South Central, SEB, Neoga Open Volleyball Regionals With Victories

The Cougars handed Mulberry Grove a loss in two sets, 25-7, 25-10.

Emma Jenne led the winners in kills with eight and blocks with two. Sidney Shumate and Olivia Brauer had nine assists each. Sierra Arnold led in aces with three. Brooklyn Garrett had nine digs.

South Central improved to 27-7 on the season.

St. Elmo/Brownstown claimed the second match over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 25-23, 25-16.

Laney Baldrige led the way for the Eagles with eight kills, three aces and 11 points. Morgan Hall led in digs with 16.

CHBC was led by Gracie Heckert with four kills, Madison Wojcik with eight assists, Karlee Smith with three blocks and Heckert and Kaycie Stefanski with 10 digs each.

South Central and St. Elmo/Brownstown will meet Wednesday at 6 p.m. with the winner advancing to the championship match Thursday.

Tonight's matches feature North Clay (Louisville) against Clay City at 6 and Altamont taking on Patoka Co-op at 7.

Class 1A South Central Regional

South Central -- Arnold, 5 digs, 3 aces; Brauer, 1 kill, 9 assists, 1 dig; Garrett, 5 kills, 9 digs; Shumate, 9 assists, 2 digs; Chambers, 1 kill, 2 digs; Cowger, 7 kills, 1 block; Jenne, 8 kills, 2 blocks

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Baldrige, 8 kills, 3 aces, 9 digs, 11 points; Garrard, 1 kill, 1 ace, 4 digs, 2 points; Hall, 7 kills, 16 digs, 7 points; Ireland, 3 kills, 2 digs, 3 points; Myers, 2 kills, 4 digs, 2 points; Sasse, 1 kill, 5 digs, 1 point; Smith, 2 kills, 1 dig, 2 points; Stine, 6 digs

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Heckert, 4 kills, 1 assist, 10 digs; Wojcik, 1 kill, 8 assists, 4 digs; Summers, 2 kills, 3 assists, 4 digs; Smith, 2 kills, 1 ace, 3 blocks, 3 digs; Stefanski, 1 kill, 3 aces, 10 digs; Schlanser, 5 digs; Wallace, 3 kills, 1 ace, 2 digs

At Oblong

In the lone match at the Class 1A Oblong Regional, Neoga opened with a victory over Hutsonville/Palestine Monday.

Neoga fell in the opening set, 25-16 but came back with a 27-25 win and took the match, 25-18.

Neoga advances to meet Effingham St. Anthony Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Tonight's matches feature Oblong against Red HIll (Bridgeport) at 6 p.m. and Cumberland and Dieterich meeting at 7 p.m.

Class 1A Kansas Regional

Bethany Okaw Valley was a winner over Martinsville in the first match Monday, 25-17, 25-11.

Kansas Co-op then took the second contest over Villa Grove, 25-18, 25-21.

In tonight's matches, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg will meet Casey-Westfield at 6 p.m. followed by Broadlands Heritage taking on Chrisman at 7.

Class 2A Shelbyville Regional

Teutopolis saw its season come to a close in the Shelbyville Regional Monday evening.

The Wooden Shoes had a hard-fought battle against Marshall. Marshall won the opener 26-24 before T-town took the second set, 25-17. Marshall then won the match, 26-24.

T-town was led by TaNeal Einhorn with seven kills and three blocks, Sara Swingler with four aces and 13 assists and Claresa Ruholl with 32 digs. Those 32 digs broke the record for digs that Ruholl had set last week at 26.

Emma Deters finishes with 64 aces, breaking the school record of 47 set by Savannah Grimes in 2016. Sara Niemerg set the team record in digs with 324. That was previously set by Katelyn Jansen in 2018.

"Two bang-bang calls at 24-24 in the first set went against us to give Marshall the first set," said T-town Coach Jim Dietz. "We came back and built a 24-19 lead in the final set before giving up seven consecutive points to lose the contest.

"A wise man once said, 'Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rans.' It was unfortunate to lose after playing so well for most of the first three sets. I think we got scared having a big lead and we began playing to not lose rather than to close the match out and Marshall rode that to victory. It would've been nice to have another night, another week with the team."

Marshall advances to face Robinson tonight at 6 followed by Shelbyville meeting Vandalia at 7. The winners advance to the title contest Thursday.

Class 2A Shelbyville Regional

Teutopolis -- Pals, 6 kills, 2 aces, 2 blocks, 8 digs; Einhorn, 7 kills, 3 blocks, 5 digs; Bueker, 5 kills, 4 digs, 3 assists; Konkel, 5 kills, 2 blocks, 3 digs; Niemerg, 5 kills, 2 aces, 1 block, 14 digs; Zumbahlen, 1 kill; Dittamore, 1 kill, 1 assist; Deters, 2 aces, 2 digs; Ruholl, 32 digs, 1 assist; Wall, 2 digs; Swingler, 4 aces, 9 digs, 13 assists

Class 2A Salem Regional

Lawrenceville and Salem advanced in the Salem Regional Monday.

Lawrenceville won over Greenville, 25-17, 15-25, 27-25 and Salem downed Flora, 25-6, 25-23.

Tonight's matches feature Newton taking on Lawrenceville at 6 p.m. followed by Pana meeting Salem at 7.