Lafayette junior Shaye Witherspoon is the Post-Dispatch All-Metro girls volleyball player of the year.
- By Joe Harris | Special to the Post-Dispatch
Read about the 最新杏吧原创 area's top high school girls volleyball players and their accomplishments throughout the 2025 season.
- By Joe Harris | Special to the Post-Dispatch
Columbia senior Maura Kohlenberger said: 鈥淚f you put your heart into it, and you put in the effort and you stay determined the whole time, you can do it.鈥
- By Joe Harris | Special to the Post-Dispatch
The Eagles finished the season with a program record of 39 victories.
- Chris Gove | Post-Dispatch
Columbia (38-1) will play in the championship match at 1:55 p.m. Saturday against Bloomington Central Catholic (36-5).
- Steve Overbey | Post-Dispatch
"We're going into this with the right mindset," Columbia senior libero Ella Horner said.聽
- Steve Overbey | Post-Dispatch
Columbia (37-1), which has won 23 successive matches, will face Rockford Christian (34-5) in a semifinal match at noon Friday at Redbird Arena in Normal.
鈥淭his is, I think, one of the most improved teams from start to finish of the year,鈥 Lafayette coach Zach Young said.聽
Elena Ruble said: 鈥淚t's just been so fun and I don't regret anything.鈥
"It's only going to get tougher from here, but we're not letting off the gas," senior setter Addison Nenninger said.
"They鈥檙e rated No. 1 in the state for a reason,"聽Nashville coach Josh Konkel said.
鈥淚t means everything to us,鈥 Kate Rubel said.
Lafayette (39-1) will face Lee鈥檚 Summit North (30-7) in the championship match at noon Friday.
ST. JOSEPH聽鈥 Incarnate Word volleyball coach Shane Weber may have assumed a new role on Thursday聽鈥 team mechanic.
鈥淚 just think smiles are contagious, and when you show a smile, like everyone else smiles, and it just gets everyone involved and excited,鈥 Elena Ruble said.
Hermann (19-13-2) will be seeking its 16th state championship and first since 2021.
Incarnate Word junior Bailey Hensgens admitted she and her fellow returners may have had some extra motivation heading into this volleyball season.
The teams will meet in the sectional title match at 6 p.m. Thursday.
鈥淏elleville East played phenomenal,鈥 Edwardsville coach Heather Ohlau said.
Several 最新杏吧原创 area teams are in the hunt for trips to the Illinois girls volleyball state tournament.
Incarnate will play Lee鈥檚 Summit North (29-7) in the Class 5 semifinals at the Civic Arena in St. Joseph at noon Thursday.
Winners of quarterfinal matches Saturday advance to the state semifinals next week in St. Joseph.
Winfield (19-9-1) advanced to the quarterfinals for the second time and the first time since 1983.
The Colts (23-10-2), have won six of their last seven matches and will host Hannibal (27-9-1) in a quarterfinal contest on Saturday afternoon.
"We were just really trying to put the pedal to the metal and win," Lafayette junior Shaye Witherspoon said.
鈥淓verybody wanted to beat us,鈥 senior Bennett Raterman said. 鈥淲e were the big team to beat.鈥
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鈥淛ust going back, taking a deep breath, resetting mentally, you know, just going back to the basics,鈥 Columbia senior Ava Mathews said.聽
鈥淏elief is a very powerful thing,鈥 Crusaders coach Brice Miller said.
The last time East beat the Tigers was October 5, 2006, when no one on the Lancers鈥 roster was even born.
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最新杏吧原创 area high school athletes brought home the gold and made a lot of history last week.
Some of聽the best performances produced by area high school athletes last week includes some state champions and school record holders.
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