{"id":30487,"date":"2026-02-12T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=30487"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:52:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:52:46","slug":"national-trail-conference-seventh-grade-volleyball-tournament-opens-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/volleyball\/30487-national-trail-conference-seventh-grade-volleyball-tournament-opens-play\/","title":{"rendered":"National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Volleyball Tourney Opens Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Girls Volleyball Tournament opened play at Windsor Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The higher seeds all won matches.<\/p>\n<p>In match one, Neoga defeated Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher\u00a0 City, 25-17, 19-25, 15-4.<\/p>\n<p>The second match went to Stewardson-Strasburg over Effingham Sacred Heart, 18-25, 25-12, 15-8.<\/p>\n<p>Sigel St. Michael downed Dieterich, 25-19, 25-16 and North\u00a0 Clay defeated Altamont, 25-13, 25-16.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament continues Saturday in the two gyms.<\/p>\n<p>Top-seeded South Central meets Neoga at 9 a.m. followed by No. 4\u00a0 Windsor against\u00a0 Stewardson-Strasburg at 10 in the New Gym.<\/p>\n<p>In the Old Gym, No. 2 Cumberland will face Sigel St. Michael at 9 a.m. and No. 3\u00a0 St. Elmo\/Brownstown will take on North\u00a0 Clay at 10.<\/p>\n<p>The consolation matches will begin at 11 a.m. with the consy championship at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The championship matches will begin at 12:30 p.m. with the third place match at 1:30 and the championship at 2:30.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NTC Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City &#8212;<\/strong> Tucker, 1 kill, 1 ace, 2 assists, 6 digs; Wheeler, 1 kill, 4 aces, 4 digs; Prater, 2 kills, 3 digs; Sarver, 3 assists; Wells, 1 kill; Brinley, 1 ace, 1 dig; Dilley, 2 digs; Stoldt, 1 assist; Wakefield, 3 kills, 2 aces<\/p>\n<p><strong>Altamont &#8212;<\/strong> Kuenstler, 2 aces; Ruffner, 1 ace, 1 kill; Brockett, 3 aces; Kalber, 2 aces, 1 kill; Burner, 1 dig; McClellan, 1 dig; Neu, 1 kill, 1 dig<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Girls Volleyball Tournament opened play at Windsor Wednesday evening. 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