Boys, Girls Frosh/Soph Basketball -- Dec. 19-20

MATTOON -- Effingham High School edged Mattoon in girls freshman/sophomore basketball action Friday evening.

The Hearts won 38-32. EHS held a 21-19 halftime lead and maintained that three-point lead going into the final quarter then outscored the Green Wave 13-9.

Taylor Conkling tallied 11 points for the Hearts while Riya Shah had nine.

At Mattoon

Effingham          10    11    4    13    --    38

Mattoon              10      9    4       9    --    32

Effingham -- Shah 9, Ramos 2, Damron 6, Greene 2, Cordes 2, Webster 6, Conikling 11, Depoister 0, Stevenson 0, Siebert 0

Mattoon -- Nichols 7, MacDonald 12, Arthur 11, Graham 2, Risinger 0

At Vandalia

Effingham picked up both freshman and sophomore victories over Vandalia in boys competition Saturday.

In the freshman contest, the Hearts were 47-28 winners. Two players hit double digits for Effingham, Ryan Sandifer with 15 and Lucas Vasquez with 10.

In the sophomore game, Effingham bounced the Vandals 40-10. The Hearts held a 28-2 halftime lead. Harrison Smith scored 12 for the winners while Wyatt Keith added nine.

At Vandalia

Freshman Game

Effingham          17    7    11    12    --    47

Vandalia               4    6      7    11    --    28

Effingham -- Koester 3, Sandifer 15, Devore 2, Lohman 0, Vasquez 10, Br. Lohman 2, McCabe 0, Morrissey 5, Line 2, Smith 0, Hull 8

Vandalia -- Lidy 2, Phillips 3, Gelsinger 0, Taylor 11, Gouch 2, Bales 8, Fergeson 2

Sophomore Game

(Running clock)

Effingham           19    9    12    --    40

Vandalia               0    2       8    --    10

Effingham -- Kreke 6, Sandifer 7, Smith 12, M. Hull 2, Wallace 2, Huelsbusch 0, Keith 9, C. Hull 2

Vandalia -- Lidy 2, Edwards 0, Phillips 0, Gelsinger 0, Schulman 2, Fergeson 0, Truitt 2, Taylor 2, Gauch 2, Bales 0