Class 3 Final Four Preview!
Semifinal 1 Central ( Park Hills ) High School 26-5-3 Vs. Springfield Catholic High School 33-2-1 Park Hills Central knocked off Dexter 25-17, 25-19, 19-25, 20-25, 15-11, and then beat Visitation 25-11, 25-10, 25-17 to advance to the final…
Access all of Prep Dig
Continue reading this article and more.
Continue ReadingSemifinal 1
Central ( Park Hills ) High School 26-5-3
Vs.
Springfield Catholic High School 33-2-1
Park Hills Central knocked off Dexter 25-17, 25-19, 19-25, 20-25, 15-11, and then beat Visitation 25-11, 25-10, 25-17 to advance to the final four. Springfield Catholic revenged earlier season losses to Mt. Vernon 25-20, 27-25, 25-23, and moved on to beat Eldon 25-17, 25-20, 25-20 to earn the trip to the final four. Park Hills Central has lost to Valle Catholic, Cape Notre Dame, Jackson, Ste. Genevieve, who they beat in the district finals in 5 and split with Lesterville. The one common opponent is Houston. Park Hills Central beat Houston 25-14, 25-15, and Springfield Catholic split 25-27, 25-20. Park Hills Central has won 20 of the last 21. Springfield Catholic has only two defeats all season and to the same team.
Park Hills Central potential lineup:
Allie Kelly 5’9 junior 51 kills and 43 blocks
Jessica Hulsey 5’6 395 digs
Lizi Marler 5’9 senior 376 kills
Kaley Kimball 5’11 senior 346 kills and 63 blocks
Addisyn Casey 67 kills, 295 digs, and 1026 assists
Victoria Bishop senior 160 digs
Liberty Coleman Liberty Coleman MB Central | 2021 MO 5’9 senior 354 kills and 354 digs
Springfield Catholic potential lineup:
Hallie Cook Hallie Cook 5'10" | OH Springfield Catholic | 2022 State MO 5’8 junior 279 kills and 321 digs
Grace O’Reilly 6’0 sophomore 336 kills and 232 digs
Cherie Sabini 5’10 junior 284 kills and 56 blocks, and 208 digs
Emme Ast 5’8 senior 245 digs and 603 assists
Kaitlyn Witthar 5’5 senior 289 digs
Ashlyn Witthar 5’10 junior 99 kills
Caitlyn Peters 5’10 senior 95 kills
Rylie Jeffers 5’8 senior 289 assists
Semifinal 2
Hermann High School 24-6-3
Vs.
Defending Class 2 champion Hermann is back, but this time in Class 3. Hermann returned by knocking off Winfield 25-10, 25-10, 25-12, and John Burroughs 25-9, 25-14, 25-20. Maryville beat Odessa 25-12, 25-17, 25-18, and then squeaked past Pleasant Hill 25-23, 18-25, 25-15, 19-25, 15-11. Hermann has Grace Winkelmann Grace Winkelmann 5'9" | MB Hermann | 2021 State MO and her 534 kills, and Maryville has Serena Sundell and her 398 kills. It will be a battle between these two sluggers, but the supporting cast will decide this match. Rock Bridge is the only common opponent. Maryville lost to Rock Bridge 3-2 25-14, 18-25, 28-26, 15-25, 11-15 while Hermann lost 1-2 27-25, 23-25, 18-25 and won 3-1 25-23, 16-25, 25-17, 25-23. It should be fun to see Grace Winkelmann Grace Winkelmann 5'9" | MB Hermann | 2021 State MO and Serena Sundell go after each other.
Hermann potential lineup
Grace Winkelmann Grace Winkelmann 5'9" | MB Hermann | 2021 State MO 5’9 senior 534 kills, 45 blocks, and 220 digs
Holly Heldt 5’11 sophomore 174 kills and 137 digs
Malerie Schutt junior 140 kills
Hannah Grosse 5’9 senior 148 digs
Chelsey Moeckli junior 343 digs
Cydney Moeckli junior 190 digs
Grace Godat junior 70 kills and 1039 assists
Maryville potential lineup
Klarysa Stolte 5’3 senior 262 digs
Macy Loe 5’6 senior 213 digs and 736 assists
Morgan Stoecklein 5’6 senior 199 kills and 259 digs
Serena Sundell 6’1 398 kills and 31 blocks, and 319 digs
Kelsey Scott 5’11 senior 117 kills and 43 blocks
Kennedy Kurz 5’0 sophomore 100 digs
Rylee Vierthaler 5’11 sophomore 103 kills
State Championship: Please go 5!