EHS, T-town, Newton Claim Girls Victories, Area Roundup

Effingham High School continued its hot season with a 46-31 Apollo Conference victory over Mount Zion Monday evening in girls basketball action.

The Hearts took a 10-4 opening quarter lead and led 19-8 at halftime. EHS outscored the Braves 27-23 in the second half.

Josie Zerrusen was the lone EHS player in double figures with 14 and pulled down seven rebounds. Jantzen Michael chipped in with eight points. Caitlin Kaufman pulled down seven boards.

"This was another good effort for us tonight," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "We came out and played great defnese in the first half and that was key as our offense wasn't very good. We made some good ajdustments at halftime but then failed to execute some easy shots. To their credit, we couldn't put them away. We just kept battling. We made a nice run at the end of the half, getting some great minutes from our bench. The bench was excellent tonight.  We have one more Apollo game before the break and need to take care of business Thursday against Paris."

The Hearts improve to 3-0 in the conference, 8-0 overall.

At Mount Zion

EFFINGHAM (46)

Michael 1-6 -- 8, Beals 0-0 -- 0, Totten 1-0 -- 2, Stephenson 2-3 -- 7, Kaufman 3-0 -- 7, Robb 1-0 -- 2, Zerrusen 5-3 -- 14, Steffen 0-4 -- 4, Crowell 0-2 -- 2, Field 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 13 FG, 18 FT.

MOUNT ZION (31)

Marquart 6-1 -- 14, Saarf 1-0 -- 3, McElrea 0-0 -- 0, Johnson 0-1 -- 1, Propst 4-0 -- 10, A. Miller 0-1 -- 1, Dick 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 12 FG, 3  FT.

Effingham            10    9    13    14    --    46

Mount Zion            4    4    12    11    --    31

3-point FG -- Effingham 2 (Kaufman 1, Zerrusen 1), Mount Zion 4 (Marquart 1, Saarf 1, Propst 2).

At Newton

Newton edged Casey-Westfield 39-33 in Little Illini Conference competition Monday evening. The Eagles edged out to a 7-5 opening quarter lead and led 19-16 at halftime. Casey-Westfield came back with an 8-5 third period run to tie the score at 24-24 going into the final quarter.

The Eagles then tallied a 15-9 score in the final quarter to pull out the win. Koebele led the winners with 11 points. Cartright and Richards chipped in with eight each. Newton is now 2-1 in the conference, 3-6 overall.

At Newton

CASEY-WESTFIELD (33)

Decker 4-1 -- 9, Black 2-4 -- 8, Cutright 1-5 -- 7, Brandenburg 2-0 -- 4, Cox 2-0 -- 4, Morgan 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 11 FG, 11 FT.

NEWTON (39)

Koebele 4-3 -- 11, Cartright 3-2 -- 8, Richards 2-3 -- 8, Kerner 2-2 -- 7, Probst 1-0 -- 3, Davidson 0-2 -- 2. TOTALS 12 FG, 12  FT.

Casey-Westfield          5    11      8      9    --    33

Newton                        15      6    11    16    --    48

3-point FG -- Casey-Westfield 0, Newton 3 (Richards 1, Kerner 1, Probst 1).

Junior Varsity Game

Casey-Westfield            6    3      4       3    --    16

Newton                          15    6    11    16    --    48

Casey-Westfield -- Morgan 9, Littlejohn 5, Nagige 3 (individuals add up to 17 while 16 listed as final)

Newton -- Hartrich 11, Cohorst 8, Richards 7, Shipman 6, Probst 6, Stanley 4, Kline 2, Russell 2, Pilman 2

At Vandalia

Neoga's Jillian Deters led the Indians to a 50-40 non-conference victory over Vandalia Monday evening.

Deters tallied 13 points and had 12 rebounds. E.C. Thies led the Indians in scoring with 19 points. Neoga improves to 6-3 on the season.

At Vandalia

NEOGA (50)

Butler 4-0 -- 9, Partlow 0-0 -- 0, Ott 2-1 -- 5, Theis 6-3 -- 19, Deters 4-5 -- 13, Erickson 0-0 -- 0, Roy 0-4 -- 4, Buening 0-0 -- 0, Hotze 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 16 FG, 13 FT.

VANDALIA (40)

Cripe 1-1 -- 3, Sellers 0-1 -- 1, Evans 1-0 -- 3, Protz 1-0 -- 2, Meyer 5-1 -- 12, Hosick 3-1 -- 7, Tinker 4-1 -- 9, Kershow 0-0 -- 0, Brigh 1-0 -- 2, Frances 0-1 -- 1, Swain 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 16 FG, 6 FT.

Neoga              14    15    11    10    --    50

Vandalia            7       7    11    15    --    40

3-point FG -- Neoga 5 (Theis 4, Butler 1), Vandalia 2 (Evans 1, Meyer 1).

At Oblong

Oblong handed Cumberland a 47-42 loss in Little Illini Conference action Monday evening.

Cumberland was led by Katie Poe with 17 points and Lainey Jackson with 11. The Pirates drop to 0-3 in the conference, 0-9 overall.

At Woodlawn

Woodlawn handed South Central a 57-30 non-conference loss Monday evening.

Woodlawn held a 31-16 halftime lead and never looked back. Knox and Murdock tallied 12 each while England scored 11 for the winners. South Central was led by Hahn with 16.

The Cougars fall to 0-8 on the season.

At Woodlawn

SOUTH CENTRAL (30)

Hahn 7-1 -- 16, King 1-0 -- 2, Rose 1-0 -- 2,Slater 1-1 -- 3, Wilkins 1-0 -- 2, Ritter 1-1 -- 3, McCoy 0-1 -- 1, Seacrest 0-1 -- 1, Lewis 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 12 FG, 5 FT.

WOODLAWN (57)

Lueking 0-0 -- 0, Knox 2-4 -- 8, Harlow 3-2 -- 8, Ethridge 4-4 -- 12, England 4-1 -- 11, Ballard 2-2 -- 6, Murdock 3-4 -- 12,Crawford 0-0 -- 0, Coleman 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 18 FG, 17 FT.

South  Central            4    12      8      6    --    30

Woodlawn                18    13    13    13    --    57

3-point  FG -- South Central 1 (Hahan 1), Woodlawn 4 (England 2, Murdock 2).

OTHER SCORES:

Moweaqua Central A&M 65, Maroa-Forsyth 61

Clinton 66, Tuscola 33

Piasa Southwestern 38, Pana 21

Arthur-Lovington-Atwood Hammond 53, Okaw Valley 37

Flora 49, Olney 42

Meridian 62, Shelbyville 34

Sullivan 53, Warrensburg-Latham 39