Junior High Volleyball -- Feb. 17

The National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Volleyball Tournament was supposed to start Saturday but due to the weather conditions, it was postponed.

The tournament will now begin Wednesday with opening round matches starting at 3:30 p.m.

At Effingham

Effingham hosted seventh- and eighth-grade volleyball tournaments Saturday.

In the seventh-grade meet, Teutopolis won over Effingham. Effingham won the opening set 27-25 but T-town came back with 25-11, 25-12 scores for the match.

Trinity won over Effingham St. Anthony, 25-21, 11-25, 15-9.

Effingham faced St. Anthony and was a winner 25-15, 25-23.

Trinity defeated Teutopolis, 15-25, 25-18, 15-7.

On Court 3, Teutopolis  B downed Effingham B, 25-15, 25-18.

The eighth-grade teams played in the Kessler's Crossroads Classic Sideout Shootout Tournament.

In the Red Pool, Effingham beat Mount Pulaski, 12-25, 25-20, 15-11; Edwards County (Albion) won over Mount Pulaski, 20-25, 25-22, 15-8 and Trinity defeated Mount Pulaski, 25-20, 25-14 on Court 1.

On Court 2, Trinity beat Edwards County, 25-23, 25-15 and defeated Effingham, 25-9, 25-16. Effingham won over Edwards County, 25-23, 25-21.

In the Black Pool on Court 3, St. Anthony beat Hartem, 25-16, 25-19, Hartem then won over Teutopolis, 20-25, 25-23, 15-5 and downed Massac County, 26-24, 25-19.

On Court 4, Massac County beat Teutopolis, 25-21, 25-14 and downed St. Anthony, 25-23, 25-15. Teutopolis then defeated St. Anthony, 25-21, 26-24.

After pool play, Trinity had a 3-0 record, Massac County 2-1, Hartem 2-1, Effingham 2-1, St. Anthony 1-2, Teutopolis 1-2, Edwards County (Albion) 1-2 and Mount Pulaski 0-3.

Massac County then met Trinity for the championship and won 25-14, 25-11. The third place match went to Hartem over Effingham, 22-25, 25-6, 15-7.

The fifth place match went to St. Anthony over Edwards County (Albion), 19-25, 25-12, 15-10 and the seventh place match went to Teutopolis over Mount Pulaski, 25-12, 25-18

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Tournament

Effingham -- Pankau, 1 kill; Niebrugge, 2 digs; Veach, 5 kills, 1 dig; Hahney, 1 kill, 12 assists, 5 aces, 2 digs; Wade, 7 kills, 6 assists; Lots, 1 kill; Schoonver, 2 digs; Martin, 7 kills 3 assists, 4 aces, 1 dig; Johnson, 5 aces

Eighth-Grade Tournament

Effingham -- McCord, 1 kill; Althoff, 6 kills, 18 assists, 4 aces, 9 digs; Cekander, 9 kills,14 digs, 1 block; Miller, 1 kill, 18 assists, 2 aces, 5 digs; Summers, 4 aces, 2 digs; Spicer, 13 kills, 1 assist, 8 aces, 14 digs; Barnes, 11 kills, 10 digs; Poe, 2 kills, 5 aces, 2 assists; Baker, 1 kill; Koenig, 18 kills, 6 aces, 9 digs; Flesner, 9 digs; Rubin, 3 digs; Maxedon, 1 ace