Class 2 State tournament preview!

<p><strong>Semifinal 1</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.mshsaa.org/MySchool/Schedule.aspx?s=559&amp;alg=57">Valle Catholic High School</a> 29-5-2</p> <p>Vs.</p> <p><a href="https://www.mshsaa.org/MySchool/Schedule.aspx?s=369&amp;alg=57">Miller High School</a> 31-2</p> <p>Valle Catholic returns to the final four after a short absence. The road to the final four started with a 16-25, 25-14, 25-12, 24-26, 15-6 win over Woodland and then a sweep of Saxony 25-12, 25-22, 25-17.  Miller’s path included a 25-19, 25-8, 26-24 sweep of Clever and then a 25-10, 25-16, 25-12 sweep of Skyline.  Miller was a Class 1 school last year and was knocked out of playoffs by Class 1 final four participate Lesterville.  Miller is young and talented.  Valle talented and played a more vigorous schedule.</p> <p>Valle Catholic potential lineup:</p> <p><strong>Riley Siebert</strong>  senior 381 kills</p> <p><strong>Ella Bertram</strong> junior 277 kills</p> <p><strong>Hailey Weibrecht</strong> junior 218 kills</p> <p><strong>Hannah Fowler</strong> senior 186 kills</p> <p><strong>Sam Loida</strong> junior 862 assists</p> <p><strong>Rachel Blum</strong> junior 325 digs</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Miller potential lineup:</p> <p><strong>Kaylee Helton</strong> junior 269 kills</p> <p><strong>Haylie Schnake</strong> sophomore 211 kills</p> <p><strong>Emberlynn Kingsley</strong> sophomore 162 kills</p> <p><strong>Ashten Kingsley</strong> junior 118 kills</p> <p><strong>Claudia Hadlock</strong> junior 106 kills</p> <p><strong>Allie Mitchell</strong> junior 754 assists</p> <p><strong>Addison Stockton</strong> sophomore 369 digs</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Semifinal 2  </strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.mshsaa.org/MySchool/Schedule.aspx?s=112&amp;alg=57"><strong>Lawson High School</strong><strong> 25-0</strong><strong> </strong></a></p> <p>Vs.</p> <p><a href="https://www.mshsaa.org/MySchool/Schedule.aspx?s=812&amp;alg=57"><strong>Christian High School</strong><strong> 6-7</strong><strong> </strong></a></p> <p>Lawson comes in undefeated, and Christian comes in with a losing record but only paid half a season.  5 of the 7 losses are to Class 5 schools, and 3 of those are to Borgia and St. Dominic, who are in Class 5 final four. Lawson only played ten teams with a winning record this year.  So 15 wins came against teams with losing records. Christian features a D1 setter going to Mizzou next year. Christian knocked off Belle 25-13, 25-9, 25-12, and then probably the best Class 2 team all year, Cabool 15-25, 25-14, 12-25, 25-16, 16-14, to reach the final four.  Lawson beat Carrollton 25-9, 25-9, 25-12, and West Platte 25-21, 25-18, 24-26, 25-15 to reach the final four.  </p> <p>Lawson potential lineup</p> <p><strong>Ashlyn Staton</strong> senior 371 digs</p> <p><strong>Ellie Smith</strong> senior 423 assists</p> <p><strong>Laken Manns</strong> senior 198 kills</p> <p><strong>Sadie Hendrickson</strong> 127 kills</p> <p><strong>Anna Harrold</strong> sophomore 272 kills</p> <p><strong>Natalie Schnetzler</strong> junior 148 kills</p> <p><strong>Kylee Dixon</strong> junior 94 kills</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Christian potential lineup</p> <p><strong>Mary Barbeau</strong> senior 29 kills</p> <p><strong>Emma Belle</strong> freshman  12 kills</p> <p><strong>Summer Hollmann</strong> sophomore 56 kills and 113 digs</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="41747" first="Addison" last="Lyon"]</strong> senior 123 kills and 201 assists</p> <p><strong>Katie Malzahn</strong> junior 52 kills and 151 assists</p> <p><strong>Josie Villard</strong> sophomore 162 digs</p> <p><strong>Belle Monaco</strong> senior 151 kills and 108 digs</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Championship:  Please go 5!</strong></p>