EHS Downs Mt. Zion, Area Girls Roundup

Effingham High School played host to Mount Zion in Apollo Conference girls basketball action Thursday evening

The Hearts stepped out to an early lead, 11-2 after the opening quarter. That lead went to 24-10 at halftime. Miranda Fox scored five in the opening quarter while Marranda Steffen and Aly Armstrong scored five each in the second period.

Carsyn Fearday then took the scoring lead with six points in the third period as the Hearts had a 16-4 run and finished out with a 51-22 victory.

"This was a real solid effort for us tonight," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "Our defense was really good and led to a lot of easy baskets. I thought Miranda Fox played her best high school game so far. She just did it all. Everyone pitched in. We got contributions from everyone as all 12 players recorded a rebound. We need to use this as a springboard to the final few weeks of the season."

The Hearts improve to 4-4 in the conference, 17-8 overall.

At Effingham

MOUNT ZION (22)

Hughes 0-0 -- 0, B. Davis 0-0 -- 0, A. Davis 4-4 -- 12, Skundberg 0-2 -- 2, Wolter 3-0 -- 6, Wisley 0-0 -- 0, Morris 0-0 -- 0, Beavers 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 8 FG, 6 FT.

EFFINGHAM (51)

Fearday 4-3 -- 11, Schafer 0-0 -- 0, Phillips 0-0 -- 0, Armstrong 3-0 -- 8, Steffen 5-0 -- 12, Fox 3-2 -- 8, Webster 3-0 -- 6, Nunamaker 1-0 -- 2, Crowell 0-0 -- 0, Barr 0-0 -- 0, Myers 1-0 -- 2, Carie 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 21 FG, 5 FT.

Mount Zion               2      8     4     8     --    22

Effingham              11    13    16    11    --    51

3-point FG -- Mount Zion 0, Effingham 4 (Armstrong 2,  Steffen 2).

At Farina

Dieterich came calling and claimed a National Trail Conference victory over South Central, 39-36.

Dieterich put up a 20-15 halftime lead then had to hold off the Cougars in the second half for the win.

Madison Bannick led the Movin' Maroons with 12 points while Kallee Heuerman added nine. Heuerman led in rebounds with six and had two assists. Kelsey Webb had two assists and two steals. Dieterich improved to 1-4 in the conference, 8-18 overall.

South Central was led by Abby Hahn with 18 points while Keely Smith chipped in with nine. The Cougars drop to 1-6 in the conference, 8-15 overall.

"We just couldn't get our offense moving with any consistency tonight," said South Central Coach Gary Kapper. "We were able to get out and run on the break, but just couldn't finish. We battled to give ourselves a chance to go ahead at the end of the game, but couldn't get some shots to fall. We have some things to work on to imrpove and we will."

At Farina

DIETERICH (39)

Vahling 0-0 -- 0, Robards 2-6 -- 6, Bloemer 0-0 -- 0, Mahnke 2-1 -- 5, Webb 3-0 -- 7, Heuerman 2-5 -- 9, Bannick 4-2 -- 12. TOTALS 13 FG, 8 FT.

SOUTH CENTRAL (36)

Hahn 5-0 -- 18, Smith 3-3 -- 9, Slater 1-3 -- 5, McCoy 0-0 -- 0, Sigrist 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 11 FG, 13 FT.

Dieterich                   12    8      7     12     --    39

South  Central            6    9    10     11     --    36

3-point FG -- Dieterich 5 (Robards 2, Webb 1, Bannick 2), South Central 1 (Hahn 1).

At Newton

Olney handed Newton a 59-48 loss Thursday. The two squads were tied at 9-9 after the opening quarter. Olney moved ahead 25-23 at halftime.

The Eagles came back to take a 32-31 lead going into the final quarter and Olney came back to knot the score in the final period to send the game into overtime. In the overtime period, Olney took off for a 17-6 lead and the win.

Richards tallied 17 for Newton who drops to 14-11 on the season.

At Newton

Overtime

OLNEY (59)

Luna 6-3 -- 16, Eagleson 4-3 -- 12, Michaels 3-2 -- 11, Nohren 4-2 -- 11, INyart 2-1 -- 5, Mowrer 1-2 -- 4. TOTALS 20 FG, 13 FT.

NEWTON (48)

Richards 6-1 -- 17, Kline 4-1 -- 9, Frohning 3-2 -- 8, Hartrich 1-6 -- 8, Pilman 1-1 -- 3, Cohorst 1-1 -- 3. TOTALS 16 FG, 12 FT.

