{"id":28280,"date":"2026-01-21T10:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=28280"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:38:30","slug":"90th-annual-ntc-tournament-preview-3-dieterich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/basketball\/28280-90th-annual-ntc-tournament-preview-3-dieterich\/","title":{"rendered":"90th Annual NTC Tournament Preview &#8211; #3 Dieterich"},"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><strong>#3 DIETERICH MOVIN\u2019 MAROONS<br \/>\nCoach: Brent Bohnhoff<br \/>\nRecord at Seeding: 13-4, 5-1 NTC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by DUSTIN WHITE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of the 2011-12 school year, Teutopolis High School set sail from the National Trail Conference waters to begin what has inarguably been a successful and fruitful exploration of the Independent Territories. Dieterich \u2013 the newest member of the league at the time after joining in 2009 \u2013 immediately won three of the next four NTC boys basketball tournaments upon T-town\u2019s departure and seemed poised to replace the Wooden Shoes as the league\u2019s dominant force.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward a decade and the 2016 tourney title is still the last one Dieterich has won. It\u2019s not that the Movin\u2019 Maroons haven\u2019t had their shots \u2026 in fact, it\u2019s quite the opposite. They\u2019ve typically been a highly seeded squad and, the last two years, have advanced to championship matchups with eventual champ St. Anthony.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no reason another shot can\u2019t come at this year\u2019s 90th annual NTC meet. Coach Brent Bohnhoff\u2019s club is the No. 3 seed and would shock absolutely nobody to find itself right back in the limelight on Saturday night at Altamont High School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are always looking toward the the NTC Tournament,\u201d said Bohnhoff, coaching the Maroons for a fifth season. \u201cPlaying at Altamont almost feels like a second home. It is a comfortable gym to play in and gets loud in the most exciting moments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo this point we feel that we have yet to reach our peak,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhile there are several things that our coaches are encouraged by, we feel that we can improve on several things as we enter the second half of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dieterich\u2019s only conference loss was in double overtime to second-seeded St. Anthony and other defeats are at the hands of Lawrenceville (the top 1A team in the state), Teutopolis (one of the top 2A teams in the state) and North Clay all the way back in the first week of the season at the Cumberland Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals. <\/p>\n<p>So there\u2019s nothing in those rare blemishes on the Maroons\u2019 won\/loss tally for them to hang their heads about, while Dieterich\u2019s notable wins include ousting Sullivan in the title game of its own Christmas tournament, defeating an Altamont team that has since knocked Woodlawn off its perch atop the Class 1A rankings, and buzzer-beaters over Marshall and Patoka that featured a common hero sinking the game-winning shot: junior Ezra Cook.<\/p>\n<p>Cook is one of no fewer than four double-figure scorers on Dieterich\u2019s roster, coming in at 11.2 per contest after missing about a third of his sophomore campaign \u2013 including the NTC tournament \u2013 to injury. At the time, those in the know said Cook\u2019s absence was a significant one and his contributions this year are making them sound pretty smart.<\/p>\n<p>Leading Dieterich is senior Brock Niemerg at 14.3 points per game after looking quite capable as more of a tertiary option as a junior. He\u2019s slid into the captain\u2019s chair as if it were made for him all along, while sophomore Bryce Bohnhoff (10.9 ppg) has built on his sixth-man role from last year to play the way Niemerg did a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Throw senior Jackson Icenogle (10.2 ppg) into the mix after scoring more than 1,000 points during his three years playing at Mulberry Grove and it becomes difficult to contain all the Dieterich scorers at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe lost four starters from last season,\u201d said Bohnhoff. \u201cSo we knew that we would have to be patient early. Our staff has seen overall improvements such as offensive chemistry and taking care of the ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefense will always be a staple at Dieterich. Currently we are giving up 42.7 points per game. We are fairly happy with that number and have a team goal of 43.5 and under. In the second half of the season, we believe that we will have a better feel for personnel rotations. Our bench has been much more consistent. Players are understanding their roles. We feel that if we can avoid key injuries and continue to progress with great attitudes in practice, we can be a dangerous team down the stretch.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#3 DIETERICH MOVIN\u2019 MAROONS Coach: Brent Bohnhoff Record at Seeding: 13-4, 5-1 NTC by DUSTIN WHITE At the conclusion of the 2011-12 school year, Teutopolis High School set sail from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basketball"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>90th Annual NTC Tournament Preview - #3 Dieterich - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/basketball\/28280-90th-annual-ntc-tournament-preview-3-dieterich\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"90th Annual NTC Tournament Preview - #3 Dieterich - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/basketball\/28280-90th-annual-ntc-tournament-preview-3-dieterich\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-21T16:38:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-21T16:38:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dustin White\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dustin White\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/basketball\\\/28280-90th-annual-ntc-tournament-preview-3-dieterich\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/basketball\\\/28280-90th-annual-ntc-tournament-preview-3-dieterich\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dustin White\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84d6bcbb44fc2a58f28a9ae6aacd570e\"},\"headline\":\"90th Annual NTC Tournament Preview &#8211; 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