Junior High Boys Basketball -- Feb. 11

Effingham St. Anthony split victories with Charleston in junior high boys basketball play Thursday.

The Bullpups fell in the seventh-grade contest, 31-30. St. Anthony edged out to an 8-7 opening quarter lead and led 18-16 at halftime. Charleston came back to lead 25-22 going into the final quarter. St. Anthony had an 8-6 run but still fell a point short.

Aiden Lauritzen led the Bullpups with 16 points.

In eighth-grade action, St. Anthony was an easy 53-32 winner. The Bullpups held a 27-15 halftime lead and led 43-28 going into the final period.

R. Schmidt led the way with 18 points while S. Link added nine. Seven other players scored in the contest. St. Anthony improved to 2-2.

At Charleston

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Anthony          8    10    4    8    --    30

Charleston           7      9    9    6    --    31

St. Anthony -- Pennington 2, Gonzalez 2, Griffith 6, Brown 4, Lauritzen 16

Charleston -- Taylor 13, Applewhite 1, Walters 3, Meister 2, Oakley 6, Matheny 6

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Anthony          13    14    18    8    --    53

Charleston             6      9    13    4    --    32

St. Anthony -- Link 9, JB Trupiano 4, Wiedman 2, Seachrist 1, Frost 6, Fearday 6, JC Trupiano 5, Tegeler 2, Schmidt 18

Charleston -- Bonstetter 13, Clements 4, Blagg 2, Forester 13

At Mattoon

Effingham picked up two wins over Mattoon in Thursday evening action.

The Mustangs took a 13-0 opening quarter lead in seventh-grade play and led 19-7 at halftime. Effingham went on for a 28-15 second half for the 47-22 victory.

Phillips led Effingham with 14 points while Hayes added nine. EJHS is now 3-1 on the season.

Effingham then went overtime to edge Mattoon, 29-26. Mattoon held a 19-10 halftime lead and led 23-17 going into the fourth quarter. The Mustangs had a 9-3 fourth quarter run to tie the game. In the overtime period, Effingham had a 3-0 run.

Flack tallied 19 for the winners.

At Mattoon

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham             13    6    13    15    --    47

Mattoon                  0    7      8      7    --    22

Effingham -- Bockhorn 2, Bushur 8, Hayes 9, Phillips 14, Wise 3, Buzzard 2, Ring 2, Flack 2, McDaniel 5

Mattoon -- Masse 11, Hayes 2, Shaw 2, Middleton 2, Hester 2, Miller 3

Eighth-Grade Game

Overtime

Effingham            5     5    7    9    3    --    29

Mattoon               8    11    4    3    0    --    26

Effingham -- Flack 19, Belcher 5, Love 3, Jones 2

Mattoon -- Johnson 14, Butler 8, Pullen 3, Kimbro 1

At Strasburg

Altamont and Stewardson-Strasburg split wins Thursday.

Altamont edged Stew-Stras in the seventh-grade matchup, 28-26. Stew-Stras led 20-17 going into the final quarter and Altamont came on with an 11-6 run to pull out the win.

Altamont was led by Veteto with 26 points. Stew-Stras (4-2) was led by Sayers with 12.

In eighth-grade action, Stew-Stras claimed a 44-12 win and is now 4-2 on the season.

Morris provided 18 points while Ben Bridges chipped in with 14.

Altamont was led by D. Bauer with four.

At Stew-Stras

Seventh-Grade Game

Altamont             4    5    8    11    --    28

Stew-Stras          6    6    8      6    --    26

Altamont -- Veteto 26, Bauer 2

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Sayers 12, Wetherell 9, Beals 3, Lankow 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Altamont               2      8    2      0    --    12

Stew-Stras          12    16    6    10    --    44

Altamont -- D. Bauer 4, Plum 3, Shafer 3, Veteto 2

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Morris 18, Bridges 14, Gurgel 8, Durbin 2, Verdeyen 2

At Cowden

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City and Effingham Sacred Heart were both winners Thursday.

Sacred Heart claimed the seventh-grade contest, 32-20. The Shamrocks held a 17-10 halftime lead and led 30-15 going in the final period for a 32-20 win.

Borries led Sacred Heart with 20 points while Swingler chipped in with eight.

CHBC was led by August Cozart with six.

In the eighth-grade contest, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City led 21-15 at halftime but Sacred Heart pulled within 26-23 going into the final period. CHBC then kept the Shamrocks scoreless while tallying eight points for a 34-23 victory.

CHBC was led by Kaidyn Calame with eight points and Kyle Lamb with seven.

Sacred Heart was led by Wallace with 12.

At Cowden

Seventh-Grade Game

Sacred Heart          6    11    13    2    --    32

CHBC                      4     6      4    6    --    20

Sacred Heart -- Hecht 2, Swingler 8, Borries 20, Wright 2

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Cozart 6, Schlanser 4, Donaldson 2, Richards 2, Hart 4, Barns 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Sacred Heart         7      8    8    0    --    23

CHBC                   10    11    5    8    --    34

Sacred Heart -- Wallace 12, Sparks 6, Lockhart 2, Borries 3

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Moon 5, Calame 8, Rueff 1, Villar 4, Mueller 4, Radloff 5, Lamb 7