VIDEO: St. Anthony Wins Share of Conference Championship

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Published on February 16 2016 11:26 pm
Last Updated on February 17 2016 7:02 am
Written by Greg Sapp

The St. Anthony Bulldogs celebrated Senior Night with one of their best offensive performances of the season Tuesday night, defeating the Altamont Indians 77-70. The game was heard on 979XFM.

The win gave the Bulldogs a 6-1 National Trail Conference record and a share of the conference championship. Altamont is now 5-1 in the conference, but could still get a portion of the championship with a Senior Night win this Friday against Windsor/Stew-Stras.

The game was a see-saw affair, with numerous lead changes.

St. Anthony had the best of it early, leading by 17-13 after the first quarter. It was Altamont's turn to shine in the second quarter, outscoring the Bulldogs 15-9 to hold a 28-26 lead at halftime.

If you like offense, you liked the second half. St. Anthony scored 51 points after intermission, 25 in the third quarter and 26 in the fourth period. They needed them all, though, as Altamont scored 19 points in the third quarter and 23 in the fourth quarter. St. Anthony eventually got the lead up to double digits, but Altamont had one more run in them, pulling within five late before St. Anthony regrouped to lead by as many as 10 before winning by seven.

St. Anthony shot 53% from the field on the night, making 28 of 53 shots including eight of 17 threes. They also made 14 of 19 foul shots, committed 11 turnovers and grabbed 26 rebounds.

Altamont made 51% of its shots, 26 of 51, including three of nine threes, while making 15 of 22 free throws, turned the ball over 11 times and pulled down 23 rebounds.

Drew Gibson led St. Anthony with 25 points, 22 in the second half and 17 in the fourth quarter. Kyle Hartke got the Bulldogs off to a good start, scoring 17 points, eight in the first quarter and nine in the third quarter. Chandler Martelli finished with 15 points, 10 in the second half. Also for St. Anthony: James Kabbes 7, Cade Walsh 5, Nick Grunloh 4 and Jay Niebrugge 4.

Ryan Armstrong led Altamont with 23 points, while Klaiton Wolff added 14 points. Also for Altamont: Evan Cornett 9, Adam Mayhaus 8, Mitchell Stevenson 8, Sam Childerson 6, and Branden Hosick 2.

St. Anthony is now 17-10 on the season, while Altamont slipped to 21-5.

St. Anthony won a dandy JV game 54-53. Alex Beesley scored 19 points and Adam Levitt added 16 points for the JV Bulldogs; while Sam Childerson scored 15, Mitchell Stevenson scored 13 points and Wyatt Stone added 12 points for Altamont.

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ALTAMONT (70)

Stevenson 3-1 -- 8, Hosick 1-0 -- 2, Mayhaus 4-0 -- 8, Armstrong 7-8 -- 23, Deadmond 0-0 -- 0, Childerson 3-0 -- 6, Cornett 4-1 -- 9, K. Wolff 4-5 -- 14. TOTALS 26 FG, 15 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (77)

Walsh 2-0 -- 5, Kabbes 3-1 -- 7, Hartke 6-0 -- 17, Martelli 5-5 -- 15, Grunloh 2-0 -- 4, Gibson 8-8 -- 25, Niebrugge 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 28 FG, 14 FT.

Altamont               13    15    19    23    --    70

St. Anthony           17      9    25    26    --    77

3-point FG -- Altamont 3 (Stevenson 1, Armstrong 1, K. Wolff 1), St. Anthony 7 (Walsh 1, Hartke 5, Gibson 1).

Junior Varsity Game

Altamont                 4    17    20    12    --    53

St. Anthony          12    10    14    18    --    54

Altamont -- Stevenson 13, Pemberton 1, Stone 12, Laatsch 3, Flores 4, Williams 5, Childerson 15

St. Anthony -- Milleville 2, Nuxoll 8, Beesley 19, Levitt 16, Lawrence 4, Ludwig 2, Koester 3, Mendella 0, Strullmyer 0