Beecher City, Cowden-Herrick Pick Up Opening Round Boys Regional Wins

STRASBURG -- Beecher City and Cowden-Herrick were opening round winners in the Class 1A Stewardson-Strasburg Boys Basketball Regional Monday evening.

Beecher City opened the evening with a 57-46 victory over host Stewardson-Strasburg. The Eagles edged out to a 14-9 opening quarter lead and led 32-23 at halftime. Daniel Harder led the winners with 22 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. Also in double figures was Rexroad with 11 points.

Stew-Stras was led by Jones with 19 points and Overbeck with 12. The Comets not only saw their season come to a close but also their existence. Stew-Stras will co-op with Windsor next season and the two schools are combining to become the WSS Hatchets.

Beecher City advances with an 8-19 record and will face top-seeded Altamont at 6 p.m. today.

In the second game Monday evening, Cowden-Herrick claimed a 55-45 win over Ramsey. Ramsey held a 14-13 opening quarter lead but the Hornets came back with a 16-4 run to lead 29-18 at halftime and never looked back.

Pasley led the winners with 12 points. He was the lone Hornets player in double figures. Ramsey was led by Black with 14 points.

Cowden-Herrick now faces Nokomis at 7:30 p.m. today.

Class 1A Stew-Stras Regional

Game One

BEECHER CITY (57)

Willis 1-1 -- 3, Bales 2-1 -- 5, Stefanski 4-1 -- 9, Rexroad 5-0 -- 11, Harder 10-1 -- 22, Randall 1-0 -- 2, Shelton 1-3 -- 5, Grove 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 24 FG, 7 FT.

STEW-STRAS (46)

Rincker 0-0 -- 0, Ballinger 1-1 -- 3, Jones 6-4 -- 19, Blythe 2-0 -- 4, T. Kessler 1-2 -- 4, Overbeck 5-2 -- 12, Kramer 0-0 -- 0, Thies 2-0 -- 4, C. Kessler 0-0 -- 0, Hansen 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 17 FG, 9 FT.

Beecher City           14    18    15    10    --    57

Stew-Stras                9    14    11    12    --    46

3-point FG -- Beecher City 2 (Rexroad 1, Harder 1), Stew-Stras 3 (Jones 3).

Game Two

RAMSEY (45)

Lay 0-0 -- 0, Hunt 1-0 -- 2, Reiss 1-0 -- 3, Camez 1-1 -- 3, Thomas 3-3 -- 9, Ky. Adermann 3-0 -- 7, Black 5-0 -- 14, Ko. Adermann 0-2 -- 2, Casey 2-1 -- 5. TOTALS 16 FG, 7 FT.

COWDEN-HERRICK (55)

Sphar 0-4 -- 4, Blackerby 3-0 -- 7, M. Sandiford 2-0 -- 4, Lorton 2-0 -- 5, Burrus 3-3 -- 9, Black 0-0 -- 0, N. Sandiford 0-0 -- 0, Pasley 4-2 -- 12, Nohren 2-1 -- 5, Barnes 3-2 -- 9. TOTALS 19 FG, 12 FT.

Ramsey                           14      4    14    13    --    45

Cowden-Herrick           13    16    15    11    --    55

3-point FG -- Ramsey 6 (Black 4, Reiss 1, Ky. Adermann 1), Cowden-Herrick 5 (Blackerby 1, Lorton 1, Pasley 2, Barnes 1)

Class 1A Odin Regional

St. Elmo/Brownstown saw its season come to a close in opening round play at the Odin Regional.

Mulberry Grove handed the Eagles a 53-47 loss. Mulberry Grove held a 7-2 opening quarter lead but SEB came back with a 23-14 run to lead 25-21 at halftime. Mulberry Grove then had a 15-8 third quarter run to take a 36-33 lead going into the final quarter. SEB had a 10-7 run to knot the score, sending the game into overtime.

In the overtime period, Mulberry Grove went on a 10-4 tear to pull out the victory.

St. Elmo/Brownstown was led by Maxey and Feezel with 18 points each. Feezel pulled down 15 rebounds.

Mulberry Grove advances to face Odin at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Class 1A Odin Regional

MULBERRY GROVE (53)

Latham 2-1 -- 5, Redfern 5-0 -- 13, Sloan 1-3 -- 5, Iverg 2-0 -- 4, Huhn 0-0 -- 0, James 6-6 -- 18, Goodin 3-2 -- 8. TOTALS 19 FG, 12 FT.

ST. ELMO/BROWNSTOWN (47)

Maxey 5-5 -- 18, Flowers 0-3 -- 3, Smithson 0-4 -- 4, Feezel 5-8 -- 18, Hardiman 2-0 -- 4, Kroll 0-0 -- 0, Matthews 0-0 -- 0, Noll 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 12 FG, 20 FT.

Mulberry Grove                       7    14    15      7    10    --    53

St. Elmo/Brownstown           2    23       8    10      4    --    47

3-point FG -- Mulberry Grove 3 (Redfern 3), St. Elmo/Brownstown 3 (Maxey 3).

Class 2A Marshall Regional

Pana ended Cumberland's season with a 64-51 victory in opening round play of the Marshall Regional Monday.

Cumberland held a 14-12 opening quarter lead but Pana came back with a 23-12 second period run and had a 19-12 final period surge.

Napier and Shaon led Cumberland with 10 points each.

Pana advances to face Teutopolis tonight at 7.

Class 2A Marshall Regional

CUMBERLAND (51)

Dowd 1-0 -- 2, Brumleve 3-2 -- 8, M. Wolke 4-0 -- 8, Magee 1-0 -- 2, Bauguss 1-0 -- 2, Napier 4-0 -- 10, Mi. Wolke 1-0 -- 2, Shaon 3-4 -- 10, Curtis 3-0 -- 7. TOTALS 21 FG, 6 FT.

PANA (64)

Copley 7-0 -- 15, Stauder 2-2 -- 7, Kircher 1-0 -- 2, Miller 2-7 -- 11, Galvin 0-0 -- 0, England 0-0 -- 0, W. McMillen 3-0 -- 6, Lynch 2-3 -- 6, Zahradka 3-2 -- 11, DeWerff 0-0 -- 0, Clark 3-0 -- 6. TOTALS 23 FG, 13 FT.

Cumberland        14    12    13    12    --    51

Pana                     12    23    10    19    --    64

3-point FG -- Cumberland 3 (Napier 2, Curtis 1), Pana 5 (Zahradka 3, Copley 1, Stauder 1).

Class 1A Oblong Regional

Host Oblong picked up a victory over Palestine/Hutsonville 53-46 in its own 1A regional Monday evening.

Oblong now advances to face top-seeded Dieterich Wednesday at 6 p.m. Tonight's games feature St. Anthony against Martinsville at 6 p.m. followed by Neoga taking on Casey-Westfield at 7:30.