S.C. Second at Altamont Tourney, Area Volleyball Roundup

ALTAMONT -- South Central High School finished second at the Altamont Volleyball Invitational Saturday. The Cougars fell to Raymond Lincolnwood in the title contest 25-14, 25-22.

South Central had beaten Nokomis 27-25, 25-10, Greenville 25-23, 25-21 and Cumberland 23-25, 25-11, 15-2 to enter the title contest.

Greenville took third, Vandalia fourth, Cumberland fifth, Altamont sixth, Nokomis seventh and Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City eighth.

Altamont beat Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 25-20, 25-16  then fell to Lincolnwood 25-16, 25-18. The Indians defeated Vandalia 25-19, 23-25, 15-15 then lost to Cumberland 25-16, 25-18.

CHBC lost to Altamont 25-20, 25-16, fell to Vandalia 25-14, 25-22 and lost to Lincolnwood 25-23, 25-14.

Altamont Tournament

South Central -- Bray, 12 points, 2 aces; Crain, 24 points, 12 digs, 4 aces; Burleyson, 24 points, 3 aces, 14 kills, 21 assists, 5 stuff blocks, 2 kills; Rubin, 27 points, 3 aces, 6 kills, 13 digs; Germany, 5 points, 5 kills, 3 stuff blocks; Chapman, 14 points, 18 kills, 24 assists, 3 stuff blocks, 2 aces; Wilkins, 9 kills, 2 points, 4 digs; Hahn, 8 points, 7 digs, 1 ace; Smith, 2 kills, 2 stuff blocks; Sigrist, 2 kills, 6 stuff blocks, 1 assist

Altamont -- H. Wolff, 8 kills, 5 aces; Wharton, 12 kills, 3 aces; Mayhaus, 7 kills; T. Paquette, 13 kills, 4 blocks; Fearday, 6 kills, 2 aces, 4 blocks; Grimsley, 74 digs; K. Wolff, 13 digs; Mette, 18 digs; H. Paquette, 24 assists; Hoene, 21 assists; Stone, 1 assist, 3 blocks

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Morrison, 5 aces, 1 kill, 14 assists, 17 digs; Wehrle, 5 aces, 6 kills, 1 block, 1 assist, 14 digs; Clearwater, 2 aces, 13 kills, 1 block, 2 assists, 12 digs; Kirchhofer, 2 aces, 4 kills, 1 block, 13 assists, 18 digs; Atchley, 7 kills, 9 digs; Johnson, 3 aces, 15 kills, 8 digs; Doedtman, 5 assists; McKee, 2 digs; Witteborg, 4 digs

At Champaign

Effingham finished second in the Champaign Central Junior Varsity Tournament Saturday.

The Hearts defeated Champaign St. Thomas More 25-21, 25-11, then won over Lexington 27-25, 25-27, 15-12. The Hearts lost to Peoria Notre Dame 25-23, 25-22.

At Champaign

Effingham -- Fox, 2 kills, 3 assists, 25 digs; Kuhlman, 16 kills, 3 aces, 1 dig; Christy, 12 kills, 3 assists, 4 aces, 1 block, 13 digs; Webster, 11 kills, 1 assist, 6 aces, 28 digs; Fearday, 10 kills, 52 assists, 1 ace, 21 digs; Borries, 3 assists, 10 digs; Carie, 15 kills, 6 digs; Koester, 1 kill, 2 assists, 3 digs; Feldhake, 2 digs

At Casey

Newton claimed the championship of the Casey-Westfield Volleyball Tournament Saturday.

The Eagles defeated Effingham St. Anthony 25-11, 25-21 then won over Tolono Unity 14-25, 25-11, 15-13 and Cisne 25-12, 25-17.

Ini the Gold Division, Newton beat Unity 25-17, 28-26 and then won the championship over Edwards County (Albion) 25-17, 25-16.

Named to the All-Tournament Team from Newton were Grace Hartrich and Mallory Bergbower.

St. Anthony lost to Casey-Westfield 15-25, 27-25, 25-13 then defeated Cisne 25-15, 25-12. St. Anthony fell to Westville 25-7, 25-15 before beating Cisne 25-19, 25-19. The Bulldogs fell to Newton 25-11, 25-21.

At Casey

Newton -- Frohning, 9 aces, 20 kills, 12 assists, 2 blocks, 27 digs; Bergbower, 9 aces, 38 kills, 7 assists, 1 block, 38 digs; Hardiek, 7 aces, 28 digs; Cohorst, 6 aces, 19 kills, 4 assists, 1 block, 35 digs; Smith, 4 aces, 10 kills, 2 assists, 3 blocks, 5 digs; Hartrich, 3 aces, 21 kills, 84 assists, 3 blocks, 23 digs; Earnest, 11 kills, 1 assist, 3 digs, 6 blocks; Bierman, 1 kills, 1 dig; Shipman, 1 kill, 5 digs, 3 assists; Meinhart, 1 block, 1 dig; Klingler, 1 block, 1 dig; Hyatt, 2 digs

St. Anthony -- Woltman, 8 kills, 79 assists. 3 aces; Mills, 38 kills, 3 aces, 4 blocked shots; Kinkelaar, 10 kills, 1 ace, 1 blocked shot; Gibson, 9 kills, 1 ace, 1 blocked shot; Richards, 18 kills, 3 aces, 3 blocked shots; Dammerman, 1 kill; Kabbes, 15 kills, 1 blocked shot

At Mattoon

St. Elmo/Brownstown finished sixth while Neoga was seventh in the Mattoon Tournament Saturday.

Mattoon claimed the championship with a 5-0 record followed by Heyworth 4-1, Taylorville 4-1, Pana 3-2, Warrensburg-Latham 3-2, St. Elmo/Brownstown 2-3, Neoga 1-4 and Sullivan 0-5.

SEB lost to Mattoon 25-5, 25-3, won over Neoga 25-14, 18-25, 15-8, beat Sullivan 25-11, 25-15 and lost to Warrensburg-Latham 25-19, 25-14.

Neoga beat Sullivan 25-16, 25-16, lost to Taylorville 25-8, 25-11, lost to Heyworth 25-10, 25-4, lost to Warrensburg-Latham 25-14, 25-15 and lost to BSE 25-14, 19-25, 15-8.