Jr. High Girls Basketball -- Oct. 16

DIETERICH -- The National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Girls Basketball Tournament got underway Tuesday evening.

South Central advanced with a 24-19 victory over Effingham Sacred Heart.

In the second game, Dietrich trounced Neoga, 32-4.

The final contest of the evening went to Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 30-9.

In that game, SSW stepped out to a 19-5 first half lead. Kinkelaar tallied 15 and Vonderheide 11 for the winners. Stuckemeyer led CHBC with five. SSW is now 9-4 on the season.

The tourney continues tonight as top-seeded Sigel St. Michael faces South Central at 5:30, North Clay (Louisville) meets Altamont at 6:45 and BSE takes on Dieterich at 8.

NTC Tournament

Game Three

SSW                 12    7    5    6    --    30

CHBC                5    0    4    0    --      9

Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor -- Kinkelaar 15, Vonderheide 11, Wernsing 2, Wittenberg 2

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Stuckemeyer 5, Colman 2, Summers 2

At Centralia

Effingham Junior High School picked up a 37-7 win over Centralia in action Tuesday evening.

The Mustangs stepped out to a 16-1 opening quarter lead. Boone tallied 10 for the Hearts who improve to 6-1.

In the eighth-grade contest, Effingham was a 49-30 winner. The Hearts held a 19-14 halftime lead and outscored Centralia 30-16 in the second half.

Marissa Allie tallied 22 points for the winners.

At Centralia

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham             16    9    10    2    --    37

Centralia                1    0      4    2    --      7

Effingham -- Volpi 6, McDaniel 2, Niebrugge 4, Hodge 6, Moser 9, Boone 10

Centralia -- Buchanon 5, Blackmore 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Effingham               4    15    15    15    --    49

Centralia                 7      7      9      7    --    30

Effingham -- Niebrugge 6, Wooeer 3, Mapes 6, Frost 2, Allie 22, Beck 8, Cunningham 2

Centralia -- Edson 23, Shred 6, Wallace 1

At Sigel

Effingham St. Anthony and Sigel St. Michael split victories Tuesday evening.

The Bullpups won the seventh-grade contest, 27-24. St. Anthony trailed the Sharpshooters 17-10 at halftime but edged ahead 20-19 in the third quarter. St. Anthony then had a 7-5 final quarter for the victory.

S. Kibler tallied seven points to lead the winners. St. Michael was led by Hotze with 12.

In eighth-grade play, St. Michael downed St. Anthony, 40-31.

The Sharpshooters took a 25-19 halftime lead and led 33-27 going into the final quarter.

St. Michael was led by Niebrugge with 15 points and Bueker with nine. St. Anthony was led by Faber with 11.

At Sigel

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Anthony               8    2    10    7    --    27

St. Michael              13    4      2    5    --    24

St. Anthony -- Coffin 4, M. Kibler 3, Geen 5, H. Niebrugge 4, Niemeyer 4, S. Kibler 7

Sigel St. Michael -- Hatton 8, Dittamore 1, Hotze 12, Deters 3

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Anthony               8    11    8    4    --    31

St. Michael              15    10    8    7    --    40

St. Anthony -- Rios 6, Schwing 6, Fitzjarrald 2, Faber 11, Willenborg 6

Sigel St. Michael -- Niebrugge 15, Bueker 9, Hakman 4, Flach 4, Worman 4, Hatton 2, Hotze 2