December 28, 2008
Top seeds advance in opening round of Southeast Missourian Christmas Tourney
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Scott County Central Braves kicked off the opening round of the 2008 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament in traditional fashion as the No. 1 seed dismantled the No. 16 seed Delta Bobcats in a 88-24 romp on Friday. The Braves began their dominance with a 19-0 run to start the game while the Bobcats first basket came at the 2:30 mark in the first quarter...
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Scott County Central Braves kicked off the opening round of the 2008 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament in traditional fashion as the No. 1 seed dismantled the No. 16 seed Delta Bobcats in a 88-24 romp on Friday.
The Braves began their dominance with a 19-0 run to start the game while the Bobcats first basket came at the 2:30 mark in the first quarter.
Scott Central would be up by 50 points at the half.
Drew Thomas led all scorers with 31 points while Bobby Hatchett added 16.
The Braves played the Kelly Hawks on Saturday in round two, details from that game will be in the Monday edition of the Standard Democrat.
Charleston 71, Scott City 29
After a rocky first couple of minutes the Charleston Bluejays (3-5) pulled it together to pummel the Scott City Rams (2-4) 71-29 at the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Friday.
With a 10-9 Scott City lead halfway through the first quarter, it started to look like it would be a much closer No. 4 versus No. 13 match-up. But, the Bluejays proved their merit as they rattled off a 12-0 run from that point on to take control of the game.
Numerous forced turnovers by the Bluejays led to a 20-point lead at halftime and a 59-23 lead after the first three quarters of play.
Donald Dixon led all of Charleston's 12 scorers with 17 points. Akeem Sharp chipped in with 13 which included three 3-pointers.
Charleston was paired in a rematch from the SEMO Conference tournament against No. 5 seed Cape Central on Saturday while Scott City took on No. 12 seed Oak Ridge.
Leopold 56, Oran 53
The No. 11 seed Oran Eagles played the No. 6 seed Leopold Wildcats down to the wire in the opening round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas tournament on Friday as just three points separated the two at the final buzzer.
Oran opened the game with a 10 point lead during the first quarter but the Wildcats started closing the gap from there as they pulled to within one at the break.
The Eagles carried their one point lead with them into the fourth quarter but Leopold went on a 14-5 run to go up by as much as seven points with around one minute remaining.
But the Eagles were not finished
Trailing by a mere four points, Oran's Kurt Rendleman, who finished with 16 points, drained a 3-pointer to pull the Eagles to within one point, 54-53, with 22 seconds left in regulation.
After two made free throws by the Wildcats to make it a 56-53 game, Oran's attempt to tie the game with a 3-pointer would be off the mark and seal the win for Leopold.
Jon Morrow led the Eagles with 17 points.
Oran played at noon on Saturday against Chaffee in the second round.
Kelly 80, Meadow Heights 61
With just a one-point lead at halftime, the Kelly Hawks went on a surge in the second half to down the Meadow Heights Panthers 80-61 in the round one finale of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Friday night.
The Hawks held a 33-32 lead at the break but would expand to that in the third when they outscored the Panthers 25-15 to take a 58-47 advantage going into the final period.
Kelly kept pouring it on in the fourth quarter outscoring their opponent 22-14 to seal the win.
Five Kelly players scored in double digits against Meadow Heights -- Zach Essner led all scorers with 23 while Josh DeBrock had 14, Ryan Essner scored 13, Eric Turley had 11 and Levi Felter finished with 10.
Meadow Heights was led by Ethan Mayfield's 12.
Notre Dame 78, Woodland 42
The No. 2 seed Notre Dame Bulldogs soundly defeated the No. 15 seed Woodland Cardinals 78-42 in their first round game of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Friday.
The Bulldogs opened up the first quarter with a 22-6 first quarter lead and would never look back.
Austin Greer led all scorers with 15 points while John Unterreiner added 14. Kyle Reynolds led Woodland with 11 points.
Jackson 65,
Chaffee 42
The Jackson Indians were able to eventually pull away from the Chaffee Red Devils towards the end of the first half to come away with a 65-42 first round win in the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Friday.
At one point in the second quarter the No. 3 seed Indians were tied with the No. 14 seed Red Devils at 24 points a piece. But, eight unanswered points later from the Indians proved to be just what they needed going into the second half.
Jackson rode their late first half momentum into the third quarter where they outscored Chaffee 21-10.
Zach McDowell led all scorers with 14 points for the Indians while Marcus Harris added 12. Chaffee was led by Trenton Horman and Taimen Taylor who each scored 12 points a piece.
Cape Central 60, Oak Ridge 49
The No. 5 seed Cape Central were able to hold on and defeat the No. 12 seed Oak Ridge Bluejays 60-49 in the first round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Friday.
Oak Ridge pulled to within four points late in the fourth quarter but the Tigers rallied with a 9-2 run to close out the game.
Kevin Casasola and Robert Walls led Cape Central with 12 points a piece while Garret Light and Brett Thomas scored 45 of the Bluejays 49 points. Thomas led all scorers with 25 points and Light added 20. Stephen Wright scored the other four points for Oak Ridge.
Advance 59,
Bell City 41
The Advance Hornets beat the Bell City Cubs for the second time this season in a 59-41 rout at the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Friday night.
Advance took control early when they outscored the Cubs 19-9 in the first quarter and 19-5 in the second.
The Hornets led 38-14 at the half.
David VanGennip led all scorers and tied Scott Central's Drew Thomas with 31 points for the most individual points scored in the first round of the tournament.
Bell City was led by Ronnie Gross who scored 15 points.
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