Shoes Down Bulldogs, EHS Wins, Area Volleyball Roundup

TEUTOPOLIS -- Teutopolis High School played host to Effingham St. Anthony and claimed both junior varsity and varsity volleyball victories Thursday.

The Wooden Shoes won the varsity contest 25-21, 25-23 to improve to 12-8 on the season.

"The varsity won its third in a row tonight," said T-town Coach Tim Mills. "The blockers set the stage early by stuffing the St. Anthony hitters on the first three attacks. Overall we did a great job of controlling the net.

"Macy Michels and Julia Frye combined for nine blocks and our rightside blockers chipped in five more. We also had 38 digs which is a big improvement for us. We've struggled wtih digging balls that got around or through our blockers but tonight our diggers did a great job of reading off the blockers and filling the hitting lanes. The offense was solid. I thought our setters distributed the balls really well, five hitters had four or more kills."

Jolene Bueker led in digs with 11. Macy Michels had five blocks and nine points. Savannah Grimes had 14 assists and six kills.

The Bulldogs were led by Jenna Woltman with nine digs and 11 assists. Hannh Will, Katie Kabbes and Marci Mills had three kills each. Mills led in blocks with three. Meg Richards had three aces.

T-town also nabbed the junior varsity contest, 25-13, 24-26, 26-24 to improve to 10-1.

At Teutopolis

Varsity Match

St. Anthony -- Stock,2  digs; Will, 3 kills, 6 digs, 1 ace; Woltman, 2 kills, 2 blocks, 9, digs, 11 assists; Kabbes, 3 kills, 2 digs; Mills, 3 kills, 3 blocks, 7 digs; Richards, 2 kills, 1 block, 7 digs, 3 aces; Gibson, 1 dig; Dammerman, 4 digs

Teutopolis -- Bueker, 11 digs, 6 kills, 2 points; Drees, 3 blocks, 8 digs, 4 kills, 1 ace, 5 points, 11 assists; Frye, 4 blocks, 1 dig, 5 kills, 1 ace, 4 points; Grimes, 1 block, 2 digs, 6 kills, 1 ace, 2 points, 14 assists; Jansen, 9 digs; E. Michels, 1 kill; M. Michels, 5 blocks, 1 dig, 4 kills, 3 aces, 9 points; Niemerg, 1 block, 6 digs, 4 points

Junior Varsity Match

Teutopolis -- Bloemer, 1 block, 1 kill; Bushur, 1 dig, 2 kills, 2 points; E. Deters, 5 blocks, 6 kills, 4 aces, 5 points; K. Deters, 1 dig, 1 assist; Flach, 2 digs, 1 assist; Funneman, 2 digs, 2 kills; Hoene, 2 digs, 6 kills, 2 aces, 3 points; Huston, 5 digs, 5 aces, 10 points, 12 assists; Kreke, 1 dig, 2 points; McWhorter, 3 digs, 1 kill; E. Michels, 5 blocks, 5 digs, 6 kills, 2 points; Niemerg, 4 digs, 6 kills, 2 aces, 3 points; Volk, 2 blocks, 2 kills, 2 aces, 4 points, 13 assists; Walker, 7 digs, 1 kill

At Salem

 Effingham handed Salem an Apollo Conference loss in varsity action, 27-25, 25-22.

The Hearts improve to 2-3 in the conference, 3-14 overall. Kourtney Cordes led EHS in kills with seven. Sidney Weber had 12 assists. Kaitlyn Baker led in aces with two and digs with nine.

EHS also nabbed the junior varsity match, 26-24, 25-17 to improve to 6-5. The Hearts claimed the freshman/sophomore contest 25-15, 18-25 and got the win because they gave up less points. The frosh/soph squad is 5-4.

At Salem

Varsity Match

Effingham -- Garren,1  kill, 1 assist, 1 ace, 5 digs; Christy, 1 kill, 1 ace; Baker, 3 kills, 2 aces, 9 digs; Meinhart, 3 kills, 1 assist, 1 ace, 3 digs; Shah, 1 ace; Pike, 1 kill, 1 ace, 1 block, 3 digs; Webster, 3 kills, 12 assists, 2 digs; Martin, 4 kills, 1 ace, 1 block; Cordes, 7 kills; Armstrong, 1 kill, 9 assists

Junior Varsity Match

Effingham -- Fox, 1 assist, 11 digs; Kuhlman, 3 kills, 1 block, 2 digs; Christy, 1 kill, 1 block, 4 digs; Webster, 4 kills, 6 digs; Fearday, 10 assists, 1 block, 5 digs; Borries, 1 ace, 1 dig; Buscher, 1 kill, 1 dig; Carie, 6 kills, 1 block; Myers, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 dig

Freshman/Sophomore Match

Effingham -- Martin, 6 kills, 1 assist, 1 ace, 6 digs; O'Dell, 1 dig; Borries, 4 aces, 1 dig; Stortzum, 1 assist, 7 digs; Budde, 3 kills, 1 ace; Kull, 11 assists, 3 digs; Bushue, 1 kill, 1 dig; Koester, 1 kill, 1 assist; Krouse, 1 kill, 8 digs; Feldhake, 3 kills, 1 ace, 8 digs; Niebrugge, 1 kill, 2 aces

At Dieterich

Altamont picked up a victory over Dieterich in National Trail Conference action Thursday.

The Indians won 25-12, 24-26, 25-19. Mette tallied nine kills for the winners. Grimsley led in digs with 21. T. Paquette had three aces. Hoene led in assists with 14. Fearday and Mette had six blocks each.

In junior varsity play, Altamont was a winner 25-15, 25-13 to improve to 3-3 in the conference, 6-5 overall.

