Club Spotlight – South Central Nebraska Volleyball Club
South Central Nebraska Volleyball Club Website scvbclub@gmail.com FACEBOOK: SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL CLUB Club Directors: Lois Hixson, Aurora Head Coach | Peg Heise, Wood River | Brenda Herchert, Wood River Before club volleyball was common among high school players, the…
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FACEBOOK: SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL CLUB
Club Directors: Lois Hixson, Aurora Head Coach | Peg Heise, Wood River | Brenda Herchert, Wood River
Before club volleyball was common among high school players, the foresight of the coaches in south-central Nebraska saw an opportunity for athletes to get more touches on the volleyball in the high school offseason. Started in 1989 and celebrating 30 years, coaches from Doniphan-Trumbull, St. Paul, Clay Center, and Aurora started a club based on this statement:
“The mission of this club is to provide an opportunity for athletes in central Nebraska to improve volleyball skills during the off-season. We enjoy helping student-athletes reach team goals with their local high school teams and also provide opportunities for players to continue playing at the collegiate level.”
Currently, the club has team members from Broken Bow to Deshler, 2 hours and 51 minutes apart with many other schools in between Aurora, BDS, Blue Hill, Boone Central (Albion), Broken Bow, Central Valley (Greeley), Centura (Cairo), Cross County ( Stromsburg), Columbus, Deshler, Franklin, Elm Creek, Hastings Adams Central, Hastings St. Cecelia, Kearney Catholic, Kenesaw, Loup City, Minden, Nebraska Christian (Central City), Riverside (Cedar Rapids), St. Paul, Sandy Creek (Fairfield), Superior, Sutton, and York.
Club Director and Aurora Head Coach Lois Hixson states the following as strengths of the club:
- The success of our club is truly credited to the energy and experience of our coaching staff and the cohesive approach to fundamental training.
- We are fortunate to be able to provide this opportunity to players throughout central Nebraska players to improve during the off-season.
- It is exciting and rewarding to have several South Central alumni return as coaches each season.
- We believe in multi-sport athletes and coaches work closely with players when scheduling practices and tournaments so players can continue to participate in school activities.
Organizing a record 19 teams this season, teams choose to play in six USAV or JVA tournaments. They are encouraged to include one qualifier in their season. The following teams will play at the following qualifiers:
- 15 Black: KC Show Me
- 16 Black & 16 Red: Colorado Crossroads
- 17 Black: Colorado Crossroads
- 18 Black: KC Show Me
In addition to the players being from different schools, many of the coaches are from these schools also. If not a high school coach, their coaches have extensive volleyball backgrounds.
Kristi Allen, Blue HillC-2 State Championship Coach
NCA All-Star Coach
Matt Koehn-Fairbanks, St. Paul
NCA VB Coach of the Year
Kari Jo Alfs, BDS
D-2 State Championship Coach
Photo contributed.
12’s – 2 teams:
Jill Bauer, Deshler Assistant Coach, SC Alumni, K-State VB Alumni | Kambria Chohon, SC Alumni
13’s – 3 teams:
Kari Jo Alfs, BDS Head Coach | CC Beahm, UNK Collegiate Player, SC Alumni | Alexis Kuehn, York College Player
14’s – 3 teams:
Pat & Brenda Glunz, HS Coaches | Chainey Tompkin, Cassidy Tompkins, Makayla Yantzie, CCC Alumni | Mandy Higgins, Hastings St. Cecelia Assistant Coach, Paxtyn Dummer, SC Alumni
15’s – 4 teams:
Kristi Allen, Former Blue Hill Head Coach, Kortney Allen, Sandy Creek Head Coach | Alison Feeney, Centura Head Coach | Bailey Lukasiewicz, Hastings College Player, SC Alumni | Andrea Reed, former Head Coach
16’s – 3 teams:
Matt Koehn-Fairbanks, St. Paul Head Coach | Chris Ericson, York Head Coach | Ali Lovin, York Assistant Coach, Jenifer Ashby, Aurora Volunteer Coach, SC Alumni
17’s – 3 teams:
Shelli Mohnike, Sutton Head Coach, SC Alumni | Libby Lollman, Adams Central Head Coach | Misty Dvorak, Central Valley Assistant Coach
18’s – 1 team:
Jessica Diehl, Blue Hill Head Coach
Like many other rural teams, South Central plays USAV and JVA tournaments, silver and gold divisions. Their tryouts are the Saturday after state volleyball and online registration due the day before tryouts. Their main practice facility is the Penner Athletic Courts in Aurora.
