CJ netters advance to C4D6 finals

A handful of area volleyball teams are still alive in their respective district tournaments and look to advance in postseason play.The second-seeded Carl Junction Bulldogs (20-11-4) advanced to the Class 4 District 6 championship match with a 3-2 win over Willard (17-16-3) on Saturday at Logan-Rogersville High School.The Bulldogs dropped the opening set 19-25, but rallied to win set two 25-23. They lost set three 21-25, but with their backs against the wall they tied the next match at 22 and went on for a 25-22 win in the fourth set.CJ dominated the tiebreaker, winning the fifth set 15-5 to advance to Tuesday's final against the top-seeded West Plains Zizzers (31-5-1).That match is scheduled for 6 p.m. at LRHS.The Zizzers are no strangers to CJ. The Bulldogs defeated West Plains 3-1 on Oct. 15 for both teams' regular season finale at CJHS.Carl Junction is 9-2 since 2011 against the Zizzers.The second-seeded Lamar Tigers (20-7-3) advanced to the Class 3 District 12 finals after outlasting a 20-win East Newton squad 3-2 (25-15, 25-20, 20-25, 20-25, 15-12) last week. They were slated to face top-seeded Nevada (25-5-3) at 6 p.m. Monday. Details were not available at press time.In Class 2 District 11, fifth-seeded Diamond (8-21-4) faced second-seeded Miller (19-11-2) on Monday. Those results also were not available at press time. The C2D11 finals will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Diamond High School.in Class 1 District 10 at Lockwood High School, top-seeded Lockwood (28-4-2) beat fourth-seeded Everton (24-13-1) in a 3-0 sweep (25-11, 25-9, 25-10) to advance to the C1D10 final against third-seeded Greenfield (23-12-1). That match was slated for Monday, but details were not available.Greenfield ended Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School's season last Thursday with a 3-1 win (25-20, 25-13, 18-25, 25-18). TJ finished its season 24-4-2.Top-seeded Liberal (21-7-2) was scheduled to face Hume (8-18-1) in their Class 1 District 11 semifinal on Monday night. Details were not available. The finals will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Liberal.Second-seeded Carthage (22-10-3) saw its season come to an end Friday after a 3-0 loss to third-seeded Raymore-Peculiar (21-12) in the Class 5 District 6 semifinals at Lee's Summit West High School.