Effingham Claims Third at Salem, Saturday Scores

SALEM -- Effingham High School captured third place at the Salem Invitational Boys Basketball Tournament Saturday.

The Hearts defeated Troy Triad 60-39. The Hearts led by nine early, saw Triad come back to take a two-point lead, then exploded in the second half to lead by as much as 24 points before posting the 21-point win.

Grant Wolfe led Effingham with 23 points, while Landon Wolfe scored 19 points, Brent Beals 12 points and Jacob Donaldson six points.

Effingham went 2-1 in the tournament to improve to 15-3 on the season.

In Saturday action, Salem beat Mount Vernon 42-27 and Mattoon won over Andrews Osborne 60-58. In the seventh-place contest, Mount Vernon beat Andrews Osborne 59-43. The consolation championship went to Matton over Salem 67-66 in two overtimes. Edwardsville won the championship over Centralia 50-46.

Named to the All-Tournament First Team were Grant Wolfe (Effingham), Dawson Berry (Centralia), Javon Williams, Jr. (Centralia), Oliver Stephen (Edwardsville) and Noah Moss (Troy Triad). Second Team members were Jacob Donaldson (Effingham), Landon Wolfe (Effingham), Damond Crosby (Salem), Caleb Strohmeier (Edwardsville) and Jordan Maines (Centralia).

At Salem

TROY TRIAD (39)

Barbour 3-3 -- 9, Nott 0-0 -- 0, Milligan 0-0 -- 0, Grigg 0-0 -- 0, Qualls 0-0 -- 0, O'Dell 1-0 -- 2, Cox 1-0 -- 3, Deatherage 1-0 -- 3, Wendler 1-0 -- 3, Moss 5-2 -- 12, Rood 1-0 -- 2, Holcomb 2-1 -- 5, Brunton 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 15 FG, 6 FT.

EFFINGHAM (60)

Jackson 0-0 -- 0, Sandifer 0-0 -- 0, L. Wolfe 7-2 -- 19, Huelsbusch 0-0 -- 0, Kreke 0-0 -- 0, Hull 0-0 -- 0, G. Wolfe 10-0 -- 23, Lohman 0-0 -- 0, Beals 5-2 -- 12, Donaldson 2-2 -- 6. TOTALS 24 FG, 6 FT.

Troy Triad             9    12      9      9    --    39

Effingham           15    10    23    12    --    60

3-point FG -- Troy Triad 3 (Cox 1, Deatherage 1, Wendler 1), Effingham 6 (L. Wolfe 3, G. Wolfe 3).

BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL

Salem Invitational Tournament

Salem 42, Mt. Vernon 27

Mattoon 60, Andrews Osborne 58

7th Place: Mt. Vernon 59, Andrews Osborne 43

Consolation: Mattoon 67, Salem 66 -2OT

Championship: Edwardsville 50, Centralia 46

Little Illini Conference Tournament

Marshall 73, Paris 53

Olney 54, Red Hill 52 (OT)

Robinson 66, Casey-Westfield 53

Lawrenceville 50, Newton 47

NASHVILLE INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT (Breese Central defeated Teutopolis 50-38 in what was the championship game of the round robin tournament since both teams entered the contest with 3-0 records in the tournament; Mitch Hardiek scored 22 of Teutopolis' 38 points; the Shoes are now 18-2 on the season)

Other

Dieterich 83, South Central 66

Webber 53, Christ Our Rock Lutheran 26

Metro East Lutheran 70, Pana 59

Taylorville 63, Nokomis 51

GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL

National Trail Conference Tournament

Brownstown/St. Elmo 43, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 31 - Seventh Place

North Clay 43, South Central 32 - Fifth Place

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 76, Neoga 64 - Third Place

St. Anthony 47, Altamont 42 - Championship Game 

Highland Tournament

Nashville 55, Hillsboro 51 - Consolation Championship

Breese Mater Dei 55, Breese Central 41 - Fifth Place

O'Fallon 70, Teutopolis 60 - Third Place

Highland 67, Belleville West 39 - Championship