Junior High Boys Basketball -- November 21

DECATUR -- Altamont Lutheran finished second at the Decatur St. Theresa Boys Basketball Tournament Tuesday.

The first quarter was the killer as Odin stepped out to a 10-1 lead and led 14-13 at halftime. Altamont Lutheran took a 10-6 third period run to lead 23-21 going into the final quarter. However, Odin came back with a 7-4 lead to pull out the 28-27 victory.

Altamont Lutheran had one player in double figures, Noah Klimpel with 11. Klimpel and Quinn Verdeyen were named to the All-Tournament First Team.

Decatur St. Theresa Tournament

Odin                                  10       5      6    7     --     28

Altamont Lutheran            1     12    10     4     --    27

Odin -- L. Haines 2, Hamburg 17, Fremd 6, Simmons 3

Altamont Lutheran -- Robinson 3, Klimpel 11, Jahraus 7, Cornett 2, Verdeyen 2, Robbins 2

At Mattoon

Effingham Junior High picked up two B boys basketball victories over Mattoon in action Tuesday evening.

In the seventh-grade B contest, EJHS was a 33-24 winner. The Mustangs took a 16-15 halftime lead then had a 17-9 second half run. Rinkel led the way with six points.

In the B eighth-grade game, Effingham claimed a 37-29 win. The Mustangs led 20-11 at halftime. Hardiek scored 13 for the winners.

At Mattoon

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham             3    13    10    7    --    33

Mattoon                3    12      7    2    --    24

Efifngham -- Hull 5, Splechter 2, Dillon 5, Maxeon 4, Rinkel 6, Estrada 2, Gordon 5, Heil 4

Mattoon -- Mosley 12, Otto 2, Edwards 4, Abello 2, Spencer 4

Eighth-Grade Game

Effingham            9    11    13    4    --    37

Mattoon               4      7    16    2    --    29

Effingham -- Hardiek 13, Eaton 6, Jones 6, Sills 6, Ritz 3, Pemberton 1, Christianson 2

Mattoon -- Thompson 12, Harriss 7, Carpenter 6, Melton 4

At Sacred Heart

Effingham Sacred Heart beat Windsor by a whopping 53-19 margin in seventh-grade action Tuesday evening.

The Shamrocks held a 21-8 halftime lead and had a 24-11 third quarter run. Tegeler tallied 16 for the winners while Lohman and McDevitt had nine each.

In eighth-grade action, Windsor picked up a 36-27 victory.

Windsor held a slight 14-13 halftime lead then had a 22-14 second half run. Windsor was led by Colclasure with 20 points.

Sacred Heart was led by Zerrusen with 14.

At Sacred Heart

Seventh-Grade Game

Windsor                     6    2    11    0    --    19

Sacred Heart           14    7    24    8    --    53

Windsor -- Curry 6, Heddins 8, Rincker 5

Sacred Heart -- Hartke 6, Buccio 2, Wiedman 7, Lohman 9, McDevitt 9, Tegeler 16, Herzing 4

Eighth-Grade Game

Windsor                   5    9    12    10    --    36

Sacred Heart           4    9      7      7    --    27

Windsor -- Bartimus 4, Miller 3, Colclasure 20, J. Collins 1, Wellan 8

Sacred Heart -- Feldhake 4, Sherrod 7, Lohman 2, Zerrusen 14

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis claimed two victories over Robinson in action Tuesday.

In the seventh-grade game, the Wooden Shoes claimed a 54-23 victory. T-town zipped off to a 27-2 halftime lead. Caleb Siemer led 11 players in scoring. Siemer had eight and Brendan Niebrugge tallied seven.

In the eighth-grade game, T-town won 51-14. The Shoes led 38-8 at halftime. Kaleb Bannick scored 19 for the winners while Sam Bushur added 12.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Robinson              0     2    12      9    --    23

Teutopolis          16    11    13    14    --    54

Robinson -- Harmon 2, Jackson 12, McGahey 9

Teutopolis -- Niebrugge 7, Wernsing 4, Roepke 4, Lustig 2, Siemer 8, Bloemer 6, Siemer 4, Niebrugge 4, Niemerg 6, Goeckner 4, Schwerdt 5

Eighth-Grade Game

Robinson             4      4    6    0    --    14

Teutopolis          21    17    8    5    --   51

Robinson -- Roy 4, Maxwell 2, O'Neil 6, Trimble 2

Teutopolis -- K.  Althoff 6, Bannick 19, M. Althoff 2, Buehnerkemper 3, Newlin 2, Bushur 12, Tegeler 5, Konkel 2

At Sigel

Jasper County and Sigel St. Michael split wins Tuesday evening.

Jasper County was a 31-15 winner in seventh-grade action. Jasper County led 13-6 at halftime and had a 12-5 third quarter.

Reynolds tallied 11 points while Jansen added eight for the winners. St. Michael was led by Niebrugge with 13.

In the eighth-grade contest, St. Michael picked up a 39-21 win. St. Michael held a three point lead at halftime then had a 19-6 second half run.

St. Michael was led by Croy with 22 and Niebrugge with 11. Jasper County was led by Meinhart with eight points.

At Sigel

Sevneth-Grade GAme

Jasper County           3    10    12    6    --    31

St. Michael                 6      0      5    4    --    15

Jasper County -- Shamhart 4, Baltzell 4, Street 4, Jansen 8, Reynolds 11

Sigel St. Michael -- Ruholl 2, Niebrugge 13

Eighth-Grade Game

Jasper Coutny            5    10      2    4    --    21

St. Michael                  6    12    12    7    --    39

(St. Michael linescore adds up to 37 while 39 listed as final)

Jasper County -- Mulvey 2, Tharp 2, Bierman 2, Koebele 3, Schafer 4, Meinhart 8

Sigel St. Michael -- Young 2, Will 2, Gaddis 2, Niebrugge 11, Croy 22