Published on January 6, 2026 10:16 am
Last Updated on January 6, 2026 10:21 am
Effingham St. Anthony handed Altamont Lutheran two losses in junior high boys basketball competition Monday evening.
The Bullpups won the seventh-grade encounter 48-17. St. Anthony ran out to an 18-5 opening quarter lead as James Gilmore scored eight of his team’s points.
Gilmore continued on in the second quarter, scoring 13 of the team’s 19 points. He hit five regular baskets and a three-pointer.
St. Anthony had a 10-5 third quarter.
Gilmore led the Bullpups with 25 points as St. Anthony remained unbeaten at 17-0.
Altamont Lutheran was led by Carter Wasson with six.
In eighth-grade action, St. Anthony won 42-29.
Altamont Lutheran held a 14-8 opening quarter lead and held a 24-23 halftime tally. But the Bullpups came out after halftime and outscored Altamont Lutheran 19-5 over the next two quarters.
P. Phillips led the Bullpups with 16 points.
Altamont Lutheran was led by Liam Schnarre with nine.
At St. Anthony
Seventh-Grade Game
Alt. Lutheran 5 6 5 1 — 17
St. Anthony 18 14 10 1 — 48
Altamont Lutheran — Alwardt 0, Caraway 6, Sefton 1, Kroening 0, Osteen 0, Koester 3, Awardt 1, Weston 6
St. Anthony — Gilmore 25, Flach 0, Bierman 2, Niebrugge 0, Dust 2, Sams 0, Meinhart 2, Storm 3, Nosbisch 0, Hoene 6, Ludwig 0, Wohltman 4, Hamilton 4
Eighth-Grade Game
Altamont Lutheran 14 10 2 3 — 29
St. Anthony 8 15 10 9 — 42
Altamont Lutheran — Everett 7, Schnarre 9, Kroening 7, Arend 4, Grasher 2
St. Anthony — Schumacher 8, Schultz 0, Having 0, Phillips 16, Schiedemantel 3, Bloemer 8, Bales 7
At Strasburg
Stewardson-Strasburg claimed two victories over Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Monday evening.
Stew-Stras won the seventh-grade game, 40-23, taking a 23-13 halftime lead and outscoring ALAH 14-5 in the third quarter.
Worman and Ashmore scored 11 points each for the winners who improved to 12-4 on the season.
In eighth-grade play, Stew-Stras ran out to a 24-8 opening quarter lead and finished with a 69-21 victory.
Pruemer scored 23 points while Friese added 10. Ten players scored for the winners who remained unbeaten at 18-0. Stew-Stras is back in action today at Dieterich.
At Strasburg
Seventh-Grade Game
ALAH 6 7 5 5 — 23
Stew-Stras 9 14 14 3 — 40
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond — McGrath 10, C. Miller 5, Blaudow 5, W. Miller 2, Castel 1
Stew-Stras — Worman 11, Ashmore 11, Rahn 7, Hille 5, Nichols 4, Antrim 2
Eighth-Grade Game
ALAH 8 4 3 6 — 21
Stew-Stras 24 15 17 13 — 69
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond — Ponder 6, Burkett 4, White 3, Cat 2, Albright 2, Brown 2, Burnett 2
Stewardson-Strasburg — Pruemer 23, Friese 10, McCormick 9, Richter 6, Duncan 6, Howe 6, Estes 1, Mueller 3, Lebon 2, Kramer 3
At Cowden
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City split victories with Central A&M Monday evening.
Central A&M was a 32-16 winner in the seventh-grade contest. Central A&M ran out to a 17-6 opening quarter lead and never looked back.
CHBC was led by Colt Ondes with 11 points.
In eighth-grade play, CHBC held off A&M in the final quarter for a 41-39 victory.
CHBC led 7-1 after the opening quarter and 17-16 at halftime. CHBC then had a 12-5 third quarter run but Central A&M came back with an 18-12 final period only to fall short.
Drake Thull led the winners with 15 points while Lane Reed added 10.
At Cowden
Seventh-Grade Game
Central A&M 17 7 8 0 — 32
CHBC 6 4 4 2 — 16
Central A&M — Rhodes 3, Wood 5, Higgins 8, Cowger 4, Funk 6, Renfro 6
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Ondes 11, Roadarmel 1, Thull 4
Eighth-Grade Game
Central A&M 1 15 5 18 — 39
CHBC 7 10 12 12 — 41
Central A&M — Stenger 6, Evans 12, Barnes 17, Palmer 3, Renfro 1
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Schaefer 2, Kramer 7, Cox 3, Hoene 2, Reed 10, Bethel 2, Thull 15
At Louisville
North Clay played host to South Central and won both games Monday evening.
North Clay captured the seventh-grade game 27-21 to improve to 2-8 in the National Trail Conference and 3-12 overall.
In eighth-grade play, North Clay won 42-37 in overtime .
North Clay is back in action Thursday against Sigel St. Michael at 6 p.m. There will be eighth-grade recognition that night.