Boys Junior High Basketball -- Jan. 12

The Wooden Shoes captured a 39-20 win in seventh-grade play.

They whipped out to a 25-7 halftime lead. Payne Davidson was the lone Shoes player in double figures with 10. Seven other players scored in the contest.

In eighth-grade action, Franklin Park took a 45-28 win. Franklin Park ran out to a 17-7 opening quarter lead.

Carson Cornell led the Shoes with seven points.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Salem                      5      2       6    7    --    20

Teutopolis             10    15    12    2    --    39

Salem Franklin Park -- Bryan 2, Schaubert 2, Graham 2, Tennyson 2, Lux 12

Teutopolis -- Swingler 5, Weidner 5, Dhom 2, Horn 3, Brooks 2, Davidson 10, Probst 8, Niebrugge 4

Eighth-Grade Game

Salem                      17    7    11    10    --    45

Teutopolis                7    2    14      5    --    28

Salem Franklin Park -- Maxey 12, Grave 2, A. Gullion 15, Clark 10, P. Guillion 3, Gibson 3

Teutopolis -- Pals 3, Niemerg 3, Bloemer 4, Mette 5, Kinkelaar 2, Kocher 4, Cornell 7

At Strasburg

Stewardson-Strasburg tallied 44 points in each game to down Windsor Thursday evening.

Stew-Stras won the seventh-grade matchup, 44-19 with a 27-10 opening first half run.

Manhart tallied 23 for the winners while Duncan added 11. Stew-Stras improved to 14-7 on the season.

Windsor was led by McCary with nine and Vaughn with eight.

In eighth-grade action, Stew-Stras was a 44-19 winner. Stew-Stras jumped out to a 20-0 opening quarter lead and never looked back.

Pruemer and W. Vonderheide scored 10 points each. Stew-Stras is now 15-3 on the season.

Windsor was led by Barnard and Owens with five points each.

At Strasburg

Seventh-Grade Game

Windsor                   6      4    6    3    --    19

Stew-Stras             12    15    9    8    --    44

Windsor -- McCary 9, Vaughn 8, Pfeiffer 2

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Manhart 23, Duncan 11, Jones 4, Bible 2, DeBolt 2, Friese 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Windsor                    0     6     8    5    --    19

Stew-Stras              20    7    17    0    --    44

Windsor -- Barnard 5, Owens 5, Poe 4, Spittorff 3, Purcell 2

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Pruemer 10, W. Vonderheide 10, Gurgel 6, Wetherell 4, Morris 4, Spour 4, Bible 4, Reed 2

At Kinmundy

South Central picked up two victories over Patoka in Thursday evening competition.

The seventh-grade contest was a 32-17 victory for the homestanders. South Central trailed Patoka 15-14 at halftime but held Patoka scoreless to push ahead 20-15 going into the final quarter then had a 12-2 run.

Cartright tallied 12 for the winners.

In eighth-grade play, South Central won 40-23.

The winners held an 18-11 opening half lead then had a 14-5 third quarter run.

Westin Neilson led the way for the winners with 11 points while Luke Shumate and Garrett Shumate scored nine each.

At Kinmundy

Seventh-Grade Game

Patoka                        8    7    0      2    --    17

South Central            9    5    6    12    --    32

Patoka -- Burks 4, Thompson 6, Faulkner 2, Cain 3, Gray 0, Cain 1, Jolliff 0, Brumfield 0, Hyde 0, Podergas 0, Kuhn 1

South Central -- Hoover 5, Cartright 12, Beatty 0, Strobel 0, Gillespie 0, Hiestand 6, Beal 0, Lotz 0, Reynolds 0, Sigrist 7, Bushue 0, Dodson 2, Yates 0, Tockstein 0

Eighth-Grade Game

Patoka                          5    6      5    7    --    23

South Central            12    6    14    8    --    40

Patoka -- B. Cain 16, Burks 0, Thompson 3, Faulkner 0, J. Cain 4, Gray 0, Kuhn 0, K. Cain 0

South Central -- Cartright 3, L. Shumate 9, G. Shumate 9, Hoover 0, Neilson 11, Beatty 0, Gillespie 0, Hiestand 0, Sigrist 0, Kruger 8, Jones 0, Harrell 0

At Louisville

North Clay (Louisville) beat St. Elmo in fifth and sixth grade action Thursday.

North Clay won the fifth-grade contest, 26-12 and picked up the sixth-grade win, 45-20.