WSS Captures NTC Volleyball Tourney Crown

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg captured the National Trail Conference Volleyball Tournament championship Saturday at the Enlow Center.

In Friday pool play, Altamont defeated North Clay (Louisville) 25-23, 25-17, Neoga defeated St. Anthony 17-25, 25-21, 25-17, South Central defeated Altamont 23-25, 25-17, 25-11 and St. Anthony defeated Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 22-25, 25-17, 25-16 at the Enlow Center.

At Goff Gym, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg defeated St. Elmo/Brownstown 25-15, 25-19, St. Elmo/Brownstown defeated Dieterich 25-19, 19-25, 25-21 and WSS defeated Dieterich 25-10, 25-11.

In Saturday Bronze play, Dieterich beat CHBC 21-25, 25-19, 25-19, North Clay beat CHBC 25-21, 25-19 and North Clay beat Dieterich 25-17, 25-21.

In Saturday Silver play, St. Anthony beat Altamont 25-15, 25-19 and St. Elmo/Brownstown 25-22, 25-20 and Altamont beat SEB 25-21, 25-14.

In Gold play, WSS downed Neoga 25-10, 25-19, South Central won over Neoga 25-5, 25-19 and WSS defeated South Central 25-16, 25-15.

"Maria Gentry was back for limited play and ended up having a really strong match against South Central," said WSS Coach Ronda Schlechte. "I'm still pushing to increase our level of play consistently. We had some games this weekend that were pretty ugly but we played really well against Dieterich and South Central. Coming home with the championship trophy was one of our season goals so it's nice to mark that off our list."

Named to the All-Tournament Team were Megan Schlechte (WSS), Becca Schlechte (WSS), Jaycie Roy (Neoga), Emily Chapman (South Central), Marci Mills (St. Anthony), Tinley Mette (Altamont), Kendell Burleyson (South Central), Hannah Will (St. Anthony), Nikki Miah (Neoga), Serena Germany (South Central), Jenna Woltman (St. Anthony) and Hannah Paquette (Altamont).

NTC Tournament

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- B. Schlechte, 2 aces, 16 kills, 86 assists, 26 digs, 3 block assists; Gentry, 7 kills; M. Schlechte, 1 ace, 33 kills, 2 assists, 21 digs, 1 solo block, 4 block assists; Tabbert, 4 aces, 33 kills, 2 assists, 23 digs, 2 block assists; Roney, 3 aces, 13 kills, 4 assists, 20 digs, 2 block assists; Haddock, 2 aces, 8 assists, 25 digs; Schultz, 2 assists, 5 digs; Bean, 7 aces, 8 kills, 1 assist, 2 digs, 6 block assists; Brown, 5 kills, 4 digs, 5 block assists

South Central vs. Altamont -- Burleyson, 12 points, 4 aces, 12 kills, 14 assists, 4 digs; Rubin, 11 points, 1 ace, 6 kills, 1 assist, 9 digs; Chapman, 3 points, 1 ace, 10 kills, 14 assists, 1 stuff block, 3 digs; Hahn, 9 points, 1 ace, 2 kills, 5 digs; Crain, 3 points, 1 ace, 2 assists, 15 digs; Germany, 4 kills, 1 assist, 1 stuff block; Wilkins, 1 point, 2 kills, 4 digs; Bray, 2 points, 1 dig; Sigrist, 3 kills, 1 stuff block

South Central vs. Neoga -- Hahn, 12 points, 1 kll, 1 ace, 4 digs; Wilkins, 6 points, 1 kill, 1 dig; Rubin, 5 points, 4 kills, 7 digs; Chapman, 5 points, 5 kills, 11 assists, 6 digs; Bray, 3 points; Burleyson, 1 point, 9 kills, 8 assists, 4 digs; Germany, 1 kill, 1 stuff block; Sigrist, 2 kills, 2 stuff block; Crain, 24 digs

South Central vs. Windsor/Stew-Stras -- Rubin, 4 points, 3 kills, 7 digs; Chapman, 3 points, 3 kills, 4 assists, 3 digs; Burleyson, 3 points, 4 assists, 1 ace; Bray, 1 point; Hahn, 1 point, 1 kill; Crain, 10 digs; Wilkins, 7 digs; Sigrist, 2 kills, 1 dig; Germany 1 kill

