St. A Captures NTC Title, EHS Drops Loss, Area Girls Roundup

BROWNSTOWN -- Effingham St. Anthony High School headed to Brownstown/St. Elmo for a National Trail Conference girls basketball contest Thursday evening and claimed a 64-34 victory. That wins gives the Bulldogs the NTC regular season championship with a perfect 7-0 record.

"Our starting guards had a great game and combined for 38 points," said St. Anthony Coach Bart Wiedman. "Emily McDevitt's defense on Morgan Brown was tremendous. She had only two points."

The Bulldogs took a 12-2 opening quarter lead behind Abby Weis' seven points. The lead stood at 23-17 at halftime as Brownstown/St. Elmo came back with a 15-11 lead. Fitch and Moore tallied five each.

But the Bulldogs put together a 21-5 third quarter as Emily McDevitt went on a tear with eight points. The Bulldogs finished out with a 20-12 final quarter.

Weis and McDevitt led the Bulldogs with 13 points each while Abby Brown chipped in with 12.

BSE was led by Fitch with 15 points.

St. Anthony improves to 18-11 overall. The Bulldogs junior varsity squad won 40-30 to finish the season at 12-4.

At Brownstown

ST. ANTHONY (64)

Burton 0-0 -- 0, Schmidt 1-0 -- 2, M. Richards 0-2 -- 2, Weis 5-0 -- 13, McDevitt 5-3 -- 13, McHugh 0-0 -- 0, Brown 5-1 -- 12, Horn 0-2 -- 2, Clausius 0-1 -- 1, McGuire 0-0 -- 0, Schuette 3-0 -- 8, E. Richards 2-0 -- 4, Niebrugge 0-5 -- 5, Saba 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 22 FG, 14 FT.

BROWNSTOWN/ST. ELMO (34)

Fitch 6-2 -- 15, Seaton 0-0 -- 0, Bone 0-1 -- 1, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Da. Shelton 0-5 -- 5, De. Shelton 0-0 -- 0, Brown 1-0 -- 2, Moore 2-1 -- 5, Grames 0-0 -- 0, Cappellini 0-0 -- 0, Baron 1-1 -- 3, Howard 1-1 -- 3. TOTALS 11 FG, 11 FT.

St. Anthony                           12    11    21    20    --    64

Brownstown/St. Elmo           2    15      5    12    --    34

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 6 (Weis 3, Brown 1, Schuetet 2), Brownstown/St. Elmo 1 (Fitch 1).

Junior Varsity  Game

St. Elmo/Brownstown            6    12       5      7    --    30

St. Anthony                              6    10    12    12    --    40

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Seaton 0, Johnson 5, Da. Shelton 4, De. Shelton 6,  Grames 2, Zasada 2, Reynolds 2, Cappellini 0, Baron 6, Cripe 0, Noll 0, Howard 3

St. Anthony -- Clausius 4, Saba 9, Richards 3, Gibson 6, McHugh 6, Repking 4, Horn 3, Kinkelaar 4, McGuire 1

At Salem

It was a different game altogether as Effingham fell to Salem 67-35 in Apollo Conference action Thursday evening.

The Hearts had beaten the Wildcats 55-52 in overtime earlier in the season. But this time around it was a different story.

Salem stepped out to a 19-6 opening quarter and never looked back, outscoring the Hearts  48-29 over the next three quarters.

"I really have no comment," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "It was hard to believe what I just witnessed."

Carsyn Fearday was the lone EHS player in double figures with 14. Aly Armstrong chipped in with nine.

The Hearts drop to 4-5 in the conference, 17-10 overall.

At Salem

EFFINGHAM (35)

Depoister 0-0 -- 0, Fearday 3-7 -- 14, Schafer 0-0 -- 0, Philips 0-0 -- 0, Armstrong 3-0 -- 9, Steffen 2-2 -- 6, Fox 0-1 -- 1, Webster 0-0 -- 0, Nunamaker 0-0 -- 0, Crowell 0-1 -- 1, Barr 1-0 -- 2, Myers 1-0 -- 2, Carie 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 10 FG, 11 FT.

