High school roundup: Central extends winning streak to five games

Central built a 29-point lead by halftime as it collected its fifth straight victory with a 72-42 victory Tuesday night at Saxony Lutheran in boys baskeball.

James Lane paced the Tigers (12-3) with 20 points, while Curtis Branch added 16 points and T.J. Tisdell had 13.

Branch connected on all three of his 3-point attempts. The junior point guard is 16 of 17 (94.1 percent) on 3-point attempts in his four games since becoming eligible.

Gus Klaus scored a team-high 12 points for Saxony Lutheran (7-9) and Clayton Carver had 10.

Central 72, Saxony Lutheran 42

Central 19 30 18 5 -- 72

Saxony Lutheran 8 12 13 9 -- 42

CENTRAL (72) -- Branton Reeves 2, Blake Ozbun 6, Andrew Williams 9, T.J. Tisdell 13, James Lane 20, Curtis Branch 16, Garan Evans 1, Justin Espinoza 1, Zach Boerboom 4. FG 29, FT 9-13, F 10. (3-pointers: Branch 3, Williams 2. Fouled out: none)

SAXONY LUTHERAN (42) -- Gus Klaus 12, Trent Steffens 3, Clayton Carver 10, Taylor Johnson 2, Clay Roth 5, Gabe Bohnert 6, Ryan Sprandel 2, Nick Johnson 2. FG 17, FT 3-8, F 15. (3-pointers: Klaus 1, Steffens 1, Carver 2, Roth 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Central won.

Charleston 58, Notre Dame 52

Notre Dame, which trailed by double figures in the first half, pulled within three points in the third quarter but couldn't complete the comeback.

Nathan Meystedt led the Bulldogs (9-7) with 18 points, while Joseph Siebert added 12 points.

Greg Tucker paced Charleston (10-5) with 17 points.

Notre Dame 8 11 16 17 -- 52

Charleston 16 13 9 20 -- 58

NOTRE DAME (52) -- Jonathan Lynch 5, Nathan Meystedt 18, Joseph Siebert 12, Alex Beussink 7, Jacob Tolbert 6, Cody Heisserer 4. FG 20, FT 10-17, F 24. (3-pointers: Siebert 1, Beussink 1. Fouled out: Tolbert, Siebert)

CHARLESTON (58) -- Aaron Cassell 4, Ryan Parham 7, Michael Hull 4, Greg Tucker 17, Jamaul Gray 1, Jerry Carter 13, Krushon Scott 12. FG 23, FT 9-27, F 19. (3-pointers: Hull 1, Carter 2. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Charleston won

Oak Ridge 72, Marquand 43

Oak Ridge grabbed a 27-point halftime lead on its way to a road win.

Brett Thomas netted 18 points Blue Jays (11-4), who also received and 14 points from Caleb Elam. Kyle Rohde added nine points and eight rebounds.

Oak Ridge 20 27 16 9 -- 72

Marquand 10 10 14 9 -- 43

OAK RIDGE (72) -- Ryan Below 12, Kyle Rohde 9. Jacob Light 5, Caleb Elam 14, Brett Thomas 18, Stephen Bolen 6, Lucas Rohde 4, Hunter Metje 4. FG 24, FT 18-30, F 16. (3-pointers: Elam 1, K. Rohde 1, Thomas 4. Fouled out: none)

MARQUAND (43) -- Zach Barnes 2, Jeff Greer 15, Brendon Weekley 7, Brad Weekley 2, Jake Moore 4, Alex Cook 13. FG 16, FT 9-20, F 24. (3-pointers: Cook 2. Fouled out: Moore)

Advance 82, Zalma 61

Grant Gray recorded a double-double for the Hornets in a road win.

Gray had 25 points, 11 assists and seven steals.

Hunter Wilson added 20 points for the Hornets (9-5), while Darren VanGennip had 18 points and six rebounds.

Justin Stotts netted 19 points and pulled down 22 rebounds for Zalma (8-3). Stephen Simmers added 19 points in the loss.

Advance 18 21 14 29 -- 82

Zalma 15 23 8 15 -- 61

ADVANCE (82) -- Grant Gray 25, Darren VanGennip 18, Dylan Dunivan 7, John Middleton 8, Hunter Wilson 20, Ryan Moses 4. FG 38, FT 8-19, F 19. (3-pointers: Wilson 2, Gray 2. Fouled out: none)

ZALMA (61) -- Stephen Simmers 19, Floris De Jongh 4, Andrew Tucker 2, Gage Lemons 13, Justin Stotts 19, Brad Key 4. FG 21, FT 16-19, F 19. (3-pointers: Simmers 2, Stotts 1. Fouled out: Tucker)

Woodland 85, Bell City 73

Neil Johnson led the Cardinals with 27 points and 11 rebounds in the road victory.

Martin Williams added 24 points for Woodland (2-10), which picked up its second staight win after losing its first 10 games.

Cody Knight had 12 points for Bell City, while Alan Michael Hess added 11.

Woodland 24 26 15 20 -- 85

Bell City 12 17 23 21 -- 73

WOODLAND (85) -- Nick Deck 7, Carson Gemeinhardt 2, Martin Williams 24, Clayton Olmetti 8, Neil Johnson 27, Aaron Yount 2, Lance Yount 5, Dylan Miller 10. FG 34, FT 13-17, F 11. (3-pointers: Williams 3, L. Yount 1. Fouled out: none)

BELL CITY (73) -- Jared Yates 10, Cody Adams 7, Terrance Johnson 8, Cody Knight 12, Alan Michael Hess 11, Josh Overbey 6, Shane Hughes 4, Tyler Agee 6, McKenzie Vires 5. FG 28, FT 13-21, F 9. (3-pointers: Yates 2, Johnson 1, Knight 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Woodland won 65-51

GIRLS BASKETBALL

St. Vincent 53, Hillsboro 48, 2OT

Kayla Seabaugh scored 17 points to help St. Vincent escape with a double-overtime road victory.

Courtney Heberlie added 12 points for the Indians (11-4), while Chelsie Boxdorfer had 10.

Hillsboro tied the game at the end of both regulation and the first overtime period.

St. Vincent 6 18 13 4 3 9 -- 53

Hillsboro 13 9 8 11 3 4 -- 48

ST. VINCENT (53) -- Chelsie Boxdorfer 10, Courtney Heberlie 12, Kayla Seabaugh 17, Storm French 6, Kelci Besand 6, Kali Wingerter 2. FG 19, FT 11-23, F 15. (3-pointers: Boxderfer 2, Heberlie 1, French 1. Fouled out: Wingerter)

HILLSBORO (48) -- Meyer 14, Becklott 4, Young 2, Litvisk 8, Bringer 20. FG 18, FT 10-15, F 21. (3-pointers: Litvisk 2. Fouled out: Meyer, Bringer)

JV -- Hillsboro won.

-- From staff reports