Ogallala sweeps Gothenburg in Girls' High School Varsity Volleyball; Ogallala to play Minden and Broken Bow on October 8th at home for Senior Night

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By: Evan Troxel

The Ogallala Indians High School Girls' Varsity volleyball team swept the Gothenburg Swedes three sets to zero on Tuesday, October 6th, 2026, at the Prairie View Gymnasium, on the Steve Morgan Court in Ogallala, Nebraska.

Ogallala won 25-15, 25-20 and 25-13.

Gothenburg's Lauren Mroczek had one ace and eight kills.

Ogallala's Alex Ervin had three aces, one block and 11 kills (10 kills for sure on the scoreboard at the game).

Samantha Bell also had three ace serves for Ogallala.

Ogallala led 5-2, 10-5, 15-9, 20-10, 23-12 and they won the first set 25-15.

In set two, Ogallala led 5-3, 10-7, 15-8, 20-13, 23-19 and they won set two 25-20.

Kooper Knispel had the winning point for the second straight set for the Lady Indians as she swung hard but barely made contact with the volleyball, so it ended up being a slow spinning volleyball that hit the floor!

In set three, Ogallala led 5-3, 10-4, 15-5, 20-8, 23-10 and Ogallala won set three and the match 25-13.

Gothenburg's Greer Tiller had two blocks and three kills for the road team.

Grace Evert had four kills for the Swedes.

Riley Flesch had one ace, one block and one kill.

Ellaray Koch had two kills.

For Ogallala, Shaydyn Rasby had a team-high 13 kills.

Kamryn Klockman had nine kills.

Kooper Knispel had one block and five kills.

Addison Powell had one ace, one block and three kills.

Tenlie Flansburg had two kills.

Brooklyn Robb and Charlie Caskey each had one ace serve for the Lady Indians.

Addison Holm had one kill.

Gothenburg (now 14-10) is set two play at McCook today on Thursday, October 8th.

Gothenburg is ranked 27th in Class C1 according to nsaahome.org with 41.8750 wild card points at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Thursday, October 8th, 2026.

McCook (13-8) is ranked 14th in Class B with 41.4762 wild card points.

The Swedes will host Lexington on October 12th and they will be at Holdrege on October 13th.

The Ogallala Lady Indians are 14-10 now on the season and they will play the Minden Whippets (9-15) and the Broken Bow Indians (10-12) today on Thursday, October 8th, 2026, starting at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time at Prairie View School.

It is Senior Night for the Ogallala Lady Indians on Thursday, October 8th, 2026, so this could be the last match ever in Ogallala for the Senior volleyball players.

It looks like Ogallala has a pretty good chance to host Subdistricts at least if the opponents that Ogallala played in Subdistricts last year are the same teams as what they eventually will be this season.

It is a triangular so I believe Ogallala will play Minden first, then Minden will play Broken Bow, and finally Ogallala will play Broken Bow.

Ogallala will also be hosting those same teams at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time for Junior Varsity volleyball at the Ogallala Auditorium I believe today on Thursday, October 8th, 2026.

Ogallala will be at Scottsbluff on Thursday, October 15th.

Ogallala is ranked 16th in Class C1 according to nsaahome.org with 42.6667 wild card points at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Thursday, October 8th, 2026.

Broken Bow is ranked 38th in Class C1 according to nsaahome.org with 39.9545 wild card points and Minden is ranked 41st in Class C1 with 39.8333 wild card points.

In the Junior Varsity match, Ogallala won two sets to one.

Ogallala won the first set 25-20, Gothenburg won set two 25-17 and Ogallala won set three 15-6.

Gothenburg's Kinley Foster had one ace serve and nine kills.

Ogallala's Addison Holm had a team-high six ace serves and ten kills.

Gothenburg led 5-4 in the first set. Then, Ogallala led 10-7, 15-11, 20-15, 23-17 and 25 to 20 to take set number one.

In set number two, Gothenburg led 5 to 4, 10-9, 15-11, 20-16, 23-16 and they won set two 25-17.

In set three, Ogallala led 4-0, 5-1, 8-2, 10-3, 13-6 and 15-6 to win set three and the match.

For Gothenburg, Bodey Tederman had seven kills.

Brooklyn Massin had one block and four kills.

Aaliyah Houser had three kills.

Maci Hansen had two ace serves.

Addisyn Jesseph had one ace serve.

Teegan Stevens had one kill.

For Ogallala, Tenlie Flansburg had one ace serve, two blocks and six kills.

Inga Burton had four kills.

Marly Eastman had one ace serve and two kills.

Addlie Flansburg had two blocks.

Haidyn Rapp had one ace serve and one kill.

Jessa Curtis had one block.

In the Reserve match (the level below Junior Varsity for freshman and sophomores usually, and sometimes for juniors) between Gothenburg and Ogallala, the Swedes won two sets to zero.

They won by identical scores in each set 25-22 and 25-22.

Gothenburg's Jewel Daum had two ace serves and four kills.

Ogallala's Tessa Kirchner had one block and five kills.

In the first set, Ogallala led 5-4 and 10-8. Then Gothenburg led 15-13, 2-17, 23-21 before beating Ogallala 25-22.

In set two, Gothenburg led 5 to 1, 10-3, 15-7, 20-11, 23-18 before defeating the Lady Indians 25 to 22.

For Gothenburg, Quinn Neels had four ace serves.

Briella Nelson had four kills.

Natalie Hengen had three ace serves.

Larish Neutzman had two kills.

Emsley Golter had one ace serve.

Tenley Richards and Natalie Sitorius each had one kill.

For Ogallala, Julia Flaming had four ace serves and one kill.

Addlie Flansburg had two ace serves and two kills.

Kiera Krajewski had thee kills.

Caydence Rasby had two kills.

Kenadi Austin had one ace serve.

Mary Finken had one kill.