Junior High Boys Basketball -- Nov. 29

Effingham downed Effingham St. Anthony in boys junior high basketball games Thursday evening.

Effingham picked up the seventh-grade victory, 35-20. The Mustangs ran off to a 17-4 opening quarter lead and that was the game.

Raddatz led Effingham with 17 points. St. Anthony was led by Bernhard with six.

In eighth-grade play, the Mustangs downed St. Anthony, 45-28.

The second half was the big half as the Mustangs led just 19-17 at halftime. Effingham then had a 26-11 run.

Wolfe scored 18 while Westendorf added 10 for the winners. Pontious led in steals with eight. Wolfe, Pontious and Westendorf had five rebounds each.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Anthony                4    2    3     11    --    20

Effingham                 17    3    6      9    --    35

St. Anthony -- Dietzen 5, Koenig 4, Bernhard 6, Ludwig 5

Effingham -- Fox 5, Raddatz 17, Pals 7, Ring 6

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Anthony               9    8      2      9    --    28

Effingham                11    8    14    12    --    45

St. Anthony -- Sager 13, Levitt 10, Willenborg 3, Hoene 2

Effingham -- Wolfe 18, Westendorf 10, Pontious 5, Donaldson 5, Rinker 2, Dillow 2, Maxedon 3

At Strasburg

Effingham Sacred Heart and Stewardson-Strasburg picked up a victory each in play Thursday evening.

Sacred Heart won the seventh-grade contest, 32-25. Biggs led the way for the Shamrocks with 18 points. Gracey led Stew-Stras with 10. Stew-Stras dropped to 5-5.

In eighth-grade play, Stew-Stras (11-0) ran off to a 16-0 first quarter lead and went on for a 49-16 victory.

J. Wittenberg scored 15 while Nothaus and A. Wittenberg added 10 each. Sacred Heart was led by Lohman and Hartke with four points each.

At Strasburg

Seventh-Grade Game

Sacred Heart             9    6    7    10    --    32

Stew-Stras                 7    6    7      5    --    25

Sacred Heart -- Biggs 18, Hanfland 8, Hurreh 4, Boyajian 2

Stew-Stras -- Gracey 10, Manhart 6, J. Smith 5, Bridges 4

Eighth-Grade Game

Sacred Heart            0      6      4    6    --    16

Stew-Stras              16    10    17    6    --    49

Sacred Heart -- Lohman 4, Hartke 4, McDevitt 3, Wiedman 3, Tegeler 2

Stew-Stras -- J. Wittenberg 15, Nothaus 10, A. Wittenberg 10, Davis 6, Jackson 4, Wetherell 2, Chaney 2

 At Louisville

Jasper County and North Clay (Louisville) split wins Thursday evening.

Jasper County was  65-33 winner in seventh-grade play. Jasper County jumped out to a 20-7 opening quarter lead and that was the game.

Wolf scored 27 while Nichols added 18 for the winners. Jasper County improves to 5-5. North Clay was led by Weidner with nine.

In the eighth-grade contest, North clay picked up a 49-36 victory. Smith and Fleener provided the one-two scoring punch for North Clay with 17 each. Shamhart led Jasper County (2-8) with 10.

At Louisville

Seventh-Grade Game

Jasper County               20    10    22    13    --    65

North Clay                       7    12      8      6    --    33

Jasper County -- Wolf 27, Nichols 18

North Clay -- Weidner 9, Kuenstler 8

Eighth-Grade Game

Jasper County              3    12      7    14    --    36

North Clay                   14    12    11    12    --    49

Jasper County -- Mahaffey 8, Shamhart 10

North Clay -- Smith 17, Fleener 17

 At Teutopolis

Teutopolis handed Vandalia two losses in action Thursday.

The Wooden Shoes stepped out to a 19-6 opening quarter on Vandalia and finished out with a 60-16 victory in the seventh-grade game.

Tyler Pruemer scored 13 for the Wooden Shoes.

In eighth-grade play, T-town won 43-15. Brenden Niebrugge scored 13 and James Niebrugge 12.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Vandalia                  6      5      2    3    --    16

Teutopolis             19    13    20    8    --    60

Vandalia -- Kelly 2, Wollerman 6, Robbins 2, Cody 3, Sachan 3

Teutopolis -- B. Kreke 5, Habing 2, Hanson 4, D. Kreke 2, Waldhoff 4, Koester 4 ,Gaddis 4, Tabbert 2, Thoele 5, Bloemer 2, Davidson 2, Kinkelaar 4, Niebrugge 7, Pruemer 13

Eighth-Grade Game

Vandalia             0      6      6    3    --    15

Teutopolis          8    12    14    9    --    43

Vandalia -- Peebles 9, Well 5, Hagy 1

Teutopolis -- B. Niebrugge 13, Wernsing 1, Roepke 5, Siemer 6, Goeckner 2, J. Niebrugge 12, Hoene 2, Niemerg 2

 At Cowden

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City downed Altamont in seventh-grade competition Thursday evening, 46-18.

CHBC jumped out to a 29-8 halftime lead. Wojcik tallied 17 for the winners while Evans added nine. Altamont was led by Fenton, Pospischel and Kollmann with four each.

In eighth-grade play, Altamont won 52-33. Altamont held a 22-8 halftime lead.

Rippetoe scored 19 for the winners while Kollmann added 13. CHBC was led by Theis with 14.

At Cowden

Seventh-Grade Game

Altamont       2      6      4    6    --    18

CHBC          13    16    10    7    --    46

Altamont -- Fenton 4, Pospischel 4, Kollmann 4, Magelitz 2, Beccue 2, Carl 2

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Evans 9, Merrifield 7, Allen 5, Wojcik 17, Lorton 6, Word 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Altamont            12    10    19    11    --    52

CHBC                  5      3    12    13    --    33

Altamont -- Hammick 6, Overton 4, Kollmann 13, Rippetoe 19, Phillips 9, Eirhart 1

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Bain 4, Robbins 6, Theis 14, Carley 7, Trastor 2

At Oblong

Newton St. Thomas handed Oblong a 37-5 loss in seventh-grade action Thursday evening.

St. Thomas took a 26-3 halftime lead. B. Bergbower led the way scoring with seven points. The team is 7-0 on the season.

In the eighth-grade contest, St. Thomas was a 43-15 winner. St. Thomas jumped out to a 13-1 opening quarter lead. G. Bierman tallied 13 while D. Buerster added 12. St. Thomas improved to 3-5.

At Oblong

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Thomas              14    12    8    3    --    37

Oblong                       2      1    2    0    --      5

Newton St. Thomas -- J. Weber 6, Bierman 5, Ochs 2, Bergbower 7, Tarr 1, Baltzell 5, L. Weber 4, Ochs 4, Gier 3

Oblong -- Sweitzer 1, Johnson 1, Lewis 3

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Thomas              13    13    12    5    --    43

Oblong                       1      3      5    6    --    15

Newton St. Thomas -- J. Weber 2, Bierman 13, Moore 4, Buerster 12, Ochs 3, Volk 1, B. Bergbower 2, K. Bergbower 6

Oblong -- McPherson 9, Dennis 3, Wathen 3