Junior High Boys Basketball -- Nov. 19

Effingham Sacred Heart was a winner in both seventh and eighth-grade boys basketball competition Tuesday evening.

The Shamrocks downed St. Peter Lutheran, 49-16 in the seventh-grade game. St. Peter led 9-8 after the opening quarter but Sacred Heart went to work in the second period with a 16-4 run and never looked back.

L. Wallace tallied 16 points for the winners while A. Borries chipped in with 10. St. Peter was led by Smith with eight.

In eighth-grade action, the Shamrocks captured a 33-21 win. Sacred Heart led 16-8 at halftime and 27-15 going into the final quarter.

Biggs tallied 16 for the winners. St. Peter was led by C. Smith with seven.

At Sacred Heart

St. Peter                    9      4      3      0    --    16

Sacred Heart            8    16    11    14    --    49

St. Peter Lutheran -- Hoover 5, Ca. Smith 8, C. Smith 2, Bergmann 1

Sacred Heart -- Hockman 4, Brent 4, Karolewicz 6, Gibson 4, Sparks 5, Wallace 16, Borries 10

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Peter                  2    6      7    6    --    21

Sacred Heart          8    8    11    6    --    33

St. Peter Lutheran -- Hoover 3, C. Smith 4, Magnus 4, Kraemer 3, C. Smith 7

Sacred Heart -- Biggs 16, Boyajian 6, Hanfland 9, Jansen 2

At Tower Hill

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City split victories with Pana St. Patrick's Tuesday evening.

St. Patrick's won the seventh-grade contest, 27-12. Pana took a 9-0 opening quarter lead and led 20-6 going into the final period,

CHBC was led by Ernie Villar and AJ Radloff with four points each.

In eighth-grade play, CHBC edged Pana St. Patrick's, 29-28. The two teams were tied at 8-8 after the first quarter. CHBC moved ahead 18-13 at halftime. But St. Patrick's came back with a 12-6 third period to lead 25-24 going into the final quarter. From there, CHBC had a 5-3 quarter for the win. Clayton Wojcik nailed a three-pointer and Carson  Evans had a basket.

Gage Lorton led in scoring for CHBC with 10 points while Evans and Wojcik tallied seven each.

At Tower Hill

Seventh-Grade Game

CHBC                                 0    4    2    6    --    12

Pana St. Patrick's             9    7    4    7    --    27

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Brummet 2, Rueff 2, Villar 4, Radloff 4

Pana St. Patrick's -- Blackwell 2, McFarland 4, Carlson 9, Herbert 4, Pauley 2, Angal 2, Lynch 4

Eighth-Grade Game

CHBC                                8    10      6    5    --    29

Pana St. Patrick's            8      5    12    3    --    28

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Evans 7, Wojcik 7, Merrifield 2, Jones 3, Lorton 10

Pana St. Patrick's -- Florey 12, Glick 9, McFarland 7