Junior High Girls Basketball -- Oct. 25

The Altamont seventh-grade Lady Wildcats finished third at the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Tournament Saturday in Dieterich. Members of the team are first, row, left to right, Adrianna Harris, Kassidy Pemberton, Brooke Runge, Kylee Brooks, Binta Sanyang, Taylor Mette, Mary Guse, Dakota Cox and Paula Holland. Second row, left to right. Coach Steve Long, Coach Molly Hartke, Emma Kuhns, Katie Arthur, Rachel Jackman, Allyson Hardiek, Olivia Williams, Abby Goeckner and assistant Sue Poe.

Brownstown/St.Elmo captured the championship of the National Trail Conference Girls Seventh-Grade Basketball Tournament Saturday.

BSE beat Neoga 23-17. Wilhour tallied nine and Oberlink eight for the winners. Titus scored nine for Neoga.

Altamont captured third place by downing Sigel St. Michael 28-19. The score was knotted at 6-6 after one quarter before Altamont had a 10-0 second quarter run for a 16-6 halftime lead then had a 10-2 third period surge.

Runge scored 10 for the winners. St. Michael was led by McWhorter with nine.

In the consolation championship, Dieterich edged Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick 18-14. BCCH held an 8-5 first half lead and led 12-9 going into the final quarter. Dieterich came back with a 9-2 final period run to pull out the victory.

Bierman scored six to lead the winners. Wocjik led BCCH with eight.

NTC Seventh-Grade Tournament

Championship Game

Brownstown/St. Elmo          7    9    4    3    --    23

Neoga                                      4    5    4    4    --    17

Brownstown/St. Elmo -- Scholes 2, Walk 4, Wilhour 9, Oberlink 8

Neoga -- Titus 9, Partlow 2, Rupel 2, Titus 1, Kepp 2, Gentry 1

Third Place Game

Altamont                         6    10    10       2    --    28

Sigel St. Michael          6       0       2    11    --    19

Altamont -- Jackman 4, Hardiek 2, Runge 10, Cox 2, Kuhns 2, Guse 8

Sigel St. Michael -- McWhorter 9, Niebrugge 6, Buenker 4

Consolation Championship

Dieterich                                                 5    0    4    9    --    18

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick          4    4    4    2    --    14

Dieterich -- Bloemer 1, Niemerg 4, Johnson 2, Bierman 6, Mahnke 5

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Wocjik 8, Cherry 6

At Teutopolis

In the Teutopolis Shootout, T-town defeated Champaign Franklin 35-12 in the seventh-grade contest. T-town held Franklin scoreless in the first half while taking a 20-0 lead. Alli Brumleve scored 10 points for the winners.

In the eighth-grade game, T-town was a 33-18 winner. Morgan Mette scored 11 and Julia Frey 10 for T-town.

In games three and four, Decatur Robertson defeated Champaign Franklin in seventh-grade play 19-16 and in eighth-grade action 23-20.

In the fifth and sixth games, T-town was a 48-7 winner over Decatur Robertson in seventh-grade play. T-town took a 36-3 halftime lead. Claire Bushur had 15 points and Brumleve 11. T-town is now 12-0 on the season.

In eighth-grade competition, T-town was a 43-36 winner. T-town led 20-12 at halftime and 33-22 going into the final period. Emma Deters and Frey scored nine points each for the winners. T-town is now 8-4 on the season.

Teutopolis Shootout

Game One

Seventh-Grade

Champaign Franklin           0       0    5      7    --    12

Teutopolis                          10    10    5    10    --    35

Champaign Franklin -- Browning 3, Barragon 2, Dew 7

Teutopolis -- Niemerg 6, Funneman 2, Michels 7, Bushur 4, Schumamcher 2, Brumleve 10, Mette 2, Bloemer 2

Eighth-Grade  Game

Champaign Franklin          6    4    2       6    --    18

Teutopolis                            6    6    7    14    --    33

Champaign Franklin -- Eaton 6, Roberts 4, Hinton 4, Avant 4

Teutopolis -- Mette 11, Frey 10, Niemerg 1, Brumleve 2, Dust 2, Deters 7

Game Five

Decatur Robertson           3      0    2    2    --      7

Teutopolis                       20    16    4    8    --    48

Decatur Robertson -- Young 2, Richardson 2, Pender 2, Lewis 1

Teutopolis -- Niemerg 6, Bloemer 2, Bushur 15, Funneman 2, Kroeger 2, Michels 4, Schumacher 2, Brumleve 11, Mette 4

Game Six

Eighth-Grade

Decatur Robertson          6    6    10    14    --    36

Teutopolis                       11    9    13    10    --    43

Decatur Robertson -- Dees 15, Burris 4, Taliforo 6, Lowery 2, Johnson 9

Teutopolis -- Mette 7, Frey 9, Niebrugge 2, Gebben 5, Bushur 4, Brumleve 2, Mette 5, Deters 9

At Robinson

Jasper County picked up a win and suffered a loss in the eighth-grade portion of its conference tournament during the weekend.

Jasper County defeated Palestine/Hutsonville 38-16. Mallory Bergbower tallied 14 points.

Jasper County then fell to Oblong 45-24. Bergbower scored 13 points.

In the seventh-grade tournament, Jasper County blanked Martinsville 34-0. Josie Grunloh scored nine points for the winners. The squad will be back in action in the tournament tonight facing Marshall.

At Robinson

Conference Tournament

Eighth-Grade

Game One

Jasper County                      10    4    8    16    --    38

Palestine/Hutsonville          0    6    3      7    --    16

Jasper County -- Bergbower 14, Russell 8, Zumbahlen 4, Harris 4, Stone 4, Rice 2, Blecha 2

Palestine/Hutsonville -- Agan 7, Ryan 5, Dunlap 4

Game Two

Jasper County         4       5    7      8    --    24

Oblong                    12    13    8    12    --    45

Jasper County -- Bergbower 13, Harris 5, Russell 4, Stone 2

Oblong -- Dart 18, Cross 12, Laino 10, Mendenhall 5

Conference Tournament

Seventh-Grade

Jasper County          13    4    12    5    --    34

Martinsville                 0    0      0    0    --      0

Jasper County -- Grunloh 9, Bierman 6, Carr 4, Stone 4, Probst 4, Russell 4, Jansen 2, Harris 1

Martinsville -- no points