Six area schools qualify for state volleyball

Six area schools punched their ticket to state on Saturday in sub-state play. For a second straight year, state tournament action will cover Thursday, Friday and Saturday at four different locations. Teams will be in pool play, and the top two teams will advance out of pool play to bracket play on Saturday.

Class 6A will be in Overland Park at AdventHealth Sports Park at Bluhawk. Garden City will be competing as the sixth seed, with matches against Blue Valley West, Maize and Washburn Rural. Pool play is on Thursday.

Class 6A Garden City

In Class 3A, Lakin has qualified as the top seed, and will play on Friday at the Hutchinson Sports Arena. The Broncs will face off against Hesston, Galena and Frontenac.

Class 3A Lakin

Class 1A, Division I is in Salina this year at the Tony’s Pizza Events Center. South Gray enters as the second seed, and will take on Linn, St. John’s-Tipton Catholic and Blue Valley on Friday.

Class 1A, Division I South Gray

Three area schools are in the field of eight in the Class 1A, Division II state tournament at White Auditorium in Emporia. Ingalls is the second seed, and Hodgeman County is the seventh seed. Both teams are in the same pool and will also match up against Cheylin and Marais Des Cygnes Valley. Greeley County is the eight seed and will face off against Argonia, Hanover and Hutchinson Central Christian in pool play on Friday.

Class 1A, Division II Ingalls, Hodgeman County, Greeley County