Bulldogs Win, Eagles Lose in Girls Basketball

Effingham St. Anthony moved its overall girls basketball record to 4-3 on the season by downing Casey-Westfield 51-24 at the Enlow Center Tuesday evening.

The Bulldogs moved ahead 15-6 in the opening quarter as four players connected. Emma Richards scored five points to lead the way.

St. Anthony continued its hot scoring with a 14-4 second quarter run to lead 29-10 at halftime. Abby Weis hit two baskets including a three-pointer.

Richards finished with 13 points and Weis 11 to lead the Bulldogs. Weis had three assists and six rebounds while Richards had four steals and seven boards.

"We shot a nice percentage from the field and our defense was great, only giving up eight points in a quarter one time," said St. Anthony Coach Bart Wiedman.

St. Anthony won the junior varsity contest 43-20.

At St. Anthony

CASEY-WESTFIELD (24)

Brandenburg 1-0 -- 2, Eckerty 0-0 -- 0, Littlejohn 0-0 -- 0, C. Cox 3-0 -- 6, Cutright 3-1 -- 8, Beasley 2-2 -- 6, D. Morgan 0-0 -- 0, M. Morgan 0-0 -- 0, Maulding 0-0 -- 0, V. Cox 1-0 -- 2, Hasselton 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 10 FG, 3 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (51)

Burton 1-0 -- 2, Schmidt 1-0 -- 2, M. Richards 1-1 -- 3, Weis 4-2 -- 11, McDevitt 1-0 -- 2, Brown 2-1 -- 6, Clausius 1-0 -- 2, Schuette 0-2 -- 2, E. Richards 6-1 -- 13, Niebrugge 4-0 -- 8. TOTALS 21 FG, 7  FT.

Casey-Westfield              6      4    6      8    --    24

St. Anthony                   15    14    4    18    --    51

3-point FG -- Casey-Westfield 1 (Cutright 1),  St. Anthony 2 (Weis 1, Brown 1).

Junior Varsity Game

Casey-Westfield             8    4      5    3    --    20

St. Anthony                  16    3    16    8    --    43

Casey-Westfield -- Littlejohn 2, Maulding 3, Beasley 2, Taylor 2, Racleman 6, Hosselton 4, name unreadable 1

St. Anthony -- Clausius 9, Saba 8, Richards 10, Gibson 2, McHugh 2, Repking 0, Horn 0, Weis 12, McGuire 0

At Charleston

Charleston picked up a 74-49 victory over Newton. The Trojans took a 19-9 opening quarter lead and led 37-23 at halftime.

The Eagles were led by Hartrich with 17 points and Richards with 11. Newton drops to 3-4 on the season.

At Charleston

NEWTON (49)

Hartrich 7-3 -- 17, Richards 4-0 -- 11, Frohning 4-1 -- 9, Kline 3-0 -- 6, Cohorst 2-0 -- 4, Probst 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 21 FG, 4 FT.

CHARLESTON (74)

Sherwood 9-5 -- 25, Swango 3-7 -- 13, Crowder 5-3 -- 13, O'Dell 4-0 -- 10, Rennel 4-0 -- 9, Parish 0-2 -- 2, Coffey 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 26 FG, 17  FT.

Newton                9    14    12    14    --    49

Charleston         19    18   18    19    --    74

3-point FG -- Newton 3 (Richards 3), Charleston 5 (Sherwood 2, O'Dell 2, Rennel 1).