Junior High Boys Basketball -- Jan. 2

Effingham St. Anthony claimed two wins over Taylorville in junior high boys basketball Thursday.

The Bullpups claimed the seventh-grade contest, 42-31. The Bullpups edged out to a 7-6 opening quarter lead and led 15-14 at halftime.

Taylorville came back with an 11-10 third period to tie the score at 25-25 going into the final quarter. St. Anthony then got untracked with a 17-6 run for the victory.

Ryan Schmidt tallied 10 for the Bullpups while Samuel Link and JC Trupiano scored eight each.

In eighth-grade action, St. Anthony was a 41-10 winner. The Bullpups took a 14-4 opening quarter lead and led 23-6 at halftime.

B. Adams led St. Anthony with 10 points while C. Westendorf added eight.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Game

Taylorville               6    8    11      6    --    31

St. Anthony            7    8    10    17    --    42

Taylorville -- Durbin 5, Odam 2, Howard 11, Tirpak 1, Wiseman 3, Foraker 7, Stables 2

St. Anthony -- Link 8, Frost 6, Trupiano 8, Schmidt 10, Flaig 2, Seachrist 6, Fearday 2

Eighth-Grade  Game

Taylorville             4    2      2    2    --    10

St. Anthony        14    9    10    8    --    41

Taylorville -- Door 2, Mason 2, Paulek 2, Davis 2, Clayton 2

St. Anthony -- Adams 10, Westendorf 8, Koenig 6, Roepke 6, Berhard 2, Wegman 5, Brandenburger 4

At Casey

Teutopolis downed Casey-Westfield in both junior high basketball contests Thursday.

The seventh-graders edged C-W, 28-25. Casey-Westfield opened up a 10-4 first period lead but the Shoes came back with a 12-9 second period to trail just 19-16 at halftime. Casey-Westfield still led 23-19 going into the final period. T-town then had a 9-2 final quarter to pull out the win.

Luke Niemerg scored 16 for the Shoes.

In the eighth-grade game, T-town took an early lead and never looked back in a 61-32 win.

Joey Niebrugge scored 13 while Eli Hanson scored 12 for the Shoes.

At Casey

Seventh-Grade Game

Teutopolis                         4    12    3    9    --    28

Casey-Westfield             10      9    4    2    --    25

Teutopolis -- Kremer 5, Niemerg 16, Thompson 5, Hoene 2

Casey-Westfield -- Parcel 6, Richards 2, Maudling 7, Bruens 10

Eighth-Grade Game

Teutopolis                     16    19    17    9    --     61

Casey-Westfield             6      4    16    6    --     32

Teutopolis -- Hanson 12, Waldhoff 2, Koester 8, Gaddis 5, Thoele 8, Davidson 4, Niebrugge 13, Pruemer 9

Casey-Westfield -- Gilbert 10, Rhodes 3, Sullivan 8, Jones 4, Coconour 7

At Newton

Jasper County fell to Lawrenceville in both seventh and eighth grade games Thursday.

Lawrenceville edged Jasper County 38-35 in seventh-grade action. Lawrenceville broke a 6-6 opening quarter tie with a 12-4 second period.

Anthony Montanez led Jasper County with 12 points while Wade Wickham added 10. The seventh-graders drop to 3-9.

In eighth-grade action, Lawrenceville stepped out to a 19-8 opening quarter lead and went on for a 47-25 victory.

Isaac Flowers led Jasper County (6-6) with 12 points.

At Newton

Seventh-Grade Game

Jasper County             6      4    13    12    --    35

Lawrenceville              6    12      8    12    --    38

Jasper County -- Montanez 12, Wickham 10

Lawrenceville -- Pargin 19, Goff 10

Eighth-Grade Game

Jasper County            8    10      0    7    --    25

Lawrenceville           19      8    14    6    --    47

Jasper County -- Flowers 12

Lawrenceville -- Underhill 18, Patterson 16