WSS Downs T-town, Area Volleyball Teams Compete In Tourneys

The Hatchets won in two sets, 25-19, 25-20 to improve to 12-5 on the season.

"We ended a busy week with some good competition," said WSS Coach Ronda Schlechte. "It's always fun to play someone to keep us guessing and working hard. It only makes us better."

Windsor/Stew-Stras was led by Ella Kinkelaar with five aces and 19 assists, Halle Moomaw and Kaylynn Carey with seven kills each, Kinley Quast with seven digs and Moomaw with one solo block.

Teutopolis was led by TaNeal Einhorn with two kills and three blocks, Sara Zumbahlen with three aces and four assists and Sara Niemerg with three digs.

"Stew started each set with a run of six unanswered points behind aggressive serving and a T-town defensive lapse," said T-town Coach Jim Dietz. "The second set saw a mid-game T-town rally ended by a Moomaw kill which led to a Stew run of four points to rebuilding their lead.

"We struggle on the road with rowdy environments currently. We let nerves get to us in various ways. Sometimes it is the hitting, sometimes the setting and tonight it was our serve-receive. That's a bad thing against a top end team like Stew and they capitalized on it. The bright side is our runs of struggling are getting shorter and they are now just affecting one aspect of our play at a time. Like Sam Hinkle said, it's all about the process and I think we're getting better, even when we lose on the scoreboard."

The Shoes dropped to 10-15 on the season.

WSS won the junior varsity match, 26-24, 27-25 while T-town was a winner in freshman/sophomore play, 17-25, 25-18, 11-8.

At Strasburg

Varsity Match

Teutopolis -- Pals, 1 kill; Konkel, 1 kill, 2 blocks, 1 dig; Einhorn, 2 kills, 3 blocks, 2 digs, 1 assist; Kremer, 1 kill, 1 block; Zumbahlen, 1 kill, 3 aces, 2 blocks, 4 assists; Dittamore, 2 kills, 1 block; Deters, 1 kill, 1 ace, 2 digs; Niemerg, 3 digs; Wall, 1 dig; Swingler, 2 aces, 2 assists

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Kinkelaar, 5 aces, 3 kills, 19 assists, 5 digs; Vonderheide, 1 ace, 6 kills, 5 digs; Moomaw, 2 aces, 7 kills, 1 solo block; Quast, 7 assists, 7 digs; Hayes, 3 kills, 2 digs; Carey, 7 kills, 1 assist, 1 dig; Eident, 1 ace, 2 digs; Bennett, 3 kills, 2 digs; Rincker, 1 assist, 5 digs

Junior Varsity Match

Teutopolis -- Probst, 1 ace, 5 digs, 14 assists; Frye, 6 kills, 1 block, 1 dig, 1 assist; Dittamore, 3 kills, 4 aces, 1 block, 1 dig; Bloemer, 1 kill, 1 dig; Brummer, 5 kills, 1 block, 2 digs; Swingler, 1 kill, 3 digs; A. Ruholl, 6 digs; C. Ruholl ,1 dig; Wermert, 3 aces; Wittenmeyer, 5 aces, 2 digs; Wilkins, 2 aces, 4 digs; Habing, 1 dig, 1 assist

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Friese, 3 digs; Wittenberg, 5 aces, 5 kills, 10 assists, 7 digs; Hayes, 2 aces, 7 kills, 7 assists, 6 digs; Albert, 2 aces, 6 kills, 1 assist, 4 digs; Gee, 1 ace; Starwalt, 2 assists, 8 digs; Garrett, 2 aces, 2 kills, 3 digs; Sanders, 1 dig

Freshman/Sophomore Match

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Kasey, 1 ace, 1 kill, 2 assists, 2 digs; Carey, 1 ace, 3 kills, 4 assists, 2 digs, 1 solo block; Holland, 1 kill, 1 dig; Durbin, 3 aces, 4 kills, 1 assist, 5 digs; Musson, 1 ace, 1 kill, 3 digs; Wright, 2 digs; VonBehrens, 1 kill, 4 digs; Dailey, 1 kill; Beitz, 2 aces, 2 kills, 1 assist, 1 dig; Antrim, 2 digs; Longwell, 1 kill, 1 assist, 1 dig; Chaney, 1 dig

At Riverton

Altamont competed in the Riverton Tournament during the weekend.

Altamont fell to Springfield Southeast, 21-25, 25-14, 15-11. The Indians lost to Lincoln, 25-11, 25-12.

Altamont fell to Auburn, 25-15, 27-25 and won over Peoria, 25-10, 25-21. The squad also lost to Payson-Seymour, 23-25, 25-10, 25-19.

Riverton Tournament

Vs. Springfield Southeast -- Tedrick, 7 kills, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 3 digs; Mad. Splechter, 1 kill, 1 assist, 9 digs; Wills, 2 kills, 1 dig; Wolff, 10 digs; Hassebrock, 5 kills, 7 digs; P. Osteen, 2 kills, 16 assists, 1 ace, 10 digs; Berg, 2 digs; Grunloh, 8 digs; Lemke, 3 kills, 2 digs; Reardon, 1 kill, 4 digs

Vs. Lincoln -- Tedrick, 2 kills; Mad. Splechter, 10 digs; Wills, 4 kills, 1 block, 2 digs; Hassebrock, 1 kill; P. Osteen, 1 kill, 8 assists, 6 digs; Berg, 4 kills; Grunloh, 7 digs; Lemke, 1 kill, 1 assist, 1 block; Reardon, 2 digs; Mak. Splechter, 2 assists, 2 digs

