LOUPLATTE ALL-CONFERENCE
Sydney Niemeyer Senior MH Adams Central
Sarah Allen Sophomore OH Adams Central
Courtney Aitken Senior MH Centura
Angelica Young Senior S Centura
Taylor True Senior Libero Centura
Emily Lienemann Senior S Doniphan-Trumbull
Katie Pfeiffer Senior S Doniphan-Trumbull
Taylor Godberson Senior OH Gibbon
Macy Milks Senior OH Gibbon
Megan Anderson Junior MB Kearney Catholic
Bailey Sokolowski Junior MB Kearney Catholic
Michaela Mestl Junior OH Kearney Catholic
Shayla Conner Sophomore S Kearney Catholic
Morgan McDonald Junior OH Loup City
Nicki Carson Junior S Ord
Megan Alexander Junior OH Ord
Katie Peterson Senior MB Ord
Holly Heil Senior MB Ord
Alisa Pecka Senior OH Ravenna
Maggie Matejka Senior OH Ravenna
Mercedes Lassen Sophomore OH St. Paul
Sarah Mamot Senior S St. Paul
Maddie Nyberg Senior RS St. Paul
Morgan Heise Senior OH Wood River
Kelly Boshart Junior MB Wood River
Kelsey Bahe Sophomore S Wood River

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SIOUX CITY -- A season filled with unknowns has certainly yielded quite a few pleasant surprises.
As the Morningside College volleyball team heads into more of the same in the NAIA women's volleyball championships, first-year Coach Sara Horn can only hope a little ignorance keeps adding up to bliss.

"I really didn't know what to expect,'' said Horn, reflecting on her expectations as she prepared for her first season with the Mustangs. "People asked me how I thought we would be and I just didn't know.''
When Great Plains Athletic Conference coaches picked her team to finish eighth in an 11-team race, she was scarcely delighted.

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SUPER SQUAD

Michaela Schimmer

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

GRAND ISLAND - Defending Class C2 champion Lutheran High Northeast has taken the relatively easy path to the championship game with a 25-20, 25-21, 25-17 win over Twin River in the semifinals and a first-round win over Elmwood-Murdock of 25-18, 25-11, 25-20.

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Brady coach adds to school history

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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

The LouPlatte Conference Tournament will begin next Monday.

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Papillion-LaVista swept Class B's new top team Lincoln Pius X in in the finals of the Lincoln Northeast Tournament, while former Class B No. 1 Gretna was defeated for the first time this season. Earlier last week, Kearney Catholic was defeated by Grand Island Central Catholic, switching up the rankings in C1. D1 BDS lost to Class C2 Blue Hill, but remains atop in D1 as does Bertrand in D2 and Lutheran High Northeast in C2 in this week’s Oct. 3 NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week's ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (21-0) 1
2. Omaha Burke (20-3) 2
3. Grand Island (18-3) 5
4. Bellevue East (14-5 ) 8
5. Omaha Marian (15-7) 3
6. Lincoln Southwest (16-3) 4
7. Papillion-LaVista (12-10) 6
8. Omaha Westside (8-9) 7
9. Lincoln Northeast (13-10) 9
10. Millard West (9-11) 10

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

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DONIPHAN — It’s what you do when you get knocked down — you pick yourself up and start climbing that mountain again.

Kearney Catholic, admittedly smarting a bit from Tuesday night’s loss to Grand Island Central Catholic, went back to work Thursday as it faced Doniphan-Trumbull and Ord in a triangular meet. And it was the Stars who walked away with a pair of hard-won victories, as they defeated Ord 25-7, 25-20, then came back to hold off the Cardinals 25-12, 25-18. Ord took the opener as it defeated D-T 25-19, 22-25, 25-19.