Published on December 12 2013 7:26 am
Last Updated on December 12 2013 7:26 am
Written by Millie Lange
STRASBURG -- Sigel St. Michael and Windsor advanced to the championship game of the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament after victories Wednesday evening.
In the opening game, St. Michael won over St. Elmo/Brownstown 26-17. St. Michael broke a 4-4 first quarter tie to lead 10-9 at halftime then had a 10-2 third period run to put the game away.
Wolke led the winners with 12 points. St. Elmo/Brownstown was led by Karnes with eight.
In the other winner bracket contest, Windsor edged Cowden-Herrick 32-30 in overtime. C-H took a 10-9 opening quarter lead but Windsor came back to tie the score at halftime 16-16. Windsor edged ahead 24-23 going into the final period and Cowden-Herrick knotted the score at 28-28 sending the game into overtime.
Windsor then had a 4-2 overtime run to pull out the victory. Greuel and Beck had nine points each. Cowden-Herrick was led by Miller with eight.
In consolation bracket action, Altamont defeated Neoga 34-15. Altamont led 7-2 after the opening quarter then was consistent, scoring nine points each over the next three quarters.
Biggs led the winners iwth 11 points. Keller led Neoga with nine.
Stewardson-Strasburg then handed Dieterich a 28-24 loss. Stew-Stras led 18-6 at halftime but Dieterich came roaring back with a 14-2 final period run but fell short.
A. Burton led the winners with 22 points. E. Bohnhoff led Dieterich with nine.
Sigel Michael takes on Windsor at 7:30 p.m. today for the championship while St. Elmo/Brwonstown and Cowden-Herrick meet for third place at 6:15 in Gym 1. The consolation championship features Altamont against Stewardson-Strasburg at 6:15 p.m. in Gym 2
At Stew-Stras
Game Seven
Sigel St. Michael 4 6 10 6 -- 26
St. Elmo/Brownstown 4 5 2 6 -- 17
Sigel St. Michael -- Wolke 12, Hoene 6, Probst 4, Cornell 2, Fearday 2
St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Karnes 8, Philpot 5, Aderman 2, Walker 2
Game Eight
Altamont 7 9 9 9 -- 34
Neoga 2 4 2 7 -- 15
Altamont -- Biggs 11, Klitzing 8, Hemken 6, Burns 2, Miller 2, Veach 2, Northrop 2, Schmidt 1
Neoga -- Keller 9, L. Peters 6
Game Nine
Stew-Stras 8 10 8 2 -- 28
Dieterich 2 4 4 14 -- 24
Stew-Stras -- A. Burton 22, Jesgarz 2, Tabbert 2, Weeden 2
Dieterich -- E. Bohnhoff 9, Einhorn 5, Will 4, Brummer 4, Elmore 2
Game 10
Overtime
Windsor 9 7 8 4 4 -- 32
Cowden-Herrick 10 6 7 5 2 -- 30
Windsor -- Greuel 9, Beck 9, Bennett 8, Miller 5, Nichols 1
Cowden-Herrick -- Miller 8, Webster 6, D. Burk 4, Smith 4, Martin 2, Strong 2, Edwards 2, Clearwater 2