St. Anthony Claims Second Win At Moweaqua Regional

MOWEAQUA -- Effingham St. Anthony established its game early with an 18-7 run on Nokomis at the Class 1A Moweaqua Central A&M Boys Basketball Regional Wednesday evening and went on for a 45-23 victory.

The Bulldogs' Ryan Schmidt hit a basket, then put in two free throws and finished with two three-pointers for 10 of the team's 18 opening quarter points. Brock Fearday found range from the three-point line and also hit a two-pointer for five and Keenan Griffith knocked down one from beyond the arc.

The two teams went through a slow-scoring second period as St. Anthony had a slight 5-4 edge to lead 23-11 at halftime.

Nokomis came back with a 10-9 third quarter. All of the Bulldogs points were three-pointers from Grififth, Will Fearday and B. Fearday.

St. Anthony ended with a 13-2 final quarter run as Jonny Gannaway was spotlighted with three baskets and a free throw for seven points.

Only two players finished in double figures in the low-scoring affair. B. Fearday hit five field goals for 12 points while Schmidt added 10. Griffith ended with eight and Gannaway seven.

The Bulldogs had seven three-pointers.Griffith, Schmidt and B. Fearday had two each.

Nokomis' leading scorer was Keller who finished with seven.

The second game of the evening went to Arcola over Bethany Okaw Valley, 49-34.

The Bulldogs advance to the championship game Friday and will face Arcola at 7 p.m. If the Bulldogs win, they will face the winner of the Webber Township (Bluford) Regional at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 at the Red Hill (Bridgeport) Sectional. Webber Township (Bluford) and Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran meet at 7 p.m. for the regional championship Friday.

Class 1A Moweaqua Central A&M Reigonal

NOKOMIS (23)

Goodwin 0-0 -- 0, Wexstten 0-1 -- 1, Jones 2-0 -- 4, Petty 0-0 -- 0, Reynolds 3-0 -- 6, Himes 0-0 -- 0, Cachera 0-0 -- 0, Keller 2-2 -- 7, Taylor 2-1 -- 5, Bertolino 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 9 FG, 4 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (45)

Gonzalez 0-0 -- 0, Waldhoff 0-0 -- 0, Vonderheide 0-0 -- 0, Griffith 2-2 -- 8, Gannaway 3-1 -- 7, W. Fearday 1-0 -- 3, Link 1-0 -- 2, Bierman 0-1 -- 1, Sehy 0-0 -- 0, Schmidt 3-2 -- 10, Wiedman 0-0 -- 0, B. Fearday 5-0 -- 12, Looman 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 16 FG, 6 FT.

Nokomis                       7    4    10     2    --    23

St. Anthony                18    5     9    13    --    45

3-point FG -- Nokomis 1 (Keller 1), St. Anthony 7 (B. Fearday 2, Schmidt 2, Griffith 2, W. Feaday 1).