Junior High Girls Basketball -- Oct. 11

Sigel St. Michael won the championship of the Effingham St. Anthony Seventh-Grade Girls Basketball Tournament Saturday.

St. Michael won the opening game over Cumberland, 22-10. St. Michael held a 20-2 halftime lead. McWhorter tallied 16 for the winners. Lochbaum and Marshall had four points each for Cumberland.

In the second game, St. Anthony edged Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor 18-13. St. Anthony led 10-6 at halftime and Stew-Stras/Windsor came back in the third quarter with four points to tie the score. St. Anthony then had an 8-3 final quarter run. Beesley led the Bullpups with 10 points. Bennett had six points for Stew-Stras/Windsor.

St. Michael and St. Anthony moved into the championship game where St. Michael won 23-14. St. Michael held a slight 13-12 lead going into the final period then had a 10-2 run to pull out the victory. Bueker led the winners with 16 points. Coffin led St. Anthony with six.

In the third place contest, Stew-Stras/Windsor took a 31-14 win over Cumberland. Hayes and Bennett provided the one-two scoring punch with 10 points each. Oakley led Cumberland with six points.

At St. Anthony

Game One

Sigel St. Michael          9    11    2    0    --    22

Cumberland                   0      2    2    6    --    10

Sigel St. Michael -- Hill 2, McWhorter 16, Cremens 2, Bueker 2

Cumberland -- Lochbaum 4, Marshall 4, Brown 2

Game Two

St. Anthony                               8    2    0    8    --    18

Stew-Stras/Windsor             2    4    4    3    --    13

St. Anthony -- Hakman 4, Rogers 2, Niebrugge 2, Beesley 10

Stew-Stras/Windsor -- Giertz 2, Reynolds 4, Bennett 6, Davis 1

Third Place Game

Stew-Stras           6    11    4    10    --    31

Cumberland          4      6    4      0    --    14

Stew-Stras/Windsor -- Reynolds 6, Hayes 10, Bennett 10, Davis 5

Cumberland -- Hendrix 4, Brown 2, Oakley 6, Boswell 2

Championship

St. Anthony          6    2    4      2    --    14

St. Michael           4    4    5    10    --    23

St. Anthony -- Hakman 4, Coffin 6, Deters 2, Beesley 2

Sigel St. Michael -- McWhorter 4, Neibrugge 3, Bueker 16

At Bethany

Effingham Junior High School nabbed two victories over Okaw Valley in action Saturday.

The Mustangs won the seventh-grade contest 19-8. Effingham held a 9-2 first half lead then had a 10-2 third quarter run. Niebrugge scored eight for the winners who improve to 3-3.

In eighth-grade play, Effingham won 37-10, taking a 12-0 first quarter lead. Weis and Fox scored 11 points each for the Mustangs. Effingham is now 5-1.

At Bethany

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham               5    4    10    0    --    19

Okaw Valley          2    0       2    4    --     8

Effingham -- Niebrugge 8, Kull 2, Allie 3, Krouse 6

Okaw Valley -- Landreth 2, Nave 2, Drake 2, Jeffers 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Effingham              12    14    9    2    --    37

Okaw Valley            0      6    0    4    --    10

Effingham -- Kuhlman 4, Weis 11, Koester 2, Fearday 5, Buscher 4, Fox 11

Okaw Valley -- Decesaro 2, Drake 4, Jeffers 4

At Teutopollis

Teutopolis downed Marshall in two games Saturday at the Teutopolis Shootout. T-town was a 35-2 winner in seventh-grade action. Claire Bushur tallied 10 points for the winners.

In eighth-grade competition, T-town won 34-9 over Marshall. Eric Michels scored 10 for the homestanders.

In games three and four, Central A&M downed Marshall 33-11 in seventh-grade play and 40-25 in eighth-grade action.

T-town then was a 34-15 winner over Central A&M in seventh-grade competition. Alli Brumleve scored 14 for the winners. T-town improves to 6-0.

In the eighth-grade contest, Central A&M won 29-28. Central A&M came back from an 18-13 deficit in the third period with a 9-4 run to tie the contest then had a 7-6 final period score.

Olivia Niemerg led T-town with nine points. T-town's eighth-grade is 2-4.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Marshall                 0    0      0    2    --      2

Teutopolis           14    4    11    6    --    35

Marshall -- I. Bell 2

Teutopolis -- Niemerg 4, Kroeger 4, Roepke 4, Funneman 4, Thoele 3, Bushur 10, Schumacher 2, Brumleve 2, Mette 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Marshall              2    0    2    5    --       9

Teutopolis           9    9    8    8    --    34

Marshall -- Clark 1, English 2, Rhodes 2, Mason 2, Garrett 2

Teutopolis -- Mette 2, Roepke 2, Niebrugge 4, Gebben 4, Frey 4, Deters 8, Michels 10

Seventh-Grade Game

Central A&M          3    8     4     0    --    15

Teutopolis              9    7    16    2    --    34

Central A&M -- Sams 1, Schinzler 6, Mc. Denton 2, Mi. Denton 6

Teutopolis -- Niemerg 5, Brumleve 14, Mette 2, Bloemer 2, Bushur 8, Michels 3

Eighth-Grade Game

Central A&M           5      8    9    7    --    29

Teutopolis              8    10    4    6    --    28

Central A&M -- Barnes 2, Collins 12, Virden 1, Durbin 8, Forlines 2, Wall 4

Teutopolis -- Frey 2, Niebrugge 6, Bushur 4, Niemerg 9, Deters 7