The Champs

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Nebraska State High School Volleyball Championships. 

The Nebraska Schools Activities Association would like to commemorate this milestone by having the high schools honor and recognize former players and state champion teams at a home game.

Kimball Public Schools plans to recognize its 1979 Class B State Champion volleyball team at the Thursday, Oct. 7, home game against the Morrill Lions. 

All former Kimball volleyball players get in for free and members from the 1979 championship team will be recognized between the second and third sets of the varsity match. 

The game times are 5 p.m. for junior varsity and 6 p.m. for varsity.

If you haven't been here recently, you will love the changes to the gym floor and to the student center. 

The 1979

Champs

Here's a little background: 

The 1979 Kimball team finished the year with a record of 23-1.They never lost a set in the Class B state tournament held at Kearney High School and Kearney State College on Nov. 16-17, 1979.

CLASS B 

Quarterfinals 

Waverly def. Albion 11-15, 15-11, 15-9

Kimball def. Omaha Paul VI 15-5, 15-12

Minden def. York 15-5, 15-11 

Columbus Lakeview def. Nebraska City 15-9, 15-10

Semifinals 

Kimball def. Waverly 15-7, 15-2

Minden def. Columbus Lakeview 9-15, 15-5, 15-7

Final 

Kimball def. Minden 15-6, 15-13