Seedings have been announced for the upcoming substate volleyball tournaments for Iola and neighboring high schools.
Iola High’s Fillies (6-27) have the sixth seed and will face third-seeded Towanda-Circle High (22-16) at about 3 p.m. Saturday in the Kansas Class 4A Substate Tournament.
The substate competition will be at El Dorado High School’s gymnasium.
A win against Towanda-Circle would put Iola up against the winner of second-seeded Independence (18-12) and Winfield (3-31) in the semifinals.
Top-seeded Chanute (31-1) headlines the opposite side of the bracket. The Blue Comets will play Field Kindley High of Coffeyville (1-25) and the eight seed. Seeds four and five, host El Dorado (14-23) and Augusta (12-23), will face off in the other quarterfinal side.
Eight 4A substate winners will advance to the state tournament Oct. 27 at the Salina Bicentennial Center.
HUMBOLDT HIGH’S Lady Cubs have the sixth seed in its Class 3A substate tournament. Humboldt (16-18) will take on third-seeded Wellsville (22-15) at about 3 p.m. Saturday in the Fredonia High School gymnasium. The winner will take on the winner of two-seed Jayhawk-Linn (27-6) and seven- seed Central Heights (3-25).
Burlington (33-3) controls the top seed and will take on Leon-Bluestem (3-25) on the other side of the bracket. The winner of that game will face either Eureka (15-11) or host Fredonia (15-15).
The Class 3A winners also will travel to Salina for the state tournament.
MARMATON Valley will host a Class 1A-Division I substate tournament. The Wildcats are seeded fourth at 15-21 and will take on the fifth-seeded Heritage Christian Academy out of Olathe, 1-25, at 1 p.m. Top-seeded Waverly (20-9) has a first-round bye and will take on the winner.
Lebo (17-13) and St. Paul (18-14) are the second and third seeds and will face each other in the other semifinal.
MEANWHILE, Southern Coffey County holds the top seed and will host its own Class 1A-Division II substate tournament. Crest is a part of this tournament as well.
Tournament action begins at 1 p.m.
Only five teams are in the Southern Coffey County pod; none with a winning record.
The Lady Titans (13-17) are guaranteed a first-round bye and will face the winner of fourth seed Elk Valley (2-31) and fifth seed Lady Lancers (0-28).
Chetopa, the second seed at 10-21, will play third-seeded Altoona-Midway (7-30) in the other semifinal matchup.
State tournaments for both divisions of Class 1A schools will be Oct. 27 at Fort Hays State University.
YATES CENTER is the sixth seed in the Class 2A substate hosted by Uniontown. The tournament begins at 1 p.m.
The Wildcats (15-21) will take on Bishop Seabury Academy of Lawrence, seeded third at 18-12. The winner will face either second Oswego (26-10) or seventh seed Marais Des Cygnes Valley (5-20).
Host Uniontown is the top seed at 26-9 and will face Arma-Northeast (6-26). Pleasanton, the fourth seed at 21-16, takes on fifth-seeded Lyndon, 16-18, in the other quarterfinal.
The Class 2A state tournament is Oct. 27 at Emporia’s White Auditorium.
