Junior High Boys Basketball -- January 3

CENTRALIA -- Effingham St. Anthony split victories with Centralia in boys junior high basketball action Wednesday.

The Bullpups claimed the seventh-grade contest 43-33. St. Anthony held a 14-4 opening quarter lead but here came Centralia.

Centralia had a 15-6 second period run to pull within 20-19. Centralia then had a 10-9 third period to knot the score at 29-29 going into the final quarter. The Bullpups came back with a whopping 14-4 run for the victory.

Griffin Sehy scored 13 while Max Sager had 12 for the Bullpups.

In the eighth-grade contest, Centralia claimed a 56-44 win.

Centralia stepped out to an 18-7 opening quarter lead but the Bullpups came back with a 19-8 second period to tie the score at 26-26 at halftime. Centralia then had a 30-18 second half.

Stewart and Mendella led the Bullpups with 13 points each while Blanchette chipped in with 10.

At Centralia

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Anthony               14     6      9     14    --    43

Centralia                     4    15    10      4    --    33

St. Anthony -- Sager 12, Sehy 13, Willenborg 4, Hoene 6, Levitt 8

Centralia -- Myers 2, Newcomb 3, Folt 10, Castleman 2, Johnson 16

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Anthony            7    19    10     8    --    44

Centralia              18      8    17    13    --    56

St. Anthony -- Stewart 13, Dong 4, Mendella 13, Blanchette 10, Niebrugge 4

Centralia -- Johnson 2, Such 3, Tabor 21, Buns 30