Jr. High Girls Basketball -- Oct. 18

Effingham played host to Charleston and claimed two victories in girls junior high school basketball action Thursday.

The Mustangs claimed the seventh-grade contest, 29-12. EJHS had a 14-7 halftime lead and held Charleston scoreless in the final quarter.

Volpi led the way for Effingham with 11 points while Hodge chipped in with 10.

In the eighth-grade contest, Effingham picked up a 31-26 win. The Mustangs led 19-7 at halftime then couldn't score in the third quarter while Charleston pulled within 19-15.

The Mustangs were led by Ella Niebrugge with 17 points.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Charleston              5    2    5      0    --    12

Effingham               5    9    4    11    --    29

Charleston -- Schuette 3, Myerscough 2, Shrader 4, Lanman 3

Effingham -- Volpi 11, Niebrugge 4, Hodge 10, Moser 2, Raddatz 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Charleston              2    5    8    11    --    26

Effingham             10    9    0    12    --    31

Charleston -- Blair 1, Goetten 12, Mister 2, Herrington 3, Triplett 8

Effingham -- Niebrugge 17, Woomer 2, Mapes 2, Frost 3, Davis 2, Allie 3, Beck 2

At Dieterich

Two games were contested in the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Tournament Thursday evening.

Sigel St. Michael handed North Clay (Louisville) a loss in winner bracket action while Altamont defeated South Central, 41-27.

Tonight's games feature Dieterich against Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City at 6 in consy play followed by Brownstown/St. Elmo against Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor at 7:15 in winner bracket action.

St. Michael advances to the championship game Saturday at 11:30 a.m. against either Brownstown/St. Elmo or Stew-Stras/Windsor. North Clay dropped into the third place contest at 10:15 against the loser of the BSE vs. SSW contest.

Altamont will play for the consolation championship Saturday at 9 a.m. against either Dieterich or CHBC. Those two teams play tonight at 6.