Published on January 7, 2026 1:40 pm
Last Updated on January 7, 2026 1:46 pm
CASEY — Effingham fell to Casey-Westfield in eighth-grade boys basketball action Tuesday, 39-35.
Effingham held a 15-7 opening quarter lead and led 19-14 at halftime and 30-25 going into the final quarter. Casey-Westfield came back with a 14-5 run for the victory.
Effingham was led by Bridges with 17 points.
At Casey
Eighth-Grade Game
Effingham 15 4 11 5 — 35
Casey-Westfield 7 7 11 14 — 39
Effingham — Bridges 17, Partlow 0, Thompson 1, O’Dell 9, Beck 8, Klingler 0
Casey-Westfield — Richardson 11, Shore 4, Immke 9, Cribelar 5, Shoaft 10
At Shelbyville
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City and Shelbyville split victories.
Shelbyville won the seventh-grade contest, 35-21. CHBC was led by Ondes with nine points.
CHBC then claimed the eighth-grade game, 22-11. Reed and Thull scored six points each for the Bobcats.
At Shelbyville
Seventh-Grade Game
CHBC 8 3 2 8 — 21
Shelbyville 10 6 14 5 — 35
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Ondes 9, Roadarmel 4, Thull 4, Goeckner 4
Shelbyville — Martz 12, Pierce 1, Hardy 4, Shoaff 2, Ballard 16
Eighth-Grade Game
CHBC 5 9 2 6 — 22
Shelbyville 0 5 0 6 — 11
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Kramer 4, Cox 2, Hoene 2, Reed 6, Strange 2, Thull 6
Shelbyville — Walker 2, Mehl 3, Bouny 3, Garvin 3
At Altamont
Altamont was a 57-38 winner over Ramsey in seventh-grade action Tuesday.
Altamont sped out to a 20-2 opening quarter lead and that was the game.
Four players hit double figures for the winners. Noah Pierce led with 16 points while Weston Nelson added 12 and Haydon Arnold and Caleb Bauer 10 each.
At Altamont
Seventh-Grade Game
Ramsey 2 12 11 13 — 38
Altamont 20 12 12 13 — 57
Ramsey — Sampson 20, Atwood 2, Berman 6, Hair 2, Cone 4, Crabtree 2, Jones 2
Altamont — Sarver 0, Berg 3, Arnold 10, Childress 5, Baxter 1, Pierce 16, Nelson 12, Bauer 10 Sphar 0
At Dieterich
Dieterich was a winner in the seventh-grade contest while Stewardson-Strasburg claimed the eighth-grade game.
Dieterich jumped out to a 16-3 opening quarter lead and went on for a 46-30 win. Koester led the way with 18 points while Bohnhoff added nine.
Stew-Stras was led by Ashmore with eight.
In the eighth-grade game, Stew-Stras was a 48-22 winner. Stew-Stras held a 28-8 halftime lead.
Worman tallied 14 and Pruemer 10 for the winners.
Dieterich was led by Niemerg with 13.
Seventh-Grade Game
Stew-Stras 3 9 5 13 — 30
Dieterich 16 9 17 4 — 46
Stewardson-Strasburg — Hille 2, Nichols 3, Antrim 1, Rahn 5, Worman 6, McClain 2, Ashmore 8, Debolt 3
Dieterich — Bohnhoff 9, McQueen 2, B. Brummer 3, Gipson 2, Wohltman 0, Keck 8, Stortzum 2, Probst 2, Koester 18, Baxter 0
Eighth-Grade Game
Stew-Stras 14 14 12 8 — 48
Dieterich 4 4 9 5 — 22
Stewardson-Strasburg — Worman 14, Kramer 0, Pruemer 10, Friese 3, Duncan 1, Richter 12, Thompson 1, Estes 4, Howe 3
Dieterich — Gerth 3, Will 0, Lustig 2, Niemerg 13, Brummer 2, Uthell 2