Junior High Girls Basketball Results -- Oct. 20

Effingham and Charleston split junior high school girls basketball wins Thursday evening.

The Mustangs won the seventh-grade encounter 28-19 to improve to 6-2 on the season. Duncan tallied 10 while Schaefer and Sowell had eight each.

In eighth-grade action, Charleston claimed a 51-19 victory. Diveley led EJHS with 15 points as the Mustangs dropped to 3-5.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Charleston             0      2    7    10    --    19

Effingham            13    10    5      0    --    28

Charleston -- Coffee 4, Wood 11, Campbell 4

Effingham -- Schaefer 8, Bushur 1, Lohman 1, Duncan 10, Sowell 8

Eighth-Grade Game

Charleston             19    17    11    4    --    51

Effingham                2    13      2    2    --    19

Charleston -- Buescher 7, Littleford 25, McGahey 4, Harpster 2, Moore 4, Lutz 8, Blase 1

Effingham -- Diveley 15, Schneiderjon 2, Robson 2

At Dieterich

Dieterich and Sigel St. Michael advanced in winner bracket play at the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Girls Basketball Tournament Thursday.

Dieterich beat Altamont 44-39 in double overtime. The two squads played to a 34-34 tie in regulation. In the opening overtime, the two teams tallied five points each. Dieterich then blanked Altamont 5-0 in the second overtime.

Oschwald led the winners with 13 points while Boerngen added 11. Altamont was led by McManaway with 19.

Sigel St. Michael handed Effingham Sacred Heart a 19-14 loss. The Sharpshooters held a 9-6 opening half lead then had an 8-2 third quarter run.

Fearday tallied six while Niebrugge had five for the winners. The Shamrocks were led by Karolewicz with 10.

In consolation bracket action, Altamont fell to Neoga 32-26 in overtime. The two teams played to a 26-26 regulation tie. In the overtime period. Neoga had  6-0 run for the victory.

Neoga was led by Dunn with 21 points. Altamont was led by McManaway with 19.

The tournament continues today with a consy bracket game featuring North Clay (Louisville) and Sacred Heart at 5:30 p.m. followed by winner bracket action with Dieterich taking on Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City at 6:45 and Brownstown/St. Elmo against Sigel St. Michael at 8.

The winners from tonight's games will play for the consolation championship at 9 a.m. Saturday, third place at 10:15 a.m. and the championship at 11:30 a.m.

At Dieterich

Game Four

Double Overtime

Dieterich          7    9    8    10    5    5    --    44

Altamont         3    13    9    9    5    0    --    39

Dieterich -- L. Brummer 1, Hall 2, Boerngen 11, Meinhart 8, Pruemer 7, Oschwald 13, M. Brummer 2

Altamont -- Berg 4, Rem. Miller 5, Fitzjarrald 4, Walker 5, Hassebrock 2, McManaway 19

Game Five

St. Michael                 3    6    8    2    --    19

Sacred Heart             0    6    2    6    --    14

Sigel St. Michael -- Bueker 2, Niebrugge 5, Schumacher 4, Cremens 2, Fearday 6

Sacred Heart -- Helmink 2, Karolewicz 10, Rozene 2

Game Six

Overtime

Altamont           5    4    9     8    0    --    26

Neoga               5    2    9    10   6    --    32

Altamont -- Berg 3, Rem. Miller 1, Walker 2, Becker 1, McManaway 19

Neoga -- Morrison 1, Gresens 4, Rentfro 3, Fuller 21, Moore 3

At Palestine

Jasper County nabbed two victories over Palestine in action Thursday.

Jasper County was a 14-8 winner in seventh-grade play. Jasper County led 7-4 at halftime before Palestine tied in the third quarter. Jasper County then had a 7-1 final period run. Amber Russell tallied seven points to lead the winners.

In eighth-grade play, Jasper County claimed a 29-12 victory. Jasper County took a 12-0 first quarter lead.

Whitney Zumbahlen scored eight for the winners.

At Palestine

Seventh-Grade Game

Jasper County            6    1    0    7    --    14

Palestine                    0    4    3    1    --      8

Jasper County -- Russell 7, Kidwell 4, White 2, Borgic 1

Palestine -- Draper 5, Rudd 2, Coffman 1

Eighth-Grade Game

Jasper County              12    4    9    4    --     29

Palestine                        0    2    6    4    --    12

Jasper County -- Zumbahlen 8, Parr 6, Michl 6, Murray 2, Rodriguez 2, Fritchtl 2, Flowers 2, Einhorn 1

Palestine -- Burton 8, Draper 2, Piper 2