Rocori at Buffalo
7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 27

Rocori made trips to the Class 2A state tournament each of the past two seasons, and the Spartans seem to have the talent to make it to St. Paul again with several key players back from last year's team that finished with a 30-3 record. 

First-team all-state selection Eleanor Holthaus (517 kills, 251 digs, 388 assists) holds down the right side for Rocori. The squad also includes two all-Central Lakes Conference selections in senior outside hitter Morgan Holthaus (267 digs, 636 assists) and senior libero Abby Lieser (436 digs).

Nine letterwinners return for Buffalo, led two junior all-Mississippi 8 Conference honorees — setter Aivary Bouman (159 digs, 634 assists) and 6-foot-2 outside hitter Kari Zumach (382 kills, 289 digs). The Bison went 14-15 a year ago.