Sub-State Volleyball Tournament Saturday
Launch the media gallery 1 playerThe St. Francis Lady Indians earned a berth in the Northwest Region Sub-State Tournament with their runner-up finish in the Regional Volleyball Tournament on Tuesday, October 16. The Northwest Sub-State will be held in Ransom, Kansas, on Saturday, October 20, 2018. Two Sub-States will be held at the Northwest site at Western Plains High School in Ransom.
Only 32 of the 107 1A teams are still alive in post-season competition. The sixteen regional champions and runner-up teams now advance to one of four sub-state sites. Each site will host two 4-team sub-state tournaments. The first and second place teams from a regional tournament will be assigned to the same location and placed in different brackets.
The sub-state teams and pairings are determined in the following manner:
1. Seed the four regional winners 1, 2, 3 and 4.
2. Assign 1 and 4 to one sub-state and 2 and 3 to the other.
3. Assign second-place teams from each regional to the other sub-state away from the team who defeated them in the regional finals.
4. The two second-place teams will be paired with the two first-place teams according to their records. The first-place team with the better win-loss record will be paired with the second-place team with the poorest win-loss record.
St. Francis has been seeded into Sub-State A which begins at 1:00 p.m. Sub-State 2 will begin at 5 p.m. following the conclusion of Sub-State 1. The Lady Indians will play Wheatland-Grinnell at approximately 2 p.m. on Saturday. The winner will advance to the Sub-State Championship contest beginning at approximately 3 p.m. The Sub-State Champion will qualify for the State Volleyball Tournament to be held at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas on October 26 and 27.
To view the bracket for the Northwest Sub-States, click this link.
For those unfamiliar with travel to Western Plains High School, a map to Ransom, Kansas, and a view of Western Plains High School can be found by using the embedded links. Admission is $6 for adults and $5 for students. Passes will NOT be honored for admission. The entrance is on the south side of the school and is the further west of the two entrances. The general admission gate will open at noon.
Good luck, Lady Indians!
