Bulldogs, Hearts Both Earn Tough Wins (UPDATE)

Both the St. Anthony Bulldogs and the Effingham Hearts earned hard-fought victories Friday night in boys high school basketball.

St. Anthony won 59-50 at Dieterich, while Effingham won a close one at Mt. Zion 61-59. The Bulldogs/Maroons game was heard on 979XFM and www.979xfm.com.  

The St. Anthony/Dieterich game was anyone's ballgame for most of the contest. The game was tied 12-12 after one quarter and Dieterich led 24-23 at halftime. St. Anthony had been down eight, though, shortly before halftime when they started a comeback that brought them within one at the break.

St. Anthony then outscored Dieterich 15-9 in the third quarter to take a 38-33 lead. The fourth quarter saw Dieterich come by to tie the game, then see St. Anthony push back out to a five- to seven-point lead before a last second bucket gave them the nine-point winning margin.

Junior Drew Gibson helped key the St. Anthony comeback, scoring 14 of his 16 points in the second half, and grabbed seven rebounds including four offensive boards. Jeff Niebrugge gave indication of an inside presence, scoring 12 points despite battling foul trouble. Also for St. Anthony: Nick Grunloh 9, Cade Walsh 7, James Kabbes 5, Chandler Martelli 5, Kyle Hartke 5.

Lance Niemerg led Dieterich with 18 points while Nick Feldhake scored 15 points, 11 in the fourth quarter. Travis Niemerg scored eight points, Trenton Poe six, Ryan Radloff two, and Callaway Campton one.

St. Anthony made 19 of 49 shots for 39%, including four of 15 threes, while making 17 of 25 foul shots, committing 16 turnovers and grabbing 30 rebounds.

Dieterich made 12 of 37 shots for 32% including four of 12 threes, hit 22 of 31 foul shots, turned the ball over 17 times and pulled down 28 rebounds.

St. Anthony moved back over .500 at 5-4 on the season, while Dieterich fell to 7-3.

St. Anthony won the JV game 55-36. Cade Walsh and Alex Deters each scored 10 points for the JV Bulldogs, while Ryan Radloff and Callaway Campton each scored 10 points for the JV Movin Maroons.

St. Anthony also won a frosh/soph game played to start the evening, 45-15. For St. Anthony: Ludwig 12, Wall 8, Lawrence 8, Mendella 5, Milleville 4, Brandenburger 4, Wortman 2, Niebrugge 2; for Dieterich: E. Bohnhoff 4, Einhorn 4, Brummer 3, Will 2, S. Bohnhoff 2

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Other scores from Friday:

Effingham 61, Mt. Zion 59 (Michael Woltman made his only points of the contest count, hitting the game-winning basket at the buzzer to give the Hearts an Apollo Conference road win; Effingham led 13-9 after the first quarter, 31-23 at halftime, and 46-40 heading into the fourth quarter, but Mt. Zion came back to tie the game at 59-59 before Woltman hit the game-winner; Grant Wolfe led Effingham with 27 points, Jacob Donaldson had 16, Reed Schafer 6, Sean Zerrusen 5, Brady Jackson 5, and Woltman 2; Cox with 18, Kuhle with 16 and Price with 15 led Mt. Zion; Mt. Zion won the JV game in another nail-biter, 52-50. Landon Wolfe led the JV Hearts with 29 points, Mason Hull 10, Kyle Morrow 9, Ryan Sandifer 1, and Alec Morrissey 1)

Windsor/Stew-Stras 48, Villa Grove 44 (the Hatchets trailed 13-12 after one quarter but led 26-19 at halftime and 38-34 after three quarters before the teams played a 10-10 fourth quarter; Tristan Warner led W/SS with 18 points; also for W/SS: Chase Thies 8, Christian Kessler 6, Josh Overbeck 5, Gavin Bennett 5, Chandler Ballinger 4, Teddy Kessler 2; W/SS now 3-4 on the season; W/SS won the JV game 57-49)

Robinson 62, Newton 48 (for Newton: Joe Stone 15, Brock Mammoser 12, Mitch Jansen 5, Tim Weber 4, Michael Koebele 4, Collin Harris 3, Nicholas Cohorst 3, Nate Meinhart 2)

Shelbyville 47, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 26

Mattoon 66, Salem 44

Marshall 82, Flora 68

Edwards County 74, Clay City 20

Mt. Vernon 49, Carbondale 33

Taylorville 84, Charleston 53

Arcola 63, Neoga 34 (for Neoga: Ronnie Kersey 9, Jesse Holt 8, Drew Ramert 6, Caleb Abernathy 4, Andy Freeman 3, Caleb Hill 2, Jackson Clark 2)

AT THE ST. ELMO HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Mulberry Grove 60, Ramsey 35 (James with 27 to lead Mulberry Grove, Black with 15 and Aderman with 13 to pace Ramsey)

St. Elmo/Brownstown 65, Okaw Valley 46 (SE/B led 16-4 after the first quarter, 34-14 at halftime, and 45-28 after three quarters before posting a 20-18 edge in the final stanza; for SE/B: Landon Feezel 17, Noah Flowers 11, Kyle Hardimon 8, Dylan Brooks 7, Trey Pasley 6, Brock Oberlink 6, Lewis Brown 4, Klayton Kroll 4, Colten Miller 1, Cody Brooks 1)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Oblong 59, Palestine-Hutsonville 23