{"id":28733,"date":"2026-01-26T07:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=28733"},"modified":"2026-01-26T07:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:04:33","slug":"effingham-champions-at-vandalia-girls-basketball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/basketball\/28733-effingham-champions-at-vandalia-girls-basketball-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Effingham Champions At Vandalia Girls Basketball Tournament"},"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>BY MILLIE LANGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Effingham High School won the Vandalia Girls High School Basketball Tournament championship Friday with a 44-28 win over Salem.<\/p>\n<p>The Hearts moved into a 13-7 opening quarter lead against Salem as Alyssa Martin connected on two baskets and two free throws for six points while Averie Wolfe hit a three.<\/p>\n<p>The Hearts led 20-13 at halftime as scoring slowed down.<\/p>\n<p>In the third quarter EHS had a 12-8 run. Wolfe put in a two-pointer, a three-pointer and a free throw for six and Martin added on four more points.<\/p>\n<p>EHS finished with a 10-6 final period.<\/p>\n<p>Martin was the lone EHS player in double digits with 13 on four field goals and five free throws.<\/p>\n<p>The third place game went to Wesclin over Hillsboro, 44-32. Fifth place went to Mattoon over Vandalia, 55-37. The seventh place contest was claimed by Greenville over Mascoutah, 51-36.<\/p>\n<p>Named To the all-tournament Team were Averie Wolf (Effingham), Alyssa Martin (Effingham) Jordan Kessler (Salem), Ollie Whitehead (Vandalia) and Mara Wessel (Wesclin). Wolfe was named the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vandalia Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EFFINGHAM (44)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Engel 2-0 &#8212; 4, Martin 4-5 &#8212; 13, Raddatz 2-0 &#8212; 6, Wolfe 4-2 &#8212; 13, Weis 1-0 &#8212; 2, Love 3-0 &#8212; 6. TOTALS 16 FG, 7 FT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SALEM (28)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benjamin 0-0 &#8212; 0, Setters 0-0 &#8212; 0, Johnson 1-1 &#8212; 3, Smith 0-1 &#8212; 1, J. Kessler 7-0 &#8212; 15, Laver 1-0&#8211; 2, Delaney 0-0 &#8212; 0, Eagan 3-1 &#8212; 7. TOTALS 12 FG, 3 FT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Effingham\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 13\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a09\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a012\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a010\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a044<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salem\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a06\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a08\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a07\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a028<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3-point FG &#8212; Effingham 5 (Wolfe 3, Raddatz 2), Salem 1 (Kessler 1).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY MILLIE LANGE Effingham High School won the Vandalia Girls High School Basketball Tournament championship Friday with a 44-28 win over Salem. 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