Tournament Champions

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>East Buchanan Bulldogs 26-4-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Bulldogs regrouped over a 0-2 loss to Savannah to knock off Lexington, Winnetonka, Lafayette County, and then Lawson 25-20, 25-22 to win the Lexington Tournament.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Marquette Mustangs 22-9-3</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Mustangs traveled to Kansas City to win the Truman Tournament with a 25-13, 25-21 over Lee's Summit North. Marquette would beat Raymore-Peculiar, North Kansas City, Lee's Summit North, and Notre Dame de Sion before reaching the finals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>California Pintos 29-2-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Going undefeated 12-0 on the day the Pintos won the Versailles Tournament Title. Tipton, Knob Noster, Osage, Stover, Versailles, and Capital City in the finals 25-12, 25-23.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Salem Tigers 24-8-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Tigers would knock off defending Class 1 state champions Miller Cardinals in 3 25-23, 22-25, 25-20 to win the Sparta Tournament. Malerie Workman and [player_tooltip player_id='170030' first='Emily' last='Strange'] finished with 13 kills, while Avery Erway added 16 kills in the championship over Miller.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Webb City Cardinals 27-4-2</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wins over Stockton, Cassville, and Willard and a split with Central Webb City would win the Lori Endicott tournament at Willard</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Lafayette Lancers 26-6</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's almost playoffs, and the Lancers are hitting their stride at the right time. In sweeps, the Ozark Grand Slam winners knocked off Jefferson City, Lutheran St. Charles, Ozark, and Logan-Rogersville. They would also upset Eureka 22-25, 25-19, 25-21, and #1 Liberty 25-19, 16-25, 25-22 in the finals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>St. Pius X KC 25-5-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Won the Grain Valley Tournament beating Helias in the finals 25-16, 25-21. The Warriors would beat Grandview, Fort Osage, Belton, and Pleasant Hill and split with Smithville during the tournament.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Diamond Wildcats</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Wildcats would win the McDonald County Mustang Volleyball Classic over the weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->