Junior High Girls Basketball -- Sept. 30

SIGEL -- Effingham and Sigel St. Michael split victories in girls junior high school basketball action Monday.

The Mustangs won the seventh-grade contest, 27-15. EJHS took a 15-2 opening quarter lead. Althoff led the way in scoring with 10 points while Beals added eight.

St. Michael was led by Will and Ruholl with six each.

In the eighth-grade contest, St. Michael was a 31-22 winner. Hotze tallied 10 for the winners while Hatton chipped in with six.

The Mustangs were led by Izzy Volpi with seven. Effingham hosts Mattoon today.

At Sigel

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham                 15    2    10    0    --    27

St. Michael                  2    3      6    4    --    15

Effingham -- Althoff 10, Donaldson 3, Beals 8, Thompson 2, Armstrong 2, Harvey 2

Sigel St. Michael -- Will 6, Osborn 3, Ruholl 6

Eighth-Grade Game

Effingham               2      6    8    6    --    22

St. Michael              6    13    7    5    --    31

Effingham -- Hodge 2, Volpi 7, McDaniel 2, Moser 6, Boone 5

Sigel St. Michael -- Hatton 6, Hotze 10, A. Dunbar 3, Dittamore 4, Will 3, Budde 5

At St. Anthony

Altamont tallied two victories over Effingham St. Anthony in action Monday.

The seventh-grade contest went to Altamont over the Bullpups, 22-15.

Altamont held a 12-5 opening half lead. Osteen scored all eight of her points in the first half.

In the eighth-grade game, Altamont was a 42-35 winner. Altamont had a 19-10 second period surge to lead 25-19 at halftime then had a 17-16 second half.

Nelson tallied 24 while P. Osteen scored 12 for the winners.

St. Anthony was led by Geen with 12 and H. NIebrugge with 11.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Game

Altamont                  8    4    6    4    --    22

St. Anthony             2    3    6    4    --    15

Altamont -- Osteen 8, Splechter 2, Klein 6, Reardon 5, Lurkins 1

St. Anthony -- Nuxoll 7, Soltwedel 2, Kabbes 2, Hoene 4

Eighth-Grade Game

Altamont                  6    19    7    10    --    42

St. Anthony             9    10    4    12    --    35

Altamont -- Grunloh 2, Nelson 24, Boehm 2, P. Osteen 12, K. Osteen 2

Effingham -- Coffin 2, M. Kibler 6, Geen 12, H. Niebrugge 11, Niemeyer 4

At Louisville

North Clay (Louisville) captured two wins over South Central in action Monday.

North Clay captured the seventh-grade contest, 28-21. North Clay held a 19-12 opening half lead and led 23-16 going into the final quarter.

Mallory Boose tallied 12 for the winners. South Central was led by Kaitlyn Swift with nine points.

In the eighth-grade game, North Clay captured a 44-25 victory.

Three players hit double figures for the winners. Camdyn Tappendorf tallied 15 while Miah Ballard added 14 and Alexis VanDyke 10.

South Central was led by Taegan Webster with 10.

At Louisville

Seventh-Grade Game

South Central                3    9    4    5    --    21

North Clay                     8    9    6    3    --    28

South Central -- Reid 2, Shuler 1, Swift 9, Wilkins 7, Watwood 2

North Clay -- Boose 12, Price 4, Kincaid 1, Guinn 6, Wetherholt 2, Pierson 2, Beccue 1

Eighth-Grade Game

South Central              8    4      2    11    --    25

North Clay                 15    5    16      8    --    44   

South Central -- Webster 10, Bowser 8, Shuler 7

North Clay -- Ballard 14, Tappendorf 15, VanDyke 10, Boose 1, Wetherholt 2, Pierson 2