Neoga Beats Altamont, Arthur Knights Classic Girls Scores

ALTAMONT -- Neoga High School took an early lead and went on for a 61-31 victory over Altamont in girls basketball action Wednesday evening.

Neoga stepped out to a 20-11 opening quarter lead and led 38-17 at halftime. Neoga had a 23-14 second half.

Brynn Richards and Allison Sampson scored six points each during the first quarter run. Sydney Richards  scored nine in the second quarter.

S. Richards led the way with 20 points on eight field goals and three of four at the line. B. Richards chipped in with 13.

The Indians hit 13 of 19 free throws.

Altamont's leading scorer Grace Nelson finished with nine. Nelson was injured in the second quarter and did not return to the game. Remington Miller tallied six points.

Neoga improves to 14-0 on the season and won't return to action until December 26 in the Monticello Holiday Hoopla.

At Altamont

NEOGA (61)

B. Richards 5-3 -- 13, Worman 1-2 -- 4, Sampson 2-1 -- 6, Hakman 1-0 -- 2, S. Richards 8-3 -- 20, McKinney 0-0 -- 0, Campbell 6-4 -- 16. TOTALS 23 FG, 13 FT.

ALTAMONT (31)

Grunloh 0-1 -- 1, Pearcy 0-0 -- 0, Boehm 0-2 -- 2, Miller 2-1 -- 6, P. Osteen 1-1 -- 4, Lurkins 1-0 -- 2, K. Osteen 1-1 -- 3, Nelson 1-7 -- 9, Klein 1-0 -- 2, Reardon 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 8 FG, 13 FT.

Neoga                    20    18    12    11     --    61

Altamont               11      6    11      3    --    31

3-point FG -- Neoga 2 (Sampson 1, S. Richards 1), Altamont 2 (Miller 1, P. Osteen 1).

At Arthur

The Arthur Knights Classic got underway Wednesday evening with eight games.

Cumberland and Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, the lone two area teams in the classic, each claimed a victory and suffered a loss.

The Pirates defeated Chrisman, 56-24. Cumberland stepped out to a 14-2 opening quarter lead and never looked back.

Three players hit double figures for the Pirates. Abbie Becker tallied 18 while Katelyn Shoemaker had 12 and Suzy Fritts added 10.

Cumberland then ran into Mount Zion and fell, 64-29.

The Braves held a 45-18 halftime lead.

Leading Cumberland was Paige Dittamore with 12 points.

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg won over Heritage, 48-12 then fell to Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, 41-33. No statistics were reported for WSS.

In other games, ALAH edged Decatur Eisenhower, 43-42, Mount Zion downed Shelbyville, 71-36, Eisenhower won over Heritage, 68-26 and Shelbyville pounded Chrisman, 52-10.

The tournament doesn't continue until Monday, January 2. The schedule is as follows:

Game 9 -- Mount Zion vs. Chrisman, 10 a.m. (West Gym)

Game 10 -- ALAH vs. Heritage, 10 a.m. (East Gym)

Game 11 -- Shelbyville vs. Decatur Eisenhower, 11:30 a.m. (West Gym)

Game 12 -- Third Place Pool A vs. Third Place Pool B, 3 p.m. (Fifth place, West Gym)

Game 13 -- Second Place Pool A vs. Second Place Pool B, 4:30 p.m. (Third place, East Gym)

Game 14 -- First Place Pool A vs. First Place Pool B, 4:30 p.m. (Championship, West Gym)

Arthur Knights Classic

Game Four

CUMBERLAND (56)

K. Shoemaker 6-0 -- 12, Dittamore 3-0 -- 6, Becker 6-1 -- 18, Martinez 3-0 -- 7, Carr 1-1 -- 3, Fritts 4-1 -- 10. TOTALS 23 FG, 3 FT.

CHRISMAN (24)

No names listed

Cumberland                 14    16    19    7    --    56

Chrisman                       2      7      9    6    --    24

Game Eight

CUMBERLAND (29)

P. Dittamore 3-6 -- 12, Becker 1-0 -- 2, Cared 3-0 -- 7, Fritts 4-0 -- 8. TOTALS 11 FG, 6 FT.

MOUNT ZION (64)

Smith 3, Schmohl 2, Becker 7 Highby 2, Rockey 2, Kendall 4, Barnes 8, Rotz 3, Turner 7, Anderson 26

Cumberland               11      7      8    6    --    29

Mount Zion                 20    25    15    4    --    64

(Cumberland linescore adds up to 32 while 29 listed as final)