St. A Edges Newton, Girls Area Roundup

Effingham St. Anthony High School edged Newton 41-39 in girls basketball action Thursday evening at the Enlow Center.

The Bulldogs held a 12-7 opening quarter lead behind the six points of senior Megan Nuxoll. Newton came back as Richards scored six and Koebele five in the second period to pull within 22-21 at halftime.

St. Anthony then had a 13-7 third quarter run. Nuxoll tallied six more points as the Bulldogs led 35-28 going into the final quarter. Here came the Eagles. Newton outscored the Bulldogs 11-6 as Richards again scored six but the Eagles fell short.

Nuxoll led St. Anthony with 20 points. Five other players scored in the contest. Richards led five players in scoring for Newton with 22 points. She connected on five field goals and was 11 of 13 at the line.

Newton claimed the junior varsity contest, 49-40.

At St. Anthony

NEWTON (39)

Davidson 0-0 -- 0, M. Probst 0-0 -- 0, Kerner 0-0 -- 0, Richards 5-11 -- 22, Koebele 3-1 -- 7, Kline 2-2 -- 6, Cohorst 0-0 -- 0, Frohning 0-2 -- 2, Hartirch 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 11 FG, 16 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (41)

Gardewine 2-0 -- 5, Schmidt 1-2 -- 4, McDevitt 1-1 -- 4, Nuxoll 7-6 -- 20, Brown 2-0 -- 4, Dust 0-0 -- 0, Richards 0-0 -- 0, Niebrugge 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 15 FG, 9 FT.

Newton                    7    14       7    11    --    39

St. Anthony           12    10    13       6    --    41

3-point FG -- Newton 1 (Richards 1),  St. Anthony 2 (Gardewine 1, McDevitt 1).

Junior Varsity Game

Newton                20    9    10    10    --    49

St. Anthony            6    5    16    13    --    40

Newton -- Probst 7, Helmink 0, Earnest 9, Smith 0, Cohorst 7, Frohning 18, Powers 0, Russell 0, Pilman 8, Cox 0

St. Anthony -- Saba 2, Brandenburger 2, Burton 10, Clausius 3, Schmidt 8, Hawving 0, Schuette 6, McGuire 3, Hakman 6, Mills 0

At Cowden

Altamont came calling and claimed a 57-28 National Trail Conference win over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City.

The Indians stepped out to a 25-7 opening quarter lead and never looked back. Keidron Duckwitz tallied 18 points while Elizabeth Biggs added 12 for the winners.

CHBC was led by Chandler Ward with 12 points. The Hornets drop to 1-10 overall.

At Cowden

ALTAMONT (57)

Hosick 0-0 -- 0, Voelker 1-0 -- 2, McHugh 2-0 -- 5, Duckwitz 5-6 -- 18, Stone 3-0 -- 6, Stuckemeyer 0-0 -- 0, Goeckner 4-0 -- 8, Biggs 6-0 -- 12, Burns 3-0 -- 6, Miller 0-0 -- 0, Wolff 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 24 FG, 6 FT.

CHBC (28)

Gates 0-1 -- 1, Ward 4-0 -- 12, S. Morrison 2-0 -- 4, Lorton 1-0 -- 2, Barnes 0-0 -- 0, Johnson 1-2 -- 4, Oldham 1-0 -- 2, Meek 1-1 -- 3. TOTALS 10 FG, 4 FT.

Altamont          25    10    9    13    --    57

CHBC                   7      5    9       7    --    28

3-point FG -- Altamont 3 (McHugh 1, Duckwitz 2), Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 4 (Ward 4).

At Farina

South Central picked up a non-conference victory over Webber Township (Bluford) Thursday evening.

Keely Smith scored 14 and Abby Hahn 11 in the victory. The Cougars led 22-19 going into the final period and had a 16-12 run.

South Central is now 4-6 on the season.

At Farina

WEBBER TOWNSHIP (31)

K. Potter 9-8 -- 26, A. Potter 0-0 -- 0, Donoho 0-0 -- 0, Wilkey 1-0 -- 3, Marlow 1-0 -- 2, Launay 0-0 -- 0, Kluck 0-0 -- 0, Huthcinson 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 11 FG, 8 FT.

SOUTH CENTRAL (38)

Hahn 2-7 -- 11, Slater 0-0 -- 0, Smith 5-4 -- 14, Wilkins 0-0 -- , McCoy 2-0 -- 5, Sigrist 4-0 -- 8, Price 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 13 FG, 11 FT.

Webber Township          6    9       4    12    --    31

South Central                  6    5    11    16    --    38

3-point FG -- South central 1 (McCoy 1), Webber Township 1 (Wilkey 1).

At Neoga

Neoga remains unbeaten in the young National Trail Conference season after downing Brownstown/St. Elmo 67-53.

The Indians took the early 16-7 lead and had a 34-20 halftime lead. EC Thies led the winners with 27 points. Olivia Ott contributed 16. The Indians are now 2-0 in the conference, 11-2 overall.

Brownstown/St. Elmo was led by Pruett wuth 27.

At Neoga

BROWNSTOWN/ST. ELMO (53)

Fitch 2-0 -- 5, Bone 2-2 -- 6, Pruett 10-4 -- 27, Da. Shelton 0-2 -- 2, De. Shelton 0-1 -- 1, Brown 3-0 -- 7, Moore 1-3 -- 5. TOTALS 18 FG, 12 FT.

NEOGA (67)

Butler 6-2 -- 15, Partlow 0-0 - 0, Ott 8-0 -- 16, Thies 12-2 -- 28, Hotze 3-0 -- 6, Roderick 0-0 -- 0, Miah 0-0 -- 0, Banning 1-0 -- 2, Ewing 0-0 -- 0, Morrison 0-0 -- 0, Struthers 0-0 -- 0, Dryden 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 30 FG, 4 FT.

Brownstown/St. Elmo          7    13    14    19    --    53

Neoga                                     16   18    21    12    --    67

3-point FG -- Brownstown/St. Elmo 5 (Fitch 1, Pruett 3, Brown 1), Neoga 3 (Butler 1, Thies 2).