Junior High Boys Basketball -- Feb. 24

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Published on February 25 2021 9:18 am
Last Updated on February 25 2021 9:18 am
Written by Millie Lange

Effingham and Taylorville split junior high boys basketball victories Wednesday.

The Mustangs claimed the seventh-grade contest, 48-23. Effingham held a 24-13 halftime lead.

Wise tallied 13 for the Mustangs while Phillips added 12. EJHS now sports a 5-3 record.

In eighth-grade play, Taylorville ran out to a 16-8 opening quarter lead. The Mustangs pulled ahead 35-31 in the third quarter but Taylorville had a 17-7 final run for the 48-42 win.

Flack led the Mustangs with 16 points while Jones added 13 and Belcher 12.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Taylorville            9      4      7    3    --    23

Effingham          14    10    15    9    --    48

Taylorville -- Tirpak 2, Greene 5, Pearse 11, Bowsher 2, Adcock 3

Effingham -- Bushur 2, Hayes 9, Phillips 12, Wise 13, Wendling 4, Buzzard 2, McDaniel 4, Nichols 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Taylorville          16    9      6    17    --    48

Effingham            8    9    18      7    --    42

Taylorville -- Foraker 12, Younger 12, Howard 10, Tirpak 6, Champley 3, Nieman 3, McWard 2

Effingham -- Flack 16, Jones 13, Belcher 12, McBride 1

 

At Paris

Jasper County picked up a win and suffered a loss against Paris Mayo Wednesday.

In the seventh-grade game, Jasper County took a 37-33 win to improve to 2-6 on the season.

Jasper County led 18-16 at halftime and had a 19-17 second half. Dexter Fulton tallied 12 points to lead the winners.

In eighth-grade play, Jasper County fell to Paris Mayo, 29-20.

Paris Mayo held a 17-8 first half lead and held that lead throughout.

Wade Wickham had seven points to lead Jasper County, which dropped to 3-5 on the season.

At Paris

Seventh-Grade Game

Jasper County         12      6    13    6    --    37

Paris Mayo                 4    12    12    5    --    33

Jasper County -- Marshall 2, Fulton 12, Farley 3, Wolf 7, Flasch 5, Volk 8

Paris Mayo -- Roush 14

Eighth-Grade Game

Jasper County        2    6    5    7    --    20

Paris Mayo            11    6    8    4    --    29

Jasper County -- Hetzer 2, Burgener 4, Wickham 7, Ochs 2, Zumbahlen 3

Paris Mayo -- Rogers 11, Blair 7