{"id":21595,"date":"2025-10-27T13:49:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T18:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=21595"},"modified":"2025-10-27T13:50:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T18:50:23","slug":"south-central-wins-ntc-seventh-grade-girls-tourney-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/basketball\/21595-south-central-wins-ntc-seventh-grade-girls-tourney-title\/","title":{"rendered":"South Central Wins NTC Seventh-Grade Girls Tourney Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>South Central claimed the championship of the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Girls Basketball Tournament Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In Friday action, Neoga beat Altamont, 33-11 while Cumberland won over Sigel St. Michael, 18-8.<\/p>\n<p>Neoga ran out to a 10-0 opening quarter lead and never looked back.<\/p>\n<p>Nora Hartke scored 23 for the winners on 11 of 13 from the field and one of two at the line.<\/p>\n<p>Altamont was led by Blakely McClellan with five points.<\/p>\n<p>In the other Friday contest, Cumberland defeated Sigel St. Michael, 18-8.<\/p>\n<p>In Saturday&#8217;s games, South Central came out an 18-15 winner over Cumberland in the championship game.<\/p>\n<p>The third place contest went to Sigel St. Michael over Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City, 25-12.<\/p>\n<p>The consolation championship was won by Neoga over Windsor\/Stewardson-Strasburg, 25-13.<\/p>\n<p>Neoga moved into a 4-0 opening quarter lead and led 11-4 at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>The winners were led by Hartke with seven points and Finney with six.<\/p>\n<p>Windsor\/Stew-Stras was led by Althoff and Barnard with four each.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NTC Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday Game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Game Nine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Altamont\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a00\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a09\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Neoga\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a010\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a07\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a010\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a06\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a033<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Altamont &#8212;<\/strong> Grobengesier 0, Goers 0, Pagone 2, Neu 0, Berg 0, Ruholl 0, Brockett 2, Storms 2, McClellan 5, Tappendorf 0, Grasher 0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neoga &#8212;<\/strong> Whitaker 0, Finney 0, Taylor 0, Snidle 0, Hartke 23, McNeal 2, Frankie 2, Dilley 0, Finney 0, Varner 0, Will 6, Banning 0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Game 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Consolation Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Windsor\/Stew-Stras\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a00\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a03\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a06\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Neoga\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a07\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a06\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a08\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Windsor\/Stewardson-Strasburg &#8212;<\/strong> Johnson 2, Althoff 4, J. 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