Junior High Basketball -- Feb. 26-27

SIGEL -- Effingham St. Anthony claimed a seventh-grade boys basketball victory over Sigel St. Michael Friday and was a winner over Vandalia Saturday.

In the win over St. Michael, St. Anthony held a 20-4 halftime lead and had a 23-16 second half.

Lauritzen and Brent tallied 10 points each for the Bullpups.

In Saturday action, St. Anthony won both the seventh- and eighth-grade contests.

In the seventh-grade game, St. Anthony pounded Vandalia, 56-14. The game was over by halftime as the Bullpups led 31-9.

Lauritzen tallied 24 for the winners while Brent added 17.

In eighth-grade action, St. Anthony was a 47-33 winner and improves to 8-2 on the season.

At Sigel

St. Anthony         10    10    13    10    --    43

St. Michael            2      2      6    10    --    20

St. Anthony -- Clark 5, Pennington 8, Griffith 1, Brown 4, Lauritzen 10, Gonzalez 5, Brent 10

Sigel St. Michael -- Mayer 6, Niebrugge 2, Hoene 4, Worman 8

Saturday Game

At Vandalia

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Anthony          11    20    17    8    --    56

Vandalia                5      4      4    1    --    14

St. Anthony -- Pennington 8, Griffith 3, Brent 17, Lauritzen 24, Brown 2, Gonzalez 2

Vandalia -- Lewis 2, Depow 5, Hartlieb 4, Willenborg 3

At Effingham

Effingham handed Mattoon two losses Saturday.

The Mustangs claimed the seventh-grade contest, 47-23 outcoring Mattoon 28-12 in the first half and 15-2 in the third quarter.

Phillips led Effingham with 18 points while Hayes, Wise and Flack had six each. EJHS improves to 6-3 on the season.

In the eighth-grade contest, Mattoon stepped out to a 25-5 opening quarter lead and led 17-10 at halftime. The Mustangs came roaring back with a 12-5 third period and outdistanced Mattoon 10-3 in the final quarter for a 32-25 victory.

Effingham was led by Flack with 17 and Belcher and Jones with seven each.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Mattoon          10      2      2    9    --    23

Effingham       13    15    15    4    --    47

Mattoon -- Sharp 5, Hayes 7, Hancke 2, Ethington 2, Middleton 1, Hester 2, Miller 4

Effingham -- Bockhorn 3, Bushur 2, Fearday 2, Hayes 6, Phillips 18, Wise 6, Wendling 2, Flack 6, Moser 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Mattoon            15    2      5      3    --    25

Effingham           5    5    12    10    --    32

Mattoon -- Pullen 10, Johnson 5, Butler 5, Sewell 2, Arnold 2, Kimbo 1

Effingham -- Flack 17, Belcher 7, Jones 7, Love 1

At Marshall

Teutopolis scored in the 40-point range for both games and downed Marshall Saturday.

T-town won the seventh-grade game, 41-18 with a 17-6 opening quarter and a 32-7 halftime lead.

Joey Probst scored 16 for the winners. The Shoes are a perfect 10-0.

In eighth-grade play, T-town was a 43-27 winner. The Shoes led by four after the opening quarter then had a 28-11 run over the second and third periods.

Jacob Hoene scored nine, Alex Kremer eight and Henry Thompson seven for the Shoes who improve to 8-1 on the season.

At Marshall

Seventh-Grade Game

Teutopolis          17    15    9    0    --    41

Marshall               6      1    6    5    --    18

Teutopolis -- Probst 16, McWhorter 6, Buening 8, Addis 3, Kreke 8

Marshall -- McGuire 4, Murphy 1, Graham 2, Keim 2, Jansen 9

Eighth-Grade Game

Teutopolis          9    13    15      6    --    43

Marshall             5      3      8    11    --    27

Teutopolis -- Niemerg 2, Kremer 8, H. Thompson 7, Gibson 2, Niebrugge 2, N. Thompson 4, Bushur 9, Hoene 6 (players add up to 40 while 43 listed as final)

Marshall -- Murphy 3, Romey 4, Spires 8, Parker 8, Delp 4