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Monday girls regional roundup
FARINA — Dieterich High School opened the Class 1A South Central Girls Basketball Regional with a victory over North Clay (Louisville), 56-48.
North Clay came out strong with a 15-9 opening quarter lead as Alyssa Fender tallied five points. The Cardinals held a 30-22 halftime lead on the Movin' Maroons as they hit seven free throws in the second period.
But the Maroons came back in the third period with a 12-6 run behind Chelsea Storm's six points. Dieterich then put together a 22-12 final quarter to pull out the victory. Storm and Miranda Goodman finished with 15 points each as Candace Niemerg tallied 12 for the winners.
North Clay was led by Fender and Andrea Buhrmann with 13 points each and Alyse Cox with nine.
Dieterich moves on to face top-seeded Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City tonight at 6.
In a regular season game Saturday, North Clay downed Edwards County 41-29.
The late game at South Central saw the third-seeded host's season come to an abrupt end in overtime against No. 6 Brownstown/St. Elmo.
The Bombers (10-15) were 50-46 winners thanks to an 11-point overtime period; Brittany White scored four of her eight in the extra frame, while Abby Hill finished with 15 and Brooke Maxey added 11.
After winning the program's first-ever region a year ago, South Central (17-7) got 15 from Audrey Mantheny and 13 from Abbey Jones. The Cougars were ahead 25-24 at halftime, but had to spend the fourth quarter recovering from a one-point effort in the third stanza.
Brownstown will face No. 2 Altamont tonight at 8.
South Central Regional
Game One
NORTH CLAY (48)
Fender 4-3 — 13, H. Oliver 2-1 — 5, Cox 2-5 — 9, Buhrmann 4-4 — 13, Yates 2-2 — 6, Bailey 0-0 — 0, Johnson 1-0 — 2, Harrison 0-0 — 0. TOTALS 15 FG, 15 FT.
DIETERICH (56)
Orsborn 2-0 — 6, C. Niemerg 4-4 — 12, Durbin 0-0 — 0, Goodman 7-1 — 15, B. Niemerg 1-3 — 5, Storm 3-9 — 15, Hartke 1-1 — 3. TOTALS 18 FG, 18 FT.
North Clay---15---15----6---12---—---48
Dieterich-----9---13---12---22---—---56
3-point FG — North Clay 3 (Fender 2, Buhrmann 1), Dieterich 2 (C. Niemerg 2).
Game Two
Overtime
BROWNSTOWN/ST. ELMO (50)
Sefton 1-2 — 4, Beasley 2-0 — 4, Myers 3-0 — 6, B. Maxey 5-1 — 11, Hill 6-3 — 15, White 2-4 — 8, M. Maxey 0-2 — 2, Barnick 0-0 — 0. TOTALS 19 FG 12 FT.
SOUTH CENTRAL (46)
Pollard 1-0 — 3, Morton 2-0 — 4, Lotz 0-7 — 7, Uphold 1-2 — 4, Logue 0-0 — 0, Jones 3-5 — 13, Matheny 5-5 — 15. TOTALS 12 FG 19 FT.
Brownstown----10---14---7--- 8---11---—---50
South Central---12---13---1---13----7---—---46
3-point FG — Brownstown/St. Elmo 0, South Central 3 (Pollard 1, Jones 2).
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At Casey
Newton saw its season come to a close in the Class 2A Casey-Westfield Regional.
The Eagles went up against the homestanding Warriors and lost 58-48. Terra Flowers and Mallory Kocher advanced in the Country Companies Three-Point Showdown.
Casey-Westfield advances to meet top-seeded Paris Wednesday at 6 p.m. Robinson takes on Marshall in the second contest.
At Albion
Edwards County (Albion) picked up an opening round win in its own Class 1A Regional.
Edwards County downed Cisne 52-27. The Lions will move on to face top-seeded Red Hill (Bridgeport) Wednesday at 6 p.m. Noble takes on Wayne City in the second game.
At Neoga
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Tri-County downed Oblong 45-20, while Palestine/Hutsonville blasted Martinsville 71-12.
Tri-County will meet top-seeded Neoga tonight at 6 followed by Cumberland taking on Palestine-Hutsonville at 8.
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Flora handed Lawrenceville a 44-36 defeat. Flora was led by Lauren Putbrese with 20 points.
The Wolves now take on top-seeded Olney at 6 p.m. Wednesday followed by Fairfield against Mount Carmel at 8.
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