SCAA varsity boys basketball hoops roundup: Bernie cruises by Campbell

BERNIE, Mo. - The top-seeded Bernie Mules dominated the final three quarters of play Monday night after a slow start against eighth-seeded Campbell.

Bernie outscored Campbell by at least 16 points in each of the last three quarters after winning the first quarter 13-12 on its way to a 78-28 win.

"We started out really slow both offensively and defensively," Bernie coach Brad Botsch said. "However, the kids picked it up [after the first quarter]. I thought we really did a solid job guarding and rebounding and that is what we have to do to win games. Our formula is simple. We have to win the fight on every possession on both ends of the floor. If we can continue to do those things, we'll be able to compete with most everyone we play."

Nine of Bernie's 28 field goals were 3-pointers. B.J. Jennings and Jake Wagner both hit three treys for the Mules. Jennings finished with a team-high 23 points and Wagner scored nine points.

Caleb Ellenburg tallied 18 points for Bernie and Justin Stanfield contributed 13 more. Stanfield hit two treys.

Bernie shot 13 of 15 from the free throw line.

Fifth-seeded Holcomb beat fourth-seeded Risco 76-69 in the other quarterfinal Monday. Weather permitting Bernie will play Holcomb Thursday at 6 p.m. in a championship quarterfinal.

Boys Quarterfinal No. 1 Bernie 78, No. 8 Campbell 28

CAM 12 5 7 4 - 28

BER 13 21 31 23 - 78

CAMPBELL (28) - Dakota Featherston 14, Austin Wethington 4, Wyatt Adams 2, T.J. Garcia 3, Dustin Dickens 2, Cody Belcher 1, Steve Brock 2. FG 10, FT 6/11, F 12. (3-pointers: Featherston 2. Fouled out: Garcia)

BERNIE (78) - Matt Vernon 3, Jake Wagner 9, B.J. Jennings 23, Justin Stanfield 13, J.R. Pregel 4, Bubby Schwent 2, Devin Trammell 4, Joey Walker 2, Caleb Ellenburg 18. FG 28, FT 13/15 F 14. (3-pointers: Wagner 3, Jennings 3, Stanfield 2, Vernon 1. Fouled out: none)

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ORAN TOURNAMENT

ORAN, Mo. - The top three seeds advanced forcefully through the opening round of the Oran varsity boys basketball tournament Monday night.

Top-seeded Oran cruised to a 94-36 victory over No. 8 Bell City; No. 2 Chaffee rolled to a 90-41 win over No. 7 Richland; and No. 3 Scott County Central posted a 74-29 victory over No. 6 Kelly.

First-round action concludes today when No. 4 Malden faces No. 5 Advance at 6 p.m. The winner will face Oran in a 6:30 p.m. semifinal Thursday. Chaffee and Scott County Central will follow at 8 p.m.

No. 1 Oran 94, No. 8 Bell City 36

BCS 9 9 7 11 -- 36

OHS 29 32 25 8 - 94

BELL CITY (36) -- Nolan Schaefer 4, Aaron Smith 11, Colbey Gammons 16, Quinton Herkenhoff 4. FG 14, FT 4-7, F 19. (3-pointers: Smith 1, Gammons 2. Fouled out: none.)

ORAN (94) -- Thomas Trankler 11, Jacob Priggel 19, Chance Tenkhoff 10, Seth Ressel 14, Garrison Mangels 8, Hunter Schlosser 21, Eric Westrich 3, Anthony Pobst 3. FG 35, FT 16-26, F 13. (3-pointers: Ressel 1, Schlosser 2. Fouled out: none.)

No. 2 Chaffee 90, No. 7 Richland 41

RHS 13 16 9 3 - 41

CHS 21 35 24 10 - 90

RICHLAND (41) -- Skylar Harper 2, Tristan Wamble 7, Preston Tilley 3, Josh Thorton 10, Marcus Grayson 12, Tristan Montgomery 3, Adam Lane 4. FG 15, FT 7-12, F 14. (3-pointers: Wamble 1, Tilley 1, Grayson 2. Fouled out: none.)

CHAFFEE (90) -- Blake Gilmore 3, Layton Tenkhoff 18, Peyton Montgomery 24, Dalton Flannigan 3, Storm Estes 6, Charlie Montgomery 19, Trevor Morehead 16. FG 37, FT 11-19, F 13. (3-pointers: Gilmore 1, Montgomery 2, Flanigan 1. Fouled out: none.)

No. 3 Scott Central 74, No. 6 Kelly 29

KHS 5 9 5 10 - 29

SCC 25 16 26 7 - 74

KELLY (29) -- Maurice Davis 2, Anthony Klunk 2, Dalton Huffman 3, Jarrod Lynn 3, Evan Abernathy 2, Riley Stark 4, Josh Roberts 6, Ty Householder 7. FG 10, FT 6-12, F 22. (3-pointers: Huffman 1, Roberts 1, Householder 1. Fouled out: none.)

SCOTT CENTRAL (74) -- Juwan Owens 12, Jeffery Porter 11, Blain Johnson 7, James McClinton 2, Kendall Blissett 12, Javonta Daniel 14, Cameron Blissett 8, Matthew Blissett 5, Jerry Harrington 2. FG 30, FT 13-28, F 19. (3-pointers: Porter 1. Fouled out: none.)

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Other Varsity Boys Scores:

Woodland Invitational Varsity Boys Tournament

(1) Perryville 67, (8) Zalma 43

(2) Oak Ridge 78, (7) Delta 41

(4) Woodland 66, (5) Scott City 53

Senath-Hornersville Varsity Boys Tournament

(2) South Pemiscot 85, (7) Gideon 53