Junior High Boys Basketball Results -- Jan. 20

Effingham Sacred Heart downed Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 43-37.

CHBC held a 10-6 opening quarter lead. The Shamrocks came back with a 14-7 second quarter to lead 20-17 at halftime. Both teams tallied 11 points in the third quarter and Sacred Heart finished out with a 12-9 final period.

Kaisyn Calame scored 19 points to lead the winners. Calame hit eight field goals, one a three-pointer, and was two of three at the line. Zach Bennett chipped in with six.

Sacred Heart was led by Gabe Traub with 20 on eight field goals and four of six at the line, and Bryce Hayes with 10.

St. Elmo/Brownstown defeated Altamont, 39-30.

Sacred Heart and St. Elmo/Brownstown will now meet Thursday at 5:30 p.m. for the consolation championship. 

Tonight's games include Sigel St. Michael against South Central at 6:15 p.m. and Stewardson-Strasburg facing North Clay at 7:30. The winners advance to the championship game Thursday at 8 p.m. while the losers will play for third place at 6:45 p.m.

NTC Eighth-Grade Tournament

Game Nine

Sacred Heart               6     14    11    12    --    43

CHBC                         10      7    11      9    --    37

Sacred Heart -- McDevitt 5, Hayes 10, Jansen 3, Traub 20, Kruger 5

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Calame 19, Kircher 5, Pope 3, Davis 4, Bennett 6

At Greenville

Effingham St. Anthony handed Hillsboro a 55-15 loss in the Greenville Eighth-Grade Tournament Monday evening.

The Bulldogs edged out to an 11-8 opening quarter lead as C. Bierman scored seven points. The lead went to 32-10 at halftime. B. Verdeyen connected on four baskets for eight points while C. Hoene hit two three-pointers and a regular basket, also for eight in the quarter.

Hillsboro came back with a 15-8 third quarter but still trailed 40-15 going into the final period.

St. Anthony ended with two players in double figures and seven scoring in the contest. B. Verdeyen led the way with seven field goals for 14 points. C . Bierman added 11.

In other games, Salem defeated Aviston 38-25, Staunton defeated Carlinville 51-12 and Greenville defeated Piasa 48-27.

St. Anthony improved to 19-2 on the season and will be back in action in the Greenville Tournament Thursday against Salem at 6 p.m. in winner bracket play. In the other winner bracket contest, Staunton meets Greenville at 7 p.m.

In Tuesday games in consolation bracket play, Hillsboro meets Aviston at 6 p.m. followed by Carlinville against Piasa at 7.

At Greenville

St. Anthony               11    21    8    15    --    55

Hillsboro                     8      2    5      0    --    15

St. Anthony -- Bierman 11, Wagner 0, Verdeyen 14, Tingley 6, McAllister 0, Sandschafer 6, Trupiano 0, Baudier 4, Hoene 8, Looman 6

Hillsboro -- Atkins 2, Patton 0, Adams 5, Durbin 0, Wells 3, Cividade 5