Delta girls debut with 57-32 victory

Taylor Smith scored 20 points as the Delta girls basketball team opened the season by hammering St. Vincent 57-32 on Tuesday.

The Bobcats, a Class 1 state runner-up a year ago in the last of Randy White's seven seasons, were playing their first game under new coach Mark Verticchio.

Delta outscored St. Vincent 37-12 in the first half.

Jodi Menz poured in 16 points for Delta, while Katie Brucker added eight points.

St. Vincent was paced by Amanda Wengert with 16 points.

St. Vincent57119—32

Delta2017146—57

ST. VINCENT (32) — Chelsea Boxdorfer 4, Lindsey Wehmeyer 3, Amanda Wengert 16, Briana Burroughs 2, Kali Wingerter 7. FG 13, FT 5-10, F 11. (3-pointers: Wehmeyer 1. Fouled out: none)

DELTA (57) — Taylor Smith 20, Taylor Keys 4, Katie Brucker 8, Kendra Burnett 4, Jodi Menz 16, Sam Bartels 2, Amanda Rozmirsky 2. FG 22, FT 10-16, F 13. (3-pointers: Smith 3. Fouled out: none)

Farmington Invitational Poplar Bluff 44, Jackson 43

The Mules withstood two shots by the Indians in the final 10 seconds to hold on for a victory in the opening round of the Farmington Invitational.

Jackson junior Kaylen Knepp led all scorers with 19 points, while Ashten Howard added 10 points for the Indians (0-1). The game was the first for the Indians under new coach Sheila Haertling.

Poplar Bluff, a Class 5 district champion a year ago with three starters returning, had four players score eight or more points but no one reached double figures.

Potosi Invitational Meadow Heights 59, Park Hills Central 25

Third-seeded Meadow Heights rolled over sixth-seeded Park Hills Central in an opening-round matchup at Potosi.

Chelsey Kight paced the Panthers with 16 points while Whitney Welker added 13 points.

The Panthers will play Fredericktown Thursday night in the semifinals.

Meadow Heights1419197—59

Park Hills Central29104—25

Meadow Heights (59) — Hattie Cook 7, Ashley Doublin 3, Gina Cureton 6, Heather Dietiker 7, Whitney Welker 13, Danielle Welker 2, Jillian Mills 2, Brooke Sander 3, Chelsey Kight 16. FG 24, FT 8-17, F 17. (3-pointers: Cook 1, Doubline 1, Diticker 1. Fouled out: none)

Park Hills Central (25) — Fishbeck 6, S. Williams 2, Me. Cunningham 2, Boyer 4, A. Williams 6, St. Gemme 1, Ma. Cunningham 2, Carlyon 2. FG 9, FT 7-12, F 19.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Chaffee 68, Greenville 52

Taimen Taylor netted 30 points to lead the Red Devils over Greenville.

Michael Rutherford chipped in 17 points for Chaffee (1-0).

Chaffee7242116—68

Greenville1691413—52

Chaffee (68) — J.C. Reeves 2, Michael Rutherford 17, Jason Cicardi 2, Taimen Taylor 30, Andrew Dooley 4, Nathan Cicardi 6, Collin Dannenmueller 7. FG 28, FT 10-18, F 16. (3-pointers: Taylor 2, N. Cicardi 1)

Greenville (52) — Shearrer 2, Simmons 6, Wood 14, Wren 6, McCarty 16, Rhoden 4, Lewis 4. FG 21, FT 7-18, F 16. (3-pointers: Wood 3.)

JV — Chaffee won 42-23.

Woodland Invitational

Perryville held on to defeat Delta 61-59 in four overtimes to advance in the consolation bracket in the Woodland Invitational.

The Pirates, who will play for the consolation title, were led by Brent Roth with 15 points. Tyson Brown netted 12 and Wade Leible added 10 points.

Teddy May poured in 22 points to pace the Bobcats, while Tyler Keys added 12 points for Delta.

Zalma held off a furious third quarter by Oak Ridge and advanced to the semifinal round with a 80-69 victory.

Justin Stotts led the Bulldogs with 25 points, while Stephen Simmers added 23, including five 3-pointers.

The Blue Jays were paced by Garret Light with 24 points. Brett Thomas netted 21 and Stephen Wright chipped in 16 points.

Perryville will play the winner of the Oak Ridge-Woodland game Friday in the consolation finals.

Thursday's semifinals will feature top-seeded Scott City against No. 4 Meadow Heights and No. 2 Leopold against No. 6 Zalma. The finals are Friday.

ZALMA 80, OAK RIDGE 69

Zalma24211421—80

Oak Ridge12132717—69

ZALMA (80) — Stephen Simmers 23, Nick Smith 8, Kevin Walker 12, Justin Stotts 25, Josh Freeman 8. FG 33, FT 7-7, F 19. (3-pointers: Simmers 5.)

OAK RIDGE (69) — Garret Light 24, Brett Thomas 21, Ethan Sachs 6, Logan Mangels 2, Stephen Wright 16. FG 28, FT 13-19, F 15. (Fouled out: Light, Thomas.)

