Hearts Lose First of Season by One to Mahomet-Seymour; Other High School Basketball 2-26-21

Mahomet-Seymour hit 8 of 14 threes to 3 of 20 shooting by the Hearts; that negated the Hearts 14-6 edge at the foul line and 16 more shots from the field overall.

The Hearts also had just nine turnovers to 19 for Mahomet-Seymour and Effingham had a 26-25 edge on the boards, but Mahomet-Seymour prevailed.

Effingham was 22 of 59 overall from the field while Mahomet-Seymour made 24 of 43; the Hearts were 14 of 17 from the line to 6 of 9 for Mahomet-Seymour; Parker Wolfe had a huge game for Effingham, scoring 33 points on 13 of 28 shooting, plus 7 of 8 from the line and eight rebounds; Garrett Wolfe was also in double figures, scoring 10 points; Nate Thompson was again Job One for Mahomet-Seymour, holding Thompson to nine points after 11 in the earlier game, going 4 of 15 from the field; Dalton Fox scored 7 points and Jacob Stoneburner scored two points while grabbing 10 rebounds; Eli Warren led Mahomet-Seymour with 24 points on 9 of 13 shooting, while Blake Wolters scored 15 points and Braden Finch added 10; the Hearts are now 10-1 heading into action Saturday against Mt. Zion; Mahomet-Seymour won the JV game 51-44; for Effingham, Ethan Ritz scored 14 points while Jett Volpi scored 12 points)

At Effingham

MAHOMET-SEYMOUR (62)

Finch 4-0 -- 11, Warren 9-3 -- 23, McCollough 1-1 -- 3, Carr 0-0 -- 0, Wolters 5-2 -- 15, Koller 3-0 -- 6, Travis 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 24 FG 6 FT.

EFFINGHAM (61)

G. Wolfe 3-4 -- 10, P. Wolfe 12-7 -- 33, Thompson 4-1 -- 9, Fox 2-2 -- 7, Pals 0-0 -- 0, Stoneburner 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 22 FG, 14 FT.

Mahomet-Seymour           16    12    18    16    --    62

Effingham                          16    10    21    14    --    61

3-point FG -- Mahomet-Seymour 8 (Finch 3, Wolters 3, Warren 2), Effingham 3 (P. Wolfe 2, Fox 1).

Junior Varsity Game

Mahomet-Seymour          20     9    10    12    --    51

Effingham                          7    11    13    13    --    44

Mahomet-Seymour -- Dyer 0, Waldinger 10, Welter 0, Popovich 0, Marshall 0, Rogers 15, Byron 0, Eisenmann 12, Bohm 2, Golden 5, Selk 7

Effingham -- Volpi 12, Donaldson 2, Dillow 0, Brown 0, Ritz 14, Hardiek 2, Estrado 0, Fox 0, Splechter 6, Westendorf 0, Hull 2, Attebery 6, Heil 0

ST. ANTHONY 58, WINDSOR/STEW-STRAS 37 (the Bulldogs led start to finish in this one, up 13-7 after one quarter, 32-18 at halftime, and 45-29 after three quarters; Ty Wiedman led the Bulldogs with 15 points, hitting five 3's; James Schuette scored 12 points, Craig Croy 9, Grant Nuxoll 8, Seth Hotze 6, Kennan Walsh 6, and Justin Ruholl 2; for the Hatchets, Wittenberg led with 15 points; also Wernsing 8, Vonderheide 7, Miller 2, Jackson 2, Wittenberg 2, and Slifer 1; St. Anthony won the JV game 65-37; for the JV Bulldogs, Kyle Stewart scored 17 points, Griffin Sehy 14, and Jonathan Willenborg 11; Jackson scored 15 points to lead the JV Hatchets; St. Anthony won the fresh/soph game 41-21; Teddy Dietzen led St. Anthony with 17 points, while Curry had six to lead the Hatchets)

At St. Anthony

WSS (37)

