Published on November 13, 2025 7:43 am
Last Updated on November 13, 2025 7:44 am
Effingham St. Anthony was a winner in the eighth-grade game while Richland County, Olney won the seventh-grade contest in girls junior high basketball Wednesday evening.
Olney edged out to a 7-2 lead in the seventh-grade game and went on for a 25-10 victory.
St. Anthony trailed 11-2 at halftime.
Nora Brumleve led the Bullpups with six points.
In eighth-grade action, the two teams were tied at 6-6 after the opening quarter before St. Anthony moved ahead 14-8 at halftime and went on for a 33-28 victory.
Morgan Lustig and Amaya Griffith led the Bullpups with nine points each.
At Effingham
Seventh-Grade Game
Olney 7 4 8 6 — 25
St. Anthony 2 0 3 5 — 10
Olney — Dowds 0, Inskeep 0, Roth 0, Bussard 3, Dixon 13, Reeves 9, Tolliver 0
St. Anthony — Niebrugge 0, Brumleve 6, Doty 0, McDonald 2, Sprecher 2, Johnson 0
Eighth-Grade Game
Olney 6 2 10 10 — 28
St. Anthony 6 8 8 11 — 33
Olney — Steele 10, Hinckley 4, Weidner 0, Rusk 0, Brown 2, Schlick 4, Ely 0, Wright 8, Fenger 0
St. Anthony — Huebner 0, S. Semple 8, N. Semple 5, Lustig 9, Janis 0, Buehnerkemper 2, Griffith 9
At Windsor
Stewardson-Strasburg and South Central split victories in a junior high girls basketball contests Wednesday evening.
Stew-Stras edged South Central 18-17 in the seventh-grade game. Stew-Stras ran out to a 7-0 opening quarter lead but South Central pulled back within 8-7 in the second period and tied the score at 10-10 going into the final quarter. Stew-Stras then came back with an 8-7 edge for the win.
Stew-Stras was led by Tessa Shafer with four points. The team is 6-2 in the National Trail Conference, 10-7 overall.
South Central was led by Logsden with 11 points.
In eighth-grade play, South Central was a 37-25 winner. South Central led 17-15 at halftime then had a 16-4 third quarter run to put the game away.
Webster scored 15 for the winners.
Stew-Stras was led by Melina Macklin and Laney Barnard with five each
At Windsor
Seventh-Grade Game
South Central 0 7 3 7 — 17
Stew-Stras 7 1 2 8 — 18
South Central — Logsden 11, Cowger 2, Skibinsi 2, Creps 2
Stew-Stras — Shafer 4, Barnard 3, El. Pruemer 3, Kaufman 3, Althoff 3, Em. Pruemer 2
Eighth-Grade Game
South Central 13 4 16 4 — 37
Stew-Stras 8 7 4 6 — 25
South Central — Webster 15, Logsdon 8, Neilson 6, Garrett 4, Chasteen 4
Stewardson-Strasburg — Macklin 5, I. Barnard 5, I. Manhart 4, M. Manhart 4, Kemper 2, Kaufman 2, Morris 2, Althoff 1