Stewardson Trinity Wins Title, Sacred Heart Claims Victories

Members of the Stewardson Trinity volleyball team are, first row, left to right, Jocelyn Schultz, Calla Roney and Megan Schlechte. Second row, left to right, Martina Gratz, Addie Wernsing, Halle Moomaw, Isabelle Gratz and Anna Schlechte. Third row, left to right, Assistant Jamie Brown, Rachel Kessler, Claire Moomaw, Kelsey Beitz and Coach Ronda Schlechte.

Stewardson Trinity Cardinals participated in the Newton St. Thomas Seventh Grade Invitational Saturday.  Trinity defeated Dieterich 25-7, 25-17 and Paris Crestwood 25-12, 25-6.

Trinity beat Albion Lady Lions for the championship title 25-11, 25-10.

"The score doesn’t reflect the actual play of the game," said  Coach Ronda  Schlechte. "We did have to work for this game since Albion does have some height."

The Trinity Cardinals are now 8-0 for the seventh grade season.  The Cardinals will attend the St. Anthony eighth grade tournament this coming Saturday.

St. Anthony fell to Newton St. Thomas 25-8, 25-16. then won over Dieterich 25-22, 25-18 to finish in fifth place.

Newton St. Thomas Tournament

Stewardson Trinity -- Jocelyn Schultz, 20 pts, 8 aces, 2 kill, 3 digs, 36 assists; Megan Schlechte, 25 pts, 14 aces, 21 kills, 1 dig, 1 assist; Calla Roney, 18 pts, 6 aces, 17 kills, 4 digs, 1 assist; Anna Schlechte, 42 pts, 21 aces, 1 kill, 2 assists; Martina Gratz, 21 pts, 7 aces, 6 digs, 1 assist; Rachel Kessler, 13 pts, 6 aces, 2 digs, 1 assist Claire Moomaw, 8 pts, 1 ace, 4 digs, 2 kills; Addie Wernsing, 3 pts

Effingham St. Anthony -- Kabbes, 1 assist, 3 kills, 7 aces; Koester, 1 kill; Moore, 2 assists, 1 kill, 3 aces; Richards, 6 kills, 10 aces; Kinkelaar, 1 kill, 4 aces; L. Day, 5 aces; Jones, 1 ace

At Effingham

Effingham Sacred Heart defeated Stewardson-Strasburg in all three matches.

The Shamrocks won the seventh-grade contest 23-25, 25-18, 25-19 to remain unbeaten at 6-0 on the season. In eighth-grade play, Sacred Heart improved to 5-1 with 25-15, 17-25, 29-27 victories.

In fifth-sixth grade action, Sacred Heart won 38-25.

At Effingham

Seventh-Grade Match

Sacred Heart -- Koester, 5 points, 2 assists, 2 digs; Maxman, 1 point, 1 dig; Carie, 1 ace, 6 points, 7 kills, 1 assist, 3 digs; Webster, 5 aces, 10 points, 6 kills, 2 digs; Bushue, 1 ace, 4 points; Stock, 9 aces, 11 points, 2 kills, 7 assists, 1 dig; Feldhake, 3 aces, 6 points, 2 kills

Eighth-Grade Match

Sacred Heart -- Cordes, 3 aces, 11 points, 7 kills; Schmidt, 5 points, 3 assists; Malone, 2 aces, 6 points; Buenker, 1 ace, 4 points, 1 kill, 2 digs; Brandenburg-Mills, 11 points, 8 assists, 3 digs; Schamhart, 5 kills, 3 digs; McWhorter, 4 points, 1 assist; Miller, 1 assist; Hoelscher, 2 kills

Fifth-Sixth Grade Match

Sacred Heart -- Hackman, 1 kill; Hanfland, 1 assist; Buenker, 2 points, 1 assist; Bushue, 2 aces, 8 points, 3 kills, 1 block; Carie, 2 aces, 4 points, 1 assist; Feldhake, 9 points, 1 kill