Updated volleyball state playoff brackets & 76 Photos of Class 1 teams competing at Lesterville Saturday

Photo by Dustin Ward
The Bernie volleyball team celebrates its straight-set win against Advance in a Class 1 state quarterfinal contest at Lesterville, Mo., Saturday evening.

The state final four will begin Friday at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Look for a schedule for the state final four later online.

76 photos of Lesterville, Gideon, Bernie and Advance in action at the Class 1 sectional are available for viewing/purchase at this link: View Photos Now

View updated state playoff brackets by clicking on the blue links below. Scores for all of Saturday's games in Missouri are also available below.

Note: I'll have a story on Gideon suffering a season-ending loss to Bernie later online and in Tuesday's Daily Dunklin Democrat as our Sunday edition was printed on Saturday morning.

See Saturday's results below:

Class 1 Bracket Click Here

Class 1 Sectional Scores

Bernie def. Gideon 25-15, 25-12

Advance def. Lesterville 25-23, 22-25, 25-19

Winona def. Valle Catholic 25-20, 25-23

Sacred Heart def. Spokane 25-13, 25-20

Pierce City def. Lockwood 25-9, 25-19

Osceola def. Rich Hill 25-14, 25-14

Santa Fe def. Midway 25-18, 25-27, 25-9

West Platte def. Rock Port 25-14, 26-28, 25-23

Class 1 Quarterfinal Scores

Bernie def. Advance 25-21, 25-21

Winona def. Sacred Heart 25-18, 25-16

Osceola def. Pierce City 25-23, 20-25 25-19

Santa Fe def. West Platte 25-17, 23-25, 25-11

Class 2 Bracket Click Here

Class 2 Sectional Scores

Puxico def. Twin Rivers 25-18, 25-22

St. Pius X def. St. Elizabeth 25-21, 25-17

Lutheran (St. Peters) def. Whitfield 25-18, 25-14

Fatima def. Hermann 23-25, 25-21, 25-23

Mountain Grove def. Fair Grove 26-28, 25-14, 25-15

El Dorado Springs def. Clever 25-13, 25-19

Holden def. St. Paul Lutheran 25-20, 17-25, 25-23

Bishop LeBlond def. Summit Christian Academy 25-21, 25-23

Class 2 Quarterfinal Scores

St. Pius X def. Puxico 25-11, 25-13

Fatima def. Lutheran (St. Peters) 25-10, 22-25, 25-17

Mountain Grove def. El Dorado Springs 25-13, 25-19

Bishop LeBlond def. Holden 31-29, 21-25, 25-23

Class 3 Bracket Click Here

Class 3 Sectional Scores

Perryville def. DeSoto 25-18, 25-21

Lutheran South def. University City 25-2, 25-8

Westminster Christian Academy def. Duchesne 28-26, 25-17

St. Francis Borgia def. St. Dominic 25-17, 25-13

Logan-Rogersville def. Fulton 26-24, 25-17

Pleasant Hill def. Reeds Springs 25-16, 25-11

O'Hara def. Grain Valley 25-11, 25-20

St. Pius X (Kansas City) def. Savannah 25-16, 25-12

Class 3 Quarterfinal Scores

Perryville def. Lutheran South 21-25, 25-23, 25-23

Westminster Christian Academy def. St. Francis Borgia 25-23, 25-20

Pleasant Hill def. Logan-Rogersville 28-26, 21-25, 26-24

St. Pius X (Kansas City) def. O'Hara 25-22, 25-22

Class 4 Bracket Click Here

Class 4 Sectional Scores

Lindbergh def. Farmington 19-25, 25-16, 25-15

Lafayette (Wildwood) def. St. Joseph's Academy 25-20, 27-25

Incarnate Word Academy def. Hazelwood Central 25-8, 25-3

Francis Howell def. Marquette 23-25, 25-14, 25-14

Jefferson City def. Helias Catholic 25-21, 28-30, 25-21

Ozark def. Republic 25-23, 25-22

Lee's Summit West def. Blue Springs 25-13, 25-22

St. Teresa's Academy def. Liberty 27-25, 29-27

Class 4 Quarterfinal Scores

Lafayette (Wildwood) def. Lindbergh 25-12, 25-13

Francis Howell def. Incarnate Word Academy 25-13, 25-21

Ozark def. Jefferson City 25-17, 25-12

Lee's Summit West def. St. Teresa's Academy 25-17, 27-25

64 volleyball teams will continue their quest to advance to the state final four Saturday when they begin play in state sectional contests throughout Missouri.

Only 25 percent of the teams competing Saturday will make it to the state final four at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Six semoball.com schools - Advance, Bernie, Gideon, Perryville, Puxico and Twin Rivers - won district volleyball tournaments.

Three of the six semoball.com schools will compete at the Class 1 sectional at Lesterville Saturday.

Bernie will take on Gideon at 3 p.m. Saturday in Lesterville. Advance will play Lesterville at 4:30 p.m. The winners of the quarterfinal games will play in a Class 1 state quarterfinal contest at approximately 6 p.m. Saturday in Lesterville.

If I have cell phone service I will provide live updates for the Class 1 sectional at this link: Post Live Score Updates Here

View district tournament results for all districts involving semoball.com schools by clicking on the blue links below:

Class 1, District 1, at Gideon

Class 1, District 2, at Bell City

Class 1, District 3, at Lesterville

Class 1, District 4, at Advance

Class 2, District 1, at Malden

Class 2, District 2, at Scott City

Class 3, District 1, at Dexter

Class 4, District 1, at Poplar Bluff