Teutopolis, Newton to Square Off For Sectional Championship

The Teutopolis High School Shoes and the Newton Eagles will square off for the Newton Class 2A Girls Basketball Sectional Championship Thursday night after each posted a semifinal win in Monday night action.

The Shoes overcame a slow start to defeat the Tuscola Warriors 53-42 in a game heard on KJ Country 102.3 and www.kjcountry.com, while Newton came from seven points down to edge the Marshall Lions 43-41.

Teutopolis will take on Newton Thursday at 7 p.m. The game will air on KJ Country.

Tuscola was a handful in the first quarter, moving ahead of Teutopolis by five points on a couple of occasions before the Shoes came back to forge a 13-13 tie at the end of the period.

It was a different story in the second quarter, as Teutopolis outscored Tuscola 14-3 to take a 27-16 halftime lead. The Shoes posted a 14-7 third quarter to lead 41-23.

Teutopolis moved ahead by as many as 21 points before Tuscola put on a large rally to get within nine points, but the Shoes regrouped to post the 11-point win.

Teutopolis made 21 of 48 shots, 44%, including 4 of 14 threes. T-Town made 7 of 12 foul shots, and grabbed 22 rebounds while turning the ball over just six times. Tuscola made 15 of 39 shots, 38%, including 5 of 11 threes. The Warriors made 7 of 9 foul shots, turned the ball over 16 times and pulled down 26 rebounds.

Jamie Sandschafer scored 15 points, 13 in the second half, to lead Teutopolis while Shelby Thompson scored 13 points, 12 in the first half. Sadie Bueker and Jolene Bueker each scored 11 points, giving Teutopolis four players in double figures. Raegan Drees scored the other three Teutopolis points.

Emma Henderson led Tuscola with 14 points. Her final point, in her final game for Tuscola, gave her 1,000 career points.

Tuscola closes at 22-6, losing in the sectional for the second straight season to Teutopolis. The Shoes, meanwhile, improved to 27-5 on the season.

Teutopolis will take on a Newton team that trailed by as many as seven points late in a low-scoring game before staging a furious comeback.

Newton finally tied the game at 41-41 on a bucket by Abby Frohning with :36 left. Marshall got the ball and called time out with :27 left, but then lost the ball out of bounds with :18.9 remaining. Newton called time with :11.5 left, and Frohning scored again with :05.1 left to give Newton the win.

The Eagles were led by Frohning and Grace Hartrich with 16 points each. Frohning had a double-double with the 16 points and 11 rebounds. She also added three assists. Hartrich had five boards and five assists. Ariel Richards chipped in with two assists.

Newton improved to 23-7 on the season. This is the first time in school history that an Eagles team has reached 23 wins. Two other teams had 22 win seasons.

Newton Sectional

Game One

MARSHALL (41)

Williams 7-1 -- 17, Burdick 5-0 -- 10, Hughes 2-0 -- 6, Murphy 1-0 -- 3, Evans 1-0 -- 3, Sweitzer 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 17 FG, 1 FT.

NEWTON (43)

Frohning 7-2 -- 16, Hartrich 7-2 -- 16, Richards 2-1 -- 5, Shipman 1-0 -- 2, Earnest 1-0 -- 2, Cohorst 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 19 FG, 5 FT.

Marshall            9    4    22      6    --    41

Newton          12    8      8    15    --    43

3-point FG -- Marshall 6 (Williams 2, Hughes 2, Murphy 1, Evans 1), Newton 0.

Game Two

TUSCOLA (42)

Henderson 5-14 2-3 14, Koester 2-6 4-4 9, C. Russo 3-6 0-0 6, L. Russo 3-4 0-0 6, Bates 0-6 1-2 1, Watson 0-1 0-0 0,  Dietrich 2-2 0-0 6, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Joergensen 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 15-39 FG, 7-9 FT

TEUTOPOLIS (53)

Drees 1-5 1-4 3, Thompson 5-12 1-2 13, S. Bueker 5-14 0-0 11, Sandschafer 6-10 2-2 15, J. Bueker 4-6 3-4 11, Hemmen 0-1 0-0 0, Michels 0-0 0-0 0, Grimes 0-0 0-0 0, Mette 0-0 0-0 0, Bushur 0-0 0-0 0, Niemerg 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 21-48 FG, 7-12 FT.

Tuscola               13      3      6    19    --    42

Teutopolis          13    14    14    12    --    53

3-point FG -- Tuscola 5-11 (Henderson 2-3, Koester 1-2, Bates 0-3, Watson 0-1, Dietrich 2-2), Teutopolis 4-14 (Drees 0-2, Thompson 2-6, S. Bueker 1-5, Sandschafer 1-1). Rebounds -- Tuscola 26 (C. Russo 13, Bates 5), Teutopolis 22 (J. Bueker 6, Sandschafer 5). Turnovers -- Tuscola 16, Teutopolis 6.