Junior High Girls Basketball -- October 23

DIETERICH -- Altamont and Neoga moved into the final four in winner bracket action of the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Girls Basketball Tournament Thursday.

Altamont started the evening off with a 26-15 win over Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor. Guse led the winners with 10 points while Hardiek and Cox had eight each. Bennett led SS/W with six.

In the second game, Neoga was a 25-21 winner over Dieterich. Neoga led 15-10 at halftime and 18-13 going into the final period. Dieterich made a comeback bid with a 6-1 final period run but fell short.

Rupel led the winners with 11 points. Bierman led Dieterich with 13.

In a consolation bracket contest, Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick downed Effingham Sacred Heart 31-12. The score was tied at 7-7 at halftime before BCCH had a 12-4 third quarter run and a 12-1 final period score.

Wocjik led seven players in scoring with 11 points for the winners. Carie led the Shamrocks with three.

NTC Seventh-Grade Tournament

At Dieterich

Game Three

Altamont                                5    6    2    13    --    26

Stew-Stras/Windsor          4    4    5      2    --    15

Altamont -- Hardiek 8, Cox 8, Guse 10

Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor -- Reynolds 4, Hayes 3, Bennett 6, Davis 2

Game Four

Neoga             11    4    3    1    --    25

Dieterich          6    4    5    6    --    21

Neoga -- Titus 4, Sheehan 6, Partlow 4, Rupel 11

Dieterich -- Niemerg 2, Johnson 2, Bierman 13, Mahnke 4

Game Five

Sacred Heart          5    2      4       1    --    12

BCCH                        4    3    12    12    --    31

Sacred Heart -- Buenker 2, Bushue 6, Carie 3, Feldhake 1

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Burks 2, Moon 2, Rauch 2, Lorton 6, Wocjik 11, Dagen 4, Cherry 4

At Louisville

Effingham St. Anthony downed North Clay (Louisville) in both seventh and eighth-grade play Thursday.

The Bullpups won the seventh-grade contest 25-16 to improve to 6-5 on the season. Katie Rogers scored 10 points to lead the winners. Bailey led North Clay with 11.

In eighth-grade competition, St. Anthony was a  37-11 winner. The Bullpups held a 19-5 first half lead. Meg Richards scored 10 and Katie Kabbes nine for the winners. Coble led North Clay with nine.

At Louisville

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Anthony          6    3    2    14    --    25

North Clay            4    4    2     6    --    16

St. Anthony -- Beesley 4, Hakman 5, Seachrist 2, Coffin 2, Slaughter 2, Rogers 10

North Clay -- Holkenbrink 2, Bailey 11, Lovett 3

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Anthony          8    11    8    10    --    37

North Clay            0     5     2     4    --    11

St. Anthony -- Gibson 2, Kabbes 9, Kinkelaar 2, McHugh 2, Richards 10, Repking 7, A. Day 3, E. Day 2

North Clay -- Allen 2, Coble 9

At Palestine

Jasper County picked up two victories over Palestine in action Thursday evening.

Jasper County was a 36-9 winner in seventh-grade play. Josie Grunloh scored 15 points for the winners.

In eighth-grade action, Jasper County won 42-17. Mallory Bergbower scored 19 and Alison Russell 16.

At Palestine

Seventh-Grade Game

Jasper County          10    6    10    10    --    36

Palestine                     2    0       3      4    --      9

Jasper County -- Grunloh 15, Harris 4, Stone 4, Bierman 2, Jansen 3, Carr 2, Geltz 4, Russell 2

Palestine -- no statistics listed

Eighth-Grade Game

Jasper County          4    11    16    11    --    42

Palestine                   1      5       0    11    --    17

Jasper County -- Bergbower 19, Russell 16, Kuhn 7

Palestine -- Agan 8, Biggs 3, Lanham 2, Pettigrew 1, Ryan 1 (players add up to 15 while 17 listed as final)