{"id":31746,"date":"2026-02-26T10:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=31746"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:12:46","slug":"junior-high-school-volleyball-february-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/volleyball\/31746-junior-high-school-volleyball-february-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior High School Volleyball &#8212; February 25"},"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>Effingham and Shelbyville split in junior high volleyball competition Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham improved to 13-5 on the season.<\/p>\n<p>In eighth-grade play, Shelbyville was a winner 25-15, 25-17.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The Mustangs drop to 8-12 on the season.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham will be back in action today at Cumberland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Effingham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seventh-Grade\u00a0 Match<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Effingham &#8212; <\/strong>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<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eighth-Grade Match<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Effingham &#8212;<\/strong> 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<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Strasburg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stewardson-Strasburg handed Neoga losses in both seventh- and eighth-grade play Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Stew-Stras won the seventh-grade match, 27-25, 22-25, 25-22. Neoga dropped to 1-2.<\/p>\n<p>In eighth-grade play, Stew-Stras won 25-16, 25-20. Neoga fell to 0-2.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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