Junior High Girls Basketball -- November 19

Effingham and Teutopolis split junior high girls basketball victories Thursday evening.

The Mustangs won the seventh-grade game 30-22. Effingham took an 18-14 halftime lead then had a 12-8 second half run. Diveley tallied 18 for the winners. T-town was led by Carly Michels with seven as the Shoes dropped to 13-8.

In the eighth-grade contest, T-town was dominant with a 38-3 win. T-town held Effingham scoreless in the opening quarter for a 15-0 count. Olivia Niemerg led the winners with 16 points. The Shoes improve to 21-0 on the season. Effingham was led by Kull with two.

Both teams will head into regional action Monday and Tuesday.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Teutopolis             5    9    4    4    --    22

Effingham           11    7    5    7    --    30

Teutopolis -- Michels 9, Hoelscher 7, Bushue 2, McMahon 4

Effingham -- Rueter 2, Diveley 18, Armstrong 6, Hagler 2, Rieman 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Teutopolis            15    11    10    2    --    38

Effingham              0       1      2    0     --     3

Teutopolis -- Brumleve 2, Bushur 3, Mette 1, Niemerg 16, Bloemer 6, Michels 4, Roepke 2, Schumacher 2, Funneman 2

Effingham -- Niebrugge 1, Crowell 2

At Strasburg

Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor claimed the seventh-grade game over Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick, 30-21.

SSW held a 10-8 first half lead then had a 20-13 second half run. Hayes scored nine and Nichols eight for the winners who improve to 5-2 in the National Trail Conference, 13-7 overall. Cherry tallied 11 for BCCH.

In the eighth-grade contest, BCCH claimed a 36-9 victory. BCCH took a 20-5 first half lead and never looked back. Robertson, Wojak and Wheeler tallied eight points each for the winners. SSW dropped to 0-7 in the conference, 5-14 overall.

SSW and BCCH will compete in the same regional at Neoga and will meet again Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

At Strasburg

Seventh-Grade Game

BCCH            8    0      8      5    --    21

SSW             6    4    10    10    --    30

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Cherry 11, Moeller 4, Rauch 2, Burks 2, Vaughn 1, Sloan 1

Stew-Stras/Windsor -- Hayes 9, Nichols 8, Hoene 7, Dasenbrock 2, Orman 2, Schlechte 2

Eighth-Grade Game

BCCH           12    8    7    9    --    36

SSW              2    3    4    0    --      9

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Robertson 8, Wojak 8, Wheeler 8, Moon 7, Blaine 3, Rauch 2

Stew-Stras/Windsor -- Arthur 2, Hayes 2, Schlechte 2, Nichols 2, Davis 1