Junior High Regionals, Area Roundup

Junior high school boys basketball seventh-grade regionals continued Tuesday evening.

In the Class 7-1A Stewardson-Strasburg Regional, Dieterich and Stewardson-Strasburg advanced to the title game.

Dieterich defeated Windsor 49-20 in the opening game of the evening. Stew-Stras then edged Sigel St. Michael 25-22. Dieterich will square off against Stew-Stras at 6 p.m. Thursday for the championship. The winner advances to the Stew-Stras Sectional Wednesday, January 30 against Palestine.

In the Class 7-3A Assumption Central A&M Regional, Shelbyville Moulton defeated Sullivan 42-29 and Assumption Central A&M won over St. Elmo 43-32.

The regional continues tonight as Teutopolis takes on Arthur at 6 and Shelbyville Moulton faces Assumption Central A&M at 7:15. The winners advance to the championship game Thursday at 6 p.m.

In the Class 7-3A Casey-Westfield Regional, Marshall downed host Casey-Westfield 32-17 in the opener. Red Hill (Bridgeport) faced Robinson Nuttall in the second game, but no score was reported.

Marshall faces either Red Hill or Robinson Nuttall at 6 p.m. Thursday for the championship.

In the Class 7-1A Palestine Regional, host Palestine edged Kansas 18-13 to win the championship. Palestine heads to the Stewardson-Strasburg Sectional Wednesday, January 30 to face the winner of the Stew-Stras Regional.

At Mattoon

In regular season action, Teutopolis handed Mattoon two losses in eighth-grade play.

T-town won the  A contest 41-30 with an 18-10 lead at halftime. Lucas Deters tallied 17 for the winners while Blake Mette chipped in with eight.

In the eighth-grade B game, T-town won 51-21. The Booties held a 26-2 halftime lead and never looked back. Caleb Ordner tallied 15, Kyle McMahon 11 and Devin Mette 11 for the winners.

At Mattoon

Eighth-Grade A Game

Teutopolis         6    12    11    12    --    41

Mattoon            6      4    12      8    --    30

Teutopolis -- Ungrund 2, Hartke 3, Kenter 1, Mette 8, Hardiek 4, Belleville 6, Deters 17

Mattoon -- Owens 3, Raboin 2, Morrow 2, Johnson 5, Price 9, Hamilton 2, Jeffries 3, Taylor 4

Eighth-Grade B Game

Teutopolis          14    12    10    15    --    51

Mattoon               2      0     11      8    --    21

Teutopolis -- Ordner 15, Bushue 2, Bloemer 4, McMahon 11, Mette 11, Goedde 6 (individuals add up to 49 while 51 listed as final on scoresheet turned in)

Mattoon -- Ernst 2, Carmien 12, Lucy 4, Jurka 3

At Vandalia

St. Elmo/Brownstown picked up a semifinal victory in the Vandalia Eighth-Grade Tournament. St. Elmo/Brownstown claimed a 38-21 win over host Vandalia.

Kroll tallied 17 for the winners while Austin chipped in with eight.

Vandalia Eighth-Grade Tournament

St. Elmo/Brownstown          7    11    11    9    --    38

Vandalia                                7      7      4    3    --    21

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Kroll 17, Miller 6, Austin 8, Feezel 7

Vandalia -- Schroeder 2, Well 3, Gordon 9, Jones 6, Ruckman 1