EHS Places Third, Newton Competes, T-town At Buerkett VB Tourney

The Hearts competed in pool play and defeated Robinson, 23-25 25-18, 15-7. Bella Austin had 16 kills and only one error in 29 hit attempts. Bria Beals added seven kills and five aces.

The Hearts then beat Fairfield Junior Varsity, 25-19 22-22.

EHS advanced to the Gold Flight where they won over  Carmi, 25-23, 14-25, 15-9. With that victory, Coach Laurie Bohnhoff now has 400 coaching career victories.

EHS then fell to Norris City-Omaha-Enfield, 27-25, 20-25, 15-9 to finish third.

Austin and Sidney Donaldson made the All-Tournament Team.

Winning the Gold Flight was Edwards County followed by Norris City-Omaha-Enfield in second.

Newton competed in pool play and lost to Carmi 25-18, 23-25, 15-12 then won over Charleston 23-25, 25-21, 15-13.

The Eagles then moved into Silver bracket play and lost to Robinson, 25-21, 22-25, 15-11 then defeated Oblong 25-16, 25-9 and won over Mount Carmel, 25-19, 19-25 15-4.

Newton now sports a 20-13 record.

Edwards County Tournament

Effingham Statistics -- Wolfe, 4 digs; Ballman, 2 assists, 20 digs; Donaldson, 30 kills, 1 assist, 13 blocks, 12 digs; Pullen, 53 assists, 4 aces, 25 digs; Thompson, 7 kills, 81 assists, 3 aces, 4 blocks, 24 digs; Boone, 4 kills, 5 assists, 3 aces, 1 block, 23 digs; Delong, 19 kills, 1 assist, 7 blocks, 5 digs; Beals, 27 kills, 2 assists, 8 aces, 5 blocks, 37 digs; Katt, 6 kills, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 5 digs; Martin, 5 kills, 7 digs; Austin, 49 kills, 6 aces, 3 blocks, 57 digs; Love, 6 kills, 2 digs; Hecht, 3 assists; Frey, 1 kill

Newton Statistics -- Mahaffey, 6 aces, 5 kills, 46 assists, 15 digs; Bennett, 5 aces, 1 kill, 6 assists, 71 digs; Martin, 5 aces, 23 kills, 5 assists, 1 block, 43 digs; Zumbahlen, 5 aces, 44 kills, 5 assists, 2 blocks, 24 digs; Schafer, 4 aces, 26 kills, 80 assists, 1 block, 25 digs; Stanley, 3 aces, 8 kills, 3 assists, 2 blocks; Kessler, 21 kills, 1 assist, 4 blocks, 5 digs; Bierman, 1 ace, 1 kill; Frichtl, 18 kills, 1 block, 13 digs; Meinhart, 4 kills, 1 assist, 2 digs; Collins, 1 kill; Pitcher, 1 kill

At Champaign

Teutopolis competed in the Morgan Buerkett Tournament at St.Thomas More Saturday.

The Wooden Shoes lost to Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 25-21, 25-23.

They then won over Cerro Gordo-Bement, 25-22, 25-20.

The Shoes then lost to St. Thomas More, 25-17, 20-25, 15-11. The Shoes then won over Athens, 25-20, 25-21.

They finished out with a loss to Monticello, 26-24, 27-26.

At Champaign

Vs. Paxton-Buckley-Loda -- Deters, 3 kills,1 dig; Niemerg, 4 kills, 4 digs; Einhorn,  4 kills, 1 block; Dittamore, 1 kill; Pals, 2 kills 3 digs; Zumbahlen, 1 kill, 3 digs; A. Ruholl, 9 digs; A. Ruholl, 4 digs, 1 assist; Swingler, 1 dig; Zumbahlen, 3 digs, 16 assists; Tebbe, 2 digs, 2 aces; Wall, 2 aces

Vs. Cerro Gordo-Bement -- Deters, 1 kill, 4 digs, 1 ace, 2 blocks; Niemerg, 5 kills, 6 digs; Einhorn, 3 kills, 4 digs, 1 ace, 1 assist, 2 blocks; Dittamore, 3 kills; Pals, 6 kills, 4 digs, 1 block; Zumbahlen, 1 kill, 2 digs, 1 ace, 14 assists, 1 block; C. Ruholl, 6 digs; Wall, 4 digs, 1 ace; Swingler, 2 digs, 4 aces; A. Ruholl, 3 digs; Jorday, 5 assists

Vs. St. Thomas More -- Deters, 9 kills, 4 digs, 2 aces; Niemerg, 9 kills, 9 digs, 2 aces; Einhorn, 1 kill, 2 digs, 1 block; Dittamore, 3 kills, 3 blocks; Pals, 8 kills, 5 digs, 1 assist; C. Ruholl, 13 digs; Wall, 4 digs; A. Ruholl, 1 dig; Swingler, 3 digs; Probst, 1 dig, 2 aces, 12 assists; Zumbahlen, 3 digs, 17 assists, 1 block; Brummer, 1 dig

Vs. Athens -- Deters, 4 kills, 1 ace; Niemerg, 2 kills, 1 dig, 1 block; Einhorn, 3 kills, 3 aces, 1 assist; Dittamore, 4 kills; Pals, 4 kills, 4 digs, 1 assist; Zumbahlen, 1 kill, 1 dig, 17 assists, 1 block; C. Ruholl, 7 digs; Wall, 7 digs; Swingler, 4 digs, 4 aces; Tebbe, 2 aces; Pals, 1 ace

Vs. Monticello -- Deters, 6 kills, 2 digs, 1 ace; Niemerg, 5 kills, 2 digs, 3 aces; Einhorn, 2 kills, 1 ace; Dittamore, 3 kills, 1 dig; Pals, 2 kills, 2 digs; C. Ruholl 12 digs; Wall, 1 dig, 2 aces; Ruholl, 1 dig; Swingler, 2 digs, 1 ace; Probst, 2 digs, 5 assists; Zumbahlen, 1 dig, 7 assists; Tebbe, 1 ace; Jordan, 3 assists