The Phil Gradoville Invitational at Omaha Bryan High School wil be played Friday and Saturday.

Plattsmouth, Bellevue West Omaha Burke and Omaha Northwest will be in Pool A. Omaha Benson, Omaha Bryan, Omaha North and Omaha South will be in Pool B. Admission will be $6 for adults and $4 for students.

Pool A Schedule – Friday, Sept. 9

The Phil Gradoville Invitational at Omaha Bryan High School wil be played Friday and Saturday.

Plattsmouth, Bellevue West Omaha Burke and Omaha Northwest will be in Pool A. Omaha Benson, Omaha Bryan, Omaha North and Omaha South will be in Pool B. Admission will be $6 for adults and $4 for students.

Pool A Schedule – Friday, Sept. 9

Bellevue University From left to right: Bellevue University Head Coach Trish Siedlik, Sunny Bell and Omaha Bryan Head Coach Elisa Booth pose for a photo during Bell's signing.

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Bellevue University head volleyball coach Trish Siedlik announced the signing of local high school standout Sierra (Sunny) Bell to a letter of intent to continue her academic and athletic careers at Bellevue beginning in the fall of 2011.

Bell earned honorable mention all-state honors during the 2010 season at Omaha Bryan High School under head coach Elisa Booth. She was also a second team all-Metro Conference selection in 2010 after earning third team honors in 2009.

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When Elisa Booth approached her former high school coach Joanne Kappas about assisting with volleyball at Omaha Bryan, she had no idea of what was going to come out of the meeting.

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OMAHA - When Elisa Booth approached her former high school coach Joanne Kappas about assisting with volleyball at Omaha Bryan, she had no idea of what was going to come out of the meeting.

What Booth, a former player at Bellevue West, discovered was that Kappas had turned in her resignation and accepted the head coaching position at Millard South and that the Omaha Bryan head coaching position was open.

“I was at Bryan interviewing for the math position when I ran into Coach Kappas,” said Booth, who has been coaching for the past eight years at Beatrice, Fremont and the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. “I had not heard that she was leaving, so I had planned on asking her if I could help out. It was not until later that she said she would be leaving. I immediately put in for the position and the rest is history. She has been a tremendous help setting things in motion and showing me the ropes before starting her new position.”

BELLEVUE – Bob Stanley was recently hired to be the new head volleyball coach at Bellevue West High School.

Stanley replaces Laurel Derry, who resigned her volleyball coaching position earlier this year, but will remain with the Bellevue Schools as a counselor.

Stanley may be a familiar name with some Bellevue West volleyball fans as he was an assistant for Joanne Kappas from 1993-2003, except in 1996 when he was sent to South Korea by the Air Force.
Following the 2003 season, Stanley was assigned another Air Force duty in Hawaii, which turned out to be a 5 ½ year absence.

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2011 Nebraska high school volleyball team capsules, complete with coaching information, returning starters, team outlook and more.

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2010 Nebraska high school volleyball team capsules, with coaching information, returning starters and a season outlook:

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