St. A Drops Tourney Game, T-town Picks Up Win

TAYLORVILLE -- Effingham St. Anthony High School opened play in the Taylorville Girls Thanksgiving Holiday Basketball Tournament Thursday evening with a loss to Hillsboro, 47-31.

Hillsboro stepped out to a 14-6 opening quarter lead behind the six points of Cameron. The Hiltoppers pushed that to 25-13 at halftime and 40-26 going into the final quarter.

Hallerman led the way for the winners with 15 points. St. Anthony was led by Nuxoll with 16 points while Gardewine chipped in with nine.

In the second game, Mount Zion beat Decatur Eisenhower, 64-48.

The tournament continues tonight with two games and Saturday with eight contests. St. Anthony returns to action Saturday at 9 a.m. against Mount Zion. The Bulldogs will face Decatur Eisenhower at 3:30 p.m.

At Taylorville

HILLSBORO (47)

Durbin 0-0 -- 0, Storm 3-0 -- 6, Traylor 2-0 -- 5, Ondrey 0-0 -- 0, Moore 3-0 -- 7,  Cameron 3-2 -- 8, Miller 1-0 -- 2,  Cooper 2-0 -- 4,  Tuetken 0-0 -- 0, Hallerman 6-1 -- 15. TOTALS 20 FG, 3 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (31)

Gardewine 4-1 -- 9, Schmidt 1-0 -- 2, Brandenburger 0-0 -- 0, Burton 0-0 -- 0, McDevitt 0-0 -- 0, Nuxoll 5-5 -- 16, Brown 1-1 -- 4, Dust 0-0 -- 0,  Schuette 0-0 -- 0, Richards 0-0 -- 0, Niebrugge 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 11 FG, 7 FT.

Hillsboro              14    11    15    7    --    47

St. Anthony            6      7    13    5    --    31

3-point FG -- Hillsboro 4 (Traylor 1, Moore 1, Hallerman 2), St. Anthony 2 (Nuxoll 1, Brown 1).

At Salem

Teutopolis opened its stay at the 14th Annual Salem Wildcat Thanksgiving Tournament with a 55-39 win over Belleville East.

The Wooden Shoes stepped out to a 16-10 opening quarter lead and led 27-19 at halftime and 41-31 going into the final quarter then had a 14-8 run.

Hardiek tallied 19 points while Repking chipped in with 10 for the Shoes. T-town will now face Carlyle at 9 a.m. Saturday and then take on Highland at 4 p.m.

At Salem

TEUTOPOLIS (55)

Bueker 2-0 -- 4, Gebben 0-0 -- 0, Hardiek 7-4 -- 19, Repking 5-0 -- 10, Schmidt 1-4 -- 6, Thoele 4-0 -- 8, Smith 1-0 -- 2, McMahon 0-0 -- 0, Sandschafer 2-2 -- 6. TOTALS 22 FG, 10 FT.

BELLEVILLE EAST (39)

Hawthorne 0-0 -- 0, Davis 1-0 -- 2, Alexander 1-0 -- 3, Phillip 0-0 -- 0, Mosby 0-1 -- 1, Holt 5-1 -- 14, King 0-1 -- 1, Eversman 4-0 -- 12, St. James 3-0 -- 6, Hill 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 14 FG, 3 FT.

Teutopolis                 16    11    14    14    --    55

Belleville East          10      9    12      8    --    39

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 1 (Hardiek 1), Bellleville East 8 (Eversman 4, holt 3, Alexander 1).

At Charleston

Charleston clipped Altamont to the tune of 58-28. The Trojans jumped out to a 21-6 opening quarter lead and never looked back. Allyson O'Dell tallied 17 while Morgan Sherwood added 13 and Paige Swango 11 for the winners.

Altamont was led by Keidron Duckwitz with 12.

In the junior varsity contest, Charleston won 31-22.

At Charleston

ALTAMONT (28)

Duckwitz 6-0 -- 12, Biggs 3-0 -- 6, McHugh 2-0 -- 4, Donaldson 1-0 -- 2, Miller 1-0 --2, Stone 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 14 FG, 0 FT.

