Junior High Girls Basketball -- Oct. 24

Effingham Junior High School split victories with Olney Monday evening in girls basketball action.

Olney won the seventh-grade contest 38-20. The visitors led 24-14 at halftime. Bushur led the Mustangs with eight points. Effingham dropped to 7-3.

In eighth-grade play, Effingham was a 26-23 winner to improve to 4-6. Arend tallied eight and Diveley seven for the winners.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Olney               15    9    7    7    --    38

Effingham          6    8    2    4    --    20

Olney -- Greenwood 4, Blank 16, VanMatre 8, Smith 6, Biyok 2, Ingram 2

Effingham -- Schaefer 5, Harden 2, Bushur 8, Althoff 3, Sowell 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Olney                 2    4      3    14    --    23

Effingham          9    5    10      2    --    26

Olney -- Tedford 2, Alexander 9, Rottinghouse 5, Ferguson 2, Laughlin 1, Ameter 2, Thom 2

Effingham -- Dieveley 7, Armstrong 5, Stone 2, Arend 8, Schneiderjon 2, Rieman 2

At Dieterich

Dieterich played host to Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City and claimed both victories Monday evening.

Dieterich won the seventh-grade game 28-20. Boerngen tallied 12 for the winners. Gracie Heckert led CHBC with 14.

In eighth-grade action, Dieterich won 33-21. Bloemer scored nine and Locey eight for the winners. Carsen Burks tallied six for CHBC.

At Dieterich

Seventh-Grade Game

CHBC                  0    6     2    12    --    20

Dieterich          11    6    10     1    --    28

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Morrison 2, Heckert 14, Dye 2, Wojcik 2

Dieterich -- Schmidt 1, Boerngen 12, Meinhart 4, Pruemer 6, Brummer 5

Eighth-Grade Game

CHBC                6      5    6    4    --    21

Dieterich           8    13    7    5    --    33

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Lorton 2, Bunch 5, Burks 6, Vaughn 2, Sloan 2, Cherry 4

Dieterich -- Bloemer 9, Locey 8, Ohnesorge 6, Boerngen 6, Meinhart 4