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Defending state champion Central Plains reaches 2A state volleyball
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The Central Plains volleyball team

 ST. JOHN – No. 1 ranked Central Plains cruised past Ellinwood 25-16, 25-16 to capture the Class 2A St. John substate volleyball championship. The Oilers (36-2) captured last year’s Class 2A state title with a 43-0 record. Ellinwood upset No. 2 seed Inman in the semifinals.

ST. JOHN—Finals—Central Plans def. Ellinwood, 25-16, 25-16; Semifinals—Central Plains def. St. John, 25-17-, 25-13; Ellinwood def. Inman, 25-20, 25-16; First round—Central Plains def. Skyline, 25-6, 25-16; St. John def. Macksville, 25-17, 25-12; Inman def. Medicine Lodge, 25-20, 25-9; Ellinwood def. Moundridge, 25-23, 25-23

CLASS 2A STATE VOLLEYBALL
Friday, Emporia, White Auditorium
POOL 1
8:30 a.m.—Central Plains 36-2 vs. Alma-Wabaunee 30-9
9:30 a.m.—Greensburg Kiowa County 36-3 vs. Olathe Heritage Christian 32-8
10:30 a.m.—Central Plains vs. Olathe Heritage
11:30 a.m.—Kiowa County vs. Wabaunsee
12:30 p.m.—Olathe Heritage vs. Wabaunee
1:30 p.m.—Central Plains vs. Kiowa County
POOL 2
8:30 a.m.—Rosalia Flinthills 38-2 vs. Belleville Republic County 21-14
9:30 a.m.—Oswego 35-5 vs. Hoxie 31-5
10:30 a.m.—Hoxie vs. Flinthills
11:30 a.m.—Oswego vs. Republic County
12:30 p.m.—Hoxie vs. Republic County
1:30 p.m.—Oswego vs. Flinthills

CLASS 3A STATE VOLLEYBALL
Friday, Emporia, White Auditorium
POOL 1
3:30 p.m.—Hays-Thomas More Prep 38-2 vs. Humboldt 28-11
4:30 p.m.—Silver Lake 35-5 vs. Hesston 34-6
5:30 p.m.—TMP vs. Hesston
6:30 p.m.—Silver Lake vs. Humboldt
7:30 p.m.—Hesston vs. Humboldt
8:30 p.m.—TMP vs. Silver Lake
POOL 2
3:30 p.m.—Wellsville 35-4 vs. Seneca-Nemaha Central 32-8
4:30 p.m.—Cheney 35-4 vs. Douglass 31-6
5:30 p.m.—Wellsville vs. Douglass
6:30 p.m.—Cheney vs. Nemaha Central
7:30 p.m.—Douglass vs. Nemaha Central
8:30 p.m.—Wellsville vs. Cheney

CLASS 1A-DIV. 1 STATE VOLLEYBALL
Friday, Hays, Gross Memorial Coliseum
POOL 1
3:30 p.m.—Centralia 40-0 vs. Pretty Prairie 23-11
4:30 p.m.—LaCrosse 33-5 vs. Hanover 34-7
5:30 p.m.—Centralia vs. Hanover
6:30 p.m.—LaCrosse vs. Pretty Prairie
7:30 p.m.—Hanover vs. Pretty Prairie
8:30 p.m.—Centralia vs. LaCrosse
POOL 2
3:30 p.m.—Goessel 38-1 vs. Dighton 28-9
4:30 p.m.—Kiowa-South Barber 34-3 vs. Lebo 29-7
5:30 p.m.—Goessel vs. Lebo
6:30 p.m.—South Barber vs. Dighton
7:30 p.m.—Lebo vs. Dighton
8:30 p.m.—Goessel vs. South Barber

CLASS 1A-DIV. 2 STATE VOLLEYBALL
Friday, Hays, Gross Memorial Coliseum
POOL 1
8:30 a.m.—Wheatland-Grinnell 34-6 vs. Ingalls 17-18
9:30 a.m.—Fowler 27-11 vs. Otis-Bison 25-12
10:30 a.m.—Wheatland-Grinnell vs. Otis-Bison
11:30 a.m.—Fowler vs. Ingalls
12:30 p.m.—Otis-Bison vs. Ingalls
1:30 p.m.—Wheatland-Grinnell vs. Fowler
POOL 2
8:30 a.m.—Waverly 26-8 vs. Axtell 22-15
9:30 a.m.—Cunningham 28-9 vs. Sharon Springs-Wallace County 21-13
10:30 a.m.—Wallace County vs. Waverly
11:30 a.m.—Cunningham vs. Axtell
12:30 p.m.—Wallace County vs. Axtell
1:30 p.m.—Waverly vs. Cunningham

CLASS 6A STATE VOLLEYBALL
Friday, Topeka Expocentre
POOL 1
8:30 a.m.—Blue Valley West 39-0 vs. SM Northwest 16-20
9:30 a.m.—Lawrence Free State 33-6 vs. SM East 28-8
10:30 a.m.—Blue Valley West vs. SM East
11:30 a.m.—Free State vs. SM Northwest
12:30 p.m.—SM East vs. SM Northwest
1:30 p.m.—Blue Valley West vs. Free State
POOL 2
8:30 a.m.—Olathe Northwest 33-4 vs. Wichita Northwest 28-13
9:30 a.m.—Garden City 33-5 vs. Manhattan 28-12
10:30 a.m.—Manhattan vs. Olathe Northwest
11:30 a.m.—Garden City vs. Wichita Northwest
12:30 p.m.—Manhattan vs. Wichita Northwest
1:30 p.m.—Olathe Northwest vs. Garden City

CLASS 5A STATE VOLLEYBALL
Friday, Topeka Expocentre
POOL 1
3:30 p.m.—Newton 38-4 vs. Lenexa-St. James 23-15
4:30 p.m.—Lansing 33-5 vs. Shawnee Heights 33-6
5:30 p.m.—Newton vs. Shawnee Heights
6:30 p.m.—Lansing vs. St. James
7:30 p.m.—Shawnee Heights vs. St. James
8:30 p.m.—Newton vs. Lansing
POOL 2
3:30 p.m.—Goddard Eisenhower 36-5 vs. St. Thomas Aquinas 31-10
4:30 p.m.—Pittsburg 35-5 vs. Emporia 28-8
5:30 p.m.—Goddard Eisenhower vs. Emporia
6:30 p.m.—Pittsburg vs. St. Thomas Aquinas
7:30 p.m.—Emporia vs. St. Thomas Aquinas
8:30 p.m.—Goddard Eisenhower vs. Pittsburg