Junior High Girls Basketball -- Sept. 26

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick and Neoga split seventh and eighth-grade girls basketball victories Friday evening.

In the seventh-grade contest, Neoga was a 28-25 winner. Sheehan had eight points while E. Titus and Partlow had seven points. BCCH was led by Lauren Wojcik with eight points.

In eighth-grade action, BCCH was a 33-23 winner. Grace Smith had 12 points and Tabitha Endsley 11. Neoga was led by Hill with seven.

At Neoga

Seventh-Grade Game

BCCH             4    5    4    12    --    25

Neoga           8    3    7    10    --    28

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Bertin 2, Vaughn 5, Blaine 2, Sloan 4, Wojcik 8, Cherry 4

Neoga -- Sheehan 8, E. Titus 7, Partlow 7, O. Titus 2, Sanders 2, Buescher 2

Eighth-Grade Game

BCCH         12    6    10    5    --    33

Neoga (no  linescore provided) 23

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Persinger 4, Endsley 11, A. Smith 2, G. Smith 12, Miller 4

Neoga -- Garcia 2, Kingery 6, Howald 2, Walk 2, Easton 4, Hill 7

At Vandalia

Altamont captured the championship of the Vandalia Eighth-Grade Tournament Friday and placed second in the seventh-grade meet.

Vandalia edged Altamont 24-23 in seventh-grade action in overtime. Mary Guse led Altamont with nine points.

In the eighth-grade contest, Altamont won the title with a 24-20 win over Pocahontas. Altamont held an 11-9 lead at the half and 17-12 going into the final quarter. Leah Mayhaus tallied 10 points for the winners.

At Vandalia

Seventh-Grade Tournament

Championship

Overtime

Altamont          4    6    0    11    2    --    23

Vandalia           5    8    4      4    3    --    24

Altamont -- Hardiek 4, Runge 6, Sanyang 2, Kuhns 2, Guse 9

Vandalia -- Kern 12, Swain 8, S. Miller 2, L. Miller 2

Eighth-Grade Tournament

Championship

Altamont                6    5    6    7    --    24

Pocahontas           5    4    3    8    --    20

Altamont -- Grimsley 2, Mette 6, Nolen 2, Schultz 4, Mayhaus 10

Pocahontas -- Diaber 7, Fritzsche 5, Hutchinson 4, Jett 2, Harbere 2