Neoga Claims CHBC Girls Thanksgiving Tournament

Members of the Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City All-Tournament Team were, left to right, EC Thies (Neoga), Jaycie Roy (Neoga), Megan Brown (Brownstown/St. Elmo), Skye Kimberlin (Ramsey), Tabitha Endsley (CHBC) and Taylor Jones (North Clay). Not present were Dieterich's Kallee Heuerman and North Clay's Alyssa Groves).

COWDEN -- Neoga High School defeated Ramsey 73-33 and Brownstown/St. Elmo 79-75 to win the championship of the Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City Girls Thanksgiving Tournament Saturday.

Neoga won the opener by handily stepping out to a 28-10 first quarter lead and never looked back. Jaycie Roy tallied 21, Blair Banning 15 and EC Thies 13 for the winners.

In the next contest, Dieterich defeated CHBC 50-36. The Movin' Maroons tallied a 28-18 halftime lead. Anna Shadle scored 21 and Kallee Heuerman 13 for the winners. Tabitha Endsley led CHBC with 12.

Brownstown/St. Elmo then defeated North Clay (Louisville) 66-48. Three players hit double figures for the winners, Morgan Brown with 21, Emily Bone with 11 and Kyrstyn Fitch with 10. North Clay was led by Taylor Jones with 14 and Mikayla Stanfield with 13.

Dieterich then downed Ramsey 44-35, edging out to a 24-22 hafltime lead then outscoring Ramsey 20-13 in the second half. Shadle tallied 17, Kelsey Webb 13 and Heuerman 11.

North Clay defeated CHBC 48-31. The Cardinals held a 30-11 halftime lead. Stanfield scored 12, Darcy Fender 11 and Jones 10 for the winners. CHBC was led by Felicia Johnson with 11.

That put Neoga and BSE, both undefeated in the round robin tourney, into the title contest. The score was knotted at 19-19 after the opening quarter. Neoga pushed ahead 37-34 at hafltime. The Indians kept the pressure on with a 19-15 third quarter run and held off a final period challenge.

Thies and Roy were the one-two scoring punch for the winners with 29 and 28 points respectively. BSE was led by Morgan Brown with 19, Elissa Baron with 13 and Dana Shelton with 10.

Named the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament was EC Thies of Neoga. Also on the All-Tournament Team were Taylor Jones (North Clay ), Jaycie Roy (Neoga), Megan Brown (BSE), Skye Kimberlin (Ramsey), Tabitha Endsley (CHBC), Kallee Heuerman (Dieterich) and Alyssa Groves (North Clay).

CHBC Thanksgiving Tournament

Game 10

RAMSEY (33)

Enloe 0-0 -- 0, England 1-0 -- 2, Butler 1-0 -- 3, Schackmann 0-0 -- 0, Kimberlin 7-6 -- 20, Kelly 0-1 -- 1, Wesselman 2-1 -- 5, Waite 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 12 FG, 8 FT.

NEOGA (73)

Roderick 1-0 -- 2, Thies 5-1 -- 13, Hotze 1-1 -- 3, Potter 1-0 -- 2, Roy 8-0 -- 21, Banning 7-1 -- 15, Ewing 2-1 -- 5, Morrison 3-0 -- 6, Dryden 3-0 -- 6. TOTALS 31 FG, 4 FT.

Ramsey           10      7      7     9    --    33

Neoga             28    19    22    4    --    73

3-point FG -- Ramsey 1 (Butler 1), Neoga 7 (Roy 5,  Thies 2).

Game 11

CHBC (36)

Gates 2-2 -- 6, Morrison 1-2 -- 4, Persinger 1-0 -- 1, Wehrle 0-0 -- 0, Smith 2-0 -- 4, Endsley 6-0 -- 12, Johnson 2-4 -- 8. TOTALS 14 FG, 8  FT.

