November 12 Area Boys Junior High Roundup

Effingham Junior High School's seventh-grade boys basketball squad got off to a slow start Monday evening, only scoring two points in the first quarter. It wasn't until about halfway through the second quarter when they went on a 10-0 run to take the lead and used a 14-5 scoring advantage to lead 16-12 at halftime. They went on for a 46-36 win over Robinson Nuttall.

Effingham evened its record at 2-2 and conference record at 1-1. Ryan Sandifer tallied 17 and Mason Hull 10 for the winners.

In eighth-grade action Effingham claimed a 39-25 win over Robinson. Wolfe tallied 14 points, had six rebounds and four steals. Donaldson tallied eight points and had seven rebounds. Effingham is now 4-0 on the season.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Robinson          7      5    14    10    --    36

Effingham         2    14    17    13    --    46

Robinson Nuttall -- Trimble 2, Sandsdefer 6, James 9, Wheeler 2, Weber 10, York 1, Scott 6

Effingham -- Sandifer 17, Hull 10, Levitt 8, Spencer 2, Devore 5, Koester 1, Mulheron 3

Eighth-Grade Game

Robinson         11    10    12      6    --    39

Effingham          4      4      5    12    --    25

Robinson Nuttall -- Pal. Hutchens 6, Pinkston 4, White 3, Lassen 3, Par. Hutchens 2, Albright 2, Jenkins 2, Dirks 2, Neese 1

Effingham -- Wolfe 14, Donaldson 8, Kreke 7, Koenig 4, Franklin 2, Keith 2, Utz 2

At Findlay

Stewardson-Strasburg and Okaw Valley split victories. Stew-Stras was a 34-25 winner in seventh-grade action.

Thies tallied 12 and Kramer 11 in a one-two scoring punch as the winners improved to 3-2.

In eighth-grade play, Okaw Valley claimed a 35-26 victory. Stew-Stras (2-4) was led by Moschenrose with 12.

At Findlay

Seventh-Grade Game

Stew-Stras            6    9    11    8    --    34

Okaw Valley          7    4      8    6    --    25

Stew-Stras -- Thies 12, Kramer 11, Kessler 7, Koester 2, Clark 2

Okaw Valley -- Fritz 11, Francisco 4, Harshman 4, Dickens 2, Hill 2, Roley 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Stew-Stras              3      8    5    10    --    26

Okaw Valley          14    11    4      6    --    35

Stew-Stras -- Moschenrose 12, Overbeck 7,Gregory 4, Nichols 3

Okaw Valley -- Nichols 11, Bone 10, Cloyd 6, Coleman 4, Blakey 2, Carlson 2

At Dieterich

Dieterich and Altamont were both winners. Dieterich picked up the seventh-grade victory 44-27.

In eighth-grade action, Altamont claimed a 53-11 win.

At Louisville

North Clay (Louisville) improved to 2-2 on the season and 2-0 in the Midland Trail Conference with a win against Olney St. Joe Monday.

North Clay won 65-23. Cody Smith tallied 21 and Quincy Aldrich 16.

At Newton

Jasper County edged Flora 31-28 in eighth-grade action Monday evening.

Jasper County broke an 8-8 first quarter tie to lead 18-16. The score was tied at 24-24 going into the final quarter and Jasper County pulled out the win. Tim Weber tallied 18 for the winners.

At Newton

Flora                   8      8    8    4    --    28

Jasper Co.          8    10    6    7    --    31

Flora -- Scott 10, Smith 8

Jasper County -- Weber 18, Stone 6, Bierman 3, Jansen 2, Meinhart 2