Windsor/Stew-Stras Wins NTC Tourney Crown, Volleyball Roundup

The tourney ran Thursday and Friday with pool play.

In Saturday's finals in the Gold Flight, Windsor/Stew-Stras went three sets with South Central before pulling out the victory, 25-21, 24-26, 25-21.

Leading the way for the Hatchets were Ella Kinkelaar with two aces and 42 assists, Gabby Vonderheide with 19 kills and Kinley Quast with 27 digs.

St. Anthony then captured a victory over South Central. This contest also went three sets as South Central won the opener 25-16 but St. Anthony came back with 25-11, 27-25 victories for the match.

Windsor/Stew-Stras then downed St. Anthony, 25-21, 25-14 for the crown. Kinkelaar had three aces, 17 assists and eight digs while Vonderheide had seven kills.

St. Anthony took second and South Central (24-7) finished third.

"Tonight was a pretty intense night," said WSS Coach Ronda Schlechte. "South Central came in fighting hard and pushed us into three sets. We didn't play the net well despite our good passing. They are a scrappy team and they came to win.

"We started out against St. Anthony struggling with our passing. We struggled getting around their block but once we started moving our offense faster, we were able to find the floor."

Windsor/Stew-Stras is 23-7 on the season while St. Anthony is 23-6.

In the Silver Flight, North Clay (Louisville) came out the winner, downing Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 25-15, 25-18 and winning over Altamont, 25-12, 18-25, 25-15. Altamont fnished second by beating CHBC, 25-21, 25-20.

North Clay is now 23-9 on the season.

The Bronze Flight went to St. Elmo/Brownstown.

SEB won over Dieterich, 25-15, 25-23 and downed Neoga, 25-13, 25-10. Neoga finished second with victory over Dieterich, 25-14, 25-12.

National Trail Conference Tournament

Gold Flight

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg

Vs. South Central -- Kinkelaar, 2 aces, 2 kills, 42 assists, 15 digs, 3 block assists; Vonderheide, 19 kills, 22 digs; Moomaw, 14 kills, 4 block assists; Quast, 1 ace, 2 assists, 27 digs; Hayes, 4 kills, 6 digs, 1 block assist; Carey, 5 kills, 1 dig, 1 solo block, 1 block assist; Eident, 4 digs; Wittenberg, 1 dig; Bennett, 3 kills, 1 dig; Rincker, 1 ace, 7 digs

Vs. St. Anthony -- Kinkelaar, 3 aces, 5 kills, 17 assists, 8 digs, 1 block assist; Vonderheide, 1 ace, 7 kills, 1 assist, 4 digs, 1 block assist; Moomaw, 2 aces, 5 kills, 2 digs, 3 block assists; Quast, 1 ace, 4 assists, 8 digs; Hayes, 3 kills, 2 block assists; Carey, 3 kills, 1 solo block, 3 block assists; Eident, 1 ace, 1 assit, 5 digs; Bennett, 1 dig, 2 block assists; RIncker, 2 digs

St. Anthony

Four Match Totals

Faber, 37 assists; Wernsing, 1 kill,3  aces, 54 assists; Rudolphi, 22 kills, 6 aces, 3 blocks; Coffin, 1 kill, 1 ace; Hatton, 28 kills, 6 aces, 2 blocks; Nuxoll, 11 kills, 1 block; Kabbes, 1 ace; Fearday, 21 kills, 3 aces, 8 blocks; Kibler, 3 kills; Niemeyer, 6 kills, 3 blocks; Seagle, 13 kills, 1 block

Silver Flight

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City

Vs. North Clay -- Heckert, 3 kills, 9 digs; Wojcik, 1 kill, 6 assists, 6 digs; Summers, 4 assists, 2 digs; Smith, 4 kills, 3 digs; Stefanski, 1 kill, 6 digs; Schlanser, 8 digs; Wallace, 1 kill, 4 digs; Olesen, 1 kill, 1 block, 2 digs

Vs. Altamont -- Heckert, 2 kills, 12 digs; Wojcik, 1 kill, 9 assists, 7 digs; Summers, 1 kill, 4 assists, 7 digs; Smith, 8 kills, 1 ace, 1 dig; Stefanski, 3 kills, 1 ace, 1 assist, 15 digs; Schlanser, 11 digs; Wallace, 2 kills, 2 aces, 1 block, 6 digs; Olesen, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 dig

