Shoes, Bulldogs Move Into Sectional Championship Games; Hearts Win; Other Monday Scores

Teutopolis High School advanced to the championship game of the Class 2A Pana Girls Basketball Sectional with a 51-21 win Monday over the Lawrenceville Indians. The game was heard on KJ Country 102.3 and www.kjcountry.com. 

Teutopolis, now 26-6, will take on Tuscola at 7 p.m. Thursday for the sectional championship. The Warriors defeated Flora 62-54 in the other semifinal game Monday.

Teutopolis controlled their game from the outset and led 15-4 after the first quarter, 24-12 at halftime, and 38-18 after three quarters before outscoring Tuscola 13-3 in the final quarter to post the 30-point win.

Teutopolis made 17 of 33 shots from the field, better than 50%, and made 13 of 14 free throws. Meanwhile, the Shoes held Lawrenceville to eight of 26 shooting on the night. The Shoes turned the ball over just six times in the game and grabbed 14 rebounds. Lawrenceville pulled down 19 rebounds, but turned the ball over 20 times.

Teutopolis featured balanced scoring. Jamie Sandschafer led with 12 points and Anna Hartke added 10 points. Also for Teutopolis: Molly Smith 9, Shelby Thompson 7, Danielle Repking 4, Raegan Drees 4, Sadie Bueker 3, and Jolene Bueker 2. Brianna Mefford and Kelsie Ferrell each scored 8 points to lead Lawrenceville.

Lawrenceville finished 21-11 on the season.

"We worked all week on guarding their two big players inside," said T-town Coach Laurie Thompson. "We dida good job helping on those two kids. We executed well on what we practiced. Our press caused turnovers.

"Offensively we went to the basket lokoing to attack. We had good shot selection. We worked on ball control and got what we wanted. We missed some layups and our rebounding was weak early. But, other than that, I thought we played smart. As a matter of fact I gave the girls Smarties on the bus coming here to remind them to play smart and it worked."

Class 2A Pana Sectional

TEUTOPOLIS (51)

Smith 4-0 -- 9, Repking 1-2 -- 4, Drees 0-4 -- 4, Hartke 4-2 -- 10, Thompson 3-0 -- 7, Sandschafer 3-4 -- 12, J. Bueker 1-0 -- 2, S. Bueker 1-1 -- 3, M. Hemmen 0-0 -- 0, L. Hemmen 0-0 -- 0, Kaufman 0-0 -- 0, Hoene 0-0 -- 0, Niebrugge 0-0 -- 0, Mette 0-0 -- 0, Michels 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 17 FG, 13 FT.

LAWRENCEVILLE (21)

C. Ferrell 0-0 -- 0, Organ 0-0 -- 0, Andrews 0-0 -- 0, Parrish 2-1 -- 5, K. Ferrell 2-4 -- 8, Wimberly 0-0 -- 0, Mefford 4-0 -- 8, Baker 0-0 -- 0, Frederick 0-0 -0. TOTALS 8 FG, 5 FT.

Teutopolis                15    9    14    13    --    51

Lawrenceville            4    8      6       3    --    21

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 4 (Sandschafer 2, Smith 1, Thompson 1), Lawrenceville 0.

Class 1A Nokomis Sectional

Meanwhile, the St. Anthony Bulldogs will play in their first-ever Class 1A Sectional championship game Thursday at 7 p.m.

St. Anthony defeated Chrisman 54-37 and will advance to meet the state's No. 1 rated team, Central A&M. Central A&M defeated Altamont 62-25 in the other semifinal game Monday night at Nokomis. Both games were aired on 979XFM and www.979xfm.com.

St. Anthony and Chrisman tussled all through the first quarter, with St. Anthony in front 9-5 at the end of the period. A 17-11 edge in the second quarter left the Bulldogs up 26-16 at halftime, but the key was a 17-6 edge in the third quarter where St. Anthony put the game away.

St. Anthony hit 50% of its shots, 18 of 36 including three of 10 threes. The Bulldogs made 15 of 20 foul shots, turned the ball over just 10 times and pulled down 21 rebounds. Chrisman was held to 23% shooting, making 10 of 43, although they did make 16 of 18 free throws. Chrisman committed just nine turnovers and grabbed 22 rebounds.

Maddie Schuette led St. Anthony with 14 points, while Hunter Niebrugge was also in double figures with 10 points. Also for St. Anthony: Emily McDevitt 9, Abby Weis 7, Emma Richards 5, Abbie Schmidt 4, Kyla Burton 2, Olivia Clausius 2, and Abby Brown 1. Weis had five boards, McDevitt five assists and Niebrugge two steals.

"Great team defense," said St. Anthony Coach Bart Wiedman. "Maddie Schuette stepped up big offensively."

Abby Bush scored 18 points to lead Chrisman, who closed out their campaign with a 23-7 record.

St. Anthony improved to 21-11 on the season.

Class 1A Nokomis Sectional

ST. ANTHONY (54)

Burton 1-0 -- 2, Schmidt 1-2 -- 4, Weis 1-4 -- 7, McDevitt 3-1 -- 9, McHugh 0-0 -- 0, Brown 0-1 -- 1, Horn 0-0 -- 0, Clausius 1-0 -- 2, McGuire 0-0 -- 0, Schuette 6-2 -- 14, E. Richards 2-1 -- 5, Niebrugge 3-4 -- 10, Saba 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 18 FG, 15 FT.

