Junior High Girls Basketbal Results -- Oct. 19
Published on October 20 2017 7:34 am
Last Updated on October 20 2017 7:56 am
Written by Millie Lange
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City and Brownstown/St. Elmo will square off for the championship of the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Girls Basketball Tournament.
CHBC opened Thursday evening play by edging Altamont 26-24. Altamont held a 6-4 opening quarter lead but CHBC came back to lead 13-10 at halftime. CHBC continued to outscore Altamont with an 11-9 third period to lead 24-19 going into the final quarter. Altamont had a 5-2 final period run only to fall short.
Jady Wojcik tallied 16 points for the winners. Altamont was led by Nelson with 12 points.
Brownstown/St. Elmo downed Sigel St.Michael, no score was provided.
CHBC will face BSE at 11:30 a.m. Saturday for the championship. Altamont meets Sigel St. Michael at 10:15 for third place.
Action continues tonight with consolation bracket play. South Central meets North Clay at 6 while Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor takes on Dieterich at 7:15. The winners advance to the consolation championship Saturday at 9 a.m.
NTC Seventh-Grade Tournament
Game Seven
CHBC 4 9 11 2 -- 26
Altamont 6 4 9 5 -- 24
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Bunch 2, Heckert 4, Gour 2, Wojcik 16, Morrison 2
Altamont -- Nelson 12, Fitzgerold 4, Osteen 2, Tedrick 3, Becker 1, Stuckemeyer 2
At Newton
Jasper County split victories with Palestine/Hutsonville in action Thursday.
In seventh-grade play, Palestine/Hutsonville edged Jasper County 28-27. Emma Oldham led Jasper County with 10 points.
In eighth-grade action, Jasper County picked up a 34-30 victory. Sydney Dobbins, Rylea Borgic and Ava Kessler scored eight poitns each.
At Newton
Seventh-Grade Game
Palestine/Hutsonville 28, Jasper County 27
Palestine/Hutsonville -- no scorers listed
Jasper County -- Oldham 10, Hetzer 6, Meinhart 5, no other scorers listed
Eighth-Grade Game
Jasper County 34, Palestine/Hutsonville 30
Palestine/Hutsonville -- no scorers listed
Jasper County -- Dobbins 8, Borgic 8, Kessler 8, no other scorers listed