Here's your playoff primer to get you ready for this week's district volleyball tournament for Warrenton and Wright City
Class 3 District 6 at Fulton
Seeding: 1. Borgia (22-13-1); 2. Wright City (18-8); 3. Fulton (11-15-4); 4. Bowling Green (7-13-3) and 5. Mexico (6-18).
Schedule: The first-round game was October 20. Semifinals are scheduled for October 22 at 5 and 6:30 p.m. and the championship is slated for October 26 at 6 p.m.
Wright City’s first-round opponent: Wright City will play host, Fulton, at 6:30 p.m. on October 22.
Head-to-head: According to MSHSAA, the programs have met twice before, with Fulton winning at Wright City in 2012 and the teams splitting a pair of sets at Fulton in 2013.
Common opponents: The teams have played six common teams this season. Wright City is 5-1 against Bowling Green, Centralia, Mexico, Warrenton, North Callaway and Montgomery County while Fulton is 2-3-1 against the same teams.
About Wright City: Jaiden Walch leads the Wildcats in aces (41) and kills (216). … Josephine Grueneberg leads the Wildcats with 230 assists. … Hailey Billham leads the team with 26 blocks. … Marli Burkhardt’s 500 digs are also tops on the team for the Wildcats. … Wright City has won six of its final seven matches to close the regular season.
About Fulton: Bre Knighten leads Fulton with 320 kills. … Ali Skinner (235 digs) owns most of the team’s more than 1,200 digs. … Hayden Frost-Frasher leads the team with 76 blocks. … Tessa Howard leads the team with 416 assists. … In Fulton’s last five matches, the team went 3-1-1 at the Versailles Invitational last weekend.
Class 4 District 4 at St. Dominic
Seeding: 1. St. Dominic (17-6); 2. Hannibal (31-4); 3. Orchard Farm (18-4-1); 4. Holt (18-10); 5. Warrenton (11-15-5); 6. Kirksville (6-13); 7. Fort Zumwalt South (5-17-1); 8. St. Charles (5-17) and 9. Fort Zumwalt East (3-23-1).
Schedule: Quarterfinals are October 21 at 4 and 6 p.m. at Orchard Farm and St. Dominic; Semifinals are October 24 at 1 and 3 p.m.; the championship is October 27 at 6 p.m.
Warrenton’s first-round opponent: Warrenton will play Holt at 4 p.m. on October 21 at St. Dominic.
Head-to-head: Holt defeated Warrenton in three sets on September 10 and October 1.
Common opponents: The teams have played nine teams in common, according to MSHSAA. Holt is 6-3 against Fort Zumwalt West, St. Charles, St. Charles West, Orchard Farm, Troy, Washington, Winfield, Fort Zumwalt East and St. Louis Christian. Warrenton is 3-6.
About Warrenton: Emma Eskew leads Warrenton with 222 kills, while Emma Klaus has added 206. … Eskew’s 54 service aces also lead the Warriors. … Klaus’ 15 blocks are a team-high mark. … Claire Goldsmith’s 304 digs lead the way for Warrenton. … Grace Rudiger leads the way for the team with 559 assists. … Dating back to the 1999 season, Warrenton is 6-15-2 against Holt.
About Holt: The Indians have won three straight and six of seven. … Lilly McGrail (283) and Addison Graham (237) lead the Indians in kills. … Eden Wilson’s 57 aces are the most for Holt … Ella Picker has 40 blocks to lead the team. … Wilson’s 632 assists are also the high mark for the team. … Holt last dropped a match to Warrenton on October 13, 2007.
