Junior High Volleyball Regional -- Feb. 2

Effingham Junior High School played host to Dieterich and handed the visitors two losses in volleyball competition Thursday.

Effingham won the seventh-grade match 25-14, 25-8 to improve to a perfect 8-0 on the season.

In eighth-grade action, the Mustangs won 25-19, 25-15 to improve to 3-5.

Effingham will compete in the Edwards County (Albion) Tournament Saturday.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Match

Dieterich -- Bierman, 1 ace, 1 assist; Boerngen, 1 dig, 3 kills, 1 assist; Dial, 1 ace; Hall, 2 aces, 2 assists; Haycraft, 1 dig; Niemerg, 1 ace

Effingham -- Wendling, 1 kill; Kull, 1 assist; Ballman, 1 kill, 2 digs; Angel, 3 aces; Budde, 1 assist, 1 ace, 1 dig; Schuler, 1 ace; Bushur, 2 kills, 6 assists, 2 digs; Rothrock, 1 kill, 4 aces; Belcher, 1 kill; Phillips, 1 ace; Chrappa, 4 kills; Walls, 5 aces, 1 dig; Sowell, 2 kills; Deain, 2 aces

Eighth-Grade Match

Dieterich -- Bloemer, 2 aces, 5 digs, 1 kill, 2 assists; Hardiek, 1 dig, 1 kill, 2 blocks; Haycraft, 1 assist; Lilly, 4 digs; Locey, 1 dig, 2 kills; Poe, 3 digs, 1 kill, 1 assist; Schmidt, 2 digs

Effingham -- Arend, 1 assist, 3 aces, 2 digs; Rieman, 2 kills; Hagler, 2 kills, 1 assist; Diveley, 5 kills, 9 assists, 5 aces, 1 dig; Albert, 1 kill, 1 assist; Hodges, 1 ace, 1 dig; Hibbets, 4 kills, 1 block; Griffy, 1 kill, 1 dig; Stone, 1 dig; McDermith-Herron, 5 kills, 1 assist, 1 ace; Armstrong, 1 assist, 1 ace

At Newton

Effingham St. Anthony and Jasper County split victories Thursday evening.

Jasper County claimed the seventh-grade match 25-14, 25-20.

In eighth-grade play, St. Anthony was the winner 25-21, 25-22.

At Newton

Seventh-Grade Match

Jasper County -- Kidwell, 4 aces, 1 kill; Kessler, 4 aces, 2 kills, 3 digs; Ochs, 2 aces, 5 kills; Kuhl, 2 aces, 1 kill, 3 assists; Russell, 1 ace, 2 kills, 3 assists, 3 digs;

Eighth-Grade Match

Jasper County -- Chapman, 4 aces, 1 kill, 2 assists, 2 digs; Frichtl, 4 aces, 1 kill; Parr, 3 aces; Murray, 1 ace, 2 assists, 2 digs; Einhorn, 1 ace, 1 kill, 1 block, 1 dig; Kinder, 1 ace, 2 kills, 1 block, 1 dig; Myers, 1 dig

At Strasburg

Stewardson-Strasburg split victories with Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City in action Thursday.

CHBC opened the seventh-grade match with a 25-18 win but Stew-Stras came back with 25-16, 25-16 counts for the match victory. Stew-Stras improves to 4-5.

In eighth-grade play, CHBC took the opener 25-15 while Stew-Stras came back to win the second set 25-10. CHBC then nabbed a 26-24 final set for the match. Stew-Stras drops to 3-6.

At Strasburg

Seventh-Grade Match

Stew-Stras -- Rincker, 3 aces; Hewing, 2 aces, 1 kill, 1 dig; Gough, 1 dig; Agney, 2 aces, 1 kill, 1 dig; Braden, 1 ace; Smith, 2 assists, 1 dig; Ogle, 3 aces; Hayes, 7 aces, 1 dig

Eighth-Grade Match

Stew-Stras -- Dasenbrock, 3 assists; Rincker, 1 block; Kelly, 1 kill, 1 block; Caudill, 1 assist; Me. Nichols, 5 aces, 2 kills, 5 blocks; Hoene, 4 assists, 3 digs, 1 kill; Hayes, 5 aces, 6 kills, 5 digs, 1 block; Mi. Nichols, 2 digs, 1 block; Vonderheide, 2 assists

At Effingham

Effingham Sacred Heart defeated Neoga in two matches Thursday.

The Shamrocks won the seventh-grade contest 25-9, 25-15.

In eighth-grade action, Sacred Heart picked up the victory 26-24, 25-4.

At Sacred Heart

Seventh-Grade Match

Sacred Heart -- N. Hakman, 1 kill, 5 assists, 1 ace, 1 dig; Goldstein, 4 kills, 2 assists, 5 aces, 1 dig; Feldhake, 1 kill, 6 aces, 1 dig; Albert, 3 assists, 1 block; Sherrod, 1 ace; Koester, 13 kills, 1 dig

Eighth-Grade Match

Sacred Heart -- C. Hakman, 1 kill, 2 aces, 4 digs; Carie, 3 kills, 11 assists, 3 digs; Hanfland, 3 kills, 1 assist, 2 aces; Karolewicz, 9 kills, 1 assist, 3 digs; Rozene, 4 kills, 1 assist, 2 aces; Reynolds, 1 kill, 1 assist, 2 digs; Koester, 4 aces