Junior High Boys Basketball -- Nov. 9

Teutopolis Junior High School came calling and handed Effingham two losses in boys junior high basketball action Thursday.

T-town won the seventh-grade game 43-16. The Wooden Shoes took a 22-2 first half lead and that was the game. Caleb  Siemer scored 10 points for the winners.

Effingham was led by Westendorf with four points.

In the eighth-grade contest, T-town picked up a 45-27 victory. T-town led 25-16 at halftime then had a 20-11 second half. Kaleb Bannick tallied 17 and Sam Bushur 14 for the winners.

Effingham was led by Pals and Hardiek with six points each.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Teutopolis             10    12    11    10    --    43

Effingham               0      2      7      7    --    16

Teutopolis -- B. Niebrugge 7, Roepke 6, Ca. Siemer 10, Bloemer 2, Co. Siemer 2, J. Niebrugge 8, Hoene 2, Niemerg 4, Goeckner 2

Effingham -- Westendorf 4, Pontious 2, Da. Splechter 2, Thompson 2, Dillow 3, Maxedon 2,  Rinkel 1

Eighth-Grade Game

Teutopolis            17     8    10    10    --    45

Effingham             6    10      5      6    --    27

Teutopolis -- Althoff 5, Ruholl 5, Bannick 17, Bushur 14, Tegeler 4

Effingham -- Volpi 6, Fox 2, Matteson 2, Pals 6, Ritz 3, Hardiek 6, Eaton 2

At Cowden

Stewardson-Strasburg and Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City split victories Thursday evening.

Stew-Stras claimed the seventh-grade game 35-19 to improve to 2-0 in the National Trail Conference, 5-0 overall. A. Wittenberg and J. Wittenberg scored 12 each for the winners.

CHBC was led by Robbins with seven.

In eighth-grade play, CHBC downed Stew-Stras 43-28. CHBC took a 24-15 halftime lead and held off Stew-Stras for the win. Lucas tallied 12 for the winners while Hilvety added eight.

Stew-Stras was led by Wernsing with 10. The Stars drop to 0-2 in the conference, 0-3 overall.

At Cowden

Seventh-Grade Game

Stew-Stras            12    13    8    2    --    35

CHBC                     2      4     6    7    --    19

Stew-Stras -- A. Wittenberg 12, J. Wittenberg 12, Chaney 3, Jackson 3, Davis 2, Nothaus 2, Stsremming 1

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Robbins 7, Theis 4, Bain 2, Watson 2, Thompson 2, Hammond 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Stew-Stras            4    11    6      7    --    28

CHBC                  19      5    9    10    --    43

Stew-Stras -- Wernsing 10, Vonderheide 6, Beals 5, Kirby 5, Kinkelaar 2

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Lucas 12, Hilvety 8, Persinger 7, Baylis 6, Robertson 4, Burris 4, Brummett 2

At Altamont

Altamont Lutheran did some heavy-duty scoring Thursday evening in downing Patoka twice.

Altamont Lutheran claimed the seventh-grade game 56-14. The winners took an 18-4 opening quarter lead and never looked back in winning 56-14.

Avery Jahraus tallied 12 points to lead Altamont Lutheran.

In the eighth-grade contest, Altamont Lutheran again took a big lead, this time 16-2 after the opening quarter and 26-14 at halftime.

Noah Klimpel tallied 21 and Quinn Verdeyen 12 for the winners.

At Altamont

Seventh-Grade Game

Patoka                                  4      8      0    2    --    14

Altamont Lutheran            18    12    18    8    --    56

Patoka -- Meier 6, Landreth 2, Voelkel 4, Williams 2

Altamont Lutheran -- Siebert 2, Will 2, Becker 6, Robinson 6, N. Shepard 5, L. Shepard 9, Jahraus 12, C. Cornett 6, L. Cornett 8

Eighth-Grade Game

Patoka                                 2    12    11    10    --    35

Altamont Lutheran           16    10    19    15    --    60

Patoka -- Buouara 6, Wilkenson 11, Meier 2, Belcher 8, Jollitt 8

Altamont Lutheran -- C. Siebert 2, Robinson 7, Klimpel 21, Jahraus 2, Kopplin 8, L. Cornett 2, Verdeyen 12, Wendling 6