Hearts Beat Braves, Area Volleyball Roundup

The Hearts won 25-17, 25-21. Bella Austin led the way in kills with 11. Hannah Thompson had 19 assists and led in aces with four. Berkley Pullen, Raegan Boone, Reaghan Delong and Alyssa Martin had one block each. Bria Beals had eight digs.

In the junior varsity contest, the Hearts were winners, 25-17, 25-21. Layni Frey led in kills with nine. Pullen led in assists with eight. Alyssa Martin had three aces. McKenzie Love and Ashlyn Davis led in blocks with two each. Averie Wolfe had a whopping 23 digs in the contest.

Effingham also won a freshman/sophomore contest, 21-18, 19-21, 15-9.

The Hearts return to action Saturday in the Champaign Junior Varsity Tournament and the varsity is back in action Tuesday at Taylorville.

At Efifngham

Varsity Match

Effingham -- Donaldson, 6 kills, 2 digs; Ballman, 6 digs; Pullen, 3 assists, 1 block, 3 digs; Thompson, 19 assists, 4 aces, 4 digs; Boone, 2 kills, 1 ace, 1 block, 2 digs; Delong, 1 block; Beals, 3 kills, 8 digs; Katt, 1 kill; Martin, 1 block, 4 digs; Austin, 11 kills, 3 aces, 7 digs

Junior Vasrity Game

Effingham -- Wolfe, 1 kill, 23 digs; Hecht, 4 assists, 1 ace, 6 digs; Engel, 2 digs; Pullen, 1 kill, 8 assists, 5 digs; Delong, 6 kills, 2 digs; Frey, 9 kills, 2 aces, 6 digs; Martin, 4 kills, 4 assists, 3 aces, 7 digs; Burgholzer, 2 kills, 1 block, 8 digs; Love, 2 kills, 5 assists, 2 blocks; Davis, 2 kills, 2 blocks, 3 digs

At St. Elmo

South Central handed St. Elmo/Brownstown a loss in volleyball competition Thursday.

The Cougars were winners, 25-18, 25-10. Brooke Cowger led in kills with nine and aces with three. Jalynn Mitchell led the winners in digs with six. Reagan Roberts had seven assists. Lauren Johnson also had three aces. 

SEB was led by Addie Sasse with six points, four kills, two blocked shots and eight assists. Peyton Garrard had 14 digs.

St. Elmo/Brownstown won the junior varsity match, 25-21, 26-24. South Central claimed the freshman/sophomore contest, 25-21, 25-17.

The Cougars are 3-1 in varsity play, 2-2 in JV action and 1-1-1 in freshman/sophomore play.

At St. Elmo

South Central -- Runge, 2 digs, 1 assist; Yates, 3 assists, 2 digs; Mitchell, 6 digs, 1 ace; Roberts, 7 assists, 3 digs; Chambers, 2 kills, 2 digs; Cowger, 9 kills, 4 digs, 3 aces; Jenne, 1 kill; Wodtka, 2 kills, 1 ace; Johnson, 1 kill, 3 aces; Schaal, 1 kill

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Sasse, 6 points, 4 kills, 2 blocked shots, 8 assists; Stine, 3 points, 3 kills; Williams, 1 kill, 1 blocked shot; Ledbetter, 2 kills; Gammon, 4 points, 2 kills; Garrard, 1 ace, 5 points, 1 kill, 1 assist, 14 digs; Strobel, 1 point, 1 blocked shot

At Sullivan

Altamont fell to Sullivan in Thursday evening action by 25-12, 25-16 counts.

Altamont was led by Riley Rippetoe with five kills, Peyton Osteen and Della Berg with one ace each. Libby Reardon had seven digs. P. Osteen led in assists with eight and  one blocked shot. Grace Lemke and Kylie Osteen had one blocked shot each.

At Sullivan

Varsity Match

Altamont -- P. Osteen, 1 ace, 4 kills, 1 dig, 8 assists, 1 block; Reardon, 3 kills, 7 digs, 1 assist; Lemke, 3 kills, 2 digs, 1 assist, 1 block; Splechter, 1 kill, 2 digs, 7 assists; Berg, 1 ace, 2 kills, 3 digs; K. Osteen, 2 kills, 1 dig, 1 block; Grunloh, 6 digs; Moore, 2 kills, 1 dig; Rippetoe, 5 kills; Roedl, 1 dig

At Teutopolis

St. Joseph-Ogden captured a varsity win over Teutopolis in Thursday play, 22-25, 25-21, 25-15.

"The key moment was in the second set, a brief T-town run to take the lead was ended by a net violation and a succeeding hitting error on the next play. We could not get within three after that," said T-town Coach Jim Dietz.

"We played well but when you play quality programs, they recover from losing first sets. SJO is one of the top 2-A teams in the state. They have great outside hitters and can get the ball to them. We put too many freeballs to the middle of the court and they were able to run their offense effectively the last two-thirds of the night.

"With that said, we played hard, we improved on a couple of problem areas from last week and it was great to have a rowdy student section and their Hawaiian theme, so I'm looking forward to what they cook up for next week."

