Junior High Boys Basketball -- Jan. 22

ST. ELMO -- Effingham Sacred Heart and St. Elmo/Brownstown were winners at the National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament Wednesday.

The Shamrocks edged North Clay (Louisville), 31-30 in the opener.

In the second contest, St. Elmo/Brownstown downed South Central, 40-20.

The tournament finishes out tonight as Sacred Heart meets St. Elmo/Brownstown at 5:30 for the consolation championship, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City faces Stewardson-Strasburg at 6:45 for third place and Sigel St. Michael takes on Dieterich at 8 for the championship.

At Efingham

Effingham and Greenville split seventh-grade A and B games Wednesday.

Effingham was a winner in the seventh-grade A contest, 42-24. The Mustangs held a 20-13 halftime lead then had a 22-11 second half.

Flack tallied 13 while Belcher added 11.

In the seventh-grade B game, Greenville came out a 25-17 winner. The score was tied at 4-4 after the opening quarter before Greenville had an 11-2 second period run.

Leading the Mustangs were Nelson and Spicer with four each.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade A Game

Greenville             3    10      6      5    --    24

Effingham             7    13    11    11    --    42

Greenville -- Manhart 5, Doll 2, Gerber 3, Tabor 3, Ackerman 7, Snow 4

Effingham -- Kellams 6, Belcher 11, Flack 13, Pals 8, E. Jones 4

Seventh-Grade B Game

Greenville              4    11    4      6    --    25

Effingham              4      2    0    11    --    17

Greenville -- Alarat 2, Shadowens 3, Hutchison 2, Tabor 4, White 7, Kious 7

Effingham -- Love 2, Brown 2, Banks 3, l. Jones 2, Nelson 4, Spicer 4

At Mattoon

Effingham St. Anthony captured a 52-49 win over Mattoon in seventh-grade basketball action Wednesday.

The Bullpups trailed Mattoon 15-6 after the opening quarter but had a 16-6 second period run to pull within a point at hafltime. Mattoon pushed the lead to two points going into the final quarter. That's when the Bullpups had an 11-9 run to tie the score. In the overtime period, St. Anthony then had a 7-4 lead to claim the victory.

St. Anthony was led by S. Link with 23 points and R. Schmidt with 15.

At Mattoon

Seventh-Grade Game

Overtime

St. Anthony               6    16    12    11    7    --    52

Mattoon                   15      6    15      9    4    --    49

St. Anthony -- Link 23, Frost 9, Fearday 5, Schmidt 15

Mattoon -- Pullen 2, Johnson 5, Faulkner-Elliot 24, Butler 4, Samuelson 4, Eaton 8, Arnold 2