The Nebraska Coaches Association has finalized the rosters for the 2012 NCA All-Star Volleyball team.

The 29th annual all-star volleyball match will be played on Tuesday, July 24, at Lincoln North Star High School beginning at 7:00 p.m.

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Kelsey Biltoft of Lawrence-Nelson signed her national letter of intent to play volleyball at the University of South Dakota last week.

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The Twin Valley Conference recently announced its post-season honors.

First-Team All-Conference
Kelsey Biltoft, Lawrence-Nelson, Senior
Jordyn Atwater, Blue Hill, Senior
Taylor Bittfeld, Kenesaw, Senior
Kalyn Brannagan, Shelton, Junior
Maggie Urbanek, Shelton, Senior
Tracy Meyer, Shelton, Senior

Second-Team All-Conference
Kelli Mack, Kenesaw, Junior
Mackenzie Skupa, Silver Lake, Junior
Jenscena Hansen, Deshler, Sophomore
Kenzee Kucera, Lawrence-Nelson, Senior
Kaitlin Kumke, Blue Hill, Senior
Maci Coffey, Blue Hill, Sophomore

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

BLUE HILL - Blue Hill is not the place to play if you have a winning streak.

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One week of the 2011 season is down and there were quite a few big matches right out of the gate that help to reshape the NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Games to Watch the Week of Sept. 5, 2011.

Volleyball practice kicked off Monday across Nebraska and though the first games of the high school season are still two weeks away, it's time to put the best educated guess together for the NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Preseason Rankings for each classification.

Class A
1. Papillion-LaVista South
2. Omaha Marian
3. Omaha Burke
4. Millard North
5. Papillion-LaVista
6. Lincoln Southwest
7. Bellevue East
8. Lincoln Southeast
9. Grand Island
10. Lincoln Northeast

Class B
1. Lincoln Pius X
2. Grand Island Northwest
3. Bennington
4. Omaha Skutt
5. Elkhorn South
6. Waverly
7. Gretna
8. Seward
9. Elkhorn
10. Aurora

HASTINGS — Grand Island Northwest middle Karny Kuehl helped lead the North All-Stars to a victory over the South All-Stars 25-18, 25-21, 24-26, 25-18 Thursday night in the third annual Hastings Tribune Volleyball Classic at Hastings College’s Lynn Farrell Arena.
The Nebraska Wesleyan-bound Kuehl tallied a match-high 13 kills while also adding three ace blocks and an assist to help lead her team of all-stars to the win.

Grand Island Senior High’s Allison Arnold posted 11 kills and four blocks as the two middles helped control the net for the North
All-Stars.

Kearney Catholic’s Kayla James finished with 26 assists while Heartland setter Miranda Driewer posted 19 assists.

HASTINGS - The third annual Tribune Volleyball Classic will be Thursday, June 16 at 7 p.m. at Hastings College’s Lynn Farrell Arena. The match will pit the North All-Stars against the South All-Stars.

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