Newton Nabs Volleyball Title, Area Roundup

Newton High School claimed the championship of the St. Anthony Invitational Saturday.

Newton High School claimed the championship of the Effingham St. Anthony Volleyball Invitational Saturday at the Enlow Center.

In Pool A play, Teutopolis defeated Newton, 25-19, 25-23; Pana won over Tri-County, 25-22, 25-15; Newton downed Tri-County, 25-20, 20-25, 15-13; T-town defeated Pana, 24-26, 26-24, 15-11; Newton won over Pana, 25-19, 25-19 and Teutopolis beat Tri-County 18-25, 25-20, 16-14.

In Pool B action, St. Anthony downed Sullivan, 25-23, 25-22; Shelbyville defeated St. Anthony, 25-16, 27-25; Olney claimed a 25-16, 25-10 win over Sullivan; St. Anthony beat Olney, 25-22, 25-19 and Shelbyville downed Sullivan, 25-2, 25-15.

In crossover play, St. Anthony beat T-town, 25-16, 25-20 and Newton defeated Shelbyville, 25-20, 25-18.

The seventh-place game went to Tri-County over Sullivan, 25-20, 25-20. Pana won the fifth-place contest over Olney, 25-23, 25-23. Shelbyville won the third place match against T-town, no score listed. Newton then defeated St. Anthony, 25-18, 25-19.

Named to the All-Tournament Team were Claudia Watson (Shelbyville), Megan Nuxoll (St. Anthony), Madison Boone (Shelbyville), Danielle Repking (Teutopolis), Kristin Hardiek (Newton), Hannah Litzelman (Newton), Courtny Kman (Olney), Lexie Siegert (Pana), Heidi  Dague (Tri-County) and Brittin Boyer (Sullivan).

Newton Statistics

Koebele, 10 aces, 14 kills, 90 assists, 3 blocks, 31 digs; Johnson, 7 aces, 21 kills, 1 block, 62 digs; Kr. Hardiek, 4 aces, 23 kills, 2 assists, 3 blocks, 41 digs; Cohorst, 2 aces, 8 kills, 85 digs; Ka. Hardiek, 1 ace, 14 digs; Pilman, 1 ace, 6 digs; Litzelman, 33 kills, 6 blocks, 10 digs; Kline, 15 kills, 1 assist, 5 blocks, 14 digs; Hartrich, 1 assist, 1 dig

St. Anthony Statistics

Esker, 5 digs, 22 assists, 2 aces; Doedtman, 7 digs, 1 assist, 17 kills, 3 blocks, 5 aces; Wortman, 36 digs, 1 assist, 1 ace; Will, 11 digs, 1 assist; Moore, 5 digs, 1 kill, 3 aces; Woltman, 31 digs, 32 assists, 7 kills, 1 block, 5 aces; Braunecker, 4 digs, 12 kills, 1 block; Mills, 2 digs ; Nuxoll, 64 digs, 30 kills, 4 blocks, 11 aces; Schultz, 1 dig; Rinker, 3 digs, 8 assists; Dammerman, 23 digs

Flora Tournament

Scores for Dieterich, North Clay (Louisville) and St. Elmo/Brownstown in the Flora Tournament are as follows:

Cisne beat Dieterich, 25-18, 25-16; Dieterich won over Clay City, 25-14, 25-22; Flora downed Dieterich, 25-23, 25-11; North Clay beat Dieterich, 25-21, 25-10 and St. Elmo/Brownstown was a winner over Dieterich, 25-23, 25-13.

Flora beat North Clay, 25-13, 25-18; St. Elmo/Brownstown won over North Clay, 25-15, 25-17; Cisne beat North Clay, 25-9, 25-14; North Clay downed Dieterich, 25-21, 25-10 and North Clay won over Clay City, 25-16, 26-24.

Flora beat St. Elmo/Brownstown, 25-16, 23-25, 15-7; SEB downed North Clay, 25-15, 25-17; Cisne defeated SEB, 25-15, 25-19; SEB downed Clay City 25-18, 25-18 and SEB won over Dieterich, 25-23, 25-13.

At Flora

Dieterich Statistics

Hunzinger, 18 points, 4 aces, 14 digs, 1 kill, 32 assists; Garbe, 2 points, 8 kills, 3 blocks; Winters, 3 points, 2 digs, 17 kills, 3 blocks; Lane, 5 digs; Flach, 20 points, 7 aces, 16 digs, 2 kills; Boerngen, 13 points, 8 aces, 3 digs, 4 kills, 7 assists, 3 blocks; Vahling, 15 points, 6 aces, 22 digs, 9 kills, 1 assist, 1 block; Lane, 17 points, 4 aces, 16 digs

Vandalia Tournament

In the VandaliaTournament, Greenville defeated Beecher City, 25-11, 25-13; Carlyle downed Beecher City, 25-8, 25-10; Staunton won over Beecher City, 25-16, 25-15; Lebanon defeated Beecher City, 27-25, 25-16; Vandalia beat South Central, 25-22, 25-20; Vandalia won over EAWR, 25-15, 25-20; Vandalia downed Lebanon, 253-12, 25-18 and Carlyle won over Vandalia, 27-25, 12-25, 25-12.

Beecher City Staitistics

Haslett, 3 kills, 1 assist, 15 digs; Sloan, 3 aces, 8 kills, 33 digs; Hans, 3 aces, 1 kill, 43 digs; Reed, 3 aces, 2 kills, 2 assists, 9 digs; Johnson, 1 ace, 5 kills, 2 blocks, 7 digs; Kelly, 8 kills, 2 blocks, 15 digs; Kirchhofer, 1 ace, 3 kills, 21 assists, 14 digs; Gates, 9 digs

At Salem

Altamont placed fourth in the Salem Freshman Tournament.  Benton defeated Altamont, 25-14, 25-15 before Altamont won over Mount Vernon, 25-19, 25-14.

Altamont then downed Flora, 25-8, 25-11. Salem won over Altamont, 25-22, 25-21.