St. Anthony Wins NTC Tournament Championship; Other Saturday 1-28-2017 Basketball Scores

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Published on January 28 2017 1:02 pm
Last Updated on January 30 2017 1:03 pm
Written by Greg Sapp

The St. Anthony Bulldogs won the championship of the 2017 National Trail Conference Tournament Saturday, defeating the Altamont Indians 74-69. The game, and the entire 14-game tournament, was broadcast live on 979XFM and www.979xfm.com, including live video and audio streaming of each game.

Also Saturday, St. Elmo/Brownstown defeated Windsor/Stew-Stras in the third place game 64-52.  SEB edged out to a 14-13 opening quarter lead but the Hatchets came back to lead 27-25 at halftime.

BSE then had a 24-14 third quarter to bust the game open. Landon Feezel tallied 24 for the winners while Isaac Maxey added 17 and Klayton Kroll 11.

Windsor/Stew-Stras was led by Nic Hutchinson with 12, Christian Kessler and Isaac Kramer with 11 each and Josh Overbeck with 10.

Dieterich claimed the consolation championship with a 65-52 win over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City. The score was tied at 27-27 at halftime. Dieterich moved ahead 48-33 in the third quarter.

The Movin' Maroons were led by Ryan Radloff with 27 and Callaway Campton with 19. CHBC was led by Konner Blackerby with 17, Aaron Nohren with 11 and Cody Grove with 10.

South Central edged Neoga 48-46 in the seventh place game. The Indians inched ahead 12-11 after the opening quarter. but South Central held a 25-22 halftime lead. Both teams scored 11 points in the third period. Neoga had a 13-12 final quarter but fell a basket short.

Trent Geiler had 13 points while Trevor Markley had 10 for the winners. Neoga was led by Caleb Hill and Clayton Butler with 12 each.

The championship game was exciting to the finish, as Altamont scored 35 points in the fourth quarter to come from 16 down to pull within five at game's end. St. Anthony provided plenty of firepower of their own, scoring 25 points in the final stanza and 49 in the second half. Altamont finished with 50 points after intermission, so the 25-19 St. Anthony lead at halftime was more representative of the margin in the game. 

Altamont actually fell behind by as many as 19 points before they began their comeback, but St. Anthony never trailed in the game.

The game was tied 11-11 after one quarter, St. Anthony was up 25-19 at halftime, and the Bulldogs were up 50-34 after three quarters.

Drew Gibson led St. Anthony with 24 points on 8 of 14 shooting. Jack Nuxoll finished with 18 points, 16 in the second half, and led St. Anthony with 7 rebounds. Adam Levitt scored 13 points, Cade Walsh 9, and Alex Beesley and Luke Ludwig with 5 each.

Mitchell Stevenson and Ryan Armstrong led Altamont with 19 points each, Alek Biggs had a big second half to finish with 12 points, and Sam Childerson scored 10 points with 9 rebounds. Also for Altamont: Evan Cornett 6 and Wyatt Stone 3.

Both teams shot the ball well; St. Anthony 28 of 54 for 52%, Altamont 26 of 48 for 54%. St. Anthony made 16 of 24 foul shots, Altamont 11 of 20. Altamont outboarded St. Anthony 28-24. Altamont made 6 of 11 threes, St. Anthony 2 of 11.

It's the first conference tournament win for Bulldogs Coach Cody Rincker, and he is the first direct descendant of a past winner to also win the championship. Rincker's maternal grandfather, Lawrence Carie, won the tournament championship six times during his long tenure at Teutopolis.

This year's NTC All-Tournament team includes Drew Gibson and Adam Levitt of St. Anthony; Ryan Armstrong, Mitchell Stevenson and Sam Childerson of Altamont; Konner Blackerby of CHBC; Ryan Radloff, Callaway Campton and Tyler Higgs of Dieterich; Landon Feezel and Isaac Maxey of St. Elmo/Brownstown; and Nic Hutchinson of Windsor/Stew-Stras.

NTC Tournament

Championship Game

ST. ANTHONY (74)

Walsh 3-3 -- 9, Deters 0-0 -- 0, Ludwig 2-0 -- 5, Levitt 6-1 -- 13, Nuxoll 8-1 -- 18, Gibson 8-8 -- 24, Beesley 1-3 -- 5, Lawrenceville 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 28 FG, 16 FT.