SALEM (67)

Hood 5-6 -- 18, Gregg 2-1 -- 5, Meadows 4-0 -- 8, Gurrin 1-0 -- 3, Marshall 0-3 -- 3, Watson 4-2 -- 10, Seager 7-2 -- 18. TOTALS 23 FG, 14 FT. (players add up to 65 while 67 listed as final)

Effingham             6    10    13     6    --    35

Salem                19    23    15    10    --    67

3-point FG -- Effingham 4 (Armsrong 3, Fearday 1), Salem 5 (Hood 2, Seager 2, Gurrin 1).

At Dieterich

Neoga High School claimed a 68-46 win over Dieterich in National Trail Conference play.

EC Thies led the Indians with 24 points, breaking the school record for points in a career with 1,859 set by Molly Hartke in 2002.

Also in double figures was Jaycie Roy with 19. Neoga ends the season at 6-1 in the conference, good for second place, and is 21-7 overall.

Dieterich was led by Madison Bannick with 18 and Kallee Heuerman with 14. Heuerman pulled down 15 rebounds and had two steals. Kelsey Webb had three assists.

The Movin' Maroons drop to 1-5 in the conference, 8-19 overall. Dieterich will finish out NTC play Saturday at Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City with a 10 a.m. contest.

At Dieterich

NEOGA (68)

Atwell 0-0 -- 0, Thies 9-4 -- 24, Hotze 4-0 -- 8, Kistner 0-0 -- 0, Potter 2-0 -- 4, Roy 7-1 -- 19, Banning 4-1 -- 9, Ewing 0-0 -- 0, Morrison 0-0 -- 0, Lee 0-0 -- 0, Dryden 2-0 -- 4, Roderick 0-0 -- 0, Lee 0-0 -- 0, Ramert 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 28 FG, 6 FT.

DIETERICH (46)

Vahling 0-0 -- 0, Shadle 0-0 -- 0, Klay 1-0 -- 2, Britton 1-0 -- 2, Robards 1-5 -- 7, Bloemer 0-0 -- 0, Mahnke 0-0 -- 0, Webb 1-0 -- 3, Heuerman 5-4 -- 14, Bannick 7-1 -- 18. TOTALS 16 FG, 10 FT.

Neoga             15     7    31    15    --    68

Dieterich          9    15      5    17    --    46

3-point FG -- Neoga 6 (Roy 4, Thies 2), Dieterich 4 (Bannick 3, Webb 1).

At Louisville

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg edged North Clay (Louisville), 60-59 in non-conference action Thursday.

The Cardinals took a 13-9 opening quarter lead and led 30-27 at halftime. North Clay held a 40-36 lead going into the final quarter. WSS then rallied with a 24-19 final period to pull out the one point victory.

Grace Schuler led the winners with 18 points while Schleche and Tabbert chipped in with 10 points each. The Hatchets improve to 12-14 on the season.

North Clay was led by Jones with 20, Stanfield with 13 and Fender with 11.

At Louisville

WINDSOR/STEW-STRAS (60)

Everett 3-0 -- 6, Schlechte 4-2 -- 10, Schuler 8-1 -- 18, Tabbert 3-4 -- 10, Davis 3-0 -- 6, Schultz 0-0 -- 0, Trussell 3-4 -- 10. TOTALS 24 FG, 11 FT.

NORTH CLAY (59)

Stanfield 3-7 -- 13, Kessler 4-0 -- 8, Walters 0-0 -- 0, Fender 5-1 -- 11, Fleener 1-0 -- 2, Coble 1-3 -- 5, Fender 0-0 -- 0, Jones 7-2 -- 20. TOTALS 21 FG, 17 FT.

Windsor/Stew-Stras          9    18      9    24    --    60

North Clay                         13    17    10    19    --    59

3-point FG -- Windsor/Stew-Stras 1 (Schuler 1), North Clay 0.

 At Farina

Wayne City came calling in a non-conference matchup and handed South Central a 52-45 loss.

"We played much better tonight," said South Central Coach Gary Kapper. "Our defense had more intensity which enabled us to score some points on the break. We had some chances at the end to go ahead but just couldn't get the shot to fall. We struggled bad at the free thorw line with only nine of 21. That was the big difference in this game."

The Cougars were led by Keely Smith with 20 and Abby Hahn with 16. South Central ends regular season play at 8-17.

At Farina

WAYNE CITY (52)

Dagg 4-2 -- 13, Bass 10-8 -- 28, Anderson 1-0 -- 2, Smith 1-0 -- 3, Gammon 3-0 -- 6, McCormick 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 19 FG, 10 FT.

