Jr. High Boys Basketball -- Dec. 12

NEWTON -- Jasper County picked up two victories over Lawrenceville Parkview in junior high boys basketball play Tuesday.

Jasper County won the seventh-grade game 27-24. Jasper County took an 8-0 opening quarter lead and led 16-6 at halftime. Lawrenceville Parkview came back in the second half with an 18-11 run but Jasper County held on.

Reynolds scored eight points for the winners while Mahffey added seven. Jasper County improved to 5-10.

In eighth-grade play, Jasper County was a 44-34 winner. Jasper County held a 21-18 halftime lead then had a 13-7 third period.

Koebele scored 18 while Schafer chipped in with 15. Jasper County is 8-7.

At Newton

Seventh-Grade Game

Lawrenceville            0    6    8    10    --    24

Jasper County           8    8    8      3    --    27

Lawrenceville Parkview -- Ivers 15, Worstell 5, Hamm 2, Baker 2

Jasper County -- Baltzell 4, Jansen 4, Kinkade 4, Mahaffey 7, Reynolds 8

Eighth-Grade Game

Lawrenceville           8    10      7     9    --    34

Jasper County       11    10    13    10    --    44

Lawrenceville Parkview -- Whittacter 4, Pickett 6, Wilson 6, Jerrell 7, Schultz 11

Jasper County -- Mulvey 5, Meinhart 6, Schafer 15, Koebele 18

At Centralia

Altamont Lutheran claimed two victories over Centralia Trinity in action Tuesday.

ALIS nabbed the seventh-grade contest 54-24 to improve to 9-3 on the season.

Lutheran held a 16-3 opening quarter lead and never looked back.

ALIS had three players hit double figures. Logan Cornett and Avery Jahraus had 12 each while Nathan Shepard added 10.

In the eighth-grade contest, ALIS put on a scoring frenzy and claimed a 75-30 victory.

Lutheran led 26-5 after the opening quarter and 46-14 at halftime.

Noah Klimpel and Quinn Verdeyen had 12 points each for the winners while Gage Wendling added 10.

 At Centralia

Seventh-Grade Game

ALIS             16    12     20     6    --    54

Trinity             3    14      6     1    --    24

Altamont Lutheran -- Siebert 2, Becker 2, Robinson 6, N. Shepard 10, L.  Shepard 6, Jahraus 12, Chandler 4, Cornett 12

Centralia Trinity -- Endres 1, K. Morgan 3, Q. Morgan 16, Nollmen 3, Shoemaker 1

Eighth-Grade Game

ALIS            26    20    17    12    --   75

Trinity           5      9      8      8    --    30

Altamont Lutheran -- Siebert 2, Robinson 4, N. Shepard 7, Klimpel 12, Jahraus 9, Kopplin 6, Cornett 7, Verdeyen 12, Wendling 10, Robbins 6

Centralia Trinity -- Fisher 8, Kager 2, K. Morgan 2, Q. Morgan 18

At Cowden

Dieterich picked up the seventh-grade win but Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City was a winner in the eighth-grade contest.

In seventh-grade play, Dieterich broke a 9-9 opening quarter tie with a 5-3 second period then had a 14-8 third quarter.

Britton scored 16 while Kidd added 15 for the winners. CHBC was led by Thies with nine.

In the eighth-grade contest, CHBC took a 17-9 opening quarter and never looked back in a 53-36 win over Dieterich.

Lucas scored 16 and Baylis 10 for the winners. Dieterich was led by Budde with 16.

At Cowden

Seventh-Grade Game

Dieterich            9    5    14    7    --    35

CHBC                 9    3      8    9    --    29

Dieterich -- Britton 16, Kidd 15, B. Will 2, Bloemer 2

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Watson 2, Thompson 2, Robbins 8, Thies 9, Corley 8

Eighth-Grade Game

Dieterich           9      4    11    12    --    36

CHBC              17    17      7    12    --    53

Dieterich -- Budde 16, Lidy 12, Flood 2, Shadle 1, Britton 5

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- J. Robertson 6, Buzzard 8, W. Robertson 9, Baylis 10, Bummet 4, Lucas 16

At Strasburg

Stewardson-Strasburg downed Altamont twice in action Tuesday evening.

Stew-Stras won the seventh-grade contest 39-16 to remain unbeaten at 16-0 and is 8-0 in the National Trail Conference.

Stew-Sras led 23-4 at halftime. J. Wittenberg tallied 18 points for the winners. Altamont was led by Phillips with six.

In eighth-grade play, Stew-Stras won 44-33 and stands at 4-10 on the season and 3-5 in the conference.

Wernsing scored 15 and Beals 13 for the winners. Suckow led Altamont with 17.

At Strasburg

Seventh-Grade Game

Altamont                  2      2      6     6    --    16

Stew-Stras             12    11     10    6    --    39

Altamont -- Phillips 6, Hammer 5, Kollmann 3, Eirhart 2

Stew-Stras -- J. Wittenberg 18, Davis 7, A. Wittenberg 6, Chaney 3, Nothaus 3, Wetherell 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Altamont               6      9    11      7    --    33

Stew-Stras            8    11      9    16    --    44

Altamont -- Suckow 17, Schultz 6, Scott 4, Frost 2, Reardon 2, Winn 2

Stew-Stras -- Wernsing 15, Beals 13, Vonderheide 8, Kirby 8