Former Norfolk Çatholic standout Michelle Kuester announced on Tuesday that she will be joining her former head coach's staff at McNeese State in the fall.

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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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HASTINGS - Michaela Mestl and Bailey Sokolowski had 12 kills apiece to lead No. 3 Kearney Catholic to a 25-19, 25-9, 25-16 win against unranked Norfolk Catholic on Thursday in the first round of the
Class C-1 state volleyball tournament at Hastings College.

Ironically, many of the 6-foot-1 Sokolowski's kills came on tips, and the 5-6 Mestl's were mostly from powerful swings. But Stars coach Kris Conner wasn't surprised.

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

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

There were many big matches during the second week of the high school season that have shook up some of the NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week's ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (7-0) 1
2. Omaha Burke (12-1) 3
3. Omaha Marian (5-3) 2
4. Lincoln Southwest (6-1) 4
5. Grand Island (9-0) 7
6. Bellevue East (10-3) 5
7. Papillion-LaVista (4-3) 6
8. Millard West (6-5) 9
9. Lincoln North Star (6-5) 8
10. Omaha Benson (9-2) NR

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Two years ago, Norfolk Catholic standout Michelle Kuester had one of her most memorable collegiate games when she and her Texas Tech teammates came to Lincoln to face the Cornhuskers.

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College of St. Mary Danyel Borgmann of Seward signs her national letter of intent to play for College of St. Mary.

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OMAHA, Neb. – Second-year College of Saint Mary volleyball coach Samantha Hammond has announced her first full recruiting class with the addition of seven high school seniors expected to join the Flames this fall.

The Class of 2011 graduates includes Brittney Lester (Tecumseh, Neb.) from Johnson County High School, Jessica Kuehner (Omaha, Neb.) from Millard West High School, Joy Leick (Omaha, Neb.) from Omaha Marian High School, Mariah Voyles (Farragut, Iowa) from Farragut High School, Lacy Prusa (Norfolk, Neb.) from Norfolk Catholic High School, Brianna Sumner (Fort Collins, Colo.) from Rocky Mountain High School, and Danyel Borgmann (Seward, Neb.) from Seward High School.

NORFOLK - The Northeast Nebraska Volleyball All-Star match will be held on June 17 at 7 p.m. at Northeast Community College in Norfolk.

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Mount Marty College head volleyball coach Candice Climer announced Wednesday that two Nebraska athletes, Elisa Robinson of Wayne, Neb., and Kristen Boyle of Norfolk, Neb., will attend the school and play volleyball for the Lancers.

Robinson will graduate from Wayne High School in May where she is an honor roll member, Kiwanis Honor Student, Academic All-State Letter Award recipient, and National Honor Society member. She was also All-Conference for volleyball two years and a state track qualifier one year.