Bridges 0-0 -- 0, Sayers 0-0 -- 0, Wittenborg 5-2 -- 15, Chaney 0-0 -- 0, Vonderheide 3-0 -- 7, Miller 1-0 -- 2, Swifer 0-1 -- 1, Jackson 0-2 -- 2, Wittenberg 1-0 -- 2, Wernsing 3-2 -- 8, Weldon 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 13 FG, 7 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (58)

Fearday 0-0 -- 0, Wiedman 5-0 -- 15, Walsh 2-1 -- 6, Stewart 0-0 -- 0,. Schuette 5-0 -- 12, Nuxoll 3-0 -- 8, Croy 4-0 -- 9, Sehy 0-0 -- 0, Ruholl 1-0 -- 2, Willenborg 0-0 -- 0, Hotze 3-0 -- 6, Adams 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 23 FG, 2 FT.

WSS                         7    11    11      8    --    37

St. Anthony          13    19    13    13    --    58

3-point FG -- Windsor/Stewardson-?Strasburg 4 (Wittenborg 3, Vonderheide 1),  St. Anthony 10 (Wiedman 5, Schuette 2, Walsh 1, Nuxoll 1, Croy 1).

Junior Varsity Game

WSS                        7    10    11    9    --    37

St. Anthony          16    20    23    6    --    65

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Jackson 15, H. Smith 0, Curry 0, T. Bridges 8, Chaney 2, Beals 3, Gracey 4, Welton 5

St. Anthony -- Deters 0, Fearday 6, Stewart 17, Levitt 0, Willenborg 11, Sehy 14, Sager 4, Martelli 2, Mendella 4, Hoene 7

Freshman/Sophomore

WSS                        8    7      3      3    --    21

St. Anthony          12    9    10    10    --    41

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Carey 0, Curry 6, Wetherell 5, Rincker 0, Hortenstein 0, Bridges 4, Gracey 5, McDaniel 1, Smith 0, Dispennett 0, Rahn 0, Hendrickson 0

St. Anthony -- Ruholl 4, Braunecker 0, Ludwig 3, Westendorf 7, Koenig 6, Frisbie 2, Dietzen 17, Wegman 0, Hurren 2, Anderson 0

T-TOWN 70, MATTOON 50 (the Wooden Shoes were up 19-14 after one quarter, 36-24 at halftime, and 53-36 after three quarters before they outscored the Green Wave 17-14 in the final period; Evan Wermert had a huge game for Teutopolis, scoring 30 points with six rebounds and six assists; Jordan Hardiek added 19 points including 5 3's; Caleb Siemer scored 10 points; Malik Carter-Smith led Mattoon with 14 points, while Thomas and Bradbury each scored 12 points)

ALTAMONT 72, NORTH CLAY 39 (the Indians poured in 28 points in the first period to decide this one early; it was 28-13 after one quarter, 49-25 at halftime, and 62-32 after three quarters; Kaden Eirhart led Altamont with 17 points while Noah Klimpel scored 12 points and Brennyn Abendroth added 10 points; Ethan Bible led North Clay with 19 points; Altamont won the JV game 61-42 with 11 players scoring for the Indians while Alex Boose led the North Clay JV with 16 points; Altamont won the fresh/soph game 54-14)

At Altamont

NORTH CLAY (39)

Ballard 6-2 -- 19, Bible 0-0 -- 0, B. Griffy 0-0 -- 0, Fleener 3-1 -- 7, Boose 1-0 -- 3, Rinehart 0-2 -- 2, Ingram 1-2-- 5, Weidner 1-1 -- 3. TOTALS 12 FG, 8 FT.

ALTAMONT (72)

Hammer 2-1 -- 5, Budde 2-0 -- 5, Wyatt 0-1 -- 1, Jahraus 0-0 -- 0, Suckow 0-1 -- 1, Robinson 3-0 -- 6, Klimpel 4-2 -- 12, Eirhart 6-3 -- 17, Robbins 1-0 -- 2, Garrett 0-1 -- 1, Winn 0-0 -- 0, Ruffner 3-0 -- 6, Schutlz 0-0 -- 0, Kollmann 3-0 -- 6, Abendroth 4-0 -- 10. TOTALS 28 FG, 9 FT.

