Junior High Volleyball -- Feb. 3-4

Trinity Lutheran won the championship of the St. Anthony Eighth-Grade Tournament. Members of the team are, front row, left to right, Gabby Cushman, Lydia Weaver, Alyssa Zacha, Sienna Bostedo, Zaida Wascher, Tabitha Weaver, Kierra Mueller, Callie Friese and Abree Zalman. Back row, left to right, Tammy Manhart, Alaira Friese, Kalia Friese, Elizabeth Hampton, Rachel Weaver, Mya Friese, Colby McCormick, Kenzie Thompson, Carrah Daniels, Emma Hickman, Katie Durbin and Bridgitte Friese.

Trinity Lutheran won the championship of the St. Anthony Eighth-Grade Volleyball Tournament Saturday.

In opening round play on the West Court, Heritage defeated St. Anthony, 25-22, 15-25, 15-9; Sigel St. Michael won over Oblong, 25-10, 25-10 and Heritage, 25-20, 25-12; Oblong downed St. Anthony, 25-23, 25-16 and then defeated Heritage, 25-15, 25-18 and  St. Michael beat St. Anthony, 25-10, 25-15.

On the East Court, North Clay won over Red Hill (Bridgeport), 25-9, 25-16; Trinity Lutheran downed Holy Cross, 25-6, 25-8 and beat Red Hill, 25-5, 25-8; Holy Cross defeated North Clay, 25-21, 13-25, 16-14 and finished with a victory over Red Hill, 25-16, 25-8.Trinity Lutheran came out a winner over North Clay.

In the championship match,Trinity Lutheran was a winner over St. Michael. Third place went to Oblong over Holy Cross.

Heritage won the fifth place match over North Clay and St. Anthony downed Red Hill 25-9, 25-14 for seventh place.

Edwards County Tournament

Effingham captured the championship of the eighth-grade tournament while taking second place in the seventh-grade tourney Saturday.

The Mustangs defeated Grayville 25-15, 25-17; St. Thomas, 25-22, 20-25, 25-20 and Mount Carmel, 24-26, 25-14, 25-20 for the title.

In the seventh-grade tourney, Effingham downed Grayville 25-19, 25-16; won over Albion 25-15, 25-12 and then fell in the championship match to St. Thomas, 25-21, 25-21.

Edwards County Tournament

Seventh-Grade

Effingham -- Althoff, 2 kills, 7 assists, 3 aces, 4 digs; Baker, 2 kills; Barnes, 5 kills, 12 aces, 1 block, 2 digs; Cekander, 2 kills, 2 assists, 6 aces, 5 digs; Koenig, 8 kills, 13 aces, 4 digs; Maxedon, 3 assists; Miller, 3 kills, 9 assists, 7 aces, 2 digs; Poe, 1 kill, 10 aces; Rubin, 1 kill, 1 assist, 3 aces; Spicer, 4 kills, 1 assist, 7 aces, 1 dig; Summers, 1 kill, 1 ace

Eighth-Grade

Effingham -- Bohnhoff, 2 kills, 4 assists, 9 aces, 27 digs; Burgholzer, 7 kills, 26 assists, 6 aces, 5 digs; Hayes, 5 kills, 26 assists, 7 aces, 8 digs; Kirk, 9 kills, 1 assist, 5 aces, 15 digs; Koester, 1 ace; Phillips, 4 kills, 1 block; Pryor, 1 ace, 1 dig; Raddatz, 22 kills, 18 aces, 19 digs; Wendling, 15 kills, 7 aces, 2 blocks, 1 dig

Vandalia Tournament

South Central captured the championship of the Vandalia Eighth-Grade Tournament Saturday.

South Central beat Vandalia, 25-20, 25-16; won over St. Elmo-Brownstown 25-22, 24-26, 15-10 and then claimed the championship over Litchfield, 20-25, 25-22, 16-14.

Sotuh Central is now 8-4 on the season.

