Neoga, St. Anthony, South Central Claim NTC Girls Shootout Wins

Neoga High School won the National Trail Conference regular season and the National Trail Conference Shootout Thursday.

It's tough to beat a team three times in a season, but that's what Neoga High School accomplished in defeating Altamont, 63-52 in the National Trail Conference Girls Champions Night Shootout Thursday.

Neoga had won two earlier battles with Altamont, each time by three points. Neoga led 15-11 after one quarter, but trailed 26-22 at halftime. A huge 23-9 edge in the third quarter put Neoga up 45-35 heading into the final period and an 18-17 advantage in that quarter gave Neoga the 11-point win.

Neoga shot 36% from the field on 19 of 52 shooting, including three of four threes. Neoga made 22 of 31 foul shots, pulled down a whopping 47 rebounds and turned the ball over 18 times.

Altamont made just under 30% from the field, 18 of 61 including five of 21 threes, hit 10 of 17 free throws, grabbed 27 rebounds and turned the ball over 11 times.

Sydney Richards scored 17 points to lead Neoga, while Kylie Phillips and Audrey Ramert each scored 14 points. Also for Neoga, Abbi Hatton 6, Trista Moore 5, Haylee Campbell 4 and Avery Fearday 3. Richards pulled down 10 rebounds and had two blocked shots. Ramert had eight boards and four blocks.

For Altamont, Grace Nelson closed a great freshman season with 22 points while Brooke Runge added 14 points, Taylor Mette scored 6 and Peyton Osteen and Claire Boehm 5 each.

Neoga closed its season at 15-3 while Altamont wrapped up its campaign at 13-3, with all three losses to Neoga.

At Neoga

ALTAMONT (52)

Grunloh 0-0 -- 0, Mette 3-0 -- 6, Boehm 2-0 -- 5, Miller 0-0 -- 0, Osteen 2-0 -- 5, Brummer 0-0 -- 0, Nelson 7-6 -- 22, Runge 4-4 -- 14, Teasley 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 18 FG, 10 FT.

NEOGA (63)

Hatton 2-2 -- 6, Philips 3-7 -- 14, Ricahrds 7-2 -- 17, FEarday 1-1 -- 3, moore 2-0 -- 5, RAmert 2-10 -- 14, Campbell 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 19 Fg, 22 FT.

Altamont            11    15      9    17    --    53

Neoga                15      7    23    18    --    63

3-point FG -- Altamont 6 (Nelson 2, Runge 2, Boehm 1, Osteen 1), Neoga 3 (Phillips 1, Richards 1, Moore 1).

#6 CHBC at #5 St. Anthony

Effingham St. Anthony played host to Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City and sent the Bobcats home with a 60-43 loss in the NTC Shootout Thursday.

Riley Guy and Lucy Fearday provided the one-two scoring punch for the Bulldogs, finishing with 22 and 20 points respectively. Guy got the Bulldogs off in the right direction with a 13-point opening quarter. Guy connected on three trifectas and two regular baskets and the Bulldogs led 20-5.

Fearday took over the scoring in the second quarter with a six point run on a basket and four free throws and St. Anthony led 39-15 at halftime.

The big lead held up as Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City came back with a 28-21 second half run. Lani Morrison led the run in the third quarter with six points while Gracie Heckert led the run in the final quarter with 10.

Morrison finished with 15 points on seven field goals and one free throw while Heckert tallied 13 on five field goals that included two three-pointers and one free throw. Heckert led in rebounds with five along with Carsen Burks and Mackenzie Bunch. Heckert, Burks and M. Bunch led in steals with two each. CHBC dropped to 6-9 on the season. 

In the junior varsity contest, St. Anthony claimed a 47-17 win. Stacie Vonderheide led the Bulldogs with 16. Madison Wojcik led CHBC with eight.

At St. Anthony

CHBC (43)

Summers 1-2 -- 4, Heckert 5-1 -- 13, Burks 2-0 -- 4, Lorton 0-0 -- 0, Morrison 7-1 -- 15, H. Bunch 0-1 -- 1, Nohren 0-0 -- 0, M. Bunch 1-1 -- 3, Wojak 1-0 -- 2, Stuckemeyer 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 17 FG, 7 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (60)

Hakman 1-0 -- 2, Guy 9-0 -- 22, Karolewicz 2-1 -- 6, Faber 1-0 -- 2, Fearday 4-12 -- 20, Kibler 0-0 -- 0, Coffin 2-0 -- 4, Vonderheide 2-0 -- 4, Geen 0-0 -- 0, Mitchell 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 21 FG, 13 FT.

