Junior High Volleyball -- Jan. 22

Effingham St. Anthony captured the eighth-grade contest over Newton St. Thomas in volleyball competition Thursday evening.

The Bullpups won 25-23, 25-20. In the seventh-grade match, Newton St. Thomas was a winner. St. Thomas won the opener 25-22 before St. Anthony came back 25-14. St. Thomas then went out at 25-23 for the match.

At Newton

Seventh-Grade Match

St. Anthony -- Beesley, 2 kills; Dy, 1 dig, 1 kill, 3 aces; Mathis, 1 dig, 2 assists, 2 aces; Meskimen, 4 kills, 4 aces; Al. Niebrugge, 1 ace; Au. Niebrugge, 1 dig, 2 aces; Rogers, 3 assists; Slaughter, 1 kill, 1 ace

Eighth-Grade Match

St. Anthony -- Gibson, 1 ace; Jones, 1 dig; Kabbes, 1 dig, 2 kills, 3 aces; Kinkelaar, 11 kills; Moore, 14 assists, 4 aces; Richards, 1 dig, 9 kills; Zeller, 2 assists, 1 kill

At Strasburg

Stewardson-Strasburg downed Effingham Sacred Heart in seventh and eighth grade action Thursday evening.

Stew-Stras had to go three games before downing the Shamrocks in seventh-grade play, 26-24, 15-25, 25-18. Sacred Heart drops to 3-3 on the season.

In the eighth-grade match, Stew-Stras won the opener 25-15 before Sacred Heart came back with a 25-13 victory. Stew-Stras then won 25-22. Sacred Heart is now 4-2.

In a fifth-grade contest, Sacred Heart won 15-3, 15-4, 15-2 to improve to 3-0-2.

At Strasburg

Seventh-Grade Match

Sacred Heart -- Hakman, 1 dig, 1 point; Hanfland, 2 kills, 2 aces, 1 dig, 5 points; Carie, 4 kills, 3 assists, 3 aces, 2 digs, 8 points; Buenker, 4 assists, 4 aces, 1 dig, 1 point; Reynolds, 13 points; Bushue, 3 kills, 11 points; Feldhake, 4 kills, 1 assist, 1 ace, 2 digs

Eighth-Grade Match

Sacred Heart -- Carie, 3 kills 2 assists, 4 aces, 4 digs, 12 points; Marxmann, 1 dig; Koester, 2 kills, 1 ace, 3 digs, 2 points; Ca. Bushue, 2 digs; M. Bushue, 1 kill, 2 digs, 1 block, 5 points; Stock, 2 kills, 17 assists, 2 aces, 6 digs, 3 points; Webster, 11 kills, 5 aces, 8 digs, 1 block, 5 points; Feldhake, 1 kill, 1 assist, 2 aces, 3 digs, 8 points

Fifth-Grade Match

Sacred Heart -- Ch. Bushue, 1 point; Hakman, 1 assist, 3 aces; Goldstein, 2 kills, 2 aces, 4 points; Rozene, 3 aces, 14 points; Jenson, 1 point; Karolewicz, 2 points; Koester, 1 kill

At Altamont

Jasper County downed Altamont in seventh-grade competition Thursday evening, 26-25, 24-16.

In the eighth-grade match, Jasper County was a 25-22, 25-9 winner.

At Altamont

Seventh-Grade Match

Jasper County -- Carr, 1 assist, 1 kill; Grunloh, 7 points, 2 aces, 1 assist, 1 kill; Jansen, 4 pionts, 2 aces, 1 assist; Probst, 6 points, 1 ace, 1 assist, 1 kill; Smith, 9 points, 6 aces, 1 kill; Zumbahlen, 2 points, 1 ace, 1 kill

Eighth-Grade Match

Jasper County -- Bergbower, 3 points, 1 ace, 4 kills; Blecha, 1 assist, 2 kills; Goss, 1 kill; Hartke, 1 point, 1 ace; Pitcher, 3 points, 1 ace, 3 kills; Rice, 11 points, 5 aces, 10 assist; Russell, 3 points, 3 aces, 3 assists, 2 kills; Weidner, 8 points, 4 ace, 4 kills