Published on January 12, 2026 2:19 pm
Last Updated on January 12, 2026 2:22 pm
TEUTOPOLIS — Teutopolis played host to Effingham and East St. Louis Clark in seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball competition Saturday.
Teutopolis was a 48-10 winner over Effingham in the seventh-grade B contest. The Shoes were led by Evan Kinkelaar with nine and Cameron Kremer with eight.
Effingham was led by Levi Eckert with four.
In the eighth-grade B game, T-town ran out to an 18-2 opening quarter lead and tallied a 38-24 victory over Effingham.
T-town was led by Max Bloemer with 11 points.
East St. Louis Clark won the seventh-grade game over Effingham, 54-4. No other information provided.
Effingham fell to East St. Louis Clark, 45-43 in the eighth-grade contest. Clark held an 18-15 halftime lead then had a 16-13 third quarter run.
Effingham was led in scoring by Peyton O’Dell with 13 and Deek Thompson with 11.
ESL Clark edged T-town 38-36 in seventh-grade play. Clark led 33-21 going into the final quarter and made a comeback bid only to fall short.
Bryson Meyer led T-town with 17 points.
In the eighth-grade game, T-town was a 22-18 winner. Kason Meyer scored seven to lead the Shoes.
At Teutopolis
Seventh-Grade B Game
Effingham 2 2 0 6 — 10
Teutopolis 17 14 9 8 — 48
Effingham — Hutchmacher 0, Ault 4, Eckert 4, Hoene 0, Baetjie 2 Hoene 0, Wallace 0
Teutopolis — Weidner 6, Buenker 3, Sandwschafer 3, Burke 5, Niehls 4, Kremer 8, Imburgia 4, Mette 4, Kinkelaar 9, Kreke 2
Eighth-Grade B Game
Teutopolis 18 8 6 6 — 38
Effingham 2 6 6 10 — 24
Teutopolis — Bloemer 11, Ruholl 6, Hoene 6, Witges 2, Willenborg 9, Ziegler 4
Effingham — Field 2, Partlow 7, Shuler 11, Yaeger 2, Hawker 2
Seventh-Grade Game
East St. Louis Clark 54, Effingham 4 (no other information provided)
Eighth-Grade Game
ESL Clark 7 11 16 11 — 45
Effingham 6 9 13 15 — 43
East St. Louis Clark –– Walton 10, Little 4, Jones 0, Sanders 3, Smith 2, Wyatt 24, Travis 2
Effingham — Bridges 7, Partlow 0, Thompson 11, O’Dell 13, Beck 4, Klingler 8
Seventh-Grade Game
Teutopolis 7 6 8 15 — 36
ESL Clark 8 16 9 5 — 38
Teutopolis — C. Koester 4, M. Koester 4, Meyer 17, Deters 9, Kinkelaar 2
ESL Clark — Brooks 8, Sanders 5, Croger 5, Walton 4, McCaleb 8, Arterbridge 2, Williams 6
Eighth-Grade Game
Teutopolis 11 11 — 22
ESL Clark 8 10 — 18
Teutopolis — Althoff 2, Meyer 7, Pals 4, Niebrugge 2, Giles 6, Brummer 1
ESL Clark — Carraway 1, Walton 1, Wyatt 11, Travis 3, Williams 2
At Dieterich
Dieterich and Neoga split victories.
Dieterich won the seventh-grade contest 50-13 with a 31-6 halftime lead.
Luke Wohltman scored 14 for the winners while Chase Bohnhoff had eight.
Neoga was led by Bright with nine points.
In the eighth-grade contest, Neoga was a 28-25 winner. Neoga held a 13-4 halftime lead and led 21-11 going into the final quarter.
Gage Nohren scored 17 to lead the winners while B. Matusas scored 15.
Dieterich was led by Chase Bohnhoff with eight.
At Dieterich
Seventh-Grade Game
Neoga 2 4 7 0 — 13
Dieterich 15 16 12 7 — 50
Neoga — Bright 9, Strobel 0, Coy 4, Pearce 0
Dieterich — Bohnhoff 8, McQueen 3, B. Brummer 6, N. Brummer 2, Gipson 5, Wohltman 14, Stortzum 2, Koester 7, Nunamaker 3
Eighth-Grade Game
Neoga 4 9 8 7 — 28
Dieterich 2 2 7 14 — 25
Neoga — Nohren 7, Matusas 15, Day 0, Kenworthy 6
Dieterich — S. Brummer 0, Bohnhoff 8, Lustig 0, Niemerg 6, Brummer 3, Koester 8, Uthell 0
At Cowden
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City claimed two victories over North Clay Saturday.
CHBC won the seventh-grade contest in double overtime, 33-29.
North Clay held a 6-1 opening quarter lead and led 12-10 at halftime. North Clay had a 13-4 third quarter to lead 25-14 but CHBC came back with a 13-2 run to tie the score at 27-27 sending the game into overtime.
In the first overtime period both teams scored two points. In the second overtime CHBC had a 4-0 run to pull out the victory.
Tyce Kircher and Colt Ondes led in scoring with 10 each for the winners.
North Clay was led by Boose with 12.
In the eighth-grade contest, CHBC was a 44-25 winner. CHBC took a 20-17 halftime lead and had a 15-5 third quarter run.
Lane Reed led the winners with 13 points while Drake Thull added 11.
North Clay was led by Ruholl with 16.
At Cowden
Seventh-Grade Game
Double Overtime
North Clay 6 6 13 2 2 0 — 29
CHBC 1 9 4 13 2 4 — 33
North Clay –– Cade 9, Keller 6, Romack 0, Boose 12, Boose 2
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Ondes 10, Roadarmel 4, Kircher 10, Thull 3, Goeckner 6
Eighth-Grade
North Clay 14 3 5 3 — 25
CHBC 11 9 15 9 — 44
North Clay — Robey 3, Ruholl 16, Jones 2, Washburn 3, VanDyke 1
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Schaefer 0, Kramer 7, Cox 7, Reed 13, Garcia 0, Bethel 6, Thull 11
At Paris
Jasper County fell to Paris Mayo 50-28 in the first game in the seventh-grade conference tournament.
Paris Mayo ran out to a 20-5 opening quarter lead and never looked back.
Cash Collins led Jasper County with 14 points.
In the second contest, Casey-Westfield was a 44-26 winner.
Grant Frichtl led Jasper County with 10 points. Top defender was Alex Keller, top rebounder was Trace Cornwell and top passer was Frichtl.
At Paris
Seventh-Grade
Game one
Jasper Co. 5 10 7 6 — 28
Paris Mayo 20 11 10 9 — 50
Jasper County — Lingafelter 2, Collins 14, Thomann 6, Miller 1, Probst 2, Salyers 3
Paris Mayo leading scorers — Eveland 15, Williams 14, Smith 11
Game Two
Jasper Co. 9 3 8 6 — 26
Casey-Westfield 18 9 12 6 — 44
Jasper County — Frichtl 10, Guzman 3, Herr 3, Keller 4, Cornwell 3, Kocher 3
Casey-Westfield leading scorers — Richardson 18, Cribelar 8, Shoaff 7
At Louisville
Results from day two of the North Clay Fifth-Grade Tournament:
Game 5 — Sigel St. Michael 33, South Central 14
Game 6 — Patoka 48 Neoga 6
Game 7 — North Clay 39, Red Hill 37
Game 8 — Cisne 42, Flora 11
Game 9 — Cisne 44, North Clay 15
Game 10 — South Central 32, Neoga 21
Game 11 (championship) — Ptoka 38, Sigel St. Michael 16