Junior High Volleyball -- Feb. 4

Effingham Sacred Heart captured its own Shamrock Seventh-Grade Volleyball Showdown Saturday.

In the opener Sacred Heart beat Altamont, 25-18, 25-20. The Shamrocks then defeated Mattoon St. John 25-19, 25-21.

Oblong won over Altamont 25-19, 25-21 and beat Mattoon St. John 25-4, 20-25, 15-12. St. John downed Altamont 25-17, 18-25, 15-7.

Sacred Heart then finished out with a 15-25, 25-16, 15-13 win over Oblong.

Altamont won the Shamrock Eighth-Grade Shamrock Showdown. Altamont beat Sacred Heart 25-17, 25-8. Sacred Heart won over Mattoon St. John 25-10, 25-20. Altamont picked up a second victory over Oblong 25-18, 25-12.

Oblong then defeated Mattoon St. John 25-17, 25-21. Altamont beat Mattoon St. John 25-14, 25-7 and Sacred Heart won the final match over Oblong 25-20, 25-10.

Altamont took first followed by Sacred Heart, Oblong and Mattoon St. John.

Shamrock Seventh-Grade Showdown

Sacred Heart -- N. Hakman, 8 kills, 8 assists, 11 aces, 1 dig; Helmink, 1 assist, 3 digs; Goldstein, 10 kills, 16 assists, 3 aces, 4 digs; Feldhake, 1 kill, 2 assists, 4 aces, 6 digs; Sherrod, 2 kills, 2 assists; Jenson, 3 assists, 5 aces, 2 digs; Zeigler, 2 kills; Richardson, 1 kill; Koester, 33 kills, 3 assists, 11 aces, 6 digs

Altamont -- L. Tedrick, 12 kills, 7 aces, 3 digs; Moore, 2 kills, 15 aces; Becker, 3 aces; Wendling, 3 aces, 9 digs; Williams, 2 aces, 10 assists; Splechter, 12 aces

Shamrock Eighth-Grade Showdown

Sacred Heart -- C. Hakman, 6 kills, 2 assists, 1 ace, 12 digs, 1 block; Carie, 10 kills, 24 assists, 12 aces, 10 digs; Hanfland, 4 kills, 4 assists, 2 aces, 4 digs; Karolewicz, 20 kills, 2 assists, 1 ace, 3 digs; Rozene, 6 kills, 3 assists, 1 ace, 4 digs, 1 block; Reynolds, 3 kills, 2 assists, 2 aces, 9 digs; Pals, 2 kills; Albert, 3 digs

Altamont -- Runge, 17 kills, 5 aces, 5 blocks; Pemberton, 16 kills, 16 digs, 11 aces, 3 blocks; Brummer, 2 kills. 3 aces; Goeckner, 2 kills, 7 aces, 31 assists; Mette, 36 digs, 18 aces, 2 assists; Boedecker, 5 aces, 5 assists; J. Tedrick, 3 blocks, 3 kills

St. Anthony Eighth-Grade Tournament

Stewardson Trinity captured the championship of the St. Anthony Eighth-Grade Tournament.

Matton took second while St. Anthony finished third.

In opening round matches on the West Court, St. Anthony beat Stew-Stras 15-8, 16-14; Windsor downed Our Lady of Lourdes 15-6, 15-5; Holy Cross won over Stewardson-Strasburg 15-13, 11-15, 17-15 and Mattoon beat Windsor 15-9, 15-11. On the East Court, Mason Clark beat Newton St. Thomas 15-2, 15-10 while St. Anthony won over Holy Cross 15-13, 7-15, 15-9; Mattoon defeated Our Lady of Lourdes 15-8, 15-9 and Trinity Lutheran beat St. Thomas 15-4, 17-15.

In the Gold Flight, Trinity Lutheran defeated St. Anthony 21-16, 21-7; Mattoon won over St. Anthony 21-7, 21-12 and Trinity Lutheran beat Mattoon 21-18, 25-27, 15-13.

In the Silver Flight, Holy Cross beat Mason Clark 25-19, 17-25, 15-12; Windsor won over Holy Cross 21-16, 21-15 and Windsor downed Mason Clark 21-18, 18-21, 15-12.

In the Bronze Flight, Stew-Stras downed St. Thomas 18-21, 21-16, 15-3; Stew-Stras won over Our Lady of Lourdes 11-21, 21-11, 15-13 and Our Lady of Lourdes beat St. Thomas 21-9, 21-15.

