For the first time in over 20 years, the South 7 title will be shared by 3 out of the 5 teams in the league after games last night. The first domino to fall was Centralia doing what they needed to knocking off Carbondale at Trout Arena on Senior Night 57-26. The Orphans improved to 26-4 on the year and finish the league at 6-2.
Then a night after beating Centralia, the Marion Wildcats knocked off Mt Vernon last night on the Wildcats senior night 39-36 in a defensive battle. The win for Marion gives them their first conference title since 1988 and it leaves Mt Vernon, Marion and Centralia tied for the Conference Title.
A late technical foul and subsequent free throws and scoring on the possession helped North Clay come back from a first half and early 2nd half deficit to beat South Central on senior night in Louisville 71-58. SC hit 9 of their 10 three pointers in the opening half. Seth Bergmann finished with 15, Westin Nielson 13, Callaway Smith added 12 and Brody Markley 10. Cody Zimdars led North Clay with 24.
At Duster Gym in Pinckneyville, the host Panthers claimed the River to River title with an exciting 56-55 win over Benton. Docker Tedeschi had a shot as time expired to win the game, but didn’t make it and this time didn’t get fouled. AJ Keith finished with 24 points for Pinckneyville, Tedeschi had 30 for the Rangers.
TTown hosted Olney for Senior night and the Shoes came away with a 57-42 win to finish the regular season at 20-10. Mick Niebrugge had 18 for the Shoes and Gavin Addis added 12. Arjay Keller had 27 in the loss for the Tigers.
Also Metro East Lutheran earned a great win over #1 ranked Belleville Althoff 60-58.
Boys Scoreboard:
Altamont 60, Marshall 49
Alton 56, Collinsville 28
Belleville East 60, East St Louis 54
Bethalto Civic 45, Mascoutah 42
Breese Central 52, Alton-Marquette 19
Carterville 52, Murphysboro 33
Centralia 57, Carbondale 26
CHBC 49, SEB 42
Chrsitopher 74, Z-R 42
Edwards Co 64, Eldorado 40
Edwardsville 57, Belleville West 40
Fairfield 58, Carmi 51
Glenwood 58, Springfield SHG 53
Goreville 54, Trico 41
Greenville 57, Carlinville 26
Hardin Co 65, Crab Orchard 53
Herrin 46, Harrisburg 36
Lawrenceville 60, Paris 37
Massac Co 64, Hamilton Co 59
Marion 39, Mt Vernon 36
Metro-East Luth 60, Althoff 58
Mt Carmel 63, Red Hill 44
Mulberry Grove 73, Ramsey 33
Nashville 71, DuQuoin 48
NCOE 50, Wayne City 48
New Athens 78, Woodlawn 75
Newton 45, Flora 36
North Clay 71, South Central 58
Okaw Valley 72, Neoga 37
Piasa-SW 38, Bunker Hill 30
Pinckneyville 56, Benton 55
Roxana 56, Calhoun 39
Sparta 69, Red Bud 64
Steeleville 80, Dupo 41
St Anthony 77, Robinson 41
St Joe Ogden 61, Shelbyville 35
Teutopolis 57, Olney 42
Triad 57, Jerseyville 50
Tuscola 77, Central A&M 49
Vienna 52, West Frankfort 46
Waltonville 80, Cisne 44
Waterloo 54, Highland 41
Webber 67, Patoka/Odin 53
Williamsville 60, Auburn 48
