The Great Bend Panthers (34-3) are the No. 1 seed at the Kansas Class 5A state volleyball tournament next week at Overland Park Advent Sports Park at Bluhawk.
Great Bend defeated Western Athletic Conference rival hays High 25-8, 25-15 in the championship match. In the first round, Great Bend defeated Arkansas City 25-15, 25-10 and Hays defeated Emporia 25-18, 23-25, 25-16.
St. Thomas Aquinas (32-4) is the No. 2 seed, followed by Wichita Bishop Carroll (31-5), Lansing 30-7), Maize South (29-7), Wichita Kapaun-Mount Carmel (29-8), Lenexa St. James Academy (30-9) and Blue Valley Southwest (16-19).
St. Thomas Aquinas is the defending Kansas Class 5A state champion.
