The Midland University volleyball team has announced the signing of two more players for the 2013 season. Amanda Pieper and Anna Kitzelman have both signed their letter of intent to play for the Warriors.
Pieper and Kitzelman come to Midland from Fremont Senior High School where the Tigers finished with an overall record of 16-13 on the year, which marks their first winning season in 25 years.

“We are really excited to have Anna and Amanda join our volleyball program here at Midland University, said head coach Paul Giesselmann. “These are the first two Fremont High volleyball players to join our program since I have begun here. As both programs continue to develop, we are really looking forward to more
opportunities in the future to have local student athletes. Anna and Amanda are both high character young women that with more training will have the ability to develop into solid collegiate volleyball players.”

Pieper comes to Midland after having a successful high school career as a setter. Pieper has been named all-state honorable mention (2012), all-conference (2012), and all-conference honorable mention (2011, 2010). Peiper also served as a team captain for three years.

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Andrea Highstreet won’t have to spend a lot of time on introductions when she begins offseason workouts for the Fremont High School volleyball team.

Highstreet, who was named recently as the Tigers’ head coach, already knows most of the players from the three seasons she has spent as the eighth-grade assistant coach at Fremont Middle School.

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The Fremont High School volleyball team will have a new leader when the Tigers take the court next fall.

Cathy Bremer, who has served as the FHS head coach for six seasons, has resigned. The Arlington native informed the team of her decision in February.

Heartland Athletic Conference

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Papillion-LaVista South was pushed to the brink of its first loss against St. James Academy in Lenexa, Kan. but survived. Columbus Scotus in C1 also was pushed but remained unbeaten. Lutheran High Northeast in C2 wasn't so lucky as Guardina Angels took down C2's last unbeaten. Paxton and Hitchcock County still are perfect in D1 but could face each other at the conference tournament. Check out all the new NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week's ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (25-0) 1
2. Bellevue East (20-5) 4
3. Omaha Burke (23-4) 2
4. Omaha Marian (17-7) 5
5. Grand Island (19-4) 3
6. Lincoln Southwest (18-4) 6
7. Papillion-LaVista (13-10) 7
8. Omaha Westside (11-11) 8
9. Lincoln Northeast (16-11) 9
10. Millard West (9-12) 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

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OMAHA - Fremont High School picked up a pair of wins Monday in a volleyball triangular at Omaha North.

The Tigers downed the host school 25-14 and also beat Omaha Northwest 25-16, 25-12.

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Lincoln Northeast 3, Fremont 0: Toni Tupper had a match-high 14 kills for Northeast. Natalie Bohac added 13 kills for the Rockets.

Lincoln Pius X 3, Omaha Mercy 0: Cassie Effken and Scarlett Howerter each had 10 kills and Allison Zastrow had 27 assists for Pius X.

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Purchse photos from the match.

FREMONT - Fremont High School split its opening matches of the volleyball season Thursday night during a triangular with NebVolleyball No. 9 Grand Island and Lincoln High in the Bahe Gymnasium.

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Wahoo Neumann volleyball opponents were well aware of Alyssa Stanek's power as a hitter, but her versatility helped the Cavaliers succeed.

"Alyssa is a great athlete that just wants her team to have success even if all eyes are on her," Neumann coach Shelly Hagemann said. "She would find other ways of putting the ball away in the front row like tipping to the open spot or a roll shot to the corners to keep defenses off-balance. Every team was keying on the hard hit so she just changed her tempo and made the defense move."