By MIKE RENNING

LINCOLN – Of the 279 high school volleyball teams in Nebraska, only 10 finished their seasons with wins. Count Lutheran High Northeast among those 10.

LINCOLN — After spotting Bruning-Davenport/Shickley a two-sets-to-none lead, Humphrey St. Francis came roaring back to tie the Class D2 state championship match at two sets apiece, only to drop the fifth set 16-14 and have to settle for second place.

LINCOLN — Battle-tested Hartington Cedar Catholic led late in the first and third sets, but fell in straight sets to second-seeded Diller-Odell, 25-23, 25-19, 25-22 in the semifinals of the Class D1 state volleyball tournament at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

LINCOLN – Humphrey St. Francis overcame a 6-0 deficit in the final set to topple top-seeded Lawrence-Nelson 25-19, 12-25, 25-12, 21-25, 15-13 in the Class D2 semifinals of the state volleyball tournament at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

LINCOLN – Hastings St. Cecilia used its overwhelming size and power on Friday to sweep Lutheran High Northeast, 25-19, 25-11, 25-16 in the semifinals of the Class C2 state volleyball tournaemnt at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

LINCOLN — Wynot fell just one set short of heading to the D2 volleyball finals on Saturday with a five-set loss to Bruning-Davenport-Shickley here at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Friday morning.

LINCOLN — No. 7-seeded Battle Creek looked to be in prime position to take a set against undefeated and second-seeded St. Paul with a 22-20 lead in the second.

LINCOLN — Hartington Cedar Catholic used a little state experience and a red-hot offensive attack to give Chambers/Wheeler Central its first loss in 30 matches to advance to the semifinals of the Class D1 volleyball championships here Thursday at Lincoln Southeast High School.

LINCOLN — Perennial powerhouse Grand Island Central Catholic used its vast firepower to overrun Summerland in straight sets 25-14, 25-12, 25-20 in the opening round of the Class C2 state tournament on Thursday at Lincoln Southwest High School.

Superior's super sister combination of Shayla and Kalynn Meyer combined for 54 kills to lead second-seeded Superior to a 26-24, 21-25, 25-18, 25-17 victory over pesky Wisner-Pilger in the opening round of the Class C2 state volleyball tournament at Lincoln Southwest High School.

LINCOLN — Becca Gebhardt had 27 kills to lead Lutheran High Northeast into the semifinals of the Class C2 state volleyball tournament with a 25-17, 22-25, 25-20, 25-18 victory over Wahoo Neumann on Thursday at Lincoln Southwest High School.

LINCOLN — Wynot and Falls City Sacred Heart are no strangers from each other on the basketball court, volleyball court or even the football field, for that matter.

LINCOLN — Humphrey St. Francis had little trouble taking care of business in its opening-round win over Garden County in the Class D2 volleyball championships at Lincoln Northeast High School.

LINCOLN — In just two seasons, the Norfolk Catholic volleyball program returned to where its current coach ended her own playing days for the Knights — on the court for the Class C1 quarterfinals.

LINCOLN — Wayne rolled to an opening-set victory over Broken Bow in the Class C1 quarterfinals Thursday afternoon at Lincoln North Star High School.