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<p><strong><mark class="has-inline-color has-primary-color">District 1</mark></strong></p>
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<li><strong>St. Pius X 19-5</strong></li>
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<li>Farmington 17-13</li>
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<li>Festus 18-7-2</li>
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<li>Hillsboro 11-12-1</li>
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<li>DeSoto 11-13</li>
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<li>Central (Cape) 14-13-2</li>
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<li>North County 4-22-3</li>
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<li>Sikeston 8-16-2</li>
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<p><strong>Prediction:</strong> St. Pius X waltz right into the championship match with an easy win over DeSoto who knocked off Hillsboro.</p>
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<p><strong>Semifinal 2</strong>: Farmington and Festus in the other semifinal is a more intriguing matchup. It was the 2<sup>nd</sup> match of the year for both teams and Farmington took the 3-0 win. Farmington was led by<strong> Ava Cooper</strong> and <strong>Zoey Gerwitz</strong> for 17 combined kills. In the loss, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='222581' first='Jessie' last='Hawkins']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='207281' first='Delaney' last='Willis']</strong> finished with 27 digs. In the rematch, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='124852' first='Gabbi' last='Burkard']</strong> goes off sending Festus to the title match creating an all Festus final with St. Pius X (Festus<strong>).</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Finals: </strong>An all-Festus final doesn't live up to the hype as<strong> [player_tooltip player_id='168037' first='Hannah' last='Leftridge']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='221230' first='Bennett' last='Raterman']</strong> have a match and take the 3-0 victory.</p>
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<p><strong><mark class="has-inline-color has-primary-color">District 2</mark></strong></p>
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<li>Summit 18-11-1</li>
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<li>Parkway West 18-10-3</li>
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<li>Washington 24-7-1</li>
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<li>Windsor 28-4-1</li>
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<li>Pacific 22-6-1</li>
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<li>Webster Groves 15-14-1</li>
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<li>Lutheran South 8-17-1</li>
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<li>Visitation Academy 7-12-1</li>
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<p><strong>Prediction: </strong>Summit and Windsor will meet up in the semifinal 1 while Parkway West and Washington tangle in semifinal 2.</p>
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<p>Summit and Windsor have 1 common opponent, and both won but Summit did it easier. Windsor has six players with over 100 kills, and they have a great libero in <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='124854' first='Katie' last='Moore']</strong>. Summit has won 10 of the last 11 and has 6'3” middle [player_tooltip player_id='170046' first='Lainey' last='Waser'] back in the lineup. This one will go the distance to win Summit taking the win in 5.</p>
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<p><strong>Semifinal 2</strong> will pit Parkway West and Washington. These two played at the Borgia Tournament with Parkway West getting the win 30-28, 25-21. <strong>Sophia Licavoli</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='169899' first='Maddy' last='Bach']</strong> get it done for Parkway West in a 3-1 win.</p>
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<p><strong>Finals:</strong> Summit and Parkway West already had a battle in 5 with Summit pulling out the win. In the win<strong>, Erica Vogel</strong> finished with 20 kills. Parkway West got 18 kills from <strong>Hannah Jennings</strong>. Both teams played a tough schedule and had quality wins. In the rematch, Parkway West gets a huge blocking game from <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='222058' first='Katherine' last='Byergo']</strong> to pull out the 5-set win.</p>
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District 1
Prediction: St. Pius X waltz right into the championship match with an easy win over DeSoto who knocked off Hillsboro. Semifinal 2: Farmington and Festus in the other semifinal is a more intriguing matchup. It was the 2nd match of the year for both teams and Farmington took the 3-0 win. Farmington was led by Ava Cooper and Zoey Gerwitz for 17 combined kills. In the loss, [player_tooltip player_id='222581' first='Jessie' last='Hawkins'] and [player_tooltip player_id='207281' first='Delaney' last='Willis'] finished with 27 digs. In the rematch, [player_tooltip player_id='124852' first='Gabbi' last='Burkard'] goes off sending Festus to the title match creating an all Festus final with St. Pius X (Festus). Finals: An all-Festus final doesn't live up to the hype as [player_tooltip player_id='168037' first='Hannah' last='Leftridge'] and [player_tooltip player_id='221230' first='Bennett' last='Raterman'] have a match and take…
