Class 3 Players to Watch

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Class 3 is open wide now that all the teams that made the final last season are out. Here are eight of my players I'm excited to watch on Thursday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='490113' first='Kali' last='Ademac'] – 2026 – 6'0" – Middle – Odessa</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I watched Odessa play at the Rockwood Tournament, and Kali was impressive, to say the least—a big, powerful hitter with a high volleyball IQ. Kali will be all over the school's record books with another season to play for the Bulldogs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='737573' first='Lanyn' last='Sisk'] – 2025 – 5'6” – Setter – Odessa</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>You can only write about players to watch if you put down Lanyn. She will leave the program as the school's all-time assists leader. Lanyn has 2601 career assists, and her team is in their first final four.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='170045' first='Ava' last='Robart'] – 2025 – 6'0" – Outside – Potosi</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ava is another player who will leave her school with broken records everywhere. The big-time outside has 1736 career kills; she even missed some games this season. I watched her at the Jackson Tournament last year; she was fun.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='485570' first='Eden' last='Robart'] – 2027 – 6'0” – Middle – Potosi</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Little sister is following in big sister's footsteps. Eden is also developing into a monster in the middle who can hit on either pin. If she gets the slide down, she might be deadly. Eden has 470 kills in the season, and she came up big time when her older sister was out.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='737560' first='Addie' last='Goff'] – 2025 – 5'6" – Outside – Rogersville</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Addie is a stat stuffer; she hits on the pins and then rotates back to set. She is a springy outside with a great swing and has fantastic hands as a setter. Leds her team in kills with 329 and 2^nd in assists with 361.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='735218' first='Hailey' last='Buckman'] – 5'10" – Middle – Rogersville</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Probably the hardest hitter on her team is an intelligent middle who makes a single block on her look silly. She is 2^nd in kills with 237 and 2^nd on the team with 48 blocks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Reyna Taylor – 2026 – 5'4” – Libero – Eldon</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The one thing that Eldon does exceptionally well is play defense. Their defense will outshine the offense. Reyna is the driving force behind the Mustang's defense and carries into the final four with her 481 digs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='236995' first='Audrey' last='Dinwiddie'] – 2026 – 5'8" – Outside – Eldon</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eldon will wear you down defensively, and Audrey will either dig the ball or hammer one down Reyna's dug-up. Audrey is 2^nd on the team in kills with 295 and digs with 460.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->