Hearts Move To 2-0 in Kerans Meet, Shoes Win Regular Season Game

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Published on November 22 2017 8:42 am
Last Updated on November 22 2017 9:05 am
Written by Millie Lange

NEWTON -- Effingham High School pushed its record to 2-0 at the Bob Kerans Girls Basketball Tournament Tuesday evening.

The Hearts handed Altamont a 59-29 loss. EHS didn't waste any time, dashing out to a 15-8 opening quarter lead and a 38-15 halftime tally.

Carsyn Fearday led the charge with 19 points while Aly Armstrong and Natalie Carie scored 11 each for the Hearts. Armstrong hit three trifectas while Carie chipped in with two.

Altamont was led by Stone with 11.

In the second contest, Flora edged Newton 44-43. The Wolves took a 15-12 opening quarter lead and led 29-20 at halftime. Newton came back in the third quarter with a 5-2 run to pull within 31-25 and then had an 18-13 final period only to fall short.

Frohning tallied 18 points for the Eagles and had six rebounds, three assists and three steals.

The Hearts are 2-0 followed by Newton 1-1, Flora 1-1, Altamont 0-1 and Vandalia 0-1. Action continues tonight as Altamont meets Flora at 5, Newton takes on Effingham at 6:30 and Altamont goes against Vandalia at 8.

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Game Three

EFFINGHAM (59)

Fearday 70-4 -- 19, Armstrong 3-2 -- 11, Carie 4-1 -- 11, Fox 3-3 -- 9, Schafer 1-0 -- 3, Barr 1-0 -- 2, Myers 1-0 -- 2, Buschur 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 21 FG, 10 FT.

ALTAMONT (29)

Stone 5-1 -- 11, Guse 3-1 -- 7, Runge 2-0 -- 5, Mette 2-0 -- 4, Schultz 1-0 -- 2, Jackman 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 13 FG, 2 FT.

Effingham            15    23    16    5    --    59

Altamont               8      7    10    4    --    29

3-point FG -- Effingham 7 (Fearday 1, Armstrong 3, Carie 2, Schafer 1), Altamont 1 (Runge 1).

Game Four

NEWTON (43)

Frohning 6-6 -- 18, Jansen 4-0 -- 8, Harris 3-0 -- 6, Carr 1-4 -- 6, Grunloh 2-0 -- 5, Stone 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 16 FG, 10 FT.

FLORA (44)

Walden 5-3 -- 14, Cammon 3-4 -- 13, Himelick 2-0 -- 5, Brown 2-1 -- 5, Jennings 1-2 -- 4, Darrough 1-0 -- 3. TOTALS 14 FG, 10 FT.

Newton            12       8    5    18    --    43

Flora                15    14    2    13    --    44

3-point FG -- Newton  1 (Grunloh 1), Flora 6 (Walden 1, Cammon 3, Himelick 1, Darrough 1).

 

At Champaign

Teutopolis trailed Champaign St. Thomas More 12-6 after the opening quarter but the Wooden Shoes came back strong, scoring 19 points and holding the host squad to zero for a 25-12 hafltime lead.

S. Bueker went on a run with eight points. That second quarter was the turning point in the 45-37 victory.

S. Bueker finished with 15 points while Michels tallied 10 for the Shoes.J. Bueker pulled down nine rebounds, all on the defensive end, and had five steals. Mette led in assists with three. S. Bueker had two blocked shots.

At Champaign

TEUTOPOLIS (45)

J. Bueker 2-0 -- 4, S. Bueker 3-8 -- 15, Bushur 2-0 -- 4, Grimes 0-0 -- 0, Hemmen 3-2 -- 8, M. Mette 1-2 -- 4, Michels 4-2 -- 10, Niemerg 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 15 FG, 14 FT.

ST. THOMAS MORE (37)

Bodine 1-0 -- 2, Bowen 5-0 -- 11, Bowie 0-0 -- 0, Hopper 3-0 -- 7, Hughes 0-0 -- 0, Leibach 1-0 -- 3, Murray 4-2 -- 14. TOTALS 14 FG, 2 FT.

Teutopolis                         6    19    12      8    --    45

St. Thomas More            12      0    13    12    --    37

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 1 (S. Bueker 1), St. Thomas More 7 (Murray 4, Leibach 1, Hopper 1, Bowen 1).