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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Elmwood-Murdock had 13 ace blocks in a 25-23, 25-20, 25-12 victory against Palmyra in the subdistrict final in Waverly. The C-2 ninth-ranked Knights had five blocks in the third set to put the game away.

"We really turned the match around with ace blocks," Elmwood-Murdock coach Peter Vavak said. "We felt like if we could block them, we could win the match. We beat them at the net and it's a great win for us."

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LINCOLN – Elmwood-Murdock earned third place in the East Central Nebraska Conference volleyball tournament Saturday afternoon with a dramatic comeback against one of the top teams in the league.

Elmwood-Murdock rallied from a two-game deficit to defeat Palmyra 20-25, 15-25, 25-20, 25-23, 15-12 in the third-place match. The comeback helped ease the sting of a five-game loss to Mead in the tournament semifinals earlier in the day at Southeast Community College-Lincoln.

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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The Mead volleyball team swept play at their own triangular Tuesday defeating Palmyra 2-1 and Conestoga 2-0.

Mead defeated Palmyra 25-14, 22-25, 25-17. Sophomore Devynn Patocka ended with 24 set assists. Sophomore Maddison Nygren led the team with seven kills while freshman Lauren Taylor and sophomore
Miranda Charles added six apiece and freshman Haley Konecky added five.

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One week of the 2011 season is down and there were quite a few big matches right out of the gate that help to reshape the NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Games to Watch the Week of Sept. 5, 2011.

BEATRICE - The rosters have been released for the All-Star Volleyball game at Southeast Community College's Truman Gymnasium on June 17 at 6 p.m..

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LOUISVILLE – Cass County students were named to All-East Central Nebraska Conference volleyball teams earlier this week during a meeting of league athletic directors and coaches.

Four Elmwood-Murdock players, three Louisville athletes, three Weeping Water players and two Conestoga athletes were named to either first-team, second-team, third-team or honorable mention squads. Elmwood-Murdock junior Megan Schmale and Louisville junior Natalie Minchow were both on the first team and Elmwood-Murdock senior Erika Stubbendeck was on the second team. Weeping Water senior Kylee Schreiner was a third-team selection.

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LINCOLN – Elmwood-Murdock stormed all the way to the finals of the East Central Nebraska Conference Volleyball Tournament during a second-place run in the annual event this past weekend.

The sixth-seeded Knights upset third-seeded Johnson County Central 22-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-18, 15-11 Thursday night and then defeated second-seeded Malcolm 25-21, 25-21, 19-25, 27-25 in the semifinals Saturday morning. Elmwood-Murdock received silver medals after Palmyra won the championship match 25-22, 25-10, 19-25, 25-23.

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PALMYRA - For the five seniors on the Palmyra volleyball team, it's been a long road to the top of the East Central Nebraska Conference.
When setter Kara Williams, defensive specialist Brittany Schroder, outside hitters Holly Mach and Ashley Vlcek, and middle blocker Amanda Beckman were freshmen, the Panthers were 2-24. Four of them -- Williams, Schroder, Mach, and Vlcek -- saw significant playing time on that team.

"Even though our record was bad, the excitement of playing high school volleyball was fun," said Williams, who was a defensive specialist as a freshman, with Schroder doing the setting. "But when it was over, we were determined to make sure the next three years were way different."