Junior High School Boys Basketball -- Nov. 14-15
Published on November 17 2014 8:34 am
Last Updated on November 17 2014 8:34 am
Written by Millie Lange
Effingham St. Anthony Junior High School captured its own eighth-grade boys basketball tournament Saturday.
In the opening game, Greenville defeated Stewardson-Strasburg 47-14. A. Burton led Stew-Stras with seven points.
The second contest went to the Bullpups over Cumberland 32-23. St. Anthony had a 15-13 halftime lead then had a 17-10 second half run. Wall tallied 10 for the winners. Cumberland was led by McGinnis with 11.
In the third place game, Cumberland was a 43-21 winner over Stew-Stras. Cumberland took a 19-6 first half lead then had a 20-8 final period run. McGinnis tallied 13 and Gerhardt 10 for the winners. Stew-Stras was led by Roley with seven.
In the championship game, St. Anthony edged Greenville 37-36 in overtime. Greenville held a 15-12 halftime lead and a 24-21 lead going into the final quarter. St. Anthony then had a 9-6 run to knot the score. In the overtime period, St. Anthony had a 7-6 edge to pull out the win.
Strullmyer scored 11 for St. Anthony.
Game One
Stew-Stras 0 3 11 0 -- 14
Greenville 18 10 10 9 -- 47
Stew-Stras -- A. Burton 7, Roley 4, Tabbert 2, Brdiges 1
Greenville -- Tomascke 17, Nelson 8, Sanders 7, Barber 6, Brauns 3, Ephron 2, Mathews 2, Gray 2
Game Two
St. Anthony 6 9 7 10 -- 32
Cumberland 8 5 4 6 -- 23
St. Anthony -- Koester 4, Mendelia 2, Ludwig 8, Strullmyer 2, Brandenburger 5, Milleville 1, Wall 10
Cumberland -- Butler 1, McGinnis 11, Gerhardt 9, Mathenia 2
Third Place Game
Stew-Stras 2 4 6 8 -- 20
Cumberland 9 10 4 20 -- 43
Stew-Stras -- Roley 7, Tabbert 6, Jesgarz 3, Kirby 3, Smith 1
Cumberland -- McGinnis 13, Gerhardt 10, French 5, Antrim 4, Butler 3, McClellan 2, Mathenia 2, Mitchell 2, Schafer 2
Championship Game
St. Anthony 6 6 9 9 7 -- 37
Greenville 11 4 9 6 6 -- 36
St. Anthony -- Koester 3, Ludwig 5, Strullmyer 11, Brandenburger 2, Milleville 8, Wall 8
Greenville -- Johnson 7, Ephron 8, Nelson 3, Focht 6, Gray 6, Tomascke 6
At Dieterich
The Teutopolis seventh-grade B squad competed in the Dieterich Tournament Friday and picked up a victory over Olney St. Joe 30-22. Wade Probst tallied 14 points for the winners.
Both the seventh and eighth grade teams took part in the Summersville Shootout Saturday. The seventh-grade squad was a 42-31 winner over Carbondale. Mitch Hardiek had 15 points.
The eighth-grade team was a 26-23 winner over Carbondale. T-town held an 11-9 second period lead then had a 5-3 final quarter edge. Josh Hardiek scored 14 for the winners.
At Dieterich Tournament
Teutopolis B 6 10 8 6 -- 30
Olney St. Joe 0 3 7 12 -- 22
Teutopolis -- Tabbert 6, Probst 14, McMahon 2, Hemmen 2, Deters 6
Olney St. Joe -- Ackman 2, Jensen 5, Mann 3, Mtichell 7, Dorn 3, Diel 2
At Summersville Shootout
Seventh-Grade Game
Carbondale 4 8 11 8 -- 31
Teutopolis 15 11 8 8 -- 42
Carbondale -- Greer 7, D. Macklin 7, T. Macklin 2, Benti 8, Sutton 1, Rollin 4, Kuba 2
Teutopolis -- Deters 2, Pals 1, Probst 2, Huber 2, Deters 1, McMahon 4, Hemmen 9, Ungrund 6, Hardiek 15
Eighth-Grade Game
Carbondale 4 5 11 3 -- 23
Teutopolis 3 8 10 5 -- 26
Carbondale -- Greene 11, Burleigh 9, Laure 1, Traylor 2
Teutopolis -- Smith 4, Runde 2, Weber 6, Hardiek 14
At St. Elmo
St. Elmo/Brownstown captured an eighth-grade win over Altamont Friday, 39-22.
Altamont held a 13-11 first quarter lead but BSE came back with a 6-2 run to lead 17-15 at halftime. SEB then had a 14-4 third period run to put the game into the win column.
Himes tallied 13 for the winners. Altamont weas led by Kuhlman with nine.
At St. Elmo
Altamont 13 2 4 3 -- 22
St. Elmo/Brownstown 11 6 14 8 -- 39
Altamont -- Kuhlman 9, Hammer 2, Antrim 2, Biggs 7, Klitzing 2
St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Karnes 6, Aderman 6, Healy 3, Himes 13, Philpot 9, Price 2