St. E/B, Dieterich Advance in NTC Eighth-Grade Tourney; T-town Drops Two Games

St. Elmo/Brownstown and Dieterich advanced in winner bracket play at the National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament Monday evening.

St. Elmo/Brownstown edged Stewardson-Strasburg 45-43. SE/B took a 21-18 halftime lead and led 31-27 going into the final period. Stew-Stras had a 16-14 run but fell short.

Brown tallied 28 for the winners. Hansen led Stew-Stras with 13.

In the second game, Dieterich defeated Altamont 47-27. No other information was provided.

Games continue tonight, weather permitting, as Windsor faces Neoga at 6:15 and Cowden-Herrick takes on Sigel St. Michael at 7:30 in consolation bracket action.

NTC Eighth-Grade Tournament

Game Seven

Stew-Stras                            12      6      9    16    --    43

St. Elmo/Brownstown          7    14    10    14    --    45

Stew-Stras -- Hansen 13, Quast 8, Kramer 7, Kessler 7, Thies 5, Koester 3

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Brown 28, Maxey 7, Ireland 5, Behl 3, Philpot 2

At Teutopolis

Monticello came calling and picked up two victories over host Teutopolis.

Monticello edged the Wooden Shoes 37-36 in seventh-grade play. Dawson Smith led T-town with 16 points while Clint Weber scored 10.

In eighth-grade action, Monticello was a 40-31 winner. Lee Hardiek led T-town with 11 points.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Monticello          7      2    8    20    --    37

Teutopolis          8    10    9     9    --    36

Monticello -- Asher 9, Singleton 4, Austin 8, Sndyer 9, Graham 7

Teutopolis --Smith 16, Runde 2, Weber 10, Probst 4, Hardiek 2, Deters 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Monticello          7     5    17    11    --    40

Teutopolis          5    11     5    10    --    31

Monticello -- Stokowski 13, Wittig 1, Dawson 15, Fisher 2, Carr 3, Haarman 6

Teutopolis -- Goeckner 3, Funneman 4, Kremer 4, Jansen 7, Deters 2, Hardiek 11