Junior High Girls Basketball -- April 15

Effingham and Teutopolis split junior high girls basketball victories Thursday.

The Wooden Shoes claimed the seventh-grade encounter, 37-29. Effingham led 20-18 at halftime but the Shoes came back with an 8-5 third quarter and outscored the Mustangs 11-4 in the final quarter.

M. Helmink tallied 19 points to lead the Shoes. EJHS was led by Martin with 10. T-town improves to 7-1.

In eighth-grade action, Effingham pulled out the 26-23 win.

The Mustangs led 12-10 at halftime then had a 10-6 third quarter and held off the Shoes in the final period.

Donaldson and Althoff provided the one-two scoring punch with 10 points each for the Mustangs.

T-town was led by A. Probst with nine points. T-town falls to 3-4.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

Teutopolis           11      7    8     11    --    37

Effingham             7    13    5      4    --    29

Teutopolis -- Helmink 19, Niemerg 7, A. Probst 5, Kemme 5, Bloemer 1

Effingham -- Wolfe 7, Martin 10, Mapes 5, Hodge 3, Engel 4

Eighth-Grade Game

Teutopolis           6    4      6    7    --    23

Effingham           8    4    10    4    --    26

Teutopolis -- A. Probst 9, Helmink 4, C. Probst 3, Kemme 2, Swingler 2, Niemerg 2, Bloemer 1

Effingham -- Donadlson 10, Althoff 10, Beals 6

At Effingham

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City tallied two victories over Effingham Sacred Heart Thursday.

CHBC won the seventh-grade game, 17-10. The Sharmocks held a 6-4 halftime lead but CHBC came back in the second half with a 13-4 run to pull out the win.

CHBC was led by Haley Doty with six points. The winners improved to 5-5 on the season.

Sacred Heart was led by Braun with eight.

In the eighth-grade game, CHBC took a 20-11 halftime lead and had a 19-8 second half for a 39-19 win.

Macee Rodman scored 17 points on eight field goals and one free throw. CHBC is ow 6-4.

Sacred Heart was led by Hecht with 11 points.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Game

CHBC                       4    0    7    6    --    17

Sacred Heart           4    2    4    0    --    10

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Burgess 2, Wakefield 1, Sarver 2, Pope 2, Doty 6, Dawson 2, Davis 2

Sacred Heart -- Braun 8, LaSarge 2

Eighth-Grade Game

CHBC                    12    8    8    11    --    39

Sacred Heart          2    9    4      4    --    19

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Schlanser 8, Musson 6, Wasson 2, Rodman 17, Doty 2, Thompson 2, Dawson 2

Sacred Heart -- Braun 4, Aldrich 2, LaSarge 2, Hecht 11

At Mattoon

Effingham St. Anthony fell to Mattoon in both seventh- and eighth-grade basketball action Thursday.

Mattoon claimed the seventh-grade contest 32-11 with a 19-5 opening half.

Leading the Bullpups was M. Hoene with seven.

In eighth-grade action, Mattoon was a 40-19 winner. Mattoon led 25-9 at halftime.

Leading St. Anthony was A. Nuxoll with 15 points.

At Mattoon

Seventh-Grade Game

St. Anthony          4    1    6    0    --    11

Mattoon              10    9    6    7    --    32

St. Anthony -- Trupiano 4, Hoene 7

Mattoon -- Jobe 4, Redfern 5, Coleman 2, Smith 3, Moses 4, Haldorsen 8, Nolte 6

Eighth-Grade Game

St. Anthony         5      4      4    6    --    19

Mattoon             12    13    10    5    --    40

St. Anthony -- Faber 2, Nuxoll 15, Kabbes 2

Mattoon -- Wade 6, Powers 3, Masse 5, Lahtrop 15, Otto 5, Hacke 2, Knierim 2, Welch 2