Junior High Boys Basketball -- March 4

The Bullpups ran off to a 20-2 opening quarter lead and it was just a matter of time.

Brent tallied 21 for the winners while Lauritzen chipped in with 10.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Anthony            20    13    13    2   --    48

Mattoon                   2      3      2    5    --    12

St. Anthony -- Pennington 7, Griffith 8, Brent 21, Lauritzen 10, Gonzalez 2

Mattoon -- Hayes 4, Rica 3, Shaw 3, Ethington 2

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis handed Taylorville two losses in junior high boys action Thursday.

T-town took a 56-16 win in seventh-grade play with a 22-4 opening quarter lead.

Jason Kreke tallied 13 for the winners.

In the eighth-grade contest, the Wooden Shoes won 47-24. T-town held a 24-12 halftime lead and had a 14-8 third period run.

Luke Niemerg scored in double figures with 11 for the Shoes.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Taylorville            4      4      5    3    --    16

Teutopolis          22    10    18    6    --    56

Taylorville -- Gneme 3, Champely 3, Finks 10

Teutopolis -- Probst 4, McWhorter 7, Breer 4, Schmidt 4, Buening 6, Grunloh 2, Addis 6, Buening 4, Kreke 13, Thoele 2, Westendorf 4

Eighth-Grade Game

Taylorville          10      2      8    4    --    24

Teutopolis          11    13    14    9    --    47

Taylorville -- Younker 4, Tirpak 2, Howard 9, Wheeler 2, Niemann 3, Furaker 4

Teutopolis -- Thoele 3, Niemerg 11, Kremer 3, Thompson 2, Gibson 2, Niebrugge 6, D. Hoene 6, Bushur 8, C. Hoene 6

At Ramsey

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City tallied two big-scoring victories over Ramsey Thursday.

CHBC won the seventh-grade contest 40-16 to improve to 3-9.

CHBC held a 17-9 halftime lead and had a 23-7 second half. August Cozart, Chase Schlanser and Brayden Bunch scored 10 points each.

In the eighth-grade game, CHBC bounced Ramsey, 64-11. CHBC held a 32-8 halftime lead and had a 24-0 third period.

Ernie Villar scored 12 for the winners while Kaiden Calame chipped in with 10.

At Ramsey

Seventh-Grade Game

CHBC           10    7    9    14    --    40

Ramsey         4    5    3      4    --    16

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Cozart 10, Schlanser 10, Burkhead 2, Hart 6, Bunch 10, Askins 2

Ramsey -- Denton 3, Gatons 2, Williams 11

Eighth-Grade Game

CHBC            16    16    24    8    --    64

Ramsey          0      8      0    3    --    11

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Moon 4, Calame 10, Rueff 9, Ring 4, Pope 4, Campbell 4, Villar 6, Mueller 4, Radloff 9, Lamb 2, Monnet 4, Sullivan 2, Felty 2

Ramsey -- Trexler 4, Suey 1, Wehrle 1, Williams 5

At Farina

South Central claimed two wins over visiting Sandoval Thursday.

South Central claimed the seventh-grade contest, 49-9. South Central zipped out to an 18-0 opening quarter lead and that was the contest.

L. Shumate and Kruger had 11 points each for the winners.

In the eighth-grade matchup, South Central trailed Sandoval 5-3 after the first quarter then came back with a 14-0 second period run and took the 34-21 win.

Markley led the way with eight points while Smith added seven for the winners.

At Sandoval

Seventh-Grade Game

South Central            18    16    2    13    --    49

Sandoval                     0      2    4      3    --      9

South Central -- Neilson 8, L. Shumate 11, G. Shumate 5, Sidwell 10, Krueger 11, Engel 2, Jones 2

Sandoval -- Caldwell 4, Eagan 5

Eighth-Grade Game

South Central           3    14    10     7    --    34

Sandoval                  5      0      6    10    --    21

South Central -- Markley 8, Hiestand 3, Smith 7, Jones 2, Co. Smith 5, Ca. Smith 5, Bursott 4

Sandoval -- Andrews 3, Lyons 15, Gore 2, Heinzmann 1