Junior High School Boys Basketball -- Dec. 1

ALTAMONT -- Effingham St. Anthony claimed a seventh-grade B boys basketball game victory over Altamont Lutheran Tuesday evening.

Altamont Lutheran held a 12-6 halftime lead. The Bullpups came back with a 20-12 second half run. Utz tallied seven points for the winnenrs.

Altamont Lutheran was led by Ruffner with seven points and Klimpal with six.

At Altamont

St. Anthony                      6    0    10    10    --    26

Altamont Lutheran          4    8      6      6    --    24

St. Anthony -- Stephens 5, Faber 2, Wiedman 3, Nuxoll 3, Dust 4, Willenborg 2, Utz 7

Altamont Lutheran -- Ruffner 7, Reardon 2, Budde 4, Klimpal 6, Robbins 5

At Effingham

Effingham defeated Salem Franklin Park in both seventh and eighth grade play.

The Mustangs won the seventh-grade encountr 51-22. Effingham had an 18-7 first quarter score and a 16-7 third period surge. Wolfe scored 14 for the winners and improved to 6-3.

In the eighth-grade contest, the Mustangs outscored Salem Franklin Park 51-37. Utz led the way with 19 points. Snow had five steals. Shackelford and Pemberton had six rebounds each. The Mustangs are now 3-6 on the season.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Salem Franklin Park             7    4      7    4    --    22

Effingham                           18    9    16    8    --    51

Salem Franklin Park -- Williams 3, Boler 1, Adams 2, Lybarger 5, Hays 2, Guinn 2, Smith 7

Effingham -- Ballazhi 8, Duncan 4, Stoneburner 4, N. Thompson 7, Wolfe 14, Lee 2, Blickem 1, Woomer 1, Raddatz 5, B. Thompson 2, Woelfer 3

Eighth-Grade Game

Salem Franklin Park             7    13    9     8    --    37

Effingham                           13    17    5    16    --    51

Salem Franklin Park -- no statistics listed

Effingham -- Snow 8, Utz 19, Niebrugge 6, Shackelford 5, Cramsey 4, Pemberton 4, Thompson 3, Siner 2

At Effingham

Sigel St. Michael picked up two wins over host Effingham Sacred Heart Tuesday.

The Sharpshooters won the seventh-grade contest 41-20. Croy scored 16 for the winners. The Shamrocks were led by Tegler with nine.

In the eighth-grade contest, St. Michael won 46-14. Croy tallied 14 while K. Fearday had 13 for the Sharpshooters. Sacred Heart was led by Tegler with five.

At Sacred Heart

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Michael 41, Sacred Heart 20

Sigel St. Michael -- Niebrugge 4, Will 2, Cornell 4, Hotze 6, Walk 3, Croy 16, Ruholl 4, Young 2

Sacred Heart -- L. Swingler 5, Wallace 2, Wiedman 2, Conkling 2, Tegler 9

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Michael 46, Sacred Heart 14

Sigel St. Michael -- Althoff 7, K. Fearday 6, Hotze 4, K. Fearday 13, Ruholl 2, Croy 14

Sacred Heart -- Bowlin 2, W. Swingler 4, Wallace 2, Conkling 1,Tegler 5

At Neoga

Neoga nabbed two wins over Stewardson-Strasburg in action Tuesday evening.

Neoga won the seventh-grade game 34-28. Stew-Stras took a 22-16 halftime lead but Neoga came back with an 18-6 second half run. Vaughn scored 16 and McClure 14 for the winners. Wernsing led Stew-Stras with 16 as the Stars fell to 1-4 in the National Trail Conference, 2-7 overall.

In eighth-grade play, Neoga won 36-24. Johnson scored 17 and Roy 10 for the winners. Stew-Stras was led by Jesgarz with 13. The Stars are 1-4 in the conference, 2-7 overall.

At Neoga

Seventh-Grade Game

Stew-Stras            13    9    2      4    --    28

Neoga                    10    6    8    10    --    34

Stew-Stras -- Wernsing 16, Kinkelaar 8, Sayers 4

Neoga -- Vaughn 16, McClure 14, Titus 2, Lacy 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Stew-Stras          8    13    3    0    --    24

Neoga                  4    15    9    8    --    36

Stew-Stras -- Jesgarz 13, Kirby 8, Slifer 2, Walden 1

Neoga -- Johnson 17, Roy 10, Banning 4, Moore 3, Fairbanks 2

At Marshall

In seventh-grade action, Teutopolis defeated Marshall 43-39. The two were tied at 13-13 after the opening quarter. T-town then pushed ahead 27-20 at halftime and held off Marshall in the second half.

M. Deters led the Shoes with 13 points while Kremer chipped in with nine.

In eighth-grade action, Teutopolis claimed a 29-25 victory. Marshall held a 12-8 opening quarter lead but trailed T-town 18-16 at halftime. Both teams scored two points in the third quarter. T-town had a 9-7 final period run.

T-town was led by Hardiek with 14 points.

At Marshall

Seventh-Grade Game

Teutopolis           13    14    9      7    --    43

Marshall              13      7    9    10    --    39

Teutopolis -- M. Deters 13, Kremer 9, Addis 6, Hardiek 5, Wermert 4, D. Deters 3, Hardiek 3

Marshall -- Sisson 10, Ross 9, Cook 6, Robinson 6, Tingley 4, Rees 4

Eighth-Grade Game

Teutopolis            8    10    2    9    --    29

Marshall             12      4    2    7    --    25

Teutopolis -- Hardiek 14, Hemmen 6, Pals 3, B. Deters 3, McMahon 2, Ungrund 1

Marshall -- Burdick 11, Francis 8, Shaffner 6

At Palestine

Newton St. Thomas captured an eighth-grade victory over Palestine 34-30.

St. Thomas led 19-16 at halftime then had a 13-4 third period run. Will Ochs scored 12 and Seth Weber 10 for the winners who improve to 7-2.

At Palestine

Newton St. Thomas            13    6    13      2    --    34

Palestine                                7    9      4    10    --    30

Newton St. Thomas -- Ochs 12, Weber 10, Barthelme 4, Zumbahlen 4, Wright 2, Higgs 2

Palestine -- Miller 14, McDaniel 7, Newlin 4 (players add up to 25 while 30 listed as final)