Payton Dzingle
Payton Dzingle
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Let’s venture further into the Class C1 race. Kearney Catholic is a perennial championship contender in the central Nebraska scene, and Dzingle has helped keep the Stars near the top lately. She left her mark in 2023 with a career-high 2.4 kills per set and a 0.295 hitting percentage. We’re fascinated to see how Dzingle embraces a senior leadership role after several impactful graduations from last year’s Kearney Catholic squad.
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Dzingle might not be considered “under-the-radar” for long after all of her appearances in high-level matches. The most recent example is Kearney Catholic’s run to the Class C1 title match, where Dzingle made a persistent impact with her high-flying kills out of the middle. It was hard not to see this spectacular junior season coming after Dzingle thrived in the inaugural club volleyball season for Nebraska Pride. The central Nebraska scene is taking off with players like this.
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Dzingle started the year off strong with a brilliant club campaign with Nebraska Pride. That turned out to be a precursor to a dominant junior year with Kearney Catholic as the Stars claimed C1’s top seed. Few opposing teams were able to match Dzingle’s quickness of the floor in last week’s championships.
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Kearney Catholic has no shortage of terminal options in the frontcourt. Dzingle emerged as a prominent contender on last year’s tournament team and has elevated her game further as an upperclassman. She’s hitting 0.335 during the 2023 campaign and has managed to increase her efficiency while receiving more swings. Dzingle and Kearney Catholic could be poised to go beyond 2022’s Class C1 quarterfinal effort.
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Dzingle’s 2023 surge with Nebraska Pride has been well documented. She now has a chance to build on what has already been an impressive prep campaign with Kearney Catholic. We expect the Stars reassume their regular standing atop the state wildcard race, and athletes like Dzingle are a big reason why. This is a middle blocker who can take over in the frontcourt.
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Dzingle is another middle blocker who has made herself known while playing with a volleyball powerhouse. Kearney Catholic has gotten so much from this small-town star, particularly during the Stars’ thrilling 2022 campaign. Based on what we’ve seen from Dzingle on this year’s club stage, we’re expecting another uptick in production from the talented middle as a junior.
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Dzingle is one of the few athletes on Nebraska Pride Gold 16s that doesn’t represent Minden during the high school season. You wouldn’t know that by the way this middle blocker meshes with her Nebraska Pride teammates, however. Dzingle gets plenty of opportunities to terminate whenever she’s in the frontcourt, and that’s a continuation of her breakout sophomore season with Kearney Catholic.
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What a year it’s been for small-town Nebraska athletes on the club side. We’ve noted before how well Dzingle represented Kearney Catholic during last year’s high school season, and that led right into a similarly impactful 16s campaign with Nebraska Pride. Show Me was the big breakthrough for Dzingle and her team, as they placed in the top five of the 16 USA field.
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Last fall’s high school action showed us that Dzingle was going to have a long-lasting impact on the Nebraska prep scene. After helping Kearney Catholic to another state tournament appearance last year, Dzingle returned to the championship stage with Nebraska Pride 16s Gold. Last weekend’s emergence in the 16 USA bracket was a major testament to the skill of Dzingle, Nebraska Pride, and central Nebraska as a whole.
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Dzingle impressed me at multiple venues during this year’s high school season. She was a standout scorer for Kearney Catholic when I visited the early-season Harvest Festival Invite in Gothenburg. Dzingle kept that same energy for the season finale at the state tournament in Lincoln. Just another dominant middle blocker for the Stars.
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