Sacred Heart, Altamont Win Girls Basketball Games

Effingham Sacred Heart opened the junior high girls basketball season with two victories over Dieterich Thursday evening.

The Shamrocks won the seventh-grade contest 31-15 then claimed the eighth-grade game, 22-20.

At Sacred Heart

Seventh-Grade Game

Dieterich                   0    7    2    6    --    15

Sacred Heart          14    2    7    8    --    31

Dieterich -- Bloemer 2, Niemerg 2, Bierman 11

Sacred Heart -- Hanfland 2, Stock 8, Feldhake 2, M. Bushue 2, N. Carie 17

Eighth-Grade Game

Dieterich                 2    2    5    11    --    20

Sacred Heart          4    3    6      9    --    22

Dieterich -- Shade 2, Robards 6, Garbe 7, Deain 5

Sacred Heart -- McWhorter 2, Cordes 4, Shamhart 3, Mills 9, Carie 2, Webster 2

At Altamont

Altamont claimed seventh and eighth grade victories over Brownstown/St. Elmo. In seventh-grade play, Altamont was a 38-12 winner to improve to 2-0. Katie Grimsley tallied 12 points and Tinley Mette 10.

In eighth-grade action, Altamont edged Brownstown/St. Elmo 26-23. Jacie Hosick and Hanna Wolff had seven points each.

At Altamont

Seventh-Grade Game

Brownstown/St. Elmo          2     6     0     4     --     12

Altamont                                 6      7    19    6    --    38

Brownstown/St. Elmo -- Reynolds 6, Wilhour 6

Altamont -- Mette 10, Grimsley 12, Schultz 8, Paquette 2, Nolen 4, Kuhns 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Brownstown/St. Elmo          5     5    6    7    --   23

Altamont                               10    3    6    7    --    26

Brownstown/St. Elmo -- Da. Shelton 12, Parkison 5

Altamont -- Hosick 7, Stone 6, Goeckner 5, Wolff 7, Mayhaus 1