 points from Brad Adams in a 65-51 win over Chaffee. Terry Wagner added 12 points for the Panthers and Heath Fulton had 11.

Brandon Davis led Chaffee with 22 points.

Saxony Lutheran beat Zalma 62-41 behind 17 points from Casey Petzoldt and 15 from Tim Lorenz.

Marquand beat Oak Ridge 61-46. Austin Morrison led Oak Ridge with 27 points and Terry Bogenpohl had 11.

Meadow Heights 65, Chaffee 51

Chaffee 6 16 16 13 -- 51

Meadow Heights 14 22 19 10 -- 65

CHAFFEE (51) -- Brandon Davis 22, Richard Hinkebein 9, Cory Slinkard 4, Tyler Graham 3, Bret Whitaker 7, Gabe Walter 6. FG 19, FT 9-20, F 13 (3-pointers: Davis 2. Fouled out: none)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (65) -- Heath Fulton 11, Anthony Bollinger 6, Brad Adams 24, Matt Kight 1, Evan Kamp 2, Terry Wagner 12, Brian Thompson 8. FG 25, FT 10-12, F 21 (3-pointers: Adams 2, Fulton 1, Wagner 1. Fouled out: Kamp)

Saxony Lutheran 62, Zalma 41

Zalma 7 11 7 16 -- 41

Saxony 17 23 13 9 -- 62

ZALMA (41) -- Garner 1, Taylor 4, Hovis 2, Wiseman 17, Goolsbey 7, Conlex 7. FG 13, FT 6-11, F 17 (3-pointers: Wiseman 4, Conlex 1. Fouled out: none)

SAXONY LUTHERAN (62) -- Peter Winningham 7, Lauren Lueders 7, Alex Jauch 2, Trey Maevers 3, Casey Petzoldt 17, Zach Meraz 2, John Volkerding 9, Tim Lorenz 15. FG 16, FT 17-23, F 12 (3-pointers: Winningham 1, Lueders 2, Maevers 1. Fouled out: none)

Marquand 61, Oak Ridge 46

Oak Ridge 13 13 4 15 -- 46

Marquand 18 14 14 15 -- 61

OAK RIDGE (46) -- Tyler Myers 1, Brian Ruesler 3, Austin Morrison 27, Terry Bogenpohl 11, Ben Hahs 4. FG 15, FT 12-23, F 15 (3-pointers: Morrison 4. Fouled out: none)

MARQUAND (61) -- Statler 10, Vorman 4, Lakies 16, Proctor 4, King 21, Francis 6. FG 22, FT 12-15, F 15 (3-pointers: Statler 2, King 3. Fouled out: none)

Woodland 63, Clearwater 53

Woodland climbed over the .500 mark with a home win.

Cody McCraw led the Cardinals (9-8) with 17 points. Chad Hulvey had 12 and Travis Benfield added 10.

Clearwater 11 15 13 14 -- 53

Woodland 16 22 12 13 -- 63

CLEARWATER (53) -- Eaton 18, Ross 14, Bishop 5, Henson 4, Keel 4, Narx 3, Payton 3, Wilson 2. FG 18, FT 8-20, F 20 (3-pointers: Eaton 2, Narx 1. Fouled out: none)

WOODLAND (63) -- Cody McCraw 17, Chad Hulvey 12, Travis Benfield 10, Seth Gaines 9, Anthony Grojean 5, Brandon Cowell 5, Ben Martin 2, Zach Winchester 2, Lance VanGennip 1. FG 20, FT 11-25, F 20 (3-pointers: Gaines 3, McCraw 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Clearwater 51, Woodland 41

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Scott City 58, E. Prairie 30

Scott City climbed back to the .500 mark with a home win.

Amanda Raines led the Rams (8-8) with 15 points and Angie Laxton and Alisha Obermann had 12 apiece.

