{"id":29064,"date":"2026-01-28T10:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=29064"},"modified":"2026-01-28T13:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T19:31:00","slug":"junior-high-boys-basketball-regionals-jan-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/basketball\/29064-junior-high-boys-basketball-regionals-jan-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior High Boys Basketball Regionals &#8212; Jan. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Effingham Sacred Heart won in its own Class 8-1A Boys Basketball Regional Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The Shamrocks easily handled Newton St. Thomas, 51-27.<\/p>\n<p>Gabe Traub scored 18 points while Bryce Hayes added 15 and Reuben Jansen 10 for the Shamrocks. Chris Kenter and Jackson LaSarge had four each.<\/p>\n<p>In the second contest, Sigel St. Michael downed Ramsey, 37-26.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham Sacred Heart and Sigel St. Michael will now meet for the championship tonight at 6.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Strasburg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stewardson-Strasburg defeated Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City, 43-15 in Tuesday evening action at the Class 8-2A Stew-Stras Regional Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Stew-Stras held an 18-10 halftime lead then held CHBC to one point while scoring 10 in the third quarter and went on for the 43-15 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Richter led Stew-Stras with 16 points while Pruemer added eight.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham St. Anthony edged St. Elmo\/Brownstown, 35-31 in the second contest.<\/p>\n<p>Stewardson-Strasburg and Effingham St. Anthony will meet tonight for the championship of the regional.<\/p>\n<p>Game time is 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Strasburg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Game Four<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stew-Stras\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 9\u00a0 \u00a0 9\u00a0 \u00a0 10\u00a0 \u00a0 15\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 43<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CHBC\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a05\u00a0 \u00a0 5\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 4\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stew-Stras &#8212;<\/strong> Worman 3, Kramer 3, Pruemer 8, Friese 2, McCormick 5, Richter 16, Thompson 2, Estes 2, Howe 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City &#8212;<\/strong> Schaefer 3, Cox 1, Reed 9, Thull 2<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Casey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two games are on the schedule tonight for the\u00a0 Class 8-2A Casey-Westfield Regional.<\/p>\n<p>Casey-Westfield will meet Neoga at 6 p.m. followed by Villa Grove against Hutsonville at 7.<\/p>\n<p>The winners advance to the championship game Thursday at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Effingham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Decatur and Mount Zion will meet tonight for the championship of the Class 8-4A Effingham Regional.<\/p>\n<p>Game time has been scheduled for 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Robinson Nuttall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Class 8-3A Robinson Nuttall Regional games have been moved to Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Teutopolis will meet Marshall at 6 p.m. followed by Robinson Nuttall against Lawrenceville Parkview at 7:15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effingham Sacred Heart won in its own Class 8-1A Boys Basketball Regional Tuesday evening. 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