EHS Wins Apollo Contest, Area Girls Basketball Roundup

MOUNT ZION -- Effingham High School improved its Apollo Conference record to 6-2 on the season with a 52-47 win over Mount Zion in girls basketball action Thursday evening.

The Hearts and the Braves played to a 13-13 opening quarter tie. The Hearts edged ahead 22-20 at halftime. The Hearts then had a 15-9 third quarter to push into a 37-29 lead going into the final period.

The Hearts would need that lead as Mount Zion came back with an 18-15 final quarter only to fall short.

Shelby Myers tallied 14 points while Miranda Fox added 11 and Skyler Schafer had 10 for the Hearts. EHS had 14 turnovers while Mount Zion coughed up the ball 17 times.

"This was a good win for us as Mount Zion has continued to improve all season," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "Congrats to Ali Davis who scored her 1,000th point tonight for them. She is a very good player and Skyler came in and did a great job of making her earn her points.

"Shelby did a great job for us with 14 points and nine rebounds, especially in the first half. And Skyler and Bria had their best games to date. Skyler hit two big threes, had 10 points and added five rebounds. Bria had eight points and 11 rebounds. Miranda did a great job tonight of getting into their zone and did a lot of good things. This was a really good effort."

The Hearts are playing without leading scorer Carsyn Fearday who has been out with an injury.

EHS improves to 21-3 on the season and will travel to Teutopolis tonight for a rare Friday evening game. Both teams are ranked in the top 10 in their respective classes in the Associated Press poll.

At Mount Zion

EFFINGHAM (52)

Schafer 3-2 -- 10, Carie 1-0 -- 2, Armstrong 1-2 -- 5, Fox 5-1 -- 11, Webster 1-0 -- 2, Barr 3-2 -- 8,  Myers 6-2 -- 14. TOTALS 20 FG, 9 FT.

MOUNT ZION (47)

B. Davis 1-0 -- 3, Bowman 1-0 -- 2, A. Davis 5-5 -- 17, Skunkenberg 1-1 -- 4, S. Wolter 1-3 -- 5, L. Wolter 1-0 -- 4, Roseau 4-4 -- 12. TOTALS 14 FG, 15 FT.

Effingham            13    9    15    15    --    52

Mount Zion          13   7      9    18    --    47

3-point FG -- Effingham 3 (Schafer 2, Armstrong 1), Mount Zion 4 (B. Davis 1, A. Davis 2, Skunkenberg 1).

At Dieterich

South Central tallied a 39-32 National Trail Conference win over Dieterich Thursday evening.

The Cougars held a 17-14 halftime lead and then had a 22-18 second half for the victory.

Abby Hahn tallied 25 points for the winners, connecting on nine field goals, three from trifecta land and four of six at the line.

Dieterich was led by Anna Shadle with 15 points. Shadle also pulled down six rebounds along with Kaitlyn Bloemer. Bloemer had four assists.

Dieterich drops to 0-6 in the conference, 5-19 overall.

South Central improves to 1-7 in the conference, 5-18 overall.

At Dieterich

SOUTH CENTRAL (39)

Hahn 9-4 -- 25, Hilmes 1-0 -- 2, Hall 3-2 -- 8, Wilkins 0-0 -- 0, Sigrist 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 15 FG, 6 FT.

DIETERICH (32)

Britton 3-0 -- 7, Shadle 6-3 -- 15, Niemerg 1-0 -- 2, Bierman 3-2 -- 8, Bloemer 0-0 -- 0, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Brummer 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 13 FG, 5 FT.

South Central             10    7    7    15    --    39

Dieterich                       7    7    9      9    --    32

3-point FG -- South Central 3 (Hahn 3), Dieterich 1 (Britton 1).

At Olney

Olney stepped out to a 20-8 first quarter lead and downed Newton 51-44 in action Tuesday evening.

The Eagles had a 20-8 final quarter but couldn't make up that first half deficit.

