St. A Drops Eighth-Grade Game, T-town Claims Two Victories

Effingham St. Anthony took on Shelbyville Thursday evening and fell in eighth-grade boys basketball action, 26-24.

Shelbyville jumped out to an 8-0 first quarter lead and then had a 14-3 final period run after the Bullpups had taken a 23-10 lead going into that final quarter. Turner Paller led the winners with 14 points.

Leading St. Anthony was Alex Deters with 11.

At St. Anthony

Shelbyville             8    7    8     3    --    26

St. Anthony            0    8    2    14    --    24

Shelbyville -- Watson 2, Cameron 3, Paller 14, Gottfried 3 (individuals add up to 22 while 26 listed as final)

St. Anthony -- Beesley 4, Nuxoll 4, Deters 11, Utz 2, Walsh 3

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis claimed two victories over Stewardson-Strasburg. T-town won the seventh-grade contest 40-11.

Twelve players scored for T-town led by Dawson Smith with eight points. Burton led Stew-Stras with six points.

In eighth-grade play, T-town B was a 38-24 winner over Stew-Stras. T-town took a 14-5 opening quarter lead and had a 12-4 final period run. Ian Addis tallied 14 and Will Schlink 10. Kramer led Stew-Stras with seven.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Stew-Stras            0    3      4    4    --    11

Teutopolis           12    9    16    3    --    40

Stew-Stras -- Burotn 6, Tabbert 1, Kirby 2, Weeden 2

Teutopolis -- Smith 8, Runde 4, Zerrusen 2, Will 1, Weber 6, Probst 4, Zerrusen 5, Hardiek 2, Thoele 2, Deters 2, Mette 2, Drees 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Stew-Stras            5     7    8      4    --    24

Teutopolis B        14    7    5    12    --    38

Stew-Stras -- Hansen 5, Thies 6, Kramer 7, Kessler 6

Teutopolis -- Deters 4, Addis 14, Young 4, Schlink 10, Buenker 3, Thoele 3