WSS Wins NTC Volleyball Tournament Title

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg High School claimed the championship of the National Trail Conference Volleyball Tournament during weekend action at St. Anthony's Enlow Center and Goff Gym.

The tournamnet opened play Thursday and continued Friday.

In Friday action at the Enlow Center, Windsor/Stew-Stras downed St. Elmo/Brownstown, 25-5, 25-7 while Altamont won over SEB, 25-14, 25-21. WSS then beat Altamont 25-18, 25-8.

At Goff Gym, North Clay (Louisville) defeated Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 25-20, 25-11, South Central won over CHBC 25-20, 25-17 and North Clay defeated South Central 25-21, 25-12.

In Saturday play at the Enlow Center:

Bronze Flight

Dieterich beat Cowden-Herrick/Beecher Cty, 25-20, 25-11; CHBC won over SEB 24-26, 25-16, 26-24. Dieterich won the Bronze Flight by beating St. Elmo/Brownstown, 25-14, 25-23.

Silver Flight

South Central beat Altamont, 26-24, 25-14 while South Central won over Neoga 22-25, 25-14, 25-21. Neoga downed Altamont 25-23, 18-25, 25-21. South Central won the Silver Flight.

Gold Flight

Windsor/Stew-Stras then claimed the Gold Flight. St. Anthony opened with a 25-7, 25-21 win over North Clay.

Windsor/Stew-Stras downed North Clay 25-8, 25-16 and finished out with the championship by beating St. Anthony, 31-29, 25-16.

"Wow, the first set was pretty intense against St. Anthony," said WSS Coach Ronda Schlechte. "I wasn't 100 percent sure we were going to pull it off, but we did. The second set we got the momentum finally and took off. We used their frustrations to our advantage.

"Our first matchup we let our mentality beat us and tonight the tide turned and the same happened to them after a hard fought first set. Volleyball is a very mental game and it can hurt even a good team every once in a while."

The Hatchets are 28-5 on the season and will return to action today against Newton celebrating Senior Night.

The Hatchets finished first followed by St. Anthony, North Clay, South Central, Neoga, Altamont, Dieterich, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City and St. Elmo/Brownstown.

Team Statistics

WINDSOR/STEW-STRAS

Vs. St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Kinkelaar, 6 aces, 2 kills, 18 assists, 2 digs; Vonderheide, 3 aces, 4 kills, 1 assist, 10 digs; Moomaw, 1 ace, 6 kills, 3 block assists; Quast, 4 aces, 1 assist, 2 digs; Eident, 2 aces; Wittenberg, 6 kills; M. Friese, 3 kills, 3 block assists; Albert, 2 digs

Vs. Altamont -- Kinkelaar, 2 aces, 2 kills, 21 assists, 4 digs; Vonderheide, 1 ace, 7 kills, 2 assists, 6 digs; Moomaw, 6 aces, 9 kills, 3 digs, 2 block assists; Quast, 2 aces, 1 assist, 4 digs; Hayes, 1 kill, 1 dig; Eident, 1 ace, 1 assist, 3 digs; Wittenberg, 3 kills, 1 block assist; M. Friese, 3 kills, 3 digs, 3 block assists; Albert, 7 digs

Vs. North Clay -- Kinkelaar, 5 aces, 1 kill, 16 assists, 9 digs, 4 block assists; Vonderheide, 5 kills, 5 digs, 1 block assist; Moomaw, 7 aces, 7 kills,2 digs, 2 block assists; Quast, 1 ace, 2 assists, 6 digs; Hayes, 1 block assist; Eident, 5 digs; Wittenberg, 3 kills, 3 block assists; M. Friese, 2 kills, 2 digs, 2 block assists

Vs. St. Anthony -- Kinkelaar, 1 ace, 1 kill, 25 assists, 9 digs; Vonderheide, 1 ace, 11 kills, 12 digs; Moomaw, 1 ace, 10 kills, 3 digs, 1 block assist; Quast, 1 ace, 1 assist, 12 digs; Hayes, 3 kills, 1 dig; Eident, 1 assist, 5 digs; Wittenberg, 3 kills, 1 dig; M. Friese, 2 kills, 4 digs, 1 block assist; Albert, 1 ace, 6 digs

