Liberty North wraps up perfect season in volleyball with Missouri Class 5 championship
The perfect ending to a perfect season. Appropriately, that’s how Friday afternoon played out for the Liberty North Eagles volleyball squad.
Liberty North finished an unbeaten 24-0 this fall, a Missouri Class 5 high school state champion after denying defending champ Nixa a repeat in straight sets at Cape Girardeau’s Show Me Center.
The Eagles won the first set with a thrilling come-from-behind finish, 26-24, the second set 25-20 and the third set 25-15 at the Southeast Missouri State campus in the far-opposite corner of the state.
Liberty North advanced to the title match Thursday, beating St. Dominic.
Nixa finishes 33-4.
In other classifications ...
Class 4 — Willard beat Nerinx Hall and Platte County fell to Parkway West Thursday to set up Friday’s Class 4 showdown for the title, which Willard won 3-1.
Class 3 — Maryville (21-2) is the state champion after beating Central (Park Hills) Friday morning. Maryville topped Hermann to reach the final.
Class 2 — Lawson (25-1) suffered its first loss of the season, falling to 7-7 Christian in three sets, and Valle Catholic beat Miller in three to improve to 30-5-2. Christian and Valle Catholic will meet in Saturday’s championship match. Lawson plays Miller at 2 p.m. in the consolation final.
Class 1 — Midway of Cass County fell in four sets to Lesterville and Advance beat New Haven in the other semifinal. Midway and New Haven play in the third-place match Saturday at 9 a.m. The title match follows.
This story was originally published November 6, 2020 at 4:12 PM.