Teutopolis To Play for Eighth Grade State Championship, St. Anthony Reaches Third Place Game

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Published on February 12 2022 8:11 pm
Last Updated on February 14 2022 9:01 am
Written by Greg Sapp

Teutopolis had to go overtime, but the Wooden Shoes are in the championship game of the 8th grade 3A State Tournament. The Wooden Shoes posted a 50-46 victory over Tolono Unity and will play Washington Middle School Thursday at 7:30pm for the title.

Teutopolis improved to 24-4 on the season.

The Shoes had three players in double figures...Gavin Buening with 14 points, Jason Kreke with 13 and Isaac McWhorter with 10.

Teutopolis won their quarterfinal game earlier Saturday 44-17 over Joy Mercer County. Isaac McWhorter led the way with 14 points.

In other games, Washington MS defeated Sauk Village Rickover, 51-35; East St. Louis Lincoln defeated Springfield Lincoln, 52-30 and Tolono Unity defeated Wilmington, 77-23. In the semifinals, the other contest went to Washington MS over East St. Louis LIncoln, 32-24.

Meanwhile, St. Anthony will play for third place Thursday at 6pm in the 2A State Tournament at Mt. Pulaski High School. The Bulldogs won their quarterfinal game over Waverly 37-24, then falling in the semifinal game to Decatur Robertson 46-38. 

Henry Brent was the top scorer for the Bullpups in the quarterfinal win with 17 points, while Aiden Lauritzen scored 10 points.

In the semifinal game, Aiden Lauritzen led with 17 points while Henry Brent scored 16. 

St. Anthony is now 24-4 on the season.

In other first round games, Decatur Robertson defeated Carthage, 55-27; Kankakee Bishop McNamara defeated Lexington, 51-20 and Casey-Westfield defeated Peoria St. Vincent de Paul, 34-30. In the other semifinal, Kankakee Bishop McNamara defeated Casey-Westfield, 30-27.

Class 8-2A State Tournament

Game Two

Waverly               11    4      4      5    --    24

St. Anthony          8    7    12    10    --    37

Waverly -- C. Johnson 8, Colwell 4, Bergschneider 3, King 4, Dennis 3, Klobetanz 2

St. Anthony -- Pennington 5, Griffith 5, Brent 17, Lauritzen 10

Game Five

Dec. Robertson           16      7    12    11    --    46

St. Anthony                   9    10      8    11    --    38

Decatur Robertson -- Phillips 8, Carson 11, Clemmons 13, Cook 10, Wallace 4

St. Anthony -- Pennington 2, Griffith 3, Brent 16, Lauritzen 17

Class 8-3A State Tournament

Game Three

Teutopolis                  8    11    18    7    --    44

Joy Mercer Co.          4      6      5    2    --    17

Teutopolis -- Probst 3, McWhorter 14, Addis 9, Buening 3, Kreke 9, Thoele 5, Schmidt 1

Joy Mercer County -- Calhoun 2, Marston 2, Hofmann 2, Baldwin 4, Smock 2, Andresen 5

Game Six

Teutopolis                5    11    15    10    9    --    50

Tolono Unity          11      8    12    10    5    --    46

Teutopolis -- Probst 3, McWhorter 10, Addis 6, Buening 14, Kreke 13, Thoele 4

Tolono Unity -- T. Henry 3, Langendorf 7, Hoggard 25, Eisenmenger 11