Junior High Girls Basketball -- Oct. 14

Mount Zion took a 7-2 opening quarter lead but Effingham came back to pull within 11-9 at halftime and 14-13 going into the final quarter then had a 2-0 run to pull out the victory.

Macy Kirk led the way with eight points.

At Effingham

Eighth-Grade Game

Mount Zion               7    4    3    0    --    14

Effingham                 2    7    4    2    --    15

Mount Zion -- Beiler 6, Ethell 3, Ridley 3, Austin 2

Effingham -- Hayes 2, Kroenlein 2, Kirk 8, Wendling 3

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis won by a point in seventh-grade play over Newton and claimed a big scoring win in eighth-grade action Friday.

In the seventh-grade game, Newton took a 9-4 opening quarter lead and led 11-10 at halftime. Newton remained ahead 17-13 going into the final period and the Wooden Shoes pulled out the 20-19 victory.

Ella Willenborg led with seven points for the Shoes who are still unbeaten at 8-0.

Newton was led by Bergbower with 15.

In the eighth-grade contest, T-town ran off to a 30-10 halftime lead and went on for a 50-29 win.

Elise Pals scored 17 while Chloe Hoene and Kylie Borries had nine each for the Shoes who are now 7-1.

Newton was led by Probst and Hemmen with 10 each.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Newton                  9    2    6    2    --    19

Teutopolis             4    6    3    7    --    20

Newton -- Bergbower 15, Sumberger 2, Ghast 2

Teutopolis -- Willenborg 7, McMahon 5, Kocher 4, Probst 2, Vahling 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Teutopolis             16    14    10    10    --    50

Newton                   2      8    15      4    --    29

Teutopolis -- Pals 17, Hoene 9, Borries 9, Tegeler 7, Gaddis 4, Mette 2, Roley 2

Newton -- Probst 10, Hemann 10, Earnest 4, Reynolds 3, Davis 2

At Beecher City

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City and North Clay (Louisville) split victories Friday.

North Clay tallied a 19-8 win in the seventh-grade game. S .Russell and Pontious led the way with six points each.

CHBC was led by Ethel Stuckemeyer with four points as the team dropped to 2-3 in the National Trail Conference, 2-6 overall.

In the eighth-grade game, CHBC trailed North Clay 7-5 at halftime then had a 20-8 second half run for the 25-15 victory.

Haley Doty led the way for the winners with 12 poitns. CHBC improved to 3-2 in the conference, 4-4 overall.

North Clay was led by Zink and Romack with four points each.

At Beecher City

Seventh-Grade Game

North Clay           8    4    4    3    --    19

CHBC                   0    2    2    4    --      8

North Clay -- Robey 4, S. Russell 6, Pontious 6, Thompson 2, Compton 1

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Stuckemeyer 4, Shields 2, Wakefield 2

Eighth-Grade Game

North Clay               8    4    4      3    --    15

CHBC                      3    2    7    13    --    25

North Clay -- Ruesken 2, Zink 4, Romack 4, Price 3, Thompson 2

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Bowlin 9, Doty 12, C. Wakefield 2, G. Wakefield 2