DIETERICH (50)

Shadle 7-6 -- 21, Vahling 1-0 -- 2, Klay 0-0 -- 0, Robards 0-0 -- 0, Bloemer 1-0 -- 2, Mahnke 1-0 -- 2, Webb 2-0 -- 5, Heuerman 6-1 -- 13, Bannick 2-1 -- 5. TOTALS 20 FG, 8 FT.

CHBC             8     10    9      9    --    36

Dieterich      11    17    9    13    --    50

3-point FG -- CHBC 0, Dieterich 2 (Shadle 1, Webb 1).

Game 12

BSE (66)

Fitch 2-4 -- 10, Seaton 0-0 -- 0, Bone 5-1 -- 11, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Shelton 3-0 -- 6, Brown 9-0 -- 21, Moore 4-0 -- 8, Grames 1-0 -- 2, Zasada 0-0 -- 0, Reynolds 0-0 -- 0, Baron 4-0 -- 8, Noll 0-0 -- 0, Howard 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 28 FG, 5 FT.

NORTH CLAY (48)

Stanfield 6-1 -- 13, Kessler 2-0 -- 4, Walters 1-0 -- 2, Da.  Fender 4-0 -- 8, Coble 1-0 -- 2, De. Fender 0-0 -- 0, Jones 6-2 -- 14, Fleener 2-0 -- 5. TOTALS 22 FG, 3 FT.

BSE                       15    19    18    14    --    66

North  Clay          10    11    14    13    --    48

3-point FG -- Brownstown/St. Elmo 3 (Brown 3), North Clay 1 (Fleener 1).

Game 13

DIETERICH (44)

Shadle 6-4 -- 17, Vahling -1 -- 1, Klay 0-0 -- 0, Bloemer 0-0 -- 0, Mahnke 0-0 -- 0, Webb 5-1 -- 13, Heuerman 3-5 -- 11, Bannick 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 15 FG, 11 FT.

RAMSEY (70)

Enloe 0-0 -- 0, England 0-0 -- 0, Butler 4-1 -- 10, Schackmann 1-1 -- 3, Kimberlin 6-2 -- -15, Kelly 0-0 -- 0, Wesselman 3-1 -- 7. TOTALS 14 FG, 5 FT.

Dieterich           16      8    10    10    --    44

Ramsey             10    12      7      6    --    35

3-point FG -- Dieterich 3 (Shadle 1, Webb 2), Ramsey 2 (Butler 1, Kimberlin 1).

Game 14

NORTH CLAY (48) 

Stanfield 6-0 -- 12, Kessler 2-2 -- 6, Walters 1-1 -- 3, Fender 3-5 -- 11, Coble 0-0 -- 0, De. Fender 2-0 -- 4, Jones 4-1 -- 10, Fleener 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 19 FG, 9 FT.

CHBC (31)

Gates 1-1 -- 3, Morrison 4-0 -- 8, Persinger 1-0 -- 2, Wehrle 2-0 -- 4, Smith 1-0 -- 2, Endsley 0-1 -- 1, Johnson 4-2 -- 11. TOTALS 13 FG, 4 FT.

North Clay           20    10    10     8     --    48

CHBC                     9      2    10    10    --   31

3-point FG -- North Clay 1 (Jones 1), Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 1 (Johnson 1).

Game 15

NEOGA (79)

Roderick 0-0 -- 0, Thies 11-5 -- 29, Hotze 2-1 -- 5, Potter 0-0 -- 0, Roy 12-4 -- 28, Banning 3-1 -- 7, Ewing 0-0 -- 0, Morrison 2-2 -- 6, Dryden 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 32 FG, 13 FT.

BROWNSTOWN/ST. ELMO (75)

Fitch 6-0 -- 15, Bone 2-5 -- 9, Shelton 5-0 -- 10, Brown 6-5 -- 19, Moore 3-1 -- 7, Grames 1-0 -- 2, Reynolds 0-0  -- 0, Baron 5-3 -- 13. TOTALS 28 FG, 14 FT.

Neoga            19    18    19    23    --   79

BSE                19    15    15    26    --    75

3-point FG -- Neoga 2 (Thies 2), BSE 5 (Fitch 3, Brown 2).