Junior High School Boys Basketball -- Dec. 7

SIGEL -- St. Elmo/Brownstown and Stewardson-Strasburg picked up victories to advance to the consolation championship of the Seventh-Grade Boys National Trail Conference Basketball Tournament Monday evening.

SEB defeated Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 34-17. SEB took a 22-5 halftime lead.

Rosborough tallied 12 points for the winners. Robertson led CHBC with 17.

In the second contest, Stewardson-Strasburg defeated Effingham Sacred Heart 25-13. Stew-Stras took a 16-6 opening half lead and had a 9-2 third quarter run.

Vonderheide tallied eight and Wernsing seven for the winners who improve to 3-9. Sacred Heart was led by Swingler and Wallace with four each.

Stew-Stras will face BSE at 5:30 p.m. Thursday for the consy championship. Tonight's games feature Sigel St. Michael against Neoga at 6:15 followed by Altamont taking on Dieterich at 7:30 in winner bracket play.

NTC Tournament

Game Six

SEB          10    12    3    9    --    34

CHBC          3     2    5    9    --    19

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Myers 3, Powell 4, Grull 6, Tish 3, Rosborough 12, Durbin 2, Miller 2, Brauer 2

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Doty 2, Robertson 17.

Game Seven

Stew-Stras              8    8    9     0    --    25

Sacred Heart          2     4    2     5    --    13

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Vonderheide 8, Wernsing 7, Kinkelaar 6, Kirby 2, Beals 2

Sacred Heart -- Swingler 4, Wallace 4, Wiedman 2, Conkling 2, Tegelar 1

At Effingham

Effingham St. Anthony downed Flora in both games. The Bullpups won the seventh-grade contest 40-23. St. Anthony took a 23-11 halftime lead.

Walsh scored 12 and Lawrence eight for the winners.

In eighth-grade play, St. Anthony trailed 12-10 at halftime then had a 14-5 third quarter run to pull out a 31-24 win over Flora. Hoene scored nine and Tingley eight for the Bullpups.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Game

Flora                          2      9      3    9    --    23

St. Anthony            11    12    15    2    --    40

Flora -- Warren 3, Kemmel 2, Goley 2, Krutsinger 3, Boardsers 2, Dickie 4, Cook 2, Deasi 3, Song 2

St. Anthony -- Antrim 5, Schuette 2, Wiedman 7, Walsh 12, Lawrence 8, Moore 6

Eighth-Grade  Game

Flora                       4    8      5    7    --    24

St. Anthony           2    8    14    7    --    31

Flora -- Conrad 8, Beckham 4, Freeman 4, Lehman 4, Warren 2, Gocey 2

St. Anthony -- Flach 2, Hoene 9, Webb 7, Elder 3, Tingley 8, Fitzgerald 2

At Centralia

Effingham traveled to Centralia and suffered two losses Monday evening.

In the seventh-grade contest, Centralia claimed a 50-38 victory. Wolfe tallied nine for the Mustangs.

In the eighth-grade contest, Centralia was a 56-30 winner. Effingham had four players with six points, Snow, Cramsey, Kalber and Siner. The Mustangs drop to 3-8.

At Centralia

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham            9    16      4    9    --    38

Centralia            17    13    12    8    --    50

Effingham -- Ballazhi 6, Duncan 7, N. Thompson 5, Wolfe 9, Lee 7, Logan 2, Briggerman 2

Centralia -- Brown 8, Harlan 7, Tabor 10, Smith 4, Offutt 7, Blakence 14

Eighth-Grade Game

Effingham             1    10    11     9     --    30

Centralia             20     7     16    13    --    56

(Effingham linescore adds up to 31 while 30 listed as final)

Effingham -- Utz 3, Pemberton 3, Snow 6, Cramsey 6, Kalber 6, Siner 6

Centralia -- Blakemore 20, Offutt 9, Smith 7, Washington 9, Serest 4, Maas 3, Jones 2, McClain 2

At Louisville

North Clay (Louisville) claimed victories over Olney St. Joe. North Clay won the seventh-grade contest 32-19.

St. Joe took a 5-0 first quarter lead but North Clay led 9-7 at halftime then had a 23-11 second half score. Bible and Griffy tallied eight points each for the winners.

In the eighth-grade contest, North Clay downed St. Joe 66-44. North Clay held a 34-21 first half lead then had a 21-6 third quarter run.

Tyson Jones tallied 23 and Colby Zimdars 20 for the winners.

At Louisville

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Joe                   5    3      7      4    --    19

North Clay            0    9    12    11    --    32

St. Joe -- Kocher 2, Dorn 6, Diel 5, Blank 1, Schneider 5

North Clay -- Bible 8, Rinehart 2, Anthony 7, Greenwood 2, Clifton 4, Griffy 8, Weidner 1

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Joe                    8    13    16      7    --    44

North Clay           12    22    21    11    --    66

St. Joe -- Ackman 7, Jensen 20, Clodfelter 4, Stephenson 4, Mitchell 4, Dorn 1, Diel 4

North Clay -- Zimdars 20, Jones 23, Bible 2, Fleener 3, Crull 6, Hoho 4, Klyrich 2, Bailey 2, Holkenbrink 2, Clark 2