Hearts Beat Salem, Area Girls Roundup

Effingham High School played host to Salem in Apollo Conference girls basketball action Thursday evening and came away with a 54-33 victory.

The Hearts trailed Salem 14-12 after the opening quarter but came back strong with a 12-4 second period to lead 24-18 at halftime.

EHS then continued strong offensively with a 20-8 third quarter and put the game away.

Carsyn Fearday, making her first appearance in several weeks after suffering an injury, tallied 20 points while Aly Armstrong added 10.

"We played very well after the first quarter," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "We did a good job of getting everyone involved. We had five different people score in both the second and third quarters and really locked down defensively. Carsyn had a great game back after missing four games and Miranda Fox did a great job both running the point and defensively. Aly played a really solid game and Bria Barr and Skyler Schafer really contributed on both ends."

The Hearts are 7-2 in the conference, 22-4 overall. Mattoon won the conference championship Thursday evening by beating Taylorville, 59-40.

At Effingham

SALEM (33)

Guerin 1-0 -- 3, Sager 1-2 -- 4, Gregg 7-0 -- 15, Meadows 1-2 -- 5, Marshall 1-0 -- 2, Maxey 0-0 -- 0, Wade 1-1 -- 3, Gillett 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 12 FG, 6 FT.

EFFINGHAM (54)

Fearday 9-1 -- 20, Schafer 1-0 -- 3, Carie 1-0 -- 2, Armstrong 3-2 -- 10, Fox 2-0 -- 4, Webster 1-0 -- 2,  Barr 3-0 -- 6, Myers 1-3 -- 5, Shah 0-0 -- 0, Greene 0-0 -- 0, Buscher 1-0 -- 2, Cordes 0-0 -- 0, Damron 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 22 FG, 6 FT.

Salem                   14      4      8      7    --    33

Effingham            12    12    20    10    --    54

3-point FG -- Salem 3 (Guerin 1, Gregg 1, Meadows 1), Effingham 4 (Fearday 1, Schafer 1, Armstrong 2).

At Neoga

Neoga came calling and picked up a 62-30 National Trail Conference win over Dieterich Thursday evening.

The Indians held a 26-11 halftime lead then had a 20-7 third period. Blair Banning tallied 21 and Jaycie Roy 12 for the winners.

Dieterich was led by Anna Shadle with 14 points and eight rebounds. She also had four steals. Gracie Britton led in assists with three.

At Neoga

DIETERICH (30)

Britton 1-0 -- 3, Shadle 4-6 -- 14, Robards 2-0 -- 4, Bloemer 1-0 -- 2, Niemerg 0-0 -- 0, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Vahling 0-0 -- 0, Brummer 1-0 -- 2, Bierman 2-1 -- 5. TOTALS 11 FG, 7 FT.

NEOGA (62)

Kistner 0-0 -- 0, Ewing 3-1 -- 7, Hill 2-2 -- 6, Lee 0-0 -- 0, Atwell 0-0 -- 0, Titus 0-0 --0, Roy 5-0 -- 12, Banning 9-3 -- 21, Hill 2-0 -- 4, Estay 1-0 -- 2, Gentry 0-0 -- 0, Partlow 0-2 -- 2, Dryden 4-0 -- 8, Ramert 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 26 FG, 8 FT.

Dieterich             9      2      7    12    --     30

Neoga              15    11    20    16     --    62

3-point FG -- Dieterich 1 (Britton 1), Neoga 2 (Roy 2).

At Newton

Newton broke an 11-11 opening quarter tie and went on for a 44-28 win over Casey-Westfield Thursday to finish out Little Illini Conference play with a 7-1 record and the regular season championship.

"I am proud of the girls' effort amd dedication all season long," said Newton Coach Harris. "To win 20 regular season games and win the regular season conference championship is quite an accomplishment. I know the girls are not finished yet and are looking to have a strong post season run."

Ariel Richards tallied 14 points while Grace Hartrich contributed 12 for the Eagles who are 20-7 overall. Hartrich pulled down eight rebounds while Kaitlyn Cohorst added five. Olivia Shipman and Mariah Earnest had two assists each. Shipman, Cohorst and Abby Frohning had four steals each.

At Newton

CASEY-WESTFIELD (28)

Morgna 5-0 -- 10, Cox 3-2 -- 8, Riggleman 3-0 -- 7, C. Maudling 1-1 -- 3. TOTALS 12 FG, 3 FT.

NEWTON (44)

Richards 4-3 -- 14, Hartrich 4-4 -- 12, Cohorst 3-1 -- 7, Shipman 2-0 -- 6, Frohning 1-2 -- 5. TOTALS 14 FG, 10 FT.

