Junior High Boys Basketball -- March 1

In the seventh-grade contest, T-town picked up the 40-37 win. T-town broke a 7-7 opening quarter tie with a 17-9 second period. Casey-Westfield came back to tie the score in the third quarter. The Shoes then had a 13-10 final period run.

Isaac McWhorter scored 11 for the winners while Jason Kreke tallied 10.

In eighth-grade play, Casey-Westfield pulled out a 35-34 win. T-town held a 28-23 lead going into the final quarter. Casey-Westfield came back with a 12-6 run to pick up the one-point win.

Jake Bushur scored 12 points for the Shoes while Mick Niebrugge added nine.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade GAme

Casey-Westfield           7      9    11    10    --    37

Teutopolis                     7    17      3    13    --    40

Casey-Westfield -- Karras 6, Hupp 8, Clement 18, Duniphon 1, Sullivan 2, Julius 2

Teutopolis -- Probst 6, McWhorter 11, Buening 2, Addis 9, Buening 2, Kreke 10

Eighth-Grade Game

Casey-Westfield          9    6    8    12    --    35

Teutopolis                  11    9    8      6    --    34

Casey-Westfield -- Parcel 4, Richards 6, Maulding 6, Tutwiler 5, Bruens 14

Teutopolis -- Niemerg 5, Manaye 2, Niebrugge 9, Bushur 12, Hoene 6

At Altamont

Altamont handed visiting Neoga two losses in junior high action Monday.

Altamont claimed the seventh-grade contest, 42-18. The Wildcats held a 19-9 halftime lead then had a 15-5 third quarter as Veteto scored 10 points.

Veteto led Altamont with 19 points while Tedrick added nine.

Neoga was led by Cardinal with eight points.

In eighth-grade action, Neoga and Altamont were tied at 13-13 at halftime and 23-23 going into the final quarter.

In the final period, Altamont had a 10-2 run to pull out a 33-25 victory.

Plum led Altamont with 14 points while Shafer had eight.

Neoga was led by Cardinal with 14.

At Altamont

Seventh-Grade Game

Neoga                 4    5      5    4    --    18

Altamont          10    9    15    8    --    42

Neoga -- Coy 4, Cardinal 8, Ray 5, Beabout 1

Altamont -- Wendling 4, Ellersick 2, Tedrick 9, Reardon 2, Veteto 19, Johnson 4, Wolfert 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Neoga                  9    4    10      2    --    25

Altamont           13    0    10    10    --    33

Neoga -- Letterle 2, Keller 4, Ray 5, Cardinal 14

Altamont -- Schlanser 4, Plum 14, D. Bauer 3, Veteto 4, Shafer 8

At Newton

Jasper County split wins with Palestine/Hutsonville in Monday action.

Jasper County edged Palestine/Hutsonville, 37-35 in the seventh-grade contest. Jasper County led 17-15 at halftime but trailed 24-23 going into the final quarter. Jasper County then had a 14-11 run for the win.

Drake Wolf led the way with 16 points as the team improved to 3-8.

In eighth-grade play, Jasper County trailed Palestine/Hutsonville 26-19 at halftime and couldn't get untrailed in a 52-42 loss.

Kholten Barthelme tallied 11 points for Jasper County.

At Newton

Seventh-Grade Game

Palestine/Hutsonville            13    2    9    11    --    35

Jasper County                       11    6    6    14    --    37

Palestine/Hutsonville -- Blank 27

Jasper County -- Fulton 7, Wolf 16, Tharp 4, Flasch 6, Volk 4

Eighth-Grade Game

Palestine/Hutsonville         10    16    14    12    --    52

Jasper County                      9    10    12    11    --    42

Palestine/Hutsonville -- Lawyer 16, Eller 9, Blank 7

Jasper County -- Burgener 9, Kuhn 9, Wickham 4, Ochs 3, Barthelme 11, Zumbahlen 6

At Brownstown

Stewardson-Strasburg downed St. Elmo/Brownstown in both seventh- and eighth-grade competition Monday.

Stew-Stras won the seventh-grade matchup, 35-20. Stew-Stras jumped out to a 17-7 halftime lead and never looked back.

Wetherell scored 11 for the winners who improve to 7-4. SEB was led by Poe with 10.

In the eighth-grade game, Stew-Stras also ran off to a big 27-10 halftime lead and tallied a 45-19 win.

Morris led the way in scoring with 11 while Durbin added 10. The squad is now 7-4.

SEB was led by Wilhour with 10.

At Brownstown

Seventh-Grade Game

Stew-Stras           8    9    9    9    --    35

SEB                      1    6    4    9    --    20

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Wetherell 11, Sayers 9, Vonderheide 9, Rahn 3, Beals 3

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Poe 10, Powell 5, Speagle 3, Schick 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Stew-Stras         16    11    13    5    --    45

SEB                      4      6      4    5    --    19

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Morris 11, Durbin 10, Gurgel 9, Be. Bridges 7, Bo. Bridges 6 (players add up to 43 while 45 listed as final)

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Wilhour 10, Hoopingarner 5, Austin 2, Schwarm 2

At Kinmundy

Sigel St. Michael was a winner in seventh-grade play over South Central Monday, 36-15.

The Sharpshooters held an 11-0 opening quarter lead and led 32-5 at halftime.

B. Niebrugge scored 16 for the winners. South Central was led by Westin Neilson with seven.

South Central then won the eighth-grade game, 30-28. The two teams scored 10 each in the opening quarter and were tied at 18-18 at halftime.

South Central moved ahead 24-22 in the third quarter and held on for a 30-28 victory.

Kage Hiestand led the way with 10 points. Altamont was led by B. Fearday with 13.

At Kinmundy

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Michael             11    10    12     3    --    36

South Central          0      5      0   10    --    15

Sigel St. Michael -- Mayer 7, Dittamore 2, Walk 3, Niebrugge 16, Worman 8

South Central -- Neilson 7, L. Shumate 3, G. Shumate 5

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Michael                10    8    4    6    --    28

South  Central          10    8    6    6    --    30

Sigel St. Michael -- Young 6, Fearday 13, Hatton 7, Hoene 2

South Central -- Markley 6, Hiestand 10, J. Smith 5, Jones 4, C. Smith 5

At Beecher City

North Clay (Louisville) tallied two wins over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City Monday.

North Clay won the seventh-grade encounter, 23-18. North Clay led 11-8 at halftime and 19-12 going into the final quarter.

Byers led the team with nine points. CHBC was led by Gage Hart and Brayden Bunch with six each.

In eighth-grade action, North Clay picked up a 40-23 win.

North Clay took a 25-12 halftime lead. Zimdars tallied 18 for the winners while L. Groves had 12.

CHBC was led by Kyle Lamb with six.

At Cowden

Seventh-Grade Game

North Clay           7    4    8    4    --    23

CHBC                  4    4    4    6    --    18

North  Clay -- Byers 9, Czyzewski 2, Campton 5, Groves 5, Wolfe 2

Cowdne-Herrick/Beecner City -- Cozart 2, Schlanser 2, Richards 2, Hart 6, Bunch 6

Eighth-Grade Game

North Clay           6    19    8    7    --    40

CHBC                  10     2    8    3    --    23

North Clay -- Hardiek 9, Poe 2, L. Groves 12, Zimdars 13, Griffy 4

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Moon 4, Calame 2, Rueff 4, Mueller 2, Radloff 5, Lamb 6