With four teams of the 11 Crossroads Conference teams at the state tournament this season, the competition level was fierce.

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GRAND ISLAND - Exeter-Milligan will be shooting for its third-consecutive D1 championship while Humphrey continued its run of firsts this state tournament.

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In a matchup of the top two teams in the class, No. 1 Exeter-Milligan outlasted BDS for a 25-13, 25-20, 23-25, 32-30 win.

"It was a crazy game," Timberwolves coach Darcy White said. "In my mind (in the fourth set), I was thinking, ‘Which girls is going to step up and make the big play?" White said. "It wasn't like they were tipping, everybody was playing great D. Both sides each wanted to get the kill to end the game."

Millard South's Joanne Kappas became the third coach in Nebraska High School history to reach 800 victories as Millard South went 2-1 on Monday in the Metro Conference Tournament.

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YORK - After the first set that saw the Exeter-Milligan Timberwolves prevail with a 29-27 win, most people figured they were going to be in their seats for quite awhile.

But the tide changed midway through set number two and the Exeter-Milligan Timberwolves went on to sweep the Bruning-Davenport-Shickley Eagles by the scores of 25-20 and 25-13 over the final two sets to capture the Crossroads Conference Tournament Championship at the York City Auditorium on Thursday night.

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Looking for a team that appears to be peaking at the right time?

Look no further than Omaha Marian, which went 7-0 last week.

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YORK - Osceola Bulldogs head coach Joan Caraway was hoping to return the favor to the Bruning-Davenport-Shickley Eagles Monday night for a loss earlier this season.

The two teams battled in the second game of the day on Monday in Crossroads Conference action at the York City Auditorium.

It’s conference tournament time across the state with quite a few already having been completed last week, many more this week and the final ones next week. Conference Tournaments will affect the rankings in all division as many of the top teams likely will face each other. Some those results were reflected in this week’s new NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week’s ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (29-0) 1
2. Omaha Burke (24-4) 3
3. Omaha Marian (24-7) 4
4. Grand Island (21-4) 5
5. Lincoln Southwest (23-5) 6
6. Omaha Westside (13-14) 8
7. Bellevue East (23-8) 2
8. Papillion-LaVista (14-16) 7
9. Lincoln Northeast (18-11) 9
10. Millard West (11-13) 10

Contenders: Omaha Benson, Kearney, Bellevue West, Fremont, Lincoln North Star

Papillion-LaVista swept Class B's new top team Lincoln Pius X in in the finals of the Lincoln Northeast Tournament, while former Class B No. 1 Gretna was defeated for the first time this season. Earlier last week, Kearney Catholic was defeated by Grand Island Central Catholic, switching up the rankings in C1. D1 BDS lost to Class C2 Blue Hill, but remains atop in D1 as does Bertrand in D2 and Lutheran High Northeast in C2 in this week’s Oct. 3 NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week's ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (21-0) 1
2. Omaha Burke (20-3) 2
3. Grand Island (18-3) 5
4. Bellevue East (14-5 ) 8
5. Omaha Marian (15-7) 3
6. Lincoln Southwest (16-3) 4
7. Papillion-LaVista (12-10) 6
8. Omaha Westside (8-9) 7
9. Lincoln Northeast (13-10) 9
10. Millard West (9-11) 10

Contenders: Omaha Benson, Kearney, Bellevue West, Fremont, Lincoln North Star