Published on December 16, 2025 9:53 am
Last Updated on December 16, 2025 9:53 am
Effingham fell to Flora in both freshman/sophomore A and B games Saturday.
Flora was a 54-49 winner in the A contest. Flora edged out to a 15-12 opening quarter lead and held that same three-point lead at halftime 29-26.
Flora again remained ahead by three at the end of the third quarter and finished out with the win.
Westjohn led Effingham with 14 points.
In the B contest, Flora won 56-42.
Flora led 27-22 at halftime and 41-30 going into the final quarter.
Effingham was led in scoring by Jones with 10 and Hodges with 10.
Effingham hosted Mount Zion Monday and lost in a freshman/sophomore contest, 70-60. Hodges led the Hearts with 12 and Loew added 11.
At Effingham
A Game
Flora 15 14 10 15 — 54
Effingham 12 14 10 13 — 49
Effingham — Rohr 8, Moon 2, Logue 14, Richmond 3, Osbourne 3, Westjohn 14, Kade 2, Bloemker 0, Clark 3, Budde 0
B Game
Flora 12 15 14 16 — 57
Effingham 11 11 8 12 — 42
Effingham — Jones 7, Partlow 3, McFarland 3, Keyes 5, Schuette 4, Jones 10, A. Jones 0, Hodges 10, Stice 0
Monday Game
Mount Zion 17 18 15 22 — 72
Effingham 12 10 29 11 — 62
Effingham — Keyes 3, Loew 11, Richmond 8, C. Jones 4, Westjohn 13, Flack 5, Kade 2, Hodges 12, Clark 4
At Vandalia
Effingham St. Anthony won a freshman/sophomore contest over Vandalia Monday evening by a 53-22 count.
Vandalia edged out to a 7-6 opening quarter lead. But the Bulldogs came roaring back with a 22-3 second period to lead 28-10 at halftime. St. Anthony had a 20-6 third period.
Eleven players scored for St. Anthony. Charlie Bierman led the way with 10 points. Mason Storm added eight and Curtis Tingley seven.
At Vandalia
St. Anthony 6 22 20 5 — 53
Vandalia 7 3 6 6 — 22
St. Anthony — Bierman 10, McAllister 4, Bloemer 6, Tingley 7, Vogel 3, Wagner 4, Whitier 2, Sandschafer 0, Storm 8, Hoene 2, Looman 5, Karolewicz 2
Vandalia — Sachan 2, Lindsay 2, Emerick 3, Robbins 6, Cade 6, Johnson 3