Junior High Boys Basketball -- Jan. 17

St. Anthony bounced Staunton 47-13 to open the tourney.

The Bullpups ripped out to a 19-4 opening quarter lead and led 31-4 at halftime.

A. Lauritzen tallied 14 for the winners while H. Brent added 13 and C. Pennington 10.

In the second game, Salem edged Triad 36-35.

Effingham pounded Hillsboro 56-6.

The Mustangs held a 21-0 opening quarter lead and led 31-4 at halftime.

Effingham was led by Cole Phillips with 10 and Wyatt Hayes with 10. Thirteen players contributed points for the Mustangs.

In the final game of the day, Aviston easily won over Greenville 51-29.

Tuesday games feature Staunton against Triad at 6 p.m. followed by Hillsboro taking on Greenville at 7 in consolation bracket action.

Thursday games have St. Anthony meeting Salem at 6 p.m. followed by Effingham taking on Aviston at 7 in winner bracket action.

The finals are scheduled for Friday.

James Burke Memorial Eighth-Grade Tournament

Game One

St. Anthony             19    12    8    8    --    47

Staunton                   4      0    9    0    --    13

St. Anthony -- Brown 3, Pennington 10, Clark 3, Griffith 4, Brent 13, Lauritzen 14

Staunton -- Carlson 4, Legendre 7, Pather 2

Game Three

Effingham          21    10    18    7    --    56

Hillsboro              0      4      1    1    --      6

Effingham -- Bockhorn 3, Fearday 4, Wise 2, Phillips 10, Bushur 3, Hayes 10, Buzzard 5, Moser 3, Wendling 5, Flack 4, Gordon 6, McDaniel 1, Hoopingarner 1 (players add up to 57 while 56 listed as final score)

Hillsboro -- White 2, Malloy 2, Zurresson 2

National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Tournament

In winner bracket action Monday at the NTC Eighth-Grade Tournament, North  Clay (Louisville) downed Sigel St. Michael, 52-27.

In the second game, Dieterich edged Stewardson-Strasburg, 24-20.

Stew-Stras held a 4-3 opening quarter lead and led 11-10 at halftime. Stew-Stras added to its lead with a 7-4 third period for an 18-14 lead.

But, Dieterich came back with a 10-2 final period to pull out the victory.

B. Niemerg and Hall led the winners with seven points each.

Stew-Stras was led by Sayers with seven points and drops to 12-8 on the season.

North Clay will meet Dieterich at 8 p.m. Thursday for the NTC championship. St. Michael will face Stewardson-Strasburg at 6:45 for third place.

Tonight's games feature South Central against Effingham Sacred Heart at 6:15 followed by St. Elmo/Brownstown taking on Altamont at 7:30 in consolation bracket action. The winners advance to the consolation championship Friday at 5:30 p.m.

NTC Eighth-Grade Tournament

Game Seven

Stew-Stras            4    7    7      2    --    20

Dieterich               3    7    4    10    --    24

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Sayers 7, D. Wetherell 6, W. Wetherell 5, Lankow 2

Dieterich -- B. Niemerg 7, Hall 7, Lidy 5, Meyer 3, T. Niemerg 2

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis claimed two victories over Taylorville in junior high action Monday.

The Wooden Shoes won the seventh-grade encounter 37-18. T-town stepped out to a 21-10 halftime lead and had a 16-8 second half.

Jake Kocher and Carson Cornell led the winners with eight points each.

In the eighth-grade matchup, T-town easily won 50-18.

T-town held a 7-6 opening quarter lead and led 17-14 at halftime. The Shoes then had a 20-2 third quarter.

Gavin Addis led the way for the Shoes with 15 points while Jason Kreke added 11. T-town made seven three-point field goals in the game as Addis had three, Landyn Thoele three for nine points and Gavin Buening one.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Taylorville            5      5    2    6    --    18

Teutopolis          10    11    9    7    --    37

Taylorville -- Owens 2, Durbin 6, Repschel 4, Pembroke 3, Myers 3

Teutopolis -- Lustig 2, Pals 7, Deters 2, Niemerg 1, Bloemer 2, Mette 4, Kinkelaar 3, Kocher 8, Cornell 8

Eighth-Grade Game

Taylorville            6      8      2      2    --    18

Teutopolis            7    10    20    13    --    50

Taylorville -- Mateer 2, Bousher 3, Grime 3, Pearce 5, Finks 5

Teutopolis -- Probst 2, Addis 15, Schmidt 1, McWhorter 9, Buening 3, Kreke 11, Thoele 9

At Newton

Flora came calling and picked up both seventh- and eighth-grade wins over Jasper County Monday.

In the seventh-grade contest, Flora won 40-37. Jasper County held a 22-16 halftime lead but Flora came back with a 24-15 second half run.

Nolan Cleaver led Jasper County with nine points. Jasper County dropped to 9-10.

In the eighth-grade game, Flora was a 36-32 winner. Flora ran off to a 17-6 opening quarter lead then held on for the win.

David Ferguson led Jasper County with 16 points. Jasper County fell to 6-12.

At Newton

Seventh-Grade Game

Flora                           10    6    8    16    --    40

Jasper County           14    8    4    11    --    37

Flora -- Warren 19, Massie 7, Crawford 6, Himelick 6, Pearce 2

Jasper County -- Harris 5, Cleaver 9, Oldham 7, Burgener 6, Ulm 4, Mulvey 6

Eighth-Grade Game

Flora                         17    8    6      7    --    38

Jasper County           4    8    7    13    --    32

Flora -- Walden 13, Lusk 13, Massie 3, Jones 3, Warren 2, Prather 2 (players add up to 36 while final listed as 38)

Jasper County -- Marshall 2, Fulton 5, Volk 3, Ferguson 16, Flasch 2, Tharp 4

At Louisville

North Clay Fifth-Grade Tournament results:

Friday -- North Clay 21, Clay City 14; Patoka 46, Neoga 25; Dieterich 28, Red Hill (Bridgeport) 23 (OT) and Flora 28, Sigel St. Michael 20.

Saturday -- Neoga 17, Clay City 5; St. Michael 28, Red Hill 22; Patoka 41, North Clay 10 and Flora 20, Dieterich 12

Consolation Championship -- Neoga 35, Sigel St. Michael 20

Third Place -- Dieterich 28, North Clay 11

Championship -- Flora 17, Patoka 13