Published on October 23, 2026 9:32 am
Last Updated on October 23, 2026 9:34 am
Sigel St. Michael moved into the championship game of the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Girls Basketball Tournament with a victory Thursday.
St. Michael handed Altamont a 21-7 loss. The Sharpshooters edged out to a 5-4 opening quarter lead then went on a 10-1 second period run and never looked back.
Violet Walk and Trelyn Dittamore scored six points each for the winners.
Altamont was led by K. Mansker with three points.
Cumberland headed to the consolation championship by edging Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 12-11.
The two teams played to a 2-2 opening quarter tie before Cumberland edged ahead 6-4 at halftime and ended up holding off CHBC in the final quarter.
Olivia Jackson scored five for the winners. CHBC was led by Kelby Hoene with seven.
Neoga was a winner in the seventh-place game over Effingham Sacred Heart, 15-8.
Neoga led 9-4 at halftime and had a 6-4 second half.
The winners were led by K. Will with eight points.
Sacred Heart was led by Grace Grunloh with four points.
The tournament continues tonight with two games featuring South Central against Sacred Heart at 6:45 and Brownstown/St. Elmo meeting Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg at 8.
The tournament comes to a close Saturday with the consolation championship at 9 a.m., third place at 10:15 and the championship at 11:30.
NTC Seventh-Grade Tournament
Game Seven
Neoga 0 9 2 4 — 15
Sacred Heart 2 2 2 2 — 8
Neoga — Barker 0, Snidle 1, Dilley 0, Porter 2, Varner 0, Milligan 0, Banning 4, Coulibaly 0, Rivers 0, Will 8, Cole 0
Sacred Heart — Kruger 0, Kastl 0, Grunloh 4, Mette 2, A. Haarmann 0, E. Haarmann 2
Game Eight
CHBC 2 2 5 2 — 11
Cumberland 2 4 3 3 — 12
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Daniels 0, Vaughn 0, Moffett 0, Williams 0, Hoene 7, Knight 2, Goekcner 2
Cumberland — Brummer 0, Fitch 4, Sudkamp 0, Ervin 0, Heimbaugh 2, M. Bierman 1, Dittamore 0, Jackson 5
Game Nine
Altamont 4 1 2 0 — 7
St. Michael 5 10 4 2 — 21
Altamont — Buchanan 0, Tedrick 0, Pagone 0, Neu 0, Arend 0, Ruholl 0, Grobengieser 2, Pospischel 0, Bl. McClellan 2, Mansker 3, Br. McClellan 0
Sigel St. Michael — Hoene 2, Vi. Walk 6, Schumacher 0, Va. Walk 0, Hoene 0, Durdel 2, Gaddis 5, Mihlbachler 0, Tater 0, Dittamore 6
At Centralia
Effingham was a winner over Centralia in both seventh- and eighth-grade action Thursday.
The Mustangs beat Centralia 21-14 in the seventh-grade contest. Marleigha Tucker and Emerson Moore led with six points each. The Mustangs are now 1-7 on the season.
In eighth-grade play, Effingham won 74-37 as five players hit double figures.
Anna Gouchenouer led with 20 followed by Tinley Patton with 19. Sophia Wiedman added 11 and Kynlie Rohr and Kore-Lynn Robertson finished with 10 each.
At Centralia
Seventh-Grade Game
Effingham 21, Centralia 14
Effingham — Westjohn 2, Hoelscher 2, Tucker 6, Wendling 5, Moore 6 (Effingham 1-7)
Eighth-Grade Game
Effingham 74, Centralia 37
Effingham — Rohr 10, Wiedman 11, Gouchener 20, Robertson 10, Patton 19, Lauritzen 4 (Effingham 5-3)
At St. Anthony
Effingham St. Anthony hosted Robinson Nuttall and fell in both contests Thursday.
Robinson Nuttall was a 29-22 winner in the seventh-grade contest.
The Bullpups were led by E. Fearday with nine points.
In the eighth-grade contest, Robinson Nuttall won 34-11. Johnson led the Bullpups with 10 points.
At St. Anthony
Seventh-Grade Game
Robinson Nuttall 14 9 4 2 — 29
St. Anthony 0 3 6 13 — 22
Robinson Nuttall — Hughlett 0, Hardiman 25, Miller 2, M. Hardiman 0, Myers 0, Talamantes 2, Fuller 0, Keesling 0, Keller 0, Parkhurst 0, Davis 0, Wade 0
St. Anthony — Wagner 5, Niebrugge 0, Stefanski 0, Mattson 0, Bartimus 4, Brumelve 4, Fearday 9, Sudkamp 0
Eighth-Grade Game
Robinson Nuttall 9 10 11 4 — 34
St. Anthony 0 3 3 5 — 11
Robinson Nuttall — Whitt 4, Ray 0, Allender 0, Myers 0, Aydt 0, Fuller 0, Musselwhite 2, Beard 11, Dennis 5, Talamantes 0, Lachenmayer 12, Wells 0, Garrard 0
St. Anthony — Niebrugge 0, N. Brumleve 1, Hoke 0, Johnson 10, Doty 0, Barnes 0, Spreacher 0, Fearday 0