Junior High Volleyball -- Feb. 12-13

NEOGA -- Effingham Sacred Heart captured the championship of the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Volleyball Tournament Saturday.

The Shamrocks beat St. Elmo/Brownstown 25-15, 25-18 and Sigel St. Michael 25-15, 25-22. Sacred Heart then downed Stewardson-Strasburg 9-25, 25-20, 15-12 for the title.

Altamont finished fourth. Altamont opened with a victory over Windsor, 25-13, 25-7. The Wildcats then faced top-seeded Stewardson-Strasburg and fell 25-20, 25-12.

That dropped Altamont into the consolation championship match against Sigel St. Michael and the Sharpshooters won 25-21, 25-21.

Altamont is now 8-6 on the season.

No other statistics or scores were turned in for the other NTC Tourney matches.

NTC Tournament

Effingham Sacred Heart -- C. Hakman, 3 digs; N. Hakman, 1 kill, 5 digs; Goldstein, 3 aces, 4 kills, 6 assists, 7 digs; Rozene, 5 aces, 11 kills, 2 assists, 5 digs, 1 block; Jensen, 2 digs; Karolewicz, 4 aces, 11 kills, 1 assist, 9 digs; Koester, 2 aces, 4 kills, 2 assists, 7 digs; Carie, 13 aces, 4 kills, 14 assists, 4 digs; Hanflan, 2 aces, 9 kills, 2 assists, 5 digs

Altamont vs. Windsor -- Boedecker, 3 points, 1 ace, 1 assist, 1 dig; Brummer, 2 points, 2 aces; Emmerich, 3 points, 3 blocks; Goeckner, 6 points, 3 aces, 1 kill, 2 assists; Mette, 1 point, 1 ace; Runge, 5 points, 1 ace, 2 kills, 2 blocks; Pemberton, 5 points, 3 kills, 1 block, 1 dig

Altamont vs. Neoga -- Boedecker, 10 points, 1 ace, 5 assists, 4 digs; Goeckner, 9 points, 1 kill, 7 assists, 1 dig; Hames, 1 dig; Mette, 3 points, 3 aces; Runge, 10 points, 1 ace, 5 kills, 4 digs; Schultz, 1 dig; Pemberton, 9 points, 6 kills, 3 digs

Altamont vs. Sigel St. Michael -- Boedecker, 4 points, 2 aces, 1 assist, 1 digs; Goeckner, 5 points, 4 kills, 1 dig; Mette, 7 points, 3 aces, 4 digs; Runge, 7 points, 3 kills, 2 blocks, 3 digs; Tedrick, 1 point, 1 kill; Pemberton, 4 points, 4 kills

At St. Anthony

Effingham St. Anthony and Teutopolis split victories Friday in regular season action.

The Bullpups won the seventh-grade match 25-17, 14-25, 28-26. In eighth-grade play, T-town was the winner 25-20, 25-17.

Teutopolis then competed in the Charleston Seventh-Grade Tournament Saturday and picked up one win and two losses.

The Shoes fell to Tri-County in the opener 25-18, 25-13. T-town then dropped a match to Charleston 25-10, 25-10. The Shoes then won over Decatur Robertson 25-15, 25-19.

T-town is now 7-7 on the season.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Match

Teutopolis -- Walker, 1 ace; Hewing, 1 ace; Siemer, 1 ace, 2 kills; Koester, 21 assists; Vahling, 2 blocks, 2 kills; Niemerg, 2 assists; Probst, 1 ace, 1 dig; Johnson, 1 block, 1 kill

Eighth-Grade Match

Teutopolis -- Brumleve, 2 aces, 1 dig, 1 kill; Bushur, 2 kills; Deters, 3 assists; Funneman, 2 blocks, 5 kills; Heuerman, 2 aces, 3 digs; Mette, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 1 kill; Michels, 4 aces, 6 digs, 2 kills; Repking, 3 assists