Altamont is NTC Tournament Champion

(THE ALTAMONT INDIANS ARE THE 2019 NATIONAL TRAIL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS. KNEELING LEFT TO RIGHT: TAYLOR METTE, KASSIDY PEMBERTON, OLIVIA ECKHARDT, EMMA SIMMONS, ANNA KOEBERLEIN; STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT: ASSISTANT COACH BRITTANY HITES, ADA TAPPENDORF, HANNAH BARNS, ELLIE McMANAWAY, RACHEL JACKMAN, BROOKE RUNGE, ABBY GOECKNER AND HEAD COACH SCOTT KLINGLER..photo courtesy of Scott Beal)

The Altamont Indians are the 2019 National Trail Conference volleyball tournament champions.

In the Gold Flight finals Saturday, Altamont defeated St. Elmo/Brownstown 25-20, 25-7 and then defeated Windsor/Stew-Stras 25-11, 25-14 to claim the title.

On Thursday, Altamont had defeated St. Anthony 25-18, 25-17 and beat North Clay 25-5, 25-11.

Windsor/Stew-Stras finished second in the Gold Flight. The Hatchets on Friday beat Dieterich 25-18, 25-17 and beat CHBC 25-15, 25-5. WSS beat SEB Saturday 25-13, 25-8 ahead of the loss to Altamont.

SEB finished third in the Gold Flight. The Eagles beat Neoga Friday 23-25, 25-14, 25-20 and beat South Central Friday 19-25, 28-26, 25-23 before losses to Altamont and WSS on Saturday.

South Central won the Silver Flight. The Cougars Friday beat Neoga 20-25, 25-15, 25-13, then lost Friday to SEB. South Central Saturday beat CHBC 25-18, 25-21 and beat St. Anthony 25-16, 25-14.

Dieterich won the Bronze Flight. The Movin Maroons Friday lost to WSS 18-25, 17-25 and lost Friday to CHBC 18-25, 15-19, 11-25. On Saturday, Dieterich beat Neoga 22-25, 25-15, 25-21. and beat North Clay 25-13, 17-25, 25-15. 

Other Saturday scores: In the Bronze Flight, Neoga beat North Clay 25-22, 22-25, 26-24. In the Silver Flight, CHBC defeated St. Anthony 25-20, 4-25, 25-20. 

DIETERICH STATS: KILLS--Alllie Poe 6, Gabi Hardiek 65, Emily Bloemer 17, Molly Niemerg 7, Taylor Curry 5, Iva Lilly 6

ASSISTS--Kaitlyn Boerngen 7, Allie Poe 5, Gabi Hardiek 17, Emily Bloemer 61, Molly Niemerg 11

ACES--Kaitlyn Boerngen 4, Allie Poe 7, Gabi Hardiek 3, Emily Bloemer 3,  Molly Niemerg 6, Taylor Curry 2, Iva Lilly 1

DIGS--Kaitlyn Boerngen 51, Allie Poe 42, Gabi Hardiek 35, Emily Bloemer 36, Molly Niemerg 24, Taylor Curry 7, Iva Lilly 3

BLOCKS--Gabi Hardiek 1, Emily Bloemer 2, Taylor Curry 2, Iva Lilly 5

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ALTAMONT STATS: JACKMAN--16 kills, 1 ace, 7 digs, 2 blocks...McMANAWAY--3 kills, 2 digs, 46 assists; PEMBERTON--8 kills, 8 digs, 1 assist; TAPPENDORF--5 kills, 1 dig, 2 assists; METTE--8 kills, 4 aces, 15 digs, 1 assist; ECKHARDT--2 aces, 8 digs; RUNGE--15 kills, 5 blocks

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CHBC STATS: ABBY SLOAN--2 kills, 10 assists; ZARYAH SMITH--3 kills, 4 aces; LAUREN WOJCIK--9 kills, 1 ace, 3 blocks; KIRSTEN SCHICK--2 blocks; KYLEE BERTIN--7 kills, 1 ace, 3 blocks, 13 assists; CARSEN BURKS--6 kills, 2 aces; TATYANA DUCKWITZ--7 kills, 1 ace, 1 assist (THESE STATS VS. SOUTH CENTRAL AND ST. ANTHONY)

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WSS STATS (vs. SEB and St. Anthony) LEXI DEMZALSKI--1 ace, 1 kill, 15 assists, 14 digs; HANNAH HAYES--12 kills, 10 assists, 17 digs, 3 blocks; KARLIE BEAN--7 kills, 2 digs, 2 blocks; CLAIRE MOOMAW--9 kills, 2 digs, 5 blocks; BRIANNA HEWING--2 kills, 3 digs, 1 block; ANNA SCHLECHTE--2 aces, 6 assists, 28 digs; JESSICA RAUCH--1 ace, 2 assists, 13 digs; MARIAH HOENE--1 kill, 1 dig, 1 block; KAYLYNN CAREY--1 kill; NATALIE HAYES--2 aces, 4 kills, 2 assists, 8 digs

About the championship match, Hatchets Coach Ronda Schlechte said, "I was really hoping we could have played 'our' game tonight, but we played very timid. We finally started to fight in the second set, but it was too late. Taking second is still a big accomplishment, since we were missing Mackinze Reynolds and one is playing hurt."