The Striv Five for volleyball and softball is BACK and loaded with ranked Nebraska teams in action. Check out the list of five of our top Nebraska prep games for the week.
TUESDAY | SOFTBALL | Class B, No. 5 Bennington (12-5) at Class B, No. 10 Waverly (9-7): The Badgers are batting .429 as a team and riding the pitching of Daisy Lowther (10-3). Six of seven Waverly losses have been to ranked Class A and B teams.
TUESDAY | VOLLEYBALL | Hitchcock County (4-7) at Class D-2 No. 4 Maywood-Hayes Center (10-0): The Wolves have stormed into the Class D-2 rankings going from unranked to fourth in two weeks. They have yet to lose a set so far this year. Junior Jaycee Widener already has 118 kills
THURSDAY | SOFTBALL | Milford (4-5) at Class B, No. 4 Seward (8-3): After games on Tuesday these two programs with plenty of state tournament experience do battle in Seward.
THURSDAY | VOLLEYBALL | Class a, No. 4 Papillion-LaVista (5-4) at Class A No. 6 Millard West (9-3): Big chance for the balanced Wildcats — five players have over 40 kills — to get a win over the Monarchs led by Creighton recruit Norah Sis.
THURSDAY | VOLLEYBALL | Class B, No. 3 Waverly (7-1) at Class B Northwest (1-3): Northwest didn’t get to play a match until Saturday at the Kearney Invite and now the schedule is non-stop. North Platte and Ogallala in Ogallala on Tuesday and a return trip home to face Nebraska recruit Whitney Lauenstein and Waverly. The Waverly star already has 120 kills on the season
