Altamont, Neoga, Newton, BSE Nab Girls Cage Wins

STRASBURG -- Altamont High School traveled to Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg for National Trail Conference girls basketball action Thursday.

The Indians tallied a 69-48 win. WSS held a 14-12 opening quarter lead. Altamont then went on a scoring binge with a 24-12 second period for a 36-26 halftime lead. The Indians kept the pressure on with a 13-9 third period.

Runge led the way for Altamont with 16 points while Schultz chipped in with 14. The Indians knocked in six three-pointers as Runge nailed four and Guse two.

The Hatchets were led by three players in double figures. Trussell tallied 14 while M. Schlechte added 13 and H. Hayes 12.

At Windsor

ALTAMONT (69)

McManaway 2-2 -- 6, Ta. Mette 0-0 -- 0, Crow 0-0 -- 0, Hardiek 1-3 -- 5, Schultz 7-0 -- 14, Ti. Mette 3-0 -- 6, Runge 6-0 -- 16, Guse 3-0 -- 8, Jackman 3-0 -- 6, Mayhaus 4-0 -- 8. TOTALS 29 FG, 5 FT.

WSS (48)

Dasenbrock 0-0 -- 0, Davis 2-0 -- 4, H. Hayes 5-2 -- 12, A. Schlechte 0-0 -- 0, M. Schlechte 5-3 -- 13, N. Hayes 1-1 -- 3, Nichols 1-0 -- 2, Schultz 0-0 -- 0, Trussell 6-2 -- 14. TOTALS 20 FG, 8 FT.

Altamont                 12    24    13    20    --    69

WSS                        14    12      9    13    --    48

3-point FG -- Altamont 6 (Runge 4, Guse 2).

At Newton

Newton bounced Robinson in Little Illini Conference play Thursday, 60-28.

The Eagles stepped out to a 30-8 halftime lead and that was the contest. Two players hit double figures for the Eagles. Harris tallied 13 while Jansen scored 10. Seven other players scored in the game.

Carr pulled down seven rebounds while Bierman and Harris had four assists each. Al. Russell and Harris led in steals with three.

Newton improves to 1-1 and will host the Bob Kerans Thanksgiving Tournament next week.

Newton edged Robinson 40-39 in junior varsity game.

At Newton

ROBINSON (28)

Weber 2-2 -- 7, Florkowski 2-1 -- 6, Johnson 2-0 -- 5, Clapp 2-0 -- 4, Strauch 1-1 -- 3, Schalburg 1-1 -- 3. TOTALS 10 FG, 5 FT.

NEWTON (60)

Harris 3-4 -- 13, Jansen 4-1 -- 10, Al. Russell 2-4 -- 8, Bierman 3-0 -- 6, Blake 3-0 -- 6, R. Russell 2-2 -- 6, Zumbahlen 1-2 -- 4,  Am. Russell 2-0 -- 4, Carr 0-3 -- 3. TOTALS 20 FG, 16  FT.

Robinson                  5      3    13      7    --    28

Newton                   14    16    18    12    --    60

3-point FG -- Robinson 3 (Weber 1, Florkowski 1, Johnson 1), Newton 4 (Harris 3, Jansen 1).

Junior Varsity Game -- Newton 40, Robinson 39.

At Arcola

Neoga outscored Arcola in the first and third quarters to pull out a 38-31 non-conference victory Thursday.

The Indians had a 6-4 opening period and held a one-point halftime lead. Neoga then salted the game away with a 15-9 third period.

Kelsey Partlow tallied nine for the winners while Kylee Phillips and Mary Hill had seven each.

Arcola won the junior varsity game, 37-28.

Neoga improves to 1-1 on the season.

At Arcola

NEOGA (38)

Partlow 4-0 -- 9, Ramert 1-2 -- 4, Titus 1-0 -- 2, Phillips 2-3 -- 7, Hill 3-1 -- 7, Gentry 1-0 -- 2, Rupel 0-1 -- 1, Sheehan 1-4 -- 6. TOTALS 13 FG, 11 FT.

ARCOLA (31)

Key 0-2 -- 2, Ingram 1-0 -- 2, Warren 4-0 -- 10, Becerra 1-0 -- 2, Hopkins 1-2 -- 5, Hohlbauch 5-0 -- 10. TOTALS 12 FG, 4 FT.

Neoga             6    7    15    10    --    38

Arcola             4    8      9    10    --    31

3-point FG -- Neoga 1 (Partlow 1), Arcola 3 (Warren 2, Hopkins 1).

Junior Varsity Game -- Arcola 37, Neoga 28.

At Shelbyville

Brownstown/St. Elmo took the early lead and went on to down Shelbyville, 47-35 in a non-conference matchup Thursday.

The Eagles held a 30-25 halftime lead then had a 12-4 third period run.

C. Wilhour led three players in double digits with 18. Campbell chipped in with 13 and Oberlink added 10.

At Shelbyville

BSE (47)

A. Wilhour 1-0 -- 2, Scholes 2-0 -- 4, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Campbell 5-0 -- 13, Griggs 0-0 -- 0, C. Wiohour 6-5 -- 18, Walk 0-0 -- 0, Oberlink 5-0 -- 10, Cripe 0-0 -- 0, Struble 0-0 -- 0, Parkison 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 19 FG, 5 FT.

SHELBYVILLE (35)

owens 1-0 -- 3, Litton 0-0 --0, throneburg 0-1 -- 1, Wade 3-0 -- 7, Wililams 0-0 --0, Donald 2-2 -- 6, Beyers 2-0 -- 4, hicks 0-0 --0, Metzger 4-3 -- 14, Bradburgy 0-0 -0, Gambril 0-0 --0. TOATLS 12 Fg, 6 FT.

BSE                      18    12    12    5    --    47

Shelbyville          13    12      4    6    --    35

3-point FG -- Brownstown/St. Elmo 4 (Campbell 3, C. Wilhour 1), Shelbyville 5 (Metzger 3, Owens 1, Wade 1).

At Dieterich

Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran handed Dieterich a 55-18 non-conference defeat in action Thursday.

Robards led Dieterich with four points.

At Dieterich

CORL (55)

No scoring listed

DIETERICH (18)

Britton 1-0 -- 3, E. Bloemer 0-0 -- 0, Vahling 1-0 -- 2, Lcoey 0-2 -- 2, Robarsd 2-0 -- 4, K. Bloemer 0-0 -- 0, Aherin 0-0 -- 0, Johnson 1-1 -- 3, Bierman 1-0 -- 2, Mahnke 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 7 FG, 2 FT.

No linescore listed

3-point FG -- Dieterich 2 (Britton 1, Johnson 1).

OTHER SCORES:

Marshall 58, Oblong 41

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 30, Arthur Okaw Christian 24

Charleston 67, Parke Heritage 26 (Paris Thanksgiving Tourney)

Sullivan 73, LSA 12