SOUTH CENTRAL (45)

Hahn 5-5 -- 16, Smith 8-3 -- 20, Lee 0-0 -- 0, Slater 2-0 -- 4, McCoy 0-1 -- 1, Sigrist 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 17 FG, 9 FT.

Wayne City                9    18    10    15    --    52

South Central          14      8    12    11    --    45

3-point  FG -- Wayne City 4 (Dagg 3, Smith 1), South Central 2 (Hahn 1, Smith 1).

At Pana

Pana finished out regular season play with a 58-17 win over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City. Pana is now 14-13 on the season.

The Panthers leaped out to a 40-9 halftime lead. CHBC was led by Endsley with eight points.

At Pana

COWDEN-HERRICK/BEECHER CITY (17)

Gates 0-1 -- 1, Miller 0-0 -- 0, Morrison 0-0 -- 0, Persinger 0-1 -- 1, Lorton 0-0 -- 0, Berg 0-0 -- 0, Smith 1-1 -- 3, Endsley 4-0 -- 8, Johnson 0-2 -- 2, Oldham 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 6 FG, 5 FT.

PANA (58)

Butkauskas 2-0 -- 6, Lenover 0-0 -- 0, Maton 1-0 -- 2, Hall 3-0 -- 6, Vaughn 3-2 -- 8, Beck 1-3 -- 6, Denton 5-0 -- 10, Dudra 1-2 -- 5, holthaus 1-0 -- 2, Thomspon 0-0 -- 0, Funneman 1-0 -- 3, Stremming 4-1 -- 10. TOTALS 22 FG, 8 FT.

CHBC             2      7       4    4    --    17

Pana            27    13    11    7    --    58

3-point FG -- CHBC 0, Pana 6 (Butkauskas 2, Beck 1, Dudra 1, Funneman1, Stremming 1).

At Casey

Newton stepped out to a 19-10 opening quarter and led 32-17 at halftime before downing Casey-Westfield 56-34.

Newton's Richard connected on five three-pointers on the way to a game-leading 23 points. Hartrich chipped in with 15 while Frohning added 12.

The Eagles improve to 16-11 on the season.

At Casey

NEWTON (56)

Richards 7-4 -- 23, Hartrich 7-1 -- 15, Frohning 5-2 -- 12, Kline 2-0 -- 4, Probst 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 22 FG, 7 FT.

CASEY-WESTFIELD (34)

Cutright 3-0 -- 7, V. Cox 2-2 -- 6, Riggleman 3-0 -- 6, D. Morgan 1-3 -- 5, Morgan 0-4 -- 4, C. Cox 1-2 -- 4, Brandenburg 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 11 FG, 11 FT.

Newton                         19    13    13    11    --    56

Casey-Westfield           10      7      4    13    --    34

3-point FG -- Newton 5 (Richards 5), Casey-Westfield 1 (Cutright 1).

At Toledo

Martinsville handed Cumberland a 56-44 loss Thursday evening.

The Bluestreaks took a 12-5 opening quarter lead and led 30-14 at halftime. Cumberland came back with a 20-9 final quarter run.

Marti tallied 15 points for the Pirates while M. Sowers added nine.

At Toledo

MARTINSVILLE (56)

C. Kannmacher 2-0 -- 4, Payne 6-2 -- 14, Truelove 7-1 -- 15, Lindsay 4-0 -- 8, McIntyre 2-0 -- 4, L. Kannmacher 3-5 -- 11. TOTALS 24 FG, 8 FT.

CUMBERLAND (44)

Brumleve 2-0 -- 5, M. Sowers 3-1 -- 9, Hudson 0-0 -- 0, K. Adult 1-0 -- 2, Maxey 1-6 -- 8, Marti 6-2 -- 15, D. Sowers 0-0 -- 0, Smith 0-0 -- , Dunaway 2-0 -- 5. TOTALS 15 FG, 9 FT.

Martinsville           12    18    17      9    --    56

Cumberland            5      9    10    20    --    44

3-point FG -- Martinsville 0, Cumberland 5 (M. Sowers 2, Brumleve 1, Dunaway 1, Marti 1).

OTHER SCORES:

Mattoon 65, Taylorville 47 (Mattoon wins Apollo Conference regular season title)

Flora 64, Red Hill (Bridgeport) 34

Vandalia 68, Carlinville 22

Marshall 68, Robinson 34

Central A&M 74, Shelbyville 23