Junior High Basketball -- September 29

Effingham Junior High School split victories with Mattoon in girls basketball action Tuesday.

The Mustangs won the seventh-grade encounter 19-17 to improve to 1-1. Rueter scored 12 points to lead the way.

In eighth-grade play, Mattoon claimed a 35-15 victory. Krouse led the Mustangs with seven as they dropped to 0-2.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Mattoon                 7    4    6    0    --    17

Effingham           10    0    6    3    --    19

Mattoon -- Haacke 2, Risinger 4, Bialeschki 2, Greeson 5, Morrison 2, Bryant 2

Effingham -- Rueter 12, Dively 5, Armstrong 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Mattoon              11    9    6    9    --    35

Effingham            3    2    8    2    --    15

Mattoon -- Nadolny 2, MacDonald 1, Gill 2, Wolf 1, Niemerg 2, Prior 8, Butler 6, Daubs 2, Scott 11

Effingham -- Martin 4, Crowell 2, Krouse 7, Niebrugge 2

At Vandalia

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick and Vandalia picked up a victory each Tuesday evening.

BCCH won the seventh-grade contest 31-16. After failing to score in the opening quarter, BCCH came back to push ahead 5-4 at halftime then had a 26-12 second half run. Madison Cherry tallied 13 points for the winners.

In the eighth-grade contest, Vandalia claimed a 26-15 victory. Kern tallied 13 for the winners. Jaelyn Robertson had seven points for BCCH.

At Vandalia

Seventh-Grade Game

BCCH                 0    5    11    15    --    31

Vandalia          2    2       8       4    --    16

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Burks 6, Vaughn 2, Rauch 1, Moeller 4, Lorton 3, Gour 2, Cherry 13

Vandalia -- Willenburg 2, Stewart 9, Lidy 2, Hill 3

Eighth-Grade Game

BCCH                  6    0    4      5    --    15

Vandalia           5    7    4    10    --    26

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Robertson 7, Wheeler 2, Blaine 2, Wojcik 4

Vandalia -- McNary 9, Kern 13, Swain 4