St. Anthony Improves to 10-0; Altamont Also Stays Unbeaten

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Published on December 23 2019 9:17 pm
Last Updated on December 24 2019 6:48 am
Written by Greg Sapp

The St. Anthony Bulldogs improved to 10-0 with a 65-39 win over Olney Richland County Monday night. The contest at the Enlow Center was heard on 979XFM and www.979xfm.com

St. Anthony broke out of the gate quickly and led the game 23-11 after one quarter. It was 33-20 at halftime, and an 18-11 margin in the third quarter put the Bulldogs in front 51-31 heading to the final period. St. Anthony posted a 14-8 edge to win the game by 26 points.

St. Anthony shot the ball well, 25 of 44 from the field, 57%, including four of nine threes. The Bulldogs made 11 of 17 free throws, turned the ball over 11 times and grabbed 24 rebounds.

Olney shot 39% from the field, 14 of 36, including 2 of 13 threes. The Tigers made nine of 13 foul shots, committed 14 turnovers and pulled down 17 rebounds.

Jaccob Dust posted a double-double for St. Anthony, scoring 18 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Jack Hoene and Aaron Webb scored 11 points each. Also for St. Anthony: Logan Antrim 9, Kaden Fearday 8, and Jack Elder, Connor Walk, Craig Croy and Seth Hotze 2 points each.

Braden Flanagan led Olney with 15 points. The Tigers are now 5-4 on the season.

St. Anthony won the JV game 66-31. Craig Croy and Seth Hotze each scored 18 points for the JV Bulldogs, while Grant Nuxoll scored 12 points.

At St. Anthony

OLNEY (39)

Flanagan 4-6 -- 15, Miller 1-0 -- 3, Blank 1-0 -- 2, Travis 4-1 -- 9, Wright 2-0 -- 4, Lambird 2-2 -- 6, Beard 0-0 -- 0, Kocher 0-0 -- 0, Baskerville 0-0 -- 0, St. Pierre 0-0 -- 0, Laughlin 0-0 -- 0, Doll 0-0 -- 0, Uhl 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 14 FG, 9 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (65)

Webb 4-4 -- 13, Antrim 3-0 -- 7, Hoene 4-1 -- 11, Fearday 4-0-- 8, Dust 6-6 -- 18, Elder 1-0 -- 2, Walk 1-0 -- 2, Moore 0-0 -- 0, Croy 1-0 -- 2, Walsh 0-0 -- 0, Nuxoll 0-0 -- 0, Hotze 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 25 FG, 11 FT.

Olney                        11      9    11      8    --    39

St. Anthony              23    10    18    14    --    65

3-point FG -- Olney 2 (Flanagan 1, Miller 1), St. Anthony 4 (Hoene 2, Antrim 1, Webb 1).

Junior Varsity Game

Olney                    6      8    12      5    --    31

St. Anthony        19    17    17    13    --    66

Olney -- Nealis 0, Kocher 2, Baskerville 6, Doll 10, Laughlin 3, Wease 0, Uhl 3, St. Pierre 5, Rudolphi 2

St. Anthony -- Nuxoll 12, Wiedman 3, Walsh 4, Schuette 3, Stewart 0, Sehy 2, Moore 4, Croy 18, Ruholl 0, Hotze 18, Blanchette 2, Willenborg 0, Adams 0

 

At Altamont

The Altamont Indians also remained unbeaten, downing Hillsboro 67-50, to improve to 8-0 on the season.

Kaden Eirhart and Aidan Jahraus led the way for the Indians; Eirhart with 24 points, Jahraus with 21. Also for Altamont: Denver Duckwitz 6, Noah Teasley 6, Noah Klimpel 5, Jared Kollman 4, Derick Budde 1.

Hillsboro took the early lead, moving out to 18-11 in the opening quarter. Altamont came back to move ahead 30-27 at halftime. The Indians pushed it into high gear in the third quarter with a 23-9 run as Jahraus nailed 12 points and Eirhart seven. Jahraus hit two three-pointers and Eirhart one. The Indians had seven three-pointers in the game with Eirhart nailing four of those.

Altamont won the JV game 61-34. Noah Klimpel scored 16 to lead the JV Indians.

At Altamont

HILLSBORO (50)

Small 0-0 -- 0, Tuetken 3-0 -- 8, Ondrey 6-1 -- 13, Lantz 0-0 -- 0, Vogel 3-0 -- 7, Ballener 2-0 -- 5, McCammuck 0-0 -- 0, Matoush 4-6 -- 14, Connor 0-0 -- 0, Blankenship 1-0 -- 3. TOTALS 19 FG, 7 FT.

ALTAMONT (67)

Klimpel 2-0 -- 5, Budde 0-1 -- 1, Suckow 0-0 -- 0, Jahraus 9-1 -- 21, Eirhart 10-0 -- 24, Robbins 0-0 -- 0, Duckwitz 2-2 -- 6, Winn 0-0 --0, Costa 0-0 -- 0, Ruffner 0-0 --0, Shcultz 0-0 --0, Teasley 2-2 -- 6, Kollman 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 27 FG, 6 Ft.

Hillsboro            18      9      9    14    --    50

Altamont            11    19    23    13    --    67

3-point FG -- Hillsboro 5 (Tuetken 2, Vogel 1, Ballener 1, Blankenship 1), Altamont 7 (Eirhart 4, Jahraus 2, Klimpel 1), 

Junior Varsity Game

Hillsboro             7      8      8    11    --    34

Altamont           20    10    21    10    --    61

Hillsboro -- Smail 8, Pollen 2, Christian 2, Lantz 5, Connor 10, Halton 7, Malloy 0

Altamont -- Klimpel 16, Budde 7, Suckow 0, Robinson 4, Hammer 4, Jarhaus 3, Robbins 10, Cornett 5, Winn 2, Ruffner 6, Schultz 4, Eirhart 0, Kollmann 0