Notre Dame boys power past Ste. Genevieve

Notre Dame's boys basketball team had little problems advancing to the Class 4 District 1 semifinals with a 70-32 rout of Ste. Genevieve on Monday night at the Perry Park Center.

Notre Dame will face Sikeston at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the semifinals. Top-seeded Dexter will face No. 5 Fredericktown in the other semifinal.

The Bulldogs, seeded third, used a 27-point second quarter to open up a 14-11 lead after one quarter. Notre Dame outscored the Dragons 27-5 in the second, and had a comfortable 41-16 lead at the half.

John Eric Klein led the Bulldogs (10-16) with 14 points. Bryce Willen, who recently started playing after sitting out much of the season with a knee injury, added 12 points for Notre Dame. Kirk Boeller also had 12 points for the Bulldogs.

In the other quarterfinal game played Monday, No. 5 Fredericktown defeated No. 4 Perryville 56-47. This was the second time the Pirates (11-14) fell to the Black Cats (10-17), after dropping a 61-60 regular season game.