Boys Freshman/Sophomore Tournament Scores

HILLSBORO -- Effingham High School advanced in the Hillsboro Freshman Boys Basketball Tournament Saturday.

The Hearts bounced host Hillsboro 71-26 in the second game of the day. The Hearts took a 16-5 opening quarter lead and never looked back, leading 34-7 at halftime and 54-21 going into the final quarter.

Jared Minor tallied 15 and Michael Woltman 11 for the winners as all 13 players scored in the contest.

EHS will now advance to meet Auburn today at 7:15 p.m. The winner will advance to the championship game Thursday.

Hillsboro Freshman Tournament

Effingham          16    18    20    17    --    71

Hillsboro              5      2    14       5    --    26

Effingham -- Vasquez 5, Schafer 4, Scott 9, Webb 5, White 4, Hecht 4, Zerrusen 4, Nieman 2, Gengler 2, Jackson 4, Woltman 11, Siner 2, Minor 15

Hillsboro -- Fuller 3, Kiper 1, Storm 0, Sharp 4, Nalley 9, Grabow 6, Smith 3

At Neoga

Teutopolis and Altamont advanced to the championship game of the Neoga Freshman/Sophomore Tournament Saturday.

Teutopolis handed Dieterich a 66-41 loss in the opening game Saturday. In the second contest, Altamont was a 44-28 winner over Effingham St. Anthony.

St. Anthony will take on Dieterich at 6:15 p.m. today for third place while Teutopolis squares off against Altamont at around 7:30 p.m. for the championship.

Neoga Tournament

St. Anthony          10    7      3    8    --    28

Altamont              14    9    13    8    --    44

St. Anthony -- Greene 3, Puckett 2, Bourgeois 2, Hartke 0, Kabbes 0, Grunloh 3, Martelli 0, Ja. Niebrugge 14, Je. Niebrugge 4, Marshall 0, Jones 0, Bloemer 0

Altamont -- Goeckner 9, Caravello 8, Wolff 0, Oder 4, Winn 4, Drone 14, Wolff 5, Miller 0

At St. Elmo

The St. Elmo Freshman/Sophomore Boys Tournament opened play Saturday with six games.

Scores for the games were:

Game 1 -- St. Elmo 53, Cowden-Herrick 38

Game 2 -- North Clay (Louisville) 57, St. Elmo 46

Game 3 -- South Central 51, Beecher City 18

Game 4 -- South Central 56, Mulberry Grove 27

Game 5 -- North Clay (Louisville) 66, Cowden-Herrick 46

Game 6 -- Beecher City 40, Mulberry Grove 27

The tournament comes to a close tonight with Cowden-Herrick taking on Mulberry Grove at 5:30 p.m. for fifth place, St. Elmo against Beecher City at 6:45 p.m. for third place and South Central facing North Clay (Louisville) at 8 p.m. for the championship.