Grace Hartrich tallied 15 for Newton while Abby Frohning added 12. Frohning led in rebounds with eight while Hartrich had seven.  Mariah Earnest had five assists.

Newton drops to 18-7 on the season.

Newton won the junior varsity game 45-35.

At Olney

NEWTON (44)

Hartrich 3-9 -- 15, Frohning 6-0 -- 12, Richards 3-0 -- 8, Earnest 2-1 -- 5, Cohorst 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 16 FG, 10 FT.

OLNEY (51)

Eagleson 4-4 -- 16, Luna 2-6 -- 10, Lecrone 4-0 -- 10, Mowrer 4-0 -- 8, Inyart 1-2 -- 4, Hough 1-0 -- 3. TOTALS 16 FG, 12 FT.

Newton            8      9    7    20    --    44

Olney             20    16    7      8    --    51

3-point FG -- Newton 2 (Richards 2), Olney 7 (Eagleson 4, Lecrone 2, Hough 1).

Junior Varsity Game

Newton 45, Olney 35

Newton -- Grunloh 20, Stone 10, Jansen 7, Bierman 6, R. Russell 2

Olney -- Black 7, Kauble 6, Doll 6, Hughes 5, Shawn 4, Hires 3, Steber 2, Sndyer 2.

At Brownstown/St. Elmo

Brownstown/St. Elmo held a 30-15 halftime lead and never looked back in a 60-30 victory over Ramsey Thursday evening.

Three players hit double figures for the winners. Dana Shelton tallied 22 points while Deana Shelton added 14 and Elissa Baron 10.

At Brownstown/St. Elmo

RAMSEY (30)

Wait 0-2 -- 2, Schackmann 0-0 -- 0, Kelly 1-0 -- 3, Wesselman 5-1 -- 11, Peterson 0-1 -- 1, England 1-2 -- 4, Marx 1-0 -- 2, Ritter 0-0 -- 0, Compton 2-2 -- 7. TOTALS 10 FG, 8 FT.

BROWNSTOWN/ST. ELMO (60)

Scholes 0-0 -- 0, Johnson 2-0 -- 6, Da. Shelton 8-5 -- 22, De. Shelton 5-4 -- 14, Walk 0-1 -- 1, Cripe 0-0 -- 0, Baron 5-0 -- 10, Oberlink 2-1 -- 5, Howard 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 23 FG, 11 FT.

Ramsey                                    6       9      7      8    --    30

Brownstown/St. Elmo           14    16    11    19    --    60

3-ponit FG -- Ramsey 2 (Kelly 1, Compton 1), Brownstown/St. Elmo 3 (Johnson 2, Da. Shelton 1).

At Sandoval

North Clay (Louisville) edged out to a 13-11 opening quarter lead on Sandoval but the Blackhawks came back to pull within 25-24 at halftime.

The Cardinals then had a 20-15 second half for the six point victory.

North Clay was led by Darcy Fender with 15 points and Madi Craig with 12.

At Sandoval

NORTH CLAY (45)

Kessler 1-6 -- 8, Fender 6-1 -- 15, Fleener 0-1 -- 1, Jones 2-2 -- 6, Craig 3-6 -- 12, Harmon 0-0 -- 0, Bailey 0-0 -- 0, Coble 1-0 -- 3. TOTALS 13 FG, 16 FT.

SANDOVAL (39)

Orrell 3-0 -- 9, Garrison 4-0 -- 9, HIll 1-0 -- 2, Wilkins 0-2 -- 2, Day 1-0 -- 2, Lyons 0-0 -- 0, Brandt 0-0 -- 0, Hammer 7-1 -- 15, Rachilla 0-0 -- 0, Evans 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 16 FG, 3 FT.

North Clay           13    12    14    6    --    45

Sandoval             11    13    11    4    --    39

3-point FG -- North Clay 3 (Fender 2, Coble 1), Sandoval 4 (Orrell 3, Garrison 1).