T-town Wins Friday Boys Contest, ALAH Wins LOVC Tourney

TAYLORVILLE -- Teutopolis High School handed visiting Taylorville a 61-55 boys basketball defeat in action Friday evening.

The Wooden Shoes trailed Taylorville 20-12 after the opening quarter but came back for a 32-30 halftime lead. The Shoes then had a 10-6 third quarter run.

Brett Mette tallied 18 points for the Shoes while Hardiek added 11 and Thoele 10.

T-town is now 19-4 on the season.

At Taylorville

TEUTOPOLIS (61)

Drees 2-4 -- 8, Ungrund 0-0 -- 0, D.Smith 2-1 -- 5, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Bro. Mette 1-0 -- 2, Thoele 4-2 -- 10, Bl. Mette 1-0 -- 3,  K. Smith 0-0 -- 0, Gebben 2-0 -- 4, Hardiek 3-4 -- 11, Deters 0-0 -- 0, Pruemer 0-0 -- 0, Bre. Mette 8-2 -- 18. TOTALS 23 FG, 13 FT.

TAYLORVILLE (55)

Barry 2-0 -- 5, Rhymes 2-0 -- 5, Heinness 2-2 -- 7, Ruppert 4-0 -- 9, Sheedy 7-0 -- 14, Patrick 1-0 -- 2, Dust 5-0 -- 13. TOTALS 23 FG, 2 FT.

Teutopolis           12    20    10    19    --    61

Taylorville          20    10      6    19    --    55

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 2 (Bla. Mette 1, Hardiek 1), Taylorville 7 (Dust 3, Barry 1, Rhymes 1, Heinness 1, Ruppert 1).

At Arcola

Hutsonville/Palestine captured the championship of the LOVC Southeast Division Tournament by edging Tri-County 65-63 Friday. Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond won the Northwest Division.

Hutsonville/Palestine then turned around and lost to Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 69-51 Saturday as the winners of each division met for the overall championship.

In the third place contest Saturday, Tri-County defeated Decatur LSA 65-44. Villa Grove-Heritage was a 111-108 winner over Argenta-Oreana in the fifth place contest in double overtime.