High school roundup: Meadow Heights defeats Zalma 88-84

Dustin Hubler recorded his second consecutive double-double as host Meadow Heights held off Zalma 88-84 on Tuesday in boys high school basketball action.

Meadow Heights led 35-29 at halftime, and then held on in a high-scoring second half in which Zalma held a 55-52 scoring advantage.

Hubler finished with 31 points for the Panthers (10-5). Adam Walker added 19 points and Calen Buerck netted 16.

Justin Stotts scored a game-high 36 points for Zalma. Stephens Simmers added 26 points, including five 3-pointers.

Zalma 14 15 27 28 -- 84

Meadow Hts. 10 25 27 26 -- 88

ZALMA (84) -- Austin Sitze 5, Stephen Simmers 26, Andrew Tucker 7, Jake Reed 4, Gage Lemons 6, Justin Stotts 36. FG 26, FT 24-31, F 24. (3-pointers: Sitze 1, Simmers 5, Tucker 1, Stotts 1. Fouled out: Thad McGregor, Reed, Lemons)

MEADOW HEIGHTS (88) -- Adam Walker 19, Dustin Hubler 31, Daylan Davis 4, Trent Kiefer 6, Calen Buerck 16, Nick Farrow 3, Trevor Hotop 9. FG 33, FT 17-34, F 21. (3-pointers: Walker 3, Farrow 1, Hotop 1. Fouled out: Hubler)

New Salem 56, Berean 37

Trent Jones led New Salem with 14 points in the road win.

Mitchell Woods added 13 points for the Eagles (16-3).

New Salem 13 12 23 8 -- 56

Berean 3 11 10 13 -- 37

NEW SALEM (56) -- John Bucholtz 6, Bubba Bucholtz 6, Josh DaVault 5, Trent Jones 14, Dillon Gaines 8, Mitchell Woods 13, Shannon Barber 2, Eric Barber 2. FG 24, FT 4-4, F 11. (3-pointers: DaVault 1, Jones 2, Woods 1. Fouled out: none)

BEREAN (37) -- Alex Enzweiler 12, Jonathan Washington 2, Ryan Washington 5, Konrad Tallman 5, David Anson 4, Isaiah Hunt 7, Stephen Anson 2. FG 16, FT 1-4, F 2. (3-pointers: Enzweiler 2, R. Washington 1, Hunt 1. Fouled out: none)

Leopold 63, Chaffee 50

The Wildcats won on the road behind 17 points from David Fluchel.

Anthony Seabaugh was right behind with 16 points and Kyle Stoder followed with 14.

Mike Rutherford paced the Red Devils (3-9) with 16 points.

Leopold 20 16 10 17 -- 63

Chaffee 4 9 17 20 -- 50

LEOPOLD (63) -- Kyle Stroder 14, David Fluchel 17, John Bohnsack 5, Lance Seiler 7, Anthony Seabaugh 16, Robert Brown 4. FG 26, FT 8-12, F 12. (3-pointers: Fluchel 1, Bohnsack 1, Seiler 1. Fouled out: none)

CHAFFEE (50) -- Alex Crowe 2, Mike Rutherford 16, Jason Cicardi 9, Zach Dannenmueller 2, Nathan Cicardi 4, Jordan Yahn 5, Daniel Dooley 2, Alex Davie 8, Trevor Cannon 2. FG 22, FT 5-7x, F 13. (3-pointers: Rutherford 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Leopold won 53-47

Delta 64, Marquand 30

Chase Crowden netted 18 points as Delta rolled to a home victory.

Delta (9-8) built a 30-point lead by halftime. Eleven Bobcats found the scoring column.

Marquand 8 2 9 11 -- 64

Delta 21 19 15 9 -- 30

MARQUAND (30) -- Alex Cook 4, Andy Stallard 6, Jeff Greer 10, Zach Barnes, Jake Moore 5. FG 11, FT 8-19, F 15. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

DELTA (64) -- Teddy May 6, Cody Helderman 2, Cody Naramore 6, Shelby Kight 8, Cody Schremp 2, Zach Reigert 8, Chase Crowden 18, Brandon Horman 4, Austin Seabaugh 2, Collin Schabbing 8, Charles Draughon 2. FG 25, FT 11-14, F 17. (3-pointers: Schabbing 1, Crowden 2. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Delta 44, Marquand 17

Crystal City 72, Saxony Lutheran 56

Brayton Klaus scored 19 points for Saxony Lutheran in a home loss.

The Crusaders (4-14) held a 33-32 lead at halftime, but Crystal City moved ahead with a 21-11 scoring edge in the third quarter.

Zach Smallegan scored 19 points for Crystal City.

Crystal City 11 21 21 19 -- 72

Saxony 20 13 11 14 -- 56

CRYSTAL CITY (72) -- Eli Sample 16, Nick Portell 3, Zach Smallegan 19, Chandler James 12, Logan Jett 6, Taylor Boyd 6, Bryan Degrene 2, Stacey Thornton 5, Nick Rothweiler 3. FG 27, FT 11-14, F 18. (3-pointers: Sample 3, Smallegan 1, Thornton 1. Fouled out: none)

SAXONY LUTHERAN (56) -- Brayton Klaus 19, Trent Steffens 9, Kris Cook 8, Matt Wills 4, Nick LeGrand 7, Gabe Bohnert 3, Ryan Sprandel 6. FG 22, FT 13-21, F 13. (3-pointers: Steffens. Fouled out: none)

NMCC 91, Scott City 70

Landon Robert paced the Rams with 19 points in a home loss.

