Published on November 21, 2025 10:55 am
Last Updated on November 21, 2025 10:56 am
Effingham Sacred Heart and Altamont picked up a victory each in junior high boys basketball Thursday.
Altamont was a 39-15 winner in the seventh-grade contest. Altamont held a 5-4 opening quarter lead then broke the game open with an 18-0 second period run.
Nelson and Arnold scored eight points each for the winners.
The Shamrocks were led by Teddy Jansen with 13.
In the eighth-grade contest, Sacred Heart claimed a 47-33 victory.
The Shamrocks held a 22-17 halftime lead.
Gabe Traub led the way in scoring with 22 points. Bryce Hayes chipped in with eight. The Shamrocks improved to 6-0.
Altamont was led by Veteto with 11 points.
Sacred Heart is back in action Monday at Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City.
At Effingham
Seventh-Grade Game
Altamont 5 18 10 6 — 39
Sacred Heart 4 0 4 7 — 15
Altamont — Berg 2, Lock 2, Childress 2, Sphar 2, Pierce 4, Sarver 4, Bauer 7, Nelson 8, Arnold 8
Sacred Heart — Schultz 2, Jansen 13
Eighth-Grade Game
Altamont 9 8 4 12 — 33
Sacred Heart 11 11 13 12 — 47
Altamont — Verdeyen 2, Huston 3, Sain 7, Nue 9, Veteto 11 (players add up to 32 while 33 listed as final)
Sacred Heart — McDevitt 2, Jansen 4, Schoenhoff 5, Kenter 6, Hayes 8, Traub 22
At Mattoon
Effingham St. Anthony and Mattoon split victories Thursday evening.
The Bullpups won the seventh-grade contest, 47-25.
St. Anthony held a 20-12 halftime lead. Nash Hoene led in scoing with 14 points.
In eighth-grade action, Mattoon captured a 33-27 win.
Mattoon held an 18-10 halftime lead. St. Anthony came back to tie the score at 22-22 in the third quarter but Mattoon finished with an 11-5 final period run.
St. Anthony was led by G. Bloemer with eight points.
At Mattoon
Seventh-Grade Game
St. Anthony 9 11 18 9 — 47
Mattoon 5 7 9 4 — 25
St. Anthony — Gilmore 8, Flach 1, Bierman 2, Niebrugge 9, Dust 2, Sams 0, Meinhart 0, Storm 0, Nosbisch 0, Hoene 14, Ludwig 0, Wohltman 4, Hamilton 7
Mattoon — Roberts 2, Warren 0, Kaufman 8, Dosch 3, Diepholz 0, Smith 4, Scott 8
Eighth-Grade Game
St. Anthony 8 2 12 5 — 27
Mattoon 9 9 4 11 — 33
St. Anthony — Schumacher 2, Coulter 5, Schultz 0, Having 2, Phillips 6, Schiedemantel 4, Bloemer 8, McDonald 0, Kiefer 0
Mattoon — Smith 7, Vautonberg 2, Lampe 2, Toby 0, Pardomo 3, Buckley 17, Bocinoski 2
At Charleston
Effingham fell to Charleston in both seventh- and eighth-grade action Thursday.
In the seventh-grade game, Charleston won 40-11, taking a 19-2 opening half lead.
Effingham was led by Cash Hutmacher with three points.
In eighth-grade play, Charleston was a 38-27 winner.
Charleston stepped out to a 14-6 opening quarter lead and led 16-8 at halftime.
Effingham mounted a comeback but couldn’t overcome that first half lead.
The Mustangs were led by Calvin Beck with eight points.
At Charleston
Seventh-Grade Game
Effingham 2 0 5 4 — 11
Charleston 8 11 12 9 — 40
Effingham — Hutmacher 3, Ault 0, Eckert 0, LeDuc 2, Reed 2, Patnaude 0, Koberlein 0, Hoene 0, Hamilton 2, Wallace 0, Nunnamaker 2
Charleston — Hanger 0, Lock 10, Williams 2, Jenkins 2, Wilson 6, Arnold 0, Brummer 6, Morgan 2, Hayes 8, Hanner 2, Bell 0, Truck 0, Denson 0, Phoenix 2, Plummer 0
Eighth-Grade Game
Effingham 6 2 9 10 — 27
Charleston 14 2 13 9 — 38
Effingham — Bridges 6, Partlow 2, Thompson 2, O’Dell 5, Beck 8, Klingler 0, Yager 4
Charleston — Jones 0, Hanner 0, Combs 2, Hammond 0, Jackson 1, Laingen 6, Stine 0, Montgomery 8, Lauwers 21
At Cowden
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City went three overtimes in the seventh-grade game to pull out a 38-36 victory over St. Elmo/Brownstown Thursday.
