Junior High Girls Basketball -- October 4

Taylorville took a 19-2 opening quarter lead and led 23-7 at halftime.

The Bullpups were led by Aubrey Denning with four points.

In eighth-grade play, the Bullpups were 29-14 winners. The score was knotted at 11-11 at halftime before St. Anthony had an 18-2 second half.

Denning and Lilly Gannaway led the winners with eight points each.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Game

Taylorville           19    4    18    8    --    49

St. Anthony           2    5     0    2    --      9

Taylorville -- Durbin 7, Siempelkamp 7, Kietzman 4, Rogers 12, Heberling 4, Thomas 4, Stockton 2, Tarr 9

St. Anthony -- Denning 4, Lauritzen 3, Jenkins 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Taylorville           11    0    3      0    --    14

St. Anthony          6    5    8    10    --    29

Taylorville -- Hohenstein 2, Wernz 7, Graliano 5

St. Anthony -- Denning 8, Gannaway 8, Kabbes 1, Lauritzen 7, Hartmann 2, Hoene 2, Emmerich 1

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis nabbed two victories over Mattoon in junior high girls basketball Monday evening.

The Wooden Shoes improved to 3-0 in seventh-grade action with a 31-7 win. T-town held a 21-6 halftime lead and never looked back.

Elise Pals led the way with 12 points for the Shoes.

In the eighth-grade matchup, T-town stepped out to a 19-3 first half lead and downed Mattoon 38-7.

The Shoes are now 3-0 and were led by Mallory Bloemer with nine points.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Mattoon                4    2    0    1    --      7

Teutopolis          14    7    8    2    --    31

Mattoon -- Denning 2, Smith 2, Elder 2, Board 1

Teutopolis -- Pals 12, Borries 8, Tegeler 5, Hoene 2, Roley 2, Gaddis 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Mattoon            3      0      2    2    --      7

Teutopolis        9    10    11    8    --    38

Mattoon -- Nolte 3, Jobe 2, Richey 2

Teutopolis -- Bloemer 9, Ruholl 8, Probst 7, Kemme 6, Helmink 4, Niemerg 2, Martin 2

At Nokomis

Cowdne-Herrick/Beecher City fell to Nokomis in both seventh- and eighth-grade play Monday.

Nokomis was a 37-32 winner in the seventh-grade contest.

CHBC trailed 22-19 at halftime and had a 13-11 second half to tie the score at 32-32 sending the game into overtime. In the overtime period, Nokomis had a 5-0 run for the win.

Haley Doty tallied 20 for CHBC who dropped to 4-1 on the season.

In eighth-grade play, Nokomis was a 36-17 winner. Doty had nine to again lead the Bobcats who fall to 3-2.

At Nokomis

Seventh-Grade Game

Overtime

CHBC                  7    12    5    8    0    --   32

Nokomis            13     9    4    6    5    --    37

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Bowlin 4, L. Doty 5, Nohren 3, H. Doty 20

Nokomis -- Knodle 6, Tarter 2, Mehochko 14, Dirks 6, Sabol 9

Eighth-Grade Game

CHBC               2      4      2    9    --    17

Nokomis          5    12    10    9    --    36

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Dawson 2, Macklin 2, Pope 2, H. Doty 9, Dawson 2

Nokomis -- Engelman 14, Mehochko 4, Stolte 10, Hill 4, Sabol 2, Huelson 2

At Oblong

Dieterich and Oblong split victories in Monday evening action.

Dieterich was a 30-6 winner in seventh-grade play. Dieterich stepped out to a 13-2 opening quarter lead and that was the game.

The winners had even scoring as Cassidy Goebel tallied six points while Elaina Meinhart and Reegan Parish had five each.

In eighth-grade action, Oblong picked up a 37-12 victory. Oblong had a 19-2 opening half and never looked back.

Dieterich was led by Addison Miller with three points.

At Oblong

Seventh-Grade Game

Dieterich          13    4    4    9    --    30

Oblong               2    2    0    2    --      6

Dieterich -- Will 2, Goebel 6, Meinhart 5, Parish 5, Michl 4, Meyer 4, Funneman 4

Oblong -- Miller 2, Meese 4

Eighth-Grade Game

Dieterich         2    2     4     4    --    12

Oblong          11    8    13    5    --    37

Dieterich -- M. Hahn 2, G. Hahn 2, Faller 2, Miller 3, Flinn 1, Goebel 2

Oblong -- Kidwell 15, M. Boonstra 2, Yoder 2, L. Boonstra 7, Jenkins 11