The Shoes were led in statistics by Emma Deters with 11 kills, TaNeal Einhorn with six blocks, RyLee Dittamore with two aces, Claresa Ruholl with 19 digs and Danielle Probst with 15 assists.

The Shoes junior varsity team was a winner 25-16, 25-18. Kaley Jordan led in assists with 13. Madison Miller had nine kills, Olivia Cates led with 17 digs. Elise Pals had three blocked shots

At Teutopolis

Varsity Match

Teutopolis -- Deters, 11 kills, 1 ace, 1 block, 1 dig; Niemerg, 3 kills, 1 block, 6 digs; Einhorn, 6 kills, 6 blocks, 4 digs; Dittamore, 3 kills, 2 aces, 7 digs; Pals, 2 kills, 1 ace , 3 blocks; Zumbahlen, 1 kill, 2 blocks, 7 assists; C. Ruholl, 19 digs; Wall, 3 digs; A. Ruholl, 2 digs, 1 assist; Probst, 15 assists, 3 digs; Tebbe, 4 aces

Junior Varsity Match

Teutopolis -- Jordan, 1 dig, 13 assists; Brummer, 1 kill, 1 block; Tegeler, 4 kills, 9 digs; Smith, 2 digs, 3 assists; Miller, 9 kills, 1 block; Pals, 7 kills, 3 blocks, 1 dig; Swingler, 1 kill, 1 ace, 6 digs, 1 assist; Mette, 1 kill, 1 block; Horn, 1 kill, 1 ace, 1 dig; Gardewine, 2 digs; Swingler, 3 aces, 1 dig, 7 assists; Cates, 5 aces, 17 digs

At Ramsey

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City dropped the varsity match to Ramsey Thursday.

Ramsey won the opener 25-20 but CHBC came back with a 25-21 count. Ramsey then won the match, 25-23.

The Bobcats were led by Karlee Smith with 12 kills, Ellie Miller with two aces, Marissa Summers with 23 assists, Macee Rodman and Kyleigh Wallace with one block each and Birgen Schlanser with 26 digs.

CHBC won the junior varsity match, 25-11, 25-20 and the freshman/sophomore match 25-23, 25-21.

At Ramsey

Varsity Match

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Smith, 12 kills, 4 digs; Miller, 4 kills, 2 aces, 15 digs; Summers, 2 kills, 23 assists, 9 digs; Rodman, 5 kills, 1 block, 23 digs; Schlanser, 26 digs; Wallace, 4 kills, 1 block; Arnett, 1 ace, 6 digs

At Dieterich

Marshall tallied a victory over host Dieterich in Thursday competition.

Dieterich won the opener 25-21 but Marshall came back with 25-20, 25-23 scores for the victory.

Leading Dieterich were Olivia Brummer with 10 kills, Ruby Westendorf with four aces, Ella Kreke with 15 digs and 16 assists and Allie Uthell with three blocks.

In junior varsity play, Dieteich was a winner. It was the opposite of the varsity as Marshall won the opener 25-20 but Dieterich came back to take the match 25-12, 25-18. Uthell led in aces with five, digs with seven and had two kills. Kinli Michl ledi n kills with five. Grace Hahn had seven assists. Bailey Brummer had one block.

At Dieterich

Varsity Match

Dieterich -- O. Brummer, 2 aces, 5 digs, 10 kills, 1 block; McWhorter, 2 digs, 2 assists; Westendorf, 4 aces, 5 digs, 6 kills, 1 assist, 1 block; Kreke, 1 ace, 15 digs, 2 kills, 16 assists; McClain, 2 digs; Michl, 11 digs, 5 kills; Verdeyen, 1 dig; Utell, 13 digs, 2 kills, 3 blocks; Michl, 2 digs

Junior Varsity Match

Dieterich -- Verdeyen, 1 ace, 2 digs, 1 kill; Bierman, 4 digs; Blackwell, 1 ace, 1 kill; Brummer, 3 aces, 1 kill, 1 block; Hahn, 2 aces, 7 assists; Uthell, 5 aces, 7 digs, 2 kills; Michl, 5 digs, 5 kills, 1 assist; Niemeyer, 1 dig, 4 assists; Will, 2 aces, 4 kills

At Toledo

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg picked up victories over Cumberland Thursday.

The Hatchets won the varsity match, 25-17, 25-9.

Leading Cumberland were McKenzie Matteson with two kills, Katelyn Shoemaker with one assist and four blocks, Megan Yaw with two aces and Suzy Fritts with five digs.

WSS also won the junior varsity match, 25-22, 25-14.

At Toledo

Varsity Match

Cumberland -- Yaw, 2 aces, 1 dig; Matteson, 2 killsl, 2 blocks, 2 digs; Fritts, 5 digs; K. Shoemaker, 1 assist, 1 kill, 4 blocks, 2 digs; H. Shoemaker, 1 block; Thornton, 1 kill, 1 block, 3 digs; Dittamore, 1 block

At Louisville

North Clay/Clay City defeated Lawrenceville, 25-14, 25-17.

The Cardinals improved to 7-2 on the season.

In junior varsity action, Lawrenceville was a winner, 25-23, 16-25, 15-5.