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HIGHLAND — Effingham High School took the opening quarter lead but couldn’t keep that it as Highland went on to down the Hearts 52-37 in girls basketball action Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Hearts held a 10-7 lead as Alyssa Martin nailed three free throws and Bria Beals knocked in a three-pointer.<\/p>\n

But Highland came back with a 14-6 second period run  Jordan Bircher hit two baskets and three free throws for seven points and the Bulldogs held a 21-16 halftime lead.<\/p>\n

The Hearts tallied only six points in that second quarter.<\/p>\n

EHS came back with a 12-point third quarter but Highland scored 16 points to lead 37-28 and finished out with a 15-9 final quarter.<\/p>\n

The Hearts had only one player in double digits. Beals led the way with five field goals, four of those from three-point range, for 14 points. Martin fnished with nine.<\/p>\n

Effingham was a winner in the junior varsity game.<\/p>\n

At HIghland<\/strong><\/p>\n

EFFINGHAM (37)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Martin 2-5 — 9, Raddatz 0-0 — 0, Wolfe 0-0 — 0, Beals 5-0 — 14, Althoff 1-0 — 2, Donaldson 2-1 — 5, Austin 2-1 — 5, Harvey 1-0 — 2. TOTALS 13 FG, 7 FT.<\/p>\n

HIGHLAND (52)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frey 1-3 — 6, Bircher 4-9 — 17, Klucker 5-1 — 11, Gould 1-0 — 3, Schroeder 5-1 — 13, Fleming 1-0 — 2, Kleiboeker 0-0 — 0. TOTALS 17 FG, 14 FT.<\/p>\n

Effingham                  10      6    12      9    —    37<\/strong><\/p>\n

Highland                     7    14    16    15    —    52<\/strong><\/p>\n

3-point FG — Effingham 4 (Beals 4), Highland 4 (Schroeder 2, Gould 1 Frey 1).<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

At Kansas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tri-County played host to Neoga and edged the Indians by a 42-37 count in Tuesday evening action.<\/p>\n

Tri-County held a 20-19 halftime lead. Neoga came back with a 12-9 third quarter to move ahead 31-29 but the host squad went on a 13-6 final quarter for the win.<\/p>\n

Neoga was led by Atalie Osborn with 12 points on five field goals and a free throw. Natalie Ballinger added eight points.<\/p>\n

The Indians drop to 5-4 on the season and will be back in action Thursday at Oblong\/Palestine\/Hutsonville.<\/p>\n

Tri-County also claimed the junior varsity contest, 39-30.<\/p>\n

At Kansas<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEOGA (37)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Henderson 4-0 — 8, Richards 3-1 — 7, Reynolds 0-0 — 0, LIndsay 0-0 — 0, Osborn 5-1 — 12, Balligner 3-1 — 8, Moran 0-0 — 0, Graziano 1-0 — 2. TOTALS 16 FG, 3 FT.<\/p>\n

TRI-COUNTY (42)<\/strong><\/p>\n

M. Ehlers 8-0 — 17, Williams 5-0 — 10, Phililps 4-0 — 10, L. Ehlers 0-1 –1 , Knoll 2-0 — 4. TOTALS 19 Fg, 1 FT.<\/p>\n

Neoga                   13      6    12      6    —    37<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tri-County              9    11      9    13    —    42<\/strong><\/p>\n

3-point FG — Neoga 2 (Ballinger 1, Osborn 1), Tri-County 3 (Phililps 2, M. Ehlers1 ).<\/p>\n

Junior Varsity —<\/strong> Tri-County 39, Neoga 39.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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