RPAC All-Conference

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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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MAYWOOD - The Hitchcock County High School volleyball team was playing in a hole most of the night Tuesday, Oct. 18, in the Republican Plains Activities Conference (RPAC) Tournament championship match.

The Falcons dug too many deep holes that they could not dig back out from, as Bertrand beat Hitchcock County for the RPAC Tournament title. Bertrand defeated the Falcons 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-16 in the championship match at the Maywood High School gym.

Teams have been seeded and are ready to begin play in the opening rounds of the Republican Plains Athletic Conference at 4 sites Monday, Oct. 17th. The Conference features 3 Omaha World Herald top ten teams including #5 Paxton and # 6 Hitchcock County in D-1 and class D-2 #1 rated Bertrand. Teams are seeded according to win-loss record and winning percentage.

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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

Republican Plains Athletic Conference Tournament
Monday -Oct. 17 and Tuesday -Oct. 18

WEST DIVISION: Monday.

@ Paxton
5:30--- (game one) #5Wallace vs. #4Hayes Center
7:00--- (game two) #1 Paxton vs. winner of game 1.

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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Paxton and Kearney Catholic each went 3-0 Saturday in their respective divisions in winning the North
Platte Community College Volleyball Tournament.

On their way to the championship, Paxton defeated Maxwell 25-17, 19-25 and 25-4; SMC 25-8 and 25-11; and Eustis-Farnam 25-18 and 25-15.

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