South Central Nebraska Volleyball Club is hosting a tournament this March:
South Central Classic
Volleyball Tournament
Saturday, March 21 – 12/13/14 Divisions
Sunday, March 22 – 15/16/17/18 Divisions
Penner Athletic Courts 1477 W Hwy 34 – Aurora NE
For more information on the tournament go to their CLUB WEBSITE.
16-18’s TEAMS:
18 Black |
High School |
Graduation Year |
College Commitment |
Aurora |
2021 |
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BDS |
2021 |
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Blue Hill |
2021 |
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Boone Central |
2020 |
Looking!!! |
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Hope Nienhueser |
Kenesaw |
2022 |
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Kenesaw |
2020 |
Peru State College |
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Loup City |
2020 |
SCC Beatrice |
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Josie Jakubowski |
St. Paul |
2021 |
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St. Paul |
2021 | ||
Superior |
2020 |
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Coach: Jessica Diehl, Blue Hill Head Coach |
2019 South Central 17 Black. Photo contributed.
17 Black |
High School |
Graduation Year |
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Aurora |
2021 |
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Cassidy Knust |
Aurora |
2021 |
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Aurora |
2021 |
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BDS |
2021 |
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Brooklyn Kohmetscher |
Blue Hill |
2021 |
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Cross County |
2021 |
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Elm Creek |
2021 |
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Kearney Catholic |
2021 |
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St. Paul |
2020 |
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Paige Lukasiewicz |
St. Paul |
2021 |
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St. Paul |
2021 |
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Coach: Shelli Mohnike, Sutton Head Coach |
17 Red |
High School |
Graduation Year |
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Adams Central |
2021 |
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Adams Central |
2022 |
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Adams Central |
2021 |
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Blue Hill |
2022 |
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Central Valley |
2021 |
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Central Valley |
2021 |
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Cross County |
2021 |
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NE Christian |
2022 |
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St. Paul |
2021 | ||
St. Paul |
2021 |
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Coach: Libby Lollman, Adams Central Head Coach |
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17 White |
High School |
Graduation Year |
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Blue Hill |
2021 |
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Blue Hill |
2023 |
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Central Valley |
2021 |
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Central Valley |
2022 |
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Centura |
2021 |
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Centura |
2021 |
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Centura |
2022 |
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Sandy Creek |
2022 |
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St. Paul |
2021 | ||
York |
2022 | ||
Coach: Misty Dvorak, Central Valley Assistant Coach |
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16 Black |
High School |
Graduation Year |
BDS |
2022 |
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Central Valley |
2022 |
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Central Valley |
2022 |
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Columbus |
2023 | |
Franklin |
2022 |
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St. Cecilia |
2022 |
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St. Paul |
2023 |
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St. Paul |
2023 |
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Sutton |
2022 |
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Coach: Matt Koehn-Fairbanks, St. Paul Head Coach |
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16 Red |
High School |
Graduation Year |
Aurora |
2023 |
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Aurora |
2022 |
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Aurora |
2023 |
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Centura |
2023 |
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Cross County |
2023 |
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St. Cecilia |
2022 |
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St. Cecilia |
2022 |
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Montanna Morgan |
St. Paul |
2022 |
Sutton |
2022 |
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York |
2022 | |
Coach: Ali Lovin, York Assistant Coach / |
16 White |
High School |
Graduation Year |
Aurora |
2022 |
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Deshler |
2022 |
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Deshler |
2022 |
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Kenesaw |
2022 |
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Brianna Kuehn |
Minden |
2022 |
Riverside |
2022 |
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Broken Bow |
2023 |
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York |
2022 | |
York |
2022 | |
Coach: Chris Ericson, York Head Coach |