Club Preview: South Central 16 Black, 16 Red, 16 White

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Berk Brown

December 27, 2017 @ 03:53 PM

While most people think about Omaha and Lincoln when it comes to club volleyball, perhaps the best-kept secret is well away from the two largest cities in the state. South Central Nebraska Volleyball Club – based in Aurora – has a long-standing tradition of putting out quality teams filled with small-school standouts from the central part of the state. This season looks to be no exception. At the 16s level, South Central has three teams with some of the top small-school talent in the state. We start by taking a look at the South Central 16 Black squad. A pair of big contributors to the St. Paul volleyball team this year – Brooke Poppert and Paige Lukasiewicz – will be key members of the squad, which is coached by St. Paul’s Matt Koehn-Fairbanks. Giltner’s Cassidy Tompkin should be one of the top forces at the net for 16 Black while other members of the team are Paxtyn Dummer of Aurora, Madison Menke of Blue Hill, Nadia VanSlyke of Loup City, Steph Strobel of Nebraska Christian and Haley Fleischman of Overton. On the South Central 16 Red team is Aurora’s Jaylee Schuster and Makayla Eberly, Madeline Smith of Doniphan-Trumbull, Jordan Broman of Fillmore Central, Este Lesiak of Fullerton, Chloe McCauley of Hastings St. Cecilia, Carlin Adams of Milford, Kyara Fike of Sandy Creek and McKenna Anderson of St. Paul. The team is coached by Libby Kissinger. On the South Central 16 White team is Stefanie Anderson of Hastings Adams Central, Sydney Dillow of Aurora, Erica Boyd of Blue Hill, Jasmine Menke of Blue Hill, Jaycee Stuhr of Centennial, Jadyn Johnson of Osceola, Anna Thede of St. Paul, Lydia Rogers of Sutton and Natalie Rockenbach of York. The team is coached by Marian Bohlen.