Junior High Boys Basketball -- Jan. 15

PARIS -- Jasper County tallied two victories over Paris Mayo in junior high boys basketball competition Tuesday.

Jasper County claimed the seventh-grade game, 33-21. Flowers led the way with 10 points as Jasper County improved to 9-10.

In eighth-grade action, Jasper County edged Paris Mayo, 49-43. Marc Jansen and Nick Shamhart had 14 each for the winners while Owen Mahaffey added 12. Jasper County is now 5-15.

At Paris

Seventh-Grade Game

Jasper County              6    11    11    5    --    33

Paris Mayo                   0      7      7    7    --    21

Jasper County -- Flowers 10

Paris Mayo -- no scoring listed

Eighth-Grade Game

Jasper County              13    11    16    9    --    49

Paris Mayo                    11    10    12    9    --    43

(Paris Mayo linescore adds up to 42 while 43 listed as final)

Jasper County -- Mahaffey 12, Jansen 14, Shamhart 14

Paris Mayo -- Boatman 10, Labaume 11, Crampton 19

At Newton

Newton St. Thomas claimed two wins over Palestine/Hutsonville Tuesday.

St. Thomas won the seventh-grade contest, 51-7. St. Thomas took a 22-3 opening quarter lead and never looked back. B. Bergbower led in scoring with 11 points.

In the eighth-grade matchup, St. Thomas won 50-15. St. Thomas had a 35-4 halftime lead. Buerster tallied 12 for the winners.

At Newton

Seventh-Grade Game

Pales./Hutson.             3      2    2    0    --      7

St. Thomas                22    15    8    6    --    51

Palestine/Hutsonville -- Drury 2, Johnston 1, Hawkens 4

Newton St. Thomas -- K. Bergbower 5, Gier 2, J. Weber 8, L. Weber 9, Bierman 2, B. Bergbower 11, G. Ochs 4, S. Ochs 2, Baltzell 8

Eighth-Grade Game

Pales./Hutson.                2      2      7    4    --    15

St. Thomas                   19    16    15    0    --    50

Palestine/Hutsonville -- Christine 1, York 2, Johnston 2, Piper 2, Hawkins 8

Newton St. Thomas -- K. Bergbower 8, Bierman 7, Moore 4, Buerster 12, J. Ochs 2, S. Ochs 3, J. Weber 4, B. Bergbower 2, Volk 2, Gier 6

At Greenville

Two games were contested at the James Burke Memorial Tournament Tuesday evening.

Hillsboro defeated Salem, 30-26 and Greenville won over Roxana, 42-29.

Hillsboro will now face Greenville for the consolation championship Friday at 5 p.m.

Effingham will take on Triad at 6 p.m. Thursday followed by St. Anthony facing Aviston at 7. The winners advance to the championship game Friday at 7 p.m. while the losers will play for third place at 6 p.m.