Wooden Shoes Capture Palestine Regional Crown

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Published on February 21 2025 8:59 pm
Last Updated on February 24 2025 1:24 pm
Written by Greg Sapp

The Wooden Shoes players cut down the net after winning the Class 2A Palestine Regional.

The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes captured the championship of the Palestine Class 2A Regional Friday night, defeating the Newton Eagles 64-56. The contest was heard on KJ Country 102.3.

Newton broke out to an 11-2 lead before T-Town gained its footing and ended up surging back to a 15-13 lead at the end of the first period. T-Town led 33-27 at halftime and were up 46-39 after three quarters before outscoring Newton 18-17 in the final period. The Shoes led by as many as 16 points in the contest.

Teutopolis made 20 of 42 shots, 48%, including 8 of 16 threes. The Lady Shoes hit 80% of their foul shots, 16 of 20. 

Newton hit 46% from the field, 21 of 46, including 7 of 12 threes. The Lady Eagles made 7 of 8 free throws.

Chloe Probst led Teutopolis with 19 points while Anna Probst added 15 points. Also for the Lady Shoes: Mollie Ruholl 9, Malea Helmink 8, Kelsey Niemerg 7 and Jersey Gaddis 6.

Newton's Karasyn Martin led all scorers with 27 points. Also for the Lady Eagles: Camryn Martin 11, Izzy Meinhart 9, Claire Probst 4, Addy O'Dell 3 and Grace Schumacher 2.

Laurie Thompson's Teutopolis team improved to 25-8 on the season and will take on Paris Tuesday night in the second game of the night at the Paris 2A Sectional. 

Brad Harris' Newton crew finished the season with a 21-8 record.

Class 2A Palestine Regional

Championship

NEWTON (56)

O'Dell 1-0 -- 3, Probst 2-0 -- 4, Schumacher 1-0 -- 2, Meinhart 3-0 -- 9, K. Martin, 10-5 -- 27, C. Martin 4-2 -- 11, Hermann 0-0 -- 0, Earnest 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 21 FG, 7 FT.

TEUTOPOLIS (64)

C. Probst 6-5 -- 19, M. Ruholl 4-0 -- 9, A. Probst 5-3 -- 15, Niemerg 2-2 -- 7, Helmink, 1-6 -- 8, Gaddis 2-0 -- 6. TOTALS 20 FG, 16 FT.

Newton                   13    14    12    17    --    56

Teutopolis              15    18    13    18    --    64

3-point FG -- Newton 7 (Meinhart 3, K. Martin 2, C. Martin 1), Teutopolis 8 (C. Probst 2, A. Probst 2, Gaddis 2, M. Ruholl 1, Niemerg 1)