SEB held a 25-12 lead going into the final period when CHBC came back with a furious 14-1 rally to knot the score. Both teams scored three in the first overtime and four in the second overtime.
Tyce Klrcher led the winners with 24 points.
St. Elmo/Brownstown was led by Schaub with 14.
In eighth-grade action, CHBC edged SEB by a 31-27 count.
SEB held a 23-22 lead going into the final period when CHBC rallied with a 9-4 run for the victory.
Drake Thull scored 15 to lead the winners.
Schaub led SEB with 14.
At Cowden
Seventh-Grade Game
Triple Overtime
SEB 12 7 6 1 3 4 3 — 36
CHBC 5 3 4 14 3 4 5 — 38
St. Elmo/Brownstown — Wilhour 8, Miller 2 Carroll 2, Morrison 8, Wright 2, Schaub 14
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Ondes 0, Roadarmel 4, Kircher 24, Thull 6, Goeckner 1, Wilson 3
Eighth-Grade Game
SEB 3 9 11 4 — 27
CHBC 12 5 5 9 — 31
St. Elmo/Brownstown –– Towlwer 2, Miller 7, S. Wilhour 1, Schaub 14, Schnarre 3
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Schaefer 3, Kramer 2, Cox 6, Hoene 3, Reed 2, Thull 15
At Kinmundy
Dieterich came calling and claimed two victories over South Central Thursday.
Dieterich was a 46-22 winner in the seventh-grade contest. Chase Bohnhoff got the winners off in the right direction, scoring 10 of his team’s opening quarter 16 points. Dieterich then had an 18-2 second period run as Bohnhoff connected on three baskets, two of those three-pointers.
Bohnhoff finished with 18 points to lead the winners.
South Central was led by Q. Bonner with six points.
In eighth-grade action, Dieterich won 36-30. South Central moved into a 19-15 halftime lead but Dieterich came back with an 11-5 third quarter to move ahead 26-24.
Dieterich then finished strong with a 10-6 final period. Brody Niemerg led the winners with 14 points while Chase Bohnhoff added 11.
South Central was led by B. Skibinski with nine.
At Kinmundy
Seventh-Grade Game
Dieterich 16 18 5 7 — 46
South Central 5 2 4 11 — 22
Dieterich — Bohnhoff 18, McQueen 2, B. Brummer 1, N. Brummer 6, Nichols 7, Keck 2, Probst 2, Koester 4, Nussmeyer 4
South Central — Brimberry 3, Lane 2, Garner 2, Hall 1, Bonner 6, Julius 4, Guillion 2, Farthing 2
Eighth-Grade Game
Dieterich 10 5 11 10 — 36
South Central 8 11 5 6 — 30
Dieterich — Brummer 2, Bohnhoff 11, Lustig 2, Niemerg 14, Lemus 0, Koester 4, Uthell 3
South Central — Smith 4, Skibinski 9, Lotz 4, Hall 3, Conant 8, Guillion 2
At Teutopolis
Teutopolis claimed two victories over Summersville Thursday evening.
The Wooden Shoes pounded in 62 points for a 62-8 victory in seventh-grade action.
Bryson Meyer scored 16 while Charleston Koester contributed 11 for the winners.
In the eighth-grade contest, T-town held a 25-23 halftime lead then had an 18-5 third quarter run for a 58-46 victory.
Connor Althoff and Maddux Pals scored 12 points each for the winners.
At Summersville
Seventh-Grade Game
Teutopolis 23 9 20 10 — 62
Summersville 0 2 5 1 — 8
Teutopolis — Weidner 6, Koester 11, Sandschafer 9, Kocher 2, Meyer 16, Kremer 4, Imburgia 4, Deters 3, Mette 3, Kreke 4
Summersville — Kemfer 3, Humbrecht 2, Mack 3
Eighth-Grade Game
Teutopolis 11 14 18 15 — 58
Summersville 13 10 5 18 — 46
Teutopolis — Althoff 12, Meyer 14, Pals 12, Niebrugge 4, Wermert 5, Giles 9, Brummer 2
Summersville — Johnson 5, Tate 17, Black 9, McDaniel 2, Odle 13