East Prairie 8 0 12 10 -- 30

Scott City 20 14 18 6 -- 58

EAST PRAIRIE (30) -- Tamera 14, Brown 7, Tipler 5, Redman 4. FG 12, FT 3-5, F 11 (3-pointers: Tamera 2, Tipler 1. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT CITY (58) -- Amanda Raines 15, Angie Laxton 12, Alisha Obermann 12, Christy Laxton 7, Nora Glasser 4, Alana Newell 2, Jessica Warren 2, Kelly Hicks 2, Michaela Drury 2. FG 21, FT 8-11, F 11 (3-pointers: Raines 3, C. Laxton 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Scott City 55, East Prairie 8

Kelly 49, Charleston 35

Kelly Essner led Kelly with 21 points in a home win.

The Hawks (11-6) jumped out to a 11-4 first-quarter lead and led 20-14 at halftime.

Charleston 4 10 8 13 -- 35

Kelly 11 9 14 15 -- 49

CHARLESTON (35) -- Mitchell 1, Quinn 13, Davis 8, Ponder 4, Whitney 9. FG 13, FT 6-14, F 19 (3-pointers: Quinn 3. Fouled out: none)

KELLY (49) -- Monica Senciboy 2, Jessica Burnett 6, Brittany Ponder 2, Kelly Essner 21, Leigh Ann Buchheit 2, Mindy Robert 4, Stephanie Hency 2, Ashley Kern 9, Rachel Kline 1. FG 15, FT 17-27, F 18 (3-pointers: Essner 2. Fouled out: Burnett)

Chaffee 49, Oran 35

Chaffee pulled away from Oran in the second half to win on the road.

Kegan Orr led Chaffee (7-9) with 18 points and Samantha Hendrix added 12. Oran was led by Amanda Eftink with 12 points.

Chaffee 14 9 12 14 -- 49

Oran 6 14 8 5 -- 35

CHAFFEE (49) -- Kegan Orr 18, Samantha Hendrix 12, Lindsey Everett 4, Mallory Kiefer 4, Mindy Hendrix 4, Courtney Walter 4, Molly Fowler 3. FG 19, FT 8-20, F 16 (3-pointers: Orr 1. Fouled out: none)

ORAN (35) -- Amanda Eftink 12, Mandi Wood 8, Tiffany Glastetter 6, Wendy Eftink 5, Courtney Nenninger 4. FG 16, FT 3-11, F 18 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Glastetter)

St. Vincent 52, Hillsboro 42

St. Vincent put three players in double-digits and picked up a conference win at home.

Amanda Caron and Sierra Paulus led St. Vincent (7-10) with 13 points and Rachel Hadler added 12.

Hillsboro 14 13 6 9 -- 42

St. Vincent 20 6 17 9 -- 52

HILLSBORO (42) -- Anderson 18, Harmon 6, Neulift 5, Kia 4, Hern 4, Wulff 3, Hargrove 2. FG 17, FT 8-21, F 23 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Kia)

ST. VINCENT (52) -- Amanda Caron 13, Sierra Paulus 13, Rachel Hadler 12, Whitney Guth 7, Allison Prost 6, Ashley Richardet 1. FG 15, FT 19-35, F 16 (3-pointers: Hadler 3. Fouled out: none)

JV: Hillsboro 37, St. Vincent 17

Perryville 66, Herculaneum 29

Perryville cruised through the second half after building a solid halftime lead and defeated Herculaneum.

April Lorenz scored 26 points to lead Perryville (12-5). Krista Miesner added 11.

Perryville 21 23 15 7 -- 66

Herculaneum 11 8 5 5 -- 29

Perryville (66) -- April Lorenz 26, Krista Miesner 11, Kate Lowry 9, Amber Hacker 8, Annette Weibrecht 4, Christina Schremp 2, Bethany Steffens 2, Danielle Hagan 2, Samantha Lankford 2. FG 19, FT 22-27, F 13 (3-pointers: Lowry 2. Fouled out: none)

Herculaneum (29) -- Stephens 7, Dunn 6, Weinhaus 2, Denbow 2, Crause 4, Dungas 2, Washington 4, Gerard 2. FG 9, FT 5-8, F 19 (3-pointers: Stephens 1, Dunn 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Perryville defeated Herculaneum

Other events

Central's boys junior varsity basketball team defeated Notre Dame 67-55. Jared Thomas led the Tigers (13-5) with 16 points. Xavier Delph had 14 and David Deisher added 13.

-- From staff reports