The Twin Valley Conference recently announced its post-season honors.

First-Team All-Conference
Kelsey Biltoft, Lawrence-Nelson, Senior
Jordyn Atwater, Blue Hill, Senior
Taylor Bittfeld, Kenesaw, Senior
Kalyn Brannagan, Shelton, Junior
Maggie Urbanek, Shelton, Senior
Tracy Meyer, Shelton, Senior

Second-Team All-Conference
Kelli Mack, Kenesaw, Junior
Mackenzie Skupa, Silver Lake, Junior
Jenscena Hansen, Deshler, Sophomore
Kenzee Kucera, Lawrence-Nelson, Senior
Kaitlin Kumke, Blue Hill, Senior
Maci Coffey, Blue Hill, Sophomore

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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GRAND ISLAND - There is no better time to play your best volleyball than in the postseason.
Centura took that to heart against Shelton in the Class C-2, Subdistrict 10 tournament Monday at Grand Island Central Catholic. The Centurions came out strong and never really let up in surprising the Bulldogs 25-21, 25-16, 27-25 win to advance to the subdistrict finals.

"This has to be the best we have played all season," Centura coach Heather Ferralez said. "We all haven't really been on all season until tonight. It was good for us. When you are at this point of the season, records don't matter."

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AMHERST - Shelton put D1 No. 10 Overton on its heels from the opening point in a 25-10, 25-12 win at the Amherst Triangular Tuesday in Amherst.

The Bulldogs (22-4) started the game on a 12-1 run with Overton's lone point coming on a Shelton net violation. Kalyn Brannagan and Maggie Urbanek landed two ace serves each and Tracy Meyer added two ace blocks during the run. The Bulldogs earned their biggest lead at 21-4 when Brannagan landed her second kill of Game 1 off an Urbanek assist.

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The Shelton volleyball team finally got the kind of victory it had been waiting for all season Monday night.

The Bulldogs had not been able to win the close matches. That changed after rallying from 2-0 in sets and a 7-2 deficit in the fifth set to post a 23-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-17, 15-10 victory over Lawrence-Nelson, the defending D-2 state champions, in the Twin Valley Conference Tournament final Monday.

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

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

As the fourth week of the season concludes, team are starting to separate themselves and it is reflected in this week’s Sept. 26 NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week's ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (15-0) 1
2. Omaha Burke (18-3) 2
3. Omaha Marian (12-4) 3
4. Lincoln Southwest (15-2) 5
5. Grand Island (17-3) 46.
6. Papillion-LaVista (10-9) 7
7. Omaha Westside (6-4) NR
8. Bellevue East (11-5 ) 6
9. Lincoln Northeast (9-7) 8
10. Millard West (8-11) NR

Contenders: Omaha Benson, Kearney , Bellevue West, Fremont

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

Ansley def. Elba/NL- Scotia

ANSLEY — Kara Ostrand (18) and Siera Rohde (16) combined for 34 service points to lead undefeated Ansley to a 25-15, 25-20, 25-13 victory over Elba/North Loup-Scotia (0-3).

Rohde led the Warriors (6-0) with 11 kills and five ace blocks.