EHS Wins Bob Kerans Tourney, Bulldogs Second at T'ville

NEWTON -- Effingham High School captured the championship of the Bob Kerans Girls Basketball Tournament Friday.

The Heart finished first with a perfect 4-0 record while Newton took second at 3-1, Flora third at 2-2, Altamont fourth at 1-3 and Cumberland fifth at 0-4.

In Friday's final action, Effingham pounded Cumberland 52-2 to finish 4-0. The Hearts took a 17-2 opening quarter lead and held the Pirates scoreless the rest of the way.

Carsyn Fearday was the lone EHS player in double figures with 10 points. Sidney Webster and Bria Barr had eight points each.

"It was good to win the Newton Tournament again," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "The past couple of years we have not been able to win the close games. The kids put a good tournament together getting everyone involved and sharing the basketball and playing15-16 good quarters of defense. We need to carry this momentum into the next part of our season, the Apollo Conference first half of the season that will get us to Christmas and we can see where we are at."

Cumberland's basket came from Marti.

Newton beat Altamont 54-44 . The Eagles led 26-18 at halftime. Ariel Richards scored 23 points to lead the Eagles while Olivia Shipman tallied 13 and Abby Frohning 11.

Altamont was led by Shelbi Stone with 14.

In the other contest, Flora beat Cumberland, no score was reported.

Bob Kerans Tournament

Game Nine

NEWTON (54)

Richards 8-5 -- 23, Shipman 5-1 -- 13, Frohning 4-3 -- 11, Harrrich 2-2 -- 6, Cohorst 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 19 FG, 12 FT.

ALTAMONT (44)

Stone 5-2 -- 14, McHugh 3-0 -- 9, Duckwitz 2-2 -- 7, Mayhaus 3-0 -- 6, Guse 1-0 -- 3, Hosick 1-0 -- 3, Mette 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 16 FG, 4 FT.

Newton             15    11    12    16    --    54

Altamont          10      8    10    16    --    44

3-point FG -- Newton 4 (Richards 2, Shipman 2), Altamont 8 (McHugh 3, Stone 2, Duckwitz 1, Guse 1, Hosick 1).

Game Ten

EFFINGHAM (52)

Fearday 4-1 -- 10, Schafer 0-0 -- 0, Carie 2-0 -- 4, Armstrong 1-0 -- 3, Fox 2-3 -- 7, Webster 4-0 -- 8, Barr 3-2 -- 8, Myers 2-0 -- 4, Shah 1-0 -- 2, Greene 0-0 -- 0, Buscher 0-0 -- 0, Cordes 3-0 -- 6, Damron 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 22 FG, 6 FT.

CUMBERLAND (2)

Brumleve 0-0 -- 0, Williams 0-0 -- 0, Marti 1-0 -- 2, Sowers 0-0 -- 0, Boswell 0-0 -- 0, Dunaway 0-0 -- 0, Ervin 0-0 -- 0, Oakley 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 1 FG, 0 FT.

Effingham            17    9    18    8    --    52

Cumberland           2    0      0    0    --      2

3-point FG -- Effingham 2 (Fearday 1, Armstrong 1).

Taylorville Holiday Tournament

Effingham St. Anthony finished the 23rd Annual Taylorville Tornadoes Peoples' Bank and Trust Holiday Tournament with a 4-1 record Saturday.

Hillsboro won the tournament with a 5-0 mark followed by St. Anthony 4-1, Taylorville 3-2, Mount Zion 2-3, Decatur Eisenhower 1-4 and Jacksonville 0-5.

In a Friday game, St. Anthony suffered its only loss to Taylorville 45-41. The Tornadoes took a 20-16 halftime lead and had a 15-11 third quarter run. The Bulldogs came back with a 14-10 final quarter only to fall short.

Abby Weis tallied 15 points for the Bulldogs.

In the final contest Saturday, St. Anthony beat Jacksonville 42-30. The Bulldogs leaped out to a 14-3 opening quarter lead and never looked back.

Weis tallied 21 points to lead the way and had seven rebounds and five steals. Abbie Schmidt pulled down seven boards and Keri  McGuire had three assists.

Friday's Game

ST. ANTHONY (41)

Saba 0-0 -- 0, Schmidt 3-0 -- 6, Kinkelaar 1-0 -- 2, Weis 6-0 -- 15, McHugh 3-1 -- 7, Gibson 0-0 -- 0, Repking 0-0 -- 0, Coffin 0-0 -- 0, Richards 3-2 -- 8, Clausius 1-1 -- 3, McGuire 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 17 FG, 4 FT.

TAYLORVILLE (45)

Pruitt 1-2 -- 4, Althoff 0-0 -- 0, Snyder 2-6 -- 10, Brotherton 0-2 -- 2, Morrison 4-0 -- 9, Tomasello 0-0 -- 0, Olive 2-4 -- 8, Tippitt 0-0 -- 0, Markwell 3-0 -- 8, Lynch 0-0 -- 0, Jackson 2-0 -- 4, Sagle 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 14 FG, 13 FT.

St. Anthony            8    8    11    14    --    41

Taylorville             11    9    15    10    --     45

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 3 (Weis 3), Taylorville 4 (Markwell 2, Morriosn 1, Pruitt 1).

Saturday's Game

ST. ANTHONY (42)

Schmidt 2-2 -- 6, Kinkelaar 0-2 -- 2, Weis 9-0 -- 21, McHugh 1-0 -- 2, Gibson 1-0 -- 2, Repking 0-1 -- 1, Coffin 0-0 -- 0, Richards 1-3 -- 5, Clausius 1-0 -- 2, McGuire 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 15 FG, 9 FT.

JACKSONVILLE (30)

Gladney 1-0 -- 3, Alhorn 0-0 -- 0, White 0-0 -- 0, Wood 4-3 -- 12, Hymes 1-0 -- 2, Preston 0-0 -- 0, Willingham 0-0 -- 0, Doss 0-0 -- 0, Jibben 3-1 -- 10, Thing 0-0 -- 0, F. Jackson 0-0 -- 0, Parkevich 0-0 -- 0, W. Jackson 1-1 -- 3. TOTALS 10 FG, 5 FT.

St. Anthony            14    5    15      8    --    42

Jacksonville             3    7      8    12    --    30

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 3 (Weis 3), Jacksonville 5 (Jibben 3, Gladney 1, Wood 1).