Junior High Boys Basketball -- Dec. 19

Effingham St. Anthony and Teutopolis split victories in junior high boys basketball competition Thursday evening.

The Bullpups won the seventh-grade contest, 30-21 by jumping out to a 10-4 opening quarter lead and holding T-town scoreless in the second quarter to lead 18-4 at hafltime.

Link tallied 12 points for the winners. T-town was led by Luke Niemerg and Henry Thompson with six each.

In the eighth-grade game, the Wooden Shoes won 40-22. T-town held a 19-9 halftime lead and had a 14-7 third quarter run.

Ethan R. Thoele scored 13 points while Eli Hanson added 12. St. Anthony was led by Roepke with eight.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Game

Teutopolis                4    0    3    14    --    21

St. Anthony            10    8    7      5    --    30

Teutopolis -- Thoele 1, Kremer 1, Niemerg 6, Thompson 6, Mossman 2, Hoene 5

St. Anthony -- Link 12, Frost 9, Trupiano 4, Schmidt 4, Seachrist 1

Eighth-Grade Game

Teutopolis               10    9    14    7    --    40

St. Anthony              4     5      7    6    --    22

Teutopolis -- Kreke 2, Hanson 12, Waldhoff 2, Koester 3, Gaddis 6, Thoele 13, Pruemer 2

St. Anthony -- Adams 4, Ludwig 3, Koenig 4, Braunecker 1, Roepke 8, Frisbee 2

At Effingham

Olney came calling and claimed two victories over Effingham in Thursday action.

The seventh-grade game went to Olney, 42-16. Olney stepped out to a 27-6 first half lead.

Effingham dropped to 3-9 on the season.

In eighth-garde play, Olney edged the Mustangs, 35-32.

Olney held a 27-13 halftime lead. Effingham came back in the second half only to fall short.

Raddatz led the Mustangs with 14 points.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Olney                     13    14      8    7    --    42

Effingham               2      4    10    0    --    16

No scoring listed for either team

Eighth-Grade Game

Olney                   15    12    2      6    --    35

Effingham             7      6    9    10    --    32

Olney -- Redman 16, Hallam 6, Winkler 6, Steele 3, Klingler 2, Beard 2

Effingham -- Raddatz 14, Fox 7, Nichols 3, Ring 2, Lewis 2, Ellis 4

At Strasburg

Stewardson-Strasburg claimed two wins over Neoga Thursday evening.

Stew-Stras won the seventh-grade contest, 37-10. The squad held a 21-7 halftime lead and had a 12-0 third period.

Gurgel tallied 17 and Morris 12 for the winners who improve to 7-1 in the National Trail Conference, 13-3 overall. Neoga was led by Cardinal with seven.

In eighth-grade play, Stew-Stras claimed a 33-22 win. Stew-Stras stepped out to a 15-3 opening quarter lead and that was the game.

Manhart scored 11 for the winners who improve to 3-5 in the conference, 4-9 overall. Neoga was led by Staszak with 12.

At Stew-Stras

Seventh-Grade Game

Neoga                       3    4      0    3    --    10

Stew-Stras             12    9    12    4    --    37

Neoga -- Cardinal 7, Ray 2, Letterle 1

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Gurgel 17, Morris 12, Verdeyen 4, Durbin 2, Bo. Bridges 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Neoga                       3    5    0    14    --    22

Stew-Stras             15    4    6      8    --    33

Neoga -- Staszak 12, Ballinger 8, Sheehan 2

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Manhart 11, Gurdel 9, Bridges 6, Gracey 6, J. Smith 1

At Louisville

North Clay (Louisville) picked up two wins over visiting South Central Thursday evening.

North Clay was a 29-23 winner in the seventh-grade contest.

L. Groves led the winners with 14 points. South Central was led by Smith with eight.

In eighth-grade play, North Clay was a 54-34 winner. North Clay held a 25-15 halftime lead.

North Clay was led by Weidner with 16 points and Wells with nine. South Central was led by Hiestand and Jones with nine each.

At Louisville

Seventh-Grade Game

Score by quarters unreadable

South Central -- Robb 2, Smith 8, name unreadable 7, Jones 4, Hiestand 2

North Clay -- Hamlick 5, Poe 4, L. Groves 14, Czyzewski 2, Compton 4

Eighth-Grade Game

South Central             7     8    14      5    --    34

North Clay                12    13     9    20     --    54

South Central -- Markley 2, Hiestand 9, Ja. Smith 5, Jo. Smith 5, Jones 9, name unreadable 4

North Clay -- Wells 9, Casolari 7, Weidner 16, Dawkins 8, Kuenstler 6, Hardiek 1, L. Groves 7

At Shelbyville

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City fell to Shelbyville in both seventh and eighth grade play Thursday.

Shelbyville won the seventh-grade contest, 41-16. Leading CHBC was Kaidyn Calame with seven points.

In eighth-grade play, Shelbvyille won, 44-18. Leading CHBC was Carson Evans with five points.

At Shelbyville

Seventh-Grade Game

CHBC                      0    7     3    6    --    16

Shelbyville           15    7    19    0    --    41

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Moon 4, Calame 7, Radloff 5

Shelbyville -- Logan 2, Jo. Wiley 1, Tope 5, Ja. Wiley 3, Ogden 2, Schrock 2, Hammond 3,  Wells 12, Jokish 7, McClain 2, Petska 2

Eighth-Grade Game

CHBC                        2    0      8    8    --    18

Shelbyville             21    7    14    2    --    44

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Evans 5, Wojcik 3, Manley 3, Merrifield 2, Jones 3, Lorton 2

Shelbvyille -- Foll 2, Nohren 10, Hankins 2, Jones 15, Stiner 11, Boehm 4