ST. ANTHONY

Four Match Totals -- Wernsing, 1 kill, 5 aces, 47 assists; Gannaway, 1 ace; Rudolphi, 35 kills, 7 aces, 2 blocks; Coffin, 9 kills, 3 blocks, 2 assists; Niebrugge, 3 aces; Vonderheide, 37 assists; A. Hatton, 29 kills, 6 aces; Nuxoll, 5 kills, 1 ace, 4 blocks, 1 assist; Thoele, 2 kills; Passalacqua, 1 ace; C. Hatton, 10 kills, 2 blocks, 2 assists; Kibler, 4 aces; Niemeyer, 8 kills, 4 blocks, 1 assist

ALTAMONT

Friday Matches

Vs. St. Elmo/Brownstown -- P. Osteen, 6 kills, 10 digs, 14 assists; Lemke, 2 blocks; Splechter, 1 kill, 3 digs, 10 assists; Berg, 4 kills, 6 digs; K. Osteen, 3 kills, 1 dig, 1 block; Grunloh, 1 ace, 1 kill, 15 digs; Moore, 6 kills, 1 dig, 1 block; Rippetoe, 2 kills, 1 block; Roedl, 5 digs

Vs. Windsor/Stew-Stras -- P. Osteen, 3 kills, 4 digs, 8 assists; Lemke, 2 kills, 1 dig, 1 block; Splechter, 4 digs, 3 assists; Berg, 5 kills, 4 digs; K. Osteen 7 digs, 2 blocks; Grunloh, 1 ace; Moore, 1 kill, 2 digs; Holinshead, 1 block

Saturday Matches

Vs. South Central -- P. Osteen, 1 ace, 1 kill, 4 digs, 6 assists; Lemke, 2 kills, 1 block; Splechter, 4 assists; Berg, 1 ace, 8 digs; K. Osteen, 2 kills; Moore, 1 kill, 4 digs; Rippetoe, 1 kill; Roedl, 3 digs; Hankins, 6 digs

Vs. Neoga -- P. Osteen, 1 ace, 3 digs, 10 assists; Lemke, 2 aces, 3 kills, 1 block; Splechter, 1 kill, 1 assist; Berg, 3 aces, 3 kills, 5 digs; Moore, 1 ace, 5 kills, 3 digs, 1 block; Sphar, 1 ace, 1 dig; Nelson, 6 assists; Hankins 12 digs

COWDEN-HERRICK/BEECHER CITY

Friday Matches

Vs. North Clay -- Smith, 4 kills, 1 block, 1 dig; Miller, 1 kill, 5 digs; Summers, 1 ace, 8 assists, 4 digs; Rodman, 4 kills, 1 assist, 11 digs; Schlanser, 4 digs; Wallace, 2 kills; Doedtman, 1 kill, 1 assist; Arnett, 3 digs

Vs. South Central -- Smith, 5 kills, 2 aces, 1 assist, 1 dig; Miller, 2 kills, 7 digs; Summers, 1 kill, 9 assists, 3 digs; Rodman, 6 kills, 2 aces, 6 digs; Schlanser, 6 digs; Wallace, 1 kill, 1 block; Doedtman, 1 kill; Arnett, 5 digs

Saturday Matches

Vs. Dieterich -- Smith, 1 kill, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 1 dig; Summer, 3 kills, 7 digs; Summers, 1 kill, 8 assists, 2 digs; Rodman, 2 kills, 9 digs; Schlanser, 13 digs; Wallace, 2 kills, 1 block, 1 dig; Doedtman, 1 dig; Arnett, 1 ace, 4 digs

Vs. St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Smith, 9 kills, 3 blocks, 5 digs; Miller, 3 kills, 25 digs; Summers, 2 kills, 1 ace, 21 assists, 9 digs; Rodman, 5 kills, 1 assist, 1 block, 28 digs; Schlanser, 11 digs; Wallace, 11 kills, 1 ace, 3 blocks, 2 digs; Doedtman, 1 assist 3 digs; Arnett, 1 ace, 10 digs