Ellinwood earns first-team honors

Central Prairie League champion Ellinwood placed setter Mary Dimitt and setter/middle Gabby Jacobs on the first team all-league volleyball team. The Eagles (35-8) placed fourth in the 2A state volleyball tournament. Smith Center downed Ellinwood 25-20, 25-11 in the semifinals. Garden Plain beat the Eagles 23-25, 25-6, 25-19 for third place. 

Three-time All-CPL Kassidy Nixon joined Victoria’s Kassi Weber, Ness City’s Zoe Seib and St. John’s Darby Smith on the first team. Two-time state champion Central Plains (32-10) placed third in 1A Division 2 with a 25-29, 26-24 victory over Hutchinson Central Christian. State runner-up Lebo downed the Oilers 25-23, 25-20 in the semifinals.

FIRST TEAM CPL *unanimous

CENTRAL PLAINS—*Kassidy Nixon, MH/DS, 12

VICTORIA—*Kassi Weber, OH, 12

ELLINWOOD—Mary Dimitt, S, 12; Gabby Jacobs, M/S, 11

NESS CITY—Zoe Seib, OH/DS, 12

ST. JOHN—Darby Smith

SECOND TEAM CPL

VICTORIA—Melany Huser, OH/DS, 12; Kaitlyn Windholz, S/DS, 12

ELLINWOOD—Bella Baker, OH, 11

LA CROSSE—Brooke Herrman, OH, 12

MACKSVILLE—Mayce Russell, OH, 10

CENTRAL PLAINS—Riley Thompson, OH/S, 12

HONORABLE MENTION

OTIS-BISON—Macie Wiltse, MH, 11; Kennedy Liggett, Libero, 12

ST. JOHN—Heidi Fisher, OH, 10; Payton Meyer, S, 12

NESS CITY—Alexa Reinhardt, MB, 12

CENTRAL PLAINS—Madison McGuire, MH/DS, 12