Bronze Flight

St. Elmo/Brownstown

Vs. Dieterich -- Baldrige, 9 kills, 10 digs, 9 points; Carson, 3 aces, 3 digs, 3 points; Garrard, 2 kills, 2 aces, 8 digs, 4 points; Hall, 8 kills, 1 ace, 5 digs, 1 blocked shot, 9 points; Ireland, 2 kills, 2 blocked shots, 2 points; Myers, 2 kills, 2 aces, 3 digs, 4 points; Sasse, 10 digs; Smith, 2 kills, 1 dig, 2 points

Vs. Neoga -- Baker, 1 kill, 1 dig, 1 point; Baldrige, 4 kills, 1 ace, 3 digs, 5 points; Carson, 1 ace, 1 dig, 1 point; Gararrd, 8 digs; Hall, 6 kills, 4 digs, 6 points; Myers, 2 kills, 3 digs, 2 points; Sasse, 1 kill, 2 aces, 5 digs, 3 points; Smith, 2 kills, 2 digs, 2 points

At Albion

Effingham and Newton competed in the Linda Oxby Invitational Saturday at Edwards County (Albion).

The Hearts went 2-3 and finished third in the Silver Bracket. In the opener, EHS fell to Edwards County, 25-22, 25-21. In the second contest,  EHS came back to take a 25-9, 25-18 victory over Wayne City.

The Hearts lost to Newton. EHS won the opening set 25-19 but Newton came back to take the next two, 25-21, 15-11.

EHS then defeated Grayville, 25-15, 25-22 before finishing out with a loss to Oblong, 25-23, 26-24.

Effingham's Bria Beals received All-Tournament honors.

Newton went 4-1 during the tourney. The Eagles lost the opener to Norris City/Omaha-Enfield, 25-19, 25-21 then came back strong to take the next four matches.

The Eagles defeated Richland County, 25-17, 25-21 and competed in the Silver Bracket, beating Effingham, 19-25, 25-21, 15-11; Oblong, 25-15, 25-10 and Grayville, 25-16, 25-19 to finish first in the Silver Flight.

Linda Oxby Invitational

Effingham

Vs. Edwards County -- A. Cunningham, 2 digs; Davis, 1 kill, 1 block; Martin, 1 dig; Ballman, 1 kill, 6 digs; Pullen, 3 kills, 3 assists, 1 ace, 8 digs; Beals, 1 block, 11 digs; Thompson, 9 assists; Katt, 3 kills, 1 block, 1 dig; Boone, 1 kill, 1 assist, 4 blocks, 1 dig; R. Cunningham, 5 digs; Althoff, 1 block, 3 digs; Donaldson, 4 kills, 1 ace, 1 dig

Vs. Wayne City -- A. Cunningham, 5 assists; Davis, 5 kills, 2 assists, 1 ace, 1 dig; Ballman, 1 assist, 3 digs; Pullen, 4 assists, 1 dig; Beals, 4 kills, 2 aces, 4 digs; Thompson, 10 assists, 2 digs; Harvey, 3 kills, 2 digs; Boone, 4 kills, 1 assist, 1 block, 4 digs; DeLong, 1 kill; R. Cunningham, 1 ace, 5 digs; Althoff, 2 kills, 3 digs; Donaldson, 4 kills, 3 digs

Vs. Newton -- Davis, 4 kills, 2 assists, 2 blocks, 6 digs; Ballman, 1 assist, 1 ace, 7 digs; Pullen, 14 assists, 3 aces, 6 digs; Beals, 5 kills, 2 aces, 11 digs; Thompson, 7 assists; Katt, 2 kills; Boone, 3 kills, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 5 digs; R. Cunningham, 5 digs; Althoff, 3 kills, 9 digs; Donaldson, 8 kills, 2 blocks, 5 digs

