Kearney Catholic dropped one set to win the Class A, B, C1 division at the Top Ten Tournament in Kearney.

The Kearney Catholic JV won the C2 division with a 24-4 record.

Giltner took home top honors in the D1/D2 division with a 28-2 record.

LOUPLATTE ALL-CONFERENCE
Sydney Niemeyer Senior MH Adams Central
Sarah Allen Sophomore OH Adams Central
Courtney Aitken Senior MH Centura
Angelica Young Senior S Centura
Taylor True Senior Libero Centura
Emily Lienemann Senior S Doniphan-Trumbull
Katie Pfeiffer Senior S Doniphan-Trumbull
Taylor Godberson Senior OH Gibbon
Macy Milks Senior OH Gibbon
Megan Anderson Junior MB Kearney Catholic
Bailey Sokolowski Junior MB Kearney Catholic
Michaela Mestl Junior OH Kearney Catholic
Shayla Conner Sophomore S Kearney Catholic
Morgan McDonald Junior OH Loup City
Nicki Carson Junior S Ord
Megan Alexander Junior OH Ord
Katie Peterson Senior MB Ord
Holly Heil Senior MB Ord
Alisa Pecka Senior OH Ravenna
Maggie Matejka Senior OH Ravenna
Mercedes Lassen Sophomore OH St. Paul
Sarah Mamot Senior S St. Paul
Maddie Nyberg Senior RS St. Paul
Morgan Heise Senior OH Wood River
Kelly Boshart Junior MB Wood River
Kelsey Bahe Sophomore S Wood River

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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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GRAND ISLAND - The level of play St. Paul coach Matt Koehn has been waiting for his team to show him all season finally emerged - and just in the nick of time.

The battle-tested Wildcats (17-12) got off to a fast start and then gutted it out in the fifth set to defeat second-seeded Minden 25-23, 25-16, 14-25, 21-25, 18-16 on Monday night in the Class C-1, Subdistrict 8 semifinals at Northwest High School. The victory over the No. 4-rated (Omaha World-Herald) Whippets earned St. Paul a spot in Tuesday night's 7 p.m. subdistrict final against No. 3 Kearney Catholic.

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WOOD RIVER - Morgan Heise carried the Wood River volleyball team when it needed her.
The senior had 12 of her match-high 20 kills in the third set to help the Eagles rally to take a 25-21, 21-25, 26-24 win over St. Paul in the Wood River Triangular.

The Wildcats missed a serve at 24-20, and that rotated Heise back to the front row, where she had four kills in the five Wood River points to take the match.

Papillion-LaVista South was pushed to the brink of its first loss against St. James Academy in Lenexa, Kan. but survived. Columbus Scotus in C1 also was pushed but remained unbeaten. Lutheran High Northeast in C2 wasn't so lucky as Guardina Angels took down C2's last unbeaten. Paxton and Hitchcock County still are perfect in D1 but could face each other at the conference tournament. Check out all the new NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week's ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (25-0) 1
2. Bellevue East (20-5) 4
3. Omaha Burke (23-4) 2
4. Omaha Marian (17-7) 5
5. Grand Island (19-4) 3
6. Lincoln Southwest (18-4) 6
7. Papillion-LaVista (13-10) 7
8. Omaha Westside (11-11) 8
9. Lincoln Northeast (16-11) 9
10. Millard West (9-12) 10

Contenders: Omaha Benson, Kearney, Bellevue West, Fremont, Lincoln North Star

The LouPlatte Conference Tournament will begin next Monday.

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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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Ansley def. Elba/NLS

SCOTIA — Ansley won two matches at the Elba/North Loup-Scotia Triangular

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