Shoes Finish Second at Salem Girls Thanksgiving Tourney

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Published on November 30 2015 8:48 am
Last Updated on November 30 2015 8:48 am
Written by Millie Lange

SALEM -- Teutopolis High School fell to Salem 48-36 in the championship game of the 15th Annual Salem Girls Basketball Tournament Saturday.

Earlier in the day, the Shoes beat Highland 54-51 to reach the title contest. The Shoes jumped out to an 18-9 opening quarter lead then had to fight off a third quarter challenge by Highland. Highland outscored the Shoes 18-7 in that period.

Shelby Thompson scored 19 and Molly Smith 17 for the Shoes. Anna Hartke pulled down six rebounds.

In the championship game, T-town took a 12-7 opening quarter lead but Salem came back with a 16-7 second period run to lead 23-19 at halftime. The Wildcats then had a 25-17 second half run.

T-town was led by Hartke with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Named to the All-Tournament First Team was Thompson. Second Team members were Hartke and Smith.

At Salem

TEUTOPOLIS (54)

Smith 6-4 -- 17, Repking 4-0 -- 9, Drees 3-1 -- 7, Hartke 0-2 -- 2, Thompson 6-2 -- 19. TOTALS 19 FG, 9 FT.

HIGHLAND (51)

Panae 4-2 -- 11, Lamers 3-0 -- 7, LaPorta 6-2 -- 14, Kamparse 1-0 -- 2, Taylor 1-0 -- 2, Webber 4-2 -- 10, Melrose 2-0 -- 5. TOTALS 21 FG, 6 FT.

Teutopolis           18    18    7    11    --    54

Highland               9    16    18    8    --    51

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 7 (Smith 1, Repking 1, Thompson 5), Highland 3 (Panae 1, Lamers 1, Melrose 1).

Championship Game

TEUTOPOLIS (36)

Smith 2-2 -- 6, Sandschafer 0-0 -- 0, Repking 1-1 -- 3, Drees 3-2 -- 8, Hartke 5-3 -- 13, Thompson 1-0 -- 2, S. Bueker 2-0 -- 4, Michels 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 14 FG, 8 FT.

SALEM (48)

Hood 1-6 -- 9, Gregg 0-0 -- 0, Maxey 1-0 -- 2, Meadows 2-4 -- 8, Barr 4-2 -- 10, Watson 4-1 -- 9, Sager 3-2 -- 10. TOTALS 15 FG, 15 FT.

Teutopolis           12      7    3    14    --    36

Salem                    7    16    6    19    --    48

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 0, Salem 3 (Sager 2, Hood 1).