Reigning State 1A Division 2 champion Camas County of Fairfield and defending Northside Conference tournament champion Dietrich are the favored teams for the eight-team 2010 Northside tournament beginning Saturday, Oct. 16 at Carey High School.
Powered by junior hitter Katelyn Peterson, Camas is the top seed for the eight-team, four-day tournament that determines two automatic Northside qualifiers for the eight-team State 1A Division 2 meet Oct. 29-30 at Burley.
And the third-place team in the upcoming tournament must win its Oct. 23 play-in match at American Falls for a ticket to the 1A state tourney.
Saturday's first-round schedule at Carey's gym begins at 3 p.m. with #1-seeded Camas playing the #8-seeded team, followed in succession by #4 vs. #5 seeds, the #3 vs. #6 seeds, and #2 vs. #7 seeds. Matches continue Monday and Tuesday at 4 p.m. with the finals Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 4 p.m.
Tournament host Carey (4-11, 3-9 league) gears up by celebrating its "Senior Night" honoring Dani Hennefer and Lorene Andrews Thursday, Oct. 14 with home matches against Richfield. Visiting Carey dropped a 25-17, 25-14, 25-13 Northside match to Lighthouse Christian Friday.
The Community School (2-11, 2-10 league) hosted Lighthouse Tuesday and goes to Camas Thursday.
Other teams in the upcoming Northside meet are Murtaugh and Castleford.
Great Basin VB is Monday
Regular-season champ Twin Falls (33-5, 8-0 league) hosts the six-team Great Basin Conference volleyball tournament starting Monday, Oct. 18. Two GBC teams will earn berths in the eight-team State 4A tournament Oct. 29-30 at Kimberly.
Wood River (14-14, 5-3 league) tried to clinch the second seed in the GBC tournament by winning its "Senior Night" home match against Jerome (8-8, 5-4) on Tuesday night. The Wolverines wrap up their regular season Thursday, Oct. 14 at Minico.
Last Thursday, visiting Twin Falls swept Wood River 25-16, 25-20, 25-17 at Hailey. In the second game the Wolverines built leads of 15-8 and 18-12, but the Bruins tallied 13 of the last 15 points for the comeback win and added a third-game victory to stay unbeaten in the GBC league.
Wood River leaders included Jade Glenn (5 kills, 2 blocks), Allie Hesteness (5 kills, 2 digs), Jessica Hamilton (9 assists, 2 digs), Kori Paradis (3 blocks, 3 aces), Sydney Tidwell (3 blocks), Ali Levy (2 digs) and Lily Richards (3 digs).
The Wolverines competed in last weekend's Mountain View Invitational tournament at Meridian and went 2-2 in Saturday's Silver Division double elimination meet. Wood River defeated Meridian 22-25, 25-16, 15-10 and Weiser 25-15, 25-13.
