The South Central 16 Black team won the 16 Gold Division at the River City Jrs Ground Hog Classic on Feb. 5 at The Courts in Omaha.

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Darren Ivy/NebVolleyball South Central 17 Red's Jackie Bosak (9) and Chloe Wichman (15) scramble for a loose ball during their team's match with Kearney Crush at the Hastings Spring Spike held Sunday at Hastings High.

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HASTINGS – The Nebraska West 17-1 team, which is made up primarily of Ogallala High School players, captured the 18 Open title at the Hastings Spring Spike that was held on March 6 at Hastings High School.

Nebraska West won five of six sets in pool play, sweeping Nebraska X 181 and Outer Limits 16 and splitting with Outer Limits 17. Then in the tournament, Nebraska West first won a three-set match over Nebraska X 181 before defeating Outer Limits 16 in three sets in the finals.

The Tiger Jam was held on Feb. 6 at Hastings High School and included 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16-year-old divisions.

In the 16 Open Division, South Central 16 Red finished first with a 3-1-1 record. Nebraska X 161 came in second with a 1-2-2 record, while GI Islanders 16 Purple and Hastings Tigers 16 were third with 1-1-2 and 1-2-1 respectively.

In the 15 Open Division, South Central Red went 3-0-2 to claim first place. In the championship, South Central 15 Red defeated Nebraska Gold 152 in three sets. Nebraska Gold 152 finished 3-1. Coming in tied for third was Hastings Tigers 15-1 with a 1-2-1 record and Nebraska Gold 151 with a 3-1 record. Rounding out the division was the GI Vikes 141 squad, which went 3-1-1 to place fifth, the Sandhill Slammers, which went 1-2-1 to place sixth and Bow Mojo 15 at 0-3-1 and Hastings Tigers at 0-4-1 to tie for seventh.

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HASTINGS - The Nebraska Diamonds 18s went 4-0-1 to claim first place at the Bronco Showdown at Hastings College on Feb. 6.

The Diamonds, which include Kaelynn Drake, Brooke Henry, Siera Rohde, Taylor Rohde, Shelbea Spilinek, Shayla Trotter, Alivia Wardyn and Katelyn Watts, beat South Central 18 Black 25-17, 25-21, Queen City Jrs 171 25-17, 25-22, Adams County 17s 25-15, 25-12, Hastings Tigers 17s and split with South Central Red 25-22 and 17-25.

Darren Ivy/NebVolleyball KVC Crush 141's Rachel Richter tips the ball over the block of GINW Vikes's Gabrielle Candle during the championship of the January Jam 14 Gold Tournament on Sunday at Grand Island Northwest.

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GRAND ISLAND - The Kearney Volleyball Club Crush 141 fought back from a big deficit to win the 14 Gold Division at the January Jam at Grand Island Northwest on Sunday afternoon.

The Crush (5-0), who are made up primarily of Kearney Catholic eighh-graders, dropped the opening set the the GI Vikes 14-1, who are Grand Island Northwest eight-graders, by a score of 25-21 and were down 21-19 in the second set before rallying to win 25-23. Then the Crush won a tightly-contested third set 15-11 to earn the victory.

GILTNER – When Jessica Lovejoy started playing for the South Central Volleyball Club for Chris Vaught when she 13 years old, she never envisioned the day that she would be a head coach and have Vaught as her assistant.

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Darren Ivy/NebVolleyball The South Central 16s lost to the Lincoln Magic 16s Trix in the finals of the Lincoln Magic Volleyball Gold Tournament on Sunday.

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LINCOLN – The Lincoln Magic Tournament on Sunday provided a chance for a couple of 16 Gold Division teams to get their first taste of the 2010 club season.

Both the South Central 16s and Lincoln Magic 16 Trix looked much further along that would be expected at this point of the season.
The two teams each went undefeated in pool play at the Lincoln Magic Volleyball Complex in Lincoln, but South Central won a higher percentage of sets so it received the top seed and a bye for the semifinals of the 16s Gold Tournament.