PERRYVILLE 61, DELTA 59, 4 OT

Perryville1381189723—61

Delta10111189721—59

PERRYVILLE (61) — Andrew Martin 6, Ben Prevallet 9, Michael Bachmann 3, Aaron Grebing 6, Brent Roth 15, Wade Leible 10, Tyson Brown 12. FG 21, FT 15-26, F 23. (3-pointers: Leible 2, Prevallet 2. Fouled out: Leible)

DELTA (59) — Teddy May 22, Cody Helderman 1, Zach Reigent 7, Cody Naramore 7, Cody Schremp 2, Shelby Kight 8, Tyler Keys 12. FG 17, FT 20-29, F 22. (3-pointers: May 4, Reigent 1. Fouled out: Schremp.)

Oran Invitational

Fourth-seeded Kelly knocked off fifth-seeded Malden 67-56 in the final first-round game after the other three were held Monday.

Josh DeBrock poured in 17 points for the Hawks, while Zach Essner netted 14 and Levi Felter added 13 points.

In a consolation semifinal, Bell City knock off Cooter 80-73.

Seven-foot junior Skylor Blackler dropped in 21 points for the Cubs. Ronnie Gross and Brandon Bell netted 15 points, Melvin Johnson added 14 points and Jeff Long chipped in 13 points.

Thursday's semifinals will pit top-seeded Scott County Central against Kelly and No. 2 Twin Rivers against No. 6 Advance. The finals are Friday.

KELLY 67. MALDEN 56

Kelly20161318—67

Malden10131617—56

KELLY (67) — Ryan Essner 9, Josh DeBrock 17, Brett Harper 2, Mark Burger 2, Levi Felter 13, Zach Essner 14, Eric Turley 8. FG 24, FT 14-28, F 14. (3-pointers: Essner 2, DeBrock 2, Felter 1. Fouled out: none.)

MALDEN (56) — Travis Gregory 12, Dee Collier 14, Dillon Criglar 2, Quentin Johns 2, Ryan Cain 4, Leo Townsend 4, Raphael Jones 14, Rudy Matthews 2, DyWhite jackson 2. FG 25, FT 4-8, F 21. (3-pointers: Gregory 2. Fouled out: Matthews.)

BELL CITY 80, COOTER 73

Bell City14242022—80

Cooter17162020—73

BELL CITY (80) — Melvin Johnson 14, Jeff Long 13, Ronnie Gross 15, Skylor Blackler 21, Leonard Schaefer 2, Brandon Bell 15. FG 30, FT 12-20, F 13. (3-pointers: Johnson 4, Long 2, Gross 2. Fouled out: none.)

COOTER (73) — Zack Watkins 3, Aaron McCaig 26, Charles Copeland 23, Parker Watkins 12, Collin Givens 9. FG 27, FT 12-20, F 18. (3-pointers: McCaig 5, Copeland 2. Fouled out: none.)

WRESTLING Jackson wins two

The Jackson wrestling team opened the season with a pair of dominating victories.

The Indians recorded 11 pins in an 83-0 victory against New Madrid County Central, and six more in a 76-3 victory against Hancock.

JACKSON 83, NEW MADRID COUNTY CENTRAL 0

103 — Cole Dean (J) pin Charles Taylor 3:20

112 — Levi Rayburn (J) tech. fall Johnathon Clement 18-3

119 — Jordan Resenbichler (J) forfeit

125 — Clay Rouse (J) pin Nathan Bock :37

130 — Josh Scott (J) forfeit

135 — Chris Hurst (J) pin Parker Whitehead 1:00

140 — Levi Hobeck (J) pin Geonta Brown 1:18

145 — Blake Hooe (J) pin Dustin Nunnery 1:28

152 — Cody Morgan (J) pin Alex Ginther 2:36

160 — Adam Kirchdorfer (J) pin Eric Mims 1:52

171 — Ryan Marble (J) pin Patrick Goforth 3:11

189 — Michael Riney (J) pin Thorne Smith :59

215 — Justin Darnell (J) pin Oshay Allen :50

HWT — Blake Peffer (J) pin Dominique Thorton :42

JV — 72-6

JACKSON 76, HANCOCK 3

103 — Dean (J) forfeit

112 — Rayburn (J) tech. fall Dustin Barton 18-2

119 — Resenbichler (J) pin Sean Stevens :34

125 — Rouse (J) forfeit

130 — Scott (J) tech. fall Ricky LaPlant 19-3

135 — Doug Froemsdorf (J) pin Tyler Woods 3:02

140 — Hobeck (J) forfeit

145 — Hooe (J) pin James Blaney 3:01

152 — Morgan (J) pin Mark Phillips 4:31

160 — Alex Eddings (H) dec. Kirchdorfer 8-2

171 — Marble (J) forfeit

189 — Riney (J) pin Adam Steward 1:44

215 — Darnell (J) forfeit

HWT — Peffer pin Kory Zimmerman 2:13

JV — 84-0

— From staff reports