Vs. Auburn -- Tedrick, 4 kills, 1 ace, 1 block; Mad. Splechter, 2 kills, 5 digs; Wills, 1 kill, 1 dig; Hassebrock, 1 kill, 2 aces, 1 block, 2 digs; P. Osteen, 7 kills, 6 assists, 2 aces, 9 digs; Grunloh, 7 digs; K. Osteen, 1 kill, 1 block, 2 digs; Reardon, 1 ace, 5 digs; Mak. Splechter, 7 assists, 2 digs

Vs. Peoria -- Tedrick, 3 kills, 1 assist, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 1 dig; Mad. Splechter, 1 kill, 6 digs; Wills, 4 kills; Hassebrock, 2 kills, 1 ace, 2 digs; P. Osteen, 4 kills, 8 assists, 3 aces, 1 dig; Berg, 2 kills, 2 aces, 1 dig; Grunloh, 1 assist, 7 digs; K. Osteen, 1 kill, 1 assist, 1 block, 2 digs; Mak. Splechter, 5 kills, 1 ace, 1 dig; Siebert, 5 digs

Vs. Payson Seymour -- Tedrick, 4 kills, 1 block, 4 digs; Mad. Splechter, 3 kills, 1 ace, 9 digs; Wills, 5 kills, 1 block, 2 digs; Hassebrock, 2 kills, 1 ace, 3 blocks, 4 digs; P. Osteen, 6 kills, 10 assists, 3 aces, 1 block, 8 digs; Grunloh, 13 digs; Reardon, 6 digs; Mak. Splechter, 11 assists, 5 digs

At St. Elmo

North Clay came calling and handed St. Elmo/Brownstown a loss in varsity volleyball action Friday.

The Cardinals won the opening set 26-24 but SEB came back to take the second set, 25-23. North Clay then won the match, 25-21 to improve to 5-2 in the National Trail Conference, 18-7 overall.

Leading St. Elmo/Brownstown were Morgan Hall with 12 kills, Peyton Garrard with four aces, Laney Baldrige with 25 digs, Jayna Ireland with two blocked shots and 13 points.

SEB won the junior varsity match, 25-20, 13-25, 25-21. North Clay captured the freshman/sophomore contest, 25-14, 25-12.

At St. Elmo

Varsity Match

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Baldridge, 10 kills, 1 ace, 25 digs, 2 blocked shots, 11 points; Carson, 6 digs; Garrard, 2 kills, 4 aces, 7 digs, 6 points; Hall, 12 kills, 1 ace, 9 digs, 2 blocked shots, 13 points; Ireland, 6 kills, 4 blocked shots, 6 points; Myers, 1 kill, 7 digs, 1 point; Sasse, 2 kills, 14 digs, 2 points; Smith, 3 kills, 6 digs, 3 points

At Farina

South Central won a non-conference Friday contest against Webber Township (Bluford).

The Cougars won 25-9, 25-17. Brooke Cowger had seven kills, five blocks and three aces while Sierra Arnold led in digs with 10 and had three aces. Olivia Brauer had 11 assists while Emma Jenne had seven kills.

The Cougars improve to 16-5 on the season.

In junior vasrity action, Webber Township won 25-22, 25-15 and South Central fell to 1-4-4. South Central's frosh-soph won 26-24, 25-19 and improved to 7-4.

South Central finished second in the St. Elmo/Brownstown Freshman/Sophomore Tournament Saturday.

They went 2-0 in pool play with wins over Okaw Valley, 25-20, 25-7 and St. Elmo/Brownstown 25-17, 25-16.

In the championship match, North Clay was a winner over South Central, 22-25, 25-15, 15-6.

Jalynn Mitchell and Reagan Roberts were named to the All-Tournament Team.

At Farina

Varsity Match

South Central -- Arnold, 10 digs, 3 aces; Brauer, 4 kills, 11 assists, 6 digs, 1 ace; Garrett, 4 kills, 6 digs; Shumate, 8 assists, 9 digs; Smith, 1 assist, 1 dig; Chambers, 2 kills, 1 dig; Cowger, 7 kills, 1 dig, 5 blocks, 3 aces; Hall, 1 dig; Jenne, 7 kills; Runge, 1 dig

South Central placed second in the freshman/sophomore tournament.

 Jalynn Mitchell and Reagan Roberts were named to the All-Tournament Team

At St. Anthony

Effingham St. Anthony Freshman/Sophomore Tounament was held Saturday and Newton claimed the championship.

In pool play, Newton defeated St. Anthony, 25-14, 25-8; Newton won over Teutopolis, 25-11, 25-15 and St. Anthony downed T-town, 25-20, 25-18. Effingham beat Dieterich, 25-19, 25-14; Dieterich won over Patoka, 22-25, 25-22, 15-9 and Effingham beat Patoka, 24-26, 26-24, 15-13.

In the playoff bracket, T-town won over Dieterich, 25-21, 17-25, 15-5 and St. Anthony defeated Patoka, 25-16, 25-17.

Newton then won over Teutopolis 25-16, 25-16 and St. Anthony beat Effingham, 14-25, 25-13, 15-13.

In the championship, Newton defeated St. Anthony, 25-9, 25-15.

At St. Elmo

North Clay captured the St. Elmo/Brownstown Freshman/Sophomore Tournament for the second year in a row.

In match one, North Clay beat Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 25-14, 25-15. In the second match, North Clay won over Ramsey, 25-5, 25-7.

In the championship match, the Cardinals defeated South Central, 22-25, 25-15, 15-6.

Kyia Cone and Matia Price made the All-Tournament Team.