Published on August 25, 2026 10:16 am
Last Updated on August 25, 2026 10:17 am
Effingham High School opened the volleyball season with a victory over Salem Monday evening.
The Hearts won in two sets, 25-22, 25-22.
Camdyn Burgholzer and Mara Braun led in kills with seven each. Bailey Bohnhoff, Melia Wendling and Macy Kirk had two aces each. Bohnhoff led in assists with 13 and digs with nine.
Salem won the junior varsity match, 25-23, 25-10.
EHS is back in action Thursday at Newton.
At Effingham
Varsity Match
Effingham — Barnes, 5 digs; Cekander, 1 kill, 1 dig; Bohnhoff, 2 kills, 2 aces, 13 assists, 9 digs; Burgholzer, 7 kills, 1 ace, 6 assists, 1 block, 5 digs; Gebben, 1 ace, 3 digs; Wendling, 2 kills, 2 aces, 1 block, 1 dig; Kirk, 2 aces, 3 assists, 6 digs; Martin, 3 kills, 1 block; Braun, 7 kills, 3 blocks; Phillips, 2 kills, 2 blocks
Junior Varsity Match
Effingham — Barnes, 3 aces, 4 assists, 9 digs; Althoff, 1 kill, 6 assists, 1 dig; Davis, 1 dig; Hille, 4 kills, 2 aces, 2 digs; Veach, 1 kill; Flessner, 4 kills, 1 ace, 5 assists, 3 digs; Moore, 2 kills, 1 dig; name unreadable, 2 kills, 4 digs
Freshman/Sophomore Match
Effingham — Loker, 1 assist; Davis, 1 kill, 1 ace, 3 digs; Bierman, 3 assists, 5 digs; Barnhart, 4 kills, 1 ace, 2 digs; Veach, 3 kills, 5 aces, 1 dig; Hood, 2 kills; Schoonover, 1 kill, 1 ace, 5 assists; Bierman, 2 kills, 5 assists, 1 dig; Hites, 2 kills, 1 ace, 1 assist, 1 dig; Wade, 2 kills, 3 aces, 10 assists, 2 digs; Hoffman, 3 digs; Moore, 1 kill, 1 dig; Smith, 4 kills, 1 ace, 1 dig
At Teutopolis
Teutopolis swept Casey-Westfield in the opening volleyball match of the season Monday.
The Wooden Shoes won the varsity match 25-21, 25-15. Clara Mette led the Shoes in digs with 17. Tegler and Zumbahlen had seven kills each. Meyer led in blocks with three.
T-town was a winner in junior varsity action, 25-15, 25-14 and claimed the freshman/sophomore match, 25-13, 25-20.
The Wooden Shoes are back in action today hosting Richland County, Olney.
At Teutopolis
Varsity Match
Teutopolis — Willenborg, 5 digs; Tarter, 9 digs; Swingler, 10 digs, 3 kills, 1 block; Tegeler, 11 digs, 7 kills, 1 block; Mette, 17 digs; Isley, 1 kill; Pals, 4 kills, 2 blocks; Probst, 1 kill, 1 block; Meyer, 2 kills, 3 blocks; Zumbahlen, 7 kills
At Okaw Valley
St. Elmo/Brownstown went two sets to hand Okaw Valley a loss in the season opener Monday. The Eagles won 25-12, 25-16 Monday.
Ariana Kistler led the Eagles in kills with five and blocks with two. Madi Miller also had two blocks while Peyton Barker had five kills. Addison Koonce led in assists with 16 and aces with three.
At Okaw Valley
Varsity Match
St. Elmo/Brownstown — Miller, 4 kills, 2 blocks; Koonce, 16 assists, 3 aces, 1 block, 6 digs; P. Barker, 5 kills, 5 digs, 1 assist; Orr, 2 kills, 4 digs; Forbes, 1 dig; Austin, 2 kills, 1 block, 2 digs; Kistler, 5 kills, 2 blocks, 1 dig; M. Barker, 1 kill, 3 digs, 1 assist