Dieterich, BSE, St. A, Neoga Nab Victories at NTC Girls Tourney Openers

BEECHER CITY --The National Trail Conference Girls Basketball Tournament opened play Monday evening at Beecher City High School.

In the first game, Dieterich High School handed South Central a 45-15 loss.

Dieterich stepped out to 17-1 opening quarter lead and never looked back.

The Movin' Maroons were led in scoring by Anna Shadle with 12 points and Gracie Britton with 10.

South Central was led by Sydnee Garrett with six. The Cougars drop into consolation play and will face either Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City or Neoga Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.

In the second contest, Brownstown/St. Elmo edged North Clay (Louisville), 50-49 to pull off a big upset. BSE is seeded seventh while North Clay is seeded second.

The Cardinals held an 11-9 first quarter lead and led by that same two point margin at halftime, 26-24. The Cardinals led 40-36 going into the final quarter.

That's went BSE rallied with a 14-9 run to pull out the one point victory. Claire Wilhour led the winners with 20 points while Dana Shelton chipped in with nine.

North Clay was led by Madi Craig with 16 and Cassidy Coble with 10.

St. Anthony then tallied a 56-42 win over Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg.

The Bulldogs held a 29-20 halftime lead then had a 27-22 second half.

Clare McHugh hit seven baskets and was three of three at the line for 17 points to lead the Bulldogs. Sydney Gibson and Olivia Clausius chipped in with 12 each.

Windsor/Stew-Stras was led by Megan Schlechte with 18 and Nikki Trussell with 13.

"Good offensive game for us, especially having three in double figures and one with nine," said St. Anthony Coach Bart Wiedman. "We held a team to 42 points that have two good post players. If we rebound a little better, we might have only given up 32. It's time to refocus our attention to Brownstown/St. Elmo, who had a big upset today."

The final contest went to Neoga over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 52-38.

The Indians swept out to an 18-9 opening quarter lead and led 31-15 at halftime.

Blair Banning knocked in six two-pointers and was seven of eight at the line for 19 points for Neoga. Jessica Atwell chipped in with 10.

CHBC was led by Jaelyn Robertson with 17.

The tourney continues Wednesday with top-seeded Altamont against Dieterich at 5:30 p.m. followed by North Clay against South Central at 7.

NTC Tournament

Game One

DIETERICH (45)

Britton 3-4 -- 10, Bloemer 0-0 -- 0, Shadle 2-8 -- 12, Vahling 3-0 -- 6, Locey 1-0 -- 2, Robards 3-0 -- 8, Bloemer 1-2 -- 4, Aherin 0-0 -- 0, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Brummer 0-0 -- 0, Bierman 1-1 -- 3. TOTALS 14 FG, 15 FT.

SOUTH CENTRAL (15)

Vandygriff 1-0 -- 2,  Hilmes 1-0 -- 2, Blomberg 0-0 -- 0, Kollmon 1-0 -- 2, Garrett 2-2 -- 6, Swift 1-1 -- 3, Horton 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 6 FG, 3 FT.

Dieterich                  17    9    17    2    --    45

South Central           1    6      5    3    --    15

3-point FG -- Dieterich 2 (Robards 2), South Central 0.

Game Two

NORTH CLAY (49)

Kessler 1-0 -- 2, Fender 1-1 -- 3, Fleener 1-0 -- 2, Coble 4-0 -- 10, Jones 2-0 -- 5, Craig 7-2 -- 16, Lovett 3-2 -- 9, Lewis 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 20 FG, 5 FT.

BSE (50)

Scholes 0-0 -- 0, Viarmontes 3-0 -- 7, Da. Shelton 4-0 -- 9, De. Shelton 2-0 -- 4, Parkinson 2-0 -- 5, Wilhour 7-5 -- 20, Oberlink 2-1 -- 5. TOTALS 20 FG, 6 FT.

North Clay             11    15    14      9    --    49

BSE                         9    15    12    14    --    50

3-point FG -- North Clay 4 (Coble 2, Jones 1, Lovett 1), Brownstown/St. Elmo 4 (Viramontes 1, Da. Shelton 1, Parkinson 1, Wilhour 1).

Game Three

ST. ANTHONY (56)

Kinkelaar 1-0 -- 2, Jones 1-0 -- 2, McHugh 7-3 -- 17, Gibson 5-0 -- 12, Repking 0-0 -- 0, Richards 4-1 -- 9, Clausius 6-0 -- 12, Beesley 0-0 -- 0, McGuire 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 25 FG, 4 FT.

WSS (42)

Dasenbrock 0-0 -- 0, Davis 4-1 -- 9, Hayes 0-0 -- 0, Schlechte 9-0 -- 18, Davis 1-0 -- 2, Nichols 0-0 -- 0, Everett 0-0 -- 0, Trussell 6-1 -- 13. TOTALS 20 FG, 2 FT.

St. Anthony                           15    14    17    10    --    56

Windsor/Stew-Stras             12      8    14      8    --    42

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 2 (Gibson 2), Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 0.

Game Four

CHBC (38)

Lorton 1-0 -- 2, Robertson 6-3 -- 17, Bertin 2-2 -- 7, Persinger 0-0 -- 0, Burks 0-0 -- 0, Moon 0-1 -- 1, Sloan 0-0 -- 0, Bunch 0-2 -- 2, Wojcik 1-5 -- 7, Endsley 1-0 -- 2, Cherry 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 11 FG, 13 FT.

NEOGA (52)

Partlow 2-0 -- 5,  Estay 2-0 -- 4, Rupel 0-0 -- 0, Atwell 4-0 -- 10, Titus 2-2 -- 7, Banning 6-7 -- 19, Hill 0-0 -- 0, Gentry 3-1 -- 7, Sheehan 0-0 -- 0, Titus 0-0 -- 0, Hill 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 19 FG, 10 FT.

CHBC               9      6    11    12    --    38

Neoga            18    13      6    15    --    52

3-point FG -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 3 (Robertson 2, Bertin 1), Neoga 4 (Atwell 2, Partlow 1, Titus 1).