Published on October 21, 2026 9:12 am
Last Updated on October 21, 2026 9:15 am
The Egyptian-Illini Conference Volleyball Tournament competed Tuesday evening.
Ramsey defeated Mulberry Grove, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18 while Mulberry Grove won over Martinsville, 25-21, 25-16. Ramsey finished out the evening with a 25-23, 25-23 victory over Martinsville.
The tourney takes a night off tonight and returns to action Thursday with Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City against Martinsville for fifth place at 5:30 p.m. followed by Patoka meeting Mulberry Grove for third place and St. Elmo/Brownstown squaring off against Ramsey for the championship.
At Mattoon
Effingham came out the winner in both junior varsity and varsity action Tuesday.
In the varsity contest, the Hearts won 25-12, 25-14 to improve to 21-14 on the season.
Mara Braun led the team in kills with four and blocks with three. Kallie Phillips also had three blocks. Bailey Bohnhoff, Melia Wendling and Macy Kirk had one ace each. Kirk led in digs with eight. Camdyn Burgholzer led the team in assists with six. Braun and Kallie Phillips had three blocks each.
In the junior varsity match, Effingham lost the opener 28-26 but clawed back to take the second set 25-20 and won the match 15-13.
Seatyn Althoff led the team in assists with 23 and aces with three. Nora Cekander had 10 kills. Addi Barnes led in digs with 14. Lena Hille and Kenly Moore had one block each.
The freshman/sophomore team lost 25-21, 21-25, 15-9.
At Mattoon
Varsity Match
Effingham — Bohnhoff, 3 kills, 1 ace, 5 assists, 3 digs; Burgholzer, 1 kill, 6 assists, 2 blocks, 4 digs; Gebben, 3 digs; Wendling, 3 kills 1 ace, 1 block, 1 dig; Kirk, 1 ace, 3 assists, 8 digs; Fouts, 1 dig; Braun, 4 kills, 3 blocks; Phililps,2 kills, 3 blocks
Junior Varsity Match
Effingham — Barnes, 14 digs; Althoff, 3 kills, 3 aces, 23 assists, 5 digs; Cekander, 10 kills, 1 ace, 1 assist, 7 digs; Hille, 7 kills, 1 assist, 1 block, 7 digs; Veach, 2 aces, 1 assist, 5 digs; Martin, 3 kills; Flessner, 4 kills, 1 ace, 3 digs; Moore, 2 aces, 1 block, 1 dig
Freshman/Sophomore
Effingham — Davis, 6 digs; Gebebn, 2 kills, 1 block, 5 digs; Bierman, 4 digs; Barnhart, 5 kills, 1 ace, 1 assist, 5 digs; Fear, 2 kills, 2 digs; Hood, 3 assists; Waymoth,2 digs; Bierman, 2 kills, 1 ace, 5 assists, 2 digs; Hites, 2 kills; Wade, 2 kills, 1 ace, 12 assists, 3 digs; Hoffman, 7 digs; Deloach, 1 kill, 1 ace, 1 block, 1 dig; Moore, 4 kills, 1 block; Smith, 4 kills, 2 aces, 1 dig
At Olney
The South Central Cougars defeated Olney in two sets Tuesday, 25-16, 25-10.
River Yingst led the team in aces with four and assists with 10. Mya Schaal had seven kills and one block. Annie Ruholl led in digs with nine.
In the junior varsity contest, Olney was the winner, 25-16, 15-14. The freshman/sophomore match went to South Central, 25-23, 25-13.
The Cougars are 21-8- in varsity play, 10-6 in the junior varsity and 7-1-6 in freshman/sophomore action.
South Central will host Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran Thursday celebrating Senior Night.
At Olney
Varsity Match
South Central — A. Ruholl, 1 ace, 9 digs; S. Wodtka, 2 kills, 8 assists; B. Wodtka, 1 ace, 6 kills; Peddicord, 1 ace, 2 kills, 4 digs; Schaal, 1 ace, 7 kills, 1 block; E. Ruholl, 3 digs; Yingst, 4 aces, 2 kills, 10 assists, 4 digs; Hiestand, 3 kills, 1 dig
At Strasburg
Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg pushed its season record to 24-9 with a 25-12, 25-11 win over Tuscola Tuesday evening.
The Hatchets were led by Mya Friese with three aces and seven digs, Zaida Wascher with eight kills, Kendra Hayes with 20 assists and Brooke Schumacher with two solo blocks and two block assists.
“Tonight was senior night for our fall sports where we celebrated our six seniors, Mya Friese, Kendra Hayes, Brooke Schumacher, Zaida Wascher, Sophi Greuel and Kenzie Thompson.
“It’s hard to believe we are at that point in the season. We are back in the gym tomorrow to prepare for Decatur Unity on Saturday for the last big game before post-season.”
In the junior varsity contest, Windsor/Stew-Stras won 25-14, 25-20 to improve to 17-2.
The freshman/sophomore match was split with Tuscola winning 25-17 and Windsor/Stew-Stras victorious 25-19. The team is now 5-8-6 on the season.