ALTAMONT (69)

Stevenson 8-2 -- 19, Flores 0-0 -- 0, Stone 1-1 -- 3, Biggs 4-1 -- 12, Williams 0-0 -- 0, Armstrong 6-5 -- 19, Childerson 4-2 -- 10, Cornett 3-0 -- 6. TOTALS 26 FG, 11 FT.

St. Anthony           11    14    25    24    --    74

Altamont               11      8    15    35    --    69

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 2 (Ludwig 1, Nuxoll 1), Altamont 6 (Biggs 3, Armstrong 2, Stevenson 1).

Third Place Game

ST. ELMO/BROWNSTOWN (64)

Logue 0-0 -- 0, Denton 0-0 -- 0, Brown 2-4 -- 8, Maxey 7-0 -- 17, Kroll 5-0 -- 11, Brooks 1-2 -- 4, Philpot 0-0 -- 0, Feezel 9-1 -- 24. TOTALS 24 FG, 7 FT.

WINDSOR/STEW-STRAS (52)

G. Bennett 1-1 -- 3, Thies 1-2 -- 5, Burton 0-0 -- 0, Overbeck 4-0 -- 10, Hutchinson 4-2 -- 12, Kessler 5-1 -- 11, Kramer 4-3 -- 11. TOTALS 19 FG, 9 FT.

St. Elmo/Brownstown            14    11    24    15    --    64

Windsor/Stew-Stras              13    14    14    11    --    52

3-point FG -- St. Elmo/Brownstown 9 (Feezel 5, Maxey 3, Kroll 1), Windsor/Stew-Stras 5 (Hutchinson 2, Overbeck 2, Thies 1).

Consolation Championship

DIETERICH (65)

Bohnhoff 0-0 -- 0, Flach 0-4 -- 4, McClain 2-2 -- 8, Bloemer 0-0 -- 0, Will 0-0 -- 0, Radloff 11-2 -- 27, Hartke 0-0 -- 0, Higgs 2-3 -- 7, Campton 6-7 -- 19, Einhorn 0-0 -- 0, Niebrugge 0-0 -- 0, Brummer 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 21 FG, 18 FT.

CHBC (52)

Grove 4-0 -- 10, Bucks 0-0 -- 0, Phillips 0-0 -- 0, Blackerby 8-0 -- 17, Stewart 1-0 -- 2, Duckwitz 0-0 -- 0, M. Nohren 2-0 -- 4, A. Nohren 5-0 -- 11, Webster 0-0 -- 0, Buzzard 2-0 -- 4, Kirchhofer 0-0 -- 0, Miller 1-0 -- 2, Barnes 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 24 FG, 0 FT.

Dieterich           12    15    21    19    --    65

CHBC                 16    11      6    19    --    52

(Dieterich linescore adds up to 67 while 65 listed as final)

3-point FG -- Dieterich 5 (Radloff 3, McClain 2), Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 4 (Grove 2, Blackerby 1, A. Nohren 1).

Seventh-Place Game

SOUTH CENTRAL (48)

Lotz 2-1 -- 6, Fox 0-0 -- 0, Brandt 2-1 -- 5, Markley 3-3 -- 10, Geiler 4-2 -- 13, Blomberg 0-0 -- 0, Matheny 2-2 -- 6, McCown 3-2 -- 8. TOTALS 16 FG, 11 FT.

NEOGA (46)

Hill 5-1 -- 12, Roy 1-0 -- 3, Cornell 3-1 -- 7, Ramert 0-0 -- 0, Gresens 1-0 -- 2, Fritcher 1-0 -- 3, Clark 3-0 -- 7, Butler 6-0 -- 12. TOTALS 20 FG, 2 FT.

South Central            11    14    11    12    --    48

Neoga                        12    10    11    13    --    46

3-point FG -- South Central 5 (Geiler 3, Markley 1, Lotz 1), Neoga 4 (Hill 1, Roy 1, Fritcher 1, Clark 1).

 

BOYS BASKETBALL

National Trail Tournament

South Central 48, Neoga 46 (Seventh Place)

Dieterich 65, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 52 (Consolation Championship)

St. Elmo/Brownstown 64, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 52 (Third Place)

St. Anthony 74, Altamont 69 (Championship)

Area

Teutopolis 66, Taylorville 62

Argenta-Oreana 48, Cumberland 44

Mt. Zion 77, Charleston 65

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Oblong 64, St. Elmo/Brownstown 56

Mattoon 61, Mt. Vernon 43