St. A, T-town Fall, Neoga Claims Girls Win

FLORA -- Effingham St. Anthony fell to Flora in girls basketball competition Saturday, 42-29.

The Bulldogs stayed close in the first half, trailing only 20-18. But Flora came back with a 14-5 third period run on Jones 10 points. The Wolves then had a slight 8-6 final quarter edge.

Jones finished with 21 points as the only player in double figures for both teams.

St. Anthony was led by Emma Richards with seven points. Abby Brown had three steals, Kyla Burton three assists and Abby Weis led in rebounds with nine.

"We played a real nice first half and hit big shots vs. their 2-3 zone and MZM, but in the second half, Flora made some defensive adjustments and we just didn't have an answer offensively," said St. Anthony Coach Bart Wiedman.

The Bulldogs drop to 11-10 on the season.

At Flora

ST. ANTHONY (29)

Burton 0-2 -- 2, M. Richards 1-0 -- 2, Weis 2-1 -- 5, McDevitt 2-0 -- 5, Brown 0-2 -- 2, Clausius 0-0 -- 0, Schuette 2-0 -- 4, E. Richards 3-1 -- 7, Niebrugge 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 11 FG, 6 FT.

FLORA (42)

Carder 2-0 -- 5, Freeman 1-0 -- 2, Cammon 1-1 -- 3, Jones 8-4 -- 21, Krustinger 3-1 -- 7, Jennings 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 17 FG, 6 FT.

St. Anthony           8    10      5    6    --    29

Flora                    12      8    14    8    --    42

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 1 (McDevitt 1), Flora 2 (Carder 1, Jones 1).

Junior Varsity Game

St. Anthony           8    9    4    5    --    26

Flora                    11    6    3    5    --    25

St. Anthony -- Clausius 13, Saba 1, M. Richards 4, Gibson 2, Horn 2, Kinkelaar 4.

Flora -- Himelick 5, Rudy 7, Wheeler 4, Allen 0, Freeman 6, Darrough 3, McWilliams 0

AtTeutopolis

Breese Central came calling and edged Teutopolis 47-45 Saturday.

Breese Central took a 14-11 opening quarter lead and led 25-19 at halftime. Both teams scored 12 points each in the third quarter. The Wooden Shoes then had a 14-10 final quarter run only to fall a basket short.

Molly Smith tallied 15 while Shelby Thompson chipped in with 13 for the Shoes. Both had three three-pointers.

At Teutopolis

BREESE CENTRAL (47)

Ratermann 0-0 -- 0, Yaunches 1-0 -- 3, Jansen 0-0 -- 0, Meissner 3-0 -- 8, Schraud 6-0 -- 12, Ablers 1-0 -- 2, Wilken 9-3 -- 22. TOTALS 20 FG, 3 FT.

TEUTOPOLIS (45)

Smith 6-0 -- 15, Sandschafer 3-2 -- 8, Repking 1-0 -- 2, Drees 1-1 -- 3, Hartke 0-4 -- 4, Thompson 4-2 -- 13. TOTALS 15 FG, 9 FT.

Breese Central           14    11    12    10    --    47

Teutopolis                  11      8    12    14    --    45

3-point FG -- Breese Central 3 (Meissner 2, Wilken 1), Teutopolis 6 (Smith 3, Thompson 3).

At Sullivan

Neoga had a big scoring first half and went on to down Sullivan 57-41 in a non-conference contest.

The Indians edged out to an 11-8 opening quarter lead and led 27-16 at halftime. Neoga then had a 30-25 second half.

Jaycie Roy tallied 19 pointns while EC Thies scored 18 for the winners. Banning chipped in with 10.

At Sullivan

NEOGA (57)

Atwell 0-0 -- 0, Thies 6-5 -- 18, Hotze 1-0 -- 2, Roy 8-0 -- 19, Banning 5-0 -- 10, Ewing 2-0 -- 4, Morrison 2-0 -- 4, Lee 0-0 -- 0, Lee 0-0 -- 0, Dryden 0-0 -- 0,  Ramert 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 24 FG, 5 FT.

SULLIVAN (41)

Green 4-5 -- 14, Marshall 2-1 -- 5, Ellis 1-0 -- 3 ,Tuttle 0-1 -- 1, Cameron 0-4 -- 4, Miller 1-7 -- 9, Riley 1-3 -- 5. TOTALS 9 FG, 21 FT.

Neoga          11    16    17    13    --    57

Sullivan         8      8    10    15    --    41

3-point FG -- Neoga 4 (Roy 3, Thies 1), Sulilvan 2 (Green 1, Ellis 1).

At LSA

LSA stepped out to a 12-0 first quarter lead on Cumberland and went on for a 51-15 victory.

LSA had two players in double figures, Karsten with 17 and Poland with 12.

Cumberland was led by Dunaway with seven.

At LSA

CUMBERLAND (15)

Marti 1-0 -- 2, Baker 1-1 -- 3, D. Sowers 0-1 -- 1, Irvin 0-0 -- 0, Dunaway 3-0 -- 7, Smith 0-2 -- 2. TOTALS 5 FG, 4 FT.

LSA (51)

Poland 5-2 -- 12, Karsten 7-1 -- 17, Mize 2-0 -- 4, Keane 1-0 -- 2, Cuttill 2-0 -- 4, Stock 3-0 -- 6, Phillips 1-0 -- 2, Black 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 23 FG, 3 FT.

Cumberland           0      5      6    4    --    15

LSA                       12    15    18    6    --    51

3-point  FG -- Cumberland 1 (Dunaway 1), LSA 2 (Karsten 2).

OTHER SCORES:

Pana 65, Roxana 25

Marshall 46, Arcola 36