EHS Continues To Roll In Apollo, St. A Wins in NTC, Area Roundup

MATTOON -- Effingham High School continued to roll along in the Apollo Conference as the Hearts defeated Mattoon Thursday evening 47-24.

Playing without Coach Jeff Schafer in the helm, the Hearts jumped out to an 18-7 opening quarter lead and led 28-13 at halftime. The Hearts continued their strong scoring with a 19-11 second half run.

Assistant Coach Aaron Witges was the leader as Schafer was watching his daughter Skyler and her team, Effingham Junior High School, claim third place at the Class 7-4A State Tournament in Normal.

Witges, whose speciality is coaching the defense, saw the Hearts hold Mattoon to 13 first half points. The Hearts' Caitlin Kaufman connected on three trifectas in the first half run and finished  with 15 points. Also in double figures was Stephanie Robb with 12 points. Josie Zerrusen led the team in assists with seven.

EHS is now a perfect 2-0 in the Apollo and 7-0 overall.

At Mattoon

EFFINGHAM (47)

Michael 2-1 -- 6, Beals 1-0 -- 2, Totten 1-0 -- 2, Stephenson 2-2 -- 6,  Kaufman 6-0 -- 15, Robb 4-4 -- 12, Zerrusen 0-2 -- 2, Steffen 0-2 -- 2, Crowell 0-0 -- 0, Field 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 16 FG, 11 FT.

MATTOON (24)

Considine 0-0 -- 0, Cox 1-2 -- 4, Jackson 4-0 -- 8, Fisher 1-0 -- 2, Bath 0-3 -- 3, Raboin 0-3 -- 3,Thompson 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 8 FG, 8 FT.

Effingham          18    10    9    10    --    47

Mattoon                7      6    6      5    --    24

3-point FG -- Effingham 4 (Michael 1, Kaufman 3), Mattoon 0.

Junior Varsity Game

Effingham          10    10      3    16    --    39

Mattoon              13      7    12    11    --    43

Effingham -- Steffen 5, Crowell 8,  Field 12, Rieman 7, Damron 2, Conkling 5

Mattoon -- Butler 4, Nichols 10, Thompson 8, Raboin 8, Nichols 2, Taylor 11.

At The Enlow Center

Effingham St. Anthony claimed a National Trail Conference victory voer Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City Thursday evening.

The Bulldogs edged out to an 8-4 opening quarter lead and led only 16-13 at halftime. K. Richards tallied four points in the first quarter and five more in the second period for St. Anthony.

Then the Bulldogs defense got tough, holding CHBC to no points in the third period while moving their lead to 27-13 going into the final quarter. Richards tallied seven more in the third quarter and finished out leading the Bulldogs with 19. She was the lone player in the contest in double figures.

Nuxoll chipped in with nine points. CHBC was led in scoring by Ward and J. Morrison with seven points each.

At The Enlow Center

Varsity  Game

CHBC (26)

Ward 2-2 -- 7, Wehrle 0-0 -- 0, J. Morrison 2-3 -- 7, Miller 0-0 -- 0, Riley 0-0 -- 0, Adams 1-3 -- 6, Herrman 3-0 -- 6, Sloan 0-0 -- 0, Meek 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 8 FG, 8 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (36)

Gardewine 0-0 -- 0, L. Niebrugge 0-0 -- 0, Wendt 2-0 -- 4, McDevitt 1-0 -- 2, Mumm 0-0 -- 0, Nuxoll 4-1 -- 9,  Brown 1-0 -- 2, K. Richards 6-6 -- 19, Dust 0-0 -- 0, H. Niebrugge 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 14 FG, 7  FT.

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City          4    9      0    13    --    26

St. Anthony                                             8    8    11      9    --    36

3-point FG -- CHBC 2 (Ward 1, Adams 1), St. Anthony 1 (K. Richards 1).

Junior Varsity Game

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City            2    11    5    6    --    24

St. Anthony                                            12      7    9    8    --    36

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Gates 1, Miller 2, Wehrle 3, Morrison 4, Doty 2, Riley 0, Adams 7, Johnson 2, Sloan 2, Meek 1, Barnes 0

St. Anthony -- Burton 2, Slaughter 2, Brandenburger 1, Kelsey 2, McDevitt 3, Brown 8, Woltman 6, Schuette 2, Doedtman 0, Richards 3, Schmidt 7

At Brownstown

Brownstown/St. Elmo bounced South Central in National Trail Conference action 65-23 Thursday evening.

