OMS Dutchmen split home twin bill with St. James

By Will Johnson, Sports Editor

Posted 1/28/26

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OMS Dutchmen split home twin bill with St. James

Owensville Middle School (OMS Dutchmen basketball players (clockwise from bottom right) shown competing in the annual daytime doubleheader at St. James from earlier this season include Will Brune (1), Grayson Kelley (31), Nathan Dobbs (13), Brayden Oldfather (11), Logan Meyer, Ricky Ringeisen, Trace Lange (34) and Mason Steinbeck (5). OMS Dutchmen basketball will conclude their season this week in seventh-grade tournament action at Sullivan and eighth-grade tournament play in St. Clair. Both tournaments were originally scheduled to start Monday night but have been delayed to today (Wednesday) road conditions permitting throughout the area after Winter Storm Fern impacted the area with anywhere from three to 10 inches of snow throughout Gasconade and Franklin County.

Photos by Will Johnson

Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 11:59 am

By Will Johnson, Sports Editor

Playing for the last time this season on the Owensville Elementary School (OES) gym floor, Owensville Middle School (OMS) Dutchmen basketball teams scored by Jarett Payne and Shane Hunt took on St. James’ Tigers last Thursday night capping the regular-season portion of their schedule before heading into tournament play at Sullivan and St. Clair which is scheduled to begin tonight (Wednesday).

Seeing their seventh-grade counterparts fall 57-24 to the visiting St. James Tigers, Hunt’s eighth-grade Dutchmen split the twin bill with a 56-46 victory behind 14 points from Brayden Oldfather.

Joining Oldfather in double figures were Trace Lange with 11 points and Will Brune with 10 markers.

Ricky Ringeisen netted six of his eight points in the first half while the trio of Ivan Phillips, Jace Duerr and Josiah Gehlert each chipped in three markers.

Ryder Hane and Roman Crowe both scored two points to cap the Dutchmen scoring against St. James.

Back on Thursday, Jan. 15, Hunt’s eighth-grade Dutchmen posted a 47-32 victory over Sullivan behind 16 points from Lange and 10 points from Ringeisen.

Tuesday, Jan. 13 twin bill action at Rolla saw both Dutchmen squad fall to Rolla 38-28 in seventh-grade action and 45-23 in the eighth-grade contest.

Brune and Phillips led the eighth-grade Dutchmen with six points apiece.

Editor’s Note: Information on seventh-grade action from all three games with Sullivan, Rolla and St. James was not available at press time.