In Friday regular season play, St. Anthony beat Neoga in seventh-grade action, 23-25, 25-20, 25-23. In the eighth-grade match, St. Anthony was a winner 25-12, 25-19.

St. Anthony Eighth-Grade Tournament

St. Anthony -- Kowalke, 2 kills, 4 aces, 8 assists, 8 points; Sudkamp, 9 points; Boatman, 12 kills, 7 aces, 1 block, 14 points; Ritz, 9 kills, 5 aces, 7 points; Petak, 9 aces, 10 points; Hartke, 3 kills, 1 ace, 10 assists, 6 points

Friday Matches

Seventh-Grade Match

St. Anthony -- Stephens, 3 aces, 6 assists, 6 points; Fearday, 2 kills, 2 points; Wegman, 11 kills, 3 aces, 7 points; Kabbes, 2 kills, 7 aces, 4 assists, 12 points; Zerrusen, 1 ace, 5 points; Quandt, 1; 1 kill, 1 ace, 2 points; Poston, 6 kills, 6 aces, 11 points

Eighth-Grade Match

St. Anthony -- Kowalke, 1 kill, 2 aces, 5 assists, 5 points; Sudkamp, 1 ace, 6 points; Boatman, 14 kills, 1 ace, 1 block, 2 points; Passalacqua, 2 points; Ritz, 3 kills, 1 ace, 1 point; Petak, 2 aces; Hartke, 1 kill, 10 aces, 9 assists, 16 points

Edwards County (Albion) Tournament

Effingham captured third place in the Edwards County Seventh-Grade Tournament Saturday.

The Mustangs lost to Grayville 25-16, 25-14 before beating Massac County 25-16, 26-24 and West Salem 25-16, 25-14.

In the eighth-grade tournament, Effingham finished fourth. The Mustangs fell to Grayville 25-12, 25-22 then downed West Salem 25-21, 12-25, 25-22. The Mustangs then lost to the host squad 25-23, 25-20.

Edwards County Tournament

Seventh-Grade

Effingham -- Wendling, 1 kill; Althoff, 1 kill; Kull, 1 assist, 1 dig; Ballman, 1 kill, 2 assists, 3 aces, 4 digs; Angel, 4 kills, 11 assists, 1 ace, 7 digs; Budde, 2 kills, 1 assist, 4 aces, 5 digs; Schuler, 2 aces; Bushur, 4 kills, 7 assists, 2 digs; Rothrock, 3  kills, 1 assist, 10 aces, 1 dig; Phillips, 1 kill, 1 assist, 4 aces, 1 dig; Chrappa, 6 kills, 2 assists, 1 block, 8 digs; Walls, 1 kill, 3 aces, 1 dig; Sowell, 13 kills, 2 assists, 2 blocks, 1 dig

Eighth-Grade

Effingham -- Wittenberg, 3 assists, 11 digs; Arend, 1 assist, 2 aces, 6 digs; Hagler, 2 kills, 1 assist, 8 aces, 7 digs; Morrissey, 3 kills, 1 dig; Diveley, 9 kills, 22 assists, 12 aces, 11 digs; Hodges, 1 assist, 6 digs; Dasenbrock, 1 ace, 3 digs; Hibbets, 9 kills, 1 assist, 6 blocks, 6 aces, 2 digs; McDermith-Herron, 2 kills, 2 assists; Armstrong, 23 kills, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 3 aces, 2 digs

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis fell to St. Elmo/Brownstown in seventh-grade competition Friday, 25-20, 25-15.

The Wooden Shoes drop to 6-3 on the season.

In eighth-grade action, T-town was a winner 25-17, 25-18 to improve to 6-3.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Match

Teutopolis -- Jansen, 1 dig, 1 kill; Deters, 5 kills; Hardiek, 4 kills, 2 blocks; Probst 1 ace, 4 assists, 1 dig; Lewis, 2 aces, 1 assist

Eighth-Grade Match

Teutopolis -- Rodgers, 3 assists, 1 kill, 1 block; Probst, 1 dig; Vahling, 3 kills, 2 blocks; Michels, 5 aces, 5 kills, 1 block; Niemerg, 2 aces, 5 assists, 1 kill, 1 block; Johnson, 3 aces, 1 kill, 1 block