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PARK HILLS -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs struggled to generate offense Monday against St. Francois County (Park Hills) Central losing 56-20 on the road.
Sikeston fell behind 18-4 after the first quarter and then by 21 points (29-8) by halftime. They scored just two points in the third quarter.
Mikala Nichols led the Lady Bulldogs, who had just three scorers, with 11 points. Hayli Chapman and Erica Peet added six and three respectively.
Sikeston will play their final game of the season on Thursday against Dexter with junior varsity scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
Sikeston 4 4 2 10 -- 20
Park Hills 18 11 18 7 -- 56
SIKESTON (20) -- Hayli Chapman 6, Mikala Nichols 11, Erica Peet 3. FG 7 FT 4-12. (3-pointers: Chapman 2. Fouled out: none.)
PARK HILLS (56) -- Caldwell 2, Jones 13, Merritt 8, S. Skaggs 4, M. Skaggs 11, McCoy 5, Casey 10, Tr. Jordan 2. FG 24 FT 3-9 F 12. (3-pointers: Jones 1, Merritt 1, M. Skaggs 1, McCoy 1. Fouled out: none.)
JACKSON -- The Dexter Lady Bearcats jumped on the Jackson Lady Indians early and came away with a 56-41 victory at Jackson High School Monday.
Brittany Harris led the Lady Bearcats (22-3) with 27 points. Alison Jarrell scored 11 including three 3-pointers.
Dexter, ranked No. 5 in Class 4 in the latest MBCA/MOsports.com girls poll, will play their final game of the season Thursday when they travel to the Sikeston Field House to take on the Lady Bulldogs.
Dexter 13 13 16 14 -- 56
Jackson 6 14 10 11 -- 41
DEXTER (56) -- Mollie Whitehead 5, Katelynn Frazier 3, Alison Jarrell 11, Erika Cobb 5, Paige Patterson 5, Brittany Harris 27. FG 21 FT 9-14 F 15. (3-pointers: Jarrell 3, Whitehead 1, Cobb 1. Fouled out: Cobb)
JACKSON (41) -- Cassidy Tomsu 8, Rachel Crites 2, Emily Davidson 5, Emily Gartman 2, Danielle Daume 9, Mckinzie Scott 3, Megan Williams 8, Kayla Keith 4. FG 13 FT 10-15 F 12. (3-pointers: Williams 2, Tomsu 2, Scott 1. Fouled out: none)
MALDEN -- The New Madrid County Central Lady Eagles advanced to the championship game of the Class 3, District 1 tournament after a mild 82-65 upset over the second seeded Doniphan Donettes Monday at Malden High School.
This will be NMCC's second straight district championship appearance in as many years taking the title just a season ago.
The Charleston Lady Bluejays saw their season come to an end following an 80-67 loss to top-seeded Twin Rivers.
Charleston finishes the year with a 19-7 record.
NMCC and Twin Rivers are scheduled to play for the district championship Thursday at 6 p.m.
BISMARCK -- Ellie Sigman led the Chaffee Lady Devils with a game-high 15 points and 23 rebounds during a 48-46 upset win over the Meadow Heights Lady Panthers Monday in the semifinals round of the Class 2, District 3 tournament at Bismarck High School.
Chaffee, the third seed, improved to 13-11 on the season and is scheduled to play fifth-seeded Bismarck, who upset No. 1 seed Viburnum 47-43, for the district championship at 6 p.m. Thursday. Due to the possibility of inclement weather, however, the game may be moved to Wednesday.
Chaffee 5 9 17 17 -- 48
M. Heights 12 12 9 13 -- 46
CHAFFEE (48) -- Jordan Pruitt 5, Ellie Sigman 15, Adrienne Eichhorn 6, Julia Sutterfield 11, Lindsey Koch 2, Lindsey Harrell 9. FG 10, FT 17-25, F 18. (3-pointers: Sutterfield 2, Pruitt. Fouled out: None)
MEADOW HEIGHTS (46) -- Caitlin Cook 8, Kiana Hotop 13, Emma Cook 5, Taylor Cureton 12, Hayley Thorne 8. FG 12, FT 12-25, F 21. (3-pointers: Hotop 3, E. Cook, Cureton, Thorne. Fouled out: C. Cook, Cureton)
GIDEON --The Risco Tigers sailed through their first round game during the Class 1, District 1 tournament in Gideon Monday defeating Koshkonong 93-39.
Jordon Pavy led the Tigers, the tournament's No. 1 seed, with 22 points. Caleb McCord and Brandon Bixler added 15 and 14 while Cody Young chipped in 10.
Koshkonong's Tyler Wiggs scored a game-high 27 points, mostly on seven 3-pointers.
Risco will take on fourth seeded North Pemiscot tonight at 6 p.m. in the semifinals round.
Clarkton, the No. 2 seed, will play Naylor, who defeated Gideon 53-50 on a half-court, buzzer beater from Dawson Goodrum, at 7:30 p.m.
Koshkonong 12 11 3 13 -- 39
Risco 27 32 22 12 -- 93
KOSHKONONG (39) -- Tyler Wiggs 27, Todd Alsup 5, Montana Prince 2, Josh Hampton 2, Mike Driskill 2, Perry Frealy 1. FG 13 FT 5-8 F 19. (3-pointers: Wiggs 7, Alsup 1. Fouled out: none.)
RISCO (93) -- Jordon Pavy 22, Caleb McCord 15, Brandon Bixler 14, Cody Young 10, Josh Earnheart 9, Hunter Knight 8, Matt Cummins 5, Austin White 4, Eric Bennett 4, Ethan Young 2. FG 36 FT 18-28 F 12. (3-pointers: McCord 2, Earnheart 1. Fouled out: none.)