Newton, Windsor/Stew-Stras Nab VB Wins

Newton players go up for block against T-town's Julia Frey (25).

TEUTOPOLIS -- Newton High School handed Teutopolis a loss in volleyball competition Monday evening.

The Eagles won the opening set 25-21 but T-town came back with a 25-21 count to even the match. Newton then had a hard-fought 25-23 victory for the match.

Frohning had 15 kills for Newton while Meinhart put down two aces. Hemrich finished with 16 assists. Kuhl and Bierman had a block each. Geltz led in digs with 12. The Eagles are now 19-6 on the season.

T-town was led by Savannah Grimes with two aces, 12 points and 14 assists, Jolene Bueker with 14 digs and Macy Michels with 13 blocks and 11 kills.

"It was an awesome match to watch," said T-town Coach Tim Mills. "Both teams made big plays on defense and both teams had big hits. It was the fourth time we've played Newton. We beat them the first time we saw them but they've taken three in a row from us. The third set was really back and forth. We spotted them six points and then fought all the way back and were up 23-22. But the final three points were horrible. We missed a serve, missed a tip from Newton and then shanked a serve."

T-town's junior varsity won 25-14, 25-23. Newton claimed the freshman contest 25-19, 25-22.

At Teutopolis

Varsity Match

Newton -- Meinhart, 2 aces, 3 assists, 7 digs; Geltz, 1 ace, 12 digs; Smith, 1 ace, 2 kills, 1 assist; Hemrich, 1 ace, 16 assists, 1 dig; Frohning, 15 kills, 8 assists, 9 digs; Bierman, 5 kills, 1 block, 3 digs; Earnest, 4 kills, 6 digs; Goss, 3 kills; Kuhl, 2 kills, 1 assist, 1 dig, 1 block; Probst, 1 kill, 1 dig

Teutopolis -- Bueker, 14 digs, 4 kills, 3 points; Frye, 5 blocks, 7 digs, 9 kills, 4 points; Grimes, 3 blocks, 8 digs, 2 kills, 2 aces, 12 points, 14 assists; Huston, 5 digs, 2 aces, 6 points, 2 assists; C. Michels, 2 blocks, 3 digs, 3 kills, 1 assist; E. Michels, 2 blocks, 12 digs, 5 kills, 2 points; M. Michels, 13 blocks, 8 digs, 11 kills, 7 points

At Strasburg

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg picked up a non-conference win over Arcola during Senior and Pink Night festivities Monday evening.

The Hatchets won 25-17, 25-12 and stand at 18-4 on the season.

"Tonight we honored our seniors along with having our Pink Night match," said WSS Coach Ronda Schlechte. "We would like to thank everyone that came out and showed their support for a great cause. We wish our four seniors, Mikayla Haddock, Maria Gentry, Kasey Bean and Taylor Renfro the best of luck as they finish their senior year and go on to college.

"The girls showed a lot of excitement tonight which made for a fun evening to finish our last home match of the season."

Mackenzi Tabbert, Taylor Rentfro and Anna Schlechte had two aces each for the Hatchets. Megan Schlechte had 10 kills. Tabbert added 22 assists. Mikayla Haddock led in digs with four.

WSS also nabbed the junior varsity match 25-14, 25-13 to improve to 13-3.

At Strasburg

Varsity Match

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Tabbert, 2 aces, 2 kills, 22 assists, 1 dig; M. Schlechte, 1 ace, 10 kills, 2 digs, 1 block assist; Gentry, 2 kills; Bean, 5 kills, 1 dig; Reynolds, 5 kills, 1 dig, 1 block assist; Haddock, 1 ace, 3 assists, 6 digs; Rentfro, 2 aces, 4 digs; Roney, 4 kills, 1 solo block; A. Schlechte, 2 aces, 1 dig

Junior Varsity Match

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Reed, 2 aces, 1 kill, 6 assists; Hayes, 1 ace, 1 kill, 7 assists, 7 digs; Miller, 1 assist, 5 digs; Bennett, 2 kills, 1 block assist; Brown, 2 aces, 7 kills, 6 digs, 1 block assist; A. Schlechte, 3 kills, 6 digs; Gratz, 2 aces, 1 dig; Hoene, 2 aces, 1 kill, 1 dig; Turner, 1 ace, 1 kill, 4 digs