Stacie Vonderheide and Nancy Ruholl both turned in double-double performances Saturday night, helping the St. Anthony Lady Bulldogs bring the National Trail Conference Girls Basketball Tournament championship back home.

Vonderheide, named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, scored 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while Ruholl, named to the all-tournament team, had 25 points and also pulled down 11 boards, as the Lady Bulldogs posted a 69-60 victory and brought home the championship hardware to add to the school’s trophy case.

Even though SAHS led at every stop, the game was close throughout. The Lady Bulldogs were on top 14-13 after the opening eight minutes, 34-29 at intermission and 49-43 heading into the final quarter.

“I am proud of our kids and how they kept fighting,” said St. Anthony coach Aaron Rios. “It is an awesome time for The Sisterhood culture, our kids, parents, fans and St. Anthony.”

Altamont’s Grace Nelson pumped in a game-high 32 points and Peyton Osteen added 13. Both girls, who were also on the all-tourney team, knocked down a pair of three-pointers in the fourth period to keep the Lady Indians close. But Vonderheide scored eight points and both Ruholl and freshman Addie Lauritzen added five more to help St. Anthony secure the win down the stretch.

The Lady Indians, the No. 4-ranked Class 1A team in the state, dipped to 21-3 on the season. They will travel to Teutopolis on Tuesday night.

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 18-6. They will return home Monday night to face South Central in a National Trail Conference contest.

In other games Saturday, Windsor/Stew-Stras defeated South Central 57-41 in the seventh-place game; Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City beat Neoga 61-43 in the consolation championship; and Brownstown/St. Elmo topped Dieterich 62-38 in the third-place contest.