St. Anthony, Sigel St. Michael, T-town Win Eighth-Grade Boys Regionals

Members of St. Anthony are, first row, left to right, Quinton Milleville, Alex Brandenburger, Dylan Guy, Ben Mendella, Zach Wortman and Colin Koester. Second row, left to right, Assistant Coach Chris Bohnhoff, Will Kabbes, Ben Strullmyer, Asstistant Coach Carl Koester, Luke Ludwig, Blake Niebrugge, Bryson Wall, Will Niebrugge, Braeden Quandt, Coach John Hoene, Assistant Coach Matt Koester.

ST. ELMO -- Effingham St. Anthony is headed to sectional competition after winning the Class 8-2A St. Elmo/Brownstown Regional boys championship Thursday evening.

The Bullpups defeated host St. Elmo/Brownstown 49-31. St. Anthony held a 35-18 halftime lead and had a 14-7 third period run.

Strullmeyer talied 16 points to lead the winners. Philpot led St. Elmo/Brownstown with 16.

St. Anthony advances to the St. Elmo/Brownstown Sectional Wednesday and will take on Nokomis at 6:30 p.m.

Class 1-A St. Elmo/Brownstown

St. Anthony                              11    14    14    10    --    49

St. Elmo/Brownstown             8    10       7      6    --    31

St. Anthony -- Wortman 4, Koester 7, Mendella 2, Strullmyer 16, Brandenburger 8, Milleville 2, Kabbes 2, Wall 8

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Karnes 7, Aderman 5, Himes 2, Philpot 16 (players add up to 30 while 31 listed as final0

Class 8-3A Shelbyville Moulton

Teutopolis edged ahead 4-2 after one period but trailed Shelbyville Moulton 17-15 at halftime. T-town then had a 14-3 third quarter run and never looked back.

Dawson Smith scored 11 for the winners who improve to 15-9 on the season.

T-town will now face Red Hill (Bridgeport) at the Marshall Sectional Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

Class 8-3A Shelbyville Moulton

Shelbyville Moulton           2    15      3    5    --    25

Teutopolis                            4    11    14    9    --    38

Shelbyville Moulton -- Miller 13, Messado 3, McNeese 2, Bleskey 2, Kennel 4, Vice 1

Teutopolis -- Smith 11, Runde 7, Drees 4, Weber 7, Hardiek 9.

Class 8-1A Palestine Regional

Sigel St. Michael captured the championship of the Palestine Regional Thursday evening.

St. Michael defeated Hutsonville 35-27. St. Michael now advances to the Palestine Sectional Wednesday against Mulberry Grove at 6:30 p.m.

Class 8-1A Mulberry Grove Regional

Mulberry Grove won its own regional by downing Pana Sacred Heart, 42-27.

Mulberry Grove advances to the Palestine Sectional against Sigel St. Michael at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Class 8-2A Raymond Lincolnwood Regional

Nokomis won the championshp of this regional. Nokomis downed Cowden-Herrick 48-29.

Nokomis advances to face Effingham St. Anthony at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Raymond Lincolnwood Regional.

Class 8-3A Robinson Nuttall Regional

Red Hill (Bridgeport) captured the championshipof this regional by downing host Robinson Nuttall 50-35.

Red Hill meets Teutopolis at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Marshall Sectional.

Class 8-4A Rantoul Eater Regional

Champaign Franklin edged Champaign Edison in the Rantoul Eater Regional Thursday evening.

Champaign Franklin advances to face Effingham in the Mahomet-Seymour Sectional Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. for the right to advance to the state tournament.