Elkhorn North outlasts Lincoln North Star in Class A semifinal

OMAHA — Elkhorn North outlasted Lincoln North Star 25-14, 23-25, 11-25, 25-13, 15-13 in a Class A semifinal Friday at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, to reach the NSAA State Volleyball Championships final.

Elkhorn North took the opening set, then dropped the next two, including an 11-25 third set. The top seed steadied in the fourth and won the fifth 15-13.

Reagan Wallraff led Elkhorn North with 33 kills and 35 points. Payton Palmer added seven kills and 10 points. Millie Mauch had 47 assists. For Lincoln North Star, Elsie Schmidt finished with 19 kills, and Alexandra Kroll had 47 assists.

Elkhorn North finished with 12 team blocks to Lincoln North Star's two and hit.211 for the match. The match lasted 1 hour, 54 minutes, according to the official box score.

Elkhorn North plays Papillion-La Vista South in the Class A championship at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln. Admission is $12 for adults and $9 for students.

Updated 8:04 a.m. CT: Papillion-La Vista South beat Marian 3-1 (23-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-15) in the other Class A semifinal, according to the NSAA's official box score and bracket. Our earlier version said that result was not yet posted. See Elkhorn North plays for Class A volleyball title today.

Source: Nebraska School Activities Association: official Class A Friday box score, the 2026 state volleyball bracket, the 2026 state championships schedule and Volleyball Championships HQ.

How we checked this: Reported from the NSAA's official Class A Friday box score (afri.pdf), the state bracket, the championships schedule and the Volleyball Championships HQ page, opened Nov. 6, 2026, at 9:14 p.m. CT and re-fetched at 9:16 p.m. CT, and checked against the record by our copy desk before publishing.