T-town Second, EHS Third at Charleston Tourney

CHARLESTON -- Teutopolis High School captured second place while Effingham was third at the Charleston Girls Holiday Basketball Tournament Saturday.

In Friday action, T-town downed Effingham, 49-38. The Hearts took a 15-13 opening quarter lead but T-town came back with a 15-8 second period to lead 28-23 at halftime.

EHS rallied with an 11-6 third quarter to tie the score at 34-34 going into the final period. The Wooden Shoes then got back on track with a 15-4 final period to pull out the victory.

T-town was led by Claire Bushur with 16 points. Effingham was led by Carsyn Fearday with 17.

T-town then defeated Tri-County 52-46 to reach the championship. The Shoes again trailed after the opening quarter 11-9 but came back with an 18-7 second period to lead 27-18 at halftime. Tri-County mounted a comeback with a 13-8 third quarter but T-town regained control in the final quarter for the win.

Morgan Mette led the way for the Shoes with 18 while Bushur added 11.

In the Saturday championship game, t-town fell to Charelston 56-42. The Trojans took a 31-23 halftime lead then had a 15-8 final period.

Sh. Littleford led Charleston with 18 points while Jackson added 15 and Collant 12.

T-town was led by Bushur with 11.

Effingham fell to Charleston 45-43 to drop into the third place game.

The Hearts were led by Fearday with 17 and Abby Weis with 14.

In the third place contest, EHS downed Tri-County 54-49.

Fearday connected on three trifectas and finished with 21 to lead the Hearts. Carie tallied 13 and Weis 11.

Charleston Holiday Tournament

Friday's Games

Game 10

TEUTOPOLIS (49)

M. Mette 3-2 -- 8, Grimes 2-2 -- 6, Niebrugge 1-0 -- 3, Niemerg 1-4 -- 7, S. Bueker 1-2 -- 4, Bushur 8-0 -- 16, C. Roepke 2-0 -- 5. TOTALS 18 FG, 10 FT.

EFFINGHAM (38)

Fearday 7-2 -- 17, Kuhlman 0-0 -- 0, Schafer 3-0 -- 7, Buscher 0-0 -- 0, Fox 1-0 -- 3, Weis 3-0 -- 9, Armstrong 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 15 FG, 2 FT.

Teutopolis                13    15      6    15    --    49

Effingham                15      8    11      4    --    38

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 3 (Niebrugge 1, Niemerg 1, C. Roepke 1), Effingham 6 (Weis 3, Fearday 1, Schafer 1, Fox 1).

Game 15

TEUTOPOLIS (52)

M. Mette 5-8 -- 18, Grimes 1-0 -- 2, Niebrugge 2-0 -- 6, Niemerg 1-1 -- 3, S. Bueker 2-5 -- 9, Bushur 5-1 -- 11, H. Bueker 1-1 -- 3, C. Roepke 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 17 FG, 16 FT.

TRI-COUNTY (46)

Barr 6-2 -- 16, Eskew 0-0 -- 0, Burnside 0-0 -- 0, H. Barry 5-3 -- 14, Smith 0-0 -- 0, Eskew 0-0 -- 0, Dudley 1-1 -- 3, Price-Wilson 6-1 -- 13. TOTALS 18 FG, 7 FT.

Teutopolis             9    18     8    17    --    52

Tri-County          11      7    13    15    --    46

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 2 (Niebrugge 2), Tri-County 3 (T. Barry 2, H. Barry 1).

Game 16

EFFINGHAM (43)

Bushur 0, Fearday 17, Kuhlman 0, Schafer 2, N. Carie 0, M. Buscher 7, K. Carie 0, Fox 3, Weis 14, Herboth 0, Armstrong 0, Feldhake 0, Koester 0, Diveley 0, Sowell 0

CHARLESTON (45)

H. Buescher 4, Littleford 25, Bollant 9, E. Buescher 2, Jackson 5

No linescore provided

3-point FG -- Effingham 4 (Weis 4), Charelston 6 (Littleford 3, Bollant 3).

Saturday's Games

Game 20

Championship

TEUTOPOLIS (42)

M. Mette 3-2 -- 8, Grimes 0-0 -- 0, Niebrugge 2-0 -- 5, Niemerg 1-1 -- 4, S. Bueker 2-0 -- 6, K. Mette 0-2 -- 2, Bushur 5-1 -- 11, H. Bueker 0-0 -- 0, Pruemer 0-0 -- 0, Deters 1-0 -- 2, Roepke 2-0 -- 4, Brumelve 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 16 FG, 6 FT.

CHARLESTON (56)

Crowder 0-0 -- 0, Collant 4-0 -- 12, E. Buescher 4-0 -- 8, Crites 0-0 -- 0, Jackson 5-4 -- 15, Sy. Littleford 0-0 -- 0, H. Buescher 1-1 -- 3, Sh. Littleford 5-6 -- 18. TOTALS 19 FG, 11 FT.

Teutopolis               15      8    11      8    --    42

Charleston              18    13    10    15    --    56

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 4 (S. Bueker 2, Niemerg 1, Niebrugge 1), Charleston 7 (Bollant 4, Sh. Littleford 2, Jackson 1).

Third Place Game

EFFINGHAM (54)

Bushur 0, Fearday 21, Kuhlman 0, Schafer 4, N. Carie 13, Buscher 0, K. Carie 0, Fox 3, Weis 11, Herboth 0, Armstrong 2, Feldhake 0, Koester 0, Diveley 0, Sowell 0.

TRI-COUNTY (49)

Barry 6, Ma. Eskew 0, Burnside 6, Barry 15, Carroll 0, Cox 0, M. Smith 0, Me. Eskew 0, Dudley 16, Price-Wilson 6, C. Smith 0

No linescore provided.

3-point FG --Effingham 7 (Fearday 3, Carie 2, Weis 2), Tri-County 5 (T. Barry 3, H. Barry 1, Dudley 1).