 Dieterich vs. Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Aherin, 2 digs, 9 assists, 1 block; Bannick, 9 digs; Boerngen, 4 aces, 4 digs; Lane, 2 aces, 4 digs; Ruholl, 2 digs, 3 kills, 2 blocks; Vahling, 4 digs, 7 kills, 3 blocks; Garbe, 9 aces, 11 digs, 7 kills; Hunzinger, 1 ace, 1 dig, 6 assists

Dieterich vs. North Clay -- Aherin, 3 aces, 7 digs, 6 assists, 1 block; Bannick, 1 ace, 10 digs; Boerngen, 1 ace, 14 digs; Lane, 5 digs, 2 kills, 1 block; Ruholl, 1 kill; Vahling, 4 digs, 6 kills, 2 blocks; Garbe, 13 digs, 2 kills, 3 blocks; Hunzinger, 1 ace, 5 assists

North  Clay vs. Altamont -- Jones, 2 kills; Fender, 1 ace, 3 blocks; Walters, 1 ace, 1 dig, 2 kills; Rinehart, 3 digs, 7 kills; M. Harmon, 4 digs; K. Harmon, 1 dig

North Clay vs. Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Fleener, 1 dig, 3 aces; Jones, 1 kill, 1 block; Fender, 3 digs, 3 blocks; Walters, 5 kills, 3 digs, 2 aces; Rinehart, 1 kill, 2 digs, 6 aces; Coble, 1 dig; M. Harmon, 1 kill, 2 digs; K. Harmon, 3 digs

North Clay vs. Dieterich -- Jones, 1 kill, 8 blocks; Fender, 1 dig, 4 blocks, 1 ace; Walters, 7 digs, 1 ace; Rinehart, 4 digs, 1 ace; M. Harmon, 1 dig, 2 aces; K. Harmon, 1 dig

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City vs. St. Anthony -- Morrison, 1 ace, 2 kills, 11 assists,5 digs; Wehrle, 1 kill, 13 digs; Clearwater, 5 kills, 1 block, 1 assist, 7 digs; Kirchhofer, 1 ace, 2 kills, 6 assists, 3 digs; Atchley, 1 ace, 8 kills, 14 digs; Johnson, 4 kills, 1 assist, 6 digs; Wojcik, 1 ace, 1 dig

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City vs. Dieterich -- Morrison, 3 kills, 17 assists, 12 digs; Wehrle, 1 ace, 8 kills, 15 digs; Clearwater, 3 aces, 6 kills, 1 block, 19 digs; Kirchhofer, 1 block, 9 assists, 14 digs; Atchley, 4 kills, 21 digs; Johnson, 1 ace, 10 kills, 10 digs; Doedtman, 1 kill, 2 assists; McKee, 4 digs

St. Elmo/Brownstown vs. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Barron, 4 kills, 4 digs, 4 points; Carson, 2 kills, 1 ace, 6 digs, 3 points; Howard, 1 kill, 1 point; Mitchell, 1 kill, 1 ace, 1 dig, 2 points; Nolen, 7 digs; Philpot, 2 kills, 3 digs, 2 points; Da. Shelton, 4 digs

St. Elmo/Brownstown vs. Dieterich -- Barron, 5 kills, 8 digs, 5 points; Carson, 2 kills, 1 ace, 8 digs, 3 points; Howard, 7 kills, 7 points; Maxey, 1 dig; Mitchell, 2 kills, 5 digs, 2 points; Nolen, 6 kills, 2 aces, 6 digs, 8 points; Philpot, 2 aces, 12 digs, 2 points; Da. Shelton, 2 kills, 1 ace, 12 digs, 3 points; De. Shelton, 6 digs

St. Elmo/Brownstown vs. Altamont -- Barron, 2 kills, 4 digs, 2 points; Carson, 1 kill, 1 ace, 4 digs, 2 points; Howard, 5 kills, 5 points; Maxey, 3 digs; Mitchell, 1 kill, 1 point; Moss, 3 kills, 7 digs, 3 points; Nolen, 7 digs; Philpot, 2 kills, 9 digs, 2 points; Da. Shelton, 6 digs

St. Elmo/Brownstown vs. St. Anthony -- Barron, 3 kills, 1 dig, 3 points; Carson, 3 kills, 1 ace, 2 digs, 4 points; Maxey, 5 kills, 1 dig, 5 points; Mitchell, 1 kill, 3 digs, 1 point; Moss, 1 dig; Nolen, 3 kills, 1 ace, 4 digs, 4 points; Philpot, 12 digs; Da. Shelton, 2 kills, 10 digs, 2 points; De. Shelton, 7 digs