St. A Wins, EHS Falls In Volleyball Action

Effingham St. Anthony High School played host to St. Elmo in National Trail Conference volleyball play Tuesday and picked up a victory.

The Bulldogs won the opener 25-15 but St. Elmo fought back to take the second game 26-24. St. Anthony then won the match 25-18.

Haylee Mathis had 11 kills, one block, one ace and 18 assists for the winners. Rachael Schultz had 11 digs. Lauren Wendt and Megan Nuxoll had one ace each. Megan Woltman had one block.

In junior varsity play, St. Elmo won 20-25, 25-22, 25-11.

At  St. Anthony

Varsity Match

St. Anthony -- Mathis, 11 kills, 1 block, 18 assists, 1 ace; Dammerman, 9 digs; Wendt, 9 kills, 1 dig, 1 ace; Braunecker, 4 kills, 2 digs; Mumm, 6 kills; Nuxoll, 5 kills, 1 ace; Woltman, 2  kills,1  block, 11 assists; Schultz, 11 digs

At Effingham

Effingham dropped the varsity match to Mattoon 25-19, 25-14. Shanon Daugherty led EHS in points with seven. Bethany Donaldson had an ace. Stephanie Robb led in kills with five and blocks with two. Kelli Utz had seven digs.

In junior varsity action, Effingham was a winner 18-25, 25-18, 25-16. The Hearts also won a freshman contest 25-17, 25-22 to remain unbeaten at 5-0.

EHS is back in action Thursday against Mount Zion in Apollo Conference play.

At Effingham

Varsity Match

Effingham -- Ko. Utz, 1 point, 1 kill, 2 assists; Myers, 1 point, 2 kills, 1 assist, 6 digs; Donaldson, 2 points, 1 ace, 2 digs, 1 block; Beals, 1 kill, 1 dig; Koester, 3 kills; Ke. Utz, 2 points, 1 assist, 7 digs; Zerrusen, 1 point, 3 digs; Totten, 1 assist; Daugherty, 7 points, 3 kills, 8 assists, 4 digs; Robb, 5 kills, 2 digs, 2 blocks

Junior Varsity Match

Effingham -- Weis, 7 points, 1 kill, 11 assists, 2 digs; Bloemker, 11 points, 3 aces, 11 kills, 2 digs, 1 block; Cramsey, 2 assists, 2 digs; Zerrusen, 5 points, 2 aces, 16 digs; Totten, 8 points, 2 aces, 16 assists, 10 digs, 3 blocks; Ramey, 7 points, 1 ace, 11 kills, 6 digs; Mitchell, 5 points, 4 kills, 1 assist, 10 digs; Nunamaker, 1 dig, 1 block

Freshman Match

Effingham -- Stefen,3  kills, 2 assists, 3 digs; Kocher, 1 kill, 4 assists, 3 digs; Fred, 7 points, 1 ace, 2 kills, 2 assists, 7 digs; Ramey, 4 points, 1 kill, 1 block; Rieman, 2 kills, 1 assist; Tonn, 8 points, 1 ace, 12 assists, 5 digs; Chrappa, 4 points, 1 ace, 6 digs; Nunamaker, 11 kills, 5 digs, 1 block