Boys Basketball Regionals Underway Tonight

Class 1A and Class 2A boys basketball regionals will get underway Monday around the state.

Area teams will be competing in action Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and finish out Friday with championships.

Kurt Becker sent some historical information on the St. Elmo/Brownstown Regional which begins tonight.

St. Elmo is getting ready to host its 28th IHSA boys basketball regional in a gym which was built with an oil-boom tax base in the early 1940s.

Shell, Pure, Texaco, Gulf and Standard Oil of New Jersey all owned rights to oil wells in the  St. Elmo area by the late 1930s , with Carter Oil Co., Allied Oil and Owensboro Corp. also investing heavily in the region.  St. Elmo built a new school facility at a cost of  $175,000 including a gymnasium which hosted its first boys basketball game February 17, 1942.

As postseason play begins, here is the complete list of IHSA boys' basketbalal regional champions at St. Elmo:

1942 -- Ramsey, 1944 -- Vandalia, 1946 -- Vandalia, 1947 -- Altamont, 1948 -- Vandalia, 1949 -- Brownstown, 1950 -- Vandalia, 1951 -- Vandalia, 1954 -- Vandalia, 1972 -- Vandalia, 1974 -- Patoka, 1975 -- Vandalia, 1979 -- Vandalia, 1981 -- Vandalia, 1983 -- Vandalia, 1985 -- Vandalia, 1987 -- Kinmundy-Alma, 1988 -- St. Elmo (advanced to IHSA Final Four), 1989 -- Patoka, 1990 -- Vandalia, 1991 -- Vandalia, 1992 -- St. Elmo, 1994 -- Brownstown, 1996 -- Farina (South Central), 2004 -- Farina (South Central), 2009 -- Altamont, 2911 -- St. Elmo, 2013 -- Nokomis (advanced to IHSA Final Four).

Following is the schedule for each evening for area regionals:

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Class 1A St. Elmo/Brownstown Regional

Game 1 – Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor vs. South Central, 7 p.m.

Class 1A Nokomis Regional

Game 1 – Bethany Okaw Valley vs. Mulberry Grove, 6 p.m.

Game 2 – Moweaqua Central A&M vs. Ramsey, 7:30 p.m.

Class 1A North Clay (Louisville) Regional

Game 1 – Grayville vs. Odin, 7 p.m.

Class 1A Dieterich Regional

Game 1 – Hutsonville/Palestine vs. Martinsville, 6 p.m.

Game 2 – Oblong vs. Clay City, 7:30 p.m.

Class 2A Casey-Westfield Regional

Game 1 – Cumberland vs. Casey-Westfield, 7 p.m.

Class 2A Teutopolis  Regional

Game 1 – Shelbyville  vs. Vandalia, 6 p.m.

Game 2 – Sullivan vs. Pana, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Class 1A Nokomis Regional

Game 3 – Nokomis vs. Winner Game 1, 7 p.m.

Class 1A St. Elmo/Brownstown Regional

Game 2 – Patoka vs. Neoga, 6 p.m.

Game 3 – St. Elmo/Brownstown vs. Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick, 7:30 p.m.

Class 1A North Clay (Louisville) Regional

Game 2 – Edwards County (Albion) vs. North Clay (Louisville), 6 p.m.

Game 3 – Sandoval vs. Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran, 7:30 p.m.

Class 1A Dieterich Regional

Game 3 – Dieterich vs. Winner Game 1, 7 p.m.

Class 2A Casey-Westfield Regional

Game 2 – Lawrenceville vs. Winner Game 1, 6 p.m.

Game 3 – Robinson vs. Newton, 7:30 p.m.

Class 2A Teutopolis  Regional

Game 3 – Teutopolis vs. Winner Game 1, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Class 1A Nokomis Regional

Game 4 – Effingham St. Anthony vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m.

Class 1A St. Elmo/Brownstown Regional

Game 4 – Altamont vs. Winner Game 1, 6 p.m.

Game 5 – Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 7:30 p.m.

Class 1A North Clay (Louisville) Regional

Game 4 – Cisne vs. Winner Game 1, 6 p.m.

Game 5 – Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 7:30 p.m.

Class 1A Dieterich Regional

Game 4 – Red Hill (Bridgeport) vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m.

Class 2A Teutopolis Regional

Game 4 – Marshall vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26

Class 1A Nokomis Regional

Game 5 – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7 p.m. (championship)

Class 1A St. Elmo/Brownstown Regional

Game 6 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 7 p.m.

Class 1A North Clay (Louisville) Regional

Game 6 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 7 p.m. (championship)

Class 1A Dieterich Regional

Game 5 – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7 p.m. (championship)

Class 2A Casey-Westfield Regional

Game 4 – Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 7 p.m. (championship)

Class 2A Teutopolis  Regional

Game 5 – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7 p.m. (championship)