SCOTTSBLUFF — Players have been selected for the East and West teams for the 28th-annual West Nebraska All-Star Volleyball Game. The 26 members of the volleyball teams were nominated by their respective high school coach and selected by the all-star coaches.

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Darren Ivy/NebVolleyball Iowa State's Tenisha Matlock makes a dig at the UNK Spring Volleyball Tournament while fellow Nebraskans Kelsey Petersen (8), Jamie Straube (14), Caitlin Mahoney (7) and Carley Jenson (1) look on.

When the NCAA Div. I Volleyball Tournament gets underway on Thursday and Friday across the country, the state of Nebraska will be well represented on the rosters of the teams that made it.

The home-state University of Nebraska-Lincoln volleyball team boasts eight Nebraska natives on its roster, but there are also at least 14 other native Nebraskans on other team's rosters that made the tournament.

Of these 22 Division I players, they hail for 20 different Nebraska high schools.

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OGALLALA - The Gering and Sidney volleyball teams advanced to the championship match of the Class B, District 6 Tournament with semifinal wins on Tuesday night in Ogallala.

Gering, the tournament's top seed and defending champion, overcame a pesky Alliance squad 26-24, 20-25, 25-11, 25-16. Alliance advanced to the semifinals after beating McCook in five sets.

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Whenever the Lady Bulldogs needed to score Thursday, Anna Allberry was the one they would look for.

The North Platte junior led her team with 17 kills and a .389 hitting percentage. She also had four services aces on the night.

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ALLIANCE - The Scottsbluff volleyball team enjoyed a solid team performance Tuesday en route to defeating Class B, District 8 foe Alliance 25-10, 25-21, 25-21 Tuesday night at Alliance High School.
The victory was the Bearcats' first win against the Bulldogs in three matches this season.

"I thought we played really well," Scottsbluff coach Megan Burda said. "They were able to move. I think our defense picked it up just a little bit, and I think we were kind of able to dictate the play of the game because we were so aggressive."

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Class A

Rank Team 2010 record Returning starters
1. Papillion-La Vista South 41-0 5
2. Omaha Marian 36-6 4
3. Omaha Burke 21-14 6
4. Lincoln Southwest 28-9 3
5. Papillion-La Vista 28-10 4
6. Bellevue East 22-17 4
7. Millard North 24-11 4
8. Grand Island 20-14 5
9. Lincoln Southeast 20-14 5
10. Lincoln North Star 19-15 4

Contenders: Lincoln Northeast, Lincoln East, Omaha Westside, Millard West.

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Scottsbluff High School didn't have to look too far when it came to hiring a new volleyball coach to replace Shana Dick, who resigned at the end of last season. Assistant coach Megan Burda has been hired to take Dick's place.

The 30-year old Bayard native steps in to her first head coaching position after two years with the seventh grade program, one year with the freshman team and the last three campaigns as the junior varsity coach.

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Gordon-Rushville twins Alicia and Alyssa Ostrander made their final time together on the volleyball court a memorable one as the sisters helped the West All-Stars post a thrilling five-set win over the East in the 25th annual West Nebraska All-Star Volleyball Match at Western Nebraska Community College on Saturday afternoon.

Alicia Ostrander, who is headed to Nebraska to play volleyball, led the West with 10 kills. She earned the West MVP honors after helping the West to a 25-18, 25-15, 23-25, 22-25, 15-3 win. It was the West’s sixth straight win over the East.

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SCOTTSBLUFF - After guiding the Scottsbluff High School volleyball team to 55 wins and three district runner-up finishes in three seasons, Shana Dick resigned as the Bearcats’ head coach on Wednesday.

Dick said the decision to step away will allow her to spend more time with her family.

The Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference recently announced its All-Conference honorees for volleyball.

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