Wichita-area schools advance to semifinals at state volleyball
Goddard and Rose Hill advanced through Friday’s pool play and into the semifinals during the first day of state high school volleyball tournaments.
At the Class 5A tournament in Topeka, Goddard won its first two pool play matches, then lost to Lansing in three sets. Goddard will face St. James Academy in the semifinals at 10 a.m. Saturday and Lansing with play St. Thomas Aquinas. The championship and third-place matches are scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
Andover and Bishop Carroll were both 1-2 in pool play, and Newton was 0-3.
At the Class 4A-Division I tournament in Salina, defending champion Rose Hill and Wellington both moved into the semifinals. Rose Hill went 2-1 in Pool I, losing to Louisburg 25-15, 25-22 in its final pool play match. Wellington was 2-1 in Pool II. Rose Hill plays Ulysses at 10 a.m. Saturday and Wellington plays Louisburg.
At the Class 3A tournament in Emporia, Cheney and Hesston advanced to the semifinals. Cheney went undefeated in Pool I, and Hesston was one of three teams that went 2-1 in Pool II.
At the Class 1A-I tournament in Hays, Pretty Prairie swept through its pool and will face South Central at 10 a.m. Saturday in the semifinals.
The Class 6A, 4A-II and 2A tournaments had not finished pool play at 10:30 p.m.
Class 5A
Court A: Lansing def. Andover 25-15, 25-21; Goddard def. Leavenworth 25-23, 25-20; Lansing def. Leavenworth 25-18, 25-12; Goddard def. Andover 25-27, 25-22, 25-14; Andover def. Leavenworth 25-19, 25-15; Lansing def. Goddard 19-25, 25-19, 25-11
Court B: St. James Academy def. Bishop Carroll 25-10, 25-12; St. Thomas Aquinas def. Newton 21-25, 25-17, 25-12; St. James def. Aquinas 25-19, 25-15; Carroll def. Newton 22-25, 25-18, 25-14; Aquinas def. Carroll 25-18, 25-17; St. James def. Newton 25-18, 25-17
Saturday’s 10 a.m. semifinals: Lansing vs. St. Thomas Aquinas; St. James Academy vs. Goddard
Class 4A Division I
Court A: Louisburg def. Basehor-Linwood 25-16, 25-16; Rose Hill def. Bishop Miege 25-11, 25-23; Louisburg def. Miege 13-25, 25-19, 25-19; Rose Hill def. Basehor-Linwood 25-14, 25-14; Basehor-Linwood def. Miege 25-14, 25-23; Louisburg def. Rose Hill 25-15, 25-22
Court B: Ulysses def. Wellington 25-19, 25-15; Independence def. El Dorado 25-22, 25-15; Ulysses def. El Dorado 25-22, 25-20; Wellington def. Independence 14-25, 25-22, 52-22; Wellington def. El Dorado 34-32, 25-16; Independence def. Ulysses 25-19, 17-25, 27-25
Saturday’s 10 a.m. semifinals: Louisburg vs. Wellington; Ulysses vs. Rose Hill
Class 3A
Court A: Cheney def. Beloit 25-13, 25-14; Thomas More Prep def. Wellsville 25-21, 25-21; Cheney def. Wellsville 25-16, 25-15; TMP def. Belout 25-16, 25-16; Beloit def. Wellsville 25-17, 13-25, 25-14; Cheney def. TMP 25-20, 25-21.
Court B: Hesston def. Erie 25-9, 25-14; Nemaha Central def. Silver Lake 25-19, 25-23; Silver Lake def. Hesston 18-25, 25-17, 25-19; Nemaha Central def. Erie 25-13, 25-9; Silver Lake def. Erie 25-15, 25-3; Hesston def. Nemaha Central 25-20, 25-19
Saturday’s 10 a.m. semifinals: Cheney vs. Nemaha Central; Hesston vs. Thomas More Prep.
