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The Nebraska Coaches Association has finalized the rosters for the 2012 NCA All-Star Volleyball team.

The 29th annual all-star volleyball match will be played on Tuesday, July 24, at Lincoln North Star High School beginning at 7:00 p.m.

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Courtesy Photo Wood River's Morgan Heise signs her national letter of intent while her family and CCC head coach Mary Young look on.

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COLUMBUS — The National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Women’s Volleyball Tournament ended just over two weeks ago, and the Raiders are already preparing for next season.

For Central Community College, finishing sixth at nationals was a great achievement, the highest finish in the school’s history. But that doesn’t mean the Raiders are content. Since, CCC has signed three players — including two area athletes — to National Letters of Intent.

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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C1-1 at Plattsmouth
Friday's final: Ashland-Greenwood def. Auburn 23-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-12, 15-11

C1-2 at Seward
Friday's final: Columbus Scotus def. Milford 25-18, 25-9, 25-13

C1-3 at Oakland-Craig
Friday's final: Concordia def. Wisner-Pilger 25-15, 25-17, 26-24

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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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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.

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