North Clay           13    12       7      7    --    39

Altamont              28    21    13    10    --    72

3-point FG -- North Clay 6 (Bible 5, Boose 1), Altamont 7 (Abendroth 2, Eirhart 2, Klimpel 2, Budde 1).

Junior Varsity Game

north Clay          15      7      5    15    --    42

Altamont            18    21    14      8    --    61

North Clay -- Dawkins 14, VanDyke 0, Kuenster 0, Griffy 0, Smith 2, B. Griffy 6, Weidner 2, Wells 2, Boose 16

Altamont -- Hammer 5, Phillips 3, Jahraus 8, Suckow 0, Robinson 7, McManaway 5, Elam 3, Cornett 6, Winn 4, Eirhart 2, Schultz 6, Kollmann 4, Davis 2, Robbins 6

DIETERICH 55, SOUTH CENTRAL 50 (South Central led 18-15 after one quarter, and 32-25 at halftime, but Dieterich was within 43-42 after three quarters, and outscored the Cougars 13-7 in the final period to post the win; Cory Gephart led the Movin Maroons with 15 points on five 3's, while Jack Westendorf scored 13 points and Derek Kuhl added 11 points; Keenin Willshire led South Central with 22 points while Collin Miller added 15 points)

At Dieterich

SOUTH CENTRAL (50)

Hiestand 2-1 -- 5, Watwood 0-0 -- 0, A. Dodson 0-0 -- 0, C. Dodson 2-0 -- 4, Johannes 1-0 -- 3, Miller 5-3 -- 16, Cowger 0-0 -- 0, Bomberg 0-0 -- 0, Willshire 9-0 -- 22. TOTALS 19 FG 4 FT.

DIETERICH (55)

Gephart 5-0 -- 15, Lidy 4-0 -- 8, Niebrugge 0-0 -- 0, Britton 2-4 -- 8, Kuhl 4-3 -- 11, Westendorf 4-5 -- 13. TOTALS 19 FG, 12 FT.

South Central          18    14    11      7    --    50

Dieterich                  15    10    17    13    --    55

3-point FG -- South Central 8 (Willshire 4, Miller 3, Johannes 1), Dieterich 5 (Gephart 5).

SEB 69, MULBERRY GROVE 39 (St. Elmo/Brownstown ripped out to a 22-6 opening quarter lead and never looked back in this win over Mulberry Grove. The Eagles shot 50 percent from the field and 50 percent from three-point range. They also were 69 percent from the free throw line. Mulberry Grove shot only 27 percent from the field. Three players hit double figures for SEB and those included Caleb Campbell with 18, Jace McWhorter with 12 and Brady Maxey with 10. Maxey pulled down 11 rebounds while McWhorter had eight. Ean Fobus led in assists with four. Campbell had four steals.)

At Mulberry Grove

SEB (69)

Campbell 7-2 -- 18, McWhorter 5-2 -- 12, Maxey 4-2 -- 10, Smith 3-3 -- 9, Pasley 3-2 -- 8, Forbus 2-2 -- 6, Atwood 1-1 -- 4, Logan 0-2 -- 2, Stine 0-0 -- 0, Schaub 0-0 -- 0, Hoet 0-0 -- 0, Miller 0-0 -- 0, Stine 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 25 FG, 16 FT.

MULBERRY GROVE (39)

Johnson 3-4 -- 13, Scoggins 5-0 -- 12, Steiner 2-1 -- 7, Cade 0-3 -- 3, Goodin 1-0 -- 2, Bauer 0-1 -- 1, Epperson 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 11 FG, 10 FT.

SEB                            22    20    16    11    --    69

Mulberry Grove          6    19    13      1    --    39

3-point FG -- St. Elmo/Brownstown 3 (Campbell 2, Atwood 1), Mulberry Grove 7 (Johnson 3, Scoggins 2, Steiner 2).

NEOGA 55, CHBC 35 

NEWTON 29, FLORA 28 (Newton 4-0 in LIC, 5-4 overall), Newton junior varsity, freshman-sophomore won).

TAYLORVILLE 53, MT ZION 38

LINCOLN 43, CHARLESTON 34

CASEY-WESTFIELD 54, RICHLAND COUNTY 37