CHBC                      5    10    12    16    --    43

St. Anthony          20    19    11    10    --    60

3-point FG -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 2 (Heckert 2), St. Anthony 5 (Guy 4, Karolewicz 1).

Junior Varsity Game

CHBC                     3      4    6     4    --    17

St. Anthony           8    17    6    16    --    47

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Summers 1, Colman 0, Gour 0, Vaughn 0, Bunch 0, Nohren 0, Smith 4, Morgason 0, Wojak 8, Morrison 2, Stuckemeyer 2

St. Anthony -- Faber 8, Fearday 4, Kibler 4, Coffin 5, Vonderheide 16, Geen 8, Mitchell 2

#8 Brownstown/St. Elmo at #7 South Central

South Central handed Brownstown/St. Elmo a 42-31 loss in the NTC Shootout Thursday.

The Cougars held a slight 25-21 halftime lead as Brooklyn Garrett provided six points and Laney Webster five.

It was a slow scoring third quarter as both teams tallied four points each so the Cougars still held a four point lead going into the final quarter.

From there, South Central took control with a 13-6 final period as Halle Smith tallied five on a basket and three of four at the line.

B. Garrett finished with 14 points while Smith added 13 for the winning Cougars.

Brownstown/St. Elmo was led by Natelly Beall with 12 points.

At Farina

BSE (31)

Wilhour 2-2 -- 6, Campbell 2-0 -- 5, Baldrige 0-0 -- 0, Carson 0-0 -- 0, Beall 5-2 -- 12, Seabaugh 1-0 -- 2, A. Stine 1-0 -- 2, S. Stine 0-4 -- 4, Ireland 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 11 FG, 8 FT.

SOUTH CENTRAL (42)

Michel 0-0 -- 0, Arnold 0-2 --2, Webster 4-1 -- 9, B. Garrett 6-1 --14, Blomberg 0-0 -- 0, Smith 4-4 -- 13, Horton 0-0 -- 0, S. Garrett 0-0 -- 0, Swift 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 16 FG, 8 FT.

BSE                              9    12    4     6    --    31

South Central           12    13    4    13    --    42

3-point FG -- Brownstown/St. Elmo 1 (Campbell 1), South Central 2 (B. Garrett 1, Smith 1).

Shelbyville at #9 Dieterich

Shelbyville's Mia Wade went on a run in the second half and finished with 26 points as the Rams downed Dieterich, 66-36 Thursday in the NTC Shootout.

Wade scored 10 in the third quarter and finished with eight in the final period. She scored on 10 field goals that included three trifectas and three of five at the line. Tiffany Wade was the leader for the Rams in the first half, scoring four in the opening quarter and 11 in the second period. She finished with 25.

Dieterich was led by Kaitlyn Boerngen with 20 pints. She went on an 11 point tear in the third quarter after scoring five in the first half.

At Dieterich

SHELBYVILLE (66)

Adams 0-0 -- 0, Mayhall 0-0 -- 0, White 0-0 -- 0, T. Wade 10-4 -- 25, Ogden 0-2 -- 2, A. Wade 10-3 -- 26, Owens 2-0 -- 5, Kaiser 0-0 -- 0, Clark 0-0 -- 0, Musser 1-0 -- 2, Gardner 0-2 -- 2, Clark 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 25 FG, 11 FT.

DIETERICH (36)

C. Brummer 2-2 -- 6, Parish 0-0 -- 0, Bloemer 1-2 -- 4, Britton 0-0 -- 0, Locey 0-3 -- 3, Esker 0-1 -- 1, Boerngen 7-5 -- 20, Aherin 0-0 -- 0, Meinhart 0-0 -- 0, Westendorf 0-0 -- 0, O. Brummer 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 11 FG, 13 FT.

Shelbyville          16    18    22    10     --    66

Dieterich               9      7    13      7    --    36

3-point FG -- Shelbyville 5 (M. Wade 3, T. Wade 1, Owens 1), Dieterich 1 (Boerngen 1).