Back to State for the First Time Since 2008

It was a crowning moment for the Liberal High School volleyball program.  Liberal won their 6A sub state Saturday in the Big House to make state for the first time since 2008.  They made it look easy dusting of Topeka 25-9, 25-12.  Campus upset Wichita North 2-1 in the other sub state semifinal setting up a Liberal-Campus final.  Before the day was over, the Liberal girls were taking rounds of pictures celebrating a trip to state as LHS beat Campus 25-13, 25-18. Stats:
Rachelle Terrazas led the team with 24 assists, 11 digs and 3 kills.  Rylie Hallman had 19 kills, 12 digs and 7 assists.  The defense was strong with Lizzy Cisneros and her 18 digs, 7 assists and 3 kills and Arianna Hubbard who had a total of 13 digs, 2 assists,  and 1 ace. Leading in blocks was Shamari Lewis with 3 solo and 5 assisted blocks, she also had 2 aces and 2 digs.

It was Liberal’s first time to host sub state since 2013.  Liberal is 27-8 and will play in the Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina in pool play on Friday.

KSHSAA State Volleyball Pairings
Class 6A
Salina–Tony’s Pizza Events Center
SEEDINGS
Seed 1 Topeka–Washburn Rural, 40–1 Seed 5 OP–Blue Valley, 28–9
Seed 2 Wichita–Northwest, 33–4 Seed 6 OP–Blue Valley North, 23–10
Seed 3 Shawnee–Mill Valley, 30–8 Seed 7 Lawrence–Free State, 25–12
Seed 4 Liberal, 27–8 Seed 8 OP–Blue Valley West, 23–13
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 – POOL PLAY
Pool 1 – Court A
Time Seed Team vs Seed Team
8:30 a.m. (4) Liberal vs. (5) OP–Blue Valley
9:30 a.m. (1) Topeka–Washburn Rural vs. (8) OP–Blue Valley West
10:30 a.m. (4) Liberal vs. (8) OP–Blue Valley West
11:30 a.m. (1) Topeka–Washburn Rural vs. (5) OP–Blue Valley
12:30 p.m. (5) OP–Blue Valley vs. (8) OP–BV West
1:30 p.m. (1) Topeka–Washburn Rural vs. (4) Liberal
Pool 2 – Court B
Time Seed Team vs Seed Team
8:30 a.m. (3) Shawnee–Mill Valley vs. (6) OP–Blue Valley North
9:30 a.m. (2) Wichita–Northwest vs. (7) Lawrence–Free State
10:30 a.m. (3) Shawnee–Mill Valley vs. (7) Lawrence–Free State
11:30 a.m. (2) Wichita–Northwest vs. (6) OP–Blue Valley North
12:30 p.m. (6) OP–Blue Valley North vs. (7) Lawrence–Free State
1:30 p.m. (2) Wichita–Northwest vs. (3) Shawnee–Mill Valley
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 – SEMIFINALS & FINALS
Saturday’s bracket will be posted on www.kshsaa.org at the conclusion of pool play on Friday. Saturday semifinals
will begin at 9 a.m. Consolation and championship matches will begin 25 minutes after last semifinal match has
concluded.