At Dieterich

Varsity Match

Altamont -- Mette, 9 kills, 14 digs, 6 blocks; T. Paquette, 7 kills, 14 digs, 3 aces; Wolff, 6 kills; Grimsley, 21 digs; Hoene, 14 assists; H. Paquette, 13 assists; Fearday, 6 blocks; Mayhaus, 4 blocks

Dieterich -- Aherin, 1 dig, 6 assists; Bannick, 1 ace, 10 digs; Boerngen, 2 aces, 6 digs, 4 assists, 1 block; Lane, 4 digs; Ruholl, 4 kills; Vahling, 1 ace, 7 digs, 7 kills, 2 blocks; Garbe, 4 aces, 5 digs, 3 kills, 1 block; Hunzinger, 5 digs, 2 assists

Junior Varsity Match

Altamont -- R. Kuhns, 3 kills, 5 assists; Jackman, 5 kills, 3 blocks; Simmons, 3 kills, 3 blocks; Barns, 7 digs; Brewer, 16 digs; White, 6 aces, 5 assists

Dieterich -- Flood, 3 digs, 2 kills; Robards, 2 aces, 2 digs, 4 assists; Vahling, 2 kills; Curry, 1 kill; Niemerg, 2 digs; Oschwald, 4 digs

At Neoga

Neoga claimed a National Trail Conference win over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City. The Indians won 25-20, 26-24.

CHBC was led by Emma Wehrle and Haley Atchley with 11 digs each. Sarah Kirchhofer had seven assists. Kara Clearwater led in kills with six. Felicia Johnson had three aces.

Neoga also nabbed the junior varsity match 23-25, 25-17, 25-23. The two teams split in freshman/sophomore play. CHBC won the opener 26-24. Neoga came back with a 25-22 count in the second contest.

At Neoga

Varsity Match

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Morrison, 1 kill, 3 assists, 6 digs; Wehrle, 1 ace, 2 kills, 11 digs; Clearwater, 2 aces, 6 kills, 5 digs; Kirchhofer, 3 kills, 7 assists, 8 digs; Atchley, 2 kills, 11 digs; Johnson, 3 aces, 1 kill, 1 assist, 7 digs

At Robinson

Newton swept Robinson in three matches Thursday.

The Eagles won the varsity contest 25-17, 25-17. Hartrich led in assists with 24. Frohning had nine kills. Hardiek had three aces and eight digs. Newton is now 21-2 on the season.

In junior varsity play, Newton won 22-25, 25-13, 25-15 and the freshman match 25-10, 25-17.

At Robinson

Varsity  Match

Newton -- Hardiek, 3 aces, 8 digs; Smith, 1 ace, 1 kill, 2 blocks, 2 digs; Bergbower, 1 ace, 8 kills, 1 block, 7 digs; Frohning, 1 ace, 9 kills, 1 assist, 4 digs; Earnest, 4 kills, 2 blocks, 2 digs; Cohorst, 4 kills, 3 assists, 6 digs; Hartrich, 3 kills, 24 assists, 2 blocks, 7 digs

At Louisville

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg pushed its record to 13-3 on the season with a 25-14, 25-10 win over North Clay (Louisville).

"The girls started off a little shaky," said WSS Coach Ronda Schlechte. "But then got comfortable in a few different positions. Mikayla filled in for Carson in libero which then moved Calla to right side. But overall, play stayed intense. North Clay made some really good defensive moves that kept us on our toes."

Megan Schlechte led in aces for the winners with nine and kills with eight. Becca Schlechte had 22 assists and nine digs.

North Clay was led by Audrey Fleener with three assists and a dig and Taylor Jones and Darcy Fender with two kills each. Jones had two blocks. Cassidy Coble had four digs.

North Clay won the junior varsity contest 25-23, 25-18. WSS drops to 8-6. The Hatchets won the freshman/sophomore match 25-13, 25-14 to improve to 5-5-1.

At Louisville

Varsity Match

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- B. Schlechte, 2 aces, 5 kills, 22 assists, 9 digs; Gentry, 2 kills; M. Schlechte, 9 aces, 8 kills, 4 digs; Tabbert, 2 aces, 7 kills, 1 assist, 4 digs; Roney, 5 kills, 4 digs; Haddock, 3 assists, 8 digs; Bean, 3 kills, 2 assists, 2 digs

North Clay -- Fleener, 3 assists, 1 dig; Jones, 2 kills, 2 blocks; Fender, 2 kills, 2 digs; Walters, 1 dig; Wiley, 1 block, 1 dig; Coble, 4 digs

Junior Varsity Match

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Reed, 1 ace, 9 assists, 6 digs; Schultz, 2 aces, 3 kills, 12 assists, 4 digs; Miller, 2 aces, 1 assist, 8 digs; Bennett, 5 kills; Brown, 1 kill, 2 digs; Moomaw, 8 kills, 1 solo block; Braden, 4 kills; Vonderheide, 4 digs; Rentfro, 1 ace, 1 kill, 5 digs

North Clay -- Rinehart, 1 block, 1 ace, 2 digs; Coble, 1 kill, 4 aces, 3 digs; M. Harmon, 2 kills, 5 digs; K. harmon, 7 digs; Fender, 2 blocks, 3 kills, 2 aces; Lapington, 2 digs; Poehler, 2 blocks, 1 dig

Freshman/Sophomore Match

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Vonderheide, 1 ace, 14 asists, 3 digs; Tabor, 1 ace, 1 kill; Turner, 1 ace, 2 kills, 7 digs; Kessler, 1 kill, 2 assists, 1 dig; Reynolds,