Junior High Boys Basketball -- Nov. 24

Effingham St. Anthony split junior high boys basketball victories with Vandalia Tuesday evening.

The Bullpups won the seventh-grade game 46-28. St. Anthony held a 24-17 halftime lead then had a 14-7 third quarter surge. Walsh tallied 16 and Moore 10 for the winners.

In the eighth-grade game, St. Anthony fell behind early but came back with a 23-15 third quarter run to pull ahead 48-47 going into the final quarter. Vandalia then had 13-10 lead to claim the 60-58 win.

Dust tallied 30 to lead the Bullpups while Hoene added 11 and Tingley 10.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Game

Vandalia                   6    11       7    4    --    28

St. Anthony            11    13    14    8    --    46

Vandalia -- Marquart 2, Thompson 4, Isaiah 15, Goldsmith 4, Beall 2, Bowles 1

St. Anthony -- Antrim 8, Schuette 4, Walsh 16, Nuxoll 2, Lawrence 4, Dust 2, Moore 10

Eighth-Grade Game

Vandalia                18    14    15    13    --    60

St. Anthony           13    12    23    10    --    58

Vandalia -- Ritchey 17, Sutterthwaite 4, Vells 12, Austin 10, Stanley 11, Durbin 4, Davis 2

St. Anthony -- Hoene 11, Heuerman 2, Webb 1, Elder 4, Tingley 10, Dust 30

At Mattoon

In B action, Effingham downed Mattoon twice Tuesday evening.

The Mustangs won the seventh-grade B contest 39-11 with a 14-4 first quarter run. Thompson and Woelfer tallied six points each for the winners.

In the eighth-grade B game, Effingfham was a 45-17 winner. Utz led in scoring with 13 and rebounds with six.

At Mattoon

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham            14    12    10    5    --    39

Mattoon                 4      2      2    3    --    11

(Effingham linescore adds up to 41 while 39 listed as final)

Effingham -- Lee 3, Blickem 2, Fielitz 5, Logan 5, Woomer 4, Raddatz 4, Thompson 6, Woelfer 6, Briggerman 4

Mattoon -- Eldridge 5, Gonzalez 2, Annis 2, Spencer 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Effingham 45, Mattoon 17

Effingham -- Utz 13, Waldhoff 5, Ritz 4, Beck 6, Waymoth 4, Donsbach 2, Arend 9, Jones 2

Mattoon -- no scorers listed.

At Effingham

Effingham Sacred Heart defeated Windsor in both games Tuesday.

The Shamrocks won the seventh-grade encounter 33-27. Tegeler scored 11 for the winners. Wheeler led Windsor with 14.

In eighth-grade action, Sacred Heart won 30-22. Tegeler scored seven while Conkling added six for the Shamrocks. Windsor was led by Domzalski and Mulligan with six each.

At Sacred Heart

Seventh-Grade Game

Sacred Heart 33, Windsor 27

Windsor -- Rhoades 4, Diclasure 2, Welton 2, Miller 3, Wheeler 14 (players add up to 25 while 27 listed as final)

Sacred Heart -- Eaton 4, Swisher 6, Feldhake 2, Conkling 6, Brummer 2, Buenker 2, Tegeler 11

Eighth-Grade Game

Sacred Heart 30, Windsor 22

Windsor -- Domzalski 6, Welton 2, Howard 5, Jahnssen 2, Wheeler 1, Mulligan 6

Sacred Heart -- Rogers 5, Bowlin 2, L. Swingler 2, W. Swingler 3, Wallace 4, Conkling 6, Tegeler 7, Niehart 1

At Cowden

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick and Stewardson-Strasburg split victories Tuesday evening.

BCCH won the seventh-grade game 41-37 with a 24-16 second half run after trailing 21-17 at halftime. Robertson scored 15 and Persinger 12 for the winners. Wernsing led the Stars (2-5) with 21.

In the eighth-grade game, Stew-Stras improved to 2-5 with a 39-26 win over BCCH. BCCH led 18-13 at halftime before Stew-Stras came back with a 26-8 second half run.

Kirby led the winners with 23 points. BCCH was led by Robertson with 10.

At Cowden

Seventh-Grade Game

Stew-Stras            15    6      8    8    --    37

BCCH                       9    8    15    9    --    41

Stew-Stras -- Kinkelaar 1, Kirby 2, Beals 5, Sayers 2, Vonderheide 6, Wernsing 21

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Persinger 12, Burrus 2, Rhodes 1, Doty 2, Robertson 15, Manley 6, Beck 3

Eighth-Grade Game

Stew-Stras            8    5    13    13    --    39

BCCH                   12    6      6       2    --    26

Stew-Sras -- Wladen 2, Jesgarz 8, Kirby 23, Wernsing 6

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Robertson 10, Taylor 2, Manley 2, Brown 6, Allison 6