Altamont Wins Own Invite, Volleyball Roundup

ALTAMONT -- Altamont HIgh School remained perfect on the season by claiming its own volleyball invitational Saturday.

Scores were:

Altamont 25, Cumberland 17, Altamont 25, Cumberland 16

Altamont 25, Greenville 17, Atlamont 25, Greenville 15

Altamont 25, Edinburg 11, Altamont 25, Edinburg 5

Altamont 25, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 11, Altamont 25, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 13

Altamont 25, Vandalia 11, Altamont 25, Vandalia 14

The Indians are now a perfect 7-0 on the season. Jackman led the Indians for the entire tournament in kills with 35. Eckhardt led in digs with 21 and aces with nine. McManaway had 97 assists. Runge led in blocks with four.

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City scores were:

South Central 25, CHBC 16, CHBC 25, South Central 14

CHBC 25, Nokomis 10, CHBC 25, Nokomis 23

Vandaila 25, CHBC 15, Vandalia 25, CHBC 23

Altamont 25, CHBC 11, Altamont 25, CHBC 13

Greenville 25, CHBC 18, Greenville 25, CHBC 14

Altamont Invitational

Altamont -- Jackman, 35 kills, 6 aces, 11 digs, 3 blocks, 1 assist; McManaway, 12 kills, 9 aces, 9 digs, 97 assists; Pemberton, 21 kills, 16 digs, 1 block, 4 assists; Koberlein, 2 kills; Tappendorf, 6 kills, 1 ace, 14 digs, 1 assist; Goeckner, 1 kill, 1 ace, 2 assists; Mette, 22 kills, 1 ace, 18 digs, 1 block, 4 assists; Eckhardt, 9 aces, 21 digs, 2 assists; Runge, 16 kills, 4 blocks, 1 assist

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Underwood, 2 aces, 16 assists, 8 digs; Burks, 8 kills, 2 aces, 3 assists, 14 digs; Wojcik, 17 kills, 4 aces, 3 blocks, 1 dig; Schick, 5 kills, 1 block, 2 assists; Bertin, 9 kills, 2 aces, 1 block, 17 assists, 16 digs; Duckwitz, 18 kills, 4 aces, 1 block, 7 digs; Smith, 4 kills, 3 aces, 2 blocks, 38 digs; Witteborg, 1 kill, 19 digs; Sloan, 3 kills, 5 aces, 15 assists, 16 digs; Dunaway, 4 digs; Moeller, 13 digs

At Casey

Newton captured second place at the Casey-Westfield Invitational Saturday.

The Eagles defeated Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, 25-5, 25-15 and won over Salt Fork, 25-15, 25-11. The Eagles then fell to Fairfield, 26-24, 21-25, 15-4.

In the Gold Bracket, Newton won over Hartsburg-Emden, 25-10, 25-23 before losing to Tolono Unity, 25-18, 25-19 to take second.

Jansen led in aces with nine while Probst had 35 kills. Hemrich led in assists with 87. Kuhl had four blocks and Geltz led in digs with 55. Maddi Hemrich was named to the All-Tournament Team.

St .Anthony fell to Tuscola, 28-26, 25-11 and lost to Casey-Westfield, 25-23, 25-9.

Casey-Westfield Invitational

Newton -- Jansen, 9 aces, 26 kills, 1 assist, 22 digs; Hemrich, 97 assists, 5 aces, 8 kills, 1 block, 26 digs; Geltz, 4 aces, 8 assists, 55 digs, 1 kill; Johnson, 3 aces, 10 kills, 1 assist, 9 digs; Probst, 2 aces, 35 kills, 2 assists, 2 blocks, 17 digs; Ochs, 14 kills, 3 blocks, 1 dig; Kuhl, 11 kills, 4 blocks, 6 digs; Parr, 2 assists, 14 digs; Einhorn, 13 digs

 At Mattoon

St. Elmo/Brownstown competed in the Mattoon Invitational Saturday.

SEB fell to Heyworth, 25-16, 22-25, 15-5. The Eagles then lost to Sullivan, 25-18, 16-25, 15-9 before dropping a match to host  Mattoon, 25-12, 25-13.

SEB then lost to Pana, 25-18, 25-20 and fell to Neoga, 21-25, 26-24, 15-8.

At Mattoon

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Baldridge, 6 kills, 2 aces, 31 digs, 8 points; Gathe, 6 kills, 2 aces, 7 digs, 1 blocked shot, 8 points; Maxey, 1 kill, 1 ace, 38 digs, 9 blocked shots, 2 points; Moss, 7 kills, 4 blocked shots, 7 points; Oberlink, 34 kills, 2 aces, 17 digs, 3 blocked shots, 36 points; Smith, 12 kills, 1 ace, 41 digs, 13 points; Strauch, 2 kills, 5 digs, 1 blocked shot, 2 points; Walk, 4 digs; Yagow, 5 kills, 20 digs, 5 points

At Carbondale

North Clay (Louisville) competed in the Carbondale Tournament Saturday.

North Clay fell to Chester, 25-18, 25-18 then lost to Carbondale, 25-15, 25-9. The Cardinals fell to Waterloo, 25-17, 25-13 before beating Cahokia, 25-15, 25-18.

At Champaign

Effingham competed in the Champaign Central Junior VarsityTournament.

The Hearts lost to Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 21-25, 25-22, 15-13 then won over Tuscola, 25-13, 25-18.

Effingham then downed Rantoul, 25-18, 25-13.

Champaign Central JV Tournament

Effingham -- Belcher, 14 kills, 1 assist, 3 digs, 1 block; Budde, 23 assists, 2 aces, 13 digs; Althoff, 15 digs; Reynolds, 1 kill, 6 digs; Angel, 2 kills, 26 assists, 4 aces, 21 digs; Morrissey, 8 kills, 2 assists, 2 digs, 1 block; Carie, 11 kills, 5 aces, 6 digs, 1 block; Hanfland, 1 kill, 11 digs; Phillips, 9 kills, 2 digs, 2 blocks; Koester, 8 kills, 2 assists, 2 aces, 6 digs; Ballman, 2 kills, 11 assists, 1 ace, 23 digs; Frost, 12 kills, 1 assist