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Junior High Boys Basketball -- Dec. 9

Published on December 10 2019 10:22 am
Last Updated on December 10 2019 10:36 am
Written by Millie Lange

SIGEL -- Stewardson-Strasburg and Effingham Sacred Heart advanced to the consolation championship of the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament with victories Monday evening.

Sacred Heart defeated St. Elmo/Brownstown, no score was available.

In the second game Monday, Stew-Stras downed Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 33-19.

Stew-Stras took a 15-6 halftime lead and had an 18-13 second half. Gurgel tallied 16 points for the winners who improved to 11-3 with the win.

CHBC was led by Calame and Lamb with four points each.

Stew-Stras and Sacred Heart meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday for the consy title.

Tonight's games, in winner bracket action, feature Sigel St. Michael against North Clay (Louisville) at 6:15 and South Central facing Dieterich at 7:30. The winners advance to the championship game Thursday at 8 p.m. while the losers meet for third place at 6:45 p.m.

NTC Tournament

Game Nine

Stew-Stras 9 6 11 7 -- 33

CHBC 4 2 8 5 -- 19

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Gurgel 16, Morris 6, Hewing 4, Bo. Bridges 3, Verdeyen 2, Be. Bridges 2

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Calame 4, Lamb 4, Moon 3, Brummet 2, Pope 2, Villar 2, Radloff 2

At Centralia

Centralia defeated Effingham by almost the identical scores in both seventh and eighth grade games Monday.

In the seventh-grade contest, Centralia was a 57-27 winner. Flack led Effingham with 10 points as the Mustangs fell to 2-7.

In eighth-grade action, Centralia won 57-28. Larimore led the Mustangs with six points.

At Centralia

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham 6 6 8 7 -- 27

Centralia 12 11 15 19 -- 57

Effingham -- Belcher 7, Flack 10, Pals 6, Jones 4

Centralia -- no players listed

Eighth-Grade Game

Effingham 10 3 4 11 -- 28

Centralia 9 23 16 9 -- 57

Effingham -- C. Larimore 6, K. Larimore 5, Stoops 2, Fox 3, Ring 4, Raddatz 5, Nichols 3

Centlriaa -- Hill 19, Myers 10, Hailar 5, Jones 2, Collins 7, King 5, Hoskins 2, Johnson 2, Dabney 2, Mays 3

At St. Anthony

Flora Floyd Henson came calling and split victories with Effingham St. Anthony in junior high action Monday.

The Bullpups won the seventh-grade contest, 31-18. St. Anthony held a 15-13 halftime lead then held Flora scoreless in the final quarter.

Ryan Schmidt tallied 11 points for the Bullpups.

In the eighth-grade game, Flora Floyd Henson edged the Bullpups, 36-33. Flora led 12-2 after the opening quarter and 19-13 at halftime. Both teams scored nine points in the third period. St. Anthony then had an 11-8 final period run only to fall short.

B. Adams, C. Westendorf and C. Roepke scored seven points each for the Bullpups.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Game

Flora Floyd Henson 3 10 5 0 -- 18

St. Anthony 4 11 10 6 -- 31

Flora Floyd Henson -- Sharp 2, Gacey 12, Patridge 4

St. Anthony -- Schmidt 11, Link 2, Frost 7, Fearday 7, Seachrist 2, Wiedman 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Flora Floyd Henson 12 7 9 8 -- 36

St. Anthony 2 11 9 11 -- 33

Flora Floyd Henson -- Spicer 8, Young 13, Yates 4, Johnson 2, Atwood 5, Uebinger 4

St. Anthony -- Adams 7, Westendorf 7, Koenig 6, Braunecker 2, Roepke 7, Frisbie 4

At Newton

Jasper County tallied two victories over Red Hill (Bridgeport) Monday.

Jasper County won the seventh-grade contest, 47-10. Jasper County took an 8-4 opening quarter lead then had a 19-5 second period run and 17-0 third quarter. Anthony Montanez tallied 16 points while Wade Wickham chipped in with 11. Jasper County improved to 3-7.

In eighth-grade play, Jasper County was a 54-31 winner and now sports a 6-4 record.

Flowers led the way with 15 points while Wolf added 13.

At Newton

Seventh-Grade Game

Red Hill 4 5 0 1 -- 10

Jasper County 8 19 17 3 -- 47

Red Hill -- Tully 7

Jasper County -- Montanez 16, Wickham 11

Eighth-Grade Game

Red Hill 6 8 4 13 -- 31

Jasper County 16 21 17 0 -- 54

Red Hill -- Davis 10