NTC Seventh-Grade Boys Tourney, Jr. High Results -- Dec. 11

BROWNSTOWN -- In consolation bracket action at the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament Thursday evening, Dieterich and St. Elmo/Brownstown picked up wins.

Dieterich claimed a 38-27 victory over Effingham Sacred Heart in the first game. Dieterich jumped out to a 22-5 first half lead and never looked back. Collin Hartke tallied 12 for the winners. Sacred Heart was led by Noah Tegeler with 10.

In the second contest, St. Elmo/Brownstown defeated Stewardson-Strasburg 35-14. SEB led 12-8 at halftime then had a 23-6 second half run. McWhorter led with eight points.

Stew-Stras was led by Aaron Kirby with eight.

The tournament comes to a close tonight as Dieterich faces St. Elmo/Brownstown at 5:30 for the consolation championship while Neoga will face Windsor at 6:45 for third place and Altamont takes on Sigel St. Michael at 8 for the championship.

NTC Tournament

Game 9

Dieterich                  12    10    12       4    --    38

Sacred Heart             2       3      8    14    --    27

Dieterich -- Niebrugge 4, Hartke 12, Hall 5, Will 8, Hunzinger 3, Gephart 2, Kuhl 4

Sacred Heart -- Niehart 2, W. Swingler 7, L. Swingler 8, Tegeler 10

Game 10

Stewardson-Strasburg          6    2      4       2    --    14

St. Elmo/Brownstown           6    6    10    13    --    35

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Sesgarz 4, Slifer 2, Kirby 8

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Pruett 6, Goldsborough 7, Atwood 6, McWhorter 8, Rosborough 6, Logue 2

At Mattoon

The Effingham eighth-graders edged Mattoon 49-46 in double overtime. The Mustangs trailed 11-10 after the opening quarter but came back to take a 25-19 halftime lead. Mattoon then outscored Effingham 14-9 in the third quarter and tied the score at 37-37 sending the game into overtime.

Both scored four points in the first overtime. In the second overtime period the score was tied at 46-46 when Landon Wolfe connected on a 75 foot shot at the buzzer giving the Mustangs the win.

Wolfe finished with a whopping 32 points and pulled down eight rebounds. Poland had three steals and Rich added seven boards.

In the seventh-grade game, Mattoon claimed a 38-26 win. The middle two quarters did the Mustangs in as Mattoon outscored Effingham 23-8.

Kyle Nohren led in scoring with seven points.

At Mattoon

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham           6     4     4    12    --    26

Mattoon             6    13    10     9    --    38

Effingham -- Niebrugge 2, Snow 2, Waldhoff 3, Thompson 3, Nohren 7, Cramsey 2, Braunecker 2 (players add up to 21 while 26 listed as final)

Mattoon -- no statistics listed

Eighth-Grade Game

Double Overtime

Effingham           10    15     9    3    4    8    --    49

Mattoon               11     8    14    4    4    5    --    46

Effingham -- Wolfe 32, Jackson 8, Hagler 5, Rich 4

Mattoon -- Princko 11, Betts 11, Lensink 9, Smith 6, Noe 5, Spitz 4

At St. Anthony

St. Anthony scored in the 30s and claimed two victories over Charleston Thursday evening.

In seventh-grade play, St. Anthony won 39-20. Dust led the way with 14 points while Hoene and Tingley scored 10 points each for the Bullpups.

In the eighth-grade game, St. Anthony was a 38-23 winner. Strullmeyer scored 14 and Brandenburger 12.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Game

Charleston            10     6     2    2    --    20

St. Anthony           7    10    13    9    --   39

Charleston -- Bell 2, Will 1, Miller 10, Tresslar 7

St. Anthony -- Hoene 10, Webb 2, Tingley 10, Elder 2, Fitzgerald 1, Dust 14

Eighth-Grade Game

Charleston          6    4     5       8    --    23

St. Anthony        8    6    10    14    --    38

Charleston --  Gough 1, Wilson 5, Simpson 2, Lanman 2, Hayworth 2, Black 3, Finley 1, Meyerscough 7

St. Anthony -- Koester 4, Mendella 2, Ludwig 2, Strullmeyer 14, Brandenburger 12, Milleville 1, Wall 3

At Altamont

Newton St. Thomas split wins with Altamont Lutheran.

St. Thomas won the seventh-grade game 41-29. In eighth-grade action, Altamont Lutheran captured a 58-42 win.