Waverly weary but winning

Fresh off a 5-1 performance and third-place showing in the Twin Cities Invitational in Scottsbluff and Gering over the weekend, Waverly advanced to tonight's semifinals of the Eastern Midlands Conference Tournament with a first-r

Pius knocks off Omaha Marian

Class B No. 1 Pius X recorded one of its biggest wins of the year Saturday as it downed Class A No. 3 Omaha Marian 25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 25-19 in the championship game of the Lincoln Northeast Invitational.

Third-set run lifts Scotus past Jays

Five unanswered points midway through the third set put momentum on Seward’s side in its championship match against Columbus Scotus on Saturday.

Knights suffer loss, injury in pool play

LSE setter Alyssa Lake hurt during the team's second match at the Lincoln Northeast Invitational.

Spartans settle into groove, sweep LSW

As the Lincoln East volleyball team demonstrated Thursday night, unhappiness can be a great motivator.

Volleyball glance, 10/3

Pius X sweeps Aurora

Libero Hubl’s versatility gives LSE extra options

Paige Hubl knows her role for the Lincoln Southeast volleyball team, but that doesn’t stop the senior libero from having a little fun with coach during practices.

Bartek's offense leads Rockets past Lincoln High

Middle blocker Ashley Bartek slugged a match-high 13 kills and put down five ace blocks to pace Northeast to a 25-19, 25-20, 25-23 victory against Lincoln High before an estimated 400 spectators at Ed Johns

No. 2 Grand Island overcomes No. 4 Southwest

Senior outside hitter Ariel Krolikowski ripped a team-high 18 kills, served five aces and came up with 23 digs to pace second-ranked Grand Island (15-1) to a 25-17, 23-25, 25-23, 25-16 home victory against four

Seward aims for state berth

Seward's Miranda Wisehart and Zoie Smetter want to follow in their mother's footsteps and lead Seward to the state volleyball tournament.

This time, LSE holds off Spartans

Like it did a year ago, Lincoln Southeast won the first two sets in its volleyball match against the Spartans on Thursday. But instead of losing in five sets like they did in 2007, the Class A No. 8 Knights closed out sev

Crete's Fey can do it all, but she wants to hit

After playing as setter for Crete last season, senior Jessica Fey has emerged as one of the top outside hitters in Class B this fall.

NVA hosts Pius X volleyball tournament

The Nebraska Volleyball Academy at the Abbott Sports Complex will host its first-ever high school event Saturday with the six-team Lincoln Pius X Invitational.

Norris spreads out Crete, pounds out win

Norris showed off the volleyball version of the spread offense Tuesday night. Sophomore setter Leah Burbach ignited a balanced Norris attack that featured three Titans with double-figure kills in a 25-17, 25-20, 21

Seniors Petersen, Nemec back on court for Neb. City after injuries

The Nebraska City volleyball team may finally be healthy, a prospect that might make its opponents a bit queasy.

Monarchs rally past Islanders to win LPS Classic

Class A second-ranked Grand Island reeled off the first 10 points of its championship match against the top-ranked Monarchs, only to see Papillion-La Vista rebound for a 21-25, 25-18, 25-11 victory in the t

Omaha Marian deals Hawks 1st defeat

The Omaha Marian volleyball team is without a starting middle blocker, but you couldn’t tell from its blocking statistics.

Pius X coach Moore picks up 500th victory

Lincoln Pius X volleyball coach Jake Moore picked up his 500th career victory in the Thunderbolts’ 21-25, 25-22, 25-9 win Friday against Lincoln Southeast in pool play of the Lincoln Public Schools Classic.

Grand Island Central Catholic outlasts St. Paul

The state volleyball tournament came to Lincoln a couple months early Thursday night. In a match more fitting for a state semifinal than a regular-season triangular, Class C-1 No. 1 Grand Island Central Cath

Bolts’ outside hitter comes back strong

Natalie Braun is one of the hardest hitting attackers Lincoln Pius X volleyball coach Jake Moore has ever had. The 5-foot-8 senior, however, took an unusual path to becoming an elite Class B outside hitter. In gra

Scotus overcomes errors in win

The No. 2 Shamrocks had 17 hitting errors but defeat Aquinas 25-21, 25-21, 22-25, 25-22 on Tuesday night.

Hoops power Sutton digs up new identity

The Sutton Fillies, who have been to the state volleyball tournament only once (1991), moved to the top of the first regular-season Class C-2 volleyball rankings on the strength of a 25-23, 25-21, 25-20 win Thursday

Braun, Cook lead Pius X past Omaha Mercy

The feared letdown after winning last weekend’s Beatrice Invitational never materialized for the Lincoln Pius X volleyball team Thursday night.

Freeman players not as tall, but goals are still lofty

In her first three years on the Freeman volleyball team, Kelsey Schuster had plenty of upperclassmen to look up to, both literally and figuratively.

Crusaders face tough weekend

Grand Island Central Catholic will be putting its Class C-1, No. 1 volleyball ranking on the line both at home and on the road this weekend.