Junior High Boys Basketball -- Jan. 23

The Bullpups held a 10-7 opening quarter lead but Salem came back to move ahead 22-21 at halftime. Salem then had a 30-12 second half.

St. Anthony was led by Adams with 16 points.

In the other Thursday contest, Aviston defeated Greenville 44-18.

Aviston now meets Salem for the championshp at 7 p.m. today while St. Anthony takes on Greenville at 6 p.m .for third place. In the consolation championship at 5, Effingham faces Troy Triad.

Greenville Tournament

St. Anthony            10    11    8      9    --    38

Salem                      7    15    11    19    --    52

St. Anthony -- Adams 16, Ludwig 2, Koenig 2, Roepke 7, Bernhard 5, Dietzen 2, Frisbie 4

Salem -- Greene 12, Zimmerman 15, Tennyson 11, Harris 3, Stroud 8, Smith 3

NTC Eighth-Grade Tournament

The National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament came to a close Thursday evening.

Winning the championship was Dieterich over Sigel St. Michael, 46-37.

Stewardson-Strasburg edged Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 29-28 for third place.

Stew-Stras held a 9-2 opening quarter lead and led 17-14 at hafltime. Stew-Stras was still ahead by two going into the final quarter. CHBC came back with an 8-7 run only to fall a point short.

Stew-Stras was led by Gurgel with nine points and Manhart and Gracey with seven each.

CHBC was led by Gage Lorton with 11.

In the consolation championship, St. Elmo/Brownstown defeated Effingham Sacred Heart, 32-22.

NTC Eighth-Grade Tournament

Third Place Game

Stew-Stras              9      8    5    7    --    29

CHBC                      2    12    6    8    --    28

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Manhart 7, Bridges 2, Gracey 7, J. Smith 4, Gurgel 9

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Wojcik 8, Merrifield 8, Jones 1, Lorton 11

At Paris

Teutopolis split victories with Paris Mayo in Thursday evening action.

In the seventh-grade contest, Paris Mayo was a 50-34 winner. T-town held an 18-16 halftime lead and led 26-22 going into the final quarter. Paris Mayo had a 28-8 final period to pull out the victory.

T-town was led by Henry Thompson with 12 and Luke Niemerg with 10.

In the eighth-grade game, the Wooden Shoes won 50-30. T-town ripped out to a 16-2 opening quarter lead and never looked back.

Joey Niebrugge led the way in scoring with 12 points while Mitch Koester added 11.

At Paris

Seventh-Grade Game

Teutopolis               10    8    8      8    --    34

Paris Mayo               8     8    6    28    --    50

Teutopolis -- Thoele 2, Gibson 2, NIemerg 10, Thompson 12, Mossman 2, Hoene 2, Bushur 2, Niebrugge 2

Paris Mayo -- King 15, Rogers 23, Rigdon 10, Thompson 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Teutopolis                16    12    12    10    --    50

Paris Mayo                2      7      6    15    --    30

Teutopolis -- E.D. Thoele 6, Kreke 2, Hanson 6, Waldoff 1, Koester 11, Gaddis 3, E.R. Thoele 2, Davidson 2, Niebrugge 12, Pruemer 5

Paris Mayo -- Underwood 11, Sess 7, Lankster 6, Miller 2, Rigdon 4

At Newton

Palestine/Hutsonville and Jasper County split victories Thursday evening.

The visitors won the sevebth-grade contest, 43-25. Palestine-Hutsonville stepped out to a big 26-1 opening quarter.

Jasper County (4-15) was led by Lain Burgener with 11 and Wade Wickham with 10.

In eighth-grade action, Jasper County was the big leader at halftime, 29-9 and went on for a 51-17 win over Palestine/Hutsonville.

Isaac Flowers led the winners with 16 points as the squad improved to 9-9.

At Newton

Seventh-Grade Game

Pales.-Hutson.             26    8      6    3    --    43

Jasper County               1    6    16    2    --    25

Palesstine-Hutsonville -- Cook 10, Kincaid 9

Jasper County -- Burgener 11, Wickham 10

Eighth-Grade Game

Pales.-Hutson.               4      5      4    4    --    17

Jasper County             19    10    14    8    --    51

Palestine/Hutsonville -- Hawkins 10

Jasper County -- Flowers 16