Junior High Volleyball -- Jan. 30

CHBC won the seventh-grade match but it took three sets. CHBC won the opener 25-20 before Neoga took the second set, 25-15. CHBC then won the match 25-17.

Ethel Stuckemeyer and Jayla Arnett led CHBC. Stuckemeyer had seven points, three assists, one block and three digs while Arnett had seven points, three aces, two kills and one block. Carissa Wakefield contributed two kills. Jordyn Wright had seven points.

"The seventh-graders are starting to communicate better and work as a team throughout the whole game," said CHBC Coach Angela Jefferies. "Neoga came back strong in the second game, but the team was able to put the loss behind them and take the third game for the match."

In eighth-grade play, CHBC won, 26-24, 25-16. Lena Bowlin had 11 points, one ace and two blocks while Haley Doty had one ace, three assists, three kills and three digs. Mira Lash had one ace.

"I brought up our two seventh-grade setters since our second eighth-grade setter was out," said Coach Jefferies. "It took a little bit to adjust, but the team was able to adapt. Neoga has a couple of hard hitters, so we changed up our defense a bit and were able to win the match."

At Neoga

Seventh-Grade Match

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Arnett, 7 points, 3 aces, 2 kills, 1 block, 1 dig; Shields, 6 points, 1 ace, 1 kill, 2 digs; Wakefield, 2 assists, 2 kills, 1 ace; Stuckemeyer, 7 points, 2 aces, 3 assists, 1 kill, 1 block, 3 digs; Doty, 1 dig; Prater, 4 points, 2 aces; Nowitzke, 6 points, 1 ace, 1 kill, 2 digs

Eighth-Grade Match

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Doty, 7 points, 1 ace, 3 assists, 3 kills, 3 digs; Li. Bowlin, 1 kill, 2 digs; Le. Bowlin, 11 points, 1 ace, 2 kills, 2 blocks, 1 dig; Lash, 4 points, 1 ace, 1 dig; Wakefield, 7 points, 1 assist, 2 kills, 1 block, 1 dig; Arnett, 1 dig; Doty, 1 dig; Stuckemeyer, 2 points, 2 digs

At Strasburg

Stewardson-Strasburg defeated Windsor in both seventh- and eighth-grade matches Monday.

Stew-Stras won the seventh-grade contest, 25-14, 25-10

Leading the winner was Edie Wittenberg with two digs, eight assists and three kills, Karly Wetherell withi five aces, Ainslee Antrim with three kills and Jaelyn Howe with two digs.

In the eighth-grade contest, Stew-Stras was a winner 25-8, 25-15.

Kendra Hayes had six aces while Brooke Schumacher had one block. Claire VonBehrens and Kennedy Kull had one kill each. Molly Ogle led in digs with three.

At  Strasburg

Seventh-Grade Match

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Wittenberg, 1 ace, 2 digs, 8 assists, 3 kills; Vonderheide, 2 aces, 2 kills; Wetherell, 5 aces, 1 kill; Harris, 1 kill; Antrim, 3 kills; Howe, 2 digs; Conder, 2 assists, 2 kills

Eighth-Grade Match

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Hayes, 6 aces; VonBehrens, 3 aces, 1 kill; Schumacher, 1 block;  Kull, 2 digs, 1 assist, 1 kill; Ogle, 5 aces, 3 digs; Figgins, 1 dig; Porter, 1 ace, 1 dig; Porter, 5 aces, 1 assist