Teutopolis outscored St. Anthony 10-4 in overtime Saturday to post a 61-55 victory and capture first place in the Neoga Freshman-Sophomore Tournament.

The Bulldogs held a 43-37 lead after three quarters, but the Shoes went on a 14-8 scoring surge to tie the game and force the extra period.

Mitch Althoff led T-Town with 23 points, while Brody Niebrugge paced St. Anthony with 19.

The Bulldogs reached the championship game by defeating Altamont 50-41 in the semifinals. St. Anthony trailed by three points, 39-36, but outscored the Indians 14-2 in the fourth period to rally for the win.

Colton Fearday scored 12 points and Kyle Stewart and Craig Croy both had 10 for the Bulldogs. Robbins and Schultz both had 11 for Altamont.

St. Elmo/Brownstown went on a fourth quarter scoring surge to pull away from the St. Anthony Lady Bulldogs and post a 67-56 victory in the regular season finale.

The Lady Eagles held a slim 42-41 lead after three quarters, but then outscored the Lady Bulldogs 25-15 in the final eight minutes to secure the win.

SEB built a 10-point margin at halftime, 34-24. But St. Anthony came out strong in the third period. Riley Guy scored 10 points and Reese Jones had seven more, as the Lady Bulldogs went on a 17-8 run to narrow the gap to just one point entering the final eight minutes.

Riley finished with a game-high 23 points and Jones added 13. Claire Wilhour led SEB with 17 points.

The Lady Bulldogs closed out their regular season with an 11-15 record. St Anthony will now host a Class 1A Regional next week. The Lady Bulldogs will play either Dieterich or Ramsey in a semifinal contest at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The regional championship will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14.

In the junior varsity game, St. Anthony posted a 40-29 victory. Anna Faber scored 12 points and Rillie Willenborg added 10.

By Steve Raymond

ET Sports Report

Jumping out to a 25-2 lead.

What coach wouldn’t want that?

Obviously, the one with just 2 points.

But that’s exactly the situation Teutopolis and head coach Chet Reeder found themselves in Friday night.

Cross creek rival St. Anthony started the game absolutely on fire, built the big early lead and went on to post a 57-43 victory.

It was not the type of game the near-full house at The Enlow Center anticipated.

“I wish we could start like that every night,” St. Anthony coach Cody Rincker admitted. “We need to play with that emotion, energy and execution level every game, especially the right games. And tonight was one of the those right games.”

T-Town’s first basket came at the 1:09 mark of the first period. The Shoes had missed their first seven shots and turned the ball over three times in the first seven minutes.

Meanwhile, the Bulldogs were attacking and doing so successfully. Jaccob Dust opened the scoring with his first of three baskets in the opening eight minutes. Aaron Webb and Kaden Fearday both hit shots from long range and Fearday added another short jumper to make it 14-0.

After Matthew Deters got the Shoes on the scoreboard, a 3-pointer by Jack Hoene closed out the opening quarter with SAHS owning a 15-point advantage, 17-2.

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Craig Croy pumped in 24 points Thursday night, leading St. Anthony to a 61-39 victory over Windsor/Stew-Stras in the Neoga Freshman-Sophomore Tournament.

The Bulldogs trailed 17-14 after the opening eight minutes, but then went on a 32-10 run over the middle two quarters to build a comfortable 46-27 lead.

Kyle Stewart was also in double figures for St. Anthony, scoring 14 points.