Top stars, best performances from the semifinals of the Arkansas state volleyball tournaments

By Jeff Halpern | Photographs by Braeden Botts 

The state championship area is about with the 5 matches going down at Financial institution Ozk Area in Scorching Springs. 5 groups will have a good time a state championship for a season that began again in August. 5 others will stroll away with a state runner-up trophy and a sense of disappointment in coming so shut.

Earlier than Saturday’s matches happen, listed below are the celebrities of Thursday’s semifinals within the 5 state tournaments. 

CLASS 6A

Lydia Pitts, Fort Smith Southside

Pitts had 15 kills and three blocks in a 3-0 victory over Conway.

Gabriela DuPree, Fort Smith Southside

DuPree had 6 kills, 11 digs and 1 block in a 3-0 victory over Conway.

Kennedy Meadors, Fort Smith Southside

The 5-8 senior had 16 assists and 4 kills in a 3-0 victory over Conway.

Mileah Neal, Fort Smith Southside

The sophomore had 16 assists and a pair of aces in a 3-0 victory over Conway.

Olivia Wiedower, Conway

The 5-7 senior setter had 24 assists in a 3-0 loss to Fort Smith Southside.

Megan Smith, Conway

The 5-10 junior exterior hitter had 11 kills in a 3-0 loss to Fort Smith Southside.

Kennedy Phelan, Fayetteville

The 5-8 senior setter had 35 assists and eight kills in a 3-0 victory over Cabot.

Brooke Rockwell, Fayetteville

The 5-10 senior exterior hitter had 18 kills in a 3-0 victory over Cabot.

Jenna De La Mater, Cabot

The 5-8 senior libero had 9 digs in a 3-0 loss to Fayetteville.

CLASS 5A

Abigail Lagemann, Benton

The 5-11 senior had 12 kills, 2 block assists, 6 digs and a pair of aces in a 3-0 victory over Van Buren.

Bri Ball, Van Buren

The 6-0 senior setter had 10 kills and 14 assists in a 3-0 loss to Benton.

Aspen Cone, Van Buren

The 5-2 sophomore setter had 12 assists in a 3-0 loss to Benton.

Morghan Weaver, Valley View

The 6-1 senior center blocker had 11 kills, 4 blocks and 5 digs in a 3-1 victory over Mount St. Mary.

Micah McMillan, Valley View

The 5-8 senior setter had 9 kills, 7 digs and 12 assists in a 3-1 victory over Mount St. Mary.

Riley Owens, Valley View

The 5-7 sophomore setter had 7 kills, 4 digs, 3 blocks and 13 assists in a 3-1 victory over Mount St. Mary.

Hayden Gartman, Valley View

The 5-8 sophomore libero had 10 digs and a pair of aces in a 3-1 victory over Mount St. Mary.

CLASS 4A

Chloe Rodriguez, Brookland

The 5-11 sophomore setter had 34 assists, 3 kills and 1 ace in a 3-0 victory over Jonesboro Westside.

Maddie Smith, Brookland

The 5-4 junior exterior hitter had 10 kills in a 3-0 victory over Brookland.

Rylee Walker, Brookland

The 5-8 junior libero had 14 digs and a pair of aces in a 3-0 victory over Brookland.

Evan Polsgrove, Brookland

The 5-8 sophomore exterior hitter had 15 kills and 11 digs in a 3-0 victory over Brookland.

Bella Bonanno, Shiloh Christian

The 5-7 sophomore libero had 24 digs in a 3-1 victory over Mena.

Paige Addington, Shiloh Christian

The 5-8 sophomore had 14 digs and three aces in a 3-1 victory over Mena.

Ryan Russell, Shiloh Christian

The 6-0 senior exterior hitter had 10 kills in a 3-1 victory over Mena.

CLASS 3A

Michaelyn Freeman, Hackett

The 5-11 freshman exterior hitter had 18 kills, 2 aces, 5 digs and 5 blocks in a 3-1 victory over Hoxie.

Mackenzie Mendenhall, Hackett

The 5-11 senior exterior hitter had 14 kills, 10 digs and a pair of aces in a 3-1 victory over Hoxie.

Makenzie Freeman, Hackett

The 6-1 sophomore exterior hitter had 11 kills, 15 digs and a pair of aces in a 3-1 victory over Hoxie.

Prairie Vaughn, Hackett

The 5-9 sophomore setter had 27 assists and 15 digs in a 3-1 victory over Hoxie.

CLASS 2A

Kate Scroggins, Conway Christian

The 5-2 junior libero had 35 digs in a 3-0 loss to Lavaca.

Madison Proctor, Lavaca

The 6-1 junior center blocker had a team-high 7 aces and seven kills in a 3-0 victory over Conway Christian.

Emerson Schaefer, Lavaca

The 6-0 junior exterior hitter had a team-high 10 kills in a 3-0 victory over Conway Christian.

Anna Davis, Lavaca

The 5-10 senior setter had a team-high 20 assists and seven kills in a 3-0 victory over Conway Christian.

Natalie Allison, Mansfield

The 6-0 senior setter had 11 kills and a team-high 17 assists in a 3-0 victory over Thaden.

Alyson Edwards, Mansfield

The 5-11 junior center blocker had 11 kills, 5 digs and 4 blocks in a 3-0 victory over Thaden.

Kaylee Ward, Mansfield

The 6-4 freshman center blocker had 13 kills with 3 blocks in a 3-0 victory over Thaden.

Kynslee Ward, Mansfield

The 5-8 junior had a team-high 9 digs in a 3-0 victory over Thaden.

Noelle Wilkinson, Thaden

The 5-10 junior exterior hitter had a team-high 7 kills in a 3-0 loss to Mansfield.

Olive Deschamps, Thaden

The 5-9 junior center blocker had a team-high 7 kills in a 3-0 loss to Mansfield.