Class 2 Sectional Previews

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Portageville 21-10-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"textColor":"primary"} --> <p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><strong>Vs. Saxony Lutheran 25-8-3</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Saxony with a sweep of the Bulldogs as Saxony has way more firepower for Portageville to handle. Gideon, Greenville, Kennett, and Sikeston are the common opponents, and the Bulldogs are 1-3, while Saxony is 4-0. Josey Wahlers, Clara Brune, and Paige Seibel lead the attack for the Crusaders.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"textColor":"primary"} --> <p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><strong>Jefferson 28-5-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Vs. Maplewood Richmond Heights 17-12</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This will be a cakewalk for Jefferson, as they are a more talented team. [player_tooltip player_id='102557' first='Ava' last='Roth'] and [player_tooltip player_id='202458' first='Grace' last='Lowery'] keep the balls off the floor in a quick 3-0 sweep. Common opponents Jefferson beat Grandview and North Point, while Maplewood lost to both.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Lone Jack 28-2</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"textColor":"primary"} --> <p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><strong>Vs. Lawson 26-5</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='171217' first='Ashlynn' last='Rowland'] leads Lone Jack with 379 kills, and Lawson has [player_tooltip player_id='123464' first='Anna' last='Harrold'] and her 277 kills. Lone Jack starts one senior, and the rest are underclassmen. Lawson starts four seniors and went 2-3 in a tournament while playing without Harrold. Lawson will dig deep and beat Lone Jack 3-1. Both teams have lost to Lafayette County this season and have wins over Lathrop, Lexington, Oak Grove, Santa Fe, and Wellington-Napoleon.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Lafayette County 20-10</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"textColor":"primary"} --> <p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><strong>Vs. East Buchanan 29-5-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lafayette County has gone 4-0 and East Buchanan 3-0-1 against the same four teams. [player_tooltip player_id='99225' first='Maya' last='Watkins'] will look to put East Buchanan in the quarterfinals with 357 kills on the season. Lafayette County has two players with over 200+ kills, Kenzie Lee and Lily Wallace. East Buchanan takes the win 3-2.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Whitfield 21-9</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"textColor":"primary"} --> <p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><strong>Vs. Hermann 28-9-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's the Class 2 playoffs, and the Bearcats of Hermann are running for another state championship. The defending champions will look to win their 16^th title, but they will first get past [player_tooltip player_id='172448' first='Jada' last='Griffin'] and [player_tooltip player_id='168047' first='Clare' last='Carroll']. Common opponent Pacific beat Whitfield 2-3, while Herman beat Pacifici 3-1. [player_tooltip player_id='168912' first='Holly' last='Heldt'] will have the Bearcats in top performance and knock off Whitfield 3-1.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"textColor":"primary"} --> <p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><br><strong>Stover 25-6-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Vs. Eugene 21-6</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stover beat Eugene in the 3rd match of the season 25-15, 22-25, 25-20, 12-25, and 15-6. Stover went 4-3-1, while Eugene went 5-3-1 against those same opponents. [player_tooltip player_id='493061' first='Ashlyn' last='Pinzke'], Tierra Stark, and Allie Palmer with Stover with 32 kills in the win, while Eugene was paced by Jaiden Dickey and [player_tooltip player_id='123658' first='Shae' last='Engelbrecht'] with 27 kills. Stover seems to stumble come playoffs, but this year will prevail in another 3-2 classic.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Liberty 27-4-3</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"textColor":"primary"} --> <p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><strong>Vs. Strafford 24-8-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>These two met up the first week of the season, and Liberty pulled out a 25-19, 23-25, 25-17, 25-17 win. Stafford would get six kills from Ashley Suter and seven from Sophia Frerking, [player_tooltip player_id='168904' first='Bre' last='Daniels'] would put down 15, and Kenzie Daniels would add 8. Strafford's massive piece to that loss was playing without its stud setter, [player_tooltip player_id='150023' first='Abby' last='Chadwell']. They take a 3-2 win over Liberty with a healthy Stafford. Chadwell makes a huge difference.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Diamond 25-9-6</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"textColor":"primary"} --> <p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><strong>Vs. Fair Grove 29-1-4</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Miller and Stockton knocked off Diamond this season, while Fair Grove handled them relatively quickly. Diamond gets 260 kills from Gabrielle Duley and 245 from Caitlin Suhrie. [player_tooltip player_id='171211' first='Kameron' last='Green'] and her 335 kills pace Fair Grove, and [player_tooltip player_id='495357' first='Allison' last='Findley'] tosses in 224. Diamond has split with Fair Grove 10-25, 25-22, and Fair Grove took a 25-10, 25-20 win over Diamond. Fair Grove gets a big night from [player_tooltip player_id='171211' first='Kameron' last='Green'] to advance 3-0.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->