Junior High Boys Basketball -- November 17

Effingham Sacred Heart beat Mattoon St. John in both seventh and eighth grade boys basketball play Tuesday evening.

The Shamrocks won the seventh-grade contest 26-8. Ten players scored for Sacred Heart with Swingler, Frauli and Zerrusen getting four points each. The Shamrocks evened their record to 3-3.

In eighth-grade competition, Sacred Heart picked up its first victory by a 37-17 count. Tegeler scored nine and Bowlin eight for the winners who improve to 1-5.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Mattoon St. John          2    0    3    3    --     8

Sacred Heart               10    8    6    2    --   26

Mattoon St. John -- Gardner 2, Pomtenvant 2, Lange 1, Grove 1, Rufalo 2

Sacred Heart -- Eaton 2, Swingler 4, Doedtman 2, Feldhake 2, Wallace 2, Wiedman 2, Conkling 2, Frauli 4, Tegeler 2, Zerrusen 4

Eighth-Grade Game

Mattoon St. John          3    4       1    9    --    17

Sacred Heart                 7    8    17    5    --    37

Mattoon St. John -- Fuller 4, Winogood 4, Grove 8, Fultz 1

Sacred Heart -- Rogers 5, Bowlin 8, W. Swingler 7, L. Swingler 4, Tegeler 9, Wallace 2, Conkling 2

At  Altamont

Vandalia came calling and claimed two wins over Altamont Tuesday evening.

Vandalia was a 44-38 winner in the seventh-grade contest. Isaiah tallied 32 points for the winners. He scored 14 in the opening quarter and had 25 by halftime.

Altamont was led by Cripe with 10.

In the eighth-grade game, Vandalia claimed a 52-36 win. Ritchey and Wells scored 14 points each for the winners. Altamont was led by Kollmann with 12 and Gelsinger with 10.

At Altamont

Seventh-Grade Game

Vandalia           14    15    10    5    --    44

Altamont            9    10    10    9    --    38

Vandalia -- Tarkington 6, Thompson 2, Isaiah 32, Goldsmith 2, Stewart 2

Altamont -- Baucum 8, Cripe 10, Brewer 4, Eirhart 10, Abendroth 6

Eighth-Grade Game

Vandalia            17    20    4    11    --    52

Altamont             4      8    7    17    --    36

Vandalia -- Ritchey 14, Wells 14, Austin 2, Davis 7, Largent 6, Stanley 3, Durbin 4, Ess 2

Altamont -- Delaney 2, Eller 3, Miller 2, Gelsinger 10, Reardon 7, Kollmann 12