Olney             9    16    6    11    17    --    59

Newton         9    14    9    10      6    --    48

3-point FG -- Olney 6 (Michaels 3, Luna 1, Eagleson 1, Nohren 1), Newton 4 (Richards 4).

At Ramsey

St. Elmo/Brownstown handed Ramsey a 50-30 loss. Ramsey held an 11-7 opening quarter lead and led 19-15 at halftime.

SEB came roaring back with a 20-5 third period. Brown tallied 19 for the winners while Fitch and Bone had nine each. Bone had 14 rebounds. Brown had four steals while Fitch and Moore had three steals each.

At Ramsey

BROWNSTOWN/ST. ELMO (50)

Fitch 3-1 -- 9, Seaton 0-0 -- 0, Bone 4-1 -- 9, Johnson 1-0 -- 2, Da. Shelton 3-0 -- 6, De. Shelton 0-0 -- 0, Brown 6-6 -- 19, Moore 1-2 -- 4, Grames 0-0 -- 0, Zasada 0-0 -- 0, Capellini 0-0 -- 0, Baron 0-1 -- 1, Howard 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 18 FG, 11 FT.

RAMSEY (30)

Enloe 0-0 -- 0, Butler 1-0 -- 3, Waite 0-0 -- 0, Schackmann 2-0 -- 4, Williams 1-0 -- 2, S. Kimberlin 6-1 -- 13, Kelly 0-0 -- 0, Wesselman 0-0 -- 0, M. Kimberlin 3-0 -- 8. TOTALS 13  FG, 1 FT.

Brownstown/St. Elmo            7    8    20    15    --    50

Ramsey                                  11    8      5      6    --    30

3-point FG -- Brownstown/St. Elmo 3 (Fitch 2, Brown 1), Ramsey 3 (M. Kimberlin 2, Butler 1).

At Strasburg

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg claimed a 79-42 non-conference victory over Martinsville.

WSS surged to a 31-8 opening quarter lead and the game was over. Tabbert tallied 25 for the winners while Schuler added 20,  Trussell 12 and Schlechte 10.

At Strasburg

MARTINSVILLE (42)

C. Kannamacher 1-0 -- 2, L. Kannamacher 5-0 -- 10, Payne 11-0 -- 22, Truelove 2-0 -- 4, McIntyre 0- 0 --0, Lindsay 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 21 FG, 0  FT.

WINDSOR/STEW-STRAS (79)

Everett 2-0 -- 4, Probst 0-0 -- 0, Schlechte 4-2 -- 10, Schuler 8-1 -- 20, Tabbert 12-0 -- 25, Davis 4-0 -- 8, Schultz 0-0 -- 0, Trussell 5-2 -- 12, Newkirk 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 35 FG, 5 FT.

Martinsville                            8    10    10    14    --   42

Windsor/Stew-Stras          31    21    16    11    --   79

3-point FG -- Martinville 0, Windsor/Stew-Stras 4 (Schuler 3, Tabbert 1).

At Toledo

Oblong came calling and claimed a 46-28 win over Cumberland.

Oblong took a 22-6 opening quarter lead and led 27-18 at halftime. Oblong then had an 11-2 third period run.

Cumberland was led by Marti with eight points.

At Toledo

OBLONG (46)

Mendenhall 3-0 -- 6, Su. Johnson 2-2 -- 7, Laino 7-0 -- 14, Sa. Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Leonard 2-0 -- 4, Smith 3-0 -- 6, Neely 1-1 -- 3, Sobatta 0-0 -- 0, Dart 1-0 -- 3, Wells 0-0 -- 0, Kemp 1-0 -- 3. TOTALS 20 FG, 3 FT.

CUMBERLAND (28)

Ault 0-0 -- 0, Sowers 2-1 -- 5, Brumelve 1-2 -- 5, D. Sowers 0-2 -- 2, Ervin 0-0 -- 0, Dunaway 1-0 -- 2, Smith 2-2 -- 6, Ault 0-0 -- 0, Maxey 0-0 -- 0, Marti 2-3 -- 8. TOTALS 8 FG, 10 FT.

3-point FG -- Oblong 3 (Su. Johnson 1, Dart 1, Kemp 1), Cumberland 2 (Brumleve 1, Marti 1).

OTHER SCORES:

Pana 57, Staunton 27

Okaw Valley 55, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 52

Central A&M 54, Tuscola 42

Vandalia 51, Roxana 32

Taylorville 79, Charleston 73

Flora 46, Paris 40

Red Hill (Bridgeport) 52, Robinson 35