CHARLESTON (58)

Crowder 2-2 -- 6, Parish 2-0 -- 4, O'Dell 5-6 -- 17, Sherwood 3-7 -- 13, Swangon 3-2 -- 11, Griffin 3-0 -- 6, McCoy 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 18 FG, 18 FT.

Altamont                 2    8    7    5    --    22

Charleston           14    0    9    8    --    31

3--point FG -- Altamont 0, Charleston 4 (O'Dell 1, Swango 3).

Junior Varsity Game -- Charleston 31, Altamont 22.

At Beecher City

Moweaqua Central A&M bounced Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 57-14. Central A&M held a 30-4 halftime lead.

CHBC was led in scoring by Jensyn Morrison, a senior, with nine points. Morrison also pulled down six rebounds. Chandler Ward had three steals.

At Beecher City

CENTRAL A&M (57)

Dooley 3-1 -- 7, T. Jordan 3-2 -- 11, Hennings 3-1 -- 8, Gibson 3-0 -- 7, Sparrgrove 1-2 -- 4, O. Jordan 0-0 -- 0, Maples 4-0 -- 8, Dailey 0-0 -- 0, Damery 1-2 -- 4, Hilton 4-0 -- 8. TOTALS 22 FG, 8 FT.

COWDEN-HERRICK/BEECHER CITY (14)

Gates 0-0 -- 0, Ward 2-0 -- 5, S. Morrison 0-0 -- 0, J. Morrison 3-3 -- 9, Lorton 0-0 -- 0, Barnes 0-0 -- 0, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Oldham 0-0 -- 0, Meek 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 5 FG, 3 FT.

Central A&M           13    17    15    12    --    57

CHBC                           2      2       7      3    --    14

3-point FG -- Central A&M 5 (T. Jordan 3, Hennings 1, Gibson 1), Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 1 (Ward 1).

At Newton

Newton blasted Robinson in the opening quarter 23-5 and went on for a 65-26 Little Illini Conference contest victory.

The Eagles were led by Kerner with 18 points, Richards with 13, Hartrich with 11 and M. Probst with 10. The Eagles are now 1-0 in the conference, 1-1 on the season.

At Newton

ROBINSON (26)

Laino 5-1 -- 11, Mendenhall 3-2 -- 8, Sullivan 0-3 -- 3, Keeler 0-2 -- 2, Jones 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 9 FG, 8 FT.

NEWTON (65)

Kerner 7-0 -- 18, Richards 5-0 -- 13, Hartrich 4-3 -- 11, M. Probst 4-2 -- 10, Koebele 2-0 -- 4, Frohning 2-0 -- 4, Davidson 1-0 -- 2, Cohorst 1-0 -- 2, Kline 0-1 -- 1, Pilman 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 26 FG, 6 FT.

Robinson            5     8     9     4     ---    26

Newton            23    14    16    12    --    65

3-point FG -- Robinson 0, Newton 7 (Kerner 4, Richards 3).

Junior Varsity Game -- Newton 56, Robinson 12.

At Centralia

Centrralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran handed Dieterich a 52-35 non-conference loss Thursday evening.

Dieterich held an 18-10 opening quarter lead but Christ Our Rock Lutheran came back to take a 31-26 lead going into halftime. Christ Our Rock Lutheran then had a 21-9 second half run.

Dieterich was led by Courtney Flach and Kalee Heuerman with 11 points each. Anna Shadle and Mallorie Vahling led in rebounding with six each. Flach had four assists. Kelsey Webb and Heuerman had three steals each. Dieterich drops to 0-2 on the season.

At Centralia

DIETERICH (35)

Abbott 2-2 -- 6, Flach 4-2 -- 11, Aherin 0-1 -- 1, Webb 1-0 -- 2, Heuerman 5-1 -- 11, Vahling 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 14 FG, 6 FT.

CENTRALIA CORL (52)

Krenz 1-0 -- 2, Maschoff 3-3 -- 10, Agan 3-0 -- 6, Cole 3-2 -- 9, Nottmeyer 2-0 -- 5, Rueter 1-1 -- 3, Boehen 2-3 -- 7, Hafford 3-4 -- 10 TOTALS 18 FG, 13 FT.

