EJHS Claims Wins Over Charleston, Area Boys Roundup

CHARLESTON -- Effingham Junior High School traveled to Charleston and picked up two victories over the host squad.

In seventh-grade play, the Mustangs remained unbeaten with a 35-18 win and improve to 5-0. Wolfe tallied 13 and Bushur 10 for the winners. Lee led in rebounding with 12.

The seventh-grade also claimed a B game 18-14.

In eighth-grade action, Effingham edged Charleston 51-48 to improve to 4-1 on the season. The Mustangs held a 24-19 halftime lead then had to hold off Charleston in the second half.

Hull scored 15, Levitt 14 and Sandifer 12 for the winners. Koester led in assists with six. Hull had six rebounds while Hill had four rebounds and Sandifer three steals.

Effingham also claimed a B game 12-9.

At Charleston

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham          9    13    6    7    --    35

Charleston         2     5     3    8    --    18

Effingham -- Poland 1 (1 rebound), Bushur 10 (7 rebounds), Morrissey 3, Wolfe 13 (5 rebounds), Rich 4 (6 rebounds), Lee 4 (12 rebounds), Jackson (1 rebound), Allen (1 rebound), Hagler (1 rebound), Ballman (1 rebound)

Charleston -- no scorers listed

Effingham B game scoring -- Hagler 6, Ballman 4, Morissey 2, Bishop 2, Rich 4

Eighth-Grade Game

Effingham          16    8    14    13    --    51

Charleston         11    8    16    13    --    48

Effingham -- Hull 15 (6 rebounds), Levitt 14, Sandifer 12 (3 steals), Hill 4, Morissey 2, Robinson 2, Koester 2 (6 assists), Hill (4 rebounds)

Charleston -- Accord 15, Wood 12, Bennett 11, Bonnstetter 6, Buescher 4

At Altamont

Altamont handed Effingham Sacred Heart two losses. Altamont was a 46-8 winner in seventh-grade action.

Altamont was led by Biggs with 10 and Klitzing with nine. Sacred Heart's Bowlin led with five points.

In eighth-grade action, Altamont was a 41-10 winner. Runge scored 10 for the winners while Sacred Heart was led by Sherrod with seven.

At Altamont

Seventh-Grade Game

Sacred Heart            3    0      5    0    --      8

Altamont                 11    9    17    9    --    46

Sacred Heart -- Bowlin 5, Conikling 3

Altamont -- Biggs 10, Burns 2, Klitzing 9, Hemken 7, Schmidt 1, Hammer 4, Asplin 2, Fitzjarrald 2, Sims 2, Veach 2, Scoggins 3, Antrim 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Sacred Heart            2      2    4    2    --    10

Altamont                 15    15    9    2    --    41

Sacred Heart -- Rozene 2, Sherrod 7, W. Swingler 1

Altamont -- Davis 3, Griffin 2, Stevenson 6, Vaughn 6, Pemberton 8, Runge 10, Brown 6

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis claimed two wins over Jasper County. T-town won the seventh-grade game 46-16. Dawson Smith tallied 17 to lead the way for T-town. Bierman scored seven for Jasper County.

In eighth-grade action, T-town won 43-14. Collin Funneman led T-town with nine points. Chapman led Jasper County with five.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Jasper County          7    2      6    1     --    16

Teutopolis                 9    9    19    9    --    46

Jasper County -- Ochs 1, Finn 2, Bierman 7, Hagen 3, Volk 2, Galloway 1

Teutopolis -- Smith 17, Runde 2, Drees 4, Weber 5, Probst 3, Ja. Hardiek 2, Jo. Hardiek 4, Thoele 2, Deters 4, Kinkelaar 1, Mette 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Jasper County            4    5      3    3    --    14

Teutopolis                14    8    15    6    --    43

(Jasper County linescore adds up to 15 while 14 listed as final)

Jasper County -- Carr 2, Chapman 5, Cohorst 2, Goodwin 2, Wagy 1, Kocher 2

Teutopolis -- Siebert 2, Funneman 9, Kremer 7, Jansen 8, Deters 1, Addis 2, Hardiek 8, Schlink 2, Buenker 2, Dust 2

At Cowden

St. Elmo/Brownstown and Cowden-Herrick split wins. In the seventh-grade contest, Cowden-Herrick was a 30-27 winner. Alex Edwards led the way with 11 points for the winners. Aderman scored 11 for SEB.

In eighth-grade action, St. Elmo/Brownstown won 43-33. Brown was the big scorer for the winners with 22 points. Cowden-Herrick was led by Blake Barnes with 10.

At Cowden

Seventh-Grade Game

SEB                                    4    12    4    7    --    27

Cowden-Herrick          17      6    7    0    --    30

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Karnes 6, Philpot 6, Aderman 11, Chandler 2, Healy 2

Cowden-Herrick -- Burks 6, Webster 5, Smith 4, Miller 2, Edwards 11, name unreadable 2

Eighth-Grade Game

SEB                             15    12    8    8    --    43 

Cowden-Herrick        9    11    7    6    --    33

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Denton 6, Ireland 8, Maxey 3, Brown 22, Behl 2, Philpot 2

Cowden-Herrick -- Phillips 3, Seely 4, Rauch 9, Barnes 10, Watson 7