WSS Captures NTC Volleyball Tourney Title

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg High School captured the championship of the National Trail Conference Volleyball Tournament Saturday.

In pool play Friday, Neoga defeated Dieterich 25-13, 25-19 while WSS won over St. Elmo/Brownstown 25-20, 25-21. South Central beat St. Anthony 25-21, 26-24 and Altamont downed Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 21-25, 27-25, 25-16 at the Enlow Center.

In pool play at Goff Gym, South Central won over Altamont 25-11, 25-17 while St. Anthony beat CHBC 25-19, 25-14. South Central downed CHBC 25-13, 25-19 and St. Anthony defeated Altamont 25-21, 18-25, 25-19.

In the title contest Saturday, Windsor/Stew-Stras defeated St. Elmo/Brownstown 18-25, 25-18, 25-17. WSS had beaten St. Anthony 25-8, 25-15 while St. Elmo/Brownstown won over South Central 25-16, 25-17 to reach the title match. WSS is now 23-6 on the season.

The third place match went to St. Anthony over South Central 25-18, 25-18. Fifth place went to Dieterich over Altamont 25-12, 25-21. Dieterich beat CHBC 25-14, 16-25, 15-14 to reach the fifth place match.

Named to the All-Tournament Team were Jenna Woltman and Marci Mills of St. Anthony, Autumn Bennett, Megan Schlechte and Ciara Kaufman of Windsor/Stew-Stras, Kendall Burleyson and Diedra Schaal of South Central, Gabi Moore and Emily Bone of St. Elmo/Brownstown, Lauren Garbe of Dieterich, Nikki Miah of Neoga and Lily Laatsch of Altamont.

NTC Tournament

Windsor/Stew-Stras -- Bennett, 14 kills, 3 aces, 2 blocks, 10 digs; Tabbert, 11 kills, 8 aces, 7 assists, 2 blocks, 17 digs; Kaufman, 10 kills, 2 aces, 2 blocks; M. Schlechte, 10 kills, 2 blocks; B. Schlechte, 8 kills, 26 assists, 19 digs; Gentry, 6 kills, 2 blocks, Cole, 10 digs

St. Anthony -- Esker, 5 kills; Will, 8 digs, 1 assist, 11 kills, 1 block, 1 ace; Moore, 2 digs, 1 assist, 1 ace, 3 kills; Woltman, 11 digs, 23 assists, 2 kills, 2 aces; Mills, 11 digs, 9 kills, 1 block; Richards, 2 digs, 4 kills, 1 block, 3 aces; Rincker, 2 digs; Gibson, 1 dig; Dammerman, 2 digs

South Central -- Laatsch, 21 kills, 9 digs, 8 stuff blocks, 1 ace; Wharton, 9 kills, 3 stuff blocks; Higgs, 1 kill, 3 assists, 3 stuff blocks; Mette, 4 kills, 10 digs, 2 aces, 1 stuff block; Wolff, 1 kill, 11 digs; Fearday, 4 kills, 3 stuff blocks, 4 digs, 1 ace; Winters, 9 digs, 1 ace; Hoene, 11 digs, 1 ace, 13 assists; Stone, 2 assists; H. Paquette, 1 kill, 10 assists, 7 digs; T. Paquette, 1 assist, 1 stuff block

Dieterich -- Vahling, 10 digs, 8 kills, 3 blocks, 1 ace, 1 assist; Ruholl, 6 aces, 6 digs, 4 kills, 18 assists, 1 block; Garbe, 3 aces, 5 digs, 9 kills, 3 blocks; Winters, 1 ace, 7 digs, 18 kills, 1 block; Boerngen, 1 ace, 5 digs, 4 kills, 18 assists, 1 block; Hunzinger, 7 digs, 2 kills, 9 assists, 2 blocks

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Morrison, 2 aces, 1 kill, 14 assists, 4 digs; Johnson, 1 ace, 3 kills, 7 digs; Kelly, 5 kills, 2 blocks, 9 digs; Wehrle, 2 kills, 4 digs; Heiserman, 4 kills, 5 digs; Kar. Clearwater, 3 kills, 1 block; Kal. Clearwater, 1 ace, 2 digs; Haslett, 2 digs; Kirchhofer, 1 kill, 1 dig

At Albion

Effingham High School claimed the championship of the Edwards County (Albion) Tournament Saturday.

