Junior High School Boys Basketball -- Dec. 8

Sigel St. Michael and Dieterich advanced to the championship of the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament with victories Tuesday evening.

Sigel St. Michael defeated Neoga 43-31 in the first game. Dieterich tallied a 42-27 win over Altamont. St. Michael and Dieterich meet Thursday at 8 p.m. for the championship.

Neoga will take on Altamont at 6:45 p.m. for third place. St. Elmo/Brownstown and Stewardson-Strasburg will square off for the consolation championship at 5:30 p.m.

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis fell to Charleston in eighth-grade A and B basketball competition Monday evening.

Charleston won the B game, 40-38. T-town held a 15-12 halftime lead and led 30-21 going into the final quarter. Charleston mounted a big rally and outscored the Shoes 19-8 to pull out the two-point victory.

Ruholl led T-town with 12 points.

In the A contest, Charleston claimed a 40-37 win.  T-town was led by Hemmen with 13 and Ungrund with 11.

At Teutopolis

Eighth-Grade B Game

Charleston            8    4    9    19    --    40

Teutopolis             6    9    15    8    --    38

Charleston -- Porter 14, Harrell 9, Pforr 8, Drake 4, Will 3, Sanders 2

Teutopolis -- Ruholl 12, Huber 7, Deters 5, Probst 5, Hemmen 3, Tabbert 2, Emmerich 2, Kingery 2

Eighth-Grade A Game

(Linescores did not add up)

Charleston -- Treslar 12, Hurst 9, Miller 8, Nadler 4, Bell 3, Pforr 3, Harrell 1

Teutopolis -- Hemmen 13, Ungrund 11, Hardiek 6, Deters 5, McMahon 2