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After watching their teams lock up state volleyball titles, coaches Gwen Egbert of Papillion-La Vista South and Jake Moore of Lincoln Pius X each pointed to a regular-season match that had a major impact on their squads.

Both were against Omaha Marian.

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

GRAND ISLAND - The D2 championship match will feature two teams that have some finals experience.

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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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After finishing as the Class D-1 runner-up to Exeter-Milligan the past two years, Howells is ready for its return to the state tournament.
Since the Bobcats dropped to D-2 this year, the Timberwolves won't be standing in their way. NEWS

"We're a little disappointed we won't be seeing them again," Howells coach Sarah Edwards said. "But we're still excited to be going back to state."

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In many ways, this volleyball season has played out the way I had expected.

At least, until this point.

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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COLUMBUS — The Bulldogs served hard, and then sat back and watched the points stack up.

Well, things weren’t necessarily that easy for the Class D-1, No. 5 Humphrey High volleyball team against Class D-2, No. 1 Howells in Tuesday’s Cornhusker Conference final at the Raider Fieldhouse.

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