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KEARNEY — Laramey Lewis, a senior at Hitchcock County High School, will join the University of Nebraska at Kearney women’s basketball team next winter, according to UNK head coach Kevin Chaney.

A 5-foot, 8-inch shooting guard, she joins Lexington guard Sydney Seberger as UNK recruits so far this year. The Lopers have five seniors on this year’s team.

RPAC All-Conference

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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

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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MAYWOOD - The Hitchcock County High School volleyball team was playing in a hole most of the night Tuesday, Oct. 18, in the Republican Plains Activities Conference (RPAC) Tournament championship match.

The Falcons dug too many deep holes that they could not dig back out from, as Bertrand beat Hitchcock County for the RPAC Tournament title. Bertrand defeated the Falcons 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-16 in the championship match at the Maywood High School gym.

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MAYWOOD - "Really sweet."

Those are the words Bertrand coach Lisa Mason used to describe the Class D2 No. 1-rated Vikings' 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-16 win over previously unbeaten D1 No. 6 Hitchcock County in the Republican Plains Activities Conference Tournament volleyball championship Tuesday night.

Teams have been seeded and are ready to begin play in the opening rounds of the Republican Plains Athletic Conference at 4 sites Monday, Oct. 17th. The Conference features 3 Omaha World Herald top ten teams including #5 Paxton and # 6 Hitchcock County in D-1 and class D-2 #1 rated Bertrand. Teams are seeded according to win-loss record and winning percentage.

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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

Republican Plains Athletic Conference Tournament
Monday -Oct. 17 and Tuesday -Oct. 18

WEST DIVISION: Monday.

@ Paxton
5:30--- (game one) #5Wallace vs. #4Hayes Center
7:00--- (game two) #1 Paxton vs. winner of game 1.

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