Published on December 31 2012 1:22 pm
Last Updated on December 31 2012 3:59 pm
Written by Millie Lange
MATTOON -- Olney claimed the championship of the Mattoon Girls Basketball Tournament Saturday.
The Tigers handed Salem an 80-73 loss for the title. In the third place contest, Mahomet-Seymour defeated Mattoon 51-39.
St. Anthony defeated Decatur MacArthur 44-24 in Friday action. The Bulldogs played for fifth place Saturday and downed Vandalia 48-36 to claim that title. No other information was provided on this game.
St. Anthony's Makayla Walsh earned All-Tournament honors. Kelsey Shipman (Olney) was named Most Valuable Player. Other members of the team were Amber Bruno (Vandalia), Maggie Schmidt (Mahomet-Seymour), Kyla Cook (Salem), Marley Miller (Olney), Kristen Belya (Mahomet-Seymour), Morgan Hawkins (Salem), Megan Godoyo (Vandalia) and Sammy Thompson (Mattoon).
Edwardsville Tournament
Teutopolis High School edged Champaign Central 36-33 in the Edwardsville third place contest Friday.
The championship went to Edwardsville over Chatham Glenwood 71-30. Fifth place went to Jacksonville over Rockford Auburn 42-36 and seventh place was captured by Minooka over McCluer North 54-24.
Okaw Valley Tournament
The Teutopolis freshman/sophomore squad competed in the Okaw Valley Tournament and downed Heritage 54-27 in Saturday action.
T-town took a 24-11 halftime lead and outscored Heritage 30-16 in the second half. The Wooden Shoes were led by Jenny McMahon with 16 points. She was the lone Shoe player in double figures.
Okaw Valley Tournament
Heritage 8 3 9 7 -- 27
Teutopolis F/S 13 11 16 14 -- 54
Heritage -- Westerfield 3, Baxter 2, Happ 10, Nickelson 0, Lannon 3, McCormick 9, Hallett 0
Teutopolis F/S -- Thoele 6, Weichman 7, Kroeger 4, Ruholl 0, Lohman 4, Borries 3, McMahon 16, Reiman 6, Bueker 8