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The Northern State volleyball program has added two more recruits for this fall in Cari McGarvie of Lincoln, Neb., and Renee Hoffman of Excelsior, Minn.

“I am excited to have Cari and Renee join our volleyball team,” NSU coach Brent Aldridge said. “They both bring a common theme; they both love to compete and love to win. I think that will go a long way for them as they come into our program and fight for playing time next fall.”

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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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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Lexi Elman knocked down 15 kills and teammates Annie Wolfe and Maggie Heim added nine each to pace No. 2 Omaha Marian to a 25-12, 25-13, 25-17 victory against No. 9 Lincoln North Star in the championship match of the A-5 district volleyball tournament at Marian on Wednesday night.
Ashley Jansen (35 assists) and Kate Elman (16 digs) paced the Crusaders' (32-8) back-row play.

North Star (17-15) needed five sets to get past upset-minded Fremont in the first round 25-23, 21-25, 23-25, 25-15, 15-12 behind 17 kills by Cari McGarvie, 16 kills and 31 digs by Jaelynn Griess and 39 assists from Mackenzie McAndrew. Griess had eight kills and McAndrew had 16 assists in the finals against Marian.

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Cari McGarvie didn't have her usual sense of humor and upbeat personality last Tuesday when Lincoln North Star's volleyball team played host to Lincoln Southeast.

The 5-foot-10 senior middle blocker's bout with the flu, however, didn't totally sap her physical strength. McGarvie responded with 22 kills and four ace blocks in North Star's four-set win, even though she admitted nearly a week later she probably shouldn't have been playing.

Sub-districts are officially one week away in the smaller classifications and that means that it is time for conference tournament and final late-season rivalries to finish up and for teams to get ready for postseason play. Below are the updated NebVolleyball.com/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. rankings for Oct. 24.

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week’s ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (30-0) 1
2. Omaha Marian (24-7) 3
3. Omaha Burke (24-5) 2
4. Lincoln Southwest (26-5) 5
5. Grand Island (25-5) 4
6. Omaha Westside (15-14) 6
7. Bellevue East (24-8) 7
8. Papillion-LaVista (14-17) 8
9. Millard West (12-13) 10
10. Lincoln North Star (14-13)

Contenders: Lincoln Northeast, Omaha Benson, Kearney, Bellevue West

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GRAND ISLAND - Whenever the Grand Island Senior High volleyball team needed a big point, Christina Silver was there to deliver.

The senior had a match-high 15 kills, five ace serves and 23 digs to help the Class A, No. 4 Islanders advance to the Heartland Athletic Conference Tournament championship with a 25-10, 25-22, 25-22 win over Lincoln North Star Tuesday at GISH.

Heartland Athletic Conference

Tuesday

At GISH

Papillion-LaVista South was pushed to the brink of its first loss against St. James Academy in Lenexa, Kan. but survived. Columbus Scotus in C1 also was pushed but remained unbeaten. Lutheran High Northeast in C2 wasn't so lucky as Guardina Angels took down C2's last unbeaten. Paxton and Hitchcock County still are perfect in D1 but could face each other at the conference tournament. Check out all the new NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week's ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (25-0) 1
2. Bellevue East (20-5) 4
3. Omaha Burke (23-4) 2
4. Omaha Marian (17-7) 5
5. Grand Island (19-4) 3
6. Lincoln Southwest (18-4) 6
7. Papillion-LaVista (13-10) 7
8. Omaha Westside (11-11) 8
9. Lincoln Northeast (16-11) 9
10. Millard West (9-12) 10

Contenders: Omaha Benson, Kearney, Bellevue West, Fremont, Lincoln North Star

Toni Tupper and Kassidy Sullivan got red hot when Lincoln Northeast needed it most in its "Dig Pink" volleyball match against Lincoln North Star on Tuesday night.

Tupper slammed 28 kills and teammate Kassidy Sullivan added 17 to lead the Class A No. 10 Rockets to a 21-25, 30-28, 24-26, 25-22, 15-9 come-from-behind volleyball victory against North Star at Ed Johnson Gym.

In addition to a competitive match, money was raised through pink T-shirt sales for the Side-Out Foundation, which benefits breast cancer research and education.