Diane Stamm | From The Imperial Republican
Members of Chase County’s volleyball team are, front from left, managers Anna McNair and Quinn Spady, Dylan Heermann, Tristan Nordhausen, Kylee Wiest, Ava McNair, Ali Reeves, second row from left, Tilly Foote, Elizabeth Hanna, Aria McNair, Adilynn Russell, Ashlyn Heermann, Landree McNair, Anna Aragon, Avery Beemer, Kadence Wallin, student manager Becca Reeves, back row from left, Head Coach Kristi McNair, Peyton Owens, Riley Rusher, Miranda Spady, Olivia Spady, Haley Rusher, Karlie Anderson, Adelle Eskew, Assistant Coaches Shannon Fisher and Taylin Dickey and student manager Millie Russell.
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1 Jewel Holthus
3 Lilly Dinnel
4 McKenna Doetker
5 GraCee Goings
7 Ryleigh McCrumb
9 Maggie DeWester
10 Izzy Stehno
11 Kiley Anderson
12 Kenzie Bardsley
13 Peyton Cox
16 Emma Acton
17 Cheyenne Parrish
Chloe Manley
Kalli Hoskovec
Abigael GreavesHead Coach Dakota West
Assistant Coach RanDee Littrel
Familiar foes fare well at state volleyball
The Chase County and Wauneta-Palisade volleyball teams had a number of opponents win districts and move on to the state tournament, including two that played in state championship games.
Minden (36-1), which beat CCS Aug. 29 in McCook, won Class C1. The Whippets run to the state championship included a win over third-seeded Gothenburg (33-3) in the semifinals. Gothenburg beat CCS Sept. 26 and finished third at state.
The Longhorns also lost to the RPAC’s Cambridge and Southwest at the McCook Invite.
Cambridge (28-5) finished as runner up in Class D2. The Trojans beat No. 1 Overton in subdistricts but lost to the Eagles in the championship game.
Wauneta-Palisade lost to Overton in the D2-2 district final.
Southwest (29-4), which beat both the Longhorns and Broncos twice during the regular season, was knocked out in the first round, as was fellow RPAC opponent Wallace (27-5), which beat WP once.
Other state champions are Lincoln Southwest, Class A; Omaha Skutt, its ninth-straight Class B state championship; Lincoln Lutheran, Class C2; and Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, Class D1.
Sedgwick County, Colorado, which topped CCS in September, was the Class 2A No. 3 seed and won its Regional to qualify for state.