Junior High Boys Basketball -- Nov. 3-4

NOKOMIS -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City claimed third place in the Nokomis Eighth-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament Friday.

CHBC took a 9-2 opening quarter lead and held Morrisonville scoreless in the second period to lead 27-2 at halftime.

Daniel Lucas tallied nine to lead CHBC.

At Nokomis

Morrisonville             2      0      3    3    --      8

CHBC                         9    18    12    2    --    41

Morrisonville -- Weir 3, Graham 3, Clayton 2

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Persinger 2, Burrus 5, Buzzard 2, Rhodes 6, Robertson 6, Baylis 5, Hilvety 4, Radloff 2, Lucas 9

At Altamont

Altamont Lutheran easily handled Mattoon St. John's in action Friday.

Atlamont Lutheran won the seventh-grade game 45-22. ALIS edged out to a 7-4 opening quarter lead then outran St. John's 18-4 in the third quarter on the strength of four baskets by Logan Cornett.

Cornett finished with 16 points for the winners while Nathan Shepard chipped in with nine.

In eighth-grade play, Altamont Lutheran took a 37-11 halftime lead and never looked back in the 61-29 victory.

Three players hit double digits for the winners. Cornett tallied 16 while Quin Verdeyen and Noah Klimpel had 12 each.

ALIS then competed in the Central City Eighth-Grade Shootout and downed Selmaville 54-41.

At Altamont

Seventh-Grade Game

St. John's             4     4      6    8    --    22

ALIS                     7    18    16    4    --    45

Mattoon St. John's -- Larson 6, Poitevint 3, Stewart 1, Gadrner 8, Rufalo 2, Karpus 2

Altamont Lutheran -- Becker 4, Robinson 4, N. Shepard 9, L. Shepard 2, Jahraus 4, Chandler 4, Cornett 14, Siebert 4

Eighth-Grade Game

St. John's            5     6    10    8    --    29

ALIS                  24    13    16    8    --    61

Mattoon St. John's -- Rufalo 5, Karpus 4, Larson 14, Poitevint 2, Lange 2, Grove 2

Altamont Lutheran -- Kopplin 5, Klimpel 12, Wendling 4, Verdeyen 12, Jahraus 6, Robinson 2, Cornett 16, N. Shepard 4

At Marion

Teutopolis competed in the Marion Edison Shootout Saturday.

In seventh-grade play, Teutopolis defeated Marion 37-15. T-town led 23-10 going into the final quarter. B. Niebrugge led the Shoes with 12 points.

In the eighth-grade contest, T-town fell to Marion 48-40. Marion ran off to a 22-6 first quarter lead. T-town could never make up that run. K .Althoff scored 16 for the Shoes.

In another seventh-grade contest, T-town was a 44-25 winner over Champaign Jefferson.

B. Niebrrugge scored 13 and Niemerg 11 for the Shoes.

At Marion Edison Shootout

Seventh-Grade Game

Marion                   6    4    0      5    --    15

Teutopolis             9    7    7    14    --    37

Marion -- Stone 8, Burgess 2, Portec 2, Jackson 1, Baldi 2

Teutopolis -- B. Niebrugge 12, Roepke 5, Ca. Siemer 6, J.Niebrugge 2, Goeckner 4, ,Schwerdt 8

Eighth-Grade Game

Marion                22    10    8      8    --    48

Teutopolis            6    13    8    13    --    40

Marion -- Newsome 13, McLarn 4, Jackson 4, Cooper 6, Austin 4, Wright 4, Bardo 9, Mardgrum 4

Teutopolis -- K. Althoff 16, Bannick 10, M. Althoff 6, Bushur 6, Tegeler 2

Seventh-Grade Game

Jefferson                                  6    7    6      6    --    25

Teutopolis                                9    9    8    18    --    44

Champaign Jefferson -- Sledge 9, Simpson 2, Springfield 6, McFarland 8

Teutopolis -- B. Niebrugge 13, Roepke 7, Ca. Siemer 4, J. Niebrugge 5, Niemerg 11, Schwerdt 4