Shoes, Hearts Win; Indians, Bulldogs Lose at First Day of Effingham/Teutopolis Christmas Classic

Nate Thompson had to leave the Effingham game against Oak Lawn at the Effingham/Teutopolis Christmas Classic near halftime after sustaining a deep cut above his right eye.

Thompson came back for the second half with the cut bandaged shut and he celebrated by hitting the game-winning shot with under 10 seconds left to give the Hearts a 53-50 win in a game heard on 979XFM and www.979xfm.com. 

Landon Wolfe led Effingham in scoring with 20 points, making 5 of 9 shots and hitting 10 of 10 from the line. Nate Thompson finished with 13 points and Parker Wolfe hit a big three-point shot late to finish with 10 points. Cole Marxman scored eight points and Drew Thompson added two points.

The Hearts led the contest until well in the third quarter when Oak Lawn caught fire and eventually took a seven-point lead. Effingham came storming back, though, and Thompson's drive down the lane for the winning bucket and foul shot put the Hearts up by three. Oak Lawn tried a three-pointer at the buzzer that came up short.

Game Four

OAK LAWN (50)

Reyes 0-5 -- 5, Ward 5-1 -- 11, Alramli 1-0 -- 2, Nemri 0-0 -- 0, Osmani 8-8 -- 26, Cash 0-0 -- 0, Maloney 1-2 -- 4, Swatek 1-0 -- 4, Kennelly 0-0 -- 0. TOTAL 16 FG, 16 FT.

EFFINGHAM (53)

P. Wolfe 4-0 -- 10, D. Thompson 1-0 -- 2, Marxman 3-2 -- 8, N. Thompson 4-5 -- 13, L. Wolfe 5-10 -- 20, Briggerman 0-0 -- 0, Sstoneburner 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 17 fG, 17 FT.

Oak Lawn               12    15    11    12    --    50

Effingham               18    13      4    18    --    53

3-point FG -- Oak Lawn 2 (Osmani 2), Effingham 2 (P. Wolfe 2).

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Also Thursday, Teutopolis rolled to a big 73-43 win over Lawrenceville in action at T-Town.

Clint Weber had an outstanding game for the Wooden Shoes, scoring 26 points on 10 of 17 shooting with eight rebounds. Dawson Smith scored 14 points with seven rebounds and five assists. Mitch Hardiek scored 11 points on five of five shooting. Also for the Shoes: Evan Addis 8, Evan Wermert and Charlie Hoene 4 each, and Luke Ungrund, Noah Probst and Brock Deters 2 apiece.

Game Seven

TEUTOPOLIS (73)

Addis 2-2 -- 8, Smith 5-4 -- 14, Ungrund 0-2 -- 2, Wermert 2-0 -- 4, M. Hardiek 5-1 -- 11, Will 0-0 -- 0, Weber 10-6 -- 26, Probst 1-0 -- 2, B. Deters 1-0 -- 2, Drees 0-0 -- 0, J. Hardiek 0-0 -- 0, Simmon 0-0 -- 0, Hoene 2-0 -- 4, M. Deters 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 28 FG, 15 FT.

LAWRENCEVILLE (43)

O'Dell 4-1 -- 11, Nelms 1-1 -- 3, Marsh 5-1 -- 13, Tewell 0-0 -- 0, Powell 1-0 -- 3, Jones 2-0 -- 5, Winningham 4-0 -- 8. TOTALS 17 FG, 3 FT.

Teutopolis                  22    17    28     6    --    73

Lawrenceville              8    12    13    10    --    43

3-point FG -- Lawrenceville 6 (O'Dell 2, Marsh 2, Powell 1, Jones 1).

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St. Anthony suffered a tough loss to Mattoon 67-60.

The contest featured more lead changes than anyone could count. The Bulldogs led 11-10 after the first quarter, trailed 31-28 at halftime, and were down one, 47-46 after three quarters.

