Hearts Bounce Back With Win at Pana

The Effingham Hearts rebounded from a tough loss at Mt. Zion Friday with a good win at Pana in boys high school basketball Saturday night, 61-34.

It was a close game early with the Hearts holding a 17-16 lead after one quarter, but Effingham exploded in the middle two quarters, outscoring the Panthers 16-3 in the second period to lead 33-19 at halftime, and outpointing Pana 17-2 in the third period to push the lead to 50-21.  Pana outscored Effingham 13-11 in the final quarter.

Effingham improves to 17-6 with the victory.

At Pana

EFFINGHAM (61)

Carie 3-0 -- 9, Mahaffey 0-0 -- 0, Robinson 2-0 -- 5, Daugherty 2-1 -- 5, Knight 0-0 -- 0, Woltman 0-0 -- 0, Lark 1-0 -- 2, Frey 1-2 -- 4, Ja. Stombaugh 4-0 -- 8, Keith 3-0 -- 7, Foreman 0-0 -- 0, Niebrugge 0-0 -- 0, Jo. Stombaugh 3-3 -- 10, Williamson 4-1 -- 9, Gardewine 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 24 FG, 7 FT.

PANA (34)

Rybolt 0-0 -- 0, Kirk 0-0 -- 0, McLeod 0-0 -- 0, Miller 1-0 -- 3, Beesopn 0-1 -- 1, Metzger 1-0 -- 2, Lin 0-0 -- 0, Gibson 1-0 -- 2, Trexler 0-0 -- 0, Gatons 0-0 -- 0, Kircher 2-0 -- 4, Zahradra 2-0 -- 5, Hester 2-0 -- 4, Clark 0-0 -- 0, Hudlin 4-3 -- 13. TOTALS 13 FG, 4 FT.

Effingham          17    16    17    11    --    61

Pana                  16      3      2    13    --    34

3-point FG -- Effingham 6 (Carie 3, Robinson 1, Keith 1, Jo. Stombaugh 1), Paris 4 (Miller 1, Zahradka 1, Hudlin 2).

Junior Varsity Game

Effingham          14    17    13    18    --    62

Pana                     2    20      9    23    --    54

Effingham -- Carie 0, Bone 0, Robinson 9, Wohltman 8, Mahaffey 5, A. Knight 0, P. Knight 8, Daugherty 15, Niebrugge 0, Arndt 0, Foreman 17

Pana -- Miller 6, Colin 2, Gatons 0, McLeod 20, Kircher 2, Lin 2, Zahradka 4, Dilley 0, Trexler 9, Beeson 5, Clark 4, Franklin 0