Dieterich                      18      8       5      4    --    35

Centralia CORL          10    21    11    10    --    52

3-point FG -- Dieterich 1 (Flach 1), Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran 3 (Maschoff 1, Cole 1, Nottmeyer 1).

At Shelbyville

Brownstown/St. Elmo picked up a non-conference victory over Shelbyville, 45-34.

The Bombers stepped out to a 13-2 opening quarter lead and kept ahead of the Rams the rest of the way.

Fitch tallied 12 for the winners while Moore chipped in with 10.

At Shelbyville

BROWNSTOWN/ST. ELMO (45)

Fitch 4-4 -- 12, Viramonter 0-1 -- 1, Bone 3-2 -- 8, Da. Shelton 2-0 -- 4, De. Shelton 1-0 -- 2, Brown 2-0 -- 4, Moore 3-4 -- 10, Baron 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 17 FG, 11 FT.

SHELBYVILLE (34)

Martin 0-0 -- 0, Schuler 8-0 -- 19, Powers 0-0 -- 0, Goralski 1-0 -- 2, Beyers 1-0 -- 2, Everett 0-0 -- 0, Hennings 0-0 -- 0, Trainor 2-0 -- 4, Jones 3-0 -- 7. TOTALS 15 FG, 0 FT.

Brownstown/St. Elmo          13    9    13    10    --    45

Shelbyville                                2    8    13    11    --    34

3-point FG -- Brownstown/St. Elmo 0, Shelbyville 4 (Schuler 3, Jones 1).

At Arcola

Neoga had a one-two scoring punch in EC Thies and Maddiie Butler in a 39-27 non-conference win over Arcola.

Thies tallied 18 and Butler 14 as the Indians improved their record to 1-1 on the season. Thies knocked down three trifectas in the contest.

At Arcola

NEOGA (39)

Butler 7-0 -- 14, Partlow 0-1 -- 1, Thies 7-1 -- 18, Hotze 1-0 -- 2, Roy 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 17 FG, 2 FT.

ARCOLA (27)

Fishel 0-0 -- 0, Budd 4-0 -- 8, Johns 0-0 -- 0, Ryl. Fishel 2-0 -- 4, Montgomery 1-3 -- 5, Fulton 2-0 -- 4, Abernathy 1-0 -- 2, Spelman 2-0 -- 4, Miller 0-0 -- 0, Karmazinas 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 12 FG, 3 FT.

Neoga           10    8    9    12    --    39

Arcola           10    4    8      5    --    27

3-point FG -- Neoga 3 (Thies 3), Arcola 0.

Junior Varsity Game -- Arcola 33, Neoga 19.

At Louisville

South Central edged North Clay (Louisville) 49-43 in action Thursday evening.

The Cardinals held a 12-9 opening quarter lead before South Central came back with a 13-7 second period run to lead 22-19 at halftime. North Clay pulled within 29-28 going into the final period then the Cougars took off with a 20-15 run.

Hahn led the winners with 18 points while Wilkins added 16 and Sigrist 10. North Clay was led by Bible with 22. South Central is now 2-0 on the season.

At Louisville

SOUTH CENTRAL (49)

Hahn 6-6 -- 18, Lee 0-1 -- 1, Slater 0-0 -- 0, Smith 0-4 -- 4, Wilkins 7-2 -- 16, McCoy 0-0 -- 0, Sigrist 3-4 -- 10, Price 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 16 FG, 17 FT.

NORTH CLAY (43)

Stanfield 4-0 -- 8, Bible 7-4 -- 22, Lovett 1-0 -- 2, Ruholl 0-0 -- 0, De. Fender 0-0 -- 0, Walters 1-0 -- 2, Da. Fender 0-2 -- 2, Jones 2-1 -- 5. TOTALS 16 FG, 7 FT.

South Central          9    13    7    20    --    49

North Clay             12      7    9    15    --    43

3-point FG -- South Central 0, North Clay 4 (Bible 4).

IN OTHER GAMES:

Marshall 61, Oblong 28

Flora 61, Fairfield 49

Sullivan 57, Okaw Valley 32

Tuscola 52, Champaign Judah Christian 6