{"id":5026,"date":"2025-03-18T08:18:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T13:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=5026"},"modified":"2025-03-18T08:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T13:28:13","slug":"st-michael-advances-to-class-8-1a-state-volleyball-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/uncategorized\/5026-st-michael-advances-to-class-8-1a-state-volleyball-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Michael Advances To Class 8-1A State Volleyball Tourney"},"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><strong>BY MILLIE LANGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sigel St. Michael advanced to the Class 8-1A State Volleyball Tournament with a victory Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharpshooters defeated Newton St. Thomas, 25-17, 25-20 in its own Class 8-1A Sectional.<\/p>\n<p>St. Michael heads to the Class 8-1A State Tournament with a 23-2 record and will face LaSalle Trinity Catholic (22-0) Friday at 5:45 p.m. at Kankakee Bishop McNamara.<\/p>\n<p>Other teams in the State Tournament field include Lincoln West Lincoln-Broadwell (20-2) against Washington St. Patrick (22-2) at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Kewanee Visitation (16-2) vs. Rantoul St. Malachy (22-1) at 7 p.m. and Carrollton St. John (25-1-1) vs. Grant Park (23-4) at 8:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will advance to the semifinals Saturday at 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. followed by the third place contest at 2 and the championship at 3:15.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Casey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>North Clay saw its season come to a close at the Class 8-2A Casey-Westfield Sectional Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Champaign St. Matthew was a winner over North Clay 25-14, 25-18.<\/p>\n<p>North Clay ended the season with an 18-9 record. Mia Compton received the IESA Sportsmanship award for the sectional tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Teutopolis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jasper County fell to Sullivan in the championship of the Class 8-3A Teutopolis Sectional Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan was a winner over Jasper County, 25-14, 25-17 and improved to 18-5.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner, Bergbower and Groves had one ace each for Jasper County. Stanley led in assists with three. Thomann and Wagner had three digs each. Kuhl led in blocks with two.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan advances to the Class 8-3A State Tournament Friday and will face Morris Saratoga at 4:30 p.m. at Pana High School.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Teutopolis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jasper County &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0Wagner, 1 ace, 2 kills, 1 assist, 3 digs, 1 block; Bergbower, 1 ace; Groves, 1 ace; Thomann, 1 kill, 3 digs; Meinhart, 1 kill, 2 digs; Stanley, 1 kill, 3 assists, 1 dig; Copper, 2 digs; Gentry, 1 dig; Kuhl, 2 blocks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY MILLIE LANGE Sigel St. Michael advanced to the Class 8-1A State Volleyball Tournament with a victory Monday evening. 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