Altamont Claims Mattoon Girls Tourney Title

Members of the Altamont High School girls basketball team that won the Mattoon Tournament are, kneeling, left to right, Mary Guse, Makayla Crow, Taylor Mette and Ellie McManaway. Standing, left to right, Leah Mayhaus, Brooke Runge, JoAnna Schultz, Allyson Hardiek, Rachel Jackman, Tinley Mette and Abby Goeckner (injured).

MATTOON -- Altamont High School captured the championship of the 40th Annual Mattoon Girls Holiday Basketball Tournament Saturday.

The Indians edged host Mattoon, 57-54 for the title. Altamont stepped out to a 14-7 opening quarter lead on the Green Wave and led 31-19 at halftime.

However, the Green Wave came roaring back in the third quarter with a 20-8 run  Mattoon ended the third quarter on an eight point run that tied the score at 39-39.

Mattoon moved ahead 42-41 for the first time in the contest in the fourth quarter. But Altamont came back on a Brooke Runge three-pointer. Leah Mayhaus then banged home a basket and a free throw and the Indians were ahead 47-42 with a little over five minutes remaining in the cotnest.

Runge hit a basket and the Indians moved into a 51-44 lead. Mattoon came back within two with a little over a minute remaining but Altamont kept the Green Wave at bay. Mattoon pulled within 55-54 with 15 seconds left and forced a jump ball. It was Altamont's ball with around 10 seconds on the clock.

Altamont's Tinley Mette was fouled and sank two free throws and the lead went to 57-54 and that's where it would end.

Mette tallied 12 for the winners while Leah Mayhaus added 11 and Allyson Hardiek 10. The Indians hit over 50 percent from the field and pulled down 30 rebounds, 20 from the offensive end of the floor. JoAnna Schultz led the way with 10.

Altamont improved to 16-2 on the season. Altamont's Brooke Runge and Leah Mayhaus were named to the All-Tournament Team.

In Friday games, Altamont downed Decatur St. Teresa 65-54, Galesburg won over Effingham St. Anthony 48-30, Olney downed Vandalia 64-46 and Mattoon won over Salem 52-38.

St. Teresa then beat Vandalia 54-41, St. Anthony won over Salem 55-41, Altamont beat Olney 64-54 and Mattoon defeated Galesburg 55-50.

In the Olney contest, Altamont led 33-27 at halftime then had a 31-30 second half. Mayhaus tallied 16 while Rachel Jackman scored 14 and Mary Guse 13.

The third place game went to Galesburg over Olney 54-40. St. Teresa beat St. Anthony 59-41 for fifth place and Salem downed Vandalia 45-40 for seventh place. Galesburg's Riley Jenkins was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

St. Anthony fell to Galesburg 48-30 in Friday action but then came back to take a 55-41 victory over Salem.

"We played a great first half on both ends of the floor against Galesburg," said St. Anthony Coach Bart Wiedman. "But the third quarter Galesburg hit three by three-pointers and we had no answer on the other end.

"Against Salem defensively we are starting to get places by getting more than two stops in a row and converting them on the offensive end. Our seniors are starting to step up on the defensive end of the floor."

St. Anthony was led by Clare McHugh in the Galesburg contest with 13 points. In the win over Salem, the Bulldogs were led by McHugh with 17, Shea Kinkelaar with 15 and Meg Richards with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

In the fifth place contest, Decatur St. Teresa won over St. Anthony, 59-41. St. Anthony held a 12-7 opening quarter lead but  St. Teresa roared back and took control of the game in the second with a 23-7 count.

McHugh tallied 17 for St. Anthony but she was the lone player in double figures for the Bulldogs.

St. Anthony's Clare McHugh was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Mattoon Tournament

Friday's Games

Game Nine

Altamont 65, Decatur St. Teresa 54 (no information on this game)

Game 10

ST. ANTHONY (30)

Hakman 1-0 -- 2, Guy 1-0 -- 3, Kinkelaar 1-0 -- 2, McHugh 5-3 -- 13, Gibson 2-2 -- 6, Repking 0-0 -- 0, Rozene 0-0 -- 0, Richards 1-2 -- 4, Hartke 0-0 -- 0, Beesley 0-0 -- 0, Kabbes 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 11 FG, 7 FT.

GALESBURG (48)

Legge 2-1 -- 6, Jenkins 3-4 -- 12, Nelson 0-0 -- 0, Stevenson 0-0 -- 0, Brown 0-0 -- 0, Miller 0-0 -- 0, Sampson 3-0 -- 9, Tucker 0-0 -- 0, Endhoff 0-0 -- 0, McCarthy 4-0 -- 9, Livingston 1-2 -- 4, Davidvson 0-0 -- 0, Range 3-0 -- 6, Peck 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 17 FG, 7 FT.

