Junior High Boys Basketball Results -- Nov. 8

After leading 27-21 at halftime, Effingham St. Anthony's seventh-grade boys basketball team dropped a nail-biter Tuesday to Casey Roosevelt but picked up a one-point win in eighth-grade play.

In the seventh-grade contest, the score was tied at 36-36 going into the final quarter when Roosevelt outscored the Bullpups 12-11 to pull out the 48-47 victory. Brody Niebrugge led the Bullpups with 17 points and nine rebounds. Kyle Stewart contributed 16 points and had two three-pointers. St. Anthony drops to 2-2 on the season.

In the eighth-grade game, Casey Roosevelt held a 10-7 opening quarter lead but St. Anthony came back to lead 16-12 at halftime and 29-25 going into the final quarter. Casey Roosevelt pulled close with a 9-6 run in the final quarter but couldn't overcome the deficit.

St. Anthony had even scoring as Walsh tallied nine, Antrim seven and Laurence six. The Bullpups improve to 2-0.

At Casey

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Anthony                  13    14      9    11    --    47

Casey Roosevelt          10    11    15    12    --    48

St. Anthony -- Mendella 4, Kemme 2, Stewart 16, Blanchette 8, Niebrugge 17

Casey Roosevelt -- Hills 10, Chrysler 7, Robinson 10, Overbeck 21

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Anthony                     7    9    13    6    --    35

Casey Roosevelt           10    2    13    9    --    34

St. Anthony -- Moore 4, Wiedman 2, Nuxoll 5, Walsh 9, Willenborg 2, Antrim 7, Laurence 6

Casey Roosevelt -- Brandenburg 7, Livingston 15, Hosselton 12

At Mount Zion

Mount Zion played host to Effingham and sent the Mustangs home with two losses Tuesday.

Mount Zion won the seventh-grade contest 45-12 with a 22-6 first half run. Joe Matteson led the Mustangs with seven points as they dropped to 0-2.

In eighth-grade action, Mount Zion was a 38-26 winner. The Mustangs couldn't hit their free throws as they tallied only five of 18 for 28 percent.

Wolfe tallied 11 points to lead Effingham.

At Mount Zion

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham             2      4    2      4    --    12

Mount Zion          10    12    9    14    --    45

Effingham -- Matteson 7, only points listed

Mount Zion -- no statistics listed

Eighth-Grade Game

Effingham             2    5    11    8    --    26

Mount Zion           9    5    20    5    --    38

(Mount Zion linescore adds up to 39 while 38 listed as final)

Effingham -- Wolfe 11, Duncan 8, Thompson 5, Woelfer 2

Mount Zion -- Adams 9, London 7, Oliger 6, Bowling 5, DiTommaso 4, Gilman 4, Bailey 2, Lindgren 1

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis downed Flora Floyd Henson in both games Tuesday evening.

The Wooden Shoes broke an 8-8 opening quarter tie with an 8-3 second period and went on for a 37-17 win over Floyd Henson in seventh-grade action.

Bushue led the Shoes with 17 points while K. Althoff contributed eight.

In the eighth-grade contest, T-town pushed into a 12-2 opening quarter lead and never looked back in a 43-22 win.

M. Deters tallied 14 and Wermert eight in the victory.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Flora Floyd Henson           8    3      4      2    --    17

Teutopolis                         8    8    11    10    --    37

Flora Floyd Henson -- Young 11, Warren 4, Helm 2

Teutopolis -- Bushur 17, K. Althoff 8, Bannick 4, M. Althoff 2, Buehnerkemper 2, Ruholl 2, Konkel 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Flora Floyd Henson            2    10    4    6    --    22

Teutopolis                        12    15    8    8    --    43

Flora Floyd Henson -- Gocey 9, Warren 4, Borders 3, Dickey 2, Kimmel 2, Krutsinger 2

Teutopolis -- M. Deters 14, Wermert 8, Hardiek 7, D. Deters 6, Probst 2, Weidner 2, Addis 2, Ruholl 2