At Strasburg
Varsity Match
Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg — Hayes, 1 kill, 21 assists, 5 digs, 1 block assist; Zalman, 3 digs; M. Friese, 3 aces, 4 kills, 1 assist, 7 digs, 1 block assist; Wascher, 2 aces, 8 kills, 5 digs; Schumacher, 6 kills, 1 dig, 2 solo blocks, 2 block assists; Conder, 1 kill, 1 block assist; Greuel, 5 kills, 1 block assist; K. Friese, 1 dig; Thompson, 1 kill, 3 digs
Junior Varsity Match
Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg — Bostedo, 3 aces, 1 kill, 11 assists, 3 digs; Reed, 2 aces, 11 assists, 2 digs; K. Friese, 1 ace, 7 kills, 8 digs; Manhart, 3 aces, 10 kills, 1 assist, 9 digs; Montgomery, 1 assist, 6 digs; Walker, 1 kill; Spour, 1 kill; Helmink, 3 kills, 1 assist; Rincker, 2 kills
Freshman/Sophomore Match
Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg — Brown, 4 assists; Rincker, 5 aces, 3 assists, 2 digs; Musson, 4 aces, 3 kills, 3 assists, 4 digs; Vonderheide, 1 dig; Hendrickson, 1 kill, 2 digs; Reed, 1 ace, 2 kills, 1 dig; Helmink, 1 ace, 3 kills, 1 dig; B. Rincker, 2 kills; Ault, 1 kill; Zacha, 1 kill; Montgomery,1 kill; Holland, 1 kill; Carroll, 1 ace, 6 digs; McCormick, 1 assist, 3 digs
At Robinson
Teutopolis claimed the varsity match against host Robinson Tuesday by 25-8, 25-10 scores Tuesday evening.
The Wooden Shoes were led by G. Tegeler with 21 digs, Zumbahlen with 13 kills. Jordan with 16 assists, Swingler with 19 sets and one block.
“Tonight was our most dominate match of the season,” said T-town Coach Tim Mills. “As a team we served 92 percent with nine aces. Our goal over the past several matches was to control our errors. That did a great job of that tonight. We only had three hitting errors and four serving errors. Our offense was led by Marie Zumbahlen with a hitting percentage of .684 and 13 kills.
“We a team we hit .394 for the match. The varsity finishes the regular season with a record of 23-11. We begin the post-season at the Olney Regional next Tuesday against Olney.”
At Robinson
Varsity Match
Teutopolis — Swingler, 1 block, 7 digs, 1 kill, 2 aces, 19 sets, 12 assists; Tegeler, 21 digs, 4 kills, 1 ace; Zumbahlen, 9 digs, 13 kills; Jordan, 3 digs, 2 kills, 1 ace, 26 sets, 16 assists; Tarter, 2 digs, 2 sets, 1 assist; Gaddis, 2 digs; E. Meyer, 1 dig, 1 kill; G. Mette, 1 dig; C. Mette, 1 dig, 1 kill, 1 ace; Isley, 1 kill
Junior Varsity Match
Teutopolis –– Tegler, 1 block, 3 digs, 2 kills, 54 sets, 19 assists; Ruholl, 12 digs; Meyer, 11 digs, 4 kills; Willenborg, 7 digs, 3 kills; Passalacqua, 7 digs; Ordner, 5 digs, 2 kills; Isley, 4 digs, 2 kills; A. Niemerg, 3 digs; Calkin, 1 ace; Niebrugge, 1 dig, 3 kills; Brummer, 2 kills; Mattox, 1 kill; Feldhake, 1 ace, 12 sets, 3 assists
Freshman/Sophomore
Teutopolis — Ordner, 1 block, 1 dig, 1 kill; L. Tegeler, 1 block, 3 digs, 2 kills, 2 aces, 15 sets, 8 assists; Brummer, 1 block, 1 dig, 2 kills; Ruholl, 6 digs; Travis, 6 digs, 2 kills, 3 aces; Meier, 2 digs; Niebrugge, 2 digs, 4 kills; A. Westendorf, 2 digs, 1 kill, 10 sets, 3 assists; Miller, 1 dig, 1 kill; Meier, 1 dig; Niemerg, 1 dig, 17 sets, 5 assists; Niebrugge, 1 dig; B. Westendorf, 3 kills; Hoene, 4 kills; Hartke, 1 kill; Calkins, 1 ace; Feldhake, 1 ace; Feldhake, 12 sets, 3 assists
At Wayne City
Altamont fell to Wayne City in varsity action Tuesday evening.
The Indians lost 25-15, 25-16.
Leading Altamont were Adilyn Schnarre with 12 assists and five digs. Jenna Kollman finished with one ace. Lydia Aldrich had four kills and one ace and Avery Aldrich one block and one ace.
At Wayne City
Altamont — Wills, 2 kills, 2 digs; Kollman, 1 ace; Fleeharty, 2 kills; Burrow, 2 digs; Schnarre, 12 assists, 5 digs; Tappendorf, 2 kills, 1 assist; A. Aldrich, 1 ace, 3 kills, 1 block; L. Aldrich, 1 ace, 4 kills, 3 digs; Suckow, 3 digs; Bauer, 4 digs
At Louisville
North Clay lost to Webber Township (Bluford) on Senior Night Tuesday.
The varsity won the opening set 25-17 but Webber came back to take the match 25-21, 25-20.
North Clay won the junior varsity contest, 25-6, 25-16.
The Cardinals are back in action Tuesday against Edwards County (Albion) in the Class 1a Regional at 7 p.m.