Jaccob Dust led St. Anthony and all scorers with 22 points and nine rebounds. Kaden Fearday and Luke Ludwig each scored 11 points. Also for St. Anthony: Alex Brandenburger 7, Bryson Wall 4, Aaron Webb 3, and Logan Antrim 2.

Mattoon had three players in double figures, including Jadyn Princko with 18, Jayden Noe with 17 and Meade Johnson with 15 points.

Game Six

ST. ANTHONY (60)

Hoene 0-0 -- 0, Brandenburger 3-0 -- 7, Ludwig 4-3 -- 11, Webb 1-0 -- 3, Fearday 4-0 -- 11, Wall 2-0 -- 4, Antrim 1-0 -- 2, Dust 7-8 -- 22. TOTALS 22 FG, 11 FT.

MATTOON (67)

Princko 7-1 -- 18, Noe 4-8 -- 17, Johnson 5-1 -- 15, Compton 2-0 -- 4, Barnes 0-0 -- 0, Spitz 1-2 -- 5, Yardley 1-0 -- 2, Bradbury 3-0 -- 6. TOTALS 23 FG, 12 FT.

St. Anthony            11    17    18    14    --    60

Mattoon                  10    21    16    20    --    67

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 5 (Brandenburger 1, Webb 1, Fearday 3), Mattoon 9 Princko 3, Noe 1, Johnson 4, Spitz 1).

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The Altamont Indians battled hard but eventually fell to Lincoln Way East 47-34.

Altamont was only down 30-27 at halftime, before a 12-5 edge moved the Griffins in front by double digits.

Alek Biggs led Altamont with 16 points. Also for the Indians: Denver Duckwitz 5, Aiden Jahraus and Noah Teasley with 4 each, Kaden Eirhart with 3, and Tony Klitzing with 2.

Game One

ALTAMONT (34)

Budde 0-0 -- 0, Ruffner 0-0 -- 0, Suckow 0-0 -- 0, Biggs 5-4 -- 16, Jahraus 2-0 -- 4, Eirhart 1-0 -- 3, Duckwitz 2-1 -- 5, Klitzing 0-2 -- 2, Teasley 2-0 -- 4, Kollman 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 12 FG, 7 FT.

LINCOLN WAY EAST (47)

Jones 4-2 -- 11, Barr 5-0 -- 12, Slager 0-0 -- 0, Vaundry 1-1 -- 3, Wasso 2-0 -- 5, Lampley 1-0 -- 3, Sierocki 1-1 -- 3, Guderjan 0-0 -- 0, Seputis 1-0 -- 2, McLaughlin 4-0 -- 8. TOTALS 19 FG, 4 FT.

Altamont                           9      9      5    11    --    34

Lincoln Way East             8    14    12    13    --    47

3-point  FG -- Altamont 3 (Biggs 2, Eirhart 1), Lincoln Way East 6 (Barr 2, Jones 1, Wasso 1, Lampley 1, Seputis 1).

Other scores from the tournament Thursday:

Central A&M 82, Antioch 55

Pleasant Plains 44, Chicago Brooks 41

Chicago Corliss 57, Charleston 17

Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 72, Chicago Julian 14

Here's the second round Friday schedule: 

AT TEUTOPOLIS

9:30am--Altamont vs. Antioch (hear the game on KJ Country 102.3)

11am--Chicago Brooks vs. Lawrenceville

12:30pm--Lincoln Way East vs. Central A&M

2pm--Pleasant Plains vs. Teutopolis (hear the game on KJ Country 102.3)

AT EFFINGHAM

9:30am--Charleston vs. Oak Lawn

11am--St. Anthony vs. Chicago Julian (hear the game on 979XFM)

12:30pm--Chicago Corliss vs. Effingham (hear the game on 979XFM)

2pm--Mattoon vs. Sacred Heart-Griffin

All 16 teams will play again Friday evening. We'll let you know the pairings after the early round.