In the tournament, Casey-Westfield defeated Grayville 25-13, 25-14; Newton won over Casey-Westfield, 25-23, 26-28, 15-6; Casey-Westfield downed Flora, 21-25, 25-23, 15-12 and won over Edwards County, 25-15, 25-17. Fairfield then defeated Casey-Westfield 25-15, 25-21.

Effingham downed Flora 25-12, 18-25, 20-18, then won over Hamilton County 25-7, 25-11 and Newton 25-20, 17-25, 15-12. The Hearts beat Benton 25-21, 25-22 and then downed Carterville 13-25, 25-17, 15-9.

The Hearts claimed the championship for the second straight year. Newton finished in third place.

Effingham -- Ramey, 46 kills, 5 aces, 5 blocks, 38 digs; Nunamaker, 31 kills, 18 aces, 16 blocks; Fred, 23 kills, 4 aces, 30 digs; Pike, 10 kills, 4 aces, 44 assists, 7 blocks, 23 digs; Webster, 7 aces, 64 assists, 24 digs; Martin, 8 blocks; Chrappa, 21 digs

Newton -- Hartrich, 18 aces, 14 kills, 84 assists, 3 blocks, 28 digs; Kline, 7 aces, 28 kills, 4 assists, 5 blocks; Johnson, 6 aces, 21 kills, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 36 digs; Cohorst, 5 aces, 15 kills, 3 assists, 4 blocks, 33 digs; Pilman, 2 aces, 3 assists, 20 digs; Bergbower, 1 ace, 11 digs; Frohning, 22 kills, 8 assists, 7 blocks, 6 digs; Earnest, 7 kills, 1 assist, 5 blocks, 6 digs; Weber, 2 kills, 1 dig

At Breese

Teutopolis fell in four matches at the Breese Central Invitational Saturday.

The Wooden Shoes lost to Columbia 25-12, 25-18 then fell to Waterloo, 25-12, 25-18. Freeburg defeated the Shoes 25-23, 19-25, 15-13 and Nashville won 25-17, 25-23.

"Our record now stands at 16-11 as we went 0-4 on the day," said T-town Coach Tim Mills. "The first two matches we just got run over. Columbia and Waterloo just played the game at a faster pace than us and we really struggled to defend their attacks. We had Freeburg down late in set three of that match but missed serve and two bad passes gave them three consecutive points and the lead. Mental errors late in a game against a good team are disastrous. We competed against Nashville but that was our poorest showing of the day against the softest team we saw all day."

Breese Central Tournament

Teutopolis -- Bueker, 3 kills, 2 digs; Drees, 3 blocks, 2 digs, 8 assists, 1 kill, 1 ace, 2 points; Grimes, 6 digs, 10 assists, 2 kills, 2 aces, 5 points, 4 assists; Hoene, 1 block, 6 digs, 12 kills; Kingery, 1 ace, 7 points, 1 dig; Kreke, 11 digs, 5 aces, 7 points; Kroeger, 21 blocks, 20 digs, 19 kills, 1 ace, 8 points, 1 assist; Michels, 11 blocks, 1 dig, 13 kills, 1 assist; Repking, 26 digs, 1 assist; Westjohn, 16 digs, 4 kills, 4 aces, 10 points, 19 assists, 6 blocks; Funneman, 2 digs, 4 kills; Huston, 3 kills, 2 blocks

At MTC Tourney

North Clay (Lousiville) fell to  Woodlawn in the Midland Trail Conference Tournament Friday, 25-23, 25-19.

The Cardinals then beat Odin 25-15, 23-25, 15-7. No other information was provided.