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Woodland girls rout Perryville; Scott City boys top Meadow Heights
Woodland High School’s girls basketball team tallied double figures in every period on its way to a 68-36 home win on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Twenty-plus points in the third and fourth quarters distanced the home squad from the Pirates as WHS improved to 2-0 in the early portion of the 2024-25 season.
The Cardinals led 11-4 after the opening quarter and then took a 22-17 lead at halftime.
Woodland outscored PHS 26-14 in the third quarter building a 48-31 advantage with just eight minutes remaining.
“I was afraid we might come out a little sluggish after playing back-to-back for the first time this year,” Woodland coach Paul Lynch said after the game. “Perryville came out, played aggressively. They’ve got a couple of nice players. We just didn’t play crisp early on with a lot of emotion and it took us a little while to get going.”
Mallary Barks scored 16 to lead Woodland. Addy Massa scored 12 points.
Dezi Braswell sank three 3-pointers in finishing with nine points. Tallie Johnson collected eight points in the home victory. Ella Cook and Maci McIntyre both contributed seven points. Mollie Long made a first-quarter field goal. Woodland was just 10-for-24 from the free-throw line.
“We’ve got to keep growing and keep confident and remember that every possession is the most important one of the game,” Lynch said.
Woodland will take part in the Lady Red Devil Classic Dec. 7-12 in Chaffee. The Cardinals’ next home contest is not until Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
“We had a really bad start to the game,” PHS head coach Jason Dreyer said. “We were really nervous you could tell the girls were missing some easy shots and layups. We were kind of behind the eight-ball from the get-go. After that, honestly, we didn’t rebound very well and we had a ton of turnovers. We’ve practiced pretty hard these last three weeks and had some good competition in our practices. We’ve done those things in practice so I’m hoping that this was just a first-game jitter type of thing and we will move past because I think we’ve got the talent to do it. Rebounding and taking care of the call really hurt us.
Perryville’s Abygail Amberger led all scorers with 20 points while teammate Zoe Hoehn finished with 10 points.
Perryville (0-1) returns to action on Monday, Dec. 2, when it hosts Chaffee.
Scott City 80, Meadow Heights 59
Scott City started the boys’ basketball season with a bang on Tuesday, Nov. 26 with a 80-59 road win at Meadow Heights.
Scott City senior Kobe Watson scored 30 points without shooting a three-point basket. Watson took over the game in the second half with 14 points in the third quarter and eight points in the fourth quarter to lead the Rams.
Scott City senior guard Jaylon Rulo gave the Rams an early 25-10 lead with nine points on three three-pointers in the first quarter. Rulo finished the game with 17 points.
Mav Snider and Braeden Walton each scored 11 points for the Rams.
Mason Mayfield led the Panthers with 19 points, 16 of which was scored in the first half. Damion Hulbert scored 10 points, including an eight-point second quarter performance.
Scott City hosts New Madrid County Central on Dec. 6. Meadow Heights will take part in the Woodland Tournament Dec. 2-5.