NTC Seventh-Grade Tourney, Area Boys Junior High Scores

SIGEL -- Stewardson-Strasburg won the championship of the Seventh-Grade Boys National Trail Conference Basketball Tournament Thursday.

Stew-Stras defeated South Central, 52-28 in the title contest.

The winners edged out to a 15-11 opening quarter lead and led 28-17 at halftime. Stew-Stras then had an 18-9 third quarter run.

Richter led the way with 18 points while Pruemer added 14 and Duncan 12.

South Central was led by Boehring with 11 and Smith with 10.

Stew-Stras is undefeated with a 13-0 record.

In the third placre contest, Effingham Sacred Heart won over Sigel St. Michael, 41-26.

The consolation championship went to St. Elmo/Brownstown over Altamont, 34-20.

NTC Seventh-Grade Tournament

Championship

Stew-Stras                   15    13    18    6    --    52

South Central              11      6      9    2    --    28

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Richter 18, Pruemer 14, Duncan 12, Worman 4, Friese 4

South Central -- Boehring 11, Smith 10, Lotz 7

At St. Anthony

Effingham St. Anthony and Centralia split victories Thursday evening.

The Bullpups claimed the seventh-grade game by a 50-20 count. St. Anthony actually trailed 10-7 after the opening quarter but went on a 24-5 second period run and never looked back.

Nine players scored in the contest for St. Anthony. P. Phillips led the way with 19 points.

In eighth-grade action, Centralia was a 45-33 winner. Centralia held a 21-18 halftime lead then had a 14-9 third period and finished strong.

St. Anthony had only player in double figures. B. Verdeyen led the way with 23 points on eight field goals and seven of seven at the line.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Game

Centralia                  10      5      5     0    --    20

St. Anthony               7    24    12     7    --    50

Centralia -- Mcines 0, Castleman 2, Wiebly 9, Shered 0, Jones 9, Jones 0, Yoder 0, Lecrone 0, Hutchcraft 0, Sloat 0

St. Anthony -- Coulter 5, Bloemer 5, Schumacher 6, Uebinger 0, Philips 19, Schultz 6, Having 3, Bales 2, Scheidemantel 0, McDonald 2, Keifer 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Centralia                 12      9    14    10    --    45

St. Anthony              6    12      9      6    --    33

Centralia -- Smith 5, Shered 8, Branch 17, Dabney 4, Lewis 8, Sangster 3

St. Anthony -- Bierman 2, Wagner 0, Verdeyen 23, Tingley 4, McAllister 0, Baudier 0, Hoene 0, Looman 4

At Mattoon

Effingham and Mattoon picked up a victory each in Thursday evening play.

Mattoon edged the Mustangs, 30-29 in the eighth-grade game.

The winners took a 10-8 opening quarter lead and pushed that to 18-12 at halftime. Two three-pointers helped Mattoon to a 7-7 third quarter tie with Effingham who was led by Joel Flack with all seven points.

Despite the Mustangs coming back with a 10-5 final period run, they fell short.

Flack led with 13 points while Kaden Rohr added seven.

In seventh-grade action, Effingham ran out to a 14-7 opening quarteler ad and led 30-13 at halftime and never looked back.

The Mustangs had two players hit double figures. Deek Thompson led the way with 19 points on eight field goals, two from three-point range, and one of one at the line. Calvin Beck added 11.

At Mattoon

Eighth-Grade Game

Effingham                 8    4     7    10    --    29

Mattoon                   10    8    7      5    --    30

Effingham -- Moon 1, Rohr 7, Flack 13, Thompson 6, Jones 0, Kade 0, Richmond 0, Westjohn 2, Harminson 0

Mattoon -- Hayes 0, McKay 6, Holte 12, Lovelace 6, Eaton 0, Golden 6, Thompson 0

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham             14    16   10    3    --    43

Mattoon                  7      6     7    4    --    24

Effingham -- Thompson 19, Schuler 2, Beck 11, Klingler 3, Yager 1, Bridges 7, Partlow 0, Field 0, Wyckoff 0, Hood 0

Mattoon -- Smith 4, Vaultonburg 0, Wilcoxen 3, Abbott 2, Gross 4, Bunnell 5, Fain 0, Penlomo 0, Barkley 4, Bozinoshi 2

At Newton

Olney was a winner over Jasper County in both games Thursday.

Olney won the seventh-grade contest, 49-27. Olney held a 21-14 halftime lead then had a 28-13 second half.

Jacob Guzman led Jasper County with 11 points and was the top rebounder. Alex Keller was named the top defender and Grant Frichtl the top passer.

In the eighth-grade contest, Olney edged Jasper County, 34-32.

Olney held an 8-7 opening quarter lead but Jasper County moved ahead 15-13 at halftime. The score was knotted at 21-21 in the third quarter before Olney had a 13-11 final period for the win.

Chase Kistner led Jasper County with 10 points. Hank Huber was the top rebounder Kistner and Brendan Emmerich were top defenders and Kistner was the top passer.

Jasper County is 3-9 in seventh-grade and 6-6 in eighth-grade.

At Newton

Seventh-Grade Game

Olney                        6    15    12    16    --    49

Jasper Co.              11      3      8      5    --    27

Olney leading scorers -- Redman 21, Beard 14

Jasper County -- Kurts 3, Frichtl 6, Guzman 11, Horner 2, Keller 5

Eighth-Grade Game

Olney                        8    5    8    13    --    34

Jasper Co.               7    8    6    11    --    32

Olney leading scorer -- Welsh 22

Jasper County -- Kistner 10, Ulm 6, Emmerich 6, Huber 6, Ferguson 4