St. A, St. Thomas Headed to Seventh-Grade State, C-W Beats Dieterich in 8-2A

Effingham St. Anthony is headed to the Class 7-2A State Tournament.

Effingham St. Anthony captured the championship of the Class 7-2A North Clay (Louisville) Boys Basketball Sectional Wednesday.

St. Anthony edged out to a 6-5 opening quarter lead on Paris Crestwood and held that one point lead at halftime,18-17. St. Anthony's Colin Westendorf then scored seven points in the third quarter and the lead zoomed up to 25-17.

Westendorf finished with 15 points to lead the Bullpups.

The Bullpups will head to the Class 7-2A State Tournament at Bartonville Limestone Saturday for a 10 a.m. contest. If they win, they will play again at 5 p.m. in the semifinals.

Class 7-2A North Clay Sectional

St. Anthony                    6     6    13     9    --    34

Paris Crestwood           5     7      5    10    --    27

St. Anthony -- Adams 5, Westendorf 15, Koenig 6, Ludwig 2, Roepke 6

Paris Crestwood -- Tingley 9, Bartas 8, Herner 3, Rhoads 2, Edwards 5

Class 7-1A Stew-Stras Sectional

Newton St. Thomas claimed the championship of the Class 7-1A Stewardson-Strasburg Sectional Wednesday.

St. Thomas edged out to a 17-11 opening quarter lead on Pana Sacred Heart then pushed that to 25-13 at halftime.

Two players hit double figures for St. Thomas. K. Bergbower tallied 11 while Gier chipped in with 10.

St. Thomas is 18-0 on the season and will head to the Class 7-1A State Tournament at East Peoria Junior High School and face the winner of the Waverly vs. Griggsville-Perry game at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Class 7-1A Stew-Stras Sectional

Championship

St. Thomas               17    8    10    6    --    41

Sacred Heart            11    2      9    4    --    26

Newton St. Thomas -- K. Bergbower 11, Gier 10, J. Weber 7, Bierman 5, L. Weber 4, B. Bergbower 2, Ochs 2

Pana Sacred Heart -- McFarland 12, Blackwell 9, Florey 3, Carlson 2

Class 8-2A Dieterich Regional

There was a barn-burner of a contest Wednesday at the Class 8-2A Dieterich Regional.

Casey-Westfield and Dieterich squared off for the championship. Casey-Westfield came out a 43-35 winner in double overtime. Casey-Westfield heads to its own sectional and will take on Effingham St. Anthony Wednesay, February 6 at 6:30 p.m.