Junior High Boys Basketball -- Jan. 21

BROWNSTOWN -- Sigel St. Michael and Stewardson-Strasburg advanced in the Eighth-Grade Boys National Trail Conference Basketball Tournament Tuesday evening.

St. Michael was a 35-27 winner over South Central in the first game of the evening.

Stewardson-Strasburg then edged North Clay, 40-39.

St. Michael and Stew-Stras will now meet for the championship at 8 p.m. while South Central and North Clay square off at 6:45 for third place. St. Elmo/Browntown and Effingham Sacred Heart meet at 5:30 for the consolation championship.

All three games will be played Thursday at Brownstown.

At Greenville

In the Greenville Eighth-Grade Tournament Tuesday evening, Aviston downed Hillsboro 26-23 while Piasa was a 20-18 winner over Carlinville.

Aviston and Piasa will now meet for the consolation championship Friday at 4 p.m.

St. Anthony will meet Salem at 6 p.m. Thursday and Staunton takes on Greenville at 7. The winners advance to the championship game Friday at 7 p.m. while the losers will square off for third place at 6.

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis was a winner over Newton St. Thomas in both B games Tuesday.

The Wooden Shoes won the seventh-grade contest, 48-26. T-town held a 28-16 halftime lead then had a 12-4 third quarter run.

Owen Wermert led the Shoes with 12 points while Max Bloemer added eight.

Gier led St. Thomas with 13 while Pitcher finished with eight.

In the eighth-grade contest, T-town won 36-18. The Shoes led 14-10 at halftime then had a 13-4 third quarter surge.

Gus Martin led T-town with six points while Mark Probst added five.

St. Thomas wa sled by Bierman with five.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade B Game

St. Thomas                 10      6     4    6    --    26

Teutopolis                  13    15    12    8    --    48

Newotn St. Thomas -- Pitcher 8, French 2, Bierman 2, Beals 1, Gier 13

Teutopolis -- Witges 3, Bloemer 8, Ziegler 2, Neihls 4, Flora 3, Ruholl 4, Pruemer 2, Wermert 12, Willenborg 7, Mette 3

Eighth-Grade B Game

St. Thomas                  3    7      4    4    --    18

Teutopolis                   8    6    13    9    --    36

Newton St. Thomas -- Michl 3, Bierman 5, Seaton 3, Beals 2, Gier 4, Herman 1

Teutopolis -- Drees 4, Schmidt 3, Martin 6, Miller 3, Jansen 2, Smothers 2, Probst 5, Rauch 4, Mette 3, Lynch 4

At Paris

Jasper County fell twice to Paris Mayo in Tuesday evening action.

Paris Mayo won the seventh-grade game, 56-24.

Jasper County was led by Jacob Guzman with eight points. The top rebounder was Dawson Williams while the top passer was Grant Frichtl.

In eighth-grade action, Jasper County fell 46-22.

Cambell Ulm and Brendan Emmerich scored six points each.

The seventh-grade squad is now 4-13 on the season while the eighth-grade team dropped to 8-10.

Jasper County is back in action today hosting Cumberland.

At Paris

Seventh-Grade Game

Jasper Co.                0    5    13      6    --    24

Paris Mayo             21    8    16    11    --    56

Jasper County -- Kurtz 2, Cornwell 4, Burke 4, Guzman 8, Horner 6

Paris Mayo leading scorers -- Howard 12, Sabans 10, Helwig 9

Eighth-Grade Game

Jasper Co.                 3      5      8    6    --    22

Paris Mayo               11    14    18    3    --    46

Jasper County -- Harris 5, Ulm 6, Emmerich 6, Huber 3, Ferguson 2

Paris Mayo leading scorers -- Yalden 14, Broughton 11, Guillen 7