Bluejays crowned champions

‘Give it your all’ was the message given to the Guardian Angels Central Catholic volleyball team heading into the winner-take-all set of the Class C2 State Championship match on November 7 at the Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln. That message was received as the Bluejays fought off a potential reverse sweep and captured a 3-2 win over Centura to secure the Class C2 State Volleyball championship title. “We knew we had to play as a team. We knew coming together as a team would help us play our best volleyball,” GACC junior Hailey Kreikemeier said. “The worst thing in a state championship game is to get reverse swept, and we knew that wasn’t going to happen to us. We knew we had to start out on top.” After losing 25-15 and 25-14 in the third and fourth sets, there was a big sigh of relief when the Bluejays scored the opening point of the final set. “We knew in that fifth set, we didn’t have as many points to give, so we needed to start out strong and play like we knew how we could play.

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