Junior High Volleyball -- Jan. 29

St. Anthony and Effingham squared off in city junior high school volleyball action Thursday evening at Goff Gym.

The Bullpups picked up the seventh-grade match, going three games before winning. Effingham won the opener 26-24 before St. Anthony came back with a 25-21 victory and then took the match 25-18. It was the first loss of the season for the Mustangs who drop to 6-1.

In eighth-grade action, Effingham was a winner 25-22, 25-17. The Mustangs improved to 5-2.

At St. Anthony

Seventh-Grade Match

Effingham -- Martin, 7 kills, 1 assist, 2 aces; Kull, 2 kills, 6 assists, 5 aces, 3 digs; O'Dell, 2 kills, 8 assists, 4 aces, 1 dig; Budde, 2 kills, 2 assists, 1 ace, 3 digs; Niebrugge, 5 kills; Krouse, 3 kills, 1 assist, 1 ace

St. Anthony -- Beesley, 2 kills, 2 aces; Dy, 1 dig, 5 aces; Mathis, 1 assist, 2 aces; Meskimen, 4 kills, 2 aces; Al. Niebrugge, 1 dig; Rogers, 4 assists, 2 kills, 2 aces; Slaughter, 4 kills

Eighth-Grade Match

Effingham -- Douthit, 1 kill, 3 digs; Funneman, 3 kills, 1 assist, 4 aces, 4 digs; Fox, 4 kills, 7 assists; Fearday, 3 kills, 4 assists, 5 aces, 3 digs; Buscher, 4 kills, 1 block; Kuhlman, 2 kills, 1 block, 2 digs; Russell, 3 assists, 2 digs; Schafer, 2 aces

St. Anthony -- Gibson, 2 digs, 1 kill; Jones, 1 dig; Kabbes, 2 digs, 2 kills 1 ace; Kinkelaar, 1 kill, 1 block, 1 ace; Moore, 5 assits; Richards, 1 dig, 2 kills, 1 block, 2 aces

At Beecher City

Effingham Sacred Heart downed Beecher City in both matches Thursday evening.

The Shamrocks won the seventh-grade match 25-20, 25-23. In eighth-grade play, Sacred Heart was a winner over Beecher City 25-9, 25-11.

At Beecher City

Seventh-Grade Match

Sacred Heart -- Hakman, 1 kill; Hanfland, 2 kills, 7 aces, 1 dig, 11 points; Carie, 3 kills, 4 assists, 1 ace, 1 point; Buenker, 3 kills, 2 assists, 1 ace, 1 dig, 2 points; Reynolds, 1 kill; Bushue, 2 kills, 11 aces, 15 points; Koester, 1 dig; Smith, 2 kills, 2 points

Eighth-Grade Match

Sacred Heart -- Marxmann, 2 kills, 5 aces, 6 points; Carie, 3 kills, 2 aces, 1 dig, 8 points; Koester, 2 kills, 3 aces, 6 points; Stock, 2 kills, 7 assists, 2 aces, 3 points; Webster, 2 kills, 2 assists, 6 aces, 1 dig, 10 points; Feldhake, 2 kills, 1 ace, 2 points