Newton Beats EHS For Own Tourney Title, St. A at T'ville Tournament

NEWTON -- Effingham High School fell to Newton 40-28 to finish second in the Bob Kerans Girls Basketball Tournament Saturday.

The Hearts fell behind 11-6 in the opening quarter and trailed 25-19 at halftime. Newton then had a 15-9 second half run.

Richards scored 17 and Hartrich 12 for the champions. Jantzen Michael tallied nine for Effingham.

"This was a tough one as we just made too many mistakes," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "The worst part is we played through it and tied the game up in the third quarter only to have three chances to take the lead and came up empty. We gave them free points on turnovers and we never recovered.

"Congratulations to Newton. They played four good games. We just have to go back to work and keep improving."

At Newton

EFFINGHAM (28)

Michael 4-0 -- 9, Beals 1-0 -- 2, Armstrong 0-0 -- 0, Steffen 2-0 -- 4, Webster 0-0 -- 0, Nunamaker 1-0 -- 2, Crowell 2-0 -- 4, Field 3-1 -- 7. TOTALS 13 FG, 1  FT.

NEWTON (40)

Davidson 2-0 -- 4, Kerner 1-0 -- 3, Richards 6-3 -- 17,  Koebele 1-1 -- 3, Frohning 0-1 -- 1, Hartrich 6-0 -- 12. TOTALS 16 FG, 5 FT.

Effingham          6    13    6    3    --    28

Newton            11    14    7    8    --    40

3-point FG -- Effingham 1 (Michael 1), Newton 3 (Kerner 1, Richards 2)

At Taylorville

Effingham St. Anthony suffered two losses Friday and Saturday in the Taylorville Tournament.

The Bulldogs fell to host Taylorville in Friday action 43-28. The Bulldogs held an 11-9 first period lead but Taylorville came back to take a 21-18 halftime tally then outscored the Bulldogs 22-10 in the second half.

Hunter Niebrugge led St. Anthony with nine points.

In the Saturday contest, Hillsboro stepped out to a 13-7 opening quarter lead and led 21-19 at halftime as the Bulldogs came back with a 12-8 second period run. In that run, Megan Nuxoll knocked in three field goals and two free throws for eight points.

The Hiltoppers then had a 14-10 third period surge and held off the Bulldogs in the final quarter for the 44-40 win.

Cameron tallied 21 to lead Hillsboro while Traylor added 12 and Halleman 11. St. Anthony was led by Nuxoll with 19 points.

Nuxoll was named to the All-Tournament Team.

At Taylorville

Friday Game

ST. ANTHONY (28)

Gardewine 2-3 -- 7, Schmidt 1-0 -- 2, Burton 0-0 -- 0, McDevitt 1-0 -- 2, Nuxoll 2-4 -- 8, Brown 0-0 -- 0,  Schuette 0-0 -- 0, Richards 0-0 -- 0, Niebrugge 3-2 -- 9. TOTALS 9 FG, 9 FT.

TAYLORVILLE (43)

Jachino 0-0 -- 0, Durham 5-1 -- 12, Brotherton 0-0 -- 0, Brandas 1-0 -- 3, Bitschenquer 3-0 -- 6, Talley 3-0 -- 7, Bollinger 7-1 -- 15, Finks 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 19 FG, 2 FT.

St. Anthony            11      7      6       4    --    28

Taylorville               9    12    12    10    --    43

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 1 (Niebrugge 1), Taylorville 3 (Durham 1, Brandas 1, Talley 1).

Saturday Game

ST. ANTHONY (40)

Gardewine 2-1 -- 5, Schmidt 1-2 -- 4, Burton 1-0 -- 2, McDevitt 3-0 -- 8, Nuxoll 5-9 -- 19, Brown 0-0 -- 0, Schuette 0-0 -- 0, Richards 0-0 -- 0, Niebrugge 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 13 FG, 12 FT.

HILLSBORO (44)

Durbin 0-0 -- 0, Halleman 4-1 -- 11, Storm 0-0 -- 0, Traylor 4-1 -- 12, Ondrey 0-0 -- 0, Cameron 8-5 -- 21, Miller 0-0 -- 0, Cooper 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 16 FG, 7 FT.

St. Anthony            7    12    10    11   --    40

Hillsboro              13       8    14      9    --    44

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 2 (McDevitt 2), Hillsboro 5 (Halleman 2, Traylor 3)