Junior High Volleyball -- Jan. 24

Oblong claimed the seventh-grade match, 19-25, 25-18, 25-18. Jasper County dropped to 2-4.

Leading Jasper County were Ghast and Flowers with five aces each, Tate with two kills and one assist, Reich with three digs and Ghast with one block.

In the eighth-grade contest , Jasper County won, 25-15, 25-21 to improve to 5-1 on the season.

Shull led in assists with nine and aces with three for Jasper County. Probst had four kills and four digs and Warfel led in blocks with two.

Jasper County is back in action Monday against Teutopolis.

At Oblong

Seventh-Grade Match

Jasper County -- Ghast, 5 aces, 1 kill, 1 dig, 1 block; Flowers, 5 aces, 1 dig; Reich, 2 aces, 3 digs; Jones, 1 ace; Tate, 1 ace, 2 kills, 1 assist; Radke, 1 kill

Eighth-Grade Match

Jasper County -- Shull, 3 aces, 9 assists, 2 digs, 1 kill; Probst, 3 aces, 4 kills, 4 digs; Kocher, 2 aces, 1 dig; Warfel, 1 ace, 4 kills, 2 blocks, 2 digs; Michel, 2 kills, 2 digs; Fehrenbacher, 1 kill, 2 assists, 2 digs; Ochs, 1 kill, 2 digs; Schulte, 1 kill

At Cowden

South Central captured both victories over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City Tuesday.

In the seventh-grade match, CHBC won the opening set 25-17 but South Central came back with 27-25, 25-6 sets for the match.

Leading CHBC were Ethel Stuckemeyer with 11 points and five aces, Jayla Arnett, Carissa Wakefield and Delaney Doty with one assist each, Allison Shields with four kills, Wakefield with two digs and Wakefield and Brylie Prater with a block each.

"This was an exciting match for our team," said CHBC Coach Angela Jefferies. "After winning the first game, I told our girls that South Central helped us with their missed serves. After falling behind in the second game 18-8, Ethel Stuckemeyer was able to serve nine in a row bringing us to a tie. It went back and forth until South Central won 27-25. We just struggled in the third game, bringing it back around. Their servers, who missed in the first game, nailed them."

In the eighth-grade match, South Central won 25-12, 25-13.

CHBC was led by Lena Bowlin with seven points, Haley Doty with three aces, one assist and two digs, Keaira Arnold with one assist, Lizah Bowlin Lena Bowlin and Jenna Bethel with one kill each. Lena Bowlin and Gabby Wakefield with one block each and Haley Doty and Lizah Bowlin with two digs each.

"Tonight's problem was serves," said Coach Jefferies. "We can't expect to serve at 80 percent and win games at this level. Our team has some powerful servers who will be working more on control. Once again we had some great moments, but were unable to play consistently."

At Kinmundy

Seventh-Grade Match

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Arnett, 1 assist, 1 dig; Shields, 7 points, 1 ace, 4 kills, 1 dig; Wakefield, 7 points, 4 aces, 1 assist, 3 kills, 1 block, 2 digs; Stuckemeyer, 11 points, 5 aces, 1 kill, 1 dig; Doty, 1 assist, 1 dig; Prater, 3 points, 1 block; Nowitzke, 7 points, 1 kill, 1 dig; Wright, 2 points

Eighth-Grade Match

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Doty, 3 points, 3 aces, 1 assist, 2 digs; Li. Bowlin, 1 kill, 2 digs; Le. Bowlin, 7 points, 2 aces, 1 kill, 1 block; Arnold, 2 points, 1 assist, 1 dig; Wakefield, 1 block; Bethel, 1 kill

At Teutopolis

Taylorville came to Teutopolis and picked up two victories over the Wooden Shoes Tuesday.

Taylorville was a 25-21, 22-25, 25-21 winner in seventh-grade play. T-town dropped to 4-3 on the season.

"We got a ton of good passes and swings at the ball tonight which was really positive," said Shoes Coach Anthony Munoz. "We just got outscored. Taylorville is a good team."

Lynae Einhorn and Ella Willenborg led T-town in kills with six each while Cecilia Donsbach had 14 assists. Lynae Einhorn led in aces with five while Alicen Niemerg had 16 digs.

In the eighth-grade match, Taylorville won 25-12, 25-12. T-town fell to 5-2.

"Taylorville is excellent and we were off tonight," said Coach Jim Diez. "That's a bad combination. It's something to work through. How do you succeed when you aren't at your best?"

Gabby Tegeler led T-town with one ace and one block. Brittany Swingler had one ace. Elise Pals had one kill. Marie Zumbahlen led in digs with eight.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Match

Teutopolis -- Donsbach, 2 aces, 4 kills, 9 digs, 14 assists; Meyer, 1 ace, 2 kills, 1 block, 9 digs; Einhorn, 5 aces, 3 kills, 4 digs; Vahling, 6 kills, 5 digs, 4 assists; Willenborg, 3 aces, 6 kills, 3 digs; Niemerg, 4 aces, 5 kills, 16 digs, 2 assists; Koester, 2 digs

Eighth-Grade Match

Teutopolis -- Swingler, 1 ace, 4 digs; Tegeler, 1 ace, 1 block, 6 digs; Pals, 1 kill, 5 digs; Zumbahlen, 8 digs, 1 assist; Mette, 1 dig; Hartke, 2 digs; Mette, 1 dig; Blackwell, 2 digs

At Altamont

Stewardson-Strasburg defeated Altamont in both seventh- and eighth-grade action Tuesday.

Stew-Stras won the seventh-grade match, 25-11, 25-11. Leading the way were Edie Wittenberg with 10 aces, four assists, five kills and one dig while Karly Wetherell had five aces and Andie Reynolds one dig.

In the eighth-grade contest, Stew-Stras won 25-16, 25-17. Kendra Hayes had six aces, two digs and seven kills while Claire VonBehrens led in assists with seven.

At Altamont

Seventh-Grade Match

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Wittenberg, 10 aces, 1 dig, 4 assists, 5 kills; Vonderheide, 1 assist, 2 kills; Wetherell, 5 aces, 1 kill; Reynolds, 1 ace, 1 dig, 1 assist; Harris, 1 kill; Antrim, 1 ace

Eighth-Grade Match

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Hayes, 6 aces, 2 digs, 3 assists, 7 kills; VonBehrens, 4 aces, 2 digs, 7 assists, 3 kills; Schumacher, 3 aces, 1 kill; Kull, 1 ace, 1 assist, 1 kill; Greuel, 1 kill; Conder, 3 aces

At Iuka

North Clay (Louisville) fell to host Iuka in both seventh- and eighth-grade contests Tuesday.

Iuka won the seventh-grade match, 25-19, 9-25, 15-4.

In eighth-grade play, Iuka was a 25-11, 25-21 winner. North Clay dropped to 1-4 on the season.