Junior High Boys Basketball -- Jan. 18

In the opener, Effingham Sacred Heart defeated Windsor, 42-29.

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City won over North Clay (Louisville), 41-34. CHBC edged out to an 11-10 opening quarter lead and led 23-18 at halftime.

Zander Merrifield led the winners with 11 points. Dawkins led North Clay with 18.

Stewardson-Strasburg then defeated Altamont, 30-23.

South Central finished out the day with a 44-13 win over Neoga.

The tournament continues today as Sigel St. Michael takes on Sacred Heart at 5:30 p.m. followed by St. Elmo/Brownstown against Stewardson-Strasburg at 6:45 and Dieterich taking on South Central at 8.

NTC Eighth-Grade Tournament

Game Two

North Clay           10      8    3    13    --    34

CHBC                   11    12    9      9    --    41

North Clay -- Zimdars 5, Casolari 4, Dawkins 18, Groves 7

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Evans 9, Wojcik 7, Manley 8, Merrfield 11, Lorton 4, Radloff 2

At Casey

Casey-Westfield picked up two victories over Effingham in Saturday competition.

Casey-Westfield claimed the sevneth-grade contest, 42-24. Casey-Westfield held a 19-14 halftime lead.

Effingham was led by Flack with 10 points.

In the eighth-grade contest, Casey-Westfield edged the Mustangs, 33-31. Effingham held a 9-5 opening quarter lead and held a one-point lead at halftime. Casey-Westfield came back with a 12-7 third period to lead 24-20 going into the final quarter. The Mustangs had a two-point final quarter lead, not enough to win.

Effingham was led by Raddatz with 13 points.

At Casey

Seventh-Grade  Game

Effingham                       7      7      7    3    --    24

Casey-Westfield             9    10    14    9    --    42

Effingham -- Belcher 8, Flack 10, Pals 3, Love 1, Koeberlein 2

Casey-Westfield -- Tutewiler 5, Parcel 6, Monken 6, Richards 4, Maulding 7, Bruens 14

Eighth-Grade Game

Effingham                       9    4      7    11    --    31

Casey-Westfield             5    7    12      9    --    33

Effingham -- Raddatz 13, Fox 8, Nichols 7, Lewis 3

Casey-Westfield -- Cochonour 15, Sullivan 8, Gilbert 4, Jones 3, Rhoads 3

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis picked up two wins over Jasper County in Saturday action.

The Wooden Shoes downed Jasper County 55-24 in the seventh-grade contest. T-town held a 34-14 halftime lead.

Alex Kremer tallied 10 points to lead the Shoes. Makai Kuhn led Jasper County with 10. Jasper County dropped to 4-13.

In eighth-grade action, T-town ran out to an 18-9 opening quarter lead and finished out with a 64-23 win.

Evan Wadlhoff scored 12 while Joey Niebrugge added 10.

Isaac Flowers and Max Meinhart scored seven each for Jasper County (8-8).

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Jasper County              8      6      8    2    --    24

Teutopolis                   16    18    13    8    --    55

Jasper County -- Burgener 8, Barthelme 2, Kuhn 10, McNary 4

Teutopolis -- Thoele 2, Koester 2, Gibson 2, Hoene 3, Kremer 10, Niemerg 4, Thompson 4, Mossman 8, C. Hoene 4, Bushur 8, Probst 2, Niebrugge 3, Roley 2, Thompson 2 (players at up to 56 while 55 listed as final)

Eighth-Grade Game

Jasper County             9      4    10      0    --    23

Teutopolis                  18    21    12    13    --    64

Jasper County -- Fehrenbacher 3, Nichols 2, Flowers 7, Wolfe 4, Manhart 7

Teutopolis -- E.D. Thoele 2, Kreke 5, Hoelscher 5, Hanson 8, Waldhoff 12, Koester 4, E.R. Thoele 6, Bloemer 8, Niebrugge 10, Pruemer 4