Nashville outlasts Central
Hornets head back to SIU with 47-45 overtime win
Teutopolis rolls past Mount Carmel at Flora for SIU berth

03/04/2022
BY JACK BULLOCK - When you get to sectional championship games your best players have to play their best.

Friday night Nashville seniors Saxton Hoepker and Isaac Turner stepped up and delivered the Hornets another game, this time at SIU Arena.

Hoepker, a 6-7 senior forward, led the way with 23-points and 12-rebounds while 6-3 senior guard Turner added 17 for Coach Patrick Weathers and his club as they improved to 27-4 on the season with a 47-45 overtime win.

The Hornets will tackle Teutopolis on Monday night at the 2A Carbondale Super-Sectional slated for an 8 pm tip.

Senior Kolten Gajewski added seven-points and five-rebounds as those were the only three Nashville players to ink the book offensively on the night.

For head coach Jeremy Shubert and his Breese Central Cougars it was a heart-breaking defeat after such a fine season that closed at 29-5.

Six-four senior guard/forward Brady Moore led the attack with 14-points and five-rebounds while junior guard Cody Dickshot added nine.

Three other Central players all ended up with six-points; sophomore Mason Shubert, senior Dalton Boruff and junior Chase Lewis.

Turner came up big in the first half with four 3-pointers while Hoepker was huge in the final two quarters and overtime with 17 of his points after intermission.

Nashville won the rebounding war, 22-16.

Monday will mark the fourth time that Nashville and Teutopolis have played in IHSA boy's basketball postseason history.

The first time was in the state quarterfinals of the final Class A state tournament on Friday, March 9, 2007.

The Wooden Shoes ended Nashville's season by upsetting the top-ranked and previously undefeated Hornets, 43-38.

The second time was at the 2014 Carbondale 2A Super-Sectional.

The Hornets won 51-45 on March 11, 2014. Nashville ended up losing to Bloomington Central Catholic in the title game.

In 2019 Nashville bested the Shoes again at SIU Arena, 41-28.

Nashville finished second again, dropping a decision to Chicago Orr, 50-36.
Carterville 2A Sectional Championship Game
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OT
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Nashville
13
10
06
08
10
47
Breese Central
09
04
10
14
08
45

Nashville (47) – Schoenherr 0 0 0-3 0, Heggemeier 0 0 0-1 0, Hoepker 9 0 5-6 23, Knepp 0 0 0-0 0, Gajewski 3 0 1-2 7, Turner 1 4 3-4 17. 2FG-13, 3FG-4, FT-9-16, PF-12.
Breese Central (45) – Dickshot 3 0 3-4 9, Hamon 0 0 0-0 0, Shubert 3 0 0-0 6, Boruff 1 1 1-1 6, Strubhart 1 0 2-4 4, Moore 3 2 2-2 14, Lewis 0 2 0-0 6. 2FG-11, 3FG-5, FT-8-11, PF-17.
Fouled Out – Strubhart - Breese Central.
Technical Fouls – None.
TEUTOPOLIS 56, MOUNT CARMEL 35
The Wooden Shoes are back at SIU Arena for the first time since 2019 with a win over the Golden Aces to grab the Flora 2A Sectional title.

Junior guard Brendan Niebrugee scored 17-points and senior guard Max Niebrugge added 12 during the T-Town romp.

Senior guard Dylan Pruemer pitched in 10 as Coach Chet Reeder's club finds itself back at SIU Arena.

Six-three junior guard/forward James Niebrugge added eight-points as the Wooden Shoes are now 27-7 on the season.

Mount Carmel and head coach Tyler Buss saw their season come to a screeching halt on Friday night, as the team finished up at 23-10.

Sophomore guard Blaine Sisson paced the Aces with 12-points and junior Gage Kennard added 10.

Flora 2A Sectional
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Mount Carmel
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12
05
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35
Teutopolis
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56

Mount Carmel (35) – Sisson 4 0 4-8 12, Browning 0 0 0-0 0, Allen 1 0 3-4 5, Broster 0 0 0-0 0, Beasley 0 0 0-0 0, Kennard 3 1 1-3 10, Smith 2 0 0-1 4, Gillihasn 0 0 2-2 2, Martin 0 0 2-2 2, Laws 0 0 0-0 0.
2FG-10, 3FG-1, FT-12-20, PF-11.
Teutopolis (56) – B. Niebrugge 0 5 2-2 17, M. Niebrugge 0 4 0-0 12, Buehnerkemper 0 0 0-0 0, Althoff 1 0 0-0 2, J. Pruemer 2 2 0-0 10, J. Niebrugge 4 0 0-2 8, Ruholl 0 1 0-0 3, Konkel 0 0 0-0 0, Siemer 2 0 0-0 4.
2FG-9, 3FG-12, FT-2-4, PF-14.
Fouled Out – Gillihan, Mount Carmel; Althoff, Teutopolis.
Technical Fouls – None.