Last Wednesday at Owensville Elementary School (OES), Owensville Middle School (OMS) Dutchmen basketball teams coached by Jarret Payne and Shane Hunt looked to open the 2026 portion of their respective seasons with victories against Pacific’s Indians.

Seeing their seventh-grade counterparts fall 27-7 against Pacific, Hunt’s eighth-grade Dutchmen picked them up 37-26 victory after overcoming a 7-4 first-quarter deficit.

Ricky Ringeisen led the Dutchmen offense scoring 10 of his game-high 18 points in the second half.

Trace Lange also netted seven of his nine points in the second half while Brayden Oldfather scored all four of his points in the second half.

Chipping in three points apiece to round out the eighth-grade Dutchmen scoring were Josiah Gehlert and Roman Crowe.

Payne’s seventh-grade Dutchmen were led by Grayson Kelley with four points all in the second half.

Brock Schneider added a first-quarter bucket for two points while Matthew Allen nailed a second-quarter free throw to account for Owensville’s other point.

Facing Hermann Monday night and Rolla last night (Tuesday), Owensville will conclude their three-game week on the road tomorrow (Thursday) night at Sullivan.