St. A Downs Sandoval, Area Girls Roundup

ODIN -- Effingham St. Anthony stepped out to a big opening quarter lead and went on to down Sandoval in a non-conference girls basketball contest Monday evening, 53-40.

The Bulldogs held a 13-4 opening quarter lead as four players scored. Sandoval's Kunick was the lone player to score with two baskets.

St. Anthony pushed into a 27-15 halftime lead and led 47-25 going into the final quarter. Megan Nuxoll got on a scoring spree in the third period, rattling off nine points after scoring two baskets in the first half.

Nuxoll finished with 15 to lead St. Anthony while Emily McDevitt and Hunter Niebrugge chipped in with nine points each. Nuxoll and Emma Richards pulled down five rebounds each. Nuxoll and McDevitt had three assists each.

Kunick led the Blackhawks with 16 points while Saddle added 15, nine of those points coming from three-point land.

The Bulldogs improve to 15-13 on the season. St. Anthony also won the junior varsity contest 38-26 and is now 8-5.

At Odin

ST. ANTHONY (53)

Gardewine 0-2 -- 2, Schmidt 1-0 -- 2, Brandenburger 0-0 -- 0, Burton 0-0 -- 0, McDevitt 3-1 -- 9, Nuxoll 7-1 -- 15, Brown 2-0 -- 5, Clausius 0-0 -- 0, Dust 1-0 -- 2, Schuette 1-0 -- 3, Richards 3-0 -- 6, NIebrugge 4-1 -- 9. TOTALS 22 FG, 5 FT.

SANDOVAL (40)

Kunick 6-2 -- 16, Parson 3-2 -- 9, Day 0-0 -- 0, Bradley 0-0 -- 0, Saddler 5-2 -- 15, Bryan 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 14 FG, 6 FT.

St. Anthony           13     14    20      6    --    53

Sandoval                  4     11    10    15    --   40

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 4 (McDevitt 2, Brown 1, Schuette 1), Sandoval 6 (Kunick 2, Parson 1, Saddler 3).

Junior Varsity Game

St. Anthony          11    10    7    10    --    38

Sandoval                 8      5    7       6    --    26

St. Anthony -- Saba 0, Mills 0, Brandenburger 0, Burton 12, Ziegler 0, Clausius 4, Schmidt 9, Having 0, Schuette 4, McGuire 0, Brown 9, Hakman 0

Sandoval -- Orrell 13, Nalennakjka 2, Wilkins 2, Bates 0, Saddler 4, Ralidak 0, Wililams 0, Holt 5

At Altamont

Neoga put this contest away early with a 22-6 opening quarter run and went on for a 67-45 National Trail Conference win over Altamont.

EC Thies led Neoga with 25 points while Jaycie Roy tallied 17 and Madison Butler added 13. Olivia Ott led Neoga in rebounds with 10. Roy had five steals and Butler eight assists.

Altamont was led by Duckwitz with 14 points, Goldstein with 10 and Biggs with 10.

Neoga improves to 5-0 in the conference, 23-3 overall and will host Dieterich Thursday in a Shoot for a Cure game.

At Altamont

NEOGA (67)

Butler 5-3 -- 13, Partlow 0-0 -- 0, Ott 0-6 -- 6, Thies 9-4 -- 25, Hotze 2-0 -- 4, Roderick 0-0 -- 0, Miah 0-0 -- 0, Roy 8-0 -- 17, Banning 0-0 -- 0, Ewing 0-0 -- 0, Morrison 1-0 -- 2, Struthers 0-0 -- 0, Drydan 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 25 FG, 13 FT.

ALTAMONT (45)

Goldstein 5-0 -- 10, Hosick 0-0 -- 0, McHugh 1-0 -- 2, Vaughn 0-0 -- 0, Duckwitz 4-5 -- 14, Stone 0-0 -- 0, Armstrong 0-0 -- 0, Goeckner 1-0 -- 2, Biggs 5-0 -- 10, Burns 1-2 -- 4, Miller 1-0 -- 2, Wolff 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 18 FG, 8 FT.

Neoga           22     17    14     14    --    67

Altamont         6     15    14     10    --    45

3-point FG -- Neoga 4 (Thies 3, Roy 1), Altamont 1 (Duckwitz 1).

Junior Varsity Game -- Altamont 25, Neoga 23.

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis fought back from a 14-6 opening quarter deficit to pull within 22-20 at halftime. But the Wooden Shoes couldn't overcome that deficit and went down to a 39-37 defeat at the hands of Breese Mater Dei.