Class 1A Division I
Court A: Pretty Prairie def. Hanover 25-22, 14-25, 25-7; Centralia def. Lebo 25-15, 25-18; Pretty Prairie def. Lebo 25-18, 25-16; Centralia def. Hanover 25-18, 25-10; Hanover def. Lebo 25-18, 25-19; Centralia def. Pretty Prairie 25-14, 24-21
Court B: South Central def. Rawlins Couty 25-23, 25-18; Sylvan Grove def. Southern Coffey County 25-12, 25-23; South Central def. Southern Coffey 25-12, 25-14; Sylvan Grove def. Rawlins County 19-25, 25-22, 25-22; Rawlins County def. Southern Coffey 25-14, 25-22; South Central def. Sylvan Grove 25-22, 21-25, 25-13.
Saturday’s 10 a.m. semifinals: Centralia vs. Sylvan Grove; South Central vs. Pretty Prairie
CLASS 6A
Court A: Manhattan def. BV North 25-22, 25-21. Olathe NW def. Hutchinson 25-12, 25-9. BV North def. Manhattan 25-17, 25-11. Olathe NW def. Manhattan 25-17, 25-14. Manhattan def. Hutchinson 25-20, 25-7. Olathe NW def. BV North 25-16, 23-25, 25-16.
Court B: BV West def. Garden City 25-17, 25-12. Washburn Rural def. Lawrence 23-25, 25-19, 25-18. BV West def. Lawrence 23-25, 25-16, 25-17. Washuburn Rural def. Garden City 25-16, 18-25, 25-20. Lawrence def. Garden City 25-19, 16-25, 25-23. BV West def. Washburn Rural 25-17, 22-25, 25-23.
Saturday’s 2 p.m. semifinals: Olahte Northwest vs. Washburn Rural; BV West vs. Manhattan.
CLASS 4A-II
Court A: Topeka Hayden def. Holcomb 25-12, 25-11. Trinity Academy def. Baldwin 25-6, 25-18. Holcomb def. Baldwin 25-12, 25-11. Hayden def. Trinity 25-15-, 25-16. Hayden def. Baldwin 25-12, 25-10. Trinity def. Holcomb 25-12, 25-15.
Court B: Burlington def. Holton 25-16, 29-27. Nickerson def. Frontenac 25-5, 25-9. Burlington def. Frontenac 25-10, 23-25, 25-11. Nickerson def. Holton 25-10, 25-22. Holton def. Frontenac 18-25, 26-24, 25-17. Nickerson def. Burlington 25-20, 25-17.
Saturday’s 2 p.m. semifinals: Topeka Hyden vs. Burlington; Nickerson vs. Trinity Academy.
CLASS 2A
Court A: Smith Center def. Meade 24-26, 25-20, 25-22. Goessel def. Bluestem 25-11, 25-13. Smith Center def. Bluestem 25-14, 25-15. Goessel def. Meade 25-12, 25-11. Meade def. Bluestem 25-16 22-25, 25-19.
Court B: Heritage Christian def. Pittsburg-Colgan 25-13, 25-11. Valley Heights def. Kiowa County 25-17, 9-25, 25-21. Valleyl Heights def. Pittsburg-Colgan 25-19, 22-25, 25-21. Heritage Christian def. Kiowa County 25-16, 23-25, 25-20.
Saturday’s 2 p.m. semifinals: Goessel vs. Valley Heights; Heritage Christian vs. Smith Center.
CLASS 1A-II
Court A: Otis-Bison def. South Barber 25-11, 27-29, 25-16. Wheatland-Grinnell def. Fowler 25-16, 25-23. Otis-Bison def. Fowler 25-22, 25-12. Wheatland-Grinnel def. South Barber 25-18, 25-20. South Barber def. Fowler 25-18, 25-10. Wheatland-Grinnell def. Otis-Bison 25-23, 25-14.
Court B: Waverly def. Beloit-St. John’s-Tipton 15-25, 25-20, 25-22. Northern Valley def. Axtell 25-15, 20-25, 25-21. Beloit-St. Johns-Tipton def. Axtell 9-25, 25-8, 25-12. Northern Valley def. Waverly 25-12, 25-20. Axtell def. Waverly 25-16, 25-21. Beloit-St. John’s-Tipton def. Northern Valley 25-19, 25-22.
Saturday’s 2 p.m. semifinals: Wheatland-Grinnell vs. Northern Valley; Beloit-St. John’s-Tipton vs. Otis-Bison.
This story was originally published October 27, 2017 at 5:16 PM with the headline "Wichita-area schools advance to semifinals at state volleyball."