High school roundup: Central boys pummel Festus 62-30 at home

The Central boys basketball team built a 21-point lead by halftime and went on to post a 62-30 victory against visiting Festus on Saturday.

Garan Evans netted 14 points for Central (15-6), while T.J. Tisdell had 13 points and Ross McClanahan added 11.

Central faces rival Jackson on Tuesday.

Festus 10 12 4 4 -- 30

Central 23 20 12 7 -- 62

FESTUS (30) -- Sprawl 3, Kerserg 3, Neel 2, Moss 6, Eggemeyer 6, Schwent 10. FG 9, FT 0-7, F 17. (3-pointers: Moss 2, Kerserg 1, Sprawl 1. Fouled out: Abbas)

CENTRAL (62) -- Ross McClanahan 11, Vance Toole 5, Tim Booker 6, Garan Evans 14, T.J. Tisdell 13, Jamal Cox 8, Mikey Jones 2, Dusty Tolbert 2, Austin Bagley 1. FG 18, FT 14-22, F 11. (3-pointers: McClanahan 2, Toole 1, Evans 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Cape Central won 41-32.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Central 42, Rosati-Kain 34

Central led 26-9 at halftime and never looked back as the Tigers cruised to a victory at home.

Chelsea Vinson led Central (13-7) with 18 points, including two 3-pointers.

Rosati-Kain 2 7 14 11 -- 34

Central 8 18 3 13 -- 42

ROSATI-KAIN (34) -- Secrist 4, Shollar 4, Emerson 2, Oginni 10, Kessler 4. FG 12, FT 10-11, F 20. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

CENTRAL (42) -- Alayah Cooper-Johnson 8, Bailey Kratochvil 3, Tori Scheller 4, Katie Williams 2, Apolonia Thomas 7, Chelsea Vinson 18. FG 9, FT 12-18, F 16. (3-pointers: Vinson 2, Thomas 1, Kratochvil 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Cape Central won 37-23.

Delta 52, Shawnee (Ill.) 30

Delta's Tori Burton scored 24 points and Machela VanGennip netted 22 in a home victory.

The Bobcats evened their record at 9-9 with the win.

Shawnee 4 9 5 12 -- 30

Delta 2 20 21 9 -- 52

Shawnee (30) -- Sanni Ahokas 7, Taylor Loveless 2, Jordan Johnson 10, Bethany McMahan 7, Lindsay Crane 2, Elena Houston 2. FG 10, FT 6-11, F 12. (3-pointers: Ahokas, McMahan. Fouled out: none)

Delta (52) -- Alysha Vessells 5, Lisa Lankford 1, Machela VanGennip 22, Tori Burton 24. FG 20, FT 5-12, F 10. (3-pointers: Vessells, VanGennip 3, Burton 3. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports