Four teams in each area Class A and B region volleyball tournaments are slated to play for berths in the upcoming SoDak 16 state-qualifying matches.
Region tournament play opened Monday and Tuesday for area Class A and B teams. Region semifinals are slated for Thurday with the winners advancing to SoDak 16 matches on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
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SoDak 16 winners will qualify for the state tournament Nov. 19-21 at Sioux Falls.
Here’s a breakdown of what’s happened so far in the area regions:
Deubrook Area’s Chloe Haines (8) and Kaylee Schmit (10) go for the block against Great Plains Lutheran’s Katelin Richter during their high school volleyball match on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, at GPLHS in Watertown. Deubrook Area won 3-2.
Region 1A
GROTON — Second-seeded Groton Area, third-seeded Britton-Hecla and fourth-seeded Webster Area all recorded quarterfinal wins on Tuesday.
Groton Area beat seventh-seeded Sisseton 3-0 (25-11, 25-10 and 25-17); Britton-Hecla topped sixth-seeded Redfield 3-1 (25-13, 25-17, 22-25 and 25-16); and Webster Area downed Milbank 3-0 (25-22, 25-18 and 25-20).
Sisseton finished 4-21, Redfield 6-20 and Milbank Area 9-17.
Semifinal games on Thursday include Webster Area (13-11) at top-seeded Aberdeen Roncalli (21-5) and Britton-Hecla (17-6) at Groton Area (19-13).
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Region 2A
Second-seeded Hamlin, third-seeded Sioux Valley and fourth-seeded Elkton-Lake Benton all notched quarterfinal wins on their home courts on Tuesday.
Hamlin turned back seventh-seeded Florence-Henry 3-0 (25-12, 25-13 and 25-8), Sioux Valley blanked sixth-seeded Great Plains Lutheran 3-0 (25-9, 25-11 and 25-20) and Elkton-Lake Benton downed fifth-seeded Deuel 3-1 (22-25, 25-21, 25-14 and 25-21).
Great Plains Lutheran ended its season at 10-17, Deuel 10-14 and Florence-Henry 4-22.
Hamlin moved into the semifinals by getting six aces and seven kills from Mady Jutting, four aces and 12 digs from Jayci Trowbridge, 22 assists and seven digs from Issie Steffensen, nine kills from Addie Jensen, five kills from Kayde Nebel, 11 digs from Paxton Neuendorf and three blocks from Lexa Thue.
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Elkton-Lake Benton (9-16) visits top-seeded Clark-Willow Lake (22-1) at 7 p.m. in Willow Lake and Sioux Valley (21-7) plays Hamlin (20-3) at 7 p.m. at the Hamlin Education Center in semifinal games on Thursday.
Region 6A
Third-seeded Mobridge-Pollock and fourth-seeded Chamberlain each advanced with wins on Tuesday. Mobridge-Pollock won 3-0 (25-16, 25-11 and 25-11) over sixth-seeded Cheyenne-Eagle Butte in a match played at Mobridge and Chamberlain earned a 3-1 (25-22, 25-18, 18-25 and 25-14) win over fifth-seeded Stanley County in match played at Chamberlain.
In semifinal games on Thursday, Chamberlain (9-17) visits top-seeded Winner (19-9) and Mobridge-Pollock (18-15) visits No. 2 Platte-Geddes (20-10).
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Region 1B
The tourney opened on Monday with ninth-seeded Wilmot beating eighth-seeded Tiospa Zina 3-0 (25-13, 25-10 and 25-17) at Agency Village and seventh-seeded Waverly-South Shore posting a 3-1 (25-17, 23-25, 25-16 and 28-26) win over 10th-seeded Leola-Frederick Area. Tiospa Zina closed its season at 8-21 and LFA 4-17.
In quarterfinals on Tuesday, top-seeded Warner defeated Wilmot 3-0 (25-4, 25-6 and 25-2) at Warner; fifth-seeded Hitchcock-Tulare won 3-1 (25-18, 26-25, 22-25 and 25-18) at fourth-seeded Langford Area; second-seeded Northwestern rolled past Waverly-South Shore 3-0 (25-15, 25-8 and 25-9) and third-seeded Aberdeen Christian prevailed over sixth-seeded Waubay-Summit 3-0 (25-20, 25-23 and 25-17).
Wilmot finished the season 6-17, Waverly-South Shore 12-17, Langford Area 15-14 and Waubay-Summit 10-15.
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Tatumn Hanson (five aces and 18 assists), Keira Steger (six aces and seven digs), Olivia Marcuson (eight kills), Miah Leidholt and Kya Townsend (six kills each), Claire Bakeberg (nine assists) and Jaycee Jung (eight digs) powered Warner. Cali Weber notched 24 digs, Natalie Remily nine blocks and Camria Cameron five blocks for Wilmot.
Northwestern moved on with help from Lilly Haven, nine aces and 10 digs; Sophia Troske, six aces; Elexis Kramp, nine kills; Breelyn Satter, eight kills; Tayler Vetter, seven kills and 12 digs; Lila Johnson, 25 assists; and Kylee Henjum, three block assists. Jaina Johnson recorded five kills and 10 digs and Marlie Riter nine assists for Waverly-South Shore.
Emmerie Arthurs colllected 22 kills and 19 digs, Keilee Schone 10 kills, Brynn Binger and Laina Puffer 20 assists each, Olivia Knox 30 digs, Tess Bixler five blocks and Rylee Knock six kills and four blocks for Hitchcock-Tulare.
In semifinal matches at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Hitchcock-Tulare (17-14) visits Warner (31-3) and Aberdeen Christian (21-9) plays at Northwestern (31-5).
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Region 2B
Eighth-seeded De Smet swept ninth-seeded Oldham-Ramona-Rutland 3-0 (25-16, 25-18 and 26-24) and seventh-seeded Iroquois-Lake Preston rallied past 10th-seeded James Valley Christian 3-1 (19-25, 25-11, 25-17 and 26-24) on their own home courts in games on Monday. ORR ended the season 6-20 and JVC 7-18.
De Smet leaders included Charli McCune, four aces, six kills, 22 digs and 14 blocks; Gemma Luethmers 13 kills and seven blocks; Lily Cleveland six kills; Vada Albrecht 20 assists; Megan Albrecht, 43 digs and Ava Poppinga 22 digs. Jordy Reagle had six kills, Logyn Reagle nine asssits, Amelia Malisch 12 digs and Brooklyn Hyland nine digs for ORR.
On Tuesday at Wolsey-Wessington, top-seeded Wolsey-Wessington beat De Smet 3-0 (25-4, 25-7 and 25-13) and fourth-seeded Castlewood turned back fifth-seeded Arlington 3-0 (25-12, 25-14 and 25-22) in quarterfinal games. De Smet closed its season 7-21 and Arlington 14-16.
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In other quarterfinal games at Estelline, second-seeded Estelline-Hendricks won 3-0 (25-15 25-21 and 25-22) over Iroquois-Lake Preston and third-seeded Deubrook Area also won 3-0 (25-13, 25-7 and 25-14) over sixth-seeded Wessington Springs. ILP finished the season at 9-23 and Wessington Springs 13-17.
Estelline-Hendricks was led by Elyse Wegner, three aces and eight kills; Presly Bury, seven aces, 15 assists and eight digs; Kori Saathoff, nine kills; Leandra Harms six kills and three solo blocks; Cambry Bury, 18 assists; Kimmy Schaefer 17 digs and Hilary Ramirez nine digs. Khloe Olson tallied six kills, Alise Hope five kills, Sydney Bonomi 20 assists and 12 digs and Belle Bonomi 13 digs for ILP.
In semifinal games on Thursday, Castlewood (16-11) visits Wolsey-Wessington (25-5) and Deubrook Area (22-7) plays Estelline-Henricks (22-5) in Estelline. Both games are at 7 p.m.
Region 6B
The tourney opened Monday with eighth-seeded Sunshine Bible Academy, seventh-seeded Gettysburg and sixth-seeded North Central all notching wins on their own home courts. SBA beat ninth-seeded Tiospaye Topa 3-0 (25-8, 25-17 and 25-13), Gettysburg swept 10th-seeded Sully Buttes 3-0 (25-15, 25-17 and 25-12) and North Central also winning 3-0 (25-6, 25-5 and 25-6) over 11th-seeded Wakpala. Tiospaye Topa ended its season at 9-20, Sully Buttes 3-24 and Wakpala 3-23.
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Kaidence Bulgin tallied eight kills, Ava Gonska seven aces, Ashton Heyne seven assists and eight aces, Tylee Vander Vorst six kills and six aces and Camryn Witlock seven assists for North Central.
In quarterfinal games on Tuesday, top-seeded Miller won 3-0 (25-11, 25-14 and 25-19) over SBA in Miller; fifth-seeded Herreid-Selby Area beat fourth-seeded Ipswich 3-0 (25-23, 25-15 and 25-15) at Ipswich; second-seeded Faulkton Area blanked Gettysburg 3-0 (25-13, 25-21 and 25-19) in Faulkton and third-seeded Highmore-Harrold recorded a 3-1 (25-15, 25-18, 21-25 and 25-18) win over North Central at Highmore. SBA closed the season 11-17, Ipswich 16-12, Gettysburg 13-14 and North Central 15-15.
Emma Pugh’s seven aces, nine kills and 11 digs sparked Miller, which also received four aces from Kalley Teason, 11 kills and 10 digs from Hailey Werdel, six kills and 11 digs from Olivia Nye and 12 digs from Autumn Flor. Ciera Mickelson had eight aces and five blocks, Sidney Stoddard six blocks and Dakota Boersma six digs for SBA.
Claire Cotton made two aces and 30 assists, Anika Mueller 11 kills, Austina Sorensen 25 digs and Brooklyn Mueller 12 digs for Faulkton Area. Brynlie Ahlemeier tallied five kills, four block assists and 15 digs for Gettysburg. Layla Cronin added five kills, Finlee Heien 14 assists and Taylor Long 20 digs.
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Kaydence Hobert notched six kills, Jada Baloun five kills and nine digs, Lainee Ping 14 digs and Callie Chavez six assits to lead Highmore-Harrold. Vander Vorst had 13 kills and 14 digs, Lindsey Hoerner seven kills and 17 digs, Peyton Schnabel eight kills, Heyne 16 assists and nine digs, Witlock seven assists and nine digs and Kelsey Sowards 11 digs for North Central.
Semifinal games Thursday included HSA (14-17) at Miller (20-9) and Highmore-Harrold (18-10) at Faulkton Area (19-11).
Class AA
Watertown and Aberdeen Central each closed out their regular season on Tuesday. The Arrows lost at No. 2 Class AA Brandon Valley 3-0 (25-22, 25-17 and 25-22) and Aberdeen Central won 3-0 (25-19, 25-16 and 25-22) at home against Sioux Falls Roosevelt.
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Watertown (18-9) and Aberdeen Central (16-10) are each in position to host SoDak 16 state-qualifying games on Thursday, Nov. 12. Those pairings are expected to be finalized this weekend.
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