Volleyball Coaches Poll 9.9.24

Each week during the high school volleyball season, select coaches from the six Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class and our Tony Chapman compiles the rankings. Here is the coaches poll after week one of the 2024 season. 

Class A (Record), Previous

1. Papillon-LaVista South (7-1), 1
2. Omaha Westside (8-1), 2
3. Elkhorn South (8-3), 3
4. Millard West (6-5), 7 
5. Lincoln Southwest (3-0), 5
6. Millard North (3-5), 4 
7. Lincoln East (5-3), 8
8. Grand Island (3-1), 10
9. Omaha Marian (5-3), 6
10. Fremont (7-2), 9

Receiving Votes: Columbus (5-2), NR.

Class B (Record), Previous

1. Skutt Catholic (7-1), 1
2. Norris (7-0), 2
3. Elkhorn North (7-2), 3
4. Gretna East (7-0), 5 
5. Waverly (5-1), 4
6. Gretna (4-4), 6
7. Seward (5-1), 9
8. Lincoln Pius X (2-4), 8
9. Bennington (5-3), 7
10. Northwest (4-4), RV

Receiving Votes: Elkhorn (3-3), NR; York (4-0), NR. 

Class C-1 (Record), Previous

1. Minden (7-0), 1
2. Columbus Scotus (5-0), 3 
3. Kearney Catholic (3-1), 4
4. Clarkson/Leigh (7-0), 6
5. Pierce (3-3), 5
6. Wahoo (4-2), 2
7. Malcolm (3-0), 10
8. Battle Creek (5-1) 9 
9. David City (6-3), 7
10. Omaha Concordia (5-2), NR 

Receiving Votes: Adams Central (4-1), NR; Broken Bow (5-1), RV; Columbus Lakeview (3-2), RV; Fairbury (5-1), NR; Gothenburg (2-1), 8; Milford (1-1), RV.

Class C-2 (Record), Previous

1. Lincoln Lutheran (3-1), 1
2. Oakland-Craig (5-1), 2
3. Yutan (8-0), 3
4. Hastings St. Cecilia (2-1), 4 
5. Thayer Central (3-0), 5
6. Crofton (3-0), 7 
7. Norfolk Catholic (4-1), NR
8. Freeman (4-1), 6
9. Humphrey/Lindsay Academy (4-0), 10 
10. EPPJ (4-0), RV

Receiving Votes: Archbishop Bergan (6-1), NR; Bishop Neumann (4-4), 8; Elmwood-Murdock (2-4), NR; Johnson-Brock (5-1), NR; Johnson County Central (5-0), NR.

Class D-1 (Record), Previous

1. Southwest (6-0), 2 
2. Howells-Dodge (3-2), 5
3. Bruning-Davenport/Shickley (4-1), 1 
4. Superior (4-2), 6 
5. Diller-Odell (4-1), 3
6. Ansley-Litchfield (6-2), NR
7. Cambridge (5-3), 4 
8. Nebraska Christian (3-3), 8
9. Alma (6-1), 10 
10. Exeter-Milligan/Friend (3-0), 7

Receiving Votes: Axtell (3-1), NR; Blue Hill (4-1), NR; Burwell (2-4), RV; Deshler (2-3), 9; Kenesaw (1-2), RV.

Class D-2 (Record), Previous

1. Overton (6-0), 2 
2. Meridian (4-0), 3
3. Leyton (4-0), 5
4. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (3-0), 1
5. Shelton (7-1), 6
6. Central Valley (8-1), 6
7. Wynot (3-1), NR
8. Wallace (6-0), 4
9. Amherst (5-3), 10 
10. O’Neill St. Mary’s (4-1), 8

Receiving votes: Bertrand (2-2), NR; Stuart (3-1), 9.