Effingham Junior Legion Posts Win, Set To Compete in Junior Legion Tourney Tonight

Effingham Junior Legion Post 120 finished regular season play Wednesday evening by blanking South Central 13-0. Effingham is now 16-6 on the season.

Effingham will now take part in the Junior Legion Tournament which begins tonight and runs through Sunday. Effingham drew the No. 5 seed and will take on Dieterich Post 628, seeded No. 4, in the tournament tonight at 6 at Dieterich.

Five games will be played at the higher seeded teams with the rest of the games played at Dieterich High School. Tonight's four games include No. 8 South Central Post 519 against No. 9 Vandalia Post 95 at Kinmundy at 6:30 p.m., No. 7 Altamont Post 512 at No. 2 Teutopolis Post 924 at 6 p.m., No. 6 Breese Post 252 Red at No. 3 Olney at 6:15 p.m. and Effingham at Dieterich.

Three games will be played Friday at the higher seeds. Five games are on tap Saturday, all at Dieterich, while three more games are scheduled Sunday, also at Dieterich. The first game Sunday will feature the winner bracket game at 11 a.m. with the champion of that contest advancing to Odin Monday. The two other games Sunday will feature loser bracket action and the winner of those two games will also advance to Odin.

Those two teams will join the District 23 West Tournament winners. Three teams from Odin could advance to the Fifth Division Tournament.

Junior Legion Tournament

Thursday's Games

Game 1 -- Vandalia Post 95 at South Central Post 519, 6:30 p.m.

Game 2 -- Altamont Post 512 at Teutopolis Post 924, 6 p.m.

Game 3 -- Breese Post 252 Red at Olney, 6:15 p.m.

Game 4 -- Effingham Post 120 at Dieterich Post 628, 6 p.m.

Friday's Games

Game 5 -- Winner Game 1 at Newton Post 20, 7 p.m.

Game 6 -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 5:30 p.m. at Dieterich

Game 8 -- Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 3, 8 p.m. at Dieterich

Saturday's Games

All Games at Dieterich

Game 7 -- Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 5, 9 a.m.

Game 9 -- Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 11:30 a.m.

Game 10 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 4, 2 p.m.

Game 11 -_ Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 9, 4:30 p.m.

Game 12 -- Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 10, 7 p.m.

Sunday's Games

All Games at Dieterich

Game 13 -- Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 11 a.m. (Winner advances to Odin Monday)

Game 14 -- Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 11, 1:30 p.m.

Game 15 -- Winner Game 14 vs. Loser Game 13, 4 p.m. (Winner advances to Odin Monday)