Published on November 24, 2025 11:00 am
Last Updated on November 24, 2025 11:00 am
Effingham St. Anthony split victories in its own junior high boys basketball shootout Saturday.
The Bullpups defeated Greenville, 38-32.
The two teams were tied at 8-8 after the first quarter. Greenville moved ahead 15-12 at halftime. But St. Anthony came back with a 13-9 third quarter and went on for the victory.
P. Phillips led the Bullpups with 14 points while J. Having added 13.
Salem edged St. Anthony by a 49-44 tally.
Salem ran out to a 16-6 opening quarter lead but St. Anthony came back within four, 25-21 at halftime. The Bullpups then outscored Salem 13-5 to lead 34-30 going into the final quarter.
But Salem came back with a 19-10 final period for the victory.
Phillips led St. Anthony with 14 points while Having added 12 and R. Schumacher 10.
At Effingham
Game One
Greenville 8 7 9 8 — 32
St. Anthony 8 4 13 1 — 38
Greenville — Hashton 0, Seay 0, Swaller 0, Wayman 18, Estevez 4, Coakley 2, Reykemper 4, Neece 4
St. Anthony — Schumacher 6, Couulter 1, Schultz 0, Having 13, Phillips 14, Schiedemantel 2, Bloemer 2, Kiefer 0
Game Two
Salem 16 9 5 19 — 49
St. Anthony 6 16 13 10 — 44
Salem –– Wolfe 5, Wiggins 12, Squibb 2, Purdy 0, Washington 4, Lux 17, Gibson 7, Purintun 2
St. Anthony — Schumacher 10, Coulter 2, Schultz 0, Having 12, Phillips 14, Schiedemantel 0, Bloemer 6
At Strasburg
Stewardson-Strasburg claimed two victories during weekend action.
Stew-Stras won both games over Altamont in Friday competition.
Stew-Stras claimed the seventh-grad contest, 33-14, taking a 19-6 opening half lead.
Ashmore scored 14 for the winners. Altamont was led by Pierce with six.
In eighth-grade play, Stew-Stras ran out to a 19-1 opening quarter lead and never looked back in a 48-18 victory.
Stew-Stras was led by Richter with 13 points as nine players scored in the contest.
Altamont was led by Neu with 12 points.
Stew-Stras is 3-0 in National Trail Conference play, 4-3 overall in seventh grade action and 3-0 in the NTC and 9-0 overall in eighth-grade play.
In Saturday play, Stew-Stras defeated South Central in both games.
In the Saturday contests against South Central at Kinmundy, Stew-Stras won the seventh-grade game, 32-15.
Stew-Stras ran out to an 21-12 halftime lead.
Ashmore scored 17 to lead the winners.
South Central was led by Guerrttaz with six.
In eighth-grade action, Stew-Stras led 14-1 after the opening quarter and tallied a 47-23 victory.
Stew-Stras led 23-12 at halftime and had a 10-4 third quarter run.
Pruemer scored 15 and Howe 10 for the winners.
Smith led South Central with 15.
At Stew-Stras
Seventh-Grade Game
Altamont 2 4 4 4 — 14
Stew-Stras 13 6 10 4 — 33
Altamont — Pierce 6, Nelson 4, Baxter 2, Spour 2
Stew-Stras — Ashmore 14, Rahn 7, Vonderheide 4, Hille 2, Nichols 2, Boyer 2, Curry 2
Eighth-Grade Game
Altamont 1 5 6 6 — 18
Stew-Stras 19 8 13 8 — 48
Altamont — Neu 12, Veteto 3, Sain 2, Huston 1
Stewardson-Strasburg — Richter 13, Pruemer 9, Howe 8, Kramer 4, Friese 4, Duncan 4, Worman 2, Lebon 2, Estes 2
At Kinmundy
Seventh-Grade Game
Stew-Stras 13 8 8 3 — 32
South Central 6 6 2 1 — 15
Stewardson-Strasburg — Ashmore 17, Hille 6, Boyer 4, Rahn 4, Nichols 1
South Central — Guerrttaz 6, Lane 4, Garner 2, Gullion 2, Julius 1
Eighth-Grade Game
Stew-Stras 14 9 10 14 — 47
South Central 1 11 4 7 — 23
Stewardson-Strasburg –– Pruemer 15, Friese 8, Duncan 7, Worman 4, Kramer 3, Howe 10
South Central — Smith 15, Hall 3, Lutz 3, Skibinski 2