SEB Second In EIC Tourney, Area Volleyball Roundup

Patoka won the championship in two close sets, 28-26, 26-24 over St. Elmo/Brownstown.

SEB was led by Laney Baldrige with eight kills, 17 digs, two blocked shots and nine points, Peyton Garrard with two aces, Jayna Ireland with two blocked shots and Shelby Sasse with two aces.

Third place went to Mulberry Grove over Ramsey, 25-22, 25-23.

Martinsville claimed fifth place over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 19-25, 25-12, 25-8.

St. Elmo/Brownstown will meet Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City in the Class 1A South Central Regional Monday at 7 p.m.

EIC Tournament

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Baldrige, 8 kills, 1 ace, 17 digs, 2 blocks, 9 points; Carson, 1 dig; Garrard, 3 kills, 2 aces, 10 digs, 5 points; Hall, 1 kill, 16 digs, 1 block, 1 point; Ireland, 3 kills, 2 digs, 2 blocks, 3 points; Myers, 1 kill, 1 dig, 1 point; Sasse, 1 kill, 2 aces, 14 digs, 3 points; Smith, 3 kills, 2 digs, 3 points; Stine, 4 digs

At Newton

Newton High School picked up a victory over Paris Thursday and finished with a 6-1 Little Illini Conference record to finish as co-champions in the conference.

The Eagles won in two sets, 25-20, 25-11 and is 27-8 overall.

Rauch led the way in aces with four while Utley had six kills. Schafer led in assists with 17. Oldham and Kessler had one blocked shot each. Bennett led in digs with seven.

Newton won the junior varsity match, 25-12, 25-13 and claimed the freshman match, 25-18, 25-8.

The Eagles will take part in the Class 2A Salem Regional Tuesday against the winner of the Lawrenceville vs. Greenville match, at 6 p.m.

At Newton

Varsity Match

Newton -- Rauch, 4 aces, 3 kills, 2 digs; Schafer, 3 aces, 1 kill, 17 assists, 4 digs; Utley, 2 aces, 6 kills, 4 digs; Oldham, 1 ace, 4 kills, 1 assist, 1 block, 5 digs; Shull, 4 kills; Kessler, 1 kill, 1 block; Bennett, 1 assist, 7 digs; Hemrich, 2 digs; Stanley, 1 dig

At Farina

South Central handed Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran a loss in two sets, 26-24, 25-9 Thursday.

Brooklyn Garrett led the Cougars in kills with 12 and digs with 10. Olivia Brauer had 15 assists. Brooke Cowger led in blocks with two and had one ace. Sierra Arnold and Rayna Hall had one ace each.

South Central is now 26-7 on the season. South Central will host a Class 1A Regional and face Mulberry Grove Monday at 6 p.m.

South Central won the junior varsity match, 25-18, 17-25, 17-15 to improve to 9-6. The freshman/sophomore squad won 25-18, 25-17 and is 5-4-5.

At Farina

Varsity Match

South Central -- Arnold, 5 kills, 6 digs, 1 ace; Brauer, 1 kill, 15 assists, 7 digs, 1 block; Garrett, 12 kills, 10 digs; Shumate, 8 assists, 4 digs; Smith, 2 digs, 2 assists; Chambers, 3 digs; Cowger, 7 kills, 3 digs, 2 blocks, 1 ace; Hall, 5 digs, 1 ace; Runge, 1 dig

At Centralia

Centralia handed Teutopolis a loss in varsity competition Thursday.

The Orphans won 25-11, 25-17.

"We started flat," said T-town Coach Jim Dietz. "I think it was because Centralia's best hitter is an SEC recruit (Auburn) and she's got a team around her that hustles to boot. There's a reason Centralia's a top seed in their regional for next week. The big positive is we again were rock-solid with our serve-receive. That's going to be huge for us and if we can match it with effective hitting, we'll be alright next week with the post-season.

"Centralia opened quick lead out of the gate due to our missed serves but especilaly the player of their setter/hitter. Up 9-2 the Annies were in control the entire night."

Leading the Wooden Shoes were Emily Konkel with four kills and one ace, Claresa Ruholl with 10 digs, Sara Zumbahlen with one ace and five assists and TaNeal Einhorn with one ace.

T-town's junior varsity team beat Centralia, 25-20, 19-25, 25-10 for a final 17-10 record. The Shoes freshmen/sophomore split, Centralia won 25-18 and T-town won 25-23 for a final 13-7-6 record.

T-town heads into regional action next week with a 14-21 record.

At Centralia

Varsity Match

Teutopolis -- Pals, 2 kills, 6 digs; Niemerg, 2 kills, 4 digs; Einhorn, 2 kills, 1 ace, 1 dig; Konkel, 4 kills, 1 ace, 1 block, 2 digs; Bueker, 2 kills, 1 block, 2 digs; Deters, 2 kills, 1 dig; Kremer, 1 dig; Dittamore, 1 block, 1 dig; Ruholl, 10 digs; Swingler, 4 assists; Wall, 2 digs; Zumbahlen, 1 ace, 1 block, 3 digs, 5 assists

Junior Varsity Match

Teutopolis -- Probst, 1 block, 1 kill, 9 digs, 33 assists; Deters, 5 aces, 13 kills, 5 digs; Tebbe, 6 kills, 4 digs, 1 assist; Swingler, 2 aces, 7 digs; Ruholl, 3 ace, 16 digs; Bloemer, 1 block, 5 kills; Brummer, 1 block, 4 kills, 1 dig; Frye, 1 block, 9 kills, 9 digs, 2 assists; Witenmeyer, 1 ace, 4 digs; Wermert, 1 dig; Wilkins, 4 digs

At Robinson

Neoga headed to Robinson and suffered a loss in two sets, 25-10, 25-21.

Allison Worman and Haylee Campbell had three blocked shots each for Neoga. Sydney Richards led in kills with five and digs with 12, Andrea Burcham and Natalie O'Dell led in assists with five each. Burcham had two aces.

Neoga ended the regular season and will head into regional play Monday at Oblong against Hutsonville/Palestine at 6 p.m.

At Robinson

Varsity Match

Neoga -- Conder, 2 kills, 9 digs; Burcham, 1 kill, 5 assists, 4 digs, 2 aces; Richards, 5 kills, 2 blocks, 12 digs; Worman, 2 kills, 3 blocks; Campbell, 3 blocks; O'Dell, 1 block, 5 assists, 6 digs, 1 ace; Hakman, 9 digs

At Clay City

North Clay (Louisville) and Clay City fought hard in the Pink Out Match Thursday evening.

The Cardinals won the opener 25-17 but Clay City fought back for a 25-23 win. North Clay then took the match, 25-22.

North Clay finished regular season play with a 25-10 record.

Clay City was led by Sammie Craig with seven kills and seven blocks, Katelyn Workman with two aces and Keidra Kuenstler with 30 digs.

Clay City can get revenge for the loss because the Wolves will take on North Clay Tuesday in the Class 1A South Central Regional at 6 p.m.

At Clay City

Varsity Match

Clay City -- Pittman, 3 kills, 5 blocks, 1 ace; Kuenstler, 30 digs; Craig, 7 kills, 7 blocks, 16 digs; Beck, 1 ace, 2 digs; Workman, 2 aces; Cash, 1 dig; Marshoff, 1 ace; Warren, 1 kill, 1 ace