The Bombers leaped out to a 21-7 opening quarter lead and led 32-11 at halftime. Audriana Pruett and Bethany Oberlink provided the one-two scoring punch with 13 points each for the winners. Molly Hill chipped in with 11 points.

South Central was led by McCoy with seven points.

At Brownstown

SOUTH CENTRAL (23)

Hahn 2-0 -- 4, King 2-0 -- 4, Slater 0-0 -- 0, Lewis 0-0 -- 0, Wilkins 0-0 -- 0, Ritter 0-2 -- 2, McCoy 3-1 -- 7, Sigrist 3-0 -- 6, Price 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 10 FG, 3 FT.

BROWNSTOWN/ST. ELMO (65)

Pruett 5-0 -- 13, Oberlink 5-3 -- 13, Austin 3-1 -- 7, Fitch 4-0 -- 8, Hill 5-1 -- 11, Moore 2-0 -- 4, Bone 2-2 -- 6, Brown 1-0 -- 3, Walk 0-0 -- 0, Grames 0-0 -- 0, Zasada 0-0 --0 , Baron 0-0 -- 0, Howard 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 27 FG, 7 FT.

South Central                            7      4       9      3    --    23

Brownstown/St. Elmo          21    11    22    11    --    65

3-point FG -- SouthCentral 0, Brownstown/St. Elmo 4 (Pruett 3, Brown 1).

At Louisville

Dieterich picked up a non-conference victory over North Clay (Louisville) 64-57 to improve to 3-5 on the season.

The Movin' Maroons trailed North Clay 19-14 after the opening quarter and 34-31 at halftime. Dieterich then came back with a 15-10 third quarter run to lead 46-44 going into the final period then took an 18-13 run.

Mallorie Vahling led the Maroons with 23 points while Courtney Flach had 17 and Elizabeth Abbott and Rachel Schmidt chipped in with 12 each. Vahling also led in rebounds with 17 and had eight assists and four steals. Flach contributed seven assists and had four steals.  Abbott had four steals.

North Clay was led by Kortney Stanfield with 19 while Teehanna Wyatt added 12 and Morgan Walker 11.

At Louisville

DIETERICH (64)

Abbott 5-2 -- 12, Flach 6-4 -- 17, Klay 0-0 -- 0, Aherin 0-0 -- 0, Ruhol l0-0 -- 0, Schmidt 5-2 -- 12, Correll 0-0 -- 0, Mahnke 0-0 -- 0, Webb 0-0 -- 0,  Heuerman 0-0 -- 0, Vahling 9-5 -- 23, Bannick 0-0 -- 0, Foreman 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 25 FG, 12 FT.

NORTH CLAY (57)

Stanfield 0-0 -- 0, Bible 1-4 -- 6, Lovett 0-0 -- 0, Ruholl 0-0 -- 0, Smith 4-0 -- 9, Barbee 0-0 -- 0, Walker 4-3 -- 11, Stanfield 7-5 -- 19, Wyatt 5-2 -- 12, Moeri 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 21 FG, 14 FT.

Dieterich             14    17    15    18    --     64

North Clay          19    15    10    13    --    57

3-point FG -- Dieterich 2 (Flach 1, Schmidt 1), Noth Clay 1 (Smith 1).

Junior Varsity Game -- North  Clay 52, Dieterich 16.

At Bethany

Okaw Valley edged out to a 12-11 lead over Altamont but the Indians came back to lead 26-20 at halftime. Okaw Valley then went on an 18-8 third period run and claimed a 50-42 non-conference win over the Indians.

Orris led the winners with 15 points while Harlin added 11 and Descesaro 10. Altamont was led by M. Ohnesorge with 19 and Wendling with 10.

