Bulldogs win, Hearts Drop AC Contest, Area Volleyball Roundup

Effingham St. Anthony High School picked up a non-conference volleyball victory over Teutopolis Thursday evening. The Bulldogs won 25-17, 25-17.

Lauren Wente and Megan Nuxoll had four kills each for the Bulldogs. Haylee Mathias had eight digs and 13 assists. Wente and Maggie Mumm had two blocks each.

In junior varsity action, Teutopolis won 25-23, 25-23.

At St. Anthony

Varsity Match

St. Anthony -- Wortman, 3 digs; Mathias, 1 kill, 8 digs, 13 assists, 1 block; Wente, 1 ace, 4 kills, 2 blocks; Braunecker, 3 kills, 1 dig; Mumm, 2 kills, 6 digs, 3 assists, 2 blocks; Nuxoll, 4 kills, 3 digs; Schultz, 3 digs; Schmidt, 1 ace, 3 kills, 2 digs, 1 assist

At Effingham

Salem claimed an Apollo Conference victory over Effingham 25-17, 25-16. The Hearts drop to 3-2 in the conference, 8-9 overall.

EHS was led by Josie Zerrusen with nine digs, Felicia Totten with nine assists and Brittany Beals and Chandler Ramey with four kills each.

The Wildcats also claimed the junior varsity contest, 25-15, 25-21 and the exhibition match 25-20, 25-10.

At Effingham

Varsity Match

Effingham -- Donaldson, 7 digs, 3 kills, 1 block; Beals, 1 assist, 4 kills, 1 block; Zerrusen, 9 digs, 1 assist, 1 ace, 1 block; Ramey, 3 digs, 4 kills, 1 block; Totten, 6 digs, 9 assists; Robb, 1 dig, 2 kills, 1 ace, 1 block; Fred, 5 digs, 1 ace

Junior Varsity Match

Effingham -- Chrappa, 4 digs, 1 assist, 1 ace; Roberts, 9 digs, 5 kills; Weis, 6 digs, 15 assists; Pike, 2 kills; Tegeler, 1 assist, 2 kills, 1 block; Pruemer, 8 digs, 4 kills, 1 ace, 2 blocks; Logan, 1 kill; Nunamaker, 1 dig, 5 kills, 3 blocks; Mitchell, 8 digs

Exhibition Match

Effingham -- Depoister, 1 dig; Habing, 2 kills; Meinhart, 6 digs, 3 assists; Garren, 9 digs; Baker, 1 dig, 1 kill; Shah, 2 assists; Pike, 2 digs, 1 kill, 1 ace; Pagel, 1 assist; Scavone, 1 assist; Goss, 2 digs; Borries, 1 dig, 1 kill; Cain, 1 kill, 1 ace; Webster, 2 digs, 3 kills; Kremicka, 1 dig

At Strasburg

Stewardson-Strasburg dominated in a non-conference victory over Mulberry Grove Thursday evening. The Comets won 25-9, 25-2 to improve to 12-5 on the season.

"The girls were able to keep play on our side at our level tonight," said Stew-Stras Coach Ronda Schlechte. "Offense ran smoothly and serving was strong.We kept up the momentum and played well."

Clara Kaufman led in aces with six. Kendall Knop had six kills and two digs. Becca Schlechte led in assists with two anad had two digs. Brittani Tabbert also contributed two digs.

In the junior varsity match, Stew-Stras won 25-10, 25-17 to improve to 7-5.

At Strasburg

Varsity Match

Stew-Stras -- Schlechte, 3 aces, 1 kill, 12 assists, 2 digs; Quast, 4 kills, 4 assists; Knop, 4 aces, 6 kills, 2 digs; Tabbert, 2 aces, 3 kills, 2 digs; Stremming, 3 kills; Kaufman, 6 aces, 2 kills

Junior Varsity Match

Stew-Stras -- Conder, 2 aces, 10 assists, 1 dig; Vonderheide, 2 kills, 4 digs; Milby, 1 ace, 4 digs; Garrett, 1 kill, 2  digs; Slifer, 3 aces, 3 kills, 1 assist, 1 dig; Beitz, 3 aces, 4 kills; Gratz, 2 aces, 5 kills, 1 dig

At Altamont

Altamont picked up a National Trail Conference win over Beecher City, 25-10, 25-19. Altamont improves to 6-1 in the conference, 18-5 overall.

White led in kills with five and had an ace and four stuff blocks. Wendling had nine assists and Johnson led in digs with five.

Beecher City was led by Kirby Herrmann with two aces, two kills and seven digs. Kacie Hilt had three assists. The Eagles drop to 5-16 overall.

At Altamont

Varsity Match

Beecher City -- Haslett, 3 digs; Sloan, 1 kill, 2 digs; Johnson, 1 dig; Hilt, 3 assists, 2 digs; Herrmann, 2 aces, 2 kills, 1 block, 7 digs; Buzzard, 5 digs; Kelly, 1 ace, 1 kill; Reed, 2 digs

Altamont -- White, 5 kills, 1 ace, 4 stuff blocks, 2 digs; Alwardt, 4 kills, 1 ace; Kopplin, 3 kills, 3 digs; Laatsch, 2 kills, 3 aces; Ledbetter, 1 kill, 1 ace, 3 digs, 1 stuff block; Wendling, 1 kill, 9 assists; Johnson, 5 digs; Smith, 2 digs; L. Ohnesorge, 3 digs

At Windsor

Windsor handed St. Elmo/Brownstown a National Trail Conference loss in two games, 25-20, 28-26.

St. Elmo/Brownstown was led by C. Howard in kills with six. E. Behl had eight assists and an ace. G. Moore led in digs with 16 and had one solo block. E. Bone also had one solo block. The Eagles drop to 3-4 in the conference, 10-12 overall.

In junior varsity play, St. Elmo/Brownstown won 25-8, 25-15. The squad also claimed the freshman/sophomore match 25-21, 25-19.

At Windsor

Varsity Match

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Howard, 6 kills, 1 dig, 1 solo block; Moore, 5 kills, 16 digs; Oberlink, 4 kills, 1 assist, 2 digs; Bone, 3 kills, 1 dig, 1 solo block; Behl, 2 kills, 8 assists, 1 ace, 1 dig; Austin, 1 kill, 5 digs; Walk, 2 digs; Maxey, 5 assists, 2 digs; Guerrero, 2 digs; Summann, 1 dig

At Albion

Edwards County (Albion) picked up victories over Newton 25-15, 25-13 in varsity competition Thursday.

Leading Newton were A. Cartright in kills with eight, G. Zerrusen in assists with 11 and digs with 10.

Newton won the junior varsity match 25-18, 25-14. Edwards County captured the freshman match 26-24, 25-20.

At Albion

Varsity Match

Newton -- Cartright, 8 kills, 1 block, 4 digs; T. Johnson, 4 kills, 1 block, 6 digs; Litzelman, 2 kills, 2 blocks; Kline, 2 kills, 2 blocks; Koebele, 1 kill, 6 assists, 1 dig; Zerrusen, 11 assists, 10 digs; E. Johnson, 7 digs; Sandschafer, 1 dig

At Louisville

North Clay (Louisville) captured a Midland Trail Conference victory over Clay City, 25-9, 25-15. The match was a Volley for the Cure Match.

In junior varsity play, Clay City won 25-18, 25-12.

At Cowden

Neoga claimed National Trail Conference wins over Cowden-Herrick 25-17, 25-7. The Indians improve to 4-3 in the conference, 12-8 overall.

Olivia Ott led in kills with 10 while Jillian Deters had nine. Taylor Gresens had six aces.