Volleyball Coaches Poll: 08.28.23

Each week volleyball coaches from each class across the state submit their rankings and our Tony Chapman compiles them. Here is the first in-season poll for 2023 season, presented by Pinnacle Bank. Records listed are through games played on Saturday, August 26.

Class A

1. Papillion-LaVista South (6-0), 1
2. Papillion-LaVista (4-3), 4
3. Millard North (3-3), NR
4. Lincoln Southwest (1-0), 3
5. Gretna (3-4), 9
6. Lincoln East (4-3), 5
7. Millard West (4-3), 6
8. Omaha Westside (2-3), 2
9. Lincoln Pius X (0-0), 8
10. Millard South (3-4), NR

Receiving votes: Elkhorn South (2-3), RV; Fremont (3-1), RV; Grand Island (0-1), 10; Omaha Marian (0-6), 7.

Class B

1. Omaha Skutt (5-1), 1
2. Elkhorn North (6-1), 2
3. Norris (5-0), 3
4. Bennington (4-0), 4
5. Waverly (0-1), 5
6. Gretna East (4-0), 7
7. Seward (3-1), 6
8. Beatrice (3-1), NR
9. Hastings (2-0), NR
10. Grand Island Northwest (0-2), 8

Receiving votes: Crete (0-1), 10; York (0-1), 9.

Class C-1

1. Minden (4-0), 1
2. Gothenburg (3-0), 2
3. DC West (1-0), 4
4. Kearney Catholic (3-0), 3
5. GICC (1-0), 5
6. Platteview (1-0), 7
7. Malcolm (2-1), 6
8. Adams Central (3-1), 8
9. North Bend Central (0-0), 9
10. Columbus Lakeview (0-0), 10

Receiving Votes: Ogallala (1-0), RV; St. Paul (1-0), RV; Wahoo (1-1), RV.

Class C-2 

1. Lincoln Lutheran (2-0), 1
2. Clarkson/Leigh (4-0), 2
3. Hartington Cedar Catholic (2-0), 3
4. Fremont Bergan (1-0), 4
5. Oakland-Craig (1-0), 5
6. Sutton (5-1), 7
7. Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family (1-0), 6
8. Norfolk Catholic (0-0), 8
9. Hastings St. Cecilia (2-1), 10
10. Thayer Central (3-0), NR

Receiving votes: Cross County (1-1), RV; Yutan (2-0), NR.

Class D-1

1. Amherst (2-0), 1
2. Diller-Odell (0-0), 2
3. Southwest (4-0), 3
4. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (1-0), 4
5. Bruning-Davenport/Shickley (2-0), 5
6. O’Neill St. Mary’s (2-0), 6
7. Elgin Public/Pope John (1-0), 7
8. Nebraska Christian (3-1), 8
9. Axtell (3-0), 10
10. Paxton (2-0), RV

Receiving votes: Exeter-Milligan/Friend (2-0), RV; Maywood-Hayes Center (1-1), 9.

Class D-2

1. Overton (3-0), 1
2. Howells-Dodge (3-1), 3
3. Cambridge (2-1), 2
4. Meridian (1-0), 4
5. Wynot (1-0), 5
6. Humphrey St. Francis (0-0), 6
7. Falls City Sacred Heart (1-0), 7
8. Shelton (2-2), 8
9. Stuart (4-0), 10
10. Wallace (0-1), 9

Receiving votes: Central Valley (3-1), NR: High Plains (0-0), RV; Lawrence-Nelson (2-1), RV; Winside (3-1).