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NORTH PLATTE - Hershey survived and Ogallala dominated Monday in the first round of the C1-11 subdistrict held at North Platte High School.

Down two sets to love, the Lady Panthers came back from almost certain elimination to down Chase County 20-25, 26-28, 25-19, 26-24 and 15-6. Ogallala struggled in the first set, but defeated a much improved Gothenburg squad in three sets 25-23, 25-19 and 25-9. Hershey and Ogallala will meet in North Platte for the subdistrict championship tonight at 7 p.m.

Courtesy Photo The SPVA championship team from North Platte St. Pat's includes back row from left: Coach Shelly Byrn, Student Manager Macy Granger, Charleigh Kadlecek, Zandra Carlini, Brittany Lawrence, Student Manager Caleigh Wilbourn, Breelyn Saner, Natalie Mackley, Samantha Byrn and Assistant Coach Ronda Lewis; Front row from left: Jenna Torres, Shelby McClellen, Candice Shelton, Kari Slattery and Shelby Allberry.

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HERSHEY - Going into the SPVA Volleyball Tournament, most coaches felt the teams would be close and games hotly contested.

Saturday during the semifinals and finals, the girls from Hershey, Chase County, Sutherland and St. Pat's didn't disappoint those who attended.

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SUTHERLAND - There's a saying among coaches and fans that states: "You can't teach big."

For Chase County volleyball coach Jodie Schuller, the saying should be, "You can beat big."

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After the week that was, it was probably a little amazing that the McCook High School volleyball team showed up to play at the McCook Invitational Saturday, Sept. 17.

The Bison suffered through several injuries in the week leading up to the annual home tournament. But McCook ended the tournament in fourth place and was competitive in two losses after losing arguably four of the top varsity players on the roster.

The third week of the season has come and gone. There were some more shake ups among some of the top teams in the lower classifications while most of the larger schools remained relatively unchanged in the Sept. 19 NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

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

Contenders: Millard West, Omaha Westside, Millard North, Kearney, Lincoln North Star

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Let's start things this week with an announcement, shall we? I can get easily confused when volleyball coaches start talking.

Sure bump, set, spike is supposed to be easy, but then last year I was reading about Nebraska and John Cook running an offense with two setters and now he's gone back to a single setter, but using an outside hitter when the setter is on the front row, meaning the setter then is someone else.

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As she reviewed the 2011 volleyball season, Chase County Coach Jodie Schuller had a lot of accolades for her team.

While she would have liked to proceed beyond the first round of subdistricts, the team’s final 19-9 record says a lot.

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MCCOOK - Cambridge and Southwest probably don't want to talk about Minden after the 2010 McCook Invitational volleyball tournament.
The area teams both lost to the 10-3 Whippets in the McCook tournament played Saturday, Sept. 18 at two sites in McCook.

Cambridge faced Minden in the tournament championship game Saturday evening at the McCook Senior High School gym, and the Whippets won a 25-20, 25-13 decision. Southwest dropped a three-set decision to Minden (25-17, 20-25, 25-20) in the semifinals earlier Saturday.

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