Bulldogs Pick Up Win, Area Volleyball Roundup

Effingham St. Anthony High School claimed National Trail Conference volleyball victories Monday evening at the Enlow Center.

The Bulldogs won the opener over Dieterich 25-18 then came back to claim the match 25-16. Marci Mills had eight kills for the Bulldogs. Taylor Dammerman had five digs while Jenna Woltman led in assists with 13. Hannah Will had eight kills. Leading in the ace category were Isabel Moore and Meg Richards with three each.

Dieterich was led by Hanna Ruholl with nine digs, Mikayla Winters with four kills and Faith Boerngen had six assists.

St. Anthony also nabbed the junior varsity match 25-23, 25-12.

At St. Anthony

Varsity Match

Dieterich -- A. Boerngen, 1 dig; Vahling, 3 kills; Ruholl, 9 digs; Hunzinger, 1 ace, 1 dig, 1 assist; Garbe, 1 ace, 2 kills; Winters, 4 digs, 4 kills; Goldsberry, 1 assist; F. Boerngen, 1 ace, 6 assists

St. Anthony -- Stock, 2 aces; Will, 1 dig, 8 kills, 2 aces; Moore, 1 assist, 1 kill, 3 aces; Woltman, 2 digs, 13 assists, 1 ace; Mills, 3 digs, 2 assists, 8 kills, 1 block; Richards, 1 dig, 2 kills, 3 aces

Junior Varsity Match

St. Anthony -- Stock, 8 digs, 6 assists, 6 aces; Hakman, 4 digs, 1 ace; Jones, 2 digs; Kabbes, 6 digs, 5 aces; Thomas, 1 block; Richards, 1 dig, 8 kills; Kinkelaar, 1 dig, 2 kills; Moore, 5 assists, 1 dig, 1 kill, 3 aces; Gibson, 1 kill

At Centralia

Teutopolis dropped a varsity match to Centralia Monday evening, 25-23, 25-23.

"Volleyball can be a very complex sport," said T-town Coach Tim Mills. "Hitting lanes and routes interwoven with passing tempos that make up your offense. Blocking assignments and slot reads that define your defense. Even serving has patterns and slots that we practice on a dailiy basis. Winning or losing a volleyball match can also be pretty simple. It usually comes down to the number of errors made, errors of execution, errors in judgement or errors of intensity of aggressiveness. For the third match in a row we made too many errors on offense.

"We had 47 hitting attempts with 14 kills but we made 10 attack errors. Basically our offense scored four points. We didn't fare much better from the service line. We had six serving errors and six aces, so we didn't score any points directly from our serving. On the positive side we had 33 blocks and 53 digs so our defense made a lot of stops. But in order for us to win the tightly contested matches, we have to find some consistency on our offense."

T-town was led by Kayla Kroeger with 12 blocks, 12 digs and five kills, Savannah Grimes with six points and six assists. Ashley Westjohn had six assists.

T-town also fell in the JV contest 25-20, 25-15. The Shoes won the freshman contest 19-25, 25-18, 15-13.

At Centralia

Varsity Match

Teutopolis -- Bueker, 2 blocks, 9 digs, 1 kill; Funneman, 3 blocks, 1 dig, 1 point; Drees, 3 blocks; Grimes, 2 digs, 1 ace, 6 points, 6 assists; Hoene, 2 blocks, 3 digs, 1 kill, 2 points; Kingery, 4 digs, 1 ace, 2 points; Kreke, 1 dig, 2 aces, 4 points; Kroeger, 12 blocks, 12 digs, 5 kills, 2 aces, 3 points; Michels, 10 blocks, 3 digs, 4 kills, 1 point; Repking, 13 digs, 1 point; Westjohn, 1 block, 5 digs, 3 kills, 6 assists

Junior Varsity Match

Teutopolis -- Buhnerkempe, 3 digs; Bueker, 1 block, 8 digs, 3 kills, 1 ace, 1 point; Deters, 2 blocks; Drees, 3 digs, 2 kills, 1 ace, 3 points, 3 assists; Frey, 4 digs, 2 kills; Hoene, 1 kill, 1 point; Jansen, 1 block, 1 dig, 2 kills, 1 ace, 2 points; Weber, 1 kill; Walker, 9 digs

At Beecher City

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City downed Morrisonville. The Hornets lost the opener 25-21 then came back with 25-23 and 25-16 wins for the victory.

Felicia Johnson had six aces for the winners and led in digs with 17. Leah Kelly led in kills with eight. Skylar Morrison had 18 assists.

The Hornets also nabbed the junior varsity contest 25-12, 25-16 and a freshman/sophomore match 25-11, 25-16.

At Beecher City

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Morrison, 1 ace, 2 kills, 18 assists, 6 digs; Johnson, 6 aces, 6 kills, 17 digs; Kelly, 8 kills, 15 digs; Wehrle, 5 kills, 11 digs; Heiserman, 2 aces, 3 kills, 5 digs; Kar. Clearwater, 3 kills; Ka. Clearwater, 1 ace, 14 digs; Gates, 6 digs

At Sullivan

Neoga picked up a non-conference win over Sullivan. The Indians fell in the opener 25-20 but came back 25-17, 25-8.

Jaycie Roy had nine kills and 14 assists. Blair Banning led in aces three three and assists with 11. Lauren Romack had 11 digs.

At Sullivan

Varsity Match

Neoga -- Romack, 7 kills, 1 ace, 11 digs; Hill, 7 kills, 2 blocks; Roderick, 2 kills, 1 dig; Roy, 9 kills, 2 aces, 7 digs, 14 assists; Miah, 8 digs; Neece, 3 digs; Wasmuth, 4 kills, 1 block; Banning, 5 kills, 3 aces, 3 digs, 11 assists