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SUPER SQUAD

Michaela Schimmer

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 -- Top-ranked Howells counted on a quick start, but then needed a fast finish to topple No. 2 Hampton 25-20, 25-20, 22-25, 22-25, 15-9 on Thursday in the first round of the Class D-2 state volleyball tournament.

Howells won the first two sets before Hampton came alive and took the next two. The fifth set was tied 8-8 when Howells caught fire again to advance.

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The official state tournament brackets will be released on Saturday morning by the NSAA.
A
Papillion-LaVista South (34-0) vs. Millard West (17-16)
Grand Island (19-5) vs. Lincoln Northeast (21-15)
Omaha Burke (30-6) vs. Bellevue East (30-9)
Omaha Marian (32-8) vs. Lincoln Southwest (29-5)

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MILFORD - Junior Kalynn Dahlke pounded a match high 21 kills to lead No. 10 Hampton to a 25-21, 25-20, 25-19 victory over Mead in the Class D-2, District 1 championship match Thursday night.
Dahlke also led the Hawks (22-10) with 17 digs and had two ace blocks. Taylor VanHousen added 11 kills with 14 digs and Hannah Bamesberger had 33 set assists and 10 digs.

Hampton will be making its 15th state appearance when the Class D state tournament gets underway with first-round matches Thursday at Grand Island Central Catholic High School.

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SEWARD — Hampton escaped with a five-set victory over Meridian to keep their season alive on Monday night at Seward High School as subdistrict play began around the state.

The Hawks 25-13, 25-18, 19-25, 23-25, 15-9 win over the Mustangs puts them in the D2-2 Final at 7 p.m. tonight in Seward.

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YORK — The Shelby-Rising City volleyball team overcame a slow first set to defeat Hampton 19-25, 25-22, 25-16, 25-20 Thursday in the third-place match of the Crossroads Conference Tournament.

The Huskies had a balanced offensive attack, with five hitters recording at least six kills. Makanna Davis led the way with eight, while Jessica Nekl, Bayle Scow and Telegram Super Senior Maddie Scow each had seven. DeAnna Cyza rounded out the top five with six.

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YORK - The Hampton volleyball team has been a work in progress all fall. Hawks coach Diane Torson likes how the project looks at this point of the season.

Senior outside hitter Taylor VanHousen had 21 kills and junior standout Kalynn Dahlke 17 to lead Class D-2 No. 2 Hampton to a 21-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-20 win against Class D-2 No. 7 Giltner in the quarterfinals of the Crossroads Conference Tournament on Monday night.

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