Junior High Volleyball -- Jan. 27-28

Trinity's eighth-grade team won the Newton St. Thomas tourney Saturday. Team members are, front row, left to right, Callie Friese, Kierra Mueller, Tabitha Weaver, Zaida Wascher, Sienna Bostedo, Alyssa Zacha and Lydia Weaver. Back row, left to right,  Tammy Manhart, Abree Zalman, Kalia Friese, Rachel Weaver, Mya Friese, Colby McCormick, Carrah Daniels, Elizabeth Hampton, Kenzie Thompson and Bridgitte Friese.

Stewardson Trinity's eighth-grade volleyball team won the Newton St. Thomas Tournament Saturday.

Trinity defeated West Salem 25-20, 25-9 and won over Dieterich 25-9, 25-13. Trinity then defeated Paris Crestwood 25-17, 25-8.

Trinity's seventh-grade team finished third at the seventh-grade tournament last weekend.

Trinity lost to Paris Crestwood, 25-23, 20-25, 15-9. Trinity then defeated St. Anthony, 25-12, 25-10.

Newton St. Thomas Eighth-Grade Tournament

Stewardson Trinity -- Sienna Bostedo, 13 points, 5 aces, 3 kills, 24 assists; Kalia Friese, 17 points, 7 aces, 22 assists, 10 digs, 1 block; Mya  Friese, 13 points, 6 aces, 22 kills, 1 assist, 18 digs; Colby McCormick, 13 points, 4 aces, 17 kills, 1 assist, 2 digs; Kenzie Thompson, 18 points, 10 aces, 3 kills, 2 digs; Carrah Daniels, 3 kills; Zaida Wascher, 9 points, 5 aces, 2 kills, 6 digs; Elizabeth Hampton, 8 points, 3 aces

Newton St. Thomas Seventh-Grade Tournament

Stewardson Trinity -- Maddy Manhart, 6 points, 3 aces, 8 assists, 5 digs; Cora Reed, 2 points, 5 assists; Gia Bostedo, 4 points, 1 ace, 4 assists; Kalia Friese, 10 points, 8 aces, 7 kills, 8 digs; Kierra  Mueller, 27 points, 15 aces, 4 digs; Abree Zalman, 10 points, 5 aces, 1 kill, 3 digs; Gabby Cushman, 3 kills; Callie Friese, 1 point, 1 kill, 6 digs; Sienna Bostedo, 2 points, 1 ace, 4 kills, 2 digs; Tabitha Weaver, 4 points, 2 aces; Lydia Weaver, 1 point, 1 kill, 1 dig; Emma Hickman, 1 point, 1 dig

The seventh-grade team placed third in the Newton St Thomas tourney last weekend. Team members are, front row, left to right, Alyssa Zacha, Izabella Manhart, Gia Bostedo, Maddy Manhart, Cora Reed, Abree Zalman and Lydia Weaver. Back row, left to right, Tammy Manhart, Gabby Cushman, Sienna Bostedo, Tabitha Weaver, Kalia Friese, Kierra Mueller, Callie Friese, Emma Hickman, Bridgitte Friese and Katie Durbin.

At Kinmundy

South Central was a winner in both seventh- and eighth-grade play over Patoka Friday.

South Central won the seventh-grade match, 25-6, 25-9 to improve to 7-1 on the season.

In eighth-grade play, South Central won, 25-18, 25-14 and is now 6-2.

At Teutopolis

Mattoon came calling and picked up the seventh-grade match over Teutopolis Friday.

Mattoon won 25-21, 16-25, 25-9. T-town dropped to 4-4.

"When you are learning volleyball, it can be hard to win while doing the stuff the right way," said Coach Jim Dietz. "Shortcuts are easy. We were playing the right way and in the second set got some good attacks from Summer Vahling and a good serving run to close things out by Maddie Repking."

In eighth-grade action, T-town was a winner, 27-25, 25-10 and is now 6-3.

"We started close in the first set for the same reason as the seventh-grade and we were down 13-4 at one point, but we got some clutch swings from Ella Tarter and Elise Pals to bring it back to 24-23," said Dietz. "We missed a good, aggressive serve, then came back with a swing by Anna Hemmen to tie it and just closed it out the way competitive teams do. It carried over to the second set."