At Bethany

ALTAMONT (42)

M. Ohnesorge 7-4 -- 19, L. Ohnesorge 1-0 -- 2, Smith 0-0 -- 0, Wendling 4-2 -- 10, Alwardt 1-0 -- 2, Laatsch 0-0 -- 0, Vaughn 1-0 -- 2, Duckwitz 2-0 -- 5, Tillman 1-0 -- 2, Burns 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 17 FG, 6 FT.

OKAW VALLEY (50)

Decesaro 5-0 -- 10, McLain 3-1 -- 7, S. Dash 1-0 -- 2, Harlin 4-2 -- 11, Orris 4-4 -- 15, Weybright 1-0 -- 2, Herold 0-0 -- 0, Monroe 0-0 -- 0, M. Dash 1-1 -- 3, Birch 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 19 FG, 8  FT.

Altamont                 11    15      8      8    --    42

Okaw Valley          12      8    18    12    --    50

3-point FG -- Altamont 2 (M. Ohnesorge 1, Duckwitz 10, Okaw Valley 4 (Orris 3, Harlin 1)

At Neoga

Neoga trounced Martinsville 67-6 in a non-conference contest Thursday evening.

Madison Butler and Jillian Deters led the Indians with 20 points each. Deters pulled down eight rebounds. E.C. Thies led in steals with four.

The Indians are now 5-3 on the season.

At Neoga

MARTINSVILLE (6)

H. Higginbotham 1-0 -- 2, Reynolds 0-0 -- 0, L. Kannmacher 1-0 -- 2, K. Higginbotham 0-0 -- 0, Morris 0-0 -- 0, Ballew 1-0 -- 2, C. Kannmacher 0-0 -- 0, Moore 0-0 -- 0, Morris 0-0 -- 0, Bittner 0-0 -- 0, Truellove 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 3 FG, 0 FT.

NEOGA (67)

Butler 8-0 -- 20, Partlow 1-0 -- 2, Ott 0-2 -- 2, Thies 3-0 -- 7, Deters 10-0 -- 20, Erickson 3-0 -- 6, Miah 0-0 -- 0, Roy 3-0 -- 7, Buening 1-1 -- 3, Struthers 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 29 FG, 3 FT.

Martinsville            2      2      2    0    --      6

Neoga                    14    22    23    8    --    67

3-point FG -- Martinsville 0, Neoga 6 (Butler 4, Thies 1, Roy 1).

At Olney

Olney played host to Newton and sent the Eagles home with a 62-35 loss.

The Tigers held Newton scoreless to take a 15-0 first quarter lead and led 30-13 at halftime. Shipman and Miller taliled 18 each for the winners while Rauch chipped in with 10.

Newton was led by Richards with seven points. The Eagles drop to 2-6 on the season.

At Olney

NEWTON (35)

Richards 3-1 -- 7, Cartright 2-2 -- 6, Kerner 2-0 -- 4, Koebele 1-2 -- 4, Kline 1-2 -- 4, Probst 1-0 -- 3, Will 1-1 -- 3, Davidson 1-0 -- 2, Probst 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 13 FG, 8 FT.

OLNEY (62)

Shipman 7-3 -- 18, MIller 8-1 -- 18, Rauch 4-0 -- 10, Spillman 4-0 -- 8, Luna 2-0 -- 4, Graves 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 27 FG, 4 FT.

Newton            0    13    15      7    --    35

Olney             15    15    17    15    --    62

3-point FG -- Newton 1 (Probst 1), Olney 4 (Shipman 1, Miller 1, Rauch 2).

Junior Varsity Game

Newton 34, Olney 27

Newton -- Richards 11, Hartrich 7, Cohorst 6, Shipman 3, Stanley 2, Kline 2, Russell 2 (payers add up to 33 while 34 listed as final)

Olney -- no scoring listed.

OTHER SCORES:

Moweaqua Central A&M 91, Shelbyville 50

Charleston 65, Salem 50

Mount Zion 53, Paris 36

Casey-Westfield 55, Oblong 27

Flora 55, Lawrenceville 24

Arcola 49, Villa Grove 27

Carlinville 43, Pana 34

Taylorville 58, Springfield Southeast 31

Hillsboro 51, Vandalia 40

Monticello 70, Argenta-Oreana 38

Sullivan 57, Meridian 42

Tuscola 32, Tolono Unity 31

Palestine-Hutsonville 49, Robinson 35