Junior High Basketball -- Feb. 18 Results

Effingham St. Anthony tallied a 37-12 eighth-grade boys basketball win over Effingham Thursday while the Bullpups also claimed the seventh-grade contest, 52-23.

In eighth-grade action, the Bullpups stepped out to a 12-4 opening quarter lead and led 19-5 at halftime. Schmidt led the way for St. Anthony with 16 points.

Effingham was led by Belcher with all 12 of the Mustangs' points.

St. Anthony improves to 4-2 on the season.

In seventh-grade play, St. Anthony held a 22-10 halftime lead then had a 30-13 second half.

Lauritzen and Pennington led the way for St. Anthony with 17 and 16 points respectively.

Effingham was led by Wise with 10.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham            4     6    11      2    --    23

St. Anthony         8    14     9    21    --    52

Effingham -- Bockhorn 6, Hayes 1, Phillips 6, Wise 10

St. Anthony -- Clark 2, Pennington 16, Griffith 7, Brown 6, Lauritzen 17, Gonzalez 4

Eightih-Grade Game

Effingham                4    1    4      3    --    12

St. Anthony           12    7    8    10    --    37

Effingham -- Belcher 12

St. Anthony -- Vogel 2, Link 2, Seachrist 5, Fearday 6, JC Trupiano 4, Tegeler 2, Schmidt 16

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis picked up a couple of victories Thursday evening.

The Wooden Shoes leaped out to a 31-9 halftime lead on Charleston in seventh-grade action and went on for a 53-23 win.

Isaac McWhorter led the Shoes with 15 points while Joey Probst had 13.

In eighth-grade action, T-town was a 37-27 winner. The Shoes led 19-13 at halftime then had a 13-3 third quarter surge.

Jacob Bushur led the way for the Shoes with 13 points.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Charleston            2      7      8    6    --    23

Teutopolis           14    17    14    8    --    53

Charleston -- McElwee 2, Tayklor 4, Lindley 4, Meister 2, Oakley 7, Moore 2, Matheny 2

Teutopolis -- Probst 13, McWhorter 15, Schmidt 3, Buening 5, Grunloh 2, Addis 8, Buening 4, Kreke 1, Thoele 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Charleston           4    9      3    11    --    27

Teutopolis          11    8    13      5    --    37

Charleston -- Story 3, Bonstetter 3, Kuykendall 8, Sikorski 2, Lozano 1, Coffey 2, Forester 8

Teutopolis -- Niemerg 2, Kremer 2, Thompson 4, Mossman 1, Niebrugge 5, D. Hoene 2, Roley 2, Bushur 13, C. Hoene 6

At Stew-Stras

Dieterich and Stewardson-Strasburg split wins in seventh- and eighth-grade play Thursday.

Dieterich was a winner in the seventh-grade contest, 39-32. Dieterich held a 12-4 opening quarter lead but Stew-Stras pulled within 24-22 in the third quarter. Dieterich then had a 15-10 final quarter.

B. Niemerg led in scoring with 16 while T. Niemerg added 12 for Dieterich.

Stew-Stras was led by Beals with 13 and Sayers with 11. Stew-Stras improved to 5-3.

In the eighth-grade contest, Stew-Stras held a 20-7 halftime lead. Dieterich moved within 27-20 at halftime and had a 16-14 final period but couldn't get over that first half by Stew-Stras.

Morris was unstoppable for the winners with 24 points on 11 field goals and two free throws. Gurgel added nine. Stew-Stras is now 5-2 on the season.

Dieterich was led by B. Niemerg with 14 and Westendorf with 12.

Seventh-Grade Game

Dieterich              4    8    12    15    --    39

Stew-Stras           2    2    18    10    --    32

Dieterich -- B. NIemerg 16, T. Niemerg 12, Hall 7, Lidy 4

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Beals 13, Sayers 11, Lankow 4, Vonderheide 2, Wascher 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Dieterich                 2      5    13    16    --    36

Stew-Stras            10    10      7    14    --    41

Dieterich -- G. Niemerg 14, Westendorf 12, Funneman 4, Will 3, Lidy 2, Davis 1

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Morris 24, Gurgel 9, Ben. Bridges 6, Durbin 2