Raiders edge out Tigers, Indians record first win

By DONN ADAMSON
Daily Journal Sports Editor

BONNE TERRE — The North County Raiders pulled off a last second, actually a last 1.8 seconds win over the Arcadia Valley Tigers on Tuesday with Robbie Holland grabbing an offensive rebound and making the putback for a 50-48 win.

The Raiders held a three-point edge at the half, but trailed by one after three quarters in a very evenly matched contest with the Tigers.

Holland’s last basket also gave him the top scoring total for the Raiders in the game with 13 points. Jordan Thompson scored 11, Tanner Beers had seven, Stephon Martinez 6, Derek Emily 5, and Seth Caldwell and Brian Jaco each had four points.

Blake Walker and Eric Lindsey provided the fire works for the Tigers with 17 and 15 points respectively to lead all scorers.

North County (3-1) will be at home against Sullivan on Thursday in a rematch of the Potosi Tournament final which Sullivan won.

Bismarck 56, Greenville 34

BISMARCK — The Bismarck Indians gave their home-court crowd a special treat with their first win of the season on Tuesday 56-34 over visiting Greenville.

Cody Goodson scored 15 points to lead the Indians in scoring, but he had plenty of help as Alex Politte finished with 13, and Thomas McClain scored 12. Trevor Wild was next with eight points, Matt Franklin had six and Robbie Eichenberger finished with two. Daniel McCarty led Greenville with nine points.

Bismarck (1-4) will host Central on Friday for their next game.

Ste. Genevieve 49, Crystal City 36

STE. GENEVIEVE — The Ste. Genevieve Dragons made it payback time on Tuesday with a 49-36 win over the Crystal City Hornets. Having lost to the Hornets on Friday in the Crystal City Tournament championship game, the Dragons made the best of their home-court advantage to make the statement, “not in our house”.

The Dragons fell behind 14-11 after the first quarter of play, but they cut the Hornets point production in half in both the second and third quarters, six and seven.

“Our defense really stepped up in those quarters,” said Ste. Genevieve coach Robbie Coleman. It gave us the edge we needed going into the last quarter.”

Kory Faulkner led the way in scoring with 25 points to go along with 13 rebounds, four steals and five blocks on defense. Brock Meyer scored 14 points and made four steals, and Keith Pfaff had six points and also four steals. Adam Roth finished with five points, and Josh Meyer and Jacob Kent made one free throw each.

Ste. Genevieve (3-1) will play at cross-town rival Valle on Friday.

South Iron 69, Valley 37

CALEDONIA — The Valley Vikings had their work cut out for them when they hosted the South Iron Panthers, last year’s state finalists,  on Tuesday. The Vikings lost 69-37 which Valley coach Adam Portell considered not that bad.

“We lost to them by a lot more last year,” said Portell. “I feel that this was much better.”

Logan Midgett scored 14 points to lead the Vikings in scoring. Matt Pierce had eight, Jimmy Nash had five, Tyler Parks four, and Michael Neier and Shane Tinsley each had two. Will Sutton led the Panthers with 21 points.

Valley (1-3) will host Potosi in a doubleheader with the girls’ teams on Friday to play for the coveted ‘County Hog’ Trophy.

Lesterville 77, Kingston 42

CADET — The Kingston Cougars played within 11 points of powerful Lesterville as halftime approached on Tuesday night, but the Bearcats eventually pulled away for a 77-42 road victory.

Jamal Petty scored 27 points to lead Lesterville, which outscored Kingston 41-17 during the second half.

Zach Holmes netted eight points with six rebounds, and Frankie Guenther added seven points and three steals for the Cougars (1-3), who will continue a challenging week at Crystal City on Friday.