Junior High Boys Basketball -- Jan. 19

Sigel St. Michael and Altamont moved into the championship of the National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament with victories Tuesday evening.

St. Michael beat St. Elmo/Brownstown 50-32. No other information provided.

Altamont downed Neoga 52-30. Altamont held a 27-21 halftime lead then had an 11-3 third quarter run to put the game away.

Gelsinger tallied 14 while Delaney added 10, Kollmann nine and Reardon eight for the winners.

Neoga was led by Banning with 11.

The finals are now set for Thursday evening. Stewardson-Strasburg faces Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City at 5:30 p.m. for the consolation championship followed by St. Elmo/Brownstown against Neoga at 6:45 for third place and St. Michael facing Altamont at 8 for the championship.

NTC Eighth-Grade Tournament

Altamont           13    14    11    12    --    50

Neoga                  9    12      3      6    --    30

Altamont -- Delaney 10, Eller 5, Gelsinger 14, Reardon 8, Hill 4, Kollmann 9

Neoga -- Moore 3, Banning 11, Johnson 5, Roy 7, Buerk 4

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis picked up two victories over Robinson Tuesday evening.

In the seventh-grade contest, T-town won 39-5. The Shoes held Robinson scoreless in the first half with a 25-0 lead.

M. Deters tallied 10 for the winners.

In the eighth-grade game, T-town stepped out to a 10-2 opening quarter lead and led 23-8 at halftime then had a 12-2 third quarter run.

Ungrund scored 16 and Hemmen 11 for the Shoes.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Robinson                0    0      2    3    --       5

Teutopolis            19    6    12    2    --    39

Robinson -- Chapman 2, Young 2, Middleton 1

Teutopolis -- M. Deters 10, Weidner 6, Wermert 4, Addis 4, Ruholl 4, Hardiek 3, D. Deters 2, Mersman 2, Probst 2, Hardiek 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Robinson                2      6       2    11    --    21

Tetuopolis            10    13    12    11    --    46

Robinson -- Roy 6, Childress 5, Land 4, Staats 4, Beard 2

Teutopolis -- Ungrund 16, Hemmen 11, Hardiek 6, B. Deters 4, McMahon 4, Probst 2, Pals 2, Hemmen 1

At Newton

Jasper County split victories with Paris Mayo Tuesday evening.

Paris Mayo claimed the seventh-grade contest 38-23. Evan Schafer had 10 points for Jasper County.

The eighth-grade contest went to Jasper County 40-35. Jarrett Tharp had 13 points for the winners. Paris Mayo held a 24-11 first half lead before Jasper County came back with a 29-11 second half run.

At Newton

Seventh-Grade Game

Paris Mayo               12      6    12    8    --    38

Jasper County           2    14      2    5    --    23

Paris Mayo -- no scorers listed

Jasper County -- Schafer 10, no other scorers listed

Eighth-Grade Game

Paris Mayo             14    10     5       6    --    35

Jasper County          8     3    12    17    --    40

Paris Mayo -- Mays 13, no other scorers listed

Jasper County -- Tharp 13, Eckl 8, no other scorers listed