T-town Picks Up Two More Wins at Salem Girls Tourney

Teutopolis High School finished 3-0 in pool play at the Salem Thanksgiving Girls Basketball Tournament during weekend action.

In Saturday play, T-town defeated Highland 42-32. The Wooden Shoes took a 26-21 halftime lead and held a five-point lead going into the final period then had an 11-6 run, knocking down five free throws.

M. Hartke tallied 16 for the winners while Thompson chipped in with nine. Hartke also led in rebounds with five.

In the second game, T-town was a 53-28 winner over Olney. The Shoes stepped out to a 23-11 first half lead and never looked back. Hartke scored 17 for the winners while Schumacher added nine and led in rebounds with seven.

In other games, Olney defeated Centralia 58-44, Salem won over Belleville East 53-48 in overtime, Bethalto Civic Memorial defeated Carlyle 77-42, Highland downed Centralia 54-41, Belleville East beat Carlyle 44-42 and Civic Memorial beat Salem 60-37.

The tournament will conclude this coming Saturday with T-town meeting Salem at noon followed by Bethalto Civic Memorial facing Highland at 1:30 p.m. in winner bracket play. The winners advance for the championship at 8:30 p.m. while the losers square off for third place at 7 p.m.

In the consolation bracket, Olney takes on Carlyle at 9 a.m. followed by Belleville East meeting Centralia at 10:30 a.m. The winners meet for the consy title at 6:30 p.m. while the losers face off for seventh place at 4.

Salem Tournament

Game Two

TEUTOPOLIS (42)

Bueker 0-0 -- 0, Schumacher 0-4 -- 4, Hardiek 2-1 -- 5, Repking 0-2 -- 2, Giles 3-0 -- 6, A. Hartke 0-0 -- 0, Thompson 3-1 -- 9, M. Hartke 6-4 -- 16. TOTALS 14 FG, 12 FT.

HIGHLAND (32)

Ponce 4-0 -- 8, Holteclaw 0-0 -- 0, Vonderhaar 1-0 -- 2, Leitachuk 2-0 -- 4, LaPoeta 2-1 -- 5, Hartlieb 0-2 -- 2, Potthost 2-0 -- 4, Klermman 3-0 -- 7. TOTALS 14 FG, 3 FT.

Teutopolis          14    12    5    11    --    42

Highland              9    12    5      6    --    32

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 2 (Thompson 2), Highland 1 (Klermman 1).

Game Three

TEUTOPOLIS (53)

Bueker 1-0 -- 2, Schumacher 3-3 -- 9, Hardiek 1-1 -- 3, Repking 2-2 -- 7, Giles 3-1 -- 7, A. Hartke 0-0 -- 0, Gebben 0-0 -- 0, Thompson 1-4 -- 6, Schmidt 0-0 -- 0, M. Hartke 7-3 -- 17, Thoele 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 19 FG, 14 FT.

OLNEY (28)

Shipman 2-0 -- 5, Miller 3-2 -- 10, Luna 1-0 -- 2, Rauch 2-0 -- 4, Coraves 0-2 -- 2, Kauble 0-1 -- 1, Spillman 0-0 -- 0, Craig 0-0 -- 0, Nohren 1-0 -- 3, Inyart 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 9 FG, 6 FT.

Teutopolis          13    10    15    15    --    53

Olney                     3     11       7      7    --    28

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 1 (Repking 1), Olney 4 (Shipman 1, Miller 2, Nohren 1).

At Effingham

Teutopolis claimed a 31-16 freshman/sophomore win over Effingham St. Anthony.

T-town led 21-8 at halftime and never looked back. Molly Smith scored 12 points for the winners including seven in the second quarter run. St. Anthony was led by Emily McDevitt with five.

At Effingham

Teutopolis             8    13    9    1    --    31

St. Anthony           4      4    3    5    --    16

Teutopolis -- Young 0, Smith 12, Sandschafer 4, Drees 9, Thompson 2, Kaufman 2, Hoene 2

St. Anthony -- McDevitt 5, Brown 4, Richards 4, Schmidt 3, Schuette 0, Doedtman 0