Junior High Boys Basketball -- Dec. 5-6

BROWNSTOWN -- Four games were contested Saturday in the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament.

In the opening contest, Dieterich downed Beecher City 40-21. Dieterich took a 17-14 halftime lead then held Beecher City scoreless in the third quarter to push ahead 30-14 and go on for a 40-21 victory.

Cole Niebrugge led the winners with nine points. Beecher City was led by Blaise Lowry with seven.

In the second game, Stewardson-Strasburg downed Cowden-Herrick 39-33. Stew-Stras jumped out to a 23-9 halftime lead then held off Cowden-Herrick in the second half.

Stew-Stras' Aaron Kirby scored 27 for the winners. Taylor led Cowden-Herrick with 14 while Robertson added 10.

In the third contest, Neoga beat Effingham Sacred Heart 35-25. Johnson tallied 10 for the winners, seven coming in the second period 16-2 run.

Sacred Heart was led by Conkling with eight points.

In the final game Saturday, Windsor edged St. Elmo/Brownstown 27-25. Windsor held a 13-10 first half lead and led 21-16 going into the final quarter. St. Elmo/Brownstown came back with a 9-6 final period surge but fell short.

LeCrone led the winners with 12 points. McWhorter led St. Elmo/Brownstown with 10.

The tournament continues Tuesday with Altamont facing Dieterich at 6:15 p.m. followed by Sigel St. Michael against Cowden-Herrick at 7:30.

National Trail Conference Tournament

Game One

Beecher City          3    11     0      7    --    21

Dieterich              13     4    13    10    --    40

Beecher City -- Childress 2, Lowry 7,  Wells 1, Barnick 2, Doty 6, Rhodes 3

Dieterich -- Niebrugge 9, Hartke 6, Hall 4, Huber 2, Will 5, Hunzinger 4, Gephart 3,  Kuhl 5, Bushur 2

Game Two

Cowden-Herrick          5      4      9    15    --    33

Stew-Stras                   9    14    11      5    --    39

Cowden-Herrick -- Kelly 1, Robertson 10, Taylor 14, Buchanan 8

Stew-Stras -- Walden 2, Jesgarz 5, Vonderheide 1, Allen 2, Slifer 2, Kirby 27

Game Three

Sacred Heart           9       2    8    6    --    25

Neoga                        8    16    3    8    --    35

Sacred Heart -- Bowlin 4, L. Swingler 4, W. Swingler 5, Tegeler 4, Conkling 8

Neoga -- Dunn 8, Roy 5, Banning 6, Vaughn 3, Johnson 10, Moore 3

Game Four

Windsor                                     7    6    8    6    --    27

St. Elmo/Brownstown           1    9    6    9    --    25

Windsor -- LeCrone 12, Campbell 3, Domzosky 9, Milligan 3

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Pruett 5, Goldsborough 6, McWhorter 10, Logue 2, Stine 2

At Mattoon

Effingham St. Anthony Junior High School captured two B victories over Mattoon in boys basketball action Saturday.

In the seventh-grade contest, the Bullpups edged Mattoon 26-24. St.Anthony held the two-point lead in the opening quarter then fought off Mattoon in the final period.

Heuerman tallied nine for the winners while Fitzgerald added eight.

In eighth-grade action, St. Anthony stepped out to an 18-6 opening quarter lead and went on for a 47-32 win.

Quandt scored 14 for the Bullpups while Wortman tallied 11, Mendella 10 and B. Niebrugge 10.

At Mattoon

Seventh-Grade B Game

St. Anthony          8    9    6    3    --    26

Mattoon                6    9    4    5    --    24

St. Anthony -- Rudolphi 6, Flach 2, Schultz 1, Heuerman 9, Fitzgerald 8

Mattoon -- Polk 6, Shick 5, Hall 2 Junge 5, Tipton 6

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Anthony          18    10    11      8    --    47

Mattoon                   6      6      8    12    --    32

St. Anthony -- Wortman 11, Mendella 10, B. Niebrugge 10, Quandt 14, Kabbes 2

Mattoon -- Platz 2, Arthur 4, Phipps 6, Fultz 12, Heinbaugh 2, Uphoff 4, Ferguson 2

At Effingham

In an eighth-grade B game Friday, Teutopolis downed Effingham 25-13. T-town held an 8-7 halftime lead then had a 17-6 second half run.

Deters scored eight for the winners. Poland led the Mustangs with five.

At Effingham

Teutopolis          6    2    7    10    --    25

Effingham           1    6    3       3    --    13

Teutopolis -- Deters 8, T. Zerrusen 4, Simmons 6, Kinkelaar 3, Mette 4

Effingham -- Poland 5, Rich 2, Linders 2, Ballman 2, Marxman 1, Allen 1