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And I feel like I should add for the record, incredible job by Bill Ferris and his staff. Taggert was on the right to begin the year(I assume because of his youth and passing prowess). They got him together and ready for the big show. I don't even know Ferris well at all, but that guy gets way...

Same goes for Taggert. He was the difference in the X-Liberty match. Essentially unstoppable by a great team as a Sophomore. I'm not well versed in X's pipeline, but GCL South schools always backfill with quality guys to surround a potential superstar in Taggert.

Boys volleyball is at a different level now than 15-20 years ago in my opinion mostly because of the speed of offenses and as previously mentioned the adaptation of using the back row attack as a legit in system option. That said, even X wasn't running much back row in system, if any. Just the...

I believe the all-region and all-state teams are not affiliated with the OHSAA. They are part of the coaches association. After the OHSBVA website went offline, there's no where to post them. It is a shame.

I'm not sure where these are released any more. It's not affiliated with the OHSAA and the other website from the old days is gone.

I got confused about your thoughts on the rankings. What was the New Albany vs Olentangy score?

Any thoughts on this after Pickerington North beat Darby last night?

Based on the draw, Liberty vs X rematch would sadly be in the State semis.

Love it. Should be a barn burner of a state tournament.

Thomas vs Darby should be a great regional final.

Fenwick beats St. Charles in 4. With that result, and the McNicholas win over Fenwick and St. Charles beating McNicholas, D2 looks to be very competitive at the top. McNicholas hosts Fenwick for the rematch on Monday, where Fenwick can solidify themselves as the favorites with a win. A loss...

Liberty beats X in the Centerville Elite finals. Darby beats Moeller in the 3rd place game. Since Darby and Liberty are in separate regions, two central teams looking likely to make it to states. Centerville takes a set from BBHS and took Elder to 5. Glad to see they put up a fight, but...

They started in the 90s and ended maybe early 2010s? It would be fun to have a tournament like that again, I agree. I also assume it would be difficult to get each of Moeller, Elder, and X there since that would open up the possibility of playing each other 4 times in one year with Centerville...

You may remember this, but Worthington Kilbourne and St. Charles both used to have tournaments like this. Pool play on Friday night and brackets Saturday morning. Kilbourne had 6 courts running at a time I believe.

Yes, by invitation so that teams know they will have 3 guaranteed matched on their schedule. It's really the only realistic way to do it, unless it was a 16 team tournament and you broke into gold and silver brackets based on the rankings (seeding is based on rankings now). I know it's always...

That's what was stated by the Volleytalk duo. Not sure when he's slated to return.

That said, X is the favorite and has shown it thus far. They tend to drop some sets, but prevail in the end reasonably handily. Not sure what to attribute the lack of consistency within matches to (they aren't that young correct?) but that's high school sports in general.

Got it. I had that in my mind when I posted, but there's been more than a few thinly veiled posts about their scheduling over the years that I wasn't sure. Assuming X and Liberty are at Elite, that should be a great match if they both advance to meet each other. But multiple match days leave...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I recall (not directed at you, just generally) some rumblings on here in the past about X not scheduling really tough outside of the obvious GCL home and homes and Centerville Elite. That's certainly not the case this year. They've played/scheduled most if not all...

Finals are set: D1 - Moeller vs Olentangy Liberty D2 - St. Francis Desales vs St. Vincent-St. Mary