Junior High Volleyball Roundup -- Feb. 23

Effingham St. Anthony played host to Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City and captured two victories Thursday in junior high volleyball action.

The Bullpups won the seventh-grade match 25-12, 25-12 to improve to 6-10 on the season.

In the eighth-grade match, St. Anthony was a winner 25-14, 25-12 and is now 14-8.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Match

St. Anthony -- Stephens, 6 aces, 9 points; Fearday, 1 ace, 3 points; Seagle, 1 kill; Wegman, 10 kills, 2 aces, 3 points; Kabbes, 1 kill, 6 aces, 1 assist, 8 points; Zerrusen, 3 aces, 6 assists, 4 points; Poston, 7 kills, 2 aces, 4 points

Eighth-Grade Match

St. Anthony -- Kowalke, 6 aces, 8 assists, 13 points; Sudkamp, 1 kill; Kabbes, 1 ace, 1 point; Boatman, 13 kills, 3 aces, 1 block, 4 points; Passalacqua, 1 kill, 1 ace, 3 points; Ritz, 6 kills, 4 aces, 8 points; Hartke, 1 kill, 5 assists, 3 points

At Effingham

Effingham and Cumberland split victories Thursday evening.

The Mustangs claimed the seventh-grade match. Cumberland won the opener 25-7 but Effingham came back with 25-22, 25-21 counts to improve to 16-4 on the season.

In the eighth-grade contest, Cumberland picked up the win, 25-9, 21-25, 25-19. EJHS drops to 10-11.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Match

Effingham -- Ballman, 2 kills, 2 aces, 7 digs; Angel, 2 kills, 8 assists, 3 digs; Budde, 1 kill, 6 assists, 4 aces, 6 digs; Bushur, 1 assist, 7 digs; Rothrock, 3 kills, 1 assist, 2 aces, 7 digs; Phillips, 1 assist, 6 digs; Chrappa, 6 kills, 1 ace, 5 digs; Sowell, 5 kills, 2 blocks, 1 dig; Deain, 3 aces

Eighth-Grade Match

Effingham -- Wittenberg, 1 assist, 13 digs; Arend, 1 assist, 1 ace, 5 digs; Hagler, 3 kills, 3 aces, 13 digs; Morrissey, 4 kills, 2 assists, 9 digs; Diveley, 4 kills, 11 assists, 3 aces, 6 digs; Hodges, 1 assist, 2 digs; Dasenbrock, 1 dig; Hibbets, 2 kills, 1 block, 3 digs; McDermith-Herron, 3 kills, 1 assist, 1 block; Armstrong, 6 kills, 2 blocks, 1 dig

At Dieterich

St. Elmo/Brownstown picked up the seventh-grade victory Tuesday evening while Dieterich won the eighth-grade match.

St. Elmo/Brownstown took the win in two sets, 25-16, 25-18. Dieterich dropped to 7-12.

In eighth-grade play, Dieterich was the winner. SEB won the opener 26-24 but Dieterich came back to win 25-21, 25-15 and is 8-13.

At Dieterich

Seventh-Grade Match

Dieterich -- Boerngen, 1 ace, 5 digs, 3 kills, 1 assist, 1 block; Gephart, 2 digs; Kinnison, 1 block; Niemerg, 1 dig; Schmidt, 2 aces, 3 digs, 1 kill, 2 assists

Eighth-Grade  Match

Dieterich -- Bloemer, 7 aces, 4 digs, 1 kill, 7 assists; Hardiek, 1 ace, 2 digs, 1 kill, 2 blocks; Lilly, 1 ace, 2 digs, 2 kills; Locey, 6 aces, 4 digs, 1 kill; Poe, 4 aces, 7 digs, 6 kills; Schmidt, 5 digs, 1 kill, 4 assists

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis defeated Newton St. Thomas 25-12, 25-0 in seventh-grade competition. T-town improves to 13-6 on the season.

In the eighth-grade match, T-town defeated Newton St. Thomas 25-7, 25-9. T-town is now 11-8.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Match

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

Eighth-Grade Match

Teutopolis -- Siemer, 3 kills; Probst, 1 ace, 1 kill, 1 block; Niemerg, 2 aces, 5 assists, 1 kill; Hewing, 2 aces, 1 assist; Michels, 1 ace, 5 kills; Johnson, 4 aces, 3 kills; Koester, 1 ace, 2 assists; Vahling, 1 kill

At Robinson

Jasper County picked up two victories over Robinson Nuttall Thursday.

In seventh-grade action, Jasper County won 25-15, 25-21.

In the eighth-grade contest, Jasper County picked up the first win 25-21, lost the second contest 25-21, then came back for the match with the same 25-21 couint.

At Robinson

Seventh-Grade Match

Jasper County -- Russell, 4 aces, 1 kill; Kessler, 2 aces, 3 kills, 2 digs; Ochs, 1 ace, 1 kill; Johnson, 1 kill; Carr, 4 assists

Eighth-Grade Match

Jasper County -- Frichtl, 7 aces, 5 kills, 1 assist, 4 digs; Chapman, 6 aces, 1 kill, 2 assists, 2 digs; Parr, 4 aces, 4 kills, 1 block, 7 digs; Einhorn, 2 aces, 11 digs; Kinder, 5 kills, 2 digs; Michl, 2 kills; Murray, 1 kill, 8 assists