EHS Seventh, St. A 11th, T-town 10th At Tourney
Published on December 30 2019 6:18 am
Last Updated on December 30 2019 6:42 am
Written by Millie Lange
Winning the tourney championship was Lincoln-Way East with a 56-50 win over Chicago Corliss. Third place went to Oak Lawn over Champaign Centennial, 69-64 in double overtime.
Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin downed Teuotpolis, 64-56 for the consolation championship.
Sacred Heart edged out to a 16-14 opening quarter lead. Jordan Hardiek provided nine of T-town's 14 points with three trifectas.
The Cyclones led 35-30 at halftime. Evan Wermert kept the Wooden Shoes close with seven points while Evan Addis knocked in four of four free throws.
But the Cyclones had a 13-7 third period to lead 48-37. The Shoes came back with a 19-16 final period but couldn't make up the third quarter run.
J. Hardiek led the way for T-town with 22 points while Wermert chipped in with 11.
Effingham then claimed an easy 76-47 win over Chicago Brooks for seventh place.
The Hearts ran out to a 17-3 opening quarter lead and Nate Thompson nailed two baskets and two free throws for eight points while Parker Wolfe knocked in two three-pointers.
EHS held a 33-23 halftime lead, had a 14-12 third period and a 19-9 final period.
The Hearts' N. Thompson led the way with 30 points connecting on 12 field goals and was six of 10 at the line. He also pulled down 15 rebounds. P. Wolfe chipped in with 22 on six of 14 from the field and seven of 10 at the line. Brayden Pals added 15 points on five of nine from the field that included three trifectas.
St. Anthony took 11th place by edging Antioch, 36-33.
The Bulldogs held a 17-10 opening quarter lead as Jack Hoene, Kaden Fearday and Jaccob Dust contributed five points each.
St. Anthony held a 36-24 halftime lead. But Antioch came back with a 9-5 third period to pull within 24-23. St. Anthony then held off the Sequoits with a 12-10 final run for the victory.
Dust finished with nine points to lead the Bulldogs.
In other games, Mattoon defeated Dixon, 58-46 for 15th place, Charleston won over Lawrenceville 50-40 for 13th place and Pleasant Plains downed Central A&M 69-57 for fifth place
Named to the All-Tournament Team were Parker Wolfe and Nate Thompson from Effingham, Jaccob Dust from St. Anthony, Evan Wermert from Teutopolis, Gavin Eldridge from Antioch, Termarian Howard from Centennial, Connor Heaton and Griffin Andricks from Central A&M, Nashawn Townsen and Javonte McKenzie from Chicago Corliss, Jheri-R Jones and Ryan Sucha from Lincoln-Way East, Sami Osmani and Trey Ward from Oak lawn, Justin Guernsey from Pleasant Plains and Jake Hamilton from Sacred Heart-Griffin.
Effingham/Teutopolis Holiday Tournament
Consolation Championship
SACRED HEART-GRIFFIN (64)
Antonacci 0-0 -- 0, Hamilton 3-3 -- 10, Ingram 7-2 -- 17, Schluter 6-4 -- 16, Singleton 5-1 -- 12, Thoma 1-0 -- 3, Thompson 1-1 -- 3, Hawkinson 0-0 -- 0, Newton 1-1 -- 3, Taylor 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 24 FG, 12 FT.
TEUTOPOLIS (56)
J. Hardiek 4-10 -- 22, Wermert 5-0 -- 11, Ungrund 2-0 -- 4, Deters 3-1 -- 7, Niebrugge 0-0 -- 0, Addis 1-6 -- 8, M. Deters 1-1 -- 3. TOTALS 16 FG, 18 FT.
Sacred Heart-Griffin 16 19 13 16 -- 64
Teutopolis 14 16 7 19 -- 56
3-point FG -- Sacred Heart-Griffin 4 (Hamilton 1, Ingram 1, Singleton 1, Thoma 1), Teutopolis 6 (J. Hardiek 4, Wermert 1, Addis 1).
Seventh Place
EFFINGHAM (76)
Niebrugge 0-0 -- 0, P. Wolfe 6-7 -- 22, N. Thompson 12-6 -- 30, Stoneburner 1-3 -- 5, G. Wolfe 0-0 -- 0, Pals 5-2 -- 15, Ritz 1-0 -- 2, Woelfer 1-0 -- 2, Logan 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 26 FG, 18 FT.
CHICAGO BROOKS (47)
Harvey 2-2 -- 6, Tolbert 2-2 -- 6, Taiwo 1-0 -- 2, Porter 0-1 -- 1, Williams 0-0 -- 0, Griffin 0-1 -- 1, Belin 1-3 -- 5, Hutchinson 3-0 -- 9, Vaval 1-3 -- 6, Brown 1-4 -- 6, McElroy 0-0 -- 0, Hammens 0-0 -- 0, Edison 0-0 -- 0, Puckett 1-0 -- 3. TOTALS 13 FG, 16 FT.
Effingham 17 26 14 19 -- 76
Brooks 3 20 12 9 -- 47
3-point FG -- Effingham 5 (P. Wolfe 3, Pals 2), Chicago Brooks 3 (Hutchinson 2, Vaval 1).
11th Place
ANTIOCH (33)
Eldridge 7-0 -- 19, Zamudio 1-0 -- 2, Kriese 1-0 -- 2, Kaliakmanis 2-0 -- 4, Wolf 0-0 -- 0, DeVaughn 1-3 -- 5, Kutcher 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 13 FG, 1 FT
ST. ANTHONY (36)
Webb 2-0 -- 6, Antrim 1-0 -- 3, Hoene 3-0 -- 6, Fearday 2-0 -- 5, Dust 3-0 -- 9, Walsh 0-1 -- 1, Elder 0-0 -- 0, Walk 2-0 -- 5. TOTALS 13 FG, 1 FT.
Antioch 10 4 9 10 -- 33
St. Anthony 17 2 6 12 -- 36
3-point -- Antioch 5 (Eldridge 4, Kutcher 1), St. Anthony 4 (Webb 1, Antrim 1, Hoene 1, Fearday 1)