CHRISMAN (37)

Norman 0-0 -- 0, Eddy 2-0 -- 4, Bush 3-1 -- 8, Ingram 1-2 -- 4, Eslinger 0-0 -- 0, Switzer 0-3 -- 3, Francis 0-0 -- 0, Thomas 0-0 -- 0, Brinkley 0-0 -- 0, Bush 4-10 -- 18, Holvani 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 10 FG, 16 FT.

St. Anthony          9    17    17    11    --    54

Chrisman              5    11     6    15    --    37

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 3 (McDevitt 2, Weis 1), Chrsman 1 (Bush 1).

In the opening game, Altamont put up a determined fight, but the No. 1 Class 1A team played like it as Central A&M posted the win.

Central A&M was up 12-4 after one quarter, 22-6 at halftime, and 44-18 after three quarters and then outscored the Indians 18-7 in the final quarter.

Central A&M made 45% of its shots, 26 of 58, but missed all nine of its three-point tries. They were 10 of 17 at the line, turned the ball over 12 times, and pulled down 34 rebounds.

Altamont shot just 9 of 48 shots, or 19%, including two of 15 threes. Altamont made five of 10 free throws, turned the ball over a whopping 26 times, and grabbed 33 rebounds.

Keidron Duckwitz scored 7 points for Altamont, Brooks Burns 6, Tinley Mette 5, Shelbi Stone 3, Leah Mayhaus 2, and Taylor Paquette 2.

Altamont closes their campaign with a regional championship and a record of 15-11.

Class 1A Nokomis Sectional

ALTAMONT (25)

Grimsley 0-0 -- 0, Duckwitz 2-2 -- 7, Voelker 0-0 -- 0, McHugh 0-0 -- 0, Goeckner 0-0 -- 0, Stone 1-1 -- 3, Paquette 1-0 -- 2, Hosick 0-0 -- 0, Schultz 0-0 -- , Mayhaus 1-0 -- 2, Burns 2-1 -- 6, Mette 2-1 -- 5, Sims 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 9 FG, 5 FT.

CENTRAL A&M (62)

Dooley 4-0 -- 8, Collins 0-0 -- 0, Sams 0-0 -- 0, Schinzner 3-1 -- 7, Jordan 1-0 -- 2, Maples 9-8 -- 26, Daily 5-0 -- 10, Cole 1-0 -- 2, Hilton 2-1 -- 5, Collins 0-0 -- 0, Burgener 1-0 -- 2, Dunn 0-0 -- 0, Durbin 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 26 FG, 10  FT.

Altamont                  4      6       8      7    --    25

Central A&M          12    22    10    18    --    62

3-point FG -- Altamont 2 (Duckwitz 1, Burns 1), Central A&M 0.

Class 3A Salem Regional

The Effingham Hearts advanced out of the Monday night play-in game in dramatic fashion at the Class 3A Salem Regional, outscoring the Olney Tigers 8-0 in overtime to win 51-43.

Effingham, now 20-10, will take on Bethalto Civic Memorial Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. as action continues at the Salem Regional. In the other game Monday night at Salem, Mount Vernon defeated Centralia 47-40, with Mount Vernon taking on Salem Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Olney led Effingham 12-10 after one quarter and 22-17 at halftime, and was still ahead 32-30 after three quarters, but the Hearts came back to force the overtime by outscoring Olney 13-11 in the fourth quarter. Then came the overtime shutout by the Hearts.

Hearts Coach Jeff Schafer said, "Tonight was more like a regional final; having to play Olney back-to-back was a very tall task." (Effingham had just defeated Olney this past Thursday night on Senior Night at EHS); the Hearts had taken a lead late in regulation, but Cameron Hough hit a huge shot at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.

Schafer said, "I was very proud of our girls and how they handled that missed defensive assignment on that last play and put it behind them and came right out and outscored them 8-0 in the overtime."

Aly Armstrong led Effingham with 17 points, while Miranda Fox added 13 points. Also for Effingham: Carsyn Fearday 9, Shelby Myers 9, and Marranda Steffen 3.

Class 3A Salem Regional

Overtime

EFFINGHAM (51)

Depoister 0-0 -- 0, Fearday 2-4 -- 9, Schafer 0-0 -- 0, Phillips 0-0 -- 0, Armstrong 5-2 -- 17, Steffen 1-1 -- 3, Fox 3-7 -- 13, Webster 0-0 -- 0, Crowell 0-0 -- 0, Barr 0-0 -- 0, Myers 4-1 -- 9. TOTALS 15 FG, 15 FT.

OLNEY (43)

Hough 2-0 -- 5, Eagleson 6-0 -- 13, Michels 1-0 -- 3, Luna 5-2 -- 14, Nohren 1-2 -- 4, Mowrer 0-0 -- 0, Inyart 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 17 FG, 4 FT.

Effingham           9      8    13    13    8    --    51

Olney                12    10    10    11    0    --    43

3-point FG -- Effingham 6 (Armstrong 5, Fearday 1), Olney 5 (Luna 1, Hough 1, Eagleson 1, Michels 1).