Sikeston breezes past Scott City 63-36

Sikeston opened a 20-point lead at halftime and never let up Friday.

The Bulldogs ran away with a 63-36 victory against Scott City in a boys basketball showdown.

Sherwin Jones hit five 3-pointers for Sikeston.

Shae Simmons, who hit three 3-pointers, led the Rams with 11.

Scott City fell to 9-3 with the loss.

Scott City 9 8 10 9 -- 36

Sikeston 19 18 15 11 -- 63

Scott City (36) -- John Pinkston 2, Jay Simmons 7, Shae Simmons 11, Caleb Estes 4, Jake Campbell 3, Alex King 9. FG 11, FT 8-13, F 13 (3-pointers: J. Simmons 1, S. Simmons 3, Estes 1, Campbell 1. Fouled out: None)

Sikeston (63) -- Jaqualin Wiggins 6, Brandon Washington 2, Sherwin Jones 17, Dominic Fondon 2, Stephen Jackson 2, Cal Lane 13, Michael Porter 13, Eli Jackson 8. FG 23, FT 9-13, F 14 (3-pointers: Jones 5, Lane 3. Fouled out: None)

Oak Ridge 78, Zalma 77

Brett Thomas led the Blue Jays with 24 points in the overtime thriller.

Oak Ridge jumped out to a 17-point lead after the first quarter, but the Bulldogs kept chipping back.

Justin Lemons led Zalma with 27 points.

Dustin Meyr added 18 points for Oak Ridge.

Zalma 11 19 18 20 9 -- 77

Oak Ridge 28 18 8 21 10 -- 78

Zalma (77) -- Steven Simmers 11, Travis Mergel 3, Colton Bailey 11, Nick Smith 10, Justin Lemons 27, Kevin Walker 3, Jeremy Rodgers 6. FG 30, FT 9-17, F 21 (3-pointers: Mergel, Simmers 3, Lemons 3, Montgomery. Fouled out: none)

Oak Ridge (78) -- Kaz Lange 3, Dillon Abbott 14, Dustin Meyr 18, Garrett Light 17, Brett Thomas 24, Logan Mangels 2. FG 24, FT 23-34, F 19 (3-pointers: Lange, Abbott 4, Meyr 2. Fouled out: none)

Chester tourneySaxony 81, Chester, Ill. 61

It's back to the title game for the Crusaders.

Saxony Lutheran reached the championship game for the third year in a row. It will face Marissa, Ill., tonight for the title.

Bret Steffens dropped in 26 points and Austin Kwikkel scored eight points and pulled down eight rebounds for the Crusaders (12-2).

Saxony lost to Marissa in the title game last year, but won the tournament in 2006.

Chester 12 10 16 23 -- 61

Saxony 19 19 17 26 -- 81

Chester (61) -- Barthol 6, Lawrence 3, Kern 23, Roth 5, Wallace 8, Koeneman 2, Bert 4, Langford 10. FG 22, FT 9-10, F 25 (3-pointers: Barthol 2, Lawrence 1, Kern 4, Roth 1. Fouled out: None)

Saxony (81) -- Zach Bohnert 10, Ben Courtois 5, Austin Kwikkel 8, Garrett Ruppel 2, Max Wieser 19, Garrett Fritsche 5, Bret Steffens 26, Ross Gage 6. FG 28, FT 21-27, F 14 (3-pointers: Fritsche 1, Steffens 1, Wieser 2. Fouled out: None)

Meadow Heights 79, Woodland 74

Dustin Hubler scored 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to pace the Panthers.

Caleb Lee scored 24 for the Cardinals in the tight ballgame.

Tyler Wagner added 17 points and 11 rebounds for the winners.

Woodland 17 16 19 22 -- 74

Meadow Heights 21 15 20 23 -- 79

Meadow Heights (79) -- Dustin Hubler 28, Tyler Wagner 17, Ethan Mayfield 10, Luke Nitsch 7, Derrick Wilfong 6, Adam Welker 4, Zac Hotop 3, Chad Kiefer 2, Derek Bess 2. FG 29, FT 19-37, F 22 (3-pointers: Nitsch, Hotop. Fouled out: Nitsch)

Woodland (74) -- Caleb Lee 24, Josh Hahn 16, Joe Layton 6, Timmy Abner 3, Kyle Reynolds 10, Devon James 2, Vincent Choate 2, Logan McCarty 2, Jordan King 7, Adam Cureton 5. FG 23, FT 15-27, F 28 (3-pointers: Lee 2, Hahn 4, Layton 2, Cureton 1. Fouled out: Reynolds)

Leopold 73, Marquand 41

Cody VanGennip led all scorers with 32 points as the Wildcats opened an 18-point lead after the first quarter.

Larry Nussbaum added 10 points for Leopold (8-4).

Marquand 7 12 10 12 -- 41

Leopold 25 17 24 7 -- 73

Leopold (73) -- Dustin Thiele 8, Cody Van De Ven 9, Wade Wiseman 5, Darren VanGennip 32, Larry Nussbaum 10, Jordan Jansen 6, Lance Seiler 3. FG 29, FT 10-14, F 16 (3-pointers: Wiseman, VanGennip 3, Lance Seiler 3. Fouled out: none)

Marquand (41) -- Kyle Mayberry 7, Joey Boyer 11, Dusty Brotherton 10, Seth Casey 2, Kyle Vick 11. FG 13, FT 10-15, F 11 (3-pointers: Mayberry, Boyer 2, Brotherton, Vick. Fouled out: Mayberry)

JV -- Leopold won 56-24.

GIRLS BASKETBALLNew Salem 49, Westwood 35

Kelsey Barlow led the Eagles (13-0) to a victory with 17 points.

New Salem limited Westwood to eight first-half points and entered halftime with a commanding 22-point lead.

Celsey Cook added 10 points for the winners.

New Salem 16 14 12 17 -- 49

Westwood 6 2 8 19 -- 35

New Salem (49) -- Kelsey Barlow 17, Marti Poole 8, Celsey Cook 10, Laura Poole 2, Haylee Moyers 8, Leah Jones 4. FG 26, FT 2-4, F 16 (3-pointers: Barlow. Fouled out: none)

Westwood (35) -- Rusti Carnatt 9, Misty Fleming 13, Vallerie Taarong 2, Olivia Baker 3, Molly Smith 8. FG 24, FT 12-20, F 9 (3-pointers: Smith. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports