EHS Fourth In Bronze Flight, WSS Fifth

Effingham captured fourth place and Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg fifth place in the Bronze Flight of the Crossroads Volleyball Classic during weekend action.

In Friday pool play, Effingham fell twice, to Belleville Althoff, 25-13, 22-25, 15-18 and Wheaton St. Francis, 25-9, 25-15 in Pool A. 

In Pool F, McCracken County beat Windsor/Stew-Stras 25-22, 25-20. WSS then fell to Bloomington 25-17, 25-20.

That put both local teams in the Bronze Flight where Effingham beat Kansas Tri-County 25-14, 25-19 and lost to Mattoon 18-25, 25-22, 15-8. The Hearts then fell to Walter Payton 25-22, 25-15 in the third place match.

In Saturday play, Windsor/Stew-Stras lost to Illiana Christian 25-17, 25-21 before beating Breese Central 25-22, 25-18. In the fifth place match, Centennial won a hard-fought first set 34-32. WSS came back with a 25-21 victory and won the match 18-16.

"We had quite a few big plays this weekend," said WSS Coach Rhonda Schlechte. "We stayed with some big teams so of course I'm very pleased with the team. Friday we started off struggling with serves and hitting errors. I would love to see what we could have done without those errors.

"Saturday started slow but then ended with a big bang with a win over Breese Central and Champaign Centennial. The girls put up a huge fight to take these matches and they did it with some new faces and positions on the floor with Becca benched due to illness. Becca played Friday and only one set Saturday before she was out the rest of the day. Calla Roney and Jocelyn Schultz took over the setting duties to keep the team intact. Mikayla Haddock also saw the MH position to relieve Maria while she is getting her strength back. I'm just amazed on how well Calla came through for us. An actual setting roll is totally new to her and she held her own. Autumn and Megan did a great job with controlling the game. They are getting stronger and more confident as we play. Definitely a good start to our season."

Illiana Christian beat Mattoon for the Bronze Flight championship 18-25, 25-22, 15-8.

In the Silver Flight, Glenbard claimed first place by beating Edwardsville 25-18,25-17. Third place went to Chatard over McCracken 23-25, 25-20, 17-15.

In the Gold Flight, Wheaton St. Francis was the champion by beating Ursuline 25-10, 25-13.  Third place went to Henry Clay over Libertyville 25-17, 25-9.

Friday Scores

Pool A -- Belleville Althoff beat Effingham 25-13, 22-25, 25-18; Wheaton St. Francis beat Effingham 25-9, 25-15; Wheaton St. Francis beat Belleville Althoff, 25-14, 25-12

Pool  B -- St. Louis Ursuline beat  Walter Payton 25-17, 16-25, 25-16; Glenbard West beat Walter Payton, 25-15, 25-11; Glenbard West beat St. Louis Ursuline, 25-22, 25-21

Pool C -- Hermann beat Illiana Christian, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21; Henry Clay beat Hermann, 25-13, 25-17; Henry Clay beat Illiana Christian, 25-20, 25-15

Pool D -- Naperville Central beat Champaign Centennial, 25-14, 25-21; Naperville Central Beat Indianapolis Chatard, 25-19, 13-25, 27-25; Indianapolis Chatard beat Champaign Centennial, 25-16, 25-22

Pool E -- Owensboro Catholic beat Mattoon, 26-28, 25-20, 30-28; Libertyville beat Owensboro Catholic, 25-14, 25-19; Libertyville beat  Mattoon, 25-7, 25-17

Pool F -- McCracken County beat Windsor/Stew-Stras, 25-22, 25-20; Bloomington beat Windsor/Stew-Stras, 25-17, 25-20; Bloomington beat McCracken County, 22-25, 25-14, 25-12

Pool G -- Whitney Young beat Breese Central, 25-21, 25-22; Normal University beat Whitney Young, 25-17, 25-19; Normal University beat Breese Central, 25-23, 25-12

Pool H -- Edwardsville beat Kansas Tri-County, 25-14, 25-10; Festus St. Pius X beat Kansas Tri-County, 25-9, 25-8; Festus St. Pius X beat Edwardsville, 25-18, 25-15

Saturday's Results

BRONZE FLIGHT

Effingham beat Tri-County, 25-14, 25-19; Mattoon beat Centennial, 25-14, 25-15; Walter Payton beat Breese Central, 25-21, 26-24; Illiana Christian beat Windsor/Stew-Stras, 25-17, 25-21; Centennial beat Tri-County, 25-20, 25-17; Windsor/Stew-Stras beat Breese Central, 25-22, 25-18; Mattoon beat Effingham, 18-25, 25-22, 15-8; Illiana Christian beat Walter Payton, 25-21, 25-20

Seventh Place -- Breese Central beat Tri-County, 25-16, 25-18

Fifth Place -- Windsor/Stew-Stras beat Centennial, 32-34, 25-21, 18-16

Third Place -- Walter Payton beat Effingham, 25-22, 25-15

First Place -- Illiana Christian beat Mattoon, 18-25, 25-22, 15-8

SILVER FLIGHT

Edwardsville beat Belleville Althoff, 25-12, 25-10; Indianapolis Chatard beat Owensboro Catholic 29-31, 25-18, 15-8; Glenbard West beat Whitney Young, 25-19, 25-17; McCracken County beat Hermann, 26-28, 25-12, 15-10; Owensboro Catholic beat Belleville Althoff, 25-17, 25-10; Hermann beat Whitney Young, 27-29, 25-17, 15-7; Edwardsville beat Chatard, 18-25, 25-10, 15-8; Glenbard beat McCracken, 25-12, 25-21

Seventh Place -- Belleville Althoff beat Whitney Young, 22-25, 25-22, 16-14

Fifth Place -- Owensboro Catholic beat Hermann, 15-25, 25-17, 15-7

Third Place -- Chatard beat McCracken, 23-25, 25-20, 17-15

First Place -- Glenbard beat Edwardsville, 25-18, 25-17

GOLD BRACKET

Wheaton St. Francis beat Festus St. Pius X, 28-26, 27-25; Libertyville beat Naperville Central, 25-18, 25-17; St. Louis Ursuline beat Normal University, 24-26, 25-17, 25-22; Henry Clay beat Bloomington, 25-20, 25-22; St. Pius X beat Naperville Central, 25-17, 25-16; Bloomington beat Normal U-High, 25-15, 25-8; St. Francis beat Libertyville, 25-11, 25-18; Ursuline beat Henry Clay, 5-20, 25-22

Sevneth Place -- Normal U-High beat Naperville, 25-16, 25-23

Fifth Place -- St. Pius X beat Bloomington, 16-25, 25-14, 25-20

Third Place -- Henry Clay beat Libertyville, 25-17, 25-9

First Place -- St. Francis beat Ursuline, 25-10, 25-13

Effingham Statistics -- Baker, 1 dig; Chrappa, 1 kill, 18 digs; Fred, 13 kills, 3 aces, 1 block, 7 digs; Garren, 7 digs; Marint, 6 kills, 1 assist, 5 blocks, 2 digs; Nunamaker, 11 kills, 1 block, 9 digs; Pike, 7 kills, 29 assists, 4 aces, 2 blocks, 8 digs; Ramey, 28 kilks, 1 assist, 2 aces, 1 block, 21 digs; Webster, 3 kills, 32 assists, 4 aces, 2 blocks, 5 digs

Windsor/Stras-Stras Statistics -- Bennett, 1 ace, 37 kills, 36 digs, 3 solo blocks, 4 block assists; Schlechte, 8 kills, 32 assists, 34 digs, 3 solo blocks, 2 block assists; Kaufman, 13 kills, 5 digs, 4 block assists; Gentry, 1 ace, 7 kills, 1 assist, 5 digs, 5 block assists; M. Schlechte, 4 aces, 34 kills, 5 assists, 31 digs, 3 block asssits; Tabbert, 7 aces, 16 kills, 8 assists, 26 digs, 3 block, assists; Cole, 2 assists, 31 digs; Roney, 4 kills, 25 asssits, 2 digs, 1 block assist; Haddock, 1 ace, 2 kills, 2 digs, 2 block assists; Schultz, 1 ace, 32 assists, 14 digs