EHS Loses By One, Area Girls Cage Roundup

Missed free throws sounded the death knell for Effingham High School as the Hearts dropped an Apollo Conference loss to Lincoln Tuesday evening, 42-41.

"We missed seven of our last nine free throws, including our last five," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "We couldn't secure a rebound at the end and we couldn't get a three-point play to close the deal. We just have to do a better job at the end."

Lincoln edged out to a 10-7 opening quarter lead with two three-pointers by Froebe.

The Hearts came back with a 12-9 second period to tie the score at halftime 19-19. Shelby Myers nailed a basket and all four of her free throw attempts while Aly Armstrong connected on two three-pointers in the half.

Lincoln then pulled ahead 34-28 going into the final quarter. The Hearts were starting to miss from the free throw line with only three of seven.

In the final quarter, the Hearts hit seven free throws but also missed eight and couldn't come up with the big play as Lincoln won 42-41 to improve to 6-1 in the conference, 17-7 overall.

EHS was led by Carsyn Fearday with 16 points while Myers added eight. The Hearts, ranked third in Class 3A, dropped to 7-1 in the conference, 20-2 overall.

"We battled the whole game and then just didn't finish it off," said Schafer. "I thought the turning point of the game that got us back in the game was Bria Barr taking a big charge with about three mintues left. This was a tough, tough loss. I am so proud of them hanging in there two nights in a row and putting themselves in a position to win."

The Hearts are right back at it tonight with a non-conference contest at Cahokia before returning home to finish out a tough week Friday hosting Teutopolis.

At Effingham

LINCOLN (42)

M. Lolling 2-0 -- 5, Hicks 0-0 -- 0, Froebe 4-2 -- 13, Koehler 0-0 -- 0, Olling 1-0 -- 3, Pressword 1-0 -- 2, Wieber 0-0 -- 0, Schneider 7-5 -- 19. TOTALS 15  FG, 7 FT.

EFFINGHAM (41)

Fearday 5-6 -- 16, Schafer 0-0 -- 0, Carie 3-0 -- 7, Armstrong 2-0 -- 6, Fox 0-2 -- 2, Weis 0-0 -- 0, Barr 1-0 -- 2, Myers 1-6 -- 8. TOTALS 12 FG, 14 FT.

Lincoln              10      9    15      8    --    42

Effingham           7    12      9    13    --    41

3-point FG -- Lincoln 5 (Froebe 3, M. Lolling 1, K. Lolling 1), Effingham 3 (Armstrong 2, Carie 1).

 At Louisville

Brownstown/St. Elmo tallied a 66-55 National Trail Conference win over North Clay (Louisville) Tuesday evening.

BSE trailed the Cardinals 14-12 after the opening quarter but came back to lead 31-29 at halftime. North Clay has a 22-10 third quarter to lead 51-41 going into the final quarter. That's when BSE got back on track and ripped off a 25-4 run to pull out the 66-55 win.

Three players scored in double figures. Claire Wilhour tallied 23, hitting six field goals and was 11 of 12 at the line. Wilhour also had three steals. Natalie Oberlink scored 14 and had eight rebounds. Olivia Campbell scored 10, had five assists and four steals. Deana Shelton led in rebounds with 13.

At Brownstown

NORTH CLAY (55)

Kessler 1-0 -- 2 , Fender 0-0 -- 0, Fleener 4-0 -- 11, Coble 6-1 -- 14, Jones 2-0 -- 5, Craig 5-2 -- 12, Lovett 3-3 -- 11. TOTALS 21 FG, 6  FT.

BSE (66)

Scholes 2-0 -- 5,Campbell 4-0 -- 10, Viramontes 0-0 -- 0, Da. Shelton 3-0 -- 6, De. Shelton 2-4 -- 8, Parkison 0-0 -- 0, Wilhour 6-11 -- 23, Oberlink 6-2 -- 14. TOTALS 23 FG, 17 FT.

North  Clay             14    15    22      4    --    55

BSE                         12   19    10    25    --    66

3-point FG -- North Clay 7 (Fleener 3, Lovett 2, Jones 1, Coble 1), Brownstown/St. Elmo 3 (Campbell 2, Scholes 1).

At Okaw Valley

Okaw Valley tallied a 64-41 non-conference win over Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg Tuesday.

WSS edged out to a 12-10 opening quarter but Okaw Valley got untracked with a 22-10 second quarter and a 23-7 third period.

Megan Schlechte tallied 14 points to lead the  Hatchets.

At Okaw Valley

WSS (41)

Dasenbrock 0-1 -- 1, Bennett 0-0 -- 0, K. Davis 2-0 -- 6, Hayes 0-2 -- 2, M. Schlechte 4-6 -- 14, T. Davis 1-0 -- 2, Nichols 3-0 -- 6, Everett 1-2 -- 5, Trussell 0-5 -- 5. TOTALS 11 FG, 16  FT.

OKAW VALLEY (64)

Lehman 0-0 -- 0, Perry 0-0 -- 0, Robinson 14-4 -- 34, Hill 0-0 -- 0, Vogel 0-0 -- 0, Nave 0-0 -- 0, George 0-0 -- 0, N. Jeffers 2-1 -- 5, K. Jeffers 4-0 -- 8, Ruppert 1-0 -- 2, Benning 5-0 -- 15. TOTALS 26 FG, 5 FT.

WSS                          12    10      7    12    --    41

Okaw  Valley            10    22    23      9    --     64

3-point  FG -- Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 3 (K. Davis 2, Everett 1), Okaw Valley 7 (Benning 5, Robinson 2).

At Arthur

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City took the early lead but Arthur-Okaw Christian came back to edge the Bobcats, 44-41 Tuesday evening.

CHBC held an 11-7 opening quarter lead but Arthur-Okaw Christian tied the score at halftime 24-24. AOC then had a 10-6 third period. CHBC attempted a comeback with an 11-10 final quarter but couldn't get over the hump.

Jaelyn Robertson, a sophomore, led CHBC with 10 points. Tabitha Endsley led in rebounds with five. Kylee Bertin had four steals and Hailey Persinger had three assists.

CHBC won the junior varsity contest, 32-4.

At Arthur

CHBC (41)

Lorton 1-0 -- 2 , Robertson 2-5 -- 10, Bertin 3-2 -- 8, Persinger 1-1 -- 3, Burks 0-0 -- 0, Blaine 0-0 -- 0, Bunch 2-0 -- 5, Wojcik 3-3 -- 9, Endsley 2-0 -- 4, Cherry 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 14 FG, 11 FT.

ARTHUR-O.C. (44)

Messmore 2-7 -- 11, Kauffmann 2-2 -- 7, L. Mast 1-1 -- 3, Miller 2-2 -- 7, C. Mast 0-1 -- 1, Spirtz 2-3 -- 7, Houk 4-0 -- 8. TOTALS 13 FG, 16 FT.

CHBC            11    13      6    11    --    41

AOC                7    17    10    10    --    44

3-point  FG -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 2 (Robertson 1, Burks 1), Arthur-Okaw Christian 2 (Kauffman 1, Miller 1).

Junior Varsity Game -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 32, Arthur-Okaw Christian 4.