Who’s the most recent Tournament Champions

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Pacific Indians 17-5-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>You'd have to return to 1956 to find Pacific winning the Hermann Volleyball Tournament. But this year's team broke the 68-year curse and brought home the title. In pool play, they would sweep New Haven, Owensville, and St. Louis Christian Academy. In the semifinals, they would knock off Borgia, who's won the Hermann Tournament the most, 25-21, 25-19, and this would send them to the final against the host Hermann Bearcats. The win over Borgia was a redemption match as Borgia beat Pacific two weeks ago in 5. In the championship match, they would need extra points to win the title with the scores of 29-27 and 25-20. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='170037' first='Caroline' last='Tomlinson'], [player_tooltip player_id='170039' first='Kaitlin' last='Payne'], </strong>and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='540292' first='Kaitlyn' last='Hanger']</strong> led the offense during the championship run.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>East Buchanan Bulldogs 23-3-3</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Bulldogs started the tournament with a split with Cameron, knocked off Savannah 2-0, and split with Northland Christian before finishing pool play with a sweep of Lafayette (St. Joseph). In the semifinals of the tournament, they would face 17-5-3 Oak Grove. EB would squeak by Oak Grove 25-23 and 25-22 to move to the finals. During the finals, <strong>Kamryn Werle, Layla Watkins, Brooklynn Johnson</strong>, and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='493057' first='Rilyn' last='Sherwood']</strong> combined for the teams 42 of the 44 kills to take the win over Savannah Savages 25-22, 21-25, 25-14.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Helias Crusaders 17-5-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Helias went down 63 to Rolla and returned with the Rolla Tournament Title. Waynesville would start the day with Helias and take a split. The Crusaders would find a grove to knock off, then Summit, Summersville, Sullivan, Rolla, and Rogersville to take the trophy back to Jefferson City. <strong>Kendal Herzing, [player_tooltip player_id='357623' first='Kambell' last='Winegar']</strong>, and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='540282' first='Hannah' last='Hentges']</strong> led the offense with 18 kills, and <strong>Zoey Hake</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='357621' first='Sydney' last='Suthoff']</strong> ran the offense to the title.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Pleasant Hill Chicks 18-7</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It always happens that the Chicks are hitting the stride at the right time. Winners of 16 of their last 18 go into Warrensburg and sweep their way to the title. They would sweep the tournament with wins over Crest Ridge, Clinton, California, and Santa Fe. In the championship against Adrian, the chicks would win the title with a 25-21, 25-19 score. [player_tooltip player_id='219766' first='Riley' last='Hays'] and <strong>Laney Rowe </strong>led the offense, <strong>Izzy Kietzmann</strong> led the defense with ten digs, and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='737588' first='Ella' last='Crain']</strong> dished out 22 assists.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":701991,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/Pleasant-Hill-Warrensburg-Tournament-Champs.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-701991" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Photo: Coach , Pleasant Hill Volleyball Twitter</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Holt Lady Indians 12-3-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Holt needed help in pool play getting a split with Maplewood-Richmond Heights but took care of business the rest of the way. Holt would get sweeps of Hazelwood East and Ritenour and then knock off Parkway North in the semifinals before facing Visitation Academy for the title. Holt would take the match 25-15, 25-20 during the championship match.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":701993,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/Holt-Ritenour-Tournament-Champions-1.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-701993" /></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Seckman Jaguars 19-8-1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Jaguars won the Perryville Tournament Title by starting the day with a split with Cape Girardeau Central. After they woke up, they would sweep South Iron 25-13, 25-19, as <strong>Carlee Masters</strong> was the kill leader with eight. North County and Fredericktown were the next Jaguar victims. In the tournament semifinals, they would beat a feisty Windsor squad 25-20, 25-23, as [player_tooltip player_id='729470' first='Sarah' last='Albers'] finished with ten kills—the Dragons from Ste. Genevieve was a more significant challenge in the championship match. Seckman took the 24-26, 25-23, 25-22 title as <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='729470' first='Sarah' last='Albers'], Sophia Ferrell</strong>, and <strong>Carlee Masters</strong> combined for 35 kills and <strong>Katie LaMontagne</strong> dished out 35 assists.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->