Wednesday Rewind: 5 Big Things From Tuesday Night

<p>This fall, we will spend Wednesdays taking a look back at some of the most important happenings from the night before in high school volleyball.</p> <p>Here are five big takeaways from Tuesday, Oct. 16.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>#1 - Kearney keeps rolling with 3-1 win over Lincoln Southwest</strong></span></p> <p>Don't look now, but here comes Kearney as the Bearcats are making a late-season surge in Class A. With its 25-15, 25-16, 14-25, 30-28 win over Lincoln Southwest last night, Kearney improved to 18-12 on the season. It also has the Bearcats in the #10 spot in the NSAA wild card point standings as the Bearcats have won four of their last five.</p> <p>With a winnable match against Columbus to end the regular season and the Heartland Conference tournament on deck next week, Kearney should be a lock to win 20 matches this season, which would give the Bearcats their fist consecutive 20-win seasons in the rally-scoring era. Kearney went 23-12 last year in a season in which it lost 3-1 to Lincoln Pius X in the district finals. Kearney hasn't been to state since 1984 and hasn't won a match at state since 1982. </p> <p>In the win over Southwest last night, Aspen Rusher had 13 kills while Hastngs recruit Claire Vanderbeek had 11 kills and four aces. Addison Wood finished with a match-high 40 digs and Alexis Mishou had 42 assists.</p> <p>For Southwest, Jaden Ferguson had 13 kill and 11 digs while Shaylee Myers added 12 kills and Kate Hunzeker had 11. Mariah Zvolanek had 19 digs and Paige Silverberg had 33 assists.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>#2 - Gertna scores big win over Omaha Duchesne</strong></span></p> <p>October has been kind of a spooky month for Gretna. After the Dragons started the season 15-3, Gretna was 1-4 in October before holding on for a 16-25, 25-23, 25-16, 19-25, 19-17 victory over Class B power Omaha Duchesne.</p> <p>Lydia Yost and Kamryn Schuler each had 20 kills for Gretna while Emma Prentice had 11. Jadyn Makovicka had 28 digs and Baylie Shearer had 64 assists. </p> <p>Mayah Delgado led Duchesne with 22 kills while Caroline Ortman had 15 and Emma Worthington finished with 10 kills and 54 assists. </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>#3 - Stanton continues impressive run in Class C-2 with sweep of Lutheran High Northeast</strong></span></p> <p>Stanton - the top-ranked team in Class C-2 - continued to show a championship-style dominance during the regular season with a brisk 25-23, 25-12, 25-16 of Lutheran High Northeast, which is ranked #10 in Class D-1.</p> <p>Wayne State recruit Jessie Brandl had 18 kills and 21 digs for Stanton and Midland recruit Bree Burtwistle had 13 kills, 12 digs and 12 assists. Jaiden Hartl added 17 digs for Stanton and MaKenna Espinoza had 19 assists.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>#4 - Last undefeated team left in state goes down</strong></span></p> <p>There will not be an undefeated team in Nebraska this season, as Central Valley upset Ewing 25-22, 27-25 in a triangular last night. Ewing, ranked #1 in Class D-2, came into the night with a mark 23-0 while Central Valley was 17-4 going into the triangular.</p> <p>Devyn Erickson led Central Valley in the win over Ewing with six kills and 10 digs while Jodie Rother had five kills and Colby Grossart had eight assists.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>#5 - BDS sweeps Exeter-Milligan to win Crossroads Conference tournament</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">BDS defeated Exeter-Milligan </span>27-25, 25-9, 25-9 York City Auditorium to claim the Crossroads Conference tournament title.</p> <div class="subscriber-only"> </div> <div class="subscriber-only"> <p>Regan Alfs led BDS with 14 kills while <span style="font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Katherine White finished with 12 kills for the Timberwolves.</span></p> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p>