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COLUMBUS — The volleyball season is months away, but the Raiders’ roster is already shaping up nicely.
After a strong run at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Tournament, the Central Community College volleyball team signed three players to cap 2011 in style.

Recently, the squad added two more signees in Kaitlyn Ernst, of Hastings St. Cecilia, and Taylor Young, of Calallen High School in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Centennial Conference

First Team East Division

Hailey Kirby – Bergan
Mary Alderson – Bergan
Nevada Meis – St. Albert
Kylie Ferguson – St. Albert
Grace Chvatal (Libero) – Neumann
Arianne Gesell – Concordia
Megan Wickey – Concordia

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week’s ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (41-0) 1
2. Omaha Marian (34-8) 2
3. Omaha Burke (32-7) 3
4. Lincoln Southwest (29-6) 4
5. Bellevue East (30-10) 6
6. Lincoln Northeast (22-17) NR
7. Grand Island (29-6) 5
8. Papillion-LaVista (17-20) 8
9. Millard West (17-17) 9
10. Omaha Westside (18-17) 7

Contenders: Lincoln North Star, Omaha Benson, Kearney

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C1-1 at Plattsmouth
Friday's final: Ashland-Greenwood def. Auburn 23-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-12, 15-11

C1-2 at Seward
Friday's final: Columbus Scotus def. Milford 25-18, 25-9, 25-13

C1-3 at Oakland-Craig
Friday's final: Concordia def. Wisner-Pilger 25-15, 25-17, 26-24

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COLUMBUS — Two very talented teams visited Columbus Tuesday night, but the Shamrocks handled them with relative ease.

The Class C-1, No. 1 Scotus Central Catholic volleyball team swept a pair of ranked opponents in a triangular at the Dowd Activity Center to close out the home schedule with its undefeated record intact. The Shamrocks defeated Class C-2 No. 2 Hastings St. Cecilia 25-21, 25-14 to open the triangular, and beat Class C-1, No. 8 Lincoln Lutheran 25-9, 25-16 to close it. Lincoln Lutheran defeated St. Cecilia in three sets in the second match.

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There are many volleyball teams who play challenging schedules.

Hastings St. Cecilia is no exception.

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

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HASTINGS - There were some things working against the Hastings St. Cecilia volleyball team Thursday, like a lackluster practice a day earlier and the fact it's homecoming week.

The Class C-2 No. 3 Hawkettes put aside all the distractions and won their eight-team invitational against three other ranked teams. After winning two pool-play matches Tuesday, St. Cecilia (15-4) finished pool play Thursday with a 25-12, 25-21 win against Class D-1 No. 4 Heartland before posting a 25-18, 25-17 triumph against Class C-2 No. 5 Wood River in the finals.