Trico over Chester 25-20, 25-12
Trico improved to 2-0 in Black Diamond play with a two-set win over Chester Tuesday 25-20, 25-12.
Beth Daniels led the Lady Pioneers with six kills while Amie Conway added five assists.
With the win, Trico improves to 5-3 overall on the season.
Chester drops to 2-5 on the year with the defeat.
Du Quoin over Sparta 25-11, 25-20
Sparta’s passing woes return in a 25-11, 25-20 loss to Du Quoin in conference volleyball action Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs offense sputtered and as a result Jessica Robinson lead the offense with just four kills. Julian Sroka and Gabby Gallois each added three kills in the loss.
“The inconsistencies from one night to the next really have us frustrated,” said Sparta coach Roger Gerlach. “We’ve been young before but really have not had to go through this kind of roller coaster ride of not knowing which team is going to show up for this long of time. “I have faith that we will at some time turn that corner and am able to compete every night.”
Sparta will compete in the Trico Invitational next week with five matches in three days. With the loss, Sparta’s conference record goes to 1-1 with the overall record dropping to 5-10.
Sparta over Steeleville 25-16, 25-15
In an evening that started by a victory lap and recognizing survivors of cancer, Sparta parlayed a good passing night into a dominate night at the net Monday.
Sparta was lead by Jessica Robinson with 14 kills and 7 seven blocks while Julian Sroka and Michaela Crabtree each added two kills. 
Setters Victoria Ward and Melissa Renner combined for 19 assists during the two- set match. Taylor Craig and Jamie Woodworth both passed at a 1.7 clip which for the team ended at 1.4, a season high match passing mark. Ward also was 14-for-14 serving.
“We needed a match like this to get a little confidence going,” said Sparta coach Roger Gerlach. “ We played our first steady match and did a nice job in more than just one phase of the game.”
Brooke Rees finished with eight kills and two blocks for Steeleville while Brooke Cates added five kills in the loss. Natalie Ruebke and Brooke Woods led the Lady Warriors with four assists each.
“We really struggled against Sparta because of our own mistakes,” said Steeleville coach Renee Rheinecker. “We managed to pull it together to pull off the win in junior varsity, but is was a sloppy win. The varsity has got to find some consistency. I only have 14 girls all together and many of them have to play both junior varsity and varsity and I am left with very few subs on the bench. We are still working on coming up with the most efficient line up on the court.”
Sparta makes the trip to Anna-Jonesboro Thursday.
With the win, Sparta’s record improves to 5-9.
Steeleville over Marissa-Coulterville 25-17, 25-19
Steeleville picked up a big conference win by sweeping Marissa-Coulterville 25-17, 25-19 Thursday night.
Brooke Cates and Alex Gale each had four kills for the Lady Warriors while Brooke Woods served up eight points and had three assists.
Brooke Rees finished the game with three kills, three blocks, two points, an ace, an assist and a dig.
Sparta over Chester 22-25, 25-19, 25-17
After dropping a close first set, Sparta rallied to knock off Chester 22-25, 25-19, 25-17 Thursday night in nonconference action.
Jessica Robinson led the Lady Bulldogs with 12 kills and four blocks while Julian Sroka served up 17 points in the win.
Sparta improved to 4-9 on the season with the win
Tiffani Marshall led Chester  with eight kills and 13 blocks while Shelly finished with 19 digs.
Britney Schroeder led Chester in assists with nine.
Chester dropped to 2-4 with the loss.
Murphysboro over Trico 25-12, 25-13
Murphysboro avenged an earlier loss to Trico with a 25-12, 25-13 victory Thursday night.
With the loss, the Lady Pioneers dropped to 4-3 on the season.
Beth Daniels led Trico with five kills.
Pinckneyville over West Frankfort
Maddy Keith and Haley Simpson combined for 16 kills and seven blocks to lead Pinckneyville past West Frankfort Thursday night.
Keith finished with nine kills and four blocks while Simpson had seven kills and three blocks in the win. Sara Malanowski led the Lady Panthers with 16 assists.