All five area Wayne Herald high school volleyball programs will soon begin conference tournament play in four different tournaments.
With Thursday matches still counting towards the Mid State Conference tourney, Wayne High (18-8) will await their bracket information on Friday.
The Blue Devils will visit Battle Creek on Thursday to conclude their regular season.
First round Mid State Conference action is set to open on Oct. 19 in Pierce with the finals on Oct. 22 at Wayne State College.
The Greater Northeast Activities Conference (GNAC) will showcase Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (24-3) as the top seed.
#1 LCC will host #8 Summerland on Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. with the winner/loser facing either #4 Plainview or #5 West Holt on Oct. 20. Finals will be on Oct. 22 in Tilden (Elkhorn Valley).
LCC will conclude their regular season on Oct. 15 visiting Elgin Public/Pope John ahead of the GNAC tourney.
Both Winside (11-13) and Tri County Northeast (14-9) will be in action during the Lewis and Clark Conference tourney and have earned a first round bye into bracket play on Oct. 19.
#4 Winside will face #5 Wausa in Homer while #3 Tri County Northeast will also be in action on Oct. 19 in Winnebago and await the highest advancing seed from the three matches being played on Oct. 17. Finals will take place on Oct. 20 in Randolph.
Winside will conclude their regular season at Stuart on Oct. 15 (before conference tourney) and host Lyons-Decatur Northeast on Oct. 22 (after conference tourney).
TCNE will close out their regular season on Oct. 15 visiting Ponca ahead of the L&C Conference tourney.
Wakefield (1-21) will start action Thursday evening in the East Husker Conference Tournament.
#15 Wakefield will visit #2 Stanton on Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. with the winner to face either #7 Leigh or #10 Wisner-Pilger later in the evening around 7 p.m.
Consolation pool play, semifinals and finals will be held on Oct. 17 at North Bend Central.
The Trojans will conclude their regular season at Stanton on Oct. 20 and host a triangular on Oct. 22 against Homer and Winnebago.
