EHS Girls Move To 2-0, Newton Wins At LIC, Highland Scores

Effingham High School pushed its record to 2-0 in its own girls basketball tournament by beating Pana 40-30 Wednesday evening.

The Hearts edged out to a 12-11 opening quarter lead as Jantzen Michael connected for five points while Marranda Steffen added two baskets. EHS then pushed ahead 22-16 at halftime. Michael hit another three-pointer and put in three free throws for six points.

The two teams played to a 6-6 third quarter tie before the Hearts went out with a 12-8 run in the final period.

Michael finished with 18 points for the Hearts.

In the opening contest, Centralia defeated Greenville 41-27.

EHS and Vandalia are both 2-0 with Centralia at 2-1, Pana 0-2 and Greenville 0-3. Tonight's games feature Greenville taking on Pana at 6 p.m. followed by the Hearts meeting Vandalia at 7:30. The EHS game will be featured on KJ Country 102.3.

Effingham Tournament

Game Six

EFFINGHAM (40)

Michael 4-7 -- 18, Beals 1--0 -- 2, Armstrong 1-0 -- 2, Steffen 2-0 -- 4, Webster 1-0 -- 2, Nunamaker 0-0 -- 0, Crowell 0-1 -- 1, Field 2-1 -- 5, Vonderheide 0-0 -- 0, Myers 3-0 -- 6. TOTALS 14 FG, 9 FT.

PANA (30)

Maton 0-0 -- 0, Hall 1-1 -- 3, Waddington 0-0 -- 0, Vaughn 2-2 -- 6, Beck 1-0 -- 2, Siegert 4-0 -- 8, Dudra 0-0 -- 0, Holthaus 1-0 -- 2, Rochkes 2-0 -- 5, Denton 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 13 FG, 3 FT.

Effingham          12    10    6    12    --    40

Pana                    11      5    6      8    --    30

3-point FG -- Effingham 3 (Michael 3), Pana 1 (Rochkes 1).

Little Illini Conference Tournament

Newton moved into the consolation championship game with a 57-40 win over Casey-Westfield Wednesday evening in the Little Illini Conference Tourney.

The Eagles and Casey-Westfield played to a 13-13 opening quarter tie before Newton took off with a 17-6 second quarter run.

Newton continued that run into the third period, outscoring the Warriors 15-9. Kerner led the Eagles with 21 points, connecting on six baskets, five of those from three-point range, and four of six at the line. Hartrich also hit the double digit mark with 14 points. The Eagles improve to 14-9.

Newton will face Olney at 5 p.m. for the consolation championship today. Paris meets Lawrenceville at 6:30 p.m. for third place while Flora faces Marshall at 8 p.m. for the championship.

LIC Tournament

NEWTON (57)

Kerner 6-4 -- 21, Hartrich 5-4 -- 14, Koebele 1-4 -- 6, Pilman 2-2 -- 6, Kline 1-2 -- 4, Earnest 2-0 -- 4, Cox 1-0 -- 2, Davidson 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 18 FG, 16 FT.

CASEY-WESTFIELD (40)

C. Cox 5-0 -- 11, Maulding 4-1 -- 9, Morgan 2-4 -- 8, Cutright 2-1 -- 6, Brandenburg 2-0 -- 4, B. Cox 1-0 -- 2, Eckerty 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 16 FG, 6 FT.

Newton                            13      6      9    12    --    40

Casey-Westfield           13    17    15    12    --    57

3-point FG -- Newton 5 (Kerner 5), Casey-Westfield 2 (C. Cox 1, Cutright 1).

Highland Tournament

Three games were contested in the Highland Tournament Wednesday evening. Trenton Wesclin handed Hillsboro a 51-41 loss. Breese Mater Dei edged Breese Central 39-37. Troy Triad won over Belleville Althoff 61-58.

Today's games feature Teutopolis against Salem at 5 p.m. followed by Taylorville taking on Nashville at 6:30 p.m. and Highland facing Belleville West at 8.