The Shoes trailed Mater Dei 31-27 going into the final quarter and outscored Mater Dei only to fall short. Repking was the lone player in double figures for the Shoes with 10. Hartke added nine points and led in rebounds with six.

At Teutopolis

BREESE MATER DEI (39)

Haake 0-2 -- 2, Gerdes 0-0 -- 0, Beckmann 0-0 -- 0, Chiarolanza 4-0 -- 12, Eulschi 1-0 -- 2, Hitpas 0-0 -- 0, Braundmeier 2-0 -- 4, Thersiag 6-0 -- 13, Donnewald 2-0 -- 4, Deemody 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 16 FG, 2 FT.

TEUTOPOLIS (37)

Bueker 1-1 -- 4, Repking 2-6 -- 10, Schmidt 0-0 -- 0, Thoele 0-0 -- 0, McMahon 2-0 -- 4, Lohman 0-0 -- 0, Thompson 1-0 -- 2, Drees 1-2 -- 4, Hartke 3-3 -- 9, Smith 1-2 -- 4. TOTALS 11 FG, 14 FT.

Breese Mater Dei           14      8    9      8     --    39

Teutopolis                          6    14    7    10    --    37

3-point FG -- Breese Mater Dei 5 (Chiarolanza 4, Thersiag 1), Teutopolis 1 (Bueker 1).

At Cowden

St. Elmo/Brownstown led 23-14 at halftime before Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City came back with a 12-9 third quarter run to pull within 32-26 but the Eagles had a 15-8 final period surge to pull out a 47-34 National Trail Conference win.

St. Elmo/Brownstown was led by Pruett with 21 and Brown with 10. CHBC was led by Morrison with eight.

At Cowden

ST. ELMO/BROWNSTOWN (47)

Fitch 3, Bone 4, Pruett 21, D. Shelton 3, De. Shelton 4, Brown 10, Moore 2

COWDEN-HERRICK/BEECHER CITY (34)

Ward 6, S. Morrison 8, J. Morrison 7, Lorton 2, Barnes 2, Johnson 5, Oldham 2, Meek 2

St. Elmo/Brownstown                         11     12     9    15    --    47

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City            7       7   12       8    --    34

At Newton

Newton's Richards tallied 23 points to lead the Eagles to a 53-30 Little Illini Conference victory over Palestine/Hutsonville.

The Eagles led 27-18 at halftime and had a 26-12 second half run. Richards banged home nine field goals, including three trifectas, and hit two of two at the line. The Eagles are now 4-4 in the conference, 16-11 overall.

At Newton

PALESTINE/HUTSONVILLE (30)

Fulling 5-8 -- 18, Rardon 2-0 -- 4, Nehls 1-1 -- 3, Patterson 1-0 -- 2, Monki 1-0 -- 2, Wells 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 10 FG, 10 FT.

NEWTON (53)

Richards 9-2 -- 23, Hartrich 2-4 -- 8, Frohning 3-0 -- 6, Kerner 2-0 -- 5, Davidson 1-3 -- 5, L. Probst 1-0 -- 2, Koebele 1-0 -- 2, Kline 0-2 -- 2. TOTALS 19 FG, 11 FT.

Palestine/Hutsonville           10       8       5      7    --    30

Newton                                      14    13    13    13    --    53

3-point FG -- Palestine/Hutsonville 0, Newton 4 (Richards 3, Kerner 1).

Junior Varsity  Game -- Newton 43, Palestine/Hutsonville 14.

At Toledo

Villa Grove/Heritage picked up a Little Okaw Valley Southeast Division win over Cumberland 39-23 Monday evening.

Villa Grove/Heritage edged out to an 18-15 halftime lead then had an 11-5 third period run to put the game away.

Cumberland was led by Willenborg with 11 points.

At Toledo

VILLA GROVE/HERITAGE (39)

No statistics listed

CUMBERLAND (23)

Marti 0-2 -- 2, Willenborg 4-2 -- 11, Lochbaum 1-1 -- 3, Smith 1-0 -- 2, Ault 0-2 -- 2, Maxey 0-3 -- 3. TOTALS 6 FG, 10 FT.

Villa Grove/Heritage           8    10    11    10    --    39

Cumberland                            6       9      5       3    --    23

3-point FG -- Cumberland 1 (Willenborg 1).

OTHER SCORES:

Flora 56, Vandalia 37

Sullivan 58, Central A&M 54

Charleston 79, Mattoon 50

Hillsboro 50, Pana 47

Arcola 34, Okaw Valley 28

Salem 69, Mount Zion 60

Tuscola 51, Warrensburg-Latham 29