Bulldogs Finish Second at C-W Tourney, EHS Fourth in JV Meet (Updated)

CASEY -- Effingham St. Anthony captured second place in the Casey-Westfield Volleyball Tournament Saturday.

The Bulldogs went 4-1, beating Newton 25-17, 21-25, 15-10; Tolono Unity 25-14, 25-27, 15-11, Heritage 25-13, 25-18 and Cisne 32-30, 23-25, 15-12. St. Anthony then fell to Edwards County (Albion) in the championship match, 26-24, 25-16.

Haylee Mathis and Lauren Wendt were named to the All-Tournament Team. St. Anthony is now 6-2 on the season.

Newton finished pool play in the tourney by winning over Heritage 25-21, 25-15, losing to the Bulldogs, then beating Unity 25-21, 14-25, 15-10. In the Silver Division, Newton lost to Unity 24-26, 25-20, 15-11 then won over Casey-Westfield 25-17, 15-25, 18-16.

The Eagles are now 3-3 on the season.

At Casey-Westfield

Newton Statistics

T. Johnson, 10 aces, 26 kills, 28 digs; A. Cartright, 7 aces, 31 kills; E. Johnson, 7 aces, 38 digs; H. Litzelman, 14 kills, 10 blocks; G. Zerrusen, 44 assists, 5 blocks; B. Koebele, 25 assists

Champaign Central JV Tournament

Effingham finished fourth in the Champaign Central Junior Varsity Tournament Saturday.

The Hearts opened with a victory over Champaign St. Thomas More 25-20, 14-25, 15-9 before falling to Champaign 25-18, 16-25, 15-7. EHS then fell into the third place match and lost to St. Joseph-Ogden 25-23, 25-18.

Mahomet-Seymour won the championship over Champaign. Champaign St. Thomas More finished seventh by beating Urbana. Rantoul won the consolation championship over Lexington.

Champaign Tournament

Effingham -- Chrappa, 24 digs, 5 assists, 2 aces; Roberts, 18 digs, 21 kills, 3 aces, 3 blocks; Heckert, 1 dig, 2 assists; Ikemire, 2 digs; Weis, 13 digs, 48 assists, 7 kills, 2 aces; Pike, 1 dig, 1 assist, 9 kills; Tegeler, 2 assists, 4 kills, 2 blocks; Pruemer, 18 digs, 2 assists, 13 kills, 1 ace; Logan, 2 digs, 15 kills, 6 blocks; Scavone, 2 digs; Green, 1 ace; Garren, 15 digs, 1 assist, 1 ace