Bulldogs End Regular Season w/Tough Loss; Other Friday (02/17/17) Scores

There was a lot to celebrate Friday night at the Enlow Center at St. Anthony High School.

For one thing, Drew Gibson scored his 1000th career point. For another, Senior Night festivities honored Gibson and the senior Bellettes, cheerleaders and band members.

However, one thing the Bulldogs couldn't celebrate was a victory as Casey-Westfield nipped St. Anthony 51-50 in a contest heard on 979XFM and www.979xfm.com. Zak videotaped the contest and he will have flashdrives and DVDs available earlier next week.

The contest was fairly close throughout. St. Anthony managed to take 17-12 lead after one quarter and had the lead up to 11 points, but that's when Casey-Westfield managed to climb back into the game, cutting the lead to three in fairly short order. St. Anthony held a 28-25 lead at halftime and led 42-38 after three quarters.

Casey-Westfield, mainly on the back of Ethan Gilbert, outscored the Bulldogs 13-8 in the fourth quarter to win by one. Gilbert scored seven of his game-high 18 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Warriors to the win. Logan Hawker scored 13 points and Kyle Carver added 10 for the Warriors. Luke Richards scored 8 and Trey Clark 2 points to round out the Casey-Westfield scoring.

Gibson led St. Anthony with 12 points, but they all came in the first half as the Warriors clamped down on him defensively. Jack Nuxoll scored 11 points and Adam Levitt scored all 10 of his points in the second half to help keep the Bulldogs afloat. Alex Deters scored 5, and Cade Walsh, Alex Beesley and Wyatt Lawrence each scored 4 points for St. Anthony.

The Bulldogs made 22 of 50 shots, 44%, including 2 of 11 threes. St. Anthony was 4 of 6 from the line, and committed 10 turnovers. 

Casey-Westfield shot 47% from the field, 22 of 47, including 2 of 13 threes. The Warriors made 3 of 5 free throws, and turned the ball over 15 times.

Casey-Westfield closes its regular season with an 11-14 record, while St. Anthony finishes the regular season at 23-5. The Bulldogs begin post-season play Wednesday night at North Clay High School in Louisville. We'll have the game on 979XFM and www.979xfm.com. 

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL

Class 3A Taylorville Regional

Effingham 70, Lincoln 64 (Lady Hearts next play Monday night at 7:30pm at the Decatur MacArthur Sectional against Mattoon. We will have the game on 979XFM and www.979xfm.com. See separate game story)

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL

Casey-Westfield 51, St. Anthony 50 (see separate story)

Effingham 79, Salem 36 (the Hearts exploded out of the gate, leading 22-7 after the first quarter; and were 49-19 at the half; it was 68-26 after three quarters; Jacob Donaldson led the Hearts with 21 points including five threes; Landon Wolfe scored 18 points and Grant Wolfe had 16 points; also for Effingham: Trevor Kreke and Brent Beals with 7 each, Mason Hull with 6, and Lucas Hagler and Ryan Huelsbusch with 2 apiece; Effingham improved to 23-3 with two regular season games remaining; the Hearts also remained undefeated in Apollo Conference play with one contest remaining against Taylorville on Friday night; next up, Breese Mater Dei at the EHS gym on Tuesday night, a game you'll hear on KJ Country 102.3)

Altamont 45, Windsor/Stew-Stras 36 (Altamont held onto a 12-9 lead after the first quarter but trailed 22-20 at halftime; an 11-2 third quarter run saw Altamont leading 31-24, and the Indians outscored the Hatchets 14-12 in the final stanza to post a nine-point win; Ryan Armstrong led Altamont with 14 points while Mitchell Stevenson added 12; also for Altamont: Sam Childerson 7, Evan Cornett 4, and Jesus Flores and Wyatt Stone 2 each; Josh Overbeck led Windsor/Stew-Stras with 13 points; also for W/SS: Chase Thies 7, Christian Kessler and Isaac Kramer 4 each, Nic Hutchinson 3, and Gavin Bennett and Adam Hendershot 2 each; Altamont finished the regular season with a 17-11 record, while Windsor/Stew-Stras closed the regular season with a 14-13 mark; Altamont won the JV game 50-23)

Teutopolis 91, Madison 56 (the Wooden Shoes closed the regular season with a 26-3 record with the win at Madison; the Shoes led 21-15 after the first quarter, but outscored Madison 26-8 in the second quarter to lead 47-23 at halftime; it was 67-37 after three quarters before T-Town outpointed Madison 24-19 in the final period to post the 35-point win; Teutopolis had five players in double figures, Mitch Hardiek with 19, Brant Bueker with 18, Lane Belleville with 16, Eric Kremer with 11 and Lucas Deters with 10; also for the Shoes: Lee Hardiek 9, Clint Weber 3, Dawson Smith 3, and Landon Jansen 2; the Shoes open regional play Tuesday night at 7pm at Pana, a game we'll have on 979XFM)

St. Elmo/Brownstown 75, CHBC 46 (Friday night's game was Senior Night and also a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the first game played in the St. Elmo gym; SEB led CHBC 18-12 after one quarter, 31-18 at halftime, and 49-27 after three quarters before posting a 26-19 fourth quarter edge to win by 29; Landon Feezel scored 28 points to lead SEB, while Lewis Brown added 16 points and Isaac Maxey 14 points; also for SEB: Klayton Kroll and Dylan Brooks 6 each, Joel Logue 3, and Caleb Atwood 2 points; St. Elmo/Brownstown finished the regular season with a 16-10 record)

Cumberland 69, Villa Grove-Heritage 44 (the Pirates led 20-9 after the first quarter, but saw the lead slip to 29-25 at halftime before having a big second half, outscoring VGH 40-19; Zach Wolke led Cumberland with 30 points, while Tyson Magee scored 18 points and Connor Butler 11; also for the Pirates: Gabe Hatfill and Mike Wolke 4 each, and Brody Donsbach 2)

Newton 54, Neoga 53 (this game was close throughout; Newton led 12-10 after one quarter, but Neoga led 23-19 at halftime; it was tied 35-35 after three quarters, before Newton outscored Neoga 19-18 in the final quarter to post the one-point win; Collin Harris scored 15 points to lead Newton while Nate Meinhart added 10 points; also for Newton: Joe Stone 9, Nick Cohorst 7, Tim Weber 6, Ben Carr, Mike Koebele and Mitch Jansen 2 each, and Jack Chapman 1; for Neoga, Drew Ramert led with 17 points, while Trevor Roy and Jackson Clark added 10 each; also for Neoga: Caleb Hill 7, Evan Fritcher 5, and Zach Gresens and Clayton Butler 2 each; Newton closes out its regular season tonight at Lawrenceville)

Patoka 58, Dieterich 48 (the Movin Maroons were down 15-9 after the first quarter but had the game tied 23-23 at halftime; the Maroons led 39-36 after three quarters, but Patoka outscored Dieterich 22-9 in the fourth quarter to win by 10; Ryan Radloff led Dieterich with 15 points, Tyler Higgs added 13 and Callaway Campton 12 points; also for Dieterich: Bryce McClain 5 and Devin Flach 3)

Taylorville 65, Mattoon 62

Mt. Zion 69, Charleston 58

Lawrenceville 71, Paris 65

Central A & M, 74, Shelbyville 45

Red Hill 64, Flora 57

Piasa SW 43, Pana 40