Omaha-area teams open state volleyball tournament in Lincoln
Top seeds Elkhorn North and Concordia Omaha headline Wednesday’s first round at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
OMAHA — Omaha-area volleyball teams open the NSAA State Volleyball Championships on Wednesday at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, and two of them arrive as No. 1 seeds, according to the Nebraska School Activities Association’s bracket.
Skutt Catholic starts the local schedule at 11 a.m. on the North Court, where the No. 5 seed in Class B (26-11) faces No. 4 Northwest (32-3). At 1 p.m. on the same court, Concordia Omaha, the top seed in Class C1 at 35-2, plays No. 8 Norfolk Catholic (22-10).
Class A fills the evening. At 5 p.m., top-seeded Elkhorn North (27-4) meets No. 8 Papillion-La Vista (19-11) on the North Court, while No. 7 Millard North (19-13) takes on No. 2 Papillion-La Vista South (24-6) on the South Court. At 7 p.m. on the South Court, No. 3 Marian (25-8) and No. 6 Millard West (23-12) meet in an all-Omaha first-round match.
First-round winners in Classes A, B and C1 advance to Friday’s semifinals at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The championship matches are Saturday at the Devaney Sports Center: Class C1 at 1 p.m., Class A at 5 p.m. and Class B at 7 p.m.
Admission is $12 for adults and $9 for students, according to the NSAA schedule. The association lists NFHS Network streaming for the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday sessions. All times are Central, and the NSAA says the schedule is subject to change.
Source: Nebraska School Activities Association: 2026 state volleyball bracket, 2026 state championships schedule and Volleyball Championships HQ, opened Nov. 4, 2026.
How we checked this: Reported from the NSAA's 2026 state volleyball bracket and championship schedule (PDFs) and its Volleyball Championships HQ page, opened Nov. 4, 2026, at 6:26 a.m. CT (bracket and schedule) and 6:27 a.m. CT (HQ page), and checked against the record by our copy desk before publishing.
Correction, Nov. 4, 2026: An earlier version of this story said six Omaha-area teams were playing. The story lists eight teams from the area, including both Papillion-La Vista schools; the count has been removed from the headline, lead and summary.