Brownstown/St. Elmo Edges Altamont in Girls Action, 48-43

BROWNSTOWN -- Brownstown/St Elmo edged Altamont 48-45 in National Trail Conference girls basketball action Tuesday evening.

The Bombers trailed Altamont 13-12 after the opening quarter. Altamont's Madison Ohnesorge got the Indians off in the right direction by scoring nine points.

The Indians had the momentum, pushing their lead to 21-16 going into the lockerroom at halftime. However, the second half belonged all to the Bombers. Brownstown/St. Elmo came back with a 15-12 third quarter run to tie the score at 33-33. Then in the final period, the Bombers connected on their free throws and outscored Altamont 15-10 to pull out the win.

Bethany Oberlink tallied 14 points while teammate Audriana Pruett scored 12. Altamont was led by M. Ohnesorge with 15 and Lauren Ohnesorge with 11.

At Brownstown

Varsity Game

ALTAMONT (43)

M. Ohnesorge 6-2 -- 15, L. Ohnesorge 5-1 -- 11, Laatsch 0-0 -- 0, Vaughn 1-0 -- 2,  Stevenson 1-0 -- 3, Smith 2-0 -- 4, Tillman 2-0 -- 4, Wendling 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 19 FG, 3 FT.

BROWNSTOWN/ST. ELMO (48)

Pruett 4-1 -- 12, Oberlink 5-4 -- 14, Austin 2-2 -- 6, Fitch 1-0 -- 2, Hill 3-3 -- 9, Bone 1-3 -- 5, Moore 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 15 FG, 13 FT.

Altamont                               13    8    12    10    --    43

Brownstown/St. Elmo          12    4    17    15    --    48

3-point FG -- 2 (M. Ohnesorge 1, Stevenson 1), Brownstown/St. Elmo 3 (Pruett 3).

Junior Varsity Game

Altamont                             10    6    6    4    --    26

Brownstown/St. Elmo          4    6    0    1    --    11

Altamont -- Miler 6, Laatsch 8, Vaughn 0, Stevenson 4, Smith 2, Stuckemeyer 0, Volker 0, Hanna 0, Gentry 6

Brownstown/St. Elmo -- Fitch 4, Osman 0, Dial 2, Walk 0,  Moore 2, Taplin 1, Howard 1