Effingham Jr. High Beats Mattoon; Area Roundup

MATTOON -- The Effingham Junior High Mustangs got the new year off to a good start in Mattoon with a pair of victories.

The seventh grade started slow only scoring three points and trailing by two. However the second quarter was a different story as the Mustangs outscored the Wildcats 16-4 and took a 10 point half time lead. Effingham then outscored Mattoon by 10 in the third quarter and finished with a 37-18 victory.

Effingham put eight players in the scoring column being led by Ryan Sandifer with 12 and Mason Hull with 11. Hull led the team with five steals. Chase Maroon came off the bench to lead the team with five rebounds and helped with three steals. Effingham improves it record to 10-4.

The eighth grade Mustangs' victory not only propels them to 13-1 on the season and a perfect conference record of 5-0, but gives them back-to-back unbeaten conference seasons.

The final score of 60-36 doesn't tell the whole story as Mattoon play well in the first half and only trailed 23-19. Grant Wolfe led the first half charge with 12 points and then in the second half, Jacob Donaldson scored 10 in the third and 16 in the second half to finish with 24.

Both teams return to action Monday at Vandalia.

At Mattoon

Seventh-Grade

Effingham                 3     16    12     6    --    37

Mattoon                    5       4     2      7    --    18

Effingham -- Sandifer, 12 (1 rebound, 4 steals); Hull, 11 (2 rebounds, 5 steals); Levitt 2 (1 rebound), Spencer (2 rebounds), Morrissey 1 (1 rebound, 1 steal), Robinson (1 rebound, 2 steals), Devore 2, Koester 4 (1 rebound), Br. Lohman 3 (2 rebounds, 1 steal), Bl. Lohman (1 steal), Hill (1 rebound), Marroon 2 (5 rebounds, 3 steals), Keith (1 rebound)

Mattoon -- Garner 2, Jones 2, Kremer 3, Wick 2, Monroe 1, Moncel 8

Eighth Grade

Effingham               13    10    20     17    --    60

Mattoon                  11      8     6      11    --    36

Effingahm -- Kreke 6 (1 rebound), Beals (1 rebound, 1 steal), Koenig 7 (3 rebounds), Donaldson 24 (6 rebounds, 2 blocks), Wolfe 12 (7 rebounds ,6 steals, 8 assists), Keith (4 rebounds, 1 steal), Osborn 2 (1 steal), Schonover 2 (1 rebound), Shaw 2, Cole 2, Utz 3, Hull (1 rebound)

Mattoon -- Raboin 2, Johnson 8, Hamilton 2, Prior 11, Taylor 4, Morrow 2, Miller 2, Prior 2 Owens 2, Otto 3.

At Flora

Effingham St. Anthony's seventh-graders fell to Flora 52-47 to drop to 10-4 on the season.

The score was tied at 23-23 at halftime before Flora edged ahead 36-35 going into the final period then had a 16-12 run.

Deters led St. Anthony with 17 points while Beesley chipped in with 14. Flora was led by Moses with 34 and Warren with 12.

At Flora

St. Anthony          6    17    12    12    --    47

Flora                     8    15    13    16    --    52

St. Anthony -- Deters 17, Walsh 4, Beesley 14, Nuxoll 8, Utz 4

Flora -- Warren 12, Moses 34, Hout 2, Kimmell 2, Brown 2

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis hosted a shootout and picked up three victories. In seventh-grade action, T-town defeated Woodlawn 51-17 with Hardiek scoring 13 in the contest. In the eighth-grade game, T-town was a 45-29 winner. Deters scored 14 and Mette 12.

East St. Louis Mason Clark downed Woodlawn 43-11 in seventh-grade play and 51-13 in eighth-grade action.

T-town then edged  Mason Clark 41-36 in seventh-grade. Hardiek tallied 25 for T-town. Mason Clark beat T-town 44-16 in eighth-grade action. Mitch Hardiek scored six for T-town.

Teutopolis Shootout

Seventh-Grade Game

Woodlawn             0      7    4      6    --    17

Teutopolis          17    12    9    13    --    51

Woodlawn -- Jourdan 5, Brown 2, Smitch 4, Bennett 2, Spangler 4

Teutopolis -- Goeckner 4, Funneman 9, Probst 2, Kremer 6, Hardiek 13, Jansen 5, Deters 4, Addis 2, Thoele 1, Pals 2, Dust 2 (players add up to 50 while 51 listed as final on scoresheet turned in)

Eighth-Grade Game

Woodlawn             4    8      7    10    --    29

Teutopolis           13    8    14    10    --    45

Woodlawn --  Ashby 14, Bennett 3, Hoppa 4, Williams 5, Spangler 3

Teutopolis -- Ungrund 2, Hartke 2, Kenter 5, Mette 12, McMahon 1, Hardiek 5, Belleville 4, Deters 14

Seventh-Grade Game

Mason Clark          11    8      7    10    --    36

Teutopolis               9    6    12    14    --    41

ESL Mason Clark -- Forrest 12, L. Williams 18, I. Williams 6

Teutopolis -- Funnemann 7, Kremer 2, Hardiek 25, Jansen 2, Dust 5

Eighth-Grade Game

Mason Clark          16    15    6    7    --    44

Teutopolis               2      2    6    6    --    16

ESL Mason Clark -- Doner 14, Mosly 1, Jackson 7, Johnson 7, LeCrone 2, Hill 1, Tilmon 12

Teutopolis -- Ordner 2, Hardiek 6, Goedde 2, Belleville 2, Deters 4