Basketball 2-21-20
Published on February 21 2020 7:52 pm
Last Updated on March 4 2020 9:38 am
Written by Gail Warner
Boys Basketball
Effingham 69, Mattoon 58 (see separate story)
St Anthony 48, Casey/Westfield 42 (no stats available yet)
Altamont 58, Windsor/Stew-Stras 53 (OT) (the Indians led 12-9 after one quarter, 25-20 at halftime, and 36-28 before the Hatchets posted a 20-12 fourth quarter edge to send the game to overtime; Altamont outscored Windsor/Stew-Stras 10-5 in overtime to post the win; Kaden Eirhart led Altamont with 22 points while Aidan Jahraus added 14 points; for the Hatchets: Austin Wittenberg 14 points, Samuel Vonderheide 13 points, Jordan Wittenberg 12 points, and Gavan Wernsing 10 points; Altamont improved to 25-6, while Windsor/Stew-Stras closed their regular season with a 13-18 record; Altamont won the JV game 66-41)
St Elmo/Brownstown 78, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 56 (SEB led 14-9 after one quarter, then outscored CHBC 28-10 in the second quarter to lead 42-19 at halftime; the two teams played to one point in the second half; for SEB, Andy Goldsborough scored 28 points, while Gavyn Smith scored 15 points and Jacob Baron added 12 points; for CHBC: Dakota Gray led with 10 points while Dylan Taylor added 10 points; SEB closed the regular season with a 19-12 record)
North Clay 39, South Central 29 (in a low-scoring game, North Clay led 14-4 after one quarter, 19-12 at halftime, and 27-20 after three quarters, before North Clay posted a 12-9 fourth quarter edge; Ethan Bible led North Clay with 12 points while Ian Bailey added 10; Hunter Brandt and Collin Miller each scored eight points to lead South Central; North Clay won the JV game; South Central won the fresh-soph game)
Dieterich 71, Patoka 60 (the Movin Maroons scored 48 second half points to post the road win; Patoka led 17-15 after one quarter and 34-23 at halftime before Dieterich went to work, taking a 48-44 lead to the fourth quarter, where they outscored Patoka 23-16 to post the 11-point win; five players finished in double figures for Dieterich: Bryce Budde 21, Cole Niebrugge and Collin Hartke 13 each, Pete Britton 11, and Derek Kuhl 10)
Newton 58, Neoga 48 (Newton led 19-16 after one quarter and 27-20 at halftime, but Neoga was within 38-36 after three quarters before Newton posted a 20-12 fourth quarter edge to win by 10; Kyle Schafer led Newton with 17 points, while Jarrett Tharp scored 13 points and E. Schafer scored 11; for Neoga, Trevor Roy scored 20 points and Paci McClure added 17 points)
Mahomet-Seymour 67, Charleston 43
Bridgeport (Red Hill) 70, Flora 57
Woodlawn 48, Teutopolis 47 (the Wooden Shoes were way down early, trailing 12-1 after one quarter and 24-7 at halftime before scoring 40 points in the second half but falling by one point; Evan Wermert led the Shoes with 11 points, while Jordan Hardiek and Mitch Hardiek each scored 10 points; also for the Shoes: Luke Ungrund 7, Evan Addis 3, and Max Niebrugge, Brock Deters and Matthew Deters 2 each