Junior High Girls Basketball -- Oct. 8-9 Revised
Published on October 9 2015 10:14 am
Last Updated on October 12 2015 12:38 pm
Written by Millie Lange
TAYLORVILLE -- Effingham fell to Taylorville in both seventh and eighth-grade girls basketball competition Thursday.
In seventh-grade play, Taylorville won 30-20 over the Mustangs. Effingham was led by Divley with six points.
In the eighth-grade game, Taylorville won 30-17. The Mustangs were led by Krause with seven points.
In Friday action, the Mustangs traveled to Neoga and claimed two wins. Effingham picked up the seventh-grade contest 31-14, holding Neoga scoreless in the first half for an 18-0 lead.
Armstrong and Divley scored six points each for Effingham which improved to 3-2. Stodden led Neoga with eight.
In the eighth-grade contest, Effingham was a 24-18 winner. Martin and Krouse scored eight points each. Sheehan led Neoga with six.
Effingham is now 1-4 on the season.
At Taylorville
Seventh-Grade Game
Effingham 5 6 4 5 -- 20
Taylorville 5 4 13 8 -- 30
Effingham -- Jones 5, Rueter 2, Hardiek 1, Divley 6, Armstrong 2, Rieman 4
Taylorville -- Cummings 4, Letniku 3, Mann 6, Sagle 15, Warren 2
Eighth-Grade Game
Effingham 2 7 6 2 -- 17
Taylorville 7 5 9 9 -- 30
Effingham -- Martin 2, Krouse 7, Kull 2, Niebrugge 4, Boone 2
Taylorville -- Anselm 11, Falecia 9, Moses 3, Allen 5, Minks 2
At Neoga
Seventh-Grade Game
Effingham 10 8 9 4 -- 31
Neoga 0 0 4 10 -- 14
Effingham -- Jones 4, Arend 2, Rueter 4, Divley 6, Armstrong 6, Robson 2, Stone 1, Hagler 2, Ruman 4
Neoga -- Stodden 8, Phillips 6
Eighth-Grade Game
Effingham 6 5 6 7 -- 24
Neoga 2 8 4 4 -- 18
Effingham -- Martin 8, Krouse 8, Kull 2, Niebrugge 6
Neoga -- Titus 5, O. Titus 4, Saunders 3, Sheehan 6
At Lawrenceville
Teutopolis Junior High split girls basketball victories with Lawrenceville Thursday evening.
Lawrenceville was a 17-13 winner in the seventh-grade contest. The winners held a 13-6 halftime lead. Carly Michels led T-town with 11 points as the Shoes dropped to 1-3.
In eighth-grade action, T-town leaped out to a 20-2 first half lead and won 28-17 to remain unbeaten at 4-0. Olivia Niemerg tallied six and Claire Bushur five for the Shoes.
T-town will host Central A&M and Marshall for a Shootout Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.
At Lawrenceville
Seventh-Grade Game
Teutopolis 2 4 4 3 -- 13
Lawrenceville 5 8 2 2 -- 17
Teutopolis -- Michels 11, Runde 2
Lawrenceville -- Williams 4, Higginbotham 4, Shick 4, Petty 5
Eighth-Grade Game
Teutopolis 10 10 6 2 -- 28
Lawrenceville 0 2 4 11 -- 17
Teutopolis -- Niemerg 6, Brumelve 2, Bushur 5, Mette 4, Roepke 2, Funneman 4, Schumacher 4, Bloemer 1
Lawrenceville -- Petty 2, Akers 13, Seitzinger 2
At Dieterich
Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor picked up a seventh-grade win over Dieterich 39-11 to improve to 3-2 in the National Trail Conference and 3-3 overall.
Hoene tallied 16 and Schlechte 15 for the winners. Dieterich was led by Bloemer with four.
In eighth-grade play, Dieterich took a 29-25 victory. Mahnke tallied eight to lead the way while three players tallied six points each. Stew-Stras/Windsor was led by Hayes and Schlechte with eight points each. SSW drops to 0-5 in the conference, 0-6 overall.
At Dieterich
Seventh-Grade Game
Stew-Stras/Windsor 4 8 19 8 -- 39
Dieterich 4 2 1 4 -- 11
Stew-Stras/Windsor -- Hoene 16, Schlechte 15, Mi. Nichols 6, Me. Nichols 2
Dieterich -- Bloemer 4, Bierman 3, Schmidt 2, Locey 2
Eighth-Grade Game
Stew-Stras/Windsor 10 5 6 4 -- 25
Dieterich 10 8 3 8 -- 29
Stew-Stras/Windsor -- Hayes 8, Schlechte 8, Arthur 4, Davis 2, Hoene 2, Blythe 1
Dieterich -- Mahnke 8, Niemerg 6, Johnson 6, Bierman 6, Bloemer 2, Brummer 1
At Beecher City
Sigel St. Michael beat Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick twice. St. Michael took a 23-19 victory in the seventh-grade contest. It was the first loss for BCCH who drops to 2-1 in the National Trail Conference, 8-1 overall.
Niebrugge scored 11 for the winners. Madison Cherry tallied six for BCCH.
In eighth-grade play, St. Michael edged BCCH 41-37. BCCH held a 19-12 halftime lead. The Sharpshooters came back with a 21-9 second half run to tie the score at 31-31 sending the game into overtime. In the overtime session, the Sharpshooters outscored BCCH 10-6.
Niebrugge led the way with 16 points while Micah McWhorter added 14. Lauren Wojcik led BCCH (1-2, 3-3) with 15.
At Beecher City
Seventh-Grade Game
St. Michael 7 8 2 6 -- 23
BCCH 2 5 2 10 -- 19
Sigel St. Michael -- Swearingen 2, Budde 1, Niebrugge 11, Bueker 5, Haarmann 4
Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Burks 3, Rauch 4, Moeller 4, Gour 2, Cherry 6
Eighth-Grade Game
Overtime
St. Michael 5 7 8 11 10 -- 41
BCCH 5 14 9 3 6 -- 37
Sigel St. Michael -- Hill 1, Budde 3, McWhorter 14, Niebrugge 16, Bueker 6, Haarmann 1
Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Wheeler 6, Burks 4, Moon 2, Blaine 3, Wojcik 15, Cherry 7
At Newton
Jasper County handed Red Hill (Bridgeport) two losses Thursday evening.
Jasper County won the seventh-grade game 20-8. Whitney Zumbahlen scored eight and Jacey Parr six.
In the eighth-grade contest, Jasper County was a 45-10 winner. Jasper County held an 18-6 first half lead then had a 15-2 third period run.
Abby Stone scored 10 and Josie Grunloh nine for the winners.
At Newton
Seventh-Grade Game
Red Hill 2 4 2 0 -- 8
Jasper County 6 4 6 4 -- 20
Red Hill -- no scoring listed
Jasper County -- Parr 6, Frichtl 2, Zumbahlen 8, Einhorn 4
Eighth-Grade Game
Red Hll 4 2 2 2 -- 10
Jasper County 9 9 15 12 -- 45
Red Hill -- Labo 4, Bowersock 2, Murray 2, Leib 2
Jasper County -- Stone 10, Grunloh 9, Carr 8, Harris 8, Russell 4, Jansen 2, Bierman 2, Higgs 2
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