Vs. Grayville -- A. Cunningham, 3 assists, 2 digs; Davis, 1 kill, 2 blocks, 3 digs; Ballman, 1 assist; Pullen, 5 assists, 1 ace, 1 dig; Beals, 5 kills, 15 assists, 1 block, 6 digs; Thompson, 2 aces, 9 digs; Harvey, 2 kills; Katt, 7 kills; Boone, 4 kills, 1 assist, 1 block,1  dig; DeLong, 4 kills, 1 block; R. Cunningham, 2 digs; Althoff, 1 assist, 1 ace, 7 digs; Donaldson, 3 kills, 9 digs

Vs. Oblong -- Davis, 1 kill, 1 assist, 3 blocks, 2 digs; Beals, 7 assists, 1 dig; Thompson, 10 assists, 1 ace, 5 digs; Katt, 5 kills, 4 digs; Boone, 2 kills, 1 assist, 1 ace, 1 dig; DeLong, 2 kills, 1 dig; R. Cunningham, 8 digs; Althoff, 2 kills, 13 digs; Donaldson, 2 kills, 2 blocks, 1 dig

Newton

Rauch, 9 aces, 16 kills, 2 blocks, 14 digs; Schafer, 7 aces, 10 kills, 67 assists, 4 blocks, 21 digs; Hemrich, 4 aces, 1 assist, 13 digs; Utley, 3 aces, 1 kill, 1 dig; Zumbahlen, 2 aces, 17 kills, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 5 digs; Stanley, 1 ace, 19 digs; Shull, 1 ace, 20 kills, 12 blocks, 5 digs; Kessler, 15 kills, 2 blocks, 3 digs; Smithenry, 14 kills, 2 blocks, 3 digs; Bennett, 1 kill, 7 assists, 28 digs; Martin, 5 assists, 15 digs; Mahaffey, 1 assist, 1 dig

At Farmer City

Teutopolis went 3-2 in the Morgan Burkett Memorial Tournament Saturday.

The Wooden Shoes fell to Pontiac, 25-23, 25-23 and Tri-Valley, 25-15, 25-13.

T-town then beat Urbana, 19-25, 25-12, 15-11; New Berlin, 25-23, 25-21 and Payson-Seymour, 25-18 25-21.

"We put everything together for the last six sets of the day and played solid," said T-town Coach Jim Dietz. "Starting against Pontaic, it should've been a win. We were up 21-14 in the first and 22-17 in the second and lost our focused mindset, unfortunately. The end of the day, that was good stuff and we led the last two matches, start to finish. It was also great to find out Emna Deters and Sara Niemerg reached those numbers.  Today, Emma, especially was dynamite with her serving.

"Emma broke the single-season record for aces, previously held by Savannah Grimes with 27 in 2016. Deters was at 45 and her tournament results have shot her up to 59.

"Sara broke the Wooden Shoe single-season record for digs, previously set by Katelyn Jensen in 2018 with 299.  After the Payson-Seymour match, Niemerg has 300 digs on the season."

Morgan Burkett Memorial Tournament

Teutopolis -- Einhorn, 3 aces, 5 blocks, 15 kills, 3 digs; Pals, 5 aces, 3 blocks, 21 kills, 25 digs, 1 assist; Dittamore, 1 block, 11 kills, 1 dig; Niemerg, 2 aces, 5 blocks, 25 digs, 6 assists; Konkel, 1 ace, 1 block, 6 kills, 5 digs; Bueker, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 7 kills; Deters, 14 aces, 5 digs; Kremer, 1 ace, 1 kill, 1 dig; Zumbahlen, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 2 kills, 2 digs, 13 assists; Swingler 1 ace, 6 digs, 47 assists; Probst, 1 ace, 1 dig, 11 assists; Habing, 1 ace, 1 kill, 3 digs; Wall, 4 aces, 15 digs; Swingler, 3 digs; Ruholl, 44 digs

Midland Trail Conference Tournament

Woodlawn claimed the championship of the Midland Trail Conference Tournament.

The winners were followed by Grayville, Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran and Wayne City.

Friday scores included:

Wayne City defeated Webber Township (Bluford), 25-20, 25-11; Webber beat Clay City, 16-25, 30-28, 25-20; Wayne City downed Clay City, 16-25, 25-15, 25-15; Woodlawn beat CORL, 25-10, 25-15; Grayville defeated CORL, 23-25, 25-23, 25-19 and Woodlawn won over Grayville, 25-22, 20-25, 25-17.