Published on February 26, 2026 10:42 am
Last Updated on February 26, 2026 2:12 pm
Effingham and Shelbyville split in junior high volleyball competition Wednesday evening.
The Mustangs won the seventh-grade contest, 25-13, 25-21. Lillian Weishaar led the team in kills with five. Anna Gouchenouer had seven aces and six digs. Mia Hartke led in assists with four.
Effingham improved to 13-5 on the season.
In eighth-grade play, Shelbyville was a winner 25-15, 25-17.
Effingham was led by Kendyl Smith with five kills, Arabella Barnhart with two aces, Kenley Moore with eight assists and Kloey Bierman with six digs.
The Mustangs drop to 8-12 on the season.
Effingham will be back in action today at Cumberland.
At Effingham
Seventh-Grade Match
Effingham — Gouchenouer, 1 kill, 7 aces, 6 digs; Weishaar, 5 kills, 1 ace, 1 assist, 4 digs; Mulheron, 1 kill, 3 digs; Hartke, 1 kill, 1 ace, 4 assists, 2 digs; Rohr, 3 kills, 4 aces, 3 assists, 2 digs; Wiedman, 4 aces, 2 digs; Price, 1 dig; Lauritzen, 1 kill, 1 ace, 3 assists, 3 digs
Eighth-Grade Match
Effingham — McGee, 5 assists, 1 dig; Moore, 2 kills, 8 assists, 2 digs; Barnart, 2 kills, 2 aces, 5 digs; Fear, 1 kill; DeLoach, 3 kills, 1 assist; Wilson, 2 kills, 1 assist, 2 digs; Hoffman, 2 kills, 3 digs; Smith, 5 kills, 1 ace, 6 digs
At Strasburg
Stewardson-Strasburg handed Neoga losses in both seventh- and eighth-grade play Wednesday.
Stew-Stras won the seventh-grade match, 27-25, 22-25, 25-22. Neoga dropped to 1-2.
In eighth-grade play, Stew-Stras won 25-16, 25-20. Neoga fell to 0-2.
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