Published on October 1, 2025 1:59 pm
Last Updated on October 1, 2025 2:05 pm
TEUTOPOLIS — Teutopolis was a double winner over North Clay in junior high girls basketball competition Tuesday.
The Wooden Shoes won a forfeit victory in seventh-grade play to improve to 2-1.
In eighth-grade action, T-town ripped out to a 10-0 opening quarter lead and had a 16-0 third period run for a 46-6 win.
Penny Dennis led the Shoes with 10 points.
North Clay was led by Sparks, McGuire and Jones with two points each.
At Teutopolis
Eighth-Grade Game
North Clay 0 2 0 4 — 6
Teutopolis 10 12 16 8 — 46
North Clay — Sparks 2, McGuire 2, Jones 2
Teutopolis — Dennis 10, Meyer 8, Ruholl 6, Probst 5, Zerrusen 5, Murray 4, Tebbe 2, Schmidt 2, Grunloh 2, Bloemer 2
At Effingham
Effingham St. Anthony split wins with Neoga in Tuesday evening play.
Neoga won the seventh-grade encounter, 30-14.
Neoga moved into an 8-2 opening quarter lead and led 14-6 at halftime.
Hartke led the winners with 15 points.
St. Anthony was led by N. Brumleve with seven.
In eighth-grade action, St. Anthony roared out to a 28-8 halftime lead and never looked back in the 44-18 victory.
N. Semple led the Bullpups with 19 points while B. Schultz added 11.
Neoga was led by Bear with 10.
At Effingham
Seventh-Grade Game
Neoga 8 6 6 10 — 30
St. Anthony 2 4 5 3 — 14
Neoga — Whitaker 2, Finney 0, Taylor 1, Shidle 0, Hartke 15, McNeal 4, Frankie 4, Dilley 0, Finney 0, Vamer 0, Will 2, Bunning 2
St. Anthony — Scheidemantel 0, Avers 0, Niebrugge 1, Brumleve 7, Sudkamp 0, Doty 0, Mcdonald 4, Sprecher 2, Johnson 0, Mattson
Eighth-Grade Game
Neoga 4 4 2 8 — 18
St. Anthony 16 12 7 9 — 44
Neoga — Whitaker 0, Taylor 2, Hartke 4, McNeal 0, Frankie 0, Haarman 0, Bear 10, Bell 2, Finney 0, Marsh 0, White 0
St. Anthony — Huebner 5, N. Semple 19, Lustig 2, Janis 0, Brumleve 2, Buehnerkemper 2, Griffith 3, Schultz 11, McDonald 0, Johnson 0
At Altamont
Altamont and Dieterich split victories Tuesday evening.
Altamont was a 24-18 winner in the seventh-grade contest. The winners edged out to a 5-0 opening quarter lead but Altamont came roaring back to lead 15-5 at halftime.
Altamont then had a 19-3 second half for the win. There were no names listed for Altamont.
Dieterich was led by Ali Koester with 10 points.
In eighth-grade action, Dieterich was a 40-11 winner, leading 27-5 at halftime.
Emery Bill led the way with 11 points.
At Altamont
Seventh-Grade Game
Dieterich 0 15 2 1 — 18
Altamont 5 0 9 10 — 24
Dieterich — Koester 10, Icenogle 3, Will 2, Meinhart 2, Purcell 1, Iffert 0, Niemerg 0, Mellendorf 0
Altamont — no players listed.
Eighth-Grade Game
Dieterich 13 14 9 4 — 40
Altamont 3 2 0 6 — 11
Dieterich — Bill 11, Ohnesorge 9, Kreke 4, Roedl 4, Bohnhoff 3, Benefiel 3, Williams 2, Wente 2, White 2, Martin 0
Altamont — no players listed
At Cowden
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City played host to Vandalia and captured two victories Tuesday.
CHBC won the seventh-grade game, 19-18 in overtime. Vandalia held an 8-6 halftime lead but CHBC came back with an 8-4 third period to move ahead 14-12 but Vandalia rallied with a 6-4 fourth period to tie the game sending it into overtime. CHBC then pulled out the win.
Elli Wheeler led CHBC with eight points.
In the eighth-grade contest, Vandalia was a 24-22 winner over the Bobcats.
Vandalia led 20-13 going into the final quarter. CHBC mounted a comeback with a 9-4 run but fell short.
Elaina Thompson led the Bobcats with 10 points.
“We had a hard time finding the bucket tonight,” said CHBC Coach Carolyn Wente. “The seventh-grade won in overtime but the eighth-grade let it slip away. Vandalia scored with four seconds left on the clock to secure the win.”
CHBC is back in action Thursday against South Central at 6 p.m.
At Cowden
Seventh-Grade Game
Overtime
Vandalia 6 2 4 6 0 — 18
CHBC 2 4 8 4 1 — 19
Vandalia — Stombaugh 2, Durbin 2, Burnham 8, Gathe 2, Schmidt 4
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Schoonover 0, Macklin 0, Robertson 6, Wheeler 8, Towler 3, Goeckner 0, Hoene 0, Cole 2, Jones 0, Richards 0
Eighth-Grade Game
Vandalia 11 4 5 4 — 24
CHBC 2 7 4 9 — 22
Vandalia — Nesterick 10, Rinehart 1, Alderson 0, Sigrist 2, Portz 2, Gillmore-Keppler 0, Schaeffer 7, Qualls 0, Edwards 2, Hall 0
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Robertson 1, Vaughn 8, Doty 1, Thompson 10, Thatcher 0, Goeckner 2, Collins 0, Schoonover 0, Watson 0, Ruffner 0, Towler 0