Junior High Basketball -- Jan. 16

ST. ELMO -- The Eighth-Grade National Trail Conference Boys Basketball Tournament opened play Friday and Saturday at St. Elmo.

The lone score that was turned in was from Saturday's second game. St. Elmo/Brownstown defeated Stewardson-Strasburg 38-29.

SEB stepped out to an 18-4 opening quarter lead and never looked back. SEB was led by Goldsborough with 15 points.

Stew-Stras was led by Jesgarz with 15 and Kirby with 13. The squad drops to 7-11 on the season.

Other games had Sigel St. Michael against Effingham Sacred Heart, Altamont facing Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City and Neoga taking on Dieterich. The tournament continues tonight.

At St. Elmo

Stew-Stras                                4    2    9    14    --    29

St. Elmo/Brownstown           18    6    5      9    --    38

Stew-Stras -- Jesgarz 15, Kirby 13, Slifer 1

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Goldsborough 15, Pruett 9, Atwood 6, Griggs 2, Logue 2, Bell 2, Baron 2

At Casey

Effingham claimed a 44-26 seventh-grade victory over Casey-Westfield Saturday.

Effingham held a 25-14 halftime lead and had a 19-12 second half. Duncan and Wolfe tallied 15 points each for the Mustangs.

Effingham is now 12-4 on the season with the next game Saturday in the Effingham Regional.

At Casey

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham                      16    9    7    12    --    44

Casey-Westfield           10    4    8      4    --    26

Effingham -- Ballazhi 5, Stoneburner 2, Duncan 15, N. Thompson 2, Wolfe 15, Blickem 2, Woomer 3

Casey-Westfield -- Levingston 12, Dallope 6, Hosselton 8

At Mattoon

Effingham St. Anthony tallied a 40-32 win over Mattoon in seventh-grade action Saturday.

St. Anthony trailed Mattoon 20-17 at halftime then came back with a 10-5 third quarter run and outdistanced Mattoon 13-7 in the final period.

Walsh scored 18 while Lawrence chipped in with eight.

At Mattoon

St. Anthony          11    6    10    13    --    40

Mattoon                14    6      5      7    --    32

St. Anthony -- Antrim 5, Wiedman 2, Walsh 18, Nuxoll 2, Lawrence 8, Moore 5

Mattoon -- Nichols 2, Johnson 14, Schick 6, Corder 6, Williams 2, Kirts 2

 At Decatur

Teutopolis nabbed two victories over Decatur Robertson Saturday.

In seventh-grade action, T-town was a 51-35 winner. The Shoes took a 27-15 halftime lead then had a 24-20 second half.

Addis tallied 17 for the Shoes while M. Deters chipped in with 15.

In the eighth-grade contest, T-town edged out Robertson 42-38. The Shoes held a 19-18 halftime lead. Robertson came back with a 13-10 third quarter run to pull within 33-31 going into the final quarter. T-town then had a 9-7 edge.

Ungrund tallied 14 and Hemmen 11 for the Shoes.

At Decatur

Seventh-Grade Game

Teutopolis           15    12    7    17    --    51

Robertson             5    10    8    12    --    35

Teutopolis -- Addis 17, M. Deters 15, Ruholl 7, Wermert 5, Hardiek 4, D. Deters 3

Decatur Robertson -- Smith 12, Terry 11, Brown 6, Slaw 4, Young 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Teutopolis          10    13    10    9    --    42

Robertson            6    12    13    7    --    38

Teutopolis -- Ungrund 14, Hemmen 11, Hardiek 7, B. Deters 6, Pals 2, McMahon 2

Decatur Robertson -- Carson 13, Smith 10, Phillips 9, Lawson 4, Patton 2