Sigel St. Michael Wins Dieterich Tourney; Area Roundup

DIETERICH -- Sigel St. Michael claimed the championship of the Dieterich Eighth-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament Thursday evening.

St. Michael downed Dieterich 50-18 to win the title. In the other contest, Hutsonville was a 38-9 winner over Newton St. Thomas.

At Altamont

Teutopolis and Altamont split victories. T-town was a 46-23 winner in seventh-grade action. Lee Hardiek tallied 13 and Collin Funneman nine for the winners. Runge scored seven for Altamont.

In eighth-grade play, Altamont claimed a 40-21 victory. Armstrong scored 18 and Finn 15 for the winners. Lucas Deters scored nine for T-town.

At Altamont

Seventh-Grade Game

Teutopolis          12    15    14    5    --    46

Altamont             3       6      5    9    --    23

Teutopolis -- Goeckner 2, Funneman 9, Hardiek 13, Jansen 6, Deters 4, Addis 4, Young 1, Dust 7

Altamont -- Runge 7, Brown 6, Pemberton 2, Vaughn 5, Higgs 3, Griffin 2 (players add up to 25 while 23 listed as final on scoresheet turned in).

Eighth-Grade Game

Teutopolis         3      6    10     2    --    21

Altamont           5    17    15    3    --    40

Teutopolis -- Ungrund 2, Hartke 4, Kenter 2, Bloemer 2, Hardiek 2, Deters 9

Altamont -- Armstrong 18, Finn 15, Cornett 5, Miller 2

At Strasburg

Stewardson-Strasburg claimed an eighth-grade win over Beecher City 40-16. There was no seventh-grade contest played.

Moschenrose led Stew-Stras with 12 points while Overbeck chipped in with nine. Beecher City was led by Cody Grove and Dalton Strauch with six each.

Stew-Stras improved to 2-1 while Beecher City dropped to 0-2.

At Stew-Stras

Beecher City          6      2      6    2    --    16

Stew-Stras            8    18    10    4    --    40

Beecher City -- Grove 6, Strauch 6, Decker 4

Stew-Stras -- Moschenrose 12, Overbeck 9, Gregory 8, Vonderheide 6, Ohnesorge 4, Nichols 1

At Olney

Flora claimed a 41-37 victory over Flora in eighth-grade action Thursday evening.

Flora stepped out to a 14-2 opening quarter lead then had to hold off a second half run by Jasper County. Tim Weber led Jasper County with 14 points. Scott led Flora with 14 and Nicholson tallied 11.

At Olney

Jasper Co.            2      5    13    17    --    37

Flora                  14    11      9      7    --    41

Jasper County -- Weber 14, Meinhart 8

Flora -- Scott 14, Nicholson 11