St. Anthony              13    11      4    2    --    30

Galesburg                17      9    15    7    --    48

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 1 (Guy 1), Galesburg 7 (Legge 1, Jenkins 2, Sampson 3, McCarthy 1).

Game 14

SALEM (41)

Banning 0-0 -- 0, Jones 1-4 -- 6, Gillett 5-4 -- 14, Bunnell 1-2 -- 4, Allen 0-0 -- 0, Barnett 0-0 -- 0, Quandt 1-0 -- 2, Harris 1-0 -- 2, Biegeleisen 0-1 -- 1, Uhls 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 14 FG, 13 FT. (11 points unaccounted for in boxscore).

ST. ANTHONY (55)

Guy 2-1 -- 6, Kinkelaar 4-5 -- 15, McHugh 6-5 -- 17, Gibson 1-1 -- 3, Repking 1-0 -- 2, Rozene 0-0 -- 0, Richards 4-2 -- 10, Hartke 0-0 -- 0, Beesley 0-0 -- 0, Wegman 0-0 -- 0, Kabbes 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 19 FG, 14 FT.

Salem                     14    11      8    8    --    41

St. Anthony           18    15    13    9    --    56

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 3 (Guy 1, Kinkelaar 2).

Game 15

OLNEY (56)

Weller 0-3 -- 3, Doll 2-1 -- 6, Steber 1-0 -- 2, Ingram 1-0 -- 2, Shan 0-0 -- 0, Blank 6-9 -- 21, Hires 0-0 -- 0, Inyart 3-0 -- 9, Hughes 1-4 -- 6, Kauble 1-0 -- 3, Black 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 17 FG, 17  FT.

ALTAMONT (64)

McManaway 0-0 --0, Hardiek 1-1 -- 3, Schutlz 3-0 -- 6, Ti. Mette 3-1 -- 7, Runge 2-0 -- 5, Guse 3-6 -- 13, Jackman 5-4 -- 14, Mayhaus 7-2 -- 16. TOTALS 24 FG, 14 FT.

Olney                  11    15    14    16    --    56

Altamont            15    18    16    15    --    64

3-point FG -- Olney 5 (Inyart 3, Doll 1, Kauble 1), Altamont 2 (Runge 1, Guse 1).

Game 18

Fifth Place Game

ST. TERESA (59)

Oladipupo 2-0 -- 5, Switzer 2-1 -- 5, Birschbach 0-0 -- 0, Wagner 0-0 -- 0, Ford 2-0 -- 5, Fyke 0-5 -- 5, Nutakor 2-1 -- 5, Newton 5-4 -- 15, Peters 7-1 -- 15, Snow 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 22 FG, 12 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (41)

Hakman 0-0 -- 0, Guy 1-1 -- 3, Kinkelaar 2-0 -- 4, McHugh 7-3 -- 17, Gibson 0-2 -- 2, Repking 2-2 -- 6, Rozene 0-0 -- 0, Richards 2-1 -- 5, Hartke 0-0 -- 0, Beesley 1-2 -- 4, Wegman 0-0 -- 0, Kabbes 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 15 FG, 11 FT.

St. Teresa                  7    23    15    14    --    59

St. Anthony             12      7    12    10    --    41

3-point FG -- St. Teresa 3 (Oladipupo, Ford, Newbon), St. Anthony 0.

Game 20

Championship Game

ALTAMONT (57)

McManaway 0-0 -- 0, Crow 0-0 -- 0, Hardiek 5-0 -- 10, Schutlz 4-0 -- 8, Mette 5-2 -- 12, Runge 2-0 -- 5, Guse 2-0 -- 5, Jackman 2-2 -- 6, Mayhaus 4-3 -- 11. TOTALS 24 FG, 7 FT.

MATTOON (54)

Brown 3-0 -- 6, Niemerg 0-0 -- 0, Sanders 1-0 -- 2, Gill 0-0 -- 0, Sapp 2-2 -- 8, McDowell 1-2 -- 5, Bryant 5-3 -- 14, Haacke 0-0 -- 0, Ramage 7-2 -- 19, Otto 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 19 FG, 9 FT.

Altamont               14    17      8    18    --    57

Mattoon                  7    12    20    15    --    54

3-point FG -- Altamont 2 (Guse 1, Rugne 1), Mattoon 7 (Ramage 3, Sapp 2, McDowell 1, Bryant 1).

All-Tournament Team

Brooke Runge, Leah Mayhaus (Altamont), Clare McHugh (St. Anthony), Mallory Ramage (Mattoon), Anna Blank (Olney), Megan Kern (Vandalia), Addison Newbon, Claire Peters (Decatur St. Teresa), Chloe Harness (Salem), Riley Jenkins (Galesburg).

 

Named to the All-Tournament Team from Altamont were, left to right, Brooke Runge and Leah Mayhaus. Both were named to All-Tournament Team for a second consecutive year.