Junior High Boys Basketball -- Dec. 2-3

Sigel St. Michael, Neoga, Stewardson-Strasburg and Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City advanced in the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament during the weekend.

In Friday action, Altamont won over Effingham Sacred Heart 25-16 and Stewardson-Strasburg downed Windsor 54-27.

In Saturday play, Sigel St. Michael defeated Altamont 46-11 while Neoga won over North Clay (Louisville) 40-31, Stew-Stras beat Dieterich 42-37 and CHBC handed St. Elmo/Brownstown a 45-18 loss.

The tournament continues tonight as Altamont faces North Clay at 6:15 and Dieterich takes on St. Elmo/Brownstown at 7:30 in consolation bracket play. Tuesday's games feature St. Michael against Neoga at 6:15 and Stew-Stras facing CHBC at 7:30 in winner bracket play.

NTC Tournament

Friday's Game

Stew-Stras          11    21    10    12    --    54

Windsor                 9       3    13      2    --    27

Stew-Stras -- Kinkelaar 19, Dasenbrock 2, Vonderheide 4, Beals 6, Gracey 2, Wendling 15, other names unreadable

Windsor -- Bartimus 14, Chaisson 2, other names unreadable

Saturday's Game

Stew-Stras          18      1    15      8    --    42

Dieterich                0    13    10    14    --    37

Stew-Stras -- Wernsing 19, Beels 10, Kirby 6, Vonderheide 4, Kinkelaar 3

Dieterich -- Britton 13, Budde 11, Lidy 7, Flood 2, Shadle 2, Kidd 2

At Effingham

Teutopolis picked up two B victories over Effingham in action Friday.

T-town won the seventh-grade B contest 35-32. Meyer and Newlin tallied seven points each for the winners.

Effingham was led by Ritz with 13.

In the eighth-grade B contest, T-town had a 9-0 third quarter to pull out a 26-13 win. Weidner scored seven to lead the way for the Shoes.

Effingham was led by Blickem and Stoneburner with four each.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade B Game

Teutopolis           8    9      7    11    --    35

Effingham           6    4    16      6    --    32

Teutopolis -- Meyer 7, Magee 3, Buehnerkemper 6, Newlin 7, Schmidt 4, Koester 3, Ruholl 2, Burrell 3

Effingham -- Jones 3, Pemberton 2, Ritz 13, Nelson 4, Budde 1, Hardiek 4, Christianson 5

Eighth-Grade B Game

Teutopolis          6    4    9    7    --    26

Effingham           6    2    0    5    --    13

Teutopolis -- Weidner 7, Mersman 5, Niebrugge 5, Parker 3, Koester 2, Kremer 2, Mette 2

Effingham -- Blickem 4, Stoneburner 4,  Raddatz 3, Logan 2

At Mattoon, Olney

In weekend action for Effingham St. Anthony, the Bullpups beat Mattoon in seventh and eighth-grade B action Friday while splitting with Olney in competition Saturday.

In the Friday games, St. Anthony beat Mattoon 33-22 in the seventh-grade contest. Eli Link tallied 13 points for the winners.

In the eighth-grade B game, St. Anthony was a 31-27 winner. Willenborg scored nine for the Bullpups.

In the Saturday contests against Olney, the homestanders won the seventh-grade game 41-36.

In the eighth-grade contest, St. Anthony picked up the eighth-grade game 53-42 to improve to 7-1 on the season.

At Mattoon

Seventh-Grade B Game

St. Anthony          4    4    17    8    --    33

Mattoon                8    4      4    6    --    22

St. Anthony -- Link 7, Kemme 13, Chojnicki 6, Dong 4, Williams 3

Mattoon -- Carpenter 2, Harris 4, MacDonald 2, Hilgenberg 12, Brinkschader 2

Eighth-Grade B Game

St. ANthony           16    5    3      5    --    31

Mattoon                   6    4    3    14    --    27

St. Anthony -- Adams 5, Houtselle 5, Schutte 2, Wiedman 4, Nuxoll 4, Willenborg 9, Rardin 2

Mattoon -- Shandin 2, Carter-Smith 8, Annis 2, Gonzalez 4, Eldridge 11

At Olney

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Anthony          7    8    10    11    --    36

Olney                    9    8    10    14    --    41

St. Anthony -- Mendella 7, Kemme 3, Chojnicki 5, Stewart 3, Williams 2, Blanchette 8, Niebrugge 8

Olney -- Julian 10, Travis 11, other names unreadable

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Anthony          12    13    5    23    --    53

Olney                    11    10    14    7    --    42

St. Anthony -- Antrim 11, Wiedman 2, Walsh 12, Moore 13, Nuxoll 4, Lawrence 8, Willenborg 3

Olney -- Flanagan 22, Lawbird 5, Millek 5, Laughlin 8, Duenes 2