Junior High Boys Basketball -- Jan. 21

GREENVILLE -- Effingham St. Anthony advanced to the championship game while Effingham dropped into the third place contest at the 68th Annual James Burke Memorial Junior High Boys Basketball Tournament Thursday.

The Bullpups edged Triad 49-43. St. Anthony took a 15-6 opening quarter lead and held a 22-18 halftime lead. Triad came back with an 18-10 third quarter to push ahead 36-32 going into the final period. St. Anthony then rallied with a 17-7 run.

Dust tallied 20 while Tingley and Hoene added 10 each for the Bullpups.

In the second game, Greenville claimed a 51-35 win over Effingham. The Mustangs fell behind 13-5 after the opening quarter and 30-12 at halftime.

The Mustangs came back in the second half with a 22-21 edge but couldn't overcome that first half. Kalber and Cramsey scored eight points each.

Effingham will face Triad at 6 p.m. for third place Saturday while St. Anthony takes on Greenville at 7 for the championship.

James Burke Memorial Tournament

Game Seven

Triad                         6    12    18      7    --    43

St. Anthony           15      7    10    17    --    49

Triad -- Cox 14, Milligan 2, Tentis 3, Wade 6, Winslow 11, Bloom 2, Will 1, Wongler 2, Dafen 2

St. Anthony -- Hoene 10, Webb 9, Tingley 10, Dust 20

Game Eight

Effingham              5      8       8    14    --    35

Greenville            13    17    17      4    --    51

Effingham -- Ritz 2, Jones 2, Kalber 8, Niebrugge 7, Waymoth 1, Siner 2, Cramsey 8, Waldhoff 5

Greenville -- Kinney 4, Barnes 11, Doll 12, Green 13, Jenkins 6, Zeeb 3, Heard 2

National Trail Eighth-Grade Tournament

Sigel St. Michael captured the championship of the National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament Thursday.

St. Michael defeated Altamont 33-29.

In the third place game, Neoga won over St. Elmo/Brownstown 26-23.

The consolation title went to Stewardson-Strasburg over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 50-39. Stew-Stras held a 27-19 halftime lead then held off CHBC in the second half.

Kirby talleid 22 while Jesgarz scored 10 for the winenrs. CHBC was led by Brown and Burrus with eight each.

National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Tournament

Consolation Championship

Stew-Stras           15    12     7    16    --    50

CHBC                      7    12    10    10    --    39

Stew-Stras -- Kirby 22, Jesgarz 10, Allen 9, Wernsing 5, Slifer 2, Reel 1, Walden 1

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Brown 8, Burrus 8, W. Robertson 7, C. Robertson 6, Taylor 4, Persinger 3, Manley 2, Allison 1

(No other teams provided statistics)

At Newton

Newton St. Thomas downed Clay City in both games.

St. Thomas won the seventh-grade contest 22-17. Schafer led the winners with 13 points.

The eighth-grade game went to St. Thomas over Clay City 47-22. Justin Zumbahlen scored 11 while Seth Weber and Will Ochs had eight each for the winners who improve to 15-2.

At Newton

Seventh-Grade Game

Clay City                  4    8       5       0    --    17

St. Thomas             7     9     11    11    --    38

Clay City -- Concha 6, Beck 4, no other scorers listed

Newton St. Thomas -- M. Schafer 13, Weber 6, no other scorers listed

Eighth-Grade Game

Clay  City                8    4       6      4    --    22

St. Thomas           19    5    10    13    --    47

Clay City -- Noll 8, Rodriguez 5, no other scorers listed

Newton St. Thomas -- Zumbahlen 11, Weber 8, Ochs 8, Wright 7, Bailey 6, Schafer 3, Barthelme 2, Higgs 2

At Hutsonville

Jasper County picked up two victories over Hutsonville Thursday evening.

Jasper County won the seventh-grade contest 36-21. Evan Schafer tallied 10 points for the winners.

In eighth-grade action, Jasper County was a 42-28 winner. Jarrett Tharp scored 13 and Jerald Eckl 10.

At Hutsonville

Seventh-Grade Game

Jasper County            8    14    10    4    --    36

Hutsonville                 4      1      7    9    --    21

Jasper County -- Schafer 10, no other scorers listed

Hutsonville -- no scorers listed

Eighth-Grade Game

Jasper County           9    9    11    13    --    42

Hutsonville                7    7      6      8    --    28

Jasper County -- Tharp 13, Eckl 10, no other scorers listed

Hutsonville -- Matthews 9, no other scorers listed