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis defeated St. Elmo/Brownstown in both seventh- and eighth-grade play Friday.

The Shoes won the seventh-grade match, 25-14, 25-18 to improve to 7-4 on the season.

Leading the Shoes were Cecelia Donsbach with four aces and nine assists and Alison Niemerg with four kills, four aces and nine digs.

In the eighth-grade contest, T-town won 25-18, 25-10 and is now 8-3 on the season.

The Shoes were led by Gabby Taylor with one block, five kills and nine aces, Brittany Springler with nine assists and Marie Zumbahlen with 18 digs.

St. Elmo/Brownstown was led by Madi Miller with three kills and three aces; Danika Ramsey with three kills and Audria Logue and Mya Barker with three assists each.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Match

Teutopolis -- Donsbach, 4 aces, 2 digs, 9 assists; Meyer, 1 kill, 3 digs; Einhorn, 2 kills; Isley, 1 dig, 2 assists; Willenborg, 3 kills, 2 aces, 7 digs; Niemerg, 4 kills, 4 aces, 9 digs; Koester, 3 digs; Kocher, 1 kill, 2 aces, 1 dig; Petersen, 1 kill, 2 assists; Bloemer, 1 ace; Vahling, 1 ace, 3 digs

Eighth-Grade Match

Teutopolis -- Springler, 1 kill, 5 aces, 5 digs, 9 assists; Pals, 1 block, 4 kills, 9 digs; Tegeler, 1 block, 5 kills, 9 aces, 8 digs; Mette, 1 kill, 1 dig; Bloemer, 2 aces, 1 dig, 1 assist; Hemmen, 2 aces, 1 assist; Probst, 1 kill, 2 assists; Zumbahlen,1  kill, 18 digs, 1 assist; Mette, 2 kills, 4 digs, 1 assist; Meyer, 1 assist; Koester, 2 kills, 1 dig; Blackwell, 1 dig; Turner, 1 adig; Lee, 1 ace

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Miller, 3 kills, 3 aces; Ramsey, 3 kills; Logue, 3 assists; Barker, 3 assists

At Strasburg

Stewardson-Strasburg defeated Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City in both seventh- and eighth-grade matches Saturday.

Stew-Stras won the seventh-grade match, 25-6, 25-16. Leading the way were Edie Wittenberg with six aces, 3 assists, 3 kills and one block and Karly Wetherell and Jackie Vonderheide with two digs each.

In the eighth-grade matchup, Stew-Stras won 25-15, 25-19.

Kendra Hayes had nine aces, two digs, three assists and three kills while Claire VonBehrens had two digs and three assists.

Both teams are now 9-1 on the season.

In the Pana Seventh-Grade Tournament Saturday, Stew-Stras claimed second place. The team went 2-1, losng the championship match against Pana.

At Strasburg

Seventh-Grade Match

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Wittenberg, 6 aces, 1 dig, 3 assists, 3 kills, 1 block; Vonderheide, 5 aces, 2 digs; Wetherell, 5 aces, 2 digs, 2 kills; Harris, 1 dig; Antrim, 1 ace, 2 kills; Howe, 1 dig; Noffke, 1 ace; Conder, 1 dig, 1 assist

Eighth-Grade Match

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Hayes, 9 aces, 2 digs, 3 assists, 3 kills; VonBehrens, 3 aces, 2 digs, 3 assists; Schumacher, 2 aces, 2 kills; Kull, 6 aes, 2 kills; Porter, 2 ace

Pana Seventh-Grade Tournament

Stewardson-Strasburg -- Wittenberg, 8 aces, 8 digs, 17 assists, 12 kills; Vonderheide, 11 aces, 3 digs, 5 kills; Wetherell, 7 aces, 22 digs, 11 kills; Harris, 2 digs, 1 assist, 2 kills; Antrim, 1 assist, 3 kills; Howe, 1 ace, 6 digs; Reel, 1 dig; Conder, 6 aces, 2 digs, 1 assist