Class 5 District 6 Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Teams (in order of seed): Nixa, Kickapoo, Ozark, Republic, Lebanon, Central (Springfield), Neosho, Waynesville</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Nixa vs. Waynesville</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Key Players: Nixa; Norah Clark, [player_tooltip player_id='119224' first='Emma' last='Conrad'], Jacy Bray. Waynesville; Kesare Garcia</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Nixa comes in as the top seed after a 27-win regular season. They shouldn't have much of a problem with Waynesville, though they did get a win in their last match. [player_tooltip player_id='119224' first='Emma' last='Conrad'] leads the team in digs, while Jacy Bray has been good from the setter position. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Republic vs Lebanon</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Key Players: Republic; [player_tooltip player_id='124850' first='Rilynn' last='Finley'], [player_tooltip player_id='214755' first='Kailey' last='Manes']. Lebanon; [player_tooltip player_id='170043' first='Addy' last='Rebmann'], Jaidyn Collins</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Republic has 25 wins themselves as the four seed in this loaded bracket. Lebanon has 18 wins and took down Republic the last time they played to even the series on the year. Manes has been a huge presence at the net this season for Republic with over 80 blocks. Lebanon will go as far as the arm of Rebmann takes them as she averages 5 kills per set. We like Lebanon in the rubber match. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kickapoo vs. Neosho</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Key Players: Kickapoo; Grace Gardner, Bella Faria, Kya Johnson. Neosho; No Available Information. </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The two seed, Kickapoo comes in with 26 wins and winner of four straight matches. They are battled tested after the gauntlet of Liberty North, Lafayette, and St. James Academy (KS) a couple of weeks ago. They are balanced offensively with three players averaging over 2.1 kills per set. Kya Johnson has over 400 digs this fall. They took make quick work of Neosho. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ozark vs. Central (Springfield)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Key Players: Ozark; [player_tooltip player_id='219778' first='Tara' last='Venable'], [player_tooltip player_id='150036' first='Reagan' last='Baade'], Skylar Hilton, [player_tooltip player_id='237807' first='Reece' last='Cook']. Central; Mili Sylvester, Meghan Grone</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>3rd seed Ozark comes in losers of three straight and hopes to get back in the win column over Central. Venable and Baade have led the way offensively while Hilton has been a force at the net. Cook has been wheeln' and dealn' from the setter position. On the other side of the net look for Grone to bring the intensity on defense, as evidenced by her 500 digs this fall. We like Ozark to get the win. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->