Junior High Boys Basketball -- Nov. 21

Effingham Junior High School split wins against visiting Champaign Edison in boys basketball competition Saturday.

Effingham fell in seventh-grade play 54-48. the Mustangs trailed Edison 26-19 at halftime and came back to outscore the visitors in the second half but only by a 29-28 count.

Wolfe tallied 24 for the Mustangs who drop to 4-3.

In eighth-grade play, Effingham picked up its first win of the season by beating Edison 33-15. The Mustangs held a 13-9 first half lead then had a 20-6 second half run.

Snow tallied 13 for the winners. Niebrugge led in assists with four while Pemberton pulled down 11 rebounds. Effingham is now 1-6 on the season.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Champaign Edison             14    12    13    15    --    54

Effingham                            11     8    12    17    --    48

Champaign Edison -- Doubet 2, Pettingrew 13, Hughes 8, Monroe 2, Dee 5, Wagner 4, Parker 20

Effingham -- Ballazhi 4, Duncan 8, Stoneburner 3, N. Thompson 6, Wolfe 24, Lee 3

Eighth-Grade Game

Champaign Edison           6    3      3      3    --    15

Effingham                         5    8    10    10    --    33

Champaign Edison -- Ingram 6, Troy 6, Chapman 1, Moore 2

Effingham -- Snow 13, Pemberton 6, Kalber 6, Niebrugge 3, Waldhoff 3, Shackelford 2