T-town Third At Capital Classic, WSS Fourth At Cerro Gordo, Altamont Wins Regular Season Game

T-town's Joey Niebrugge (left) and Garrett Gaddis made the Capital Classic All-Tournament Team., Tyler Repking photo

LAWRENCEVILLE -- Teutopolis High School claimed third place at the boys Capital Classic Saturday.

The Wooden Shoes opened Friday competition with a 54-32 win over Salem at the Red Hill (Bridgeport) site while Olney defeated Red Hill, 49-20. Salem downed Red Hill 65-45 and Olney edged T-town 46-44.

At the Lawrenceville site Friday, Vincennes defeated Grayville 79-48, Lawrenceville won over Fairfield, 48-37, Fairfield then defeated Grayville 66-55 and Lawrenceville downed Vincennes 62-43.

In Saturday play, T-town trounced Red Hill 79-17, Olney won over Salem 64-40, Vincennes defeated Fairfield 42-37 and Lawrenceville JV beat Farifield JV 59-34.

In the finals, Olney defeated Lawrenceville 44-40 for the championship. Teutopolis beat Vincennes 50-46 for third place. Fairfield downed Salem 46-34 for fifth place.

Cerro Gordo Tournament

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg finished in fourth place at the Cerro Gordo Boys Basketball Tournament during the weekend.

Windsor/Stew-Stras finished 2-0 in Pool B and faced Champaign St. Thomas More who finished 2-0 in Pool A. In the Friday contest, St. Thomas More won over the Hatchets 64-50. St. Thomas More stepped out to a 24-17 opening quarter lead. Windsor/Stew-Stras came back with a 16-10 second period to pull within 34-32.

But St. Thomas More had a 30-17 second half run for the victory.

Jackson Gurgel led the way for the Hatchets with 26 points while Nathaniel Gracey added 12.

That put Windsor/Stew-Stras in the third place game Saturday against Warrensburg-Latham. 

Warrensburg-Latham led 37-20 at halftime then had a 23-12 third quarter run and finished with a 65-35 victory over the Hatchets.

Connor Manhart led the way for the Hatchets with 12 points.

Tri-Valley captured the championship with a 41-34 win over Champaign St. Thomas More.

Argenta-Oreana claimed fifth place by downing Cerro Gordo 70-55.

Cerro Gordo Tournament

Firday's Game

WSS (50)

Gurgel 8-9 -- 26, Gracey 4-3 -- 12, Manhart 3-0 -- 8, Sayers 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 17 FG, 12 FT.

ST. THOMAS MORE (64)

Kirby 4-7 -- 19, Tay 6-2 -- 16, Yeager 7-1 -- 15, Bumba 5-4 -- 14. TOTALS 22 FG, 14 FT.

WSS                         17    16    10      7    --    50

St. Thomas             24    10    12    18    --    64

3-point FG -- Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 4 (Manhart 2, Gracey 1, Gurgel 1), St. Thomas More 6 (Kirby 4, Tay 2).

Saturday Third Place Game

WSS (35)

Manhart 4-0 -- 12, Gurgel 4-0 -- 8, Hendrickson 3-0 -- 6, Gracey 2-0 -- 5, Rincker 1-1 -- 3, Sayers 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 14 FG, 2 FT.

WARRENS.-LATHAM (65)

Hickey 6-3 -- 15, Hardin 4-4 -- 12, McKenzie 5-0 -- 11, Gardner 4-0 -- 8, Wright 2-1 -- 5, Southern 1-2 -- 5, Lee 2-0 -- 4, Dominick 1-0 -- 3, Bonds 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 26 FG, 10  FT.

WSS                10    10    12    3    --    35

W-L                  18    19    23    5    --    65

3-point FG -- Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 5 (Manhart 4, Gracey 1), Warrensburg-Latham 3 (McKenzie 1, Southern 1, Dominick 1).

At Altamont

In a regular season game Friday evening, Altamont handed Nokomis a 46-27 loss.

The Indians ripped out to a 14-1 opening quarter lead behind four points each by Dillan Elam and Aden McAMnaway.

Altamont held a 26-10 halftime lead. Alec Jahraus and Eli Miller scored a three-pointer each in the second period and McManaway added four more points.

Altamont had an 18-9 third quarter to lead 44-19. Kaidyn Miller scored six points while Jahraus led the way with three trifectas for nine and Kaden Davis added a three-pointer.

The Indians finished with two players in double figures. Jahraus led the way with 13 while Miller added 10.

In junior varsity play, Altamont was a 55-44 winner. Ben Roedl led with 17 while Kade Milleville added 16 and Tyler Ruffner 11.

At Altamont

NOKOMIS (27)

Newman 0-4 -- 4, Himes 0-2 -- 2, DeWerff 5-0 -- 12, Steele 0-0 --0 , Jones 0-0 -- 0, Lohman 4-0 -- 9, Taylor 0-0 -- 0  Bertolino 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 9 FG, 6 FT.

ALTAMONT (46)

Jahraus 4-1 -- 13, Pals 0-0 -- 0, Davis 2-0 -- 5, Walker 0-0 -- 0, Miller 2-1 -- 6, D. Elam 2-0 -- 4, Milleville 0-0 -- 0, McManaway 2-4 -- 8, Roedl 0-0 -- 0, Meyer 0-0 -- 0, Miller 5-0 -- 10, Tedrick 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 17 FG, 6 FT.

Nokomis                1      9      9    8    --    27

Altamont              14    12    18    2    --    46

3-point FG -- Nokomis 3 (DeWerff 2, Lohman 1), Altamont 6 (Jahraus 4, Davis 1, Miller 1).

Junior Varsity Game

Nokomis               6    10      8    20    --    44

Altamont             11    10    27      7    --    55

Nokomis -- Wexton 24, Petty 2, Jonas 10, Reynolds 4, Evans 2, Bertolino 2

Altamont -- Pals 0, Walker 4, Elam 0, Milleville 16, Roedl 17, Veteto 0, Bell 0, Miller 2, Meyer 5,  Ruffner 11, Johnson 0, Tedrick 0, Wendling 0