Casey-Westfield           11      6      9      2    --    28

Newton                         11    11    11    11    --    44

3-point FG -- Casey-Westfield 1 (Riggleman 1), Newton 6 (Richards 3, Cohrost 1, Shipman 2, Frohning 1).

At Louisville

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg tallied a 56-38 National Trail Conference win over North Clay (Louisville) Thursday.

WSS edged out to an 11-10 opening quarter lead and pushed that to 31-20 at halftime.

Nikki Trusell led the winners with 20 points while Megan Schlechte and Becca Schlechte scored 14 points each.

North Clay was led by Madi Craig with 14 and Taylor Jones with 11.

At Louisville

WINDSOR/STEW-STRAS (56)

Davis 2-0 -- 4, M. Schlechte 4-6 -- 14, B. Schlechte 6-2 -- 14, Everett 1-2 -- 4, Trussell 9-2 -- 20, Davis 0-0 -- 0, Vonderheide 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 22 FG, 12 FT.

NORTH CLAY (38)

Jones 4-2 -- 11, Craig 5-4 -- 14, Bailey 2-0 -- 4, Coble 4-0 -- 9, Kessler 0-0 -- 0, Fender 0-0 -- 0, Fleener 0-0 -- 0, Prather 0-0 -- 0, Holkenbrink 0-0 -- 0, Wiley 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 15 FG, 6 FT.

Windsor/Stew-Stras           11    20    17    14    --    56

North Clay                           10    10    15      3    --    38

(Windsor/Stew-Stras linescore adds up to 62 while 56 listed as final).

3-point FG -- Windsor/Stew-Stras 0, North Clay 2 (Jones 1, Coble 1).

At Cowden

Pana captured a 54-50 win over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City in non-conference play Thursday.

CHBC took a 17-14 opening quarter lead and led 28-26 at halftime. Pana came back with a 28-22 second half run.

Kylee Wheeler led the Bobcats with 10 points.

At Cowden

PANA (54)

Weideman 1-0 -- 2, Schoonvoer 10-2 -- 22, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Butkauskas 0-0 -- 0, Denton 5-1 -- 13, Dudra 1-0 -- 2, Holthaus 1-1 -- 3, Thompson 1-0 -- 2 , Ashcraft 1-2 -- 4, Sims 2-2 -- 6. TOTALS 22 FG, 8 FT.

CHBC (50)

Robertson 3-0 -- 9, Wheeler 4-2 --10, Persinger 1-1 -- 3, Blaine 0-0 -- 0, Lorton 0-0 -- 0, Moon 0-0 -- 0, Smith 0-0 -- 0, Johnson 3-1 -- 8, Oldham 1-4 -- 6, Wojcik 2-0 -- 5, Endsley 3-3 -- 9. TOTALS 17 FG, 11 FT.

Pana            14    12    15    13    --    54

CHBC           17    11    11    11    --    50

3-point FG -- Pana 2 (Denton 2), Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 5 (Robertson 3, Johnson 1, Wojcik 1).

At Toledo

Palestine/Hutsonville edged Cumberland 33-31 in action Thursday evening.

The Pirates held an 11-8 opening quarter lead and led 17-14 at halftime. Palestine/Hutsonville came back with a 10-7 third period to tie the score at 24-24 going into the final quarter then had a 9-7 run to pull out the victory.

Cumberland was led by Skylar Brumleve with 13 points. Brumleve knocked in three trifectas.

At Toledo

PALESTINE/HUTSONVILLE (33)

Crowe 2-3 -- 7, Agan 5-2 -- 12, Bery 5-0 -- 10, Baker 2-0 -- 4, Stoltz 0-0 -- 0, Stanley 0-0 -- 0, Steffey 0-0 -- 0, Keene 0-0 -- 0, Wilbur 0-0 -- 0, Messenger 0-0 -- 0, Lanham 0-0 -- 0, Pettigrew 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 14 FG, 5 FT.

CUMBERLAND (31)

Brumleve 5-0 -- 13, Williams 0-4 -- 4, Marti 0-2 -- 2, Sowers 1-2 -- 4, Boswell 0-1 -- 1, Dunaway 3-0 -- 7, Rusche 0-0 -- 0, Hull 0-0 -- 0, Feise 0-0 -- 0, Ervin 0-0 -- 0, Oakley 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 9 FG, 9 FT.

Palestine/Hutsonville            8    6    10    9    --    33

Cumberland                         11    6      7    7    --    31

3-point FG -- Palestine/Hutsonville 0, Cumberland 4 (Brumleve 3, Dunaway 1).