EHS Places Third at Pana Volleyball Tourney

PANA -- Effingham High School captured third place at the Pana Volleyball Tournament Saturday.

The Hearts beat Champaign St. Thomas More 25-18, 21-25, 16-14 then fell to host Pana 27-25, 15-25, 15-12. EHS beat Nokomis 25-13, 25-11 before losing to Shelbyville 26-24, 25-21. The Hearts faced Pana once again and this time won 25-20, 25-18 to take third place.

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg competed in the tourney and finished with a 3-2 record. The Hatchets lost to Rochester 25-20, 25-21 and Shelbyville 25-12, 28-26 before winning over Neoga 25-20, 25-19; Nokomis 25-10, 25-15 and St. Thomas More, 25-18, 25-22.

"At times we played really well," said WSS Coach Rhonda Schlechte. "This competition is good for the girls to have to push through. We let down here and there but was able to bounce back and we didn't give up. We stayed with Rochester and fought back in set two of Shelbyville, so I'm pretty pleased with the day."

Pana Tournament

Effingham -- Armstrong, 1 assist; Chrappa, 22 digs; Cordes, 1 kill; Fred, 29 kills, 4 aces, 4 blocks, 31 digs; Garren, 3 aces, 4 digs; Martin, 9 kills, 3 blocks, 4 digs; Meinhart, 1 dig; Nunamaker, 39 kills, 2 assists, 2 aces, 9 blocks, 12 digs; Pike, 15 kills, 52 assists, 2 aces, 10 blocks, 34 digs; Ramey, 50 kills, 4 assists, 8 aces, 1 block, 42 digs; Webster, 4 kills, 76 assists, 7 aces, 1 block, 24 digs

Windsor/Stew-Stras -- Bennett, 2 aces, 19 kills, 2 assists, 27 digs, 6 block assists; Kaufman, 5 aces, 14 kills, 5 digs, 1 solo block, 4 block assists; Gentry,1  ace, 11 kills, 2 assists, 30 digs, 1 block assist; Tabbert, 8 aces, 17 kills, 35 assists, 26 digs, 1 block assist; Cole, 2 assists, 27 digs; Roney, 6 kills, 3 assists, 4 digs; Conder, 1 kill, 1 assist; Austin, 2 kills, 2 assists, 2 digs, 1 solo block; Haddock, 4 kills, 7 assists, 4 digs, 2 solo blocks; Schultz, 6 aces, 46 assists, 17 digs; Bean, 3 aces, 2 kills, 1 dig