SportsFebruary 26, 2010

All the area high school events reported Thursday to the Southeast Missourian.

The Oak Ridge boys basketball team won 64-59 at St. Vincent on Thursday as the Blue Jays reached the 20-win plateau for the first time in school history.

Brett Thomas recorded 25 points to lead Oak Ridge (20-4). Garret Light added 17 points while Caleb Elam had 11 points.

Brock French paced St. Vincent (11-11) with 17 points and Kyle Rollet added 13.

Oak Ridge 17 13 14 20 -- 64

St. Vincent 10 12 17 20 -- 59

OAK RIDGE (64) -- Stephen Bolen 1, Caleb Elam 11, Lucas Rohde 3, Jacob Light 2, Garret Light 17, Brett Thomas 25, Logan Mangels 5. FG 21, FT 15-26, F 15. (3-pointers: Thomas 4, Elam 1, Rohde 1, Mangels 1. Fouled out: Light)

ST. VINCENT (59) -- Ryan Boxdorfer 4, Justin Eggers 3, Brock French 17, Dylan Geringer 6, Sean Martin 6, Kyle Rollet 13, Brett Wengert 6, Adam Winkler 4. FG 25, FT 7-12, F 23. (3-pointers: Eggers 1, French 1. Fouled out: Rollet, Eggers)

JV -- St. Vincent won 46-31

Oran 78, Kelly 41

The Eagles took a 20-9 lead in the first quarter and never looked back.

Gabe Kielhofner led the Eagles (16-9) with 20 points and Jon Morrow poured in 17.

Nathan Michelsen added 12 points in the win.

Dustin Crowden led the Hawks with 12 points and Trent Felter added 10.

Kelly 9 14 8 10 -- 41

Oran 20 16 25 17 -- 78

KELLY (41) -- Trey Drury 2, Trent Felter 10, Dustin Crowden 12, Garrett Alsup 4, Michael Fisher 3, Blake Wadlington 5, Shawn Heuring 3, Householder 2. FG 15, FT 7-8, F 18. (3-pointers: Wadlington 1, Heuring 1, Crowden 2. Fouled out: Felter)

ORAN (78) -- Dylan Adams 6, Caleb Priggel 3, Preston Scherer 3, Nolan Urhahn 3, Gabe Kielhofner 20, Nathan Michelsen 12, Zac Chasteen 3, Reece Mangels 9, Jon Morrow 17, Adam Schaefer 2. FG 30, FT 13-22, F 14. (3-pointers: Adams 2, Michelsen 2, Mangels 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Oran won 59-56

Bell City 57, Doniphan 51 OT

Bell City tied the score in the final minute of regulation and went on to an overtime win on the road.

After Jeff Long scored with 30 seconds left to tie the game at 47-47, Doniphan held the ball for a final shot, which it missed.

The Cubs (8-15) then outscored Doniphan 8-2 in overtime. Jason Hess hit on all four of free throws in the extra period for Bell City.

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Skylor Blackler scored a game-high 25 points for Bell City, and Long added 12.

Bell City 7 14 18 8 8 -- 57

Doniphan 6 17 15 11 2 -- 51

BELL CITY (57) -- Skylor Blackler 25, Jason Hess 8, Terrance Johnson 8, Jeff Long 12. FG 23, FT 9-12, F 12. (3-pointers: Johnson 2. Fouled out: none)

DONIPHAN (51) -- Taylor Smith 17, Brian Patterson 14, Gavin Wilfong 6, Greg Davis 14. FG 20, FT 6-10, F 15. (3-pointers: Smith 3, Davis 2. Fouled out: none)

Chaffee 55, Marquand 42

The Red Devils used a 23-14 lead at the half to win on the road.

Mike Rutherford led all scorers with 21 points for the Red Devils.

Chaffee 12 11 14 18 -- 55

Marquand 10 4 16 12 -- 42

CHAFFEE (55) -- Alex Crowe 9, Mike Rutherford 21, Nathan Cicardi 5, Jordan Yahn 6, Alex Davie 6, Tyler Botkin 1, Andy Terhune 7. FG 17, FT 19-37, F x. (3-pointers: Crowe 1, N. Cicardi 1. Fouled out: none)

MARQUAND (42) -- Zach Barnes 6, Jeff Greer 10, Andy Stallard 7, Jake Moore 6, Alex Cook 1, Josh Garner 12. FG 20, FT 2-5, F 25. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Moore, Barnes)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Kelly 48, Oran 36

Kelly (17-9) broke a halftime deadlock as it won on the road.

Londyn Backfisch and Kalyla Hicks each netted 12 points for the Hawks, who outscored Oran 36-23 in the second half after the teams ended the first half tied at 12-12.

Cheyanne King led Oran with 13 points.

Kelly 4 8 17 19 -- 48

Oran 6 6 10 13 -- 36

KELLY (48) -- Haley Glastetter 7, Londyn Backfisch 12, Carissa Klipfel 2, Neely Tetley 2, Kayla Hicks 12, Ellen Ashcraft 3, Samantha Fisher 4, Kristen Powell 6. FG 16, FT 16-25, F 15. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: no one)

ORAN (36) -- Shelbie Seyer 4, Abbey Anderson 3, Haley Glastetter 8, Taylor Irwin 7, Cheyanne King 13. FG 12, FT 10-22, F 19. (3-pointers: S. Seyer 1. Fouled out: C. Seyer, Anderson)

-- From staff reports

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