St. A, Newton Claim Wins, SEB Nabs EIC Tourney Title

The Bulldogs won the opener 25-20 before North Clay came back to take the second set, 25-19. St. Anthony then nabbed the victory, 25-13.

Kate Hartke tallied four aces and 13 points for the Bulldogs. Lucy Fearday led in kills with 13. Kyra Swearingen picked up 26 assists. Leading in blocks with one each were Claire Scheidemantel, Stella Passalacqua and Fearday.

The Bulldogs also nabbed the junior varsity contest, 25-21, 17-25, 15-6.

At Louisville

Varsity Match

St. Anthony -- Kabbes, 1 kill, 2 aces, 9 points; Schweidemantel, 1 block; Passalacqua, 1 block; Hartke, 4 aces, 13 points; Ritz, 6 kills, 2 points; Fearday, 13 kills, 2 aces, 1 block, 5 points; Swearingen, 2 aces, 26 assists, 5 points; Rozene, 6 kills, 1 ace, 3 points

At Paris

Newton claimed the Little Illini Conference regular season championship with a victory over Paris Thursday.

The Eagles won 25-18, 25-17. Geltz and Jansen led in aces with two each, Probst had eight kills and Hemrich led in assists with 21. Kuhl led in blocks with two. Geltz had 14 digs.

The Eagles finish the regular season with a 27-8 mark and will be competing in the Robinson Regional.

In the junior varsity match, Paris won 25-23, 25-21 and the two teams split the freshman match. Paris won 25-20 before Newton came back with a 25-22 victory.

At Paris

Varsity Match

Newton -- Geltz, 2 aces, 1 kill, 1 assist, 14 digs; Jansen, 2 aces, 7 kills, 1 assist, 6 digs; Chapman, 1 ace; Johnson, 1 ace, 2 digs; Hemrich, 1 ace, 2 kills, 21 assists; Probst, 8 kills, 1 block, 3 digs; Shull, 4 kills, 1 dig; Kuhl, 2 kills, 2 blocks; Parr, 5 digs; Einhorn, 3 digs

At St. Elmo

St. Elmo/Brownstown captured the championship of the Egyptian-Illini Conference Tournament Thursday.

The Eagles finished the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record. Thursday evening, SEB defeated Patoka, 25-16, 13-25, 25-11 and Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 25-13, 28-26. In the other match, CHBC won over Patoka, 14-25, 25-11, 25-18.

SEB finished 4-0 followed by CHBC 2-2, Patoka 2-2, Ramsey 2-2 and Mulberry Grove 0-4.

At St. Elmo

St. Elmo/Brownstown vs. CHBC -- Baldridge, 2 digs; Gathe, 1 kill, 1 dig, 1 point; Maxey, 11 digs; Nolen, 1 kill, 1 point; Oberlink, 8 kills, 5 digs, 1 blocked shot, 8 points; Smith, 7 kills, 3 aces, 17 digs, 10 points; Strauch, 2 kills, 3 digs, 2 points; Walk, 2 digs; Yagow, 1 ace, 2 digs, 1 point

CHBC vs. St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Sloan, 2 kills, 4 assists, 9 digs; Smith, 1 assist, 4 digs; Wojcik, 5 kills, 1 ace, 1 block, 1 dig; Schick, 3 kills, 1 block, 1 assist; Bertin, 1 kill, 4 assists, 5 digs; Burks, 1 kill, 1 ace, 1 block, 6 digs; Duckwitz, 1 kill, 4 aces, 1 block, 5 digs; Witteborg, 9 digs

St. Elmo/Brownstown vs. Patoka -- Baldridge, 4 digs; Gathe, 2 kills, 4 digs, 2 points; Maxey, 2 aces, 19 digs, 2 points; Moss, 1 kill, 1 dig, 1 point; Oberlink, 8 kills, 4 aces, 8 digs, 1 blocked shot, 12 points; Smith, 5 kills, 5 aces, 18 digs, 1 blocked shot, 10 points; Strauch, 2 kills, 1 dig, 2 points; Yagow, 5 digs

CHBC vs. Patoka -- Sloan, 1 kill, 1 ace, 10 assists, 6 digs; Smith, 6 kills, 2 aces, 11 digs; Wojcik, 12 kills, 2 blocks, 2 digs; Schick, 3 kills, 2 assists, 2 digs; Bertin, 4 kills, 1 ace, 15 assists, 6 digs; Burks, 2 kills, 5 digs; Duckwitz, 4 kills, 5 aces, 4 digs; Witteborg, 11 digs

At Centralia

Centralia played host to Teutopolis and claimed a victory in three sets.

The Orphans won 25-15 before T-town claimed the second set, 25-22. Centralia then went out with a 25-12 victory.

Leading the Wooden Shoes were Emily Konkel with three blocks, Lexie Niebrugge with seven points and five digs. Ciara Roepke had five digs. Erica Michel led in kills with 13.

"We got swept tonight for the first time this season," said T-town Coach Tim Mills. "Most of the sets weren't close. I'm not sure if it was the long bus ride or the fact that it was the last match of the season for the freshmen and junior varsity teams, but we didn't play well in either match.

"The varsity got soaked pretty good in set one. Centralia is a very good team and they got up on us fast in set one and we never recovered. Set two was all us. We got up early and although they made a late push to make the score close, we dominated set two. Unfortunately we couldn't repeat it for set three. Like they did in set one, they got up on us early and we couldn't recover. After we got behind, we panicked and then we pressed. Of course that led to mistakes and Centralia seemed to take advantage of every mistake we made.

"On the bright side, we're getting healthy in time for the regionals so I like our chances next week."

Centralia claimed the junior varsity match, 25-14, 26-24 and the freshman contest, 25-20, 25-12.

At Centralia

Varsity Match

Teutopolis -- Deters, 1 dig, 16 assists; Rodgers, 3 assists; Heuerman, 4 digs, 1 point; Konkel, 3 blocks, 1 ace, 6 points; C. Michels, 2 blocks, 4 digs, 11 kills, 3 points; E. Michels, 1 block, 1 dig, 13 kills, 1 ace, 1 point; Niebrugge, 5 digs, 1 ace, 7 points; Roepke, 1 block, 5 digs, 6 kills, 1 ace, 3 points, 1 assist; Schumacher, 1 block

At Hutsonville

Hutsonville/Palestine handed Dieterich losses in both junior varsity and varsity action Thursday.

In the varsity match, H/P claimed the win, 25-6, 25-9. Leading Dieterich were Gabi Hardiek with four kills, Emily Bloemer with eight assists and Kaitlyn Boerngen and Hardiek with eight digs each.

At Hutsonville

Varsity Match

Dieterich -- Boerngen, 8 digs; Poe, 3 kills, 1 ace, 1 dig; Hardiek, 4 kills, 2 assists, 8 digs; Bloemer, 2 kills, 8 assists, 3 digs; Niemerg, 2 digs; Curry, 1 kill, 1 dig

Junior Varsity  Match

Dieterich -- Schmidt, 1 kill, 6 assists, 8 digs; Hall, 2 kills, 1 assist, 2 digs; Boerngen, 5 kills, 1 assist, 1 ace, 11 digs, 1 block; Shull, 4 digs; Haycraft, 3 kills, 4 digs; Bierman, 1 kill, 1 assist, 1 ace, 20 digs; Lily, 2 kills