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NEBRASKA CITY - A pair of three-sport athletes were named as athletes of the year during the Nebraska City High School Awards show earlier this week.

Taylor DeVorss, a volleyball, basketball and track athlete, was named as the Tim Hall Female Athlete of the Year.

FREMONT - Coach Paul Giesselmann has released his 2012 recruiting class for Midland University’s 2012-13 volleyball squad. The Warriors, coming off a 20-win season and their first ever appearance in the GPAC Semifinals, will add an impressive list of 12 new names to next year’s roster, including 10 all-state achievers and nine all-conference athletes.

“We are really happy with our second recruiting class at Midland,”said Paul Giesselmann, Midland University volleyball head coach. “When you combine this class with last year’s group, I believe it sets Midland Volleyball up to be a competitive program for several years. The class has a great mix of a couple players who potentially could help us on the varsity immediately, several players that with a couple years of training will be very strong contributors for us, and a couple players that are going to be great role players that we can plug into several positions.”

Of the 12 athletes, 10 have led their high school volleyball teams to conference championships. Seven recruits hold school records and six have led their teams to top-8 or better state tournament finishes.

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Senior player profiles

No. 2 Kylie Kreifels
One of Nebraska City’s top offensive weapons, Kreifels played through the pain of a re-injured shoulder. After missing the 2010 season due to a shoulder injury, Kreifels re-injured the shoulder early in the season, but played on and capped the season with some of her best play of the year.
Coach Jennifer Koehler said it was unfortunate that Kreifels was only able to play three years due to last year’s injury, adding that Kreifels brings as much spirit to the court as she does skill.
“She’s always excited to play,” Koehler said. “She is always talking.”

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Shock and awe might be the best way to describe Lourdes Central Catholic all-stater Kayla Haneline's move two weeks ago from middle blocker to outside hitter.

The 6-foot-2 Northern Iowa volleyball recruit was certainly shocked when Lourdes coach Michelle Kreifels suggested the change, especially since Haneline has never played any other position but middle.

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Class A

Rank Team 2010 record Returning starters
1. Papillion-La Vista South 41-0 5
2. Omaha Marian 36-6 4
3. Omaha Burke 21-14 6
4. Lincoln Southwest 28-9 3
5. Papillion-La Vista 28-10 4
6. Bellevue East 22-17 4
7. Millard North 24-11 4
8. Grand Island 20-14 5
9. Lincoln Southeast 20-14 5
10. Lincoln North Star 19-15 4

Contenders: Lincoln Northeast, Lincoln East, Omaha Westside, Millard West.

The Eastern Midland Conference recently released its postseason honors.

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NEBRAKA CITY — Nebraska City and Lourdes wrapped up their volleyball campaigns on Monday and Tuesday at the sub-district and district tournaments.

The Pioneers played in the Class B-2 district tourney at Platteview on Tuesday and won one of two matches. In the first match, Nebraska City topped Eastern Midlands Conference rival Plattsmouth in three sets. Nebraska City, the No. 4 seed, then advanced to play the top seed of the bracket Bennington, which took a three-set victory from the Pioneers. Counting the results from Tuesday, the Pioneers’ final record stands at 15-16.

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NEBRASKA — The Nebraska City volleyball team will compete at the Norris Inivtational volleyball tournament on Saturday, Oct. 23.

Nebraska City will play Norris at 9 a.m., take on Aurora at 10 a.m. and battle Omaha Mercy at 11 a.m.

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The Nebraska City and Lourdes volleyball teams are scheduled to play in separate tourneys tonight at Syracuse and Waverly.

Lourdes opens play in the Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Invite. Match action begins at 4:30 p.m. with the host school taking on Falls City. Lourdes follows that match with a 5:30 p.m. meeting with Milford.

Eastern Midlands Conference Volleyball Tournament Pairings

First Round – Monday, Oct. 4

#8 Elkhorn South vs. #9 Blair – 5 p.m.