EHS Girls Continue On Roll, St. Anthony Downs North Clay

NEWTON -- Effingham High School handed Newton a 46-39 loss in non-conference girls basketball action Tuesday evening. The contest was a makeup game.

Newton held a 10-9 opening quarter lead and still led 21-20 at halftime. But the Hearts got untracked with an 11-6 third period run for a 31-27 lead going into the final period then had a 15-12 run to pull out the win.

Caitlin Kaufman tallied 16 for the winners while Jantzen Michael added 13 and Josie Zerrusen chipped in with 10.

"We survived," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "In the first half we could not buy a basket. We took good shots and just didn't make anything. We did a little better job in the second half but missed seven free throws in a row that could have put the game away. But to our credit we fought through that and finally made the last four. Newton played us really tough. We were fortunate to earn a hard-fought win."

Newton was led by Richards with 13 points. The Eagles drop to 8-9 on the season.

Effingham improves to a perfect 17-0 on the season and is back in action against Mattoon  Thursday.

At Newton

EFFINGHAM (46)

Kaufman 4-7 -- 16, Michael 3-6 -- 13, Zerrusen 4-2 -- 10, Field 1-3 -- 5, Stephenson 1-0 -- 2,  Totten 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 13 FG, 18  FT.

NEWTON (39)

Richards 4-3 -- 13, Koebele 2-2 -- 6, Cartright 3-0 -- 6, Ma. Probst 2-0 -- 6, Davidson 2-0 -- 4, Kerner 1-1 -- 4. TOTALS 14 FG, 6 FT.

Effingham            9    11    11    15    --    46

Newton              10    11      6    12    --    39

3-point FG -- Effingham 2 (Kaufmann 1, Michael 1), Newton 5 (Richards 2, Ma. Probst 2, Kerner 1)

Junior Varsity Game -- Effingham 31, Newton 23 (Beals led EHS with 10)

At The Enlow Center

Effingham St. Anthony handed North Clay (Louisville) a 55-24 non-conference loss Tuesday evening.

The Bulldogs held a 13-7 opening quarter lead as Wendt and Nuxoll scored four each. That lead went to 28-18 at halftime and then the Bulldogs opened up with a 17-4 run in the third quarter.

Nuxoll finished leading the Bulldogs with 18 points while K. Richards added 11 and Wendt 10.

North Clay was led by Wyatt with seven.

At The Enlow Center

NORTH CLAY (24)

Walker 3-0 -- 6, Stanfield 1-0 -- 2, Wyatt 2-2 -- 7, Bible 1-3 -- 5, Lovett 0-0 -- 0, Ruholl 0-0 -- 0, M. Stanfield 1-2 -- 4. TOTALS 8 FG, 7 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (55)

Gardewine 1-0 -- 3, L. Niebrugge 0-0 -- 0, Wendt 5-0 -- 10, McDevitt 0-2 -- 2, Mumm 0-0 -- 0, Nuxoll 7-4 -- 18, Brown 2-0 -- 4, K. Richards 4-2 -- 11, Walsh 2-0 -- 5, E. Richards 0-0 -- 0, H. Niebrugge 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 22 FG, 8 FT.

North Clay              7    11       4      2    --    24

St. Anthony          13    15    17    10    --    55

3-point FG -- North Clay 0, St. Anthony 3 (Gardewine 1, K. Ricahrds 1, Walsh 1)

Junior Varsity Game

North Clay               9      6    11       4    --    30

St. Anthony          10    16    14    16    --    56

North Clay -- Bible 5, Lovett 6, Ruholl 0, Moeri 0, Stanfield 9, Barbee 4, Walters 2, Martin 2, Fender 2

St. Anthony -- Burton 4, Slaughter 2, Brandenburger 5, Dust 0, McDevitt 0, Niebrugge 4, Brown 5, Horn 4, Woltman 6, Schuette 14, Richards 10,  Schmidt 2