Junior High Boys Basketball -- Nov. 14

In the seventh-grade contest, the Wooden Shoes picked up a 42-18 win. The two teams were tied in the opening quarter before T-town moved ahead 15-11 at halftime. T-town then put the game away with a 19-5 third period run.

Alex Kremer and Luke Niemerg led the way for the Shoes with nine points each.

Efifngham was led by Pals with five.

In eighth-grade competition, T-town decided this game early with a 23-4 opening half. The Shoes weer led by Eli Hanson with 14 points as 11 players scored in the game.

Effingham was led by Raddatz with 10.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Teutopolis               6    9    19    8    --    42

Effingham               6    5      5    2    --    18

Teutopolis -- Thoele 3, Kremer 9, Niemerg 9, H. Thompson 7, Mossman 4, Hoene 4, N. Thompson 6

Effingham -- Kellams 3, Belcher 4, Jones 1, Flack 3, Nelson 2, Pals 5

Eighth-Grade Game

Teutopolis               12    11    13    12    --    48

Effingham                 2      2    10      9    --    23

Teutopolis -- Thoele 5, Hoelscher 2, Hanson 14, Waldhoff 2, Koester 4, Gaddis 1, Tabbert 4, Davidson 4, Niebrugge 2, Pruemer 8, Bloemer 2

Effingham -- Lewis 5, Raddatz 10, Fox 7, Ring 1

At St. Anthony

Effingham St. Anthony claimed two victories over visiting Newton St. Thomas Thursday evening.

St. Anthony held St. Thomas scoreless in the opening quarter of the seventh-grade contest and went on for a 37-6 victory.

Nine players scored for the Bullpups led by JC Trupiano with 12. Blake led St. Thomas with four.

In eighth-grade action, the Bullpups trailed St. Thomas 7-6 after the opening quarter of the seventh-grade game and 13-11 at halftime.

St. Anthony then pulled within a point going into the final quarter and finished out strong with a 10-2 run for a 27-22 victory.

Koenig led the way for the Bullpups with 12.

St. Thomas was led by Ochs, Weber and Gier with four points each.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Thomas                0    2    0     4    --       6

St .Anthony            13    13    4    7    --     37

Newton St. Thomas -- Bierman 2, Blake 4

St. Anthony -- Schmidt 2, Link 4, Fearday 2, Frost 6, Trupiano 12, D. Flaig 3, N. Flaig 4, Sudkamp 2, Wiedman 2

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Thomas                7    6    5       4    --    22

St. Anthony                6    5    6    10    --    27

Newton St. Thomas -- Weber 2, Bierman 3, Ochs 4, Baltzell 3, Weber 4, Ochs 2, Gier 4

St. Anthony -- Adams 7, Westendorf 2, Ludwig 4, Koenig 12, Frisbie 2

At Cowden

Stewardson-Strasburg and Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City split victories Thursday.

Stew-Stras was a 55-38 winner in seventh-grade action. Stew-Stras led 28-24 at halftime then had a 27-14 second half.

Stew-Stras, who improved to 2-0 in the National Trail Conference and 4-1 overall, had two players in double figures as Gurgel scored 16 and Morris 15. CHBC was led by Radloff with nine.

In eighth-grade play, CHBC leaped out to a 20-10 opening half and held Stew-Stras scoreless in the final period for a 40-13 win.

CHBC had two players with 10 points each in Lorton and Wojcik. Evans added nine points.

Stew-Stras was led by Manhart with four. Stew-Stras dropped to 0-2 in the NTC, 0-3 overall.

At Cowden

Seventh-Grade Game

Stew-Stras               14    14    12    15    --    55

CHBC                       12    12      8      6    --    38

Stew-Stras -- Gurgel 16, Morris 15, Bo. Bridges 8, Durbin 8, Be. Bridges 8

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Radloff 9, Rueff 6, Lamb 6, Villar 4, Brummer 3, Calame 2, Felty 2, Ring 2, Mueller 2, Timmons 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Stew-Stras              5    5      3    0    --    13

CHBC                    13    7    12    8    --    40

Stew-Stras -- Manhart 4, Gurgel 3, Bridges 2, J. Smith 2, Gracey 2

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Lorton 10, Wojcik 10, Evans 9, Fisher 6, Jones 3, Manley 2