EHS Girls Open With Win at Bob Kerans Tourney

Effingham High School claimed a 42-34 win over Flora in opening round play of the Bob Kerans Girls Basketball Tournament Tuesday evening.

The Hearts took a 16-9 first quarter lead and led 24-16 at halftime. The Wolves came back with an 11-7 third period run but Effingham went out with an 11-7 final quarter lead.

Caitlin Kaufman tallied 14 points and pulled down seven boards for Effingham. Jantzen Michael chipped in with 11 points, five rebounds and five assists. Josie Zerrusen tallied seven points, led in rebounds with 11 and assists with seven.

"Caitlin hit four huge threes for us in the first quarter and that was the margin that put us ahead and we played pretty even from there," said EHS Coach Jeff  Schafer. "Flora did a nice job on Caitlin and Josie and our other kids stepped up. Josie did a great job on the boards. We cut our turnovers down to eight tonight which is a great number. We need a good performance tomorrow against Mount Zion."

Effingham will face Mount Zion tonight at 6.

Game One

EFFINGHAM (42)

Michael 3-4 -- 11, Beals 1-0 -- 1,  Totten 2-0 -- 5, Stephenson 1-1 -- 3, Kaufman 5-0 -- 14, Zerrusen 2-2 -- 7, Steffen 0-0 -- 0, Crowell 0-0 -- 0, Field 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 14 FG, 7 FT.

FLORA (34)

Krutsinger 2-0 -- 6, Hout 1-0 -- 2, Bayles 3-0 -- 6, Warren 2-0 -- 6, Jones 7-0 -- 14. TOTALS 15 FG, 0 FT.

Effingham          16    8     7    11    --    42

Flora                     9    7    11     7    --    34

3-point FG -- Effingham 7 (Michael 1, Totten 1, Kaufman 4, Zerrusen 1), Flora 4 (Krutsinger 2, Warren 2)

Newton 56, Cumberland 28

The Eagles had a 24-11 second period run and outscored Cumberland 14-2 in the third quarter for a 56-28 win.

Cartright tallied 16 for the winners while Will chipped in with 10. Cumberland was led by Poe with 11.

Newton will now take on Flora at 7:30 p.m. today.

Game Two

CUMBERLAND (28)

Poe 4-0 -- 11, Jackson 3-1 -- 8, Ault 2-0 -- 4, Willenborg 1-1 -- 3, Paul 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 11 FG, 2 FT.

NEWTON (56)

Cartright 7-2 -- 16, Will 5-0 -- 10, Koebele 4-0 -- 8, Richards 1-4 -- 6,  Davidson 2-1 -- 5, Probst 1-2 -- 4, Hartrich 2-0 -- 4, Probst 1-0 -- 2, Kerner 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 23 FG, 10 FT.

Cumberland          5    11      2    10    --    28

Newton                  8    24    14    10    --    56

3-point FG -- Cumberland 4 (Poe 3, Jackson 1), Newton 0.

At Louisville

North Clay (Louisville) handed Lawrenceville a 53-45 loss in regular season play Tuesday evening.

The Cardinals were tied at 21-21 at halftime then trailed Lawrenceville 37-35 going into the final period. North Clay then had an 18-7 final period run as Kortney Stanfield nailed four baskets and the Cardinals hit six free throws.

Stanfield scored 19, Carsan Bible 12 and Morgan Walker 10.

At Louisville

LAWRENCEVILLE (46)

Osmon 4-1 -- 9, Andrews 5-1 -- 11, Parrish 3-1 -- 7, Terrell 2-5 -- 9, Mefford 5-0 -- 10, Fredrick 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 19 FG, 8 FT.

NORTH CLAY (53)

Smith 2-1 -- 5, Walker 4-3 -- 12, K. Stanfield 9-0 -- 19, Wyatt 0-1 -- 1, Bible 4-2 -- 12, Lovett 0-0 -- 0, M. Stanfield 0-4 -- 4. TOTALS 19 FG, 11 FT.

Lawrenceville          15      8    16       7    --    46

North Clay                   8    13    14    18    --    53

3-point FG -- Lawrenceville 0,  North Clay 4 (Walker 1, K. Stanfield 1, Bible 2)

Junior Varsity Game

Lawrenceville          3      7    11    17    --    38

North Clay                4    13    19      6    --    33

Lawrenceville -- Bellinger 2, Waggoner 1, Sherman 1, Vogel 2, Parrish 13, Wimberly 3, Mefford 11, Frederick 4, Decker 1

North Clay -- Bible 8, Lovett 4, Ruholl 2, Stanfield 4, Barbee 1, Moeri 4, Groves 4, Walters 6