Published on October 10, 2025 10:18 am
Last Updated on October 10, 2025 10:19 am
TAYLORVILLE — Effingham Junior High School fell in girls basketball to Taylorville in both seventh- and eighth-grade action Thursday.
Taylorville was a 35-20 winner in the seventh-grade contest, running out to a 15-2 opening quarter lead and never looking back.
Effingham was led in scoring by Sophia Wiedman with seven and Tinley Paxton with six.
In eighth-grade play, Taylorville was a 27-18 winner.
The Mustangs were led by Cloie Bailey and Mackynzie Hites with four each.
At Taylorville
Seventh-Grade Game
Effingham 2 3 8 7 — 20
Taylorville 15 4 9 7 — 35
Effingham — Gouchenouer 1, Hartke 0, Paxton 6, Lauritzen 4, Niemerg 0, Florida 0, Wiedman 7, Rohr 2, Althoff 0, Bone 0
Taylorville — Baietto 0, Durbin 2, DelValle 2, Bliler 0, Castle 4, Repscher 21, PIatt 2, Schivers 0, Williamson 0, Moses 0, McDowell 4
Eighth-Grade Game
Effingham 3 8 2 5 — 18
Taylorville 15 5 3 4 — 27
Effingham — Bierman 3, Barnhart 2, Holland 2, Hoffman 2, Bailey 4, Hites 4, Smith 1
Taylorville — Ryan 0, Durbin 11, Neighbours 5, Gregory 3, Stephens 0, Ralph 0, Bertelsen 8
At Dieterich
Stewardson-Strasburg and Dieterich split victories Thursday evening.
Stew-Stras won the seventh-grade contest, 22-19.
KJ Althoff led the winners with 10 points.
Makayla Meinhart led Dieterich with nine points. Ali Koester had 13 rebounds while Kambryn Mellendorf led in steals with six.
In eighth-grade play, Dieterich claimed the 29-18 win.
There was even scoring as Mya Ohnesorge had eight points and Emma Williams with seven. Ava Benefiel had four rebounds. Emery Bill had two blocked shots.
Stew-Stras was led by Maddy Manhart with six points as the team dropped to 2-5.
At Dieterich
Seventh-Grade Game
Stew-Stras 4 7 4 7 — 22
Dieterich 0 4 4 11 — 19
Stewardson-Strasburg — Althoff 10, Barnard 7, Shafer 2, Kaufman 2, Pruemer 1
Dieterich — Meinhart 9, Koester 8, Bohnhoff 2
Eighth-Grade Game
Stew-Stras 2 3 1 12 — 18
Dieterich 11 10 6 2 — 29
Stewardson-Strasburg — M. Manhart 6, Macklin 5, Brehmer 4, Kemper 3
Dieterich — Ohnesroge 8, Wililams 7, Roedl 4, Kreke 4, White 2, Bill 2, Benefiel 2
At Cowden
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City and Sigel St. Michael claimed a victory each Thursday evening.
The Bobcats won the seventh-grade game, 21-16 to improve to 5-2 on the season.
Elli Wheeler led the winners in scoring with nine points.
St. Michael was led by M. Gaddis with eight.
In the eighth-grade game, the Sharpshooters were 38-27 winners.
St. Michael was led by B. Niebrugge with 21 points.
CHBC was led by Elaina Thompson with eight as the team dropped to 5-2.
At Cowden
Seventh-Grade Game
St. Michael 2 2 2 10 — 16
CHBC 7 8 0 6 — 21
Sigel St. Michael — Niebrugge 0, Hoene 3, Walk 0, Andrews 0, Dunbar 0, Krampe 5, Gaddis 8, Drake 0 Haarmann 0
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Schoonover 0, Macklin 0, Robertson 6, Wheeler 9, Towler 4, Knight 0, Goeckner 0, Hoene 0, Cole 2, Jones 0, Richards 0
Eighth-Grade Game
St. Michael 13 13 6 6 — 38
CHBC 14 4 2 7 — 27
Sigel St. Michael — R. Niebrugge 0, Mayer 5, B. Niebrugge 21, Krampe 0, Walk 6, Hoene 2, Niemerg 4
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — K. Robertson 2, Vaughn 5, Doty 2, Thompson 8, Goeckner 3, Collins 1, Schoonover 0, M. Robertson 6, Wheeler 0, Towler 0