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Sigel St. Michael won the championship of the Class 8-1A Mattoon St. John’s Boys Basketball Regional Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

The Sharpshooters, seeded first, downed Mattoon St. John’s in the championship contest, 32-28.<\/p>\n

St. Michael now advances to its own St. Michael Sectional and will face the winner of the East St. Louis Younge Regional at 6:30 p.m. Monday, February 10.<\/p>\n

Altamont Lutheran and East St. Louis Younge will be playing for the championship of the ESL Regional Thursday at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Class 8-1A East St. Louis Younge Regional<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top-seeded Altamont Lutheran and second-seeded East St. Louis Younge were winners Tuesday evening at the ESL Younge Regional.<\/p>\n

Altamont Lutheran diowned Pocahontas, 35-25 while ESL Younge won over Lovejoy, 36-27.<\/p>\n

Altamont Lutheran and ESL Younge will now meet Thursday for the regional championship at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Class 8-3A Teutopolis Regional<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top-seeded Teutopolis and second-seeded Robinson Nuttall both were winners Tuesday evening at the T-town Regional.<\/p>\n

The Wooden Shoes easily defeated Lawrenceville, 60-29.<\/p>\n

T-town held a 19-10 opening quarter lead and led 31-17 at halftime.<\/p>\n

Sammy Probst had a big scoring night with 26 points while Kale Goeckner chipped in with 15. Blake NIemerg added nine.<\/p>\n

In the second matchup, Robinson Nuttall defeated Marshall 32-26.<\/p>\n

T-town and Robinson Nuttall will now meet for the regional championship Thursday at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

Class 8-3A Teutopolis Regional<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lawrenceville                    10      7    10      2    —    29<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teutopolis                         19    12    18    11    —    60<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lawrenceville —<\/strong> Metz 3, Mullins 4, Brown 2, Ramirez 3, Pritchard 8, Gheir 9<\/p>\n

Teutopolis —<\/strong> Goeckner 15, Weber 2, Schumacher 2, Niemrg 9, Miller 2, Probst 26, Weber 2, Mette 2<\/p>\n

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Class 8-4A Mount Zion Regional<\/strong><\/p>\n

Effingham, seeded third in the Mount Zion Regional, came out a big winner over second-seeded Mattoon, 39-19.<\/p>\n

The Mustangs ran out to a 13-4 opening quarter lead as five players hit net. Joel Flack led the way with four points while Kaden Rohr hit a three-pointer. Cameron Moon, Coen Westjohn and Carson Jones all contributed a basket each.<\/p>\n

The scoring slowed down in the second quarter but Effingham still held the advantage by an 8-6 count. Jones put in two baskets.<\/p>\n

Effingham came out after halftime with a 12-5 run. Dagg Thompson connected on two three-pointers and a regular basket for eight points.<\/p>\n

The Mustangs had a 6-4 final quarter edge.<\/p>\n

Flack finished with 10 points for Effingham on five field goals. Rohr ended with nine while Jones and Thompson contributed eight each.<\/p>\n

In the opening game of the evening, top-seeded Mount Zion downed Taylorville, 32-17.<\/p>\n

Effingham and Mount Zion will now meet for the championship at 5 p.m. today.<\/p>\n

Class 8-4A Mount Zion Regional<\/strong><\/p>\n

Effingham                    13    8    12    6    —    39<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mattoon                         4    6      5    4    —    19<\/strong><\/p>\n

Effingham —<\/strong> Rohr 9, Moon 2, Flack 10, Westjohn 2, Thompson 8, Keyes 0, Jones 8<\/p>\n

Mattoon —<\/strong> Holt 3, Hayes 2, McKay 0, Nolte 10, LaBarrera 0, Eaton 4, Golden 0<\/p>\n

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