Junior High School Boys Basketball -- Jan. 2

Effingham St. Anthony Junior High School fell to Centralia in boys basketball action Monday evening.

In the seventh-grade game, Centralia picked up a 42-27 win. Centralia led 25-10 at halftime. St. Anthony was led by Josh Blanchette with nine points and Thomas Chojnicki with eight.

In the eighth-grade contest, Centralia picked up a 57-24 win. Centralia jumped out to a 40-12 halftime lead and never looked back. St. Anthony was led by Lawrence with six points.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Game

Centralia             11    14    9     8    --    42

St. Anthony          9      1    6    11    --   27

Centralia -- Fleener 5, Newcomb 2, Tabor 14, Smith 8, Burns 13

St. Anthony -- Mendella 4, Chojnicki 8, Stewart 3, Blanchette 9, Niebrugge 3

Eighth-Grade Game

Centralia             17    23    14    3    --    57

St. Anthony          4      8      8    4    --    24

Centralia -- Blakemore 14, Offutt 12, Billberry 10, Henson 4, Jones 6, Brown 11

St. Anthony -- Antrim 5, Schutte 4, Moore 5, Lawrence 6, Willenborg 4

At Effingham

St. Elmo/Brownstown captured two victories over Effingham Sacred Heart Monday.

SEB downed the Shamrocks 41-37 in seventh-grade action. Smith led SEB with 13 points while Myers and Grull had 11 each.

The Shamrocks were led by Feldhake with 13.

In eighth-grade play, St. Elmo/Brownstown defeated Sacred Heart 51-26. Rosborough tallied 11 points for the winners. Sacred Heart was led by Wallace with 11.

At Sacred Heart

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Elmo/Brownstown 41, Sacred Heart 37

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Smith 13, Campbell 2, Myers 11, Grull 11, Maxey 4

Sacred Heart -- McDevitt 9, Feldhake 13, Sherrod 4, Lohman 3, Zerrusen 8

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Elmo/Brownstown 51, Sacred Heart 26

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Stine 5, McWhorter 2, Rosborough 11, Miller 6, Durbin 7, Higgs 5, Tish 3, Brauer 6, Bell 6

Sacred Heart -- Swingler 7, Lockhart 4, Wallace 11, Brummer 4

At Strasburg

Stewardson-Strasburg split victories with Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Monday.

In the seventh-grade contest, Stew-Stras was a 33-22 winner. Stew-Stras held a 17-9 halftime lead then had a 13-5 third quarter. Wernsing led the way with 14 points while Kirby added 11. Stew-Stras is now 12-7 on the season.

In the eighth-grade contest, ALAH was a 36-15 winner with a 23-6 second and third quarter. Walden led Stew-Stras with five points. The squad fell to 1-14.

At Strasburg

Seventh-Grade Game

ALAH                   4    5      5    7    --    22

Stew-Stras          9    8    13    3    --    33

ALAH -- Waldrip 9, Day 6, Edmonds 3, Herschberger 2, Mechling 2

Stew-Stras -- Wernsing 14, Kirby 11, Vonderheide 7, Dandurand 1

Eighth-Grade Game

ALAH                    4    12    11    9    --    36

Stew-Stras          5      3      3    4    --    15

ALAH -- Hall 8, Romine 8, Brough 6, Rocke 4, Brownlee 3, Carroll 2, Plank 2, Miller 1, VanHatten 2

Stew-Stras -- Walden 5, Rieman 4, Slifer 4, Bugger 2