St. Anthony Goes OT to Beat Newton, Effingham Downs Taylorville, Other Thursday Girls Games

The St. Anthony Lady Bulldogs went into overtime Thursday night to defeat the Newton Lady Eagles 50-47. 

Newton held the upper hand early, leading 15-8 after one quarter and ahead 25-19 at halftime. The Bulldogs had pulled to within 33-30 after three quarters and outscored the Lady Eagles 15-12 in the fourth quarter to force the overtime. St. Anthony outscored Newton 5-2 in the extra period to post the win.

St. Anthony Coach Bart Wiedman said, "It was a great comeback; we started the game down 8-0 and just clawed back every possession.

St. Anthony never led in the game until the overtime. Wiedman termed it a "complete team effort."

Olivia Clausius was a difference-maker for St. Anthony. She scored 13 points and led the team with seven rebounds and five steals. Clare McHugh led the Bulldogs in scoring with 14 points, and Abby Weis scored 11 points and led with five assists. Also for St. Anthony: Abbie Schmidt 9, and Meg Richards 3.

Ariel Richards led Newton with 16 points, while Grace Hartrich scored 14 points and Kaitlyn Cohorst 11. Also for Newton: Abby Frohning 4 and Mariah Earnest 2. Frohning recorded a game-high six assists, while Hartrich and Cohorst each grabbed five rebounds.

St. Anthony improved to 9-4 on the season, while Newton is now 8-4.

Newton won the JV game 37-19. For the JV Eagles: Grunloh 12, Carr 10, Jansen 7, Russell 4, Harris 2, and Stone 2. For the St. Anthony JV: Sydney Gibson 6, Keri McGuire 6, Maryann Saba 3, Abby Repking 2, and Taylor Beesley 2.

Newton's JV record is 5-3; St. Anthony's JV mark is now 1-4.

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The Effingham Lady Hearts pushed their record to 9-1 Thursday night with a 70-59 Apollo Conference win over the Taylorville Lady Tornadoes.

Effingham got out of the gate quickly on the road, leading 22-8 after one quarter. They pushed the lead to 38-22 at halftime and were still up 50-34 after three quarters. Taylorville narrowed the gap some in the fourth quarter, outscoring Effingham 25-20, but Effingham won the game by 11.

Hearts' Coach Jeff Schafer said, "This was a crazy game. We shot 70% from two point range and 41% from three point range, and Taylorville made 13 threes. We could just not put them away."

Schafer said, "We got contributions from a lot of people. Natalie (Carie) came off the bench and really sparked us, and Miranda (Fox) had probably her best game of her young career and knocked down some key free throws at the end. Carsyn (Fearday) just missed a double-double, Shelby (Myers) played a much more consistent game for us and came up huge for us. Aly (Armstrong) knocked down some shots and I thought the kids did a great job of locating her."

Fox led the Lady Hearts with 20 points, Armstrong scored 12 points and Fearday, Myers and Carie each scored 10 points. Also for Effingham: Skyler Schafer 6, and Bria Barr 4 (totals 72 points).

Schafer said, "Overall, it was a really good win for us. We did a great job rebounding in the first half and built a nice lead. They made a lot of shots and we were still able to find a way to get it done. Now, we need to focus on Cahokia for Saturday and we can have a really good start to the first two parts of our season."

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The Teutopolis Lady Shoes posted a 61-43 win over Paris Thursday.

Teutopolis held a 16-10 lead after one quarter and a 21-6 second quarter edge made it 37-16 at halftime. It was 48-24 after three quarters before Paris outscored the Lady Shoes 19-13 in the fourth period to account for the 18-point T-Town win.

Sadie Bueker led Teutopolis with 16 points while Shelby Thompson scored 14 points and Jamie Sandschafer scored 11 points. Also for Teutopolis: Raegan Drees 8, Jolene Bueker 4, Macy Michels 4, Julia Frey 2, and Morgan Mette 2.

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The Altamont Lady Indians posted a 62-31 National Trail Conference win over the CHBC Lady Bobcats Thursday. For Altamont: Leah Mayhaus 15, Keidron Duckwitz 13, Shelbi Stone 11, Taylor Paquette 7, Jacie Hosick 6, Ashley Goeckner 3, Carly McHugh 3, Brooke Burns 2, and Mary Guse 2. For CHBC: Lauren Wojcik 8, Felicia Johnson 7, Jaelyn Robertson 6, Tabitha Endsley 6, Kylee Wheeler 3, and Taylor Oldham 1.

Altamont won the JV game 42-20.

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Brownstown/St. Elmo defeated Neoga 63-55 in overtime in NTC action Thursday.

Neoga led 10-9 after one quarter but BSE led 20-18 at halftime and 27-25 after three quarters. Neoga outscored BSE 18-16 to force the overtime, but BSE outscored Neoga 13-5 in the extra stanza to post the win.

Freshman Claire Wilhour led BSE with 27 points and 10 assists. Deana Shelton scored 22 points. Dana Shelton added eight points with eight rebounds, Natalie Oberlink scored four points and Elissa Baron two points with nine rebounds.

Neoga was led by Jaycie Roy with 13 points and Kelsey Partlow scored 12 points. Ashley Dryden scored eight points, Rachel Ewing, Mary Hill and Ashley Dryden each scored six points, and Olivia Titus scored four points.

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Webber Township downed South Central 40-25 in action Thursday.

Sydney Wilkins did most of the damage for South Central, scoring 15 points. Also for the Lady Cougars: Abby Hahn 5, Alannah Sigrist 3 and Katlyn Hilmes 2.

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OTHER SCORES:

Mattoon 64, Charleston 52

Olney 55, Fairfield 42

Salem 44, Mt. Zion 29

Oblong 56, Robinson 52

Pana 43, Vandalia 36

Flora 60, North Clay 26

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 68, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 37