Skylar Cobb added 12 points and Alex Eichhorn netted 11 for the Rams (3-10).

Dontre Jenkins led New Madrid with 36 points.

NMCC 22 25 17 27 -- 91

Scott City 16 18 15 21 -- 70

NEW MADRID COUNTY CENTRAL (91) -- Dontre Jenkins 36, Keith Holmes 3, Jamareia Jones 12, G'Darius Stevenson 19, Kony Ealy 15, William Bledsoe 4, Michael Darter 2. FG 38, FT 14-22, F 21. (3-pointers: Jenkins 1. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT CITY (70) -- Landon Robert 19, Skylar Cobb 12, Blake Crail 2, Alex Eichhorn 11, Justin Modglin 9 , Zach Cotner 9, Kyle Lacey 8. FG 23, FT 18-25, F 14. (3-pointers: Robert 3, Cobb 1, Modglin 2. Fouled out: Robert)

JV -- New Madrid won 59-26

Stoddard Co. tourney

Fifth-seeded Bloomfield defeated No. 4 Advance 55-53 in the final first-round game of the Stoddard County Conference tournament.

Play resumes Thursday night with the semifinals. Top-seeded Bernie will face Bloomfield, while No. 2 Dexter will meet No. 3 Richland.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Delta 61, Sikeston 31

Taylor Smith reached 1,000 career points for Delta in a road win.

Smith needed 15 points to reach the milestone and finished with exactly that total.

Machela VanGennip was the Bobcats' leading scorer with 22 points.

Delta 9 24 17 11 -- 61

Sikeston 10 14 1 6 -- 31

DELTA (61) -- Ashley Glaus 4, Taylor Smith 15, Katie Brucker 4, Kendra Burnett 6, Machela VanGennip 22, Tori Burton 2, Samantha Bartels 5, Courtney Burton 3. FG 23, FT 9-16, F 7. (3-pointers: Smith 1, VanGennip 1, Burton 1, Bartels 1. Fouled out: none)

SIKESTON (31) -- Keyonna Blissett 4, Asia Liggins 14, Jerrica Taylor 2, Tanesha Pulley 9, Ivory 2. FG 14, FT 3-7, F 14. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

Kelly 60, South Pemiscot 20

Bridgette Chandler led the Hawks with 12 points as Kelly (10-6) won at home.

Kayla Hicks added 11 points.

Neely Tetley grabbed seven rebounds in the win.

S. Pemiscot 6 9 2 3 -- 20

Kelly 18 18 19 5 -- 60

SOUTH PEMISCOT (20) -- Emerson 3, Wilbourn 11, G. Mays 2, M. Mays 2, Jones 2. FG 8, FT 2-5, F 18. (3-pointers: Wilbourn 2. Fouled out: Wilbourn)

KELLY (60) -- Kaitlin Glastetter 5, Kristen Vetter 8, Kayla Hicks 11, Londyn Backfisch 7, Neely Tetley 2, Haley Glastetter 8, Ellen Ashcraft 2, Bridgette Chandler 12, Kristen Powell 5. FG 25, FT 8-18, F 8. (3-pointers: Chandler 2. Fouled out: none)

GIRLS SWIMMING Poplar Bluff 121, Perryville 93, St. Vincent 74

St. Vincent's Anna Esswein finished first in two individual events in a three-team meet in Perryville, Mo.

Esswein won the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke for the Crusaders, who finished third.

Ashley Meyer won the 200 freestyle and Shelby Roth claimed the 400 freestyle for Perryville, which placed second. Meyer and Roth also swam legs on the Pirates' victorious 400 freestyle relay.

200 medley relay -- 2. St. Vincent 2:42.21; 3. Perryville 2:51.40

200 freestyle -- 1. Ashley Meyer (P) 3:04.54; 3. Shelby Roth (PB) 3:11.71

200 IM -- 1. Anna Esswein (SV) 2:54.43

50 freestyle -- 2. Lizz Brueckner (SV) 33.68

Diving -- 1. Dezi Buhler (P) 173.98

100 butterfly -- 2. Brueckner (SV) 1:24.49; 3. Megan Lundy (P) 1:39.37

100 freestyle -- 2. Hannah DeWilde (SV) 1:23.78; 3. Lexie Rollet (P) 1:25.05

400 freestyle -- 1. Roth (P) 6:30.00; 3. Meyer (P) 6:48.05

200 freestyle relay -- 2. St. Vincent 2:27.36

100 backstroke -- 2. Lundy (P) 1:34.62; 3. DeWilde (SV) 1:37.90

100 breaststroke -- 1. Esswein (SV) 1:30.18

400 freestyle relay -- 1. Perryville 5:41.04 (Rollet, Lundy, Meyer, Roth); 3. St. Vincent 6:18.26

-- From staff reports