Published on January 20, 2025 12:31 pm
Last Updated on January 20, 2025 1:22 pm
The National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament got underway Friday and Saturday.
In Friday play, Altamont was a 47-30 winner over Neoga. Altamont ripped out to a 17-0 opening quarter lead and never looked back.
Logue tallied 17 for the winners while Veteto added eight.
Neoga was led by Brody Strobl with 10 and Benji Strobl with eight.
In the second contest Friday, Effingham Sacred Heart won over Dieterich, no score listed
North Clay was a 56-22 winner over Windsor.
In Saturday play, the only scores listed were Stewardson-Strasburg over Effingham Sacred Heart 46-38 and North Clay over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 56-48.
Sacred Heart ripped out to an 11-1 opening quarter lead and led 23-13 at halftime. But Stew-Stras came back with a 19-7 third period and never looked back.
Spannagel led the winners with 15 points while Slifer added 11.
Sacred Heart was led by Traub with 16. Hayes and McDevitt had nine each.
NTC Eighth-Grade Tournament
Game One
Neoga 0 6 10 14 — 30
Altamont 17 10 8 12 — 47
Neoga — Matusas 6, Be. Strobl 8, Finney 2, Br. Strobl 10, Carillo-Osorio 4
Altamont — Logue 17, Potts 5, Bannister 2, Veteto 8, Neu 12, O’Dell 3
Game Six
Stew-Stras 1 12 19 14 — 46
Sacred Heart 11 12 7 8 — 38
Stewardson-Strasburg — Spannagel 15, Slifer 11, Hille 7, Vonderheide 7, Friese 5, Kaufman 1
Sacred Heart — Traub 16, Hayes 9, McDevitt 9, Jansen 2, Karolewicz 2
At Effingham
Effingham won both contests over Casey-Westfield in Saturday play.
The seventh-grade squad edged Casey-Westfield 35-33.
The Mustangs took an 8-5 opening quarter lead and led 17-12 at halftime. They pushed that to 27-19 going into the final quarter. Casey-Westfield made a comeback bid with a 14-8 run only to fall short.
Deek Thompson led the winners with 12 points while Jared Klingler added eight.
In the eighth-grade contest, Effingham won 46-43. The Mustangs held a 19-10 opening quarter lead and led 28-23 at halftime. Casey-Westfield came back with a 14-9 third quarter run to knot the score at 37-37.
Then in the final period, Effingham had a 9-6 tally for the victory.
Dagg Thompson scored 18 points while Joel Flack added 15 for the winners.
At Effingham
Seventh-Grade Game
Casey-Westfield 5 7 7 14 — 33
Effingham 8 9 10 8 — 35
Casey-Westfield — Shore 3, Richardson 13, Immke 0, Cribelar 7, Shoaff 5, Fisher 5, Haumesser 0, Duniphan 0, Methenry 0, Davivdson 0
Effingham — Thompson 12, Schuler 2, Beck 7, Kilngler 8, Yager 0, Bridges 4, Partlow 2
Eighth-Grade Game
Casey-Westfield 10 13 14 6 — 43
Effingham 19 9 9 9 — 46
Casey-Westfield — Spittler 15, Henderson 2, Stinson 17, Ramsey 9, Schackmann 0, Simmons 0
Effingham — Rohr 2, Moon 3, Flack 15, Thompson 18, Kade 7, Richmond 1, Hodges 0, Westjohn 0, Jones 0
At Newton
Teutopolis scored both victories over Jasper County in Saturday competition.
The Wooden Shoes won the seventh-grade game, 49-20, taking a 24-10 halftime lead.
Meyer scored 11 points to lead T-town while Giles added eight.
Jasper County was led by Grant Frichtl with seven.
In the eighth-grade game, T-town was a 45-19 winner. The Shoes ripped out to a 33-8 halftime lead.
Niemerg led T-town with 15 points while S. Probst added 13.
Jasper County was led by Hank Huber with five.
At Newton
Seventh-Grade Game
Teutopolis 13 11 12 13 — 49
Jasper Co. 6 4 5 5 — 20
Teutopolis — Althoff 6, Hoene 2, Giles 8, Pals 6, Brummer 6, Meyer 11, Niebrugge 4, Wermert 2, Wittenborg 4
Jasper County — Cornwell 2, Frichtl 7, Buzman 5, Horner 2, Keller 4
Eighth-Grade Game
Teutopolis 17 16 10 4 — 45
Jasper Co. 6 2 4 7 — 19
Teutopolis — Goeckner 5, Schumacher 2, NIemerg 15, Lynch 2, S. Probst 13, Rauch 2, J. Weber 6
Jasper County — Gentry 4, Harris 2